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- ‘I’d be scared to be deported’: refugees in Rwanda respond to UK plans
- Eighteenth-century cockroach found in slave-trading ship ledger
- UK to challenge court ruling that halted Rwanda deportations, says minister
- Rwanda asylum flight cancelled after 11th-hour ECHR intervention
- ‘Please stop the plane’: asylum seekers plead before Rwanda deportation flight
- Journalist conviction in Zimbabwe a ‘travesty of justice’, say campaigners
- Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing men
- Canada charges ex-general fighting in Ukraine with sexual assault
- Toronto police chief apologizes to people of color over disproportionate use of force
- ‘Deep concern’ over fate of Dom Phillips in Brazil, says Boris Johnson
- Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: police in Brazil arrest second man for ‘alleged murder’
- Brazil Indigenous agency staff strike over Bruno Pereira disappearance
- Albanese government urged to keep focus on human rights as it rebuilds relationships in Asia
- How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use
- Owner of UK chip designer Arm may float some of firm’s shares in London
- Tensions heighten in Taiwan Strait as China acts to extend military operations
- New Hong Kong textbooks ‘will claim city never was a British colony’
- New Zealand to boost maritime security with Solomon Islands amid China focus on Pacific
- Australia news live updates: Bowen warns NSW power grid facing ‘significant pressure’; Albanese announces ‘enhanced’ climate target
- Unclear when electricity market suspension will end as Chris Bowen backs ‘extreme’ intervention
- Craig Kelly’s adviser Frank Zumbo used ‘power and control’ to sexually touch staff, court told
- First Nations group join Darwin festival protest over fossil fuel sponsorship
- ‘A clean slate’: new agriculture minister sees climate action as Labor’s chance to connect with the bush
- Immigration minister says Nadesalingam family can stay in Biloela ‘with certainty’
- European leaders expected to visit Kyiv to show support for Ukraine
- US to provide an additional $1bn in security assistance to Ukraine for its efforts in Donbas – as it happened
- UK food price rises could hit 15% over summer, report says
- Ex-Russian football captain Igor Denisov condemns invasion of Ukraine
- Why is the ECB still fiddling over a potential eurozone crisis? | Nils Pratley
- Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk
- US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen human rights abuses, watchdog finds
- Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys in crackdown on homosexuality
- US defence contractor in talks to take over NSO Group’s hacking technology
- ‘Betrayal’: critics condemn Biden’s plan to visit Saudi Arabia
- Palestinian reporter’s death highlights weakness of Israeli army investigations
- UN appeals to public for $20m to stop feared catastrophic oil spill from tanker
- Pakistanis told to drink less tea to help fight economic crisis
- Sri Lanka government workers get Fridays off to grow food ahead of shortages
- Myanmar junta accused of ‘relentless attacks’ on children
- BBC to pay £30,000 to Bangladeshi Labour councillor for identity mix-up
- India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave
- Indian state razes Muslim homes after riots over prophet remarks
- Britons not bitterly polarised over trans equality, research finds
- Claim for £750m against Apple launched alleging battery ‘throttling’
- Queen’s ‘seabed rights’ swell to value of £5bn after auction of plots
- Lil Wayne will not perform at UK festival after Home Office refused entry
- Doctors warn against over-medicalising menopause after UK criticism
- Labour launches review of business funding to support startups
- Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years
- Two US volunteers in Ukraine feared taken prisoner by Russia
- Biden signs executive order to curb anti-trans laws and conversion therapy
- Grand jury indicts man accused of trying to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh
- Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 1994
- US says China’s support for Russia over Ukraine puts it on ‘wrong side of history’
| ‘I’d be scared to be deported’: refugees in Rwanda respond to UK plans Posted: 15 Jun 2022 11:18 AM PDT Asylum seekers at Gashora transit centre say they fear reaching UK and ending up where they started after torturous journey Many have attempted perilous crossings across the Mediterranean to reach the UK in the past. But asylum seekers at Rwanda's Gashora transit centre say they are now too scared to try again for fear of ending up back where they started. Zemen Fesaha, 26, from Eritrea, arrived at the sprawling complex of accommodation and leisure facilities in July. The refugee camp, an hour and a half's drive from Rwanda's capital, Kigali, houses 249 men, 125 women, and 83 children, who were evacuated from squalid detention centres in Libya. Continue reading... |
