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- Team of 10 UK soldiers sent to Poland to assist on Belarus border
- EU welcomes ‘change in tone’ from UK at Northern Ireland Brexit talks
- Cop26 live: negotiations go to wire as Alok Sharma all but confirms talks will continue past 6pm deadline
- Revealed: the luxury BVI villa Geoffrey Cox stayed in while working second job
- Boris Johnson holiday villa linked to Zac Goldsmith firms accused of tax evasion
- Trade officials ‘taking a chainsaw’ to EU forest protection plans
- Brexit has made it easier for small boat crossings to reach UK, refugees say
- Thai king flies to Germany as monarchy reform calls persist
- Macron defence staffer allegedly raped after Élysée Palace party
- Turkey jails Kurdish politician’s wife over miscarriage form ‘typo’
- PSG’s Aminata Diallo released without charge as police investigate attack
- Boris Johnson urges people to get Covid boosters as he warns of ‘storm clouds’
- Covid live: Boris Johnson warns ‘storm clouds gathering over Europe’; Dutch PM to announce partial lockdown
- Italian ski resorts get ready to open after two seasons lost to Covid
- Republicans resist mandates to curb Covid but lawsuits likely to prove futile
- Irvine Welsh: ‘We’re heading for an anarchist paradise where we play football and make love’
- Swapping paneer for pecorino: India gets taste for European cheeses
- Inside the world of foley artists: ‘Watermelons are brilliant for the sound of brains hitting the floor’
- ‘An emblem of Scotland’: how Irn-Bru stole the show at Cop26
- Is our planet overpopulated? We ask the expert
- Slapstick architecture: how a €3.99 Ikea salad bowl became part of the Rotterdam skyline
- Think before you sext: the experts’ guide to teen dating
- Turkey bans citizens from Syria, Yemen and Iraq from flying to Minsk
- How risk of kidnap became the cost of an education in Nigeria
- Trump’s former chief of staff refuses to appear before Capitol attack committee – live
- Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in racist attack
- Heavy rainfall across NSW brings widespread flood warnings
- Tourist visas and flights from Syria – the route to Europe via Belarus
- Community-led upgrade to a Nairobi slum could be a model for Africa
- French election polls: who is leading the race to be the next president of France?
- If health and education are essential services in Spain, why not housing? | Irene Baqué
- Ahmaud Arbery trial: defense attorney requests 'no more Black pastors in here' – video
- 'We are stranded': man describes hardship on Poland-Belarus border as crisis deepens – video report
- Kyle Rittenhouse trial hangs in balance as defence requests mistrial – video report
- South Africa's last white president issues posthumous apology for apartheid – video
- South Africa’s FW de Klerk – a life in pictures
- Sindicat: evading eviction in one of Europe's most densely populated cities – video
| Team of 10 UK soldiers sent to Poland to assist on Belarus border Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:27 AM PST MoD says small team of military personnel deployed after agreement with Polish government Britain has sent a team of about 10 soldiers to Poland to help Warsaw strengthen its border with Belarus, where groups of migrants have been stranded attempting to cross into the EU. The troops arrived on Thursday and are expected to spend a few days in the country, including visiting the border at the request of the Polish government to work out if they can repair or toughen the fencing. Continue reading... |
| EU welcomes ‘change in tone’ from UK at Northern Ireland Brexit talks Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:05 AM PST Brussels Brexit chief offers glimmer of hope, but London says threat of article 16 still on the table A glimmer of hope of a solution to the dispute over the Northern Ireland Brexit arrangements has emerged after a fourth week of talks ended on Friday. After a week of recriminations and the threat of a trade war, the European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič , said there had been a change in tone from the UK's Brexit minister, David Frost, confirming the UK had stepped back from the brink of triggering article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:33 AM PST Latest updates: Cop26 president all but confirms talks will continue past today's 6pm deadline
My colleague Fiona Harvey says it is a surprise and a positive step that the coal phaseout has remained in the document at all, and that the fact it has remained in the draft is a positive step. Paragraph 62 in the second draft is new: 62. Also acknowledges the important role of a broad range of stakeholders at the local, national and regional level, including indigenous peoples and local communities, in averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change; Continue reading... |
