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- 'Horror has come back to Aleppo': airstrikes continue in rebel-held east
- Donald Trump transition team in disarray after top adviser 'purged'
- People-smuggling: new photos boost claim that wrong man is on trial in Italy
- Mystery as wrecks of three Dutch WWII ships vanish from Java seabed
- Bursting the Facebook bubble: we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds
- Transatlantic trade deal 'not realistic' under Trump, German official says
- Gaddafi ‘gave Nicolas Sarkozy €50m for 2007 presidential campaign’
- Pirates edge closer to role in Iceland's next government
- Barack Obama raises possibility of debt relief on final Greece visit
- Venezuela: three opposition lawmakers resign in concession to Maduro
- Sweden relaunches Olof Palme murder inquiry
- Snapchat prepares for IPO that could value app at $25bn, reports say
- Tehran shuts schools as thick smog is linked to hundreds of deaths
- Assad: Trump would be a 'natural ally' if he follows through on fighting terrorism
- François Hollande seeks extension of state of emergency in France
- Trump's name to be removed from New York buildings to appeal to renters
- West Virginia county worker fired for calling Michelle Obama an 'ape in heels'
- Canada gives $3.3bn subsidies to fossil fuel producers despite climate pledge
- John Kerry says Yemen's Houthis and Saudi coalition agree to ceasefire
- As Venezuela lurches from crisis to crisis President Maduro moonlights as salsa DJ
- Berta Cáceres murder: international lawyers launch new investigation
- Frank Ocean on Grammy snub: the awarding system is dated
- Three journalists arrested in Gambia ahead of election
- Haringey to welcome Syrian refugees as London struggles to take its share
- Boris Johnson's Brexit vision 'intellectually impossible' – EU minister
- Donald Trump goes out for New York dinner without telling press – video
- Man shot and killed while sat in car in south side of Glasgow
- Japan factory swamped by orders of Trump masks – video
- Tony Abbott says 'moral panic' about climate change is 'over the top'
- Ex-Nato leaders call for extraordinary meeting with Donald Trump
- New Zealand earthquake officially upgraded to magnitude 7.8 – as it happened
- New Zealand earthquake: fears for wildlife along devastated coastline
- Chagos Islanders denied right to return home
- Battle of the Somme recollections released by Imperial War Musuem
- Jakarta's Christian governor to face blasphemy trial over Islam insult claim
- 75,000 children in Nigeria could starve to death within months, says UN
- Ethnic minorities more likely to be jailed for some crimes, report finds
- Two women rescued from sinkhole in front of Sears store in Canada
- Venezuelan President's salsa dancing hour comes under criticism – video
- Anti-Obama protesters clash with police in Athens - video
- Aleppo airstrikes restart as Russia announces major Syria offensive
- Race ethics code: Shorten challenges Turnbull to put Labor proposal to Coalition MPs
- Gender pay gap narrows but men earning 23% more than women, agency finds
- Germans and Czechs can be friends again | Letters
- Turkey’s slide into dictatorship ignored | Letters
- Theresa May’s sari was mark of respect | Brief letters
- Half of Ebola screening staff at Heathrow 'were not clinically qualified'
- Blasts in Aleppo as airstrikes resume – video
- Terrorism deaths fall despite widening impact of attacks, global study reveals
- After Brexit and Trump, the development sector must finally heed domestic issues | Jonathan Glennie
- How US aid will be affected by Trump's win, plus the real cost of gold mining
- Bernie Sanders would have beaten Donald Trump? Not so fast
- The alt-right thrives in opposition. What happens now it's the establishment?