| Eighteenth-century cockroach found in slave-trading ship ledger Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:05 AM PDT Insect's journey probably began in west Africa on vessel that sailed from La Rochelle in 1743 to Guinea An 18th-century cockroach named Peri, discovered in the ledger of a French slave-trading vessel, has become a surprise addition to the National Archives after the book was opened for the first time in more than two centuries. The insect's journey began onboard the slave-trading vessel that sailed from La Rochelle in 1743 for the Guinea coast. The crew later boarded a different vessel in modern-day Haiti bound for France, taking the ledger with them. But that ship was seized by British privateers during the war of the Austrian succession and sent into Plymouth. Continue reading... |
| UK to challenge court ruling that halted Rwanda deportations, says minister Posted: 15 Jun 2022 01:24 AM PDT Thérèse Coffey says she is sure government will go back to European court of human rights over decision
The UK is likely to challenge the European court of human rights ruling that stopped the deportation to Rwanda of people seeking asylum and is already preparing for the next flight, a cabinet minister has said. Thérèse Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, played down the idea that the UK could withdraw from the European convention on human rights in response to the court's decision, which halted the flight on Tuesday night. Continue reading... |
| Rwanda asylum flight cancelled after 11th-hour ECHR intervention Posted: 14 Jun 2022 03:36 PM PDT First flight to Rwanda grounded after lawyers make successful emergency application Boris Johnson's plan to send an inaugural flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda has been abandoned after a dramatic 11th-hour ruling by the European court of human rights. Up to seven people who had come to the UK seeking refuge had been expected to be removed to the east African country an hour and a half before the flight was due to take off. Continue reading... |
| ‘Please stop the plane’: asylum seekers plead before Rwanda deportation flight Posted: 14 Jun 2022 10:11 AM PDT 'Mentally exhausted' expected deportees launched last-minute legal bids to avoid removal from UK An Albanian asylum seeker and suspected victim of trafficking has told the Guardian he is in a "very bad mental state" as he expects to board a deportation flight to Rwanda, a country of which he knows "nothing". The 26-year-old Albanian man is one of seven asylum seekers who have launched last-minute legal challenges to avoid being forcibly flown to the east African country. Others include three Iranians, one Iraqi and one Vietnamese asylum seeker. All arrived in the UK on small boats in the middle of May. Continue reading... |
| Journalist conviction in Zimbabwe a ‘travesty of justice’, say campaigners Posted: 14 Jun 2022 08:58 AM PDT Media freedom groups say New York Times reporter's verdict reflects press clampdown as election looms Media freedom campaigners have criticised the conviction of a journalist in Zimbabwe for allegedly breaking immigration laws, describing the decision as "a monumental travesty of justice" that raises concerns for the press in the lead-up to elections next year. Jeffrey Moyo, a freelance correspondent for the New York Times, was given a suspended prison sentence of five years and fined $615 by a court in Bulawayo after being found guilty on Tuesday of helping to obtain press accreditation needed by two reporters from his news organisation to enter Zimbabwe. Continue reading... |
| Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing men Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:56 PM PDT Police chief says one of the men arrested in connection with the pair's disappearance had confessed to killing them Police in the Brazilian Amazon have found the bodies of two men in the area close to where British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira went missing 10 days ago. At a press briefing late on Wednesday, regional police chief Eduardo Fontes said one of the two men arrested in connection with the pair's disappearance had confessed to killing them. Continue reading... |
| Canada charges ex-general fighting in Ukraine with sexual assault Posted: 15 Jun 2022 03:23 PM PDT Retired Lt Col Trevor Cadieu preparing to return home to face two charges relating to alleged incidents in 1994 when he was a cadet A former Canadian general who reportedly went to Ukraine to fight Russian invaders has been charged back home in Canada with sexual assault, after a months-long investigation. Retired Lt Gen Trevor Cadieu faces two counts of sexual assault that relate to alleged incidents at Canada's Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario in 1994 when he was a cadet, the office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Toronto police chief apologizes to people of color over disproportionate use of force Posted: 15 Jun 2022 11:05 AM PDT Black people are 2.2 times more likely to have a police interaction and 1.6 times more likely to have force used on them, police statistics show Black, indigenous and other racialized communities have faced disproportionate use-of-force and strip searches by Toronto police, chief James Ramer said on Wednesday, as he apologized and promised to address systemic racism in the department. "As an organization we have not done enough to ensure that every person in our city receives fair and unbiased policing and for this, as chief of police and on behalf of the service, I am sorry and I apologize unreservedly," Ramer said. Continue reading... |