| Revealed: the luxury BVI villa Geoffrey Cox stayed in while working second job Posted: 12 Nov 2021 07:04 AM PST The exclusive property by the sea, with infinity pool, where the Tory MP stayed to conduct his lucrative side-hustle Most days, there is a cool breeze. The private villa is located above a secluded rocky bay and set in a tropical garden of palms and exotic fruit trees. From the balcony you can gaze at the sea below and the green humps of nearby islands – a "scattered Pleiades", as the travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor put it. There is an infinity pool. And a terrace, perfect for cocktails against a pink Caribbean sunset. Tavistock it isn't. Yet the villa on the north shore of Tortola, the biggest of the British Virgin Islands, was where Sir Geoffrey Cox ended up staying earlier this year as he juggled the responsibilities of his first and second jobs. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson holiday villa linked to Zac Goldsmith firms accused of tax evasion Posted: 12 Nov 2021 08:54 AM PST Costa del Sol property firms owned by Goldsmith family ordered to pay €24m in unpaid taxes and fines The luxury villa where Boris Johnson stayed on holiday last month is linked to Costa del Sol property businesses owned by Zac Goldsmith's family that engaged in a multimillion-pound tax evasion scheme, according to Spanish courts. Court papers obtained by the Guardian show tax inspectors ordered two property companies owned by the Goldsmith family to pay €24m (£20m) in unpaid taxes and fines after investigating what they said was a suspicious property deal. Continue reading... |
| Trade officials ‘taking a chainsaw’ to EU forest protection plans Posted: 12 Nov 2021 04:26 AM PST Exclusive: leaked memo shows trade department raising concerns about environment colleagues' draft law European trade officials have been accused of "taking a chainsaw" to a draft EU law to protect the world's forests, as a leaked document revealed an attempt to water down the plans. The European Commission is due to unveil a proposal on Wednesday to prevent EU sales of beef, soya, cocoa and other products linked to deforestation. A leaked memo seen by the Guardian reveals that commission trade officials have raised "serious concerns" about the regulation drafted by their environment department colleagues. Continue reading... |
| Brexit has made it easier for small boat crossings to reach UK, refugees say Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:24 AM PST Outside EU, people can no longer be returned to other European countries under legislation known as Dublin regulation Refugees living in northern France say Brexit has made it easier for them to reach the UK in small boats, as it emerged that record numbers of people crossed the Channel in one day. Despite the worsening weather conditions and the UK government's attempts to deter them, 1,185 people made the crossing on Thursday, according to the Home Office. Continue reading... |
| Thai king flies to Germany as monarchy reform calls persist Posted: 12 Nov 2021 05:55 AM PST Analysts say Maha Vajiralongkorn's trip abroad could be sign he considers situation is under control Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reportedly flown to Germany in what is believed to be his first trip abroad since pro-democracy protests escalated last year, breaking long-held taboos to call for reforms to the monarchy. The German tabloid Bild reported that Vajiralongkorn arrived on Monday in Bavaria, where it said he and his entourage of 250 people and 30 royal poodles had booked an entire floor of the Hilton Munich airport hotel for 11 days. Continue reading... |
| Macron defence staffer allegedly raped after Élysée Palace party Posted: 12 Nov 2021 07:37 AM PST French prosecutors investigate alleged assault of female soldier by colleague after party in July French prosecutors are investigating allegations that a female soldier in Emmanuel Macron's defence staff was raped by a serviceman colleague after a farewell party at the Élysée Palace in July. The alleged assault took place this summer after a going-away reception for a general and two others that was attended by Macron, according to French daily Libération, which first reported the accusations. Continue reading... |
| Turkey jails Kurdish politician’s wife over miscarriage form ‘typo’ Posted: 12 Nov 2021 05:46 AM PST Başak Demirtaş and her doctor sentenced over 'falsified' medical report on her miscarriage The wife of a jailed Kurdish politician has been sentenced to two and a half years in a Turkish prison over a typo in a medical report on a miscarriage, in a case denounced as an "appalling" political persecution. A court in Diyarbakır handed down sentences of 30 months each for Başak Demirtaş, a teacher, and her doctor on Thursday for submitting a falsified medical report, a local Kurdish news agency reported. Continue reading... |
| PSG’s Aminata Diallo released without charge as police investigate attack Posted: 12 Nov 2021 06:58 AM PST