- Senate Democrats call on Trump to fire Steve Bannon – video
- Paul Ryan: GOP working 'hand-in-glove' with Donald Trump – video
- Obama wants to 'facilitate a good transition' to Trump presidency – video
- Blink and you'll miss it: Japanese sinkhole repaired at speed – video
- Stephen Bannon and the alt-right in the White House – video explainer
| 'Horror has come back to Aleppo': airstrikes continue in rebel-held east Posted: 16 Nov 2016 01:55 AM PST Activists and residents say attacks that began on Tuesday are ongoing as Assad and Russian allies hope to crush the opposition Jet fighters pounded rebel-held east Aleppo through the night and into Wednesday morning, continuing the opening salvo of a long-awaited campaign that Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies hope will crush the opposition in Syria's former industrial capital. Related: UN Syria envoy warns of terror risk if Assad wins total military victory Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump transition team in disarray after top adviser 'purged' Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:10 AM PST National security adviser Mike Rogers leaves in 'Stalinesque purge' as talks at Trump Tower continue amid uncertainty over role of president-elect's children
Donald Trump's transition to the White House appeared to be in disarray on Tuesday after the abrupt departure of a top national security adviser and amid continuing questions over the role of his three children and son-in-law. Continue reading... |
| People-smuggling: new photos boost claim that wrong man is on trial in Italy Posted: 16 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST Exclusive: Pictures seem to show that man on trial is Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe rather than smuggler Medhanie Yehdego Mered New photographs appear to show one of north Africa's most wanted people-smugglers celebrating at a family wedding, giving fresh momentum to claims that a man accused of being the smuggler, and set to face trial in Italy this week, is the victim of mistaken identity. Prosecutors in Sicily will begin a second round of legal proceedings on Wednesday against a man they allege to be Medhanie Yehdego Mered, a 35-year-old Eritrean who is said to be a notorious people-smuggler in north Africa. Continue reading... |
| Mystery as wrecks of three Dutch WWII ships vanish from Java seabed Posted: 15 Nov 2016 09:27 PM PST There are fears the sunken vessels off Indonesia, which are the graves of 2,200 people, may have been salvaged for metal An international investigation has been launched into the mysterious disappearance of three Dutch second world war shipwrecks which have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The Netherlands defence ministry has confirmed that the wrecks of two of its warships which sunk in 1942 have completely gone, while large parts of a third are also missing. Continue reading... |
| Bursting the Facebook bubble: we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds Posted: 16 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST Social media has made it easy to live in filter bubbles, sheltered from opposing viewpoints. So what happens when liberals and conservatives trade realities? The 2016 election took place under the spectre of a bubble. Not the subprime mortgage lending bubble that shaped the 2008 election, but the "filter bubble". Tens of millions of American voters gets their news on Facebook, where highly personalized news feeds dish up a steady stream of content that reinforces users' pre-existing beliefs. Facebook users are increasingly sheltered from opposing viewpoints – and reliable news sources – and the viciously polarized state of our national politics appears to be one of the results. Continue reading... |
| Transatlantic trade deal 'not realistic' under Trump, German official says Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:38 PM PST Official says there is no hope for TTIP deal following US election and lays out 'pragmatic' plans for continuing US-German relationship Hopes of a transatlantic trade deal have been abandoned following Donald Trump's election to the US presidency, a senior German official said on Tuesday. Speaking as Barack Obama flew to Berlin for a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, as part of his last foreign trip as president, the official declared the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as good as dead, after three years of negotiations between the US and the EU. Continue reading... |
| Gaddafi ‘gave Nicolas Sarkozy €50m for 2007 presidential campaign’ Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:29 AM PST Businessman Ziad Takieddine repeats claim of Libyan funding days before former French leader seeks nomination for 2017 A French-Lebanese businessman has publicly repeated claims that the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave €50m (£43m) to fund Nicolas Sarkozy's successful 2007 campaign for the French presidency. In a film published on the investigative news website Mediapart, Ziad Takieddine, who introduced Sarkozy to Gaddafi, insists he handed over cases stuffed with cash to the former French leader and his chief of staff, Claude Guéant. Continue reading... |
| Pirates edge closer to role in Iceland's next government Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:17 PM PST Coalition involving anti-establishment party looking more likely after biggest election winner, Independence, was unable to pull together a ruling bloc Iceland moved closer to the anti-establishment Pirate party gaining a place in government after the Independence party failed to pull together a governing coalition following recent elections. President Gudni Johannesson earlier this month gave a mandate to Bjarni Benediktsson, the leader of Independence, which won the most seats in the 29 October election. Continue reading... |
| Barack Obama raises possibility of debt relief on final Greece visit Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:24 AM PST US president calls for growth strategy to put debt-stricken country on 'durable' path of recovery The outgoing US president, Barack Obama, has used his final trip to Europe to call for action to put Greece on a path to "durable" economic recovery, including the possibility of debt relief. Making his first stop in Athens in a farewell tour aimed at safeguarding his legacy, Obama made the strongest case yet for the debt-stricken country to be given some slack. He said: "To the rest of Europe I will continue to emphasise our view that austerity alone cannot deliver prosperity." Continue reading... |
| Venezuela: three opposition lawmakers resign in concession to Maduro Posted: 15 Nov 2016 05:08 PM PST 'Vote of confidence' in Vatican talks as trio who were banned by supreme court, but reinstated by parliament, step aside for elections Three opposition lawmakers at the centre of a dispute between Venezuela's congress and its top court stepped down on Tuesday following an agreement meant to ease a political standoff between the opposition and President Nicolás Maduro. Julio Ygarza, Nirma Guarulla and Romel Guzamana submitted their resignations in writing to congress on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Sweden relaunches Olof Palme murder inquiry Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:06 PM PST Unsolved shooting of prime minister in 1986 to be reopened by man who investigated 2003 killing of foreign minister Sweden has announced the relaunch of an investigation into the 1986 murder of its prime minister, Olof Palme, which is still a mystery despite countless leads. Palme was gunned down in the street after leaving a Stockholm cinema with his wife, a killing that sent shockwaves through the country. Continue reading... |
| Snapchat prepares for IPO that could value app at $25bn, reports say Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:53 PM PST Initial public offering could come as soon as March and value Snapchat at $20bn to $25bn, making it one of the biggest technology offerings in recent years Messaging app Snapchat has filed confidentially with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The filing puts the Venice, California-based company one step further towards its IPO, which sources say could come as soon as March and value it at $20bn to $25bn, making it one of the biggest technology offerings in recent years. Continue reading... |
| Tehran shuts schools as thick smog is linked to hundreds of deaths Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:32 AM PST Authorities in Iranian capital forced to take emergency action amid unprecedented levels of air pollution At this time of the year, citizens of Tehran are accustomed to a thick curtain of fog that falls across the city, veiling everything from the 435 metre-tall Milad tower to the nearby Alborz mountains. This week, however, the blanket of smog smothering the Iranian capital has been blamed for a string of deaths and prompted unprecedented emergency measures by the city's authorities. Continue reading... |
| Assad: Trump would be a 'natural ally' if he follows through on fighting terrorism Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:07 PM PST The Syrian president expresses doubts on whether the president-elect will deliver promise to fight Isis amid US-led airstrikes against group in Syria and Iraq Bashar al-Assad has said in an interview that Donald Trump will be a "natural ally" if the US president-elect fulfills his pledge to fight "terrorists". In his first reaction to Trump's election victory last week, the Syrian president struck a note of caution and said he was unsure Trump would be able to keep his word and step up the fight against jihadists. Continue reading... |
| François Hollande seeks extension of state of emergency in France Posted: 15 Nov 2016 01:20 PM PST President proposes prolonging emergency measures – in place since Paris attacks – to cover presidential election President François Hollande has proposed extending France's year-old state of emergency to May, to cover the next presidential election. Speaking on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Morocco, Hollande said he wanted to prolong the emergency measures in place since the November 2015 Paris attacks, which had been due to expire in January. France's two-round presidential election takes place on 23 April and 7 May. Continue reading... |
| Trump's name to be removed from New York buildings to appeal to renters Posted: 15 Nov 2016 09:28 AM PST Owner of Upper West Side 'Trump Place' buildings, developed by the businessman, aims for 'more neutral building identity' Donald Trump's name will be permanently removed from a series of New York City buildings on Wednesday, in an apparent repudiation of his divisive presidential campaign. The name "Trump" has been displayed prominently on 140, 160 and 180 Trump Place, in Manhattan's Upper West Side, for more than a decade. Trump developed the apartment buildings in the 1990s. Continue reading... |
| West Virginia county worker fired for calling Michelle Obama an 'ape in heels' Posted: 15 Nov 2016 09:46 AM PST Mayor of Clay, West Virginia, Beverly Whaling, appeared to agree with Pamela Ramsey Taylor's Facebook post, leading to calls for her termination A West Virginia county worker was fired after penning a racist Facebook post calling first lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels". "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels," posted Clay County Development Corporation's then director Pamela Ramsey Taylor to Facebook following Donald Trump's presidential win last week. Continue reading... |
| Canada gives $3.3bn subsidies to fossil fuel producers despite climate pledge Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:06 AM PST Government subsidy to gas and oil companies undermine Trudeau's plan to put national price on carbon dioxide by 2018, environmental report warned Canada's attempt to act on climate change is being undermined by $3.3bn in government subsidies flowing to oil and gas producers in the country a year, a new report has warned. The prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has vowed to place a national price on carbon dioxide emissions by 2018. Last week, Trudeau said he would not be deterred by the election as US president of Donald Trump, who has called climate change a "hoax", and would forge ahead with the plan to "show leadership that quite frankly the entire world is looking for". Continue reading... |
| John Kerry says Yemen's Houthis and Saudi coalition agree to ceasefire Posted: 15 Nov 2016 09:31 AM PST Kerry is seeking to end the fighting between the Houthis, allied to Iran, and the Saudi-backed government of the Yemeni president before Obama's term ends US secretary of state John Kerry has said that Yemen's Houthi rebel group and the Saudi-led coalition fighting it had agreed to a ceasefire from Thursday, as Washington presses for an end to the war before Barack Obama leaves office. The internationally recognised Yemeni government quickly rejected the move, complaining of being bypassed. But it may have little choice if leaned on by Saudi Arabia, on which it depends both militarily and financially. Continue reading... |
| As Venezuela lurches from crisis to crisis President Maduro moonlights as salsa DJ Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:45 AM PST Venezuela is facing a cratering economy and political deadlock but the president still finds time to show off his 70s dance music chops on his own radio show "It's time for salsaaaaa!" croons the newest DJ on Venezuela's national daytime radio. "Pay attention, this is the force of happiness," he tells his listeners. Related: Venezuela on the brink: a journey through a country in crisis Continue reading... |
| Berta Cáceres murder: international lawyers launch new investigation Posted: 15 Nov 2016 08:45 AM PST Legal experts from US, Guatemala and Colombia in Honduras for inquiry after official investigation into environmentalist's death raises concern A group of international legal experts has launched an independent inquiry into the murder of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres amid widespread concerns over the official investigation. Five lawyers from the US, Guatemala and Colombia are in Honduras to try to uncover the intellectual authors behind the assassination of Cