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- Syria crisis four years on: a day of in-depth reports and analysis
- Two police officers shot in Ferguson protest – rolling coverage
- 'If the medics leave, the civilians will die' – a UK doctor's story from Syria
- Bali Nine: Sukumaran and Chan could remain on death row for weeks
- After Syria horrors, refugees start life anew in Germany – interactive
- Russia and North Korea forge ‘year of friendship’ pariah alliance
- Ferguson: gunfire at protest as police officers shot - video
- The worst place in the world? Aleppo in ruins after four years of Syria war
- Two police officers shot in Ferguson - reports
- The battle to be Israel’s conscience
- 'Flowers, candles and coffee were waiting for us': Syrians find warm welcome in Germany
- Syria's war: 80% in poverty, life expectancy cut by 20 years, $200bn lost
- Facebook faces parents' lawsuit to refund children's online shopping sprees
- Life goes from bad to worse for Syrians after Lebanon tightens border controls
- I-ran and I-raq: what's in a letter?
- Tourist dies and two injured after whale crashes into sightseeing boat off Mexico
- France wins second 'battle of Waterloo' after commemoration coin dropped
- 'Hunger, displacement, theft … but is there anything worse than beheadings?'
- Syrian opposition leader hits out at west's 'cardboard' support
- Michelin star French chef Yannick Alléno accused of 'harassment' by staff
| Syria crisis four years on: a day of in-depth reports and analysis Posted: 12 Mar 2015 01:07 AM PDT Four year anniversary coverage of a crisis that has claimed the lives of 200,000 people, sparked a humanitarian catastrophe, fuelled violent Islamic extremism and exposed serious splits and weakness in the international community.
First some numbers. More than 200,000 dead, 3.5 million refugees, half the country uprooted: the Syrian tragedy has broken records for all the wrong reasons. A report published overnight - one of many timed to coincide with this anniversary - reveals more: life expectancy reduced by 20 years, 80% of people plunged into poverty, losses estimated at $200bn and rising - and this in a country which was hardly rich to start with. As it has become a country of poor people, 30% of the population have descended into abject poverty where households struggle to meet the basic food needs to sustain bare life."
Welcome to the Guardian's day of special coverage to mark the fourth anniversary of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad and the subsequent civil war in Syria. Throughout the day we will exploring the depths of a crisis that has claimed 200,000 lives, sparked a humanitarian catastrophe, fuelled violent Islamic extremism, and exposed serious divisions and weakness in the international community. Continue reading...      |
| Two police officers shot in Ferguson protest – rolling coverage Posted: 12 Mar 2015 01:07 AM PDT St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar says two officers were shot at protest outside the police department, sustaining 'serious wounds to face and upper torso'
More details have been released about the injured officers. The Webster Grove officer, who was was shot in the face, is reported to be 32 years old with five years experience. His St Louis County colleague who was shot in the shoulder, is 41 with 14 years experience. The details were provided at the press conference by St Louis police chief Jon Belmar. Webster Groves officer is 32 years old with five years on force; STL County officer is 41 with 14 years on
The Guardian has obtained powerful video footage that captures the moment gunfire was heard at the protest outside Ferguson police station. Three shots are heard, followed by screaming and a woman's voice describing the gunfire and that police officers had drawn their guns. WARNING: The video's soundtrack may be disturbing for some viewers
I'm handing over our rolling coverage now to my colleague Mark Smith. Here's an update of events as they stand so far:
Here's some further quotes from the press conference Jon Belmar just held: We've had occasion to be involved in many of the events in Ferguson since Michael Brown was killed and we've been very fortunate as we've moved forward not to have similar instances like this happen to us. As I have said all along, we can not sustain this forever without problems – that's not an indictment on everybody that's out there expressing their first amendment rights.
Belmar also told reporters that "the night was fairly uneventful until about midnight." He said the crowd was beginning to break up, when several shots were fired. The Webster Grove officer was shot in the face, and the St Louis County officer was shot in the shoulder.
My colleague Jon Swaine has been following the press conference. He's just provided this update: The St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar, said at the press briefing: "These police officers were standing there and they were shot, just because they were police officers." The officers sustained "serious gunshot wounds to face and upper torso", according to Belmar. One was from St Louis County and one was from Webster Groves.
The press conference with the St Louis police department appears to be underway. According to reporters there he has confirmed the officers are from Webster Groves and County police department. Stl county PIO Schellman confirms officers are from Webster Groves and County Pd
There are now some reports emerging that the St Louis county chief Jon Belmar is about to hold a press conference Stl county chief Belmar to brief media at Barnes in five minutes.
The LA Times has reportedly spoken to several eyewitnesses to the shooting, who said there were approximately three shots fired. Tony Rice, a Ferguson resident and activist at the protest, said about three shots were fired. About 50 protesters were in the parking lot of a tire store and police were in riot gear in the parking lot of the police station across the street when the shots rang out, according to Heather De Mian, who was recording the events on a live stream.
Tensions have been high in Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American man who was shot dead by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, last year. The shooting raised tensions in the community and the fallout has continued across the country. After the release of a damning Department of Justice (DoJ) report on racist abuses in his city last week, the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, struck a defensive tone on Sunday, declining to call for a restructuring of the city's police department and saying Ferguson had been singled out. "Very few communities in this country have undergone this level of scrutiny, and the city of Ferguson has. After thousands of emails have been examined, court documents, police records, we know what the issues are, according to the Justice Department, with the city of Ferguson," said James Knowles III, speaking to ABC.
Christine Byers, a crime reporter for the St Louis Post-Dispatch, has posted that police sources have told her the officers that were shot are expected to live. Police source says both officers are expected to live
The St Louis County PD has confirmed that two officers were shot outside Ferguson police department. Two @SaintLouCo police officers were shot outside the #Ferguson PD shortly after midnight. Gathering more info. Conditions not known.
The shooting came just hours after the embattled police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, Thomas Jackson, resigned. His department had been accused of racial bias in a scathing report by the US government.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting more details on the shooting. According to the report, Ferguson lieutenant colonel Al Eickhoff said he did not think the officers shot were from his department. Two police officers were hit by gunfire early Thursday outside the Ferguson police department. The shots were fired as police were confronting protesters who had gathered outside the police station.
Earlier in the evening a small crowd of protesters had been gathering outside the Ferguson police station. This vine shows protesters chanting with police standing by:
Susan Weich, a reporter who writes for the St Louis Post-Dispatch, had been tweeting from the protest when the shots were reportedly heard. We have a right to be out here, yells protester in #Ferguson. We can do this all night. Two officers shot in #Ferguson. Shots came from a house up the hill across from police station in #Ferguson
Reports have emerged that two police officers have been shot at a protest in Ferguson. The reports came shortly after midnight, early on Thursday. Our news report here has further details on the shootings: Two police officers have been shot during a protest in Ferguson, according to reports. Gunfire was heard at a protest outside the police department of Ferguson, Missouri, early on Thursday morning, according to a Reuters photographer at the scene. Continue reading...      |
| 'If the medics leave, the civilians will die' – a UK doctor's story from Syria Posted: 12 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT A Syrian-British ophthalmologist tells how he uses his annual leave to travel to a hospital near Aleppo to do what he can under desperate conditions Continue reading...      |
| Bali Nine: Sukumaran and Chan could remain on death row for weeks Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:47 AM PDT Indonesian attorney general says all appeals for other prisoners facing the firing squad must be completed before any executions can take place Continue reading...      |
| After Syria horrors, refugees start life anew in Germany – interactive Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:45 AM PDT In December, about 60,000 Syrians made their way to Germany. Some went through UN agencies, while others travelled illegally; all had suffered untold hardship in their homeland. Nine of these refugees relate their experiences, describing how they have found support and a sense of purpose in Germany, not least by participating in a reimagined version of Mozart's Così Fan Tutte alongside German opera singers. Click on the images below to read their stories Continue reading... |
| Russia and North Korea forge ‘year of friendship’ pariah alliance Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:30 AM PDT Neighbouring regimes declare closer co-operation as Kremlin's role in Ukraine conflict and Kim Jong-un's pursuit of nuclear weapons deeply rankle with west Continue reading...      |
| Ferguson: gunfire at protest as police officers shot - video Posted: 12 Mar 2015 12:19 AM PDT Video uploaded to YouTube apparently shows the moment gunfire breaks out at a protest in Ferguson, Missouri. Police say two officers were shot at a rally outside the police station following the resignation of the police chief Continue reading...       |
| The worst place in the world? Aleppo in ruins after four years of Syria war Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:30 PM PDT In the east of Syria's largest city, where entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed, the few remaining residents face a Darwinian fight for survival Aleppo had withstood more than six millennia of pillage and insurrection, but the past three years have damaged more of its civilisation and displaced more of its people than perhaps all its earlier conflicts. The ancient metropolis, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, is now split into two halves: the Syrian regime runs the west and the armed opposition controls the east. We left because psychologically the children could not stand it any more Continue reading... |