The Paris St-Germain women's midfielder Aminata Diallo has been released without charge as police continue to investigate a violent assault against her teammate and fellow midfielder Kheira Hamraoui. Diallo was taken into custody for questioning by police this week but was released on Thursday with no charges against her and is expected to resume training with the squad. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson urges people to get Covid boosters as he warns of ‘storm clouds’ Posted: 12 Nov 2021 08:52 AM PST PM expresses concern over worsening situation in continental Europe, saying: 'We've been here before' Elderly and vulnerable people must get their booster jabs if a rise in Covid cases in the UK is to be prevented, the prime minister has said, as he warned of "storm clouds" forming over parts of Europe. Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Croatia are among countries that have recently seen a surge in Covid cases, with the former recording its highest coronavirus case numbers since the start of the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:32 AM PST UK prime minister says European cases should act as incentive for Britons to get booster; caretaker PM Mark Rutte expected to reintroduce restrictions
In the Netherlands, the caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte's cabinet will take a final decision on new Covid restrictions during a meeting today, and he will announce the measures during a televised news conference scheduled for 1800 GMT. It is expected that bars and restaurants will be ordered to close early, and sporting events will be held without audiences under a three-week partial lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Italian ski resorts get ready to open after two seasons lost to Covid Posted: 12 Nov 2021 03:05 AM PST Operators greet reopening with cautious optimism with bookings coming in mainly from Italy Enrico Rossi was among the protesters in Bardonecchia when the Italian government decided in February to maintain a Covid shutdown on ski resorts just hours before the slopes were due to reopen. Rossi described the loss of the ski season as a tragedy for the small town and others in the Susa Valley, Piedmont, especially after the 2020 season had also been cut short. Continue reading... |
| Republicans resist mandates to curb Covid but lawsuits likely to prove futile Posted: 12 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST The Biden administration is on solid legal ground in imposing Covid-related public health measures, scholars argue Republican elected officials continue to challenge government mandates aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19, but legal experts predict the lawsuits and bans on mandates will largely prove fruitless because the law allows for such public safety measures. But as those legal fights play out the US will probably still be riven by a dispute between mostly Democrats on one hand who argue they are trying to curb a deadly virus, and usually Republicans on the other who say the Biden administration is involved in government overreach, often using rhetoric that can veer into the conspiratorial. Continue reading... |
| Irvine Welsh: ‘We’re heading for an anarchist paradise where we play football and make love’ Posted: 12 Nov 2021 06:00 AM PST The notorious author is breaking new ground with his TV debut. He talks about messed up cops, exorcising Sick Boy … and writing the tunes for Trainspotting: The Musical 'I like the way you call me Irvine," says Irvine Welsh to a young woman who's just offered him a cup of tea, and pronounced his first name to rhyme with wine. "I've been living in Miami and it makes me feel like I'm back there." The so-called Magic City is his happy place, "the polar opposite of Edinburgh. All people do in Scotland is fucking talk, they rabbit in each other's faces. Miami is nothing like that. At the start, I found it so vacuous, but you can get all your stuff from Edinburgh and London, then take it away to Miami and write in peace." The world is one long, warm bath to this man, it seems. He is "happy everywhere. All the shit comes out in the writing. In normal life, I focus on the good things: the beauty in life, romance, friendship." The undisputed king of the 1990s, of swear words, of Scottishness, is here to talk about Crime, in which he breaks new ground with his first script for television. It's a riveting and quite surprising move from him – it starts off looking like a classic cop show, although I've only been allowed to watch the first three episodes. "I know this sounds like what everybody would say, but episode four is when it really kicks off, and five and six go absolutely fucking mental." It really doesn't sound like what everybody would say. It's hard to figure out what is more charming about Welsh – how much of a one-off he is, or his conviction that he's exactly like everyone else. Continue reading... |