| ‘Deep concern’ over fate of Dom Phillips in Brazil, says Boris Johnson Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:45 AM PDT Prime minister says UK government will provide any support needed after journalist's disappearance in Amazon Boris Johnson has said the UK government is "deeply concerned" about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the British journalist Dom Phillips, after Theresa May called on the prime minister to make the case "a diplomatic priority". May raised Phillips's case during prime minister's questions, citing correspondence with Phillips' niece Dominique Davis, one of her constituents. Johnson said the UK had offered to provide support to Brazilian search teams looking for Phillips and his travelling partner, Bruno Pereira, an Indigenous expert. Continue reading... |
| Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: police in Brazil arrest second man for ‘alleged murder’ Posted: 14 Jun 2022 06:33 PM PDT Suspect is brother of first person held by police over disappearance of the British journalist and Indigenous rights activist Police in Brazil say they have arrested a second man in connection with "the alleged murder" of the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira. Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, 41, was arrested on Tuesday and is being held in Atalaia do Norte, the isolated river town Phillips and Pereira were trying to reach when they vanished on Sunday 5 June. Continue reading... |
| Brazil Indigenous agency staff strike over Bruno Pereira disappearance Posted: 14 Jun 2022 12:00 PM PDT Employees walk off the job amid anger over statements criticising the former Funai employee who went missing with Dom Phillips Employees with Brazil's national Indigenous foundation (Funai) have launched a one-day strike, amid anger over what they say is the dismantling of a key government agency and official statements criticising Bruno Pereira, the former Funai employee who went missing along with the British journalist Dom Phillips last week. Funai staff and related civil service employees walked off the job at 9am on Tuesday in Brasília, Florianópolis and Dourados, and others are voting on whether to launch a wider strike next week, officials with the unions said. Continue reading... |
| Albanese government urged to keep focus on human rights as it rebuilds relationships in Asia Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Thawing diplomatic relations with China shouldn't mean 'taking a backwards step with Beijing', Human Rights Watch says
The Albanese government should not compromise on human rights as it seeks to repair relationships with China and south-east Asian countries, a leading advocacy group has warned. Human Rights Watch has written to the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, urging him to "impose targeted sanctions against Chinese government officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity" in Xinjiang. Continue reading... |
| How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use Posted: 15 Jun 2022 07:32 AM PDT Scientists observed fewer cases of avian bronchitis and superior meat after chickens given cannabis It all began when Ong-ard Panyachatiraksa, a farm owner in the north of Thailand who is licensed to grow medicinal cannabis, was wondering what to do with the many excess leaves he had amassed. He asked: could his brood of chickens benefit from the leftovers? The results are promising and suggest that cannabis could help reduce farmers' dependence on antibiotics, according to Chompunut Lumsangkul, an assistant professor at Chiang Mai University's department of animal and aquatic sciences, who led the study. Continue reading... |
| Owner of UK chip designer Arm may float some of firm’s shares in London Posted: 15 Jun 2022 06:25 AM PDT Japan's SoftBank still likely to conduct IPO in New York but could secure secondary listing The Japanese owner of the British chip designer Arm is reportedly planning to float some of the company's shares in London, in a sign the government's efforts to lobby for a UK listing of the Cambridge-based company may have succeeded. SoftBank, which bought the chip company for $32bn in 2016, is said to be reconsidering earlier plans to only list shares on the US market. Continue reading... |
| Tensions heighten in Taiwan Strait as China acts to extend military operations Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:12 AM PDT Xi Jinping signs trial order allowing 'military operations other than war' beyond China's borders China's president, Xi Jinping, has signed legal orders allowing a trial of military operations beyond China's borders amid heightened tensions over claims by China's foreign ministry that the Taiwan Strait is Chinese territorial water. Official state media reports published this week were light on detail but said Xi had signed orders announcing trial outlines on "military operations other than war". It said the trials would begin on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| New Hong Kong textbooks ‘will claim city never was a British colony’ Posted: 14 Jun 2022 11:08 PM PDT School books will reportedly say China never recognised the treaties that ceded it to colonial powers during opium wars New Hong Kong textbooks will teach students that the city was never a British colony, after an overhaul of a school subject that authorities have blamed for driving the pro-democracy protests. According to local reports, the new texts will teach students that the Chinese government didn't recognise the treaties that ceded the city to Britain after the opium wars. They ended in 1997 when Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese control, and therefore the texts claim Hong Kong was never a British colony. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand to boost maritime security with Solomon Islands amid China focus on Pacific Posted: 14 Jun 2022 08:26 PM PDT 'Small work plan' is another signal of intensifying security interests in the region, in the wake of Beijing's security deal with Honiara New Zealand is developing its own maritime security "work plans" with Solomon Islands, its defence minister has said, months after news of China's defence pact with the Pacific nation emerged. New Zealand minister Peeni Henare said in an interview with Newsroom published on Tuesday that the two countries had begun discussions of a work plan, focused on maritime security, after his meeting with Solomon Islands' national security minister, Anthony Veke, over the weekend. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2022 06:54 PM PDT Energy minister's warning for NSW power grid; jobless rate steady at 3.9%; PM says he has written to UN over Australia's 'enhanced' 2030 emissions target; national electricity market remains suspended amid supply crisis; Victoria records 22 Covid deaths, NSW records 17. Follow updates live
So the below comes as both the NSW and Victorian government move to introduce an extra, free year of preschool in the next decade. Both the NSW and Victorian premiers, Dominic Perrottet and Daniel Andrews, want to introduce a new year for four- and five-year-olds. It will mean that, in the next 10 years, every child in Victoria and NSW will experience the benefits of a full year of play-based learning before their first year of school. At the same time, it will benefit hundreds of thousands of working families. We want to expand our existing preschools. It's a game changer and it's exciting and there is big money behind it, because we have to do well for our kids. They do an amazing job, our early childhood workforce, so this is our chance to invest in them and grow and set children up for that best start of life. Continue reading... |
| Unclear when electricity market suspension will end as Chris Bowen backs ‘extreme’ intervention Posted: 15 Jun 2022 06:21 PM PDT Energy minister says the NSW grid will again come under 'significant pressure' on Thursday evening, asking residents to limit power use The suspension of the national energy market could remain in place indefinitely, with the federal government unable to say when the "extreme" action will end. Energy minister Chris Bowen ruled out extending the life of coal-fired power stations as a short-term solution to the energy crisis, saying the Labor government believed further investment in renewable generation and storage was a better option. Continue reading... |
| Craig Kelly’s adviser Frank Zumbo used ‘power and control’ to sexually touch staff, court told Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:03 PM PDT Zumbo is accused by five women of 20 charges including sexual touching and indecent assault and has pleaded not guilty to all charges Former MP Craig Kelly's office manager promised young female staffers career development and mentoring but instead used his "power and control" to allegedly sexually touch them. Francesco Zumbo, 55, faced Sydney's Downing Centre local court on Wednesday accused by five women of 20 charges including sexual touching and indecent assault between 2014 and 2020. Continue reading... |
| First Nations group join Darwin festival protest over fossil fuel sponsorship Posted: 15 Jun 2022 02:59 PM PDT Open letter to festival board says Santos' involvement threatens cultural integrity and amounts to 'artswashing'
A delegation of First Nations people are expected to join a collective of artists and creative producers on Thursday to protest a controversial sponsorship deal between the Darwin festival and gas and oil company Santos. The call to dump the longstanding fossil fuel sponsorship was included in an open letter sent on Tuesday to the festival's board, chaired by former Northern Territory Airports chief executive Ian Kew, along with a petition of about 200 signatures. The protest coincides with the launch the festival's 2022 program, running from 4 to 21 August. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Murray Watt hopes to break down misconceptions between the ALP and rural Australia
The Albanese government has a chance to break down the misconceptions between the Labor party and rural Australia, according to new agriculture minister, Murray Watt, who flagged the climate crisis as a key area in which to work towards common ground. "There have been some in Labor who have viewed rural Australia with suspicion and think that we can never get people to support us. Equally I think there's been people in rural Australia who have viewed Labor with suspicion," Watt said. Continue reading... |
| Immigration minister says Nadesalingam family can stay in Biloela ‘with certainty’ Posted: 15 Jun 2022 10:30 AM PDT Andrew Giles doesn't specify when or how Tamil family will be allowed to remain in Australia and blames Coalition for long visa wait times
