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- Surging wildfire tears through northern California town and threatens others
- Growing New Zealand Covid cluster linked to Sydney Delta outbreak
- Equality laws could be changed to protect women in menopause, says MP
- Protesters claim to ‘seize’ Edinburgh Castle citing Magna Carta
- Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58
- Aspirin trialled as potential treatment for aggressive breast cancer
- R Kelly sex trafficking trial set to begin with opening statements
- UK government ‘failing to help local leaders achieve net zero’
- Live animal exports are being used as cover by smugglers, say NGOs
- Great Tapestry of Scotland to go on show at its own gallery for first time
- Coronavirus live news: New Zealand battles first Delta outbreak, vaccine warning for south-east Asia
- ‘A vocal group got its way’: Florida parents condemn schools’ lack of mask mandates
- Ardern’s Covid lockdown finds favour as New Zealand watches Sydney’s Delta disaster
- NSW Covid update: daily cases surge to 633 as Gladys Berejiklian dismisses calls to tighten lockdown rules
- A moment that changed me: my boss discovered my secret blog
- ‘Marty just kept following me!’ Steve Martin and Martin Short on their 35-year friendship
- David Duchovny: ‘I wasn’t seeing stuff I was desperate to do’
- Jade Hackett on hip-hop dance: ‘Black joy is just as powerful as protest’
- ‘We brought colour to this country’: the matriarchs of Notting Hill carnival
- ‘I ran, my heart was broken’: inside Mozambique’s evolving Cabo Delgado conflict
- Manchester and Liverpool will welcome Afghan refugees, say mayors
- Cooling inflation gives Bank of England temporary relief
- What could Taliban rule mean for Afghanistan? – video explainer
- Illinois city’s reparations plan was heralded – but locals say it’s a cautionary tale
- Tropical Storm Grace’s heavy rains pour misery on Haiti earthquake survivors
- Red Cross sounds vaccines alarm as Covid deaths in south-east Asia soar
- Taliban in power may find themselves fighting their own insurgents
- Biden’s speech on Afghanistan was resolute, but lacked contrition or humility
- After 20 years and $2tn spent in Afghanistan, what was it all for?
- ‘There was never a good time’: was Biden’s Afghanistan speech fair or accurate?
- Texas governor who opposed masks tests positive for Covid – video
- Senator Katy Gallagher's daughter contracts Covid-19 at Canberra school – video
- US says 'we're not taking their word for it' on Taliban airport safety promise – video
- 'This is an urgent humanitarian crisis': Malala Yousafzai on situation in Afghanistan - video
- Women's rights will be respected 'within the limits of Islam', say Taliban – video
- 'We have no place to go': Haiti earthquake shelters exposed to tropical storm – video report
- ‘My animals burned alive’: the man putting his life back together after Greece's wildfires – video
| Surging wildfire tears through northern California town and threatens others Posted: 17 Aug 2021 07:27 PM PDT Caldor fire explodes in size as Pacific Gas & Electric begins shutting off power to 51,000 customers Critically dangerous fire weather was forecast across northern California from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday evening, threatening to intensify several large blazes and increasing the risk of new ones, as a small rural town in the Sierra Nevada was ravaged by a fire that grew with devastating speed. The Caldor fire, which erupted over the weekend, exploded in size on Tuesday and ran through the town of Grizzly Flats, destroying many buildings and forcing residents to leave. Two were injured. Officials estimated that the blaze had blown through 30,000 acres – up from 6,500 acres reported by the California department of forestry and fire protection (Cal Fire) earlier that day. Continue reading... |
| Growing New Zealand Covid cluster linked to Sydney Delta outbreak Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:47 PM PDT Jacinda Ardern warns of more cases as Auckland cluster grows to 10, marking New Zealand's first local transmissions of Delta variant New Zealand's coronavirus cluster has grown to 10, with genomic sequencing linking it to the Delta outbreak that began in Sydney, as the country woke up to day one of a snap lockdown stemming from just one case. The prime minister's office confirmed three new cases on Wednesday evening. Continue reading... |
| Equality laws could be changed to protect women in menopause, says MP Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT Strengthening legislation 'not ruled out' claims chair of inquiry into menopause discrimination, Caroline Nokes Changing equality legislation to protect women going through the menopause should "not be ruled" out, according to the chair of a group of MPs leading an inquiry into discrimination on the issue. Caroline Nokes, chair of the women and equalities committee, said the inquiry had heard from women who have suffered discrimination in the workplace and have been forced to use disability legislation to seek redress in the courts. Continue reading... |
| Protesters claim to ‘seize’ Edinburgh Castle citing Magna Carta Posted: 17 Aug 2021 02:48 PM PDT Police at scene and public evacuated as about 20 demonstrators enter landmark in bid to 'take power back' A group of about 20 protesters entered Edinburgh Castle on Tuesday evening, claiming to have "seized" the landmark under article 61 of Magna Carta. Members of the public were evacuated as the demonstrators entered the grounds of the castle without a ticket. Police Scotland said that officers were dealing with the protest. Continue reading... |
| Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58 Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:09 AM PDT Comedian's agent says Lock died at home from cancer, surrounded by his family Tributes have been paid to the comedian Sean Lock, who has died of cancer at the age of 58. Bill Bailey told the Guardian that Lock was as "brilliantly funny" off the stage as on, and that their daft conversations would leave him "helpless with laughter". Bailey described him as a kind and generous man who was rigorous in his approach to writing comedy. In a writers' room, said Bailey, Lock "spurred you on to find a better joke, a new line, the sweet spot of a perfect gag". When the results worked, Lock would let out a "great gale of laughter", Bailey recalled. Continue reading... |
| Aspirin trialled as potential treatment for aggressive breast cancer Posted: 18 Aug 2021 12:16 AM PDT Hopes raised that drug could work well with immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer patients Aspirin is being trialled as part of a potential treatment for an aggressive form of breast cancer. Researchers hope the cheap and widely available drug could work well when combined with immunotherapy for patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Continue reading... |
| R Kelly sex trafficking trial set to begin with opening statements Posted: 18 Aug 2021 04:49 AM PDT Long-anticipated federal trial over allegations that R&B singer sexually abused women and girls
More than a decade has passed since Kelly was acquitted in a 2008 child pornography case in Chicago. It was a reprieve that allowed his music career to continue until the #MeToo era caught up with him, emboldening alleged victims to come forward. Continue reading... |
| UK government ‘failing to help local leaders achieve net zero’ Posted: 18 Aug 2021 04:30 AM PDT Mayors such as Newham's Rokhsana Fiaz say they do not have the investment or powers they need The government is failing to provide local leaders with the investment and resources they need to achieve net zero, according to the mayor of Newham. Rokhsana Fiaz, the first woman to become a directly elected mayor of a London borough, said her council's "appetite [to achieve net zero] is high: we've got the knowhow and we know where the problems are" but, she said, the government isn't providing local leaders with what they need. Continue reading... |
| Live animal exports are being used as cover by smugglers, say NGOs Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:00 PM PDT Huge vessels used to transport farm animals are an attractive option for criminals smuggling drugs, arms and people
Wearing self-contained breathing equipment, Spanish police waded through rotting animal corpses, urine and faeces, at risk of inhaling pathogens and methane. They had been searching for smuggled drugs on two livestock ships that reeked of decomposition. On the first ship, Neameh, detained last year in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras on suspicion of smuggling cocaine from Colombia, many of the 4,000 or so cattle on board were found dead and dying as they lay in their own excrement. The stench was so strong drug sniffer dogs could not be used. Continue reading... |
| Great Tapestry of Scotland to go on show at its own gallery for first time Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT Huge tapestry initially toured Scotland but now it has permanent home in purpose-built Galashiels gallery Beginning at the glacial formation of mountains and glens more than 420m years ago, spanning from the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 to the reconvening of the Holyrood parliament in 1999, up to Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory of 2013, the Great Tapestry of Scotland – an ambitious project to render the nation's story from pre-history to modern times – can be viewed for the first time in its new and permanent home from next week. Comprising 160 panels – finely stitched, vividly colourful and animated with detail – it is thought to be one of the longest tapestries in the world, at 143 metres – 70 metres longer than the Bayeux Tapestry in Normandy. Now hung in a purpose-built gallery in Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders, the panel were created by 1,000 volunteer stitchers from across the country working with more than 300 miles of wool over two years. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: New Zealand battles first Delta outbreak, vaccine warning for south-east Asia Posted: 18 Aug 2021 05:20 AM PDT Jacinda Ardern warns of more cases to come as New Zealand wakes up in lockdown; Red Cross urges help for south-east Asia to secure vaccines as death rates rise
A card shop whose owners repeatedly refused requests to close it during lockdowns, because they sold sweets and soft drinks, has been fined more than £35,000. The BBC reports that the owners of Grace Cards and Books in Droitwich, Worcestershire, argued their shop qualified for an exemption because they sold confectionary. Covid-19: Droitwich card and gift shop flouts lockdown 'on principle' https://t.co/8Z9xx3kpHK