| Two police officers shot in Ferguson - reports Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:01 PM PDT Gunfire heard at a protest outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, hours after the city's police chief announced his resignation Two police officers have been shot during a protest in Ferguson, according to reports. Gunfire was heard at a protest outside the police department of Ferguson, Missouri, early on Thursday morning, according to a Reuters photographer at the scene. Continue reading...      |
| The battle to be Israel’s conscience Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:00 PM PDT For 25 years, the human-rights group B'Tselem has diligently catalogued the violations of its own government. Can it convince Israelis to listen? Continue reading...      |
| 'Flowers, candles and coffee were waiting for us': Syrians find warm welcome in Germany Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:00 PM PDT For many families escaping the war in Syria, Germany would not be the first choice for asylum. However, the German authorities' welcoming policies have helped them rebuild their shattered lives       |
| Syria's war: 80% in poverty, life expectancy cut by 20 years, $200bn lost Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:50 PM PDT A United Nations Development Programme-backed report paints devastating picture of a country after four years of war Continue reading...      |
| Facebook faces parents' lawsuit to refund children's online shopping sprees Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:03 PM PDT Judge rules technology company must answer US class-action lawsuit representing hundreds of thousands of people A US federal judge said Facebook Inc must face a nationwide class-action lawsuit seeking to force the social media company to provide refunds when children spend their parents' money on its website without permission. US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in San Jose, California on Tuesday said a class of plaintiffs estimated in the hundreds of thousands may press their claim that Facebook should change how it handles online transactions by minors. Continue reading...      |
| Life goes from bad to worse for Syrians after Lebanon tightens border controls Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:00 PM PDT UN warns of humanitarian tragedy in country where one in four is a refugee and tens of thousands of babies are being born stateless Continue reading...      |
| I-ran and I-raq: what's in a letter? Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:00 PM PDT US republican Tom Cotton and 46 of his colleagues have been widely criticised for a letter undermining Obama's diplomatic efforts with Iran. Here, Satirist Ebrahim Nabavi imagines the rooky sentator defending it on MSNBC Continue reading...      |
| Tourist dies and two injured after whale crashes into sightseeing boat off Mexico Posted: 11 Mar 2015 09:54 PM PDT Grey whale hit a tourist boat at Cabo San Lucas on the Mexican coast, say authorities, with a Canadian woman dying of her injuries A Canadian woman died from injuries sustained when a grey whale crashed into a tourist boat as it returned from a short excursion out of the resort city of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. Two other passengers were injured in the accident, which took place close to the beach around 11am on Wednesday, according to a statement released by tour company Cabo Adventures. Continue reading...      |
| France wins second 'battle of Waterloo' after commemoration coin dropped Posted: 11 Mar 2015 09:15 PM PDT Belgium has withdrawn a proposal to mint a €2 coin to honour the victory over Napoleon after French objections Two hundred years after Napoleon's ambitions to rule Europe died at Waterloo, France won a small battle on Wednesday to prevent the minting of a euro coin commemorating an event that shaped today's continent. Belgium withdrew a proposal to strike a special 2-euro piece in honour of the Anglo-Dutch-German victory outside Brussels on 18 June, 1815, an EU official said, averting an EU ministerial vote after Paris objected on the grounds that glorifying a time of conflict ran counter to efforts to foster European unity. Continue reading...      |
| 'Hunger, displacement, theft … but is there anything worse than beheadings?' Posted: 11 Mar 2015 09:00 PM PDT Residents of the Syrian city of Raqqa who have fled to Lebanon tell of life back home in Isis's capital Continue reading...      |
| Syrian opposition leader hits out at west's 'cardboard' support Posted: 11 Mar 2015 09:00 PM PDT Khaled Khoja, new president of the Syrian National Coalition, urges western governments to engage with the Free Syrian Army to defeat both Assad and Isis Continue reading...      |
| Michelin star French chef Yannick Alléno accused of 'harassment' by staff Posted: 11 Mar 2015 07:56 PM PDT Superstar chef who runs 'Ledoyen' on the Champs Elysees is accused of violent behaviour toward employees Staff at a top Paris restaurant, the prestigious "Ledoyen" on the Champs Elysees, have filed a complaint for "harassment" and violent behaviour against its star chef Yannick Alléno , a trade union has said. The celebrated 46-year-old dismissed the allegations as "lies", saying in a statement to AFP that he was "deeply shocked" and intended "to defend his honour and set the record straight." Continue reading...      |
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