| Swapping paneer for pecorino: India gets taste for European cheeses Posted: 12 Nov 2021 02:58 AM PST Artisan producers have begun to emerge and demand for cheese platters has 'gone ballistic' It was one day during the Covid-19 lockdown last year that Namrata Sundaresan's phone began ringing non-stop. Sundaresan, the co-founder of Käse, the only artisan cheesemaker in the southern Indian city of Chennai, was bemused by the avalanche of requests for one thing: pecorino cheese. "I had 20 people call me and ask for pecorino," she said. "I was really surprised because pecorino is not something that a lot of people in India know about." It turned out a video featuring the Italian pasta dish cacio e pepe was going viral on social media and WhatsApp. Suddenly people across the country wanted to get their hands on some Italian-style hard cheese. "This would have been unthinkable two years ago," said Sundaresan. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST They are film and television's unsung heroes: the people who create sounds, for everything from crunchy snow, kissing and horses' hooves. Just don't mention coconuts Monday morning in the small Essex town of Coggeshall, and in an unassuming building that used to be a laundry, a man named Barnaby is trying to sound like a horse. Trying and succeeding, uncannily. Not neighing or whinnying, just making the sound of the hooves on the ground. In a big screen on the wall of a windowless room is an armoured knight astride a white warhorse. It's Richard III, as it happens, accompanied by a gaggle of guards, also armoured and mounted. It's a scene from The Lost King, Stephen Frears's upcoming film about the woman who, after 30 years of looking, discovered Richard's remains under a Leicester car park. Continue reading... |
| ‘An emblem of Scotland’: how Irn-Bru stole the show at Cop26 Posted: 12 Nov 2021 04:54 AM PST Scottish fizzy drink already had deal shutting out rivals, but praise from Sturgeon and AOC was golden marketing moment As Cop26 draws to a close, the climate summit's big-name sponsors have been left scratching their heads as to how the plucky Scottish fizzy drink Irn-Bru managed to steal the limelight in the marketing ambush of the year. The status of the bright orange drink as the summit's surprise curiosity made global headlines earlier this week when the US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted an Instagram video of herself praising the beverage after having her first taste. Continue reading... |
| Is our planet overpopulated? We ask the expert Posted: 12 Nov 2021 07:00 AM PST Global development lecturer Heather Alberro on whether rising birth rates are really to blame for the climate crisis Whether it's Meghan and Harry limiting themselves to two children, or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discussing the "legitimate" concern of parenting through climate catastrophe, the ethical question of whether to add more people to the planet has touched society. But is the world overpopulated in the way we think? I asked Heather Alberro, lecturer in global sustainable development at Nottingham Trent University. Where did the idea of overpopulation come from? |
| Slapstick architecture: how a €3.99 Ikea salad bowl became part of the Rotterdam skyline Posted: 12 Nov 2021 06:17 AM PST The colossal mirrored bowl of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen costs a fortune to clean and has upset a neighbouring hospital. So how are locals finding it? Inspiration often strikes at lunch in the office of Dutch architects MVRDV. It's the one moment in the day when everyone breaks from their screens and comes together around a long communal dining table, spread with assorted salads, to eat and chat. One fateful day in 2013, during a lunchtime brainstorming session, the tableware would prove to be more inspirational than ever. Eight years on, a monumental Ikea salad bowl has been added to the Rotterdam skyline – a €3.99 Blanda Blank rising 40 metres high. "I was looking for something round," says Winy Maas, the puckish frontman of MVRDV, describing the origins of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. This €94m (£80m) open archive for the city's art museum now stands as a colossal mirrored bowl in Rotterdam's Museumpark, reflecting the surroundings in a surreal panorama. "The interns had put a big rectangular block of Styrofoam on the site model," Maas recalls. "It was too rude. I thought something round would be nicer to our neighbours, so I replaced it with a mug. Then we wanted to reduce the footprint, so I grabbed the stainless steel bowl, with its nice mirroring aspect. That was it." |
| Think before you sext: the experts’ guide to teen dating Posted: 12 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST From first kisses to ghosting, dating can be a minefield for young people. Here's how to have a happy, healthy romance Teen relationships often start online, so how do you progress to a real-world date? The first step is to make your chat more meaningful, says Charlene Douglas, an intimacy coach and sexual health educator. "Online, young people can banter for hours, so try to move the conversation on. Rather than just talking about celebs, or who said what at school, bring those situations back to what you have in common." Continue reading... |
| Turkey bans citizens from Syria, Yemen and Iraq from flying to Minsk Posted: 12 Nov 2021 07:51 AM PST Move comes amid standoff between Belarus and EU over arrival of thousands of people at Polish border Turkey has blocked citizens of Syria, Yemen and Iraq from buying flight tickets to Belarus, as the EU puts pressure on foreign governments over their role in the arrival of thousands of people from the Middle East at its eastern border. Belavia, the Belarusian state airline, said it would no longer carry citizens of those countries to Belarus, days before a planned announcement of new sanctions from the EU that could target airlines. Turkish Airlines, which is 49% state-owned, has also pledged to limit migrant flights to Belarus, European officials said on Friday. Continue reading... |