The practice of some politicians not wearing face coverings in parliament when they are not speaking may conflict with the spirit of government guidance. PA reports that on Wednesday the House of Commons was at its busiest since March 2020, as MPs were recalled to debate the situation in Afghanistan, with members sitting shoulder to shoulder. The virus is airborne, we currently have slightly rising numbers of cases, so it is a protective measure that they can take and I'm sure everyone in public health would agree when indoors we should do that where possible. It is important that people who are in positions of authority lead by example, and that's been a bit of an issue throughout the pandemic in a whole variety of respects but continues to be the case. Continue reading... |
| ‘A vocal group got its way’: Florida parents condemn schools’ lack of mask mandates Posted: 18 Aug 2021 04:00 AM PDT Amid powerful resistance to mandates from Florida's governor and his supporters, some parents are frustrated that others are ignoring safety protocols In Pinellas county, Florida, Maggie, a mother of three, is sending her kids to school every day with two or three extra masks even if, in her fourth grader's class, only a third of the children are wearing them. Just two days into the new school year, she received a call from school officials saying there were already five known cases of students with Covid-19. "Based on my kids' school, and the number of parents that have chosen to not mask their kids, it looks like we're in the minority," said Maggie, who asked to be identified by just her first name. "I think the voices who are very anti-mask are very loud." Continue reading... |
| Ardern’s Covid lockdown finds favour as New Zealand watches Sydney’s Delta disaster Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:36 PM PDT Asked what she would say to people who questioned the need for a level 4 lockdown, the prime minister responded with one word: 'Australia' To overseas eyes, going into national lockdown over a single case should have been a hard sell, even for an extraordinarily popular prime minister such as Jacinda Ardern. But a disastrous outbreak of the Delta variant in Sydney has helped galvanise New Zealand's "team of 5 million" – and across the country, the government's tough strategy on Covid-19 has enjoyed widespread popular support. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:29 AM PDT Non-urgent elective surgery at private hospitals postponed as staff redeployed to public system that government admits is 'under stress'
Covid transmission is surging across a locked-down New South Wales, with the state setting a new daily case record of 633, as well as three deaths, and the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, delivering a bleak warning that "we haven't seen the worst of it". Health authorities are particularly concerned about the movements of people while potentially infectious – just 94 of the new cases reported on Wednesday were isolating throughout their infectious period, with as many as 509 cases infectious in the community. Continue reading... |
| A moment that changed me: my boss discovered my secret blog Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:00 PM PDT Bored working in a law firm in Brussels, I filled my time writing anonymously online about love, life – and how dull my job was. Then my colleagues found my posts ... I wouldn't say I was a model employee in the law firm where I worked for nearly 10 years, but I was quietly reliable and kept out of trouble. That all changed when I was summoned to the office of the senior partner – a man I had never met – to face him, my distinctly sombre-looking boss, and a stony-faced HR rep. I was definitely in trouble: my employers knew about my anonymous blog. The blog and work had been connected from the start. Trying to reconcile parenting two tiny children, intense hours and the demands of our terrifying clients as a solicitor in the City had proved impossible, so I had taken a backseat role in Brussels instead. It was not a job I particularly enjoyed, but it was easy and I never had to speak to bankers. The work was low-stress, but boring; inevitably, I spent those bored hours on the internet. Continue reading... |
| ‘Marty just kept following me!’ Steve Martin and Martin Short on their 35-year friendship Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT The comic legends clicked on the set of 1986's Three Amigos and have been a double act since. They talk fame, fatherhood and finding inspiration for their new series in Murder, She Wrote It is when I hear myself quoting Steve Martin and Martin Short's jokes back at the men themselves, from films they made decades ago, that I know for certain that I am not going to get through this interview with my dignity intact. "And then you said this, Steve, and then, Marty, you made that face – and I loved that!" I burble. Continue reading... |
| David Duchovny: ‘I wasn’t seeing stuff I was desperate to do’ Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:33 PM PDT The actor struggled to find shows and films that excited him so he turned to music but reveals that he'll never say never to another X-Files reboot In 2015, deep into an acting career that had kept him busy for the better part of three decades, the then 54-year-old David Duchovny released his first novel and his first album. His hit series Californication had just concluded after seven seasons, and while he was hardly done with acting – another, shorter-lived series, Aquarius, premiered that same year – he was in the mood to explore what else he could do. Six years on, his writing and his music aren't so much side projects as side-by-side ones: this year, another restless surge of activity has seen Duchovny release his fourth novel, Truly Like Lightning – a knotty all-American saga of Mormonism, capitalism and the vanishing old west – and his third album, Gestureland. Related: 'Take it easy, nothing matters in the end': William Shatner at 90, on love, loss and Leonard Nimoy Continue reading... |
| Jade Hackett on hip-hop dance: ‘Black joy is just as powerful as protest’ Posted: 18 Aug 2021 05:01 AM PDT The choreographer felt the urgent need to bring happiness and relentless fun to the weekender she has curated for the Southbank Centre's Summer Reunion series 'With the year we've had, we just needed people to have insanely, intensely engrossing, almost relentless fun," says choreographer Jade Hackett of the weekender she has curated for the Southbank Centre's Summer Reunion series. Working with music producer DJ Walde under the umbrella of ZooNation dance company, Hackett is taking over the Thames riverside terrace for a free mini festival, three days celebrating UK hip-hop culture, and just celebrating full stop, having been starved of live shows and social occasions during the pandemic. "It's the first stepping stone to reintegration, bringing people together in a really safe way," she says. "We'll kick it off with music by Afrika Bambaataa, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, that's the vibe; awesome social dances, the electric slide, Soul Train lines, it'll be super fun." Audiences can watch dance battles and performances from the likes of female popping collective AIM and Afrobeats dancers HomeBros, but there's an emphasis on participation, with a series of workshops covering dance from the 70s, 80s and 90s as well as newer styles such as Litefeet. There are daytime family activities and evenings dancing to DJ collective The Midnight Train playing garage, grime, house, R&B, hip-hop and soca – a little carnival fix for those feeling the gap left by the cancellation of Notting Hill carnival for the second consecutive year. Continue reading... |
| ‘We brought colour to this country’: the matriarchs of Notting Hill carnival Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT Whether it's online or on the streets, women have defined London's huge celebration of Caribbean culture. We talk steel pans and skimpy costumes with the pioneers who set the tone Sitting in a neat little cafe at the back of the Tabernacle, a Grade II-listed pub and arts venue in London's Notting Hill, Sister Monica Tywang is reflecting on how much has changed since her association with the carnival began in 1975. "We'd call it the annual pilgrimage," she says. "We didn't have the ways of communicating then that we have today, so everybody looked forward to coming to Notting Hill, to meet other Caribbean people and to celebrate our culture." Today, Notting Hill carnival is an indelible part of the British cultural calendar. It dominates the August bank holiday weekend, as around a million people descend on west London for Europe's largest street festival. Lining the white walls of the cafe are photos from carnival's past, and Tywang can't help but reminisce about the days they capture. "We brought colour to this country. After the war everything was black and grey and drab, smog was billowing out of the chimneys that everyone had in those days." Continue reading... |
| ‘I ran, my heart was broken’: inside Mozambique’s evolving Cabo Delgado conflict Posted: 17 Aug 2021 10:30 PM PDT The oil firms have fled and an Isis-affiliated insurgency has engulfed the region. As foreign troops begin to arrive, hundreds of thousands face desperate journeys to try to find safety
Pencils scratch as students in year eight feverishly work through an exam paper. At the back of the classroom, Clara Edna Chevambo, 37, a minute figure in hand-me-down clothes, finishes first and hands her paper to the teacher. As she leaves, her 11-year-old daughter is arriving for afternoon class. A vegetable farmer who supported, clothed and fed five children, her mother and her grandmother, Chevambo is now living in a borrowed tent in a camp, one of the ones with something to do to fill a few hours. "I'm in school every day, and I don't want to miss class. I send my daughter to school every day." Continue reading... |
| Manchester and Liverpool will welcome Afghan refugees, say mayors Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:21 AM PDT But Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram call for more support from Home Office The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region have said they will welcome Afghan refugees but that those fleeing persecution must be fairly distributed around the country. In an interview with Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday, Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, said: "We of course – as always – stand ready to help and to welcome people here who need our help, but it does need to be fair to places like Greater Manchester. The truth of the matter is there is a fractured relationship between places like Greater Manchester and the Home Office." Continue reading... |
| Cooling inflation gives Bank of England temporary relief Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:02 AM PDT Analysis: pressure to calm UK economy with higher borrowing costs has eased for now
It must have come as a shock to those who make a living frightening homeowners about the imminent rise in their mortgage interest. Headlines warning of hyperinflation and the threat of higher borrowing costs look a little silly after the inflation rate fell by more than expected in July, easing back down to the Bank of England target of 2%. Continue reading... |
| What could Taliban rule mean for Afghanistan? – video explainer Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:40 AM PDT Afghanistan's government collapsed as the Taliban militant group took control of all of the country's major cities in only nine days, including Kabul, the capital of more than 4 million people. The Guardian's senior international correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison explains how the Taliban took control so quickly and what this could mean for the future of the country Continue reading... |
| Illinois city’s reparations plan was heralded – but locals say it’s a cautionary tale Posted: 18 Aug 2021 04:00 AM PDT Evanston was the first city to implement a plan to repair the harm caused by slavery – and what occurred there could set the tone for what may happen at a national level In March, Evanston, Illinois, beat the federal government to become the first to pass a reparations plan in America. It gained national attention, heralded by celebrities such as Danny Glover, who called the debate over reparations "the most intense conversation that we're going to have in the 21st century". But just months ahead of putting it in action, local residents are warning national advocates to view Evanston as a cautionary tale as much as a historic first. "There's still so much misinformation or lack of information that Black residents here in Evanston still don't understand what this program is. And there are plenty of Black residents that still believe that they're going to be getting direct cash payments, because that's how the reparations program was framed when it was first introduced in 2019," said Sebastian Nalls, a Black Evanston resident and one of the founders of Evanston Rejects Racist Reparations, a group formed in February 2021 to draw attention to community concerns with the reparations plan. Continue reading... |
| Tropical Storm Grace’s heavy rains pour misery on Haiti earthquake survivors Posted: 17 Aug 2021 02:26 PM PDT
Tropical Storm Grace has lashed southern Haiti with drenching rains, piling on misery for survivors of a powerful earthquake as flash floods and landslides further complicate relief efforts. Related: Naomi Osaka to donate prize earnings to Haiti earthquake relief efforts Continue reading... |
| Red Cross sounds vaccines alarm as Covid deaths in south-east Asia soar Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:12 PM PDT The Delta variant is wreaking havoc in the poorly vaccinated region, which has recorded 38,522 deaths in the past fortnight South-east Asia has recorded twice as many Covid-related fatalities as North America over the past two weeks, according to the Red Cross, which warned wealthier countries that they must urgently share their vaccine supplies. The more aggressive Delta variant, combined with a lack of vaccines, is driving record outbreaks in countries across the region – from Vietnam to Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar. Indonesia, the worst hit, has one of the highest daily death tolls in the world, with 1,466 deaths reported on average over the past seven days. Continue reading... |
| Taliban in power may find themselves fighting their own insurgents Posted: 17 Aug 2021 09:10 PM PDT Analysis: new regime may face enemy composed not of fighters loyal to former US-backed government but those who see new rulers as sellouts Joe Biden has said the US will maintain an "over the horizon" counter-terrorism capability to neutralise the threat posed by Islamist extremist groups in Afghanistan. With no troops on the ground, no intelligence-gathering operation in the country and no ally with shared borders, this kind of long-range effort to stop plots targeting the west will not be easy – and is made significantly harder by the range of the organisations based in territory now nominally under Taliban control. Continue reading... |
| Biden’s speech on Afghanistan was resolute, but lacked contrition or humility Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:22 AM PDT Analysis: The scenes of mayhem in Kabul have erupted in the public consciousness, and may damage the president's reputation It had just started raining at the White House on Monday when a group of reporters, the Guardian included, were summoned and led past a Secret Service agent, along a red carpet in a windowless corridor, up a staircase and into the elegantly appointed East Room. Continue reading... |
| After 20 years and $2tn spent in Afghanistan, what was it all for? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:07 AM PDT Analysis: The stunning US defeat has left Afghans and Americans distraught and confused but some gains may not be easily erased On 1 October 2001, three weeks after the 9/11 attacks and six days before the bombing of Afghanistan began, there was a small protest march in Washington. The marchers wore badges saying "Don't Turn Tragedy into War" and "Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War", and argued that war was not the inevitable response to the terrorist outrage. Continue reading... |
| ‘There was never a good time’: was Biden’s Afghanistan speech fair or accurate? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 07:14 AM PDT Analysis: US president's TV address blamed others for the Taliban takeover and tried to distance himself from past administrations In a televised speech on Monday, Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan and his handling of a crisis that has seen the Taliban capture the country in a lightning offensive. Blaming Afghan politicians and the country's security forces for the calamitous collapse, he also sought to distance himself from previous administrations. But how much of it was fair or even accurate? Biden: We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals: get those who attacked us on September 11, 2001, and make sure al-Qaida could not use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again. We did that. We severely degraded al-Qaida in Afghanistan. We never gave up the hunt for Osama bin Laden and we got him. Continue reading... |
| Texas governor who opposed masks tests positive for Covid – video Posted: 18 Aug 2021 12:36 AM PDT The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, after weeks spent banning local mask requirements and meeting maskless crowds. The Republican is fully vaccinated against the virus and is not experiencing symptoms, his office said. Texas has once again emerged as a hotspot for coronavirus, with only 314 available intensive care unit beds statewide. Paediatric ICUs are running out of space while children head back to class. Continue reading... |
| Senator Katy Gallagher's daughter contracts Covid-19 at Canberra school – video Posted: 17 Aug 2021 09:53 PM PDT The 14-year-old daughter of Labor senator Katy Gallagher has contracted Covid-19 at school in Canberra. Gallagher says she's now concerned for her unvaccinated teenage son who's quarantining at home with the family. She says children have been let down by the vaccination rollout and she's worried about her daughter's health Continue reading... |
| US says 'we're not taking their word for it' on Taliban airport safety promise – video Posted: 17 Aug 2021 06:37 PM PDT White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden administration does not have complete faith in the Taliban promise to offer a safe passage to Kabul's international airport after their takeover of the country. 'We're not trusting, we're not taking their word for it,' Psaki says. 'We are watching closely.' Asked what the consequences of breaking the promise could be, Psaki says: 'The consequences are the full weight and force of the United States military, and I think we've made that clear' Continue reading... |
| 'This is an urgent humanitarian crisis': Malala Yousafzai on situation in Afghanistan - video Posted: 17 Aug 2021 05:35 PM PDT The Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for publicly advocating education for women and girls, has said she is "deeply concerned" about the safety of those in Afghanistan. "We cannot just look at our screens and not do anything" she said, citing reports of girls as young as 12 being forced in to marriage. |
| Women's rights will be respected 'within the limits of Islam', say Taliban – video Posted: 17 Aug 2021 01:31 PM PDT The Taliban said they wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect the rights of women 'within the limits of Islam', as they held their first press conference since seizing Kabul. During their rule between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban implemented their own strict interpretation of sharia law, preventing women from working and girls from going to school.
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| 'We have no place to go': Haiti earthquake shelters exposed to tropical storm – video report Posted: 17 Aug 2021 12:21 PM PDT People already displaced by Saturday's earthquake in Haiti evacuated temporary shelters on Monday night due to a tropical storm. Tropical Storm Grace was projected to hit some of the areas worst affected by the earthquake with up to 38cm (15in) of rain, bringing the risk of flash floods and landslides. Continue reading... |
| ‘My animals burned alive’: the man putting his life back together after Greece's wildfires – video Posted: 17 Aug 2021 06:25 AM PDT Shepherd Giannis Tsiboukas, 36, confronts the 'total destruction' caused after a wildfire ravaged his land on the island of Evia in Greece. Tsiboukas lost more than 40 animals to the fire that destroyed more than 50,000 hectares. Peoples homes and livelihoods have been decimated. Hundreds of wildfires have torn through Greece this month on the heels of its most severe heatwave in decades, which left its forests tinder dry. Other Mediterranean countries – Turkey, Italy, Algeria and Spain among them – have suffered similar problems. Scientists say there is little doubt that climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is driving more extreme weather events. Continue reading... |
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