The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has suggested Labor will allow the Nadesalingam family to remain in Biloela "with certainty" and said the government won't pursue a controversial bill that would lower the bar for visa cancellations. Giles accused the previous Coalition government of "playing politics" with vulnerable people when it introduced the bill and neglected other immigration functions – resulting in a blowout in wait times for visas. Continue reading... |
| European leaders expected to visit Kyiv to show support for Ukraine Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:34 PM PDT Volodymyr Zelenskiy to push leaders of Germany, France and Italy to send more weapons to help army withstand Russian invasion The leaders of the European Union's three biggest countries, Germany, France and Italy, are expected in Kyiv on Thursday to show their backing for Ukraine as it struggles to withstand a relentless Russian assault. The visit by the German chancellor Olaf Scholz, the French president Emmanuel Macron and the Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has taken weeks to organise with the three men looking to overcome criticism within Ukraine over their response to the war. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:01 PM PDT This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here Dmitry Medvedev, a long-term ally of Vladimir Putin who is currently deputy chair of the Security Council of Russia, has posted this morning to Telegram a message which gives some insight into the current state of senior level Russian thinking about the situation in Ukraine. In the message, Medvedev questions a Ukrainian request that it receive energy imports this winter with an option to delay payment for two years. Medvedev says: Just a question. Who said that in two years Ukraine will even exist on the world map? There is a lot of excitement. More and more people want to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation. Residents of the Kherson region today are en masse in queues to submit documents for obtaining Russian citizenship just because Russia can protect, Russia can feed and provide socially for a person in the country, in which a person is the highest social value of the state. Continue reading... |
| UK food price rises could hit 15% over summer, report says Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:01 PM PDT Ukraine war, China lockdowns and Brexit help push up inflation, with products that rely on wheat worst hit Food price rises in the UK could hit 15% this summer – the highest level in more than 20 years – with inflation lasting into the middle of next year, according to a report. Meat, cereals, dairy, fruit and vegetables are likely to be the worst affected as the war in Ukraine combines with production lockdowns in China and export bans on key food stuffs such as palm oil from Indonesia and wheat from India, the grocery trade body IGD warns. Continue reading... |
| Ex-Russian football captain Igor Denisov condemns invasion of Ukraine Posted: 15 Jun 2022 03:53 PM PDT Former captain of national team said he fears he could be 'jailed or killed' for speaking out against the conflict Igor Denisov, the former captain of Russia's national football team, has said he feared he could be "jailed or killed" as he spoke out to condemn his country's war against Ukraine. The 38-year-old has become the most senior former or current athlete who still lives in Russia to publicly condemn the conflict. Continue reading... |
| Why is the ECB still fiddling over a potential eurozone crisis? | Nils Pratley Posted: 15 Jun 2022 11:09 AM PDT Christine Lagarde is failing to heed the lesson of last decade's crisis: act quickly and act clearly Perhaps the European Central Bank was feeling left out as the financial world turned its attention to the US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike. But emergency meetings of major central banks are supposed to produce more substance than the weak offering that emerged from Frankfurt after a morning of contemplation: a plan to accelerate work on a "new anti-fragmentation instrument". The fragmentation in question is the widening of bond yields between eurozone countries. In short, as interest rate rises have come into view, weaker economies are having to pay meaningfully greater rates to borrow than the likes of Germany – about 2.4 percentage points more in the case of Italy. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk Posted: 15 Jun 2022 09:38 AM PDT Fears grow over the hundreds of civilians believed to be sheltering in the city's Azot chemical plant Ukraine has ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the embattled eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, as fears grow over the hundreds of civilians trapped in the city's Azot chemical factory. Russia ordered Ukrainian forces a day earlier to stop "senseless resistance and lay down arms" from Wednesday morning, as Moscow controls 80% of Sievierodonetsk, a city that has become a focal point of Russia's advances in the east of the country. Continue reading... |
| US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen human rights abuses, watchdog finds Posted: 15 Jun 2022 11:45 AM PDT Government Accountability Office also criticizes Biden's move to classify Saudi weapons as 'offensive' or 'defensive' as meaningless The US government has not fully investigated its own role in perpetuating human rights abuses in Yemen, according to a congressional watchdog report that offered a damning assessment of both the Trump and Biden administrations' commitment to tracking violations of humanitarian law. A report by the Government Accountability Office, which examined US weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, also raised serious doubts about one of Joe Biden's first foreign policy as president, when he announced that his administration was ending US support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen. Continue reading... |
| Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys in crackdown on homosexuality Posted: 15 Jun 2022 08:35 AM PDT Pencil cases, skirts and hats among items targeted for 'contradicting Islamic faith and public morals' Saudi officials have been seizing rainbow-coloured toys and clothing from shops in the capital as part of a crackdown on homosexuality, state media has reported. The kingdom opened to tourism in 2019 but, like other Gulf countries, it is frequently criticised for its human rights record, including its outlawing of homosexuality, a potential capital offence. Continue reading... |
| US defence contractor in talks to take over NSO Group’s hacking technology Posted: 14 Jun 2022 01:25 PM PDT Deal – which would require approval from US and Israel – would give L3Harris control over controversial Pegasus tool The US defence contractor L3Harris is in talks to take over NSO Group's surveillance technology, in a possible deal that would give an American company control over one of the world's most sophisticated and controversial hacking tools. Multiple sources confirmed that discussions were centred on a sale of the Israeli company's core technology – or code – as well as a possible transfer of NSO personnel to L3Harris. But any agreement still faces significant hurdles, including requiring the blessing of the US and Israeli governments, which have not yet given the green light to a deal. Continue reading... |
| ‘Betrayal’: critics condemn Biden’s plan to visit Saudi Arabia Posted: 14 Jun 2022 11:21 AM PDT Trip comes after Biden labeled the kingdom a 'pariah', as questions also emerge over president's trip to Israel Joe Biden will visit Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia next month, the White House said on Tuesday. The announcement immediately put the administration on the defensive, given the president's previous stance that the Saudi regime was a "pariah" because of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and other human rights abuses. One Saudi human rights campaigner called Biden's decision to meet the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a "betrayal". Continue reading... |
| Palestinian reporter’s death highlights weakness of Israeli army investigations Posted: 14 Jun 2022 01:38 AM PDT Fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh in May raises fresh concerns over military inquiries into deaths of Palestinians In August 2020, 23-year-old Dalia Samoudi was killed when a bullet came through the window of her home in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, during an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) raid on a nearby house. Al Jazeera reported on the incident, in which witnesses said she had been killed by an IDF soldier firing in the direction of Palestinians throwing stones. Two years later, the television network would report on the death of its longtime correspondent, Shireen Abu Aqleh, in nearly the same spot. Continue reading... |
| UN appeals to public for $20m to stop feared catastrophic oil spill from tanker Posted: 13 Jun 2022 09:45 AM PDT Vessel off Yemen with more than 1m barrels of oil aboard has been stranded for six years and is close to breaking up A rare UN appeal to the public to raise $20m is to be launched on Tuesday in an attempt to prevent an environmental catastrophe caused by the potential break-up of an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen. The money is needed to offload more than 1.14m barrels of oil that have been sitting in the decrepit cargo ship, Safer, for more than six years because of an impasse between Houthi groups and the Saudi-backed government over ownership and responsibility. Continue reading... |
| Pakistanis told to drink less tea to help fight economic crisis Posted: 15 Jun 2022 08:56 AM PDT Minister appeals for people to cut their consumption by one or two cups a day and save on imports A minister in Pakistan's newly elected government has been criticised after appealing to the nation to drink less tea to help save on imports amid a deepening economic crisis. Pakistan is among the world's top tea importers, and the brew is hugely popular among rich and poor. The typical Pakistani is believed to drink at least three cups a day on average. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka government workers get Fridays off to grow food ahead of shortages Posted: 14 Jun 2022 10:34 PM PDT Public sector employees also encouraged to find work overseas and send money home amid unprecedented economic crisis Sri Lanka is asking government workers to take an extra day off each week to grow crops in their back yards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage. An unprecedented economic downturn has left several staple foods in short supply, along with petrol and medicines, and high inflation is ravaging household budgets. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar junta accused of ‘relentless attacks’ on children Posted: 14 Jun 2022 07:38 AM PDT UN expert says minors have been beaten and forced to endure mock executions Scores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year's coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict immense suffering, a United Nations expert has said. Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some were made to endure mock executions, according to a report published on Tuesday from the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews. Continue reading... |
| BBC to pay £30,000 to Bangladeshi Labour councillor for identity mix-up Posted: 14 Jun 2022 02:30 AM PDT Liza Begum said confusion with Apsana Begum who was acquitted of fraud charges 'reflects notion all people of colour look the same' The BBC has agreed to pay £30,000 in damages to a British Bangladeshi Labour councillor after it mixed her up with Apsana Begum in a news item about the MP facing housing fraud charges. Pictures of Liza Begum at an event to launch Labour's 2019 race and faith manifesto were broadcast on BBC London News during an exchange on 29 October 2020, in which the BBC London political correspondent said: "This is Apsana Begum … she faces three charges of dishonesty." Continue reading... |
| India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave Posted: 14 Jun 2022 02:17 AM PDT As capital swelters, India urges rich countries to provide funds to help deal with effects of climate crisis Throughout the day Virender Sharma splashes water from a bucket on to the sheet he has pulled over his lilies, tuberoses, carnations and gerberas in an attempt to protect them from the hot, dry wind sweeping through Delhi. But the street flower seller's attempts to protect his produce is futile. Since the onset of a brutal heatwave in mid-March, his income has dropped by 60%. Continue reading... |
| Indian state razes Muslim homes after riots over prophet remarks Posted: 12 Jun 2022 07:37 AM PDT Uttar Pradesh authorities demolish property belonging to people allegedly involved in unrest Authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have demolished the homes of several people accused of involvement in riots last week triggered by derogatory remarks made by ruling party figures about the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims have taken to the streets across India in recent weeks to protest against anti-Islamic remarks by two members of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP). Continue reading... |
| Britons not bitterly polarised over trans equality, research finds Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:01 PM PDT Study reveals majority agree schools should talk about trans issues and one in four knows trans person The British public are not bitterly polarised over trans equality, according to new research, which found a majority agreed schools should talk to pupils about transgender issues and that one in four knows a trans person personally. Thought to be the most in-depth UK study to date of public attitudes to what has become a notoriously toxic discourse in politics and on social media, the report from More in Common identifies a radically different attitude among ordinary people, who approach issues of gender identity from a position of compassion and fairness, often informed by their own relationships with trans people. Continue reading... |
| Claim for £750m against Apple launched alleging battery ‘throttling’ Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:01 PM PDT Consumer champion Justin Gutmann alleges older iPhones made slower to cope with software updates A consumer champion has launched a more than £750m legal claim against Apple, linked to an incident in 2017 relating to a power management tool on older iPhones. Justin Gutmann has accused the tech giant of slowing down the performance of iPhone handsets – a process known as "throttling" – by hiding a power management tool in software updates to combat performance issues and stop older devices from shutting down suddenly. Continue reading... |
| Queen’s ‘seabed rights’ swell to value of £5bn after auction of plots Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:01 PM PDT British crown estate portfolio rises in value by 8.3% to £15.6bn The value of rights owned by the Queen's property company to exploit the seabed around Britain's coastline has swelled to £5bn after a record-breaking auction of plots for offshore windfarms. Profits for the crown estate, which generates money for the Treasury and the royal family, jumped by £43.4m to £312.7m in the year to the end of March. Continue reading... |
| Lil Wayne will not perform at UK festival after Home Office refused entry Posted: 15 Jun 2022 03:55 PM PDT Grammy-award winning US rapper will no longer headline Strawberries & Creem festival in Cambridge Lil Wayne will no longer headline at Strawberries & Creem festival in Cambridge after he was banned from entering the UK at the last minute, event organisers have said. The Grammy-award winning American rapper, 39, will not perform on Saturday in what was believed to be his first UK show in 14 years after he had his visa application refused. Continue reading... |
| Doctors warn against over-medicalising menopause after UK criticism Posted: 15 Jun 2022 03:30 PM PDT Seeing natural event as hormone deficiency requiring treatment could increase women's anxiety, say medics Doctors have hit back at critics saying they are failing menopausal women, and said that treating menopause as a hormone deficiency that requires medical treatment could fuel negative expectations and make matters worse. Writing in the British Medical Journal they said there was an urgent need for a more realistic and balanced narrative which actively challenges the idea that menopause is synonymous with an inevitable decline in women's health and wellbeing, and called for continued efforts to improve awareness about the symptoms and how to deal with them. Continue reading... |
| Labour launches review of business funding to support startups Posted: 15 Jun 2022 02:30 PM PDT Rachel Reeves says Labour wants to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business Labour has launched a review of business startup funding driven by a group of industry leaders including the former Goldman Sachs chief economist and Conservative Treasury minister Jim O'Neill as it attempts to improve its credentials with business. Announcing the review amid concern over the strength of the British economy, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, said Labour wanted to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business. Continue reading... |
| Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:15 PM PDT The disgraced British socialite's lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys argued on Wednesday that the disgraced British socialite should be sentenced to "well below" the 20 years imprisonment that probation authorities have recommended in her New York federal sex-trafficking case. In a pre-sentencing report, Maxwell's attorneys provided detailed descriptions of her allegedly perilous conditions in jail, and described an emotionally distressing upbringing, as part of their argument for leniency. Continue reading... |
| Two US volunteers in Ukraine feared taken prisoner by Russia Posted: 15 Jun 2022 05:12 PM PDT The pair's disappearance, the first believed to have been captured in Ukraine, would add another layer of complexity to US efforts against Russia Two American volunteers in Ukraine have gone missing and are feared to have been taken prisoner by Russia, officials and family members said on Wednesday. Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, are both US military veterans who had been living in Alabama and went to Ukraine to assist with war efforts. Relatives have been in contact with Senate and House offices seeking information on the men's whereabouts. Continue reading... |
| Biden signs executive order to curb anti-trans laws and conversion therapy Posted: 15 Jun 2022 04:51 PM PDT The move expands gender-affirming care and urges federal departments to counter anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed by states Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed at curbing discrimination against transgender youth and drying up federal funding for the controversial practice of "conversion therapy". Biden's executive order, which comes during Pride month, asks the federal health and education departments to expand access to gender-affirming medical care and find new ways to counter a flurry of bills passed in US states by conservative lawmakers this year that ban these treatments for transgender youth. Continue reading... |
| Grand jury indicts man accused of trying to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh Posted: 15 Jun 2022 03:37 PM PDT Nicholas John Roske, 26, faces a possible life sentence after federal grand jury indictment The man accused of trying to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh at the US supreme court justice's home in Maryland last week is facing a possible life sentence after a federal grand jury indicted him on Wednesday. Nicholas John Roske, 26, faces one count of attempting to murder an associate justice of the supreme court, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 1994 Posted: 15 Jun 2022 03:33 PM PDT Fed confirms 0.75 percentage-point increase as Americans across country hit hard by rising prices and shortages of key items With soaring inflation and the shadow of recession hanging over the United States, the Federal Reserve announced a 0.75 percentage-point increase in interest rates on Wednesday – the largest hike since 1994. Until this week the Fed had been expected to announce a smaller increase. At a press conference, the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, said the central bank decided that a larger hike was needed after recent economic news, including last week's announcement that inflation had risen to a 40-year high. Continue reading... |
| US says China’s support for Russia over Ukraine puts it on ‘wrong side of history’ Posted: 15 Jun 2022 01:31 PM PDT 'China claims to be neutral, but its behavior makes clear that it is still investing in close ties to Russia,' state department says Xi Jinping has assured Vladimir Putin of China's support on Russian "sovereignty and security" prompting Washington to warn Beijing it risked ending up "on the wrong side of history". China has refused to condemn Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and has been accused of providing diplomatic cover for Russia by blasting western sanctions and arms sales to Kyiv. Continue reading... |
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