| How risk of kidnap became the cost of an education in Nigeria Posted: 12 Nov 2021 12:30 AM PST Abductions are rife in the north of the country, where armed gangs target schools and colleges with apparent impunity When his two daughters were abducted from their university dormitories by armed men in April, Friday Sani volunteered to deliver the ransom. In two bags he carried banknotes to the value of more than 40m naira (£70,000), the price to free Victory and Rejoice, and 37 others taken from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Kaduna. In April and May more than 70 students were abducted from the federal college and the nearby Greenfield University. With little faith that police could help, a group of parents went to the kidnappers, through an intermediary, and paid to get their children back. Continue reading... |
| Trump’s former chief of staff refuses to appear before Capitol attack committee – live Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:28 AM PST
Senator Joe Manchin has said he will oppose Robert Califf's nomination if Joe Biden selects him to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Manchin argued that Califf's inadequate response to the opioid epidemic made his nomination "an insult to the many families and individuals who have had their lives changed forever as a result of addiction". Continue reading... |
| Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in racist attack Posted: 12 Nov 2021 06:18 AM PST The gymnast was waiting for an Uber in Los Angeles with friends when a car sped by and passengers yelled anti-Asian slurs US Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee has revealed that she was pepper-sprayed in a racist drive-by attack weeks after she won gold in the Tokyo games. Lee, 18, was waiting for an Uber in Los Angeles after a night out with a group of friends, who are all of Asian descent. A car sped by and its passengers began yelling anti-Asian slurs and told Lee and her friends to "go back to where they came from". One passenger sprayed Lee's arm with pepper spray as the car sped off, said Lee, who became the first Hmong American Olympian and the first Asian American woman to win a gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition this year. Continue reading... |
| Heavy rainfall across NSW brings widespread flood warnings Posted: 12 Nov 2021 01:58 AM PST Several areas received more rain than they would typically record through all of November Rivers around New South Wales are expected to flood in coming days after a wet week where several areas received more rain than they would typically record through all of November. "The catchments are really saturated, the dams are full. That makes the rivers really sensitive," Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Jane Golding said. Continue reading... |
| Tourist visas and flights from Syria – the route to Europe via Belarus Posted: 12 Nov 2021 06:36 AM PST Travel agents in Middle East and migrants who have reached Poland describe how thousands are making the journey On a dark forest road last month, Polish police were in pursuit of a speeding car that had skipped a checkpoint. The car's driver was a people smuggler, and his passengers three Syrians who had paid thousands for him to take them to Germany, the final leg of their journey from the Middle East via Belarus. A truck coming in the opposite direction tried to dodge them but could not. Ferhad Nabo, 33, a married father of two from Kobane, was killed instantly in the crash. "He left Syria, like many others, to reach Europe," said his cousin Rashwan Nabo, a Syrian humanitarian worker. From Erbil, in northern Iraq, Ferhad had boarded a direct flight to Minsk. "In Raqqa, Damascus and Aleppo, word has been spreading for months that the easiest and fastest way to reach Europe is a direct flight to Belarus," his cousin said. Continue reading... |
| Community-led upgrade to a Nairobi slum could be a model for Africa Posted: 11 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST Mukuru, one of Kenya's largest informal settlements, has cleaned up its act with improved water, roads and sanitation The people who live in Mukuru, one of the vast, sprawling "informal settlements" in Nairobi, used to dread the rains, when the slum's mud-packed lanes would dissolve into a soggy quagmire of sewage, stagnant water and slimy rubbish. But a few years ago, things began to change. On a newly paved road Benedetta Kasendi is selling sugar cane from a cart. It gives her a clean platform, somewhere she can keep her wares tidy. Her biggest challenge now is what to do with the sugar-cane waste as she does not want to clog up Mukuru's revamped sewers. Continue reading... |
| French election polls: who is leading the race to be the next president of France? Posted: 11 Nov 2021 11:40 PM PST Emmanuel Macron and the far-right hopeful Marine Le Pen look set to be joined by numerous other candidates in the French presidential election. We look at the latest polling, and introduce some of the most likely candidates France will vote to elect a new president in April, and the jostling for position among potential candidates is well under way. The current president, Emmanuel Macron, has yet to declare his candidacy but is expected to run again. His second-round opponent from 2017, the far-right populist Marine Le Pen, has already launched her campaign. Alongside them on the ballot will be Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist candidate, Yannick Jadot, representing the Green movement, and a candidate from the centre-right, to be chosen by Les Républicains, on 4 December. The far-right TV pundit Éric Zemmour, who has no political party, could declare an outsider bid. Continue reading... |
| If health and education are essential services in Spain, why not housing? | Irene Baqué Posted: 11 Nov 2021 04:19 AM PST A renters' movement in Catalonia is saving families from eviction and trying to fill the gap left by the state Earlier this year, I found myself in the city of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat to the south-west of Barcelona. It lacks the fame and tourist hordes of the Catalan capital, but the two places are connected by the same dire housing crisis. Guided by Júlia Nueno, organiser of a grassroots tenants' movement, I found a community of neighbours in L'Hospitalet who hold their meetings in a public park yet are managing to take responsibility for something the authorities are failing at: putting a roof over people's heads. Their challenge is daunting in a corner of Spain that still bears the scars of the 2008 economic crisis and remains in the grip of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Ahmaud Arbery trial: defense attorney requests 'no more Black pastors in here' – video Posted: 12 Nov 2021 03:41 AM PST A defense attorney in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery has caused outrage after asking the court to limit the number of Black pastors in the public gallery, claiming their presence could influence the jury. Kevin Gough said the presence of high-profile figures such as Rev Al Sharpton and Rev Jesse Jackson could be 'intimidating' for members of the almost entirely white jury. 'We don't want any more Black pastors in here,' Gough said Continue reading... |
| 'We are stranded': man describes hardship on Poland-Belarus border as crisis deepens – video report Posted: 11 Nov 2021 03:36 PM PST A migrant man stranded on the Poland-Belarus border along with thousands of other people made a plea to authorities for help on Thursday. Speaking in Kurdish, the unidentified man described the problems migrants were facing without any amenities or essential items. Countries bordering Belarus have warned the migrant crisis on the European Union's eastern borders could escalate into a military confrontation. Meanwhile, the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko hinted at shutting down gas supplies to Europe on Thursday amid the escalating migration dispute with the EU. Continue reading... |
| Kyle Rittenhouse trial hangs in balance as defence requests mistrial – video report Posted: 11 Nov 2021 11:53 AM PST The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse has been thrown into jeopardy after his lawyers requested a mistrial over what appeared to be out-of-bounds questions asked of him by the prosecution. On the seventh day of the trial, Rittenhouse took to the stand to insist he had acted in self-defence. The 18-year-old is on trial on charges of killing two men and injuring a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year.
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| South Africa's last white president issues posthumous apology for apartheid – video Posted: 11 Nov 2021 11:15 AM PST The former South African president FW de Klerk recorded a message to the nation shortly before his death on Thursday, in which he apologised for 'the pain and the hurt and the indignity and the damage' the apartheid regime had caused. De Klerk oversaw the end of white minority rule as the country's last apartheid president and shared the Nobel peace prize with Nelson Mandela, but was a controversial figure in the country. Many blamed him for violence against Black South Africans and anti-apartheid activists during his time in power Continue reading... |
| South Africa’s FW de Klerk – a life in pictures Posted: 11 Nov 2021 05:07 AM PST Frederik Willem de Klerk, who shared the Nobel peace prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa's last apartheid president oversaw the end of white minority rule, has died at the age of 85 Continue reading... |
| Sindicat: evading eviction in one of Europe's most densely populated cities – video Posted: 11 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST Near Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is one of the most densely populated cities in the EU and home to a large migrant community. Dedicated to protecting the most vulnerable members of this fringe society, a group of young volunteers set up Sindicat, a renters union that is working relentlessly to counteract the housing crisis engulfing the often undocumented residents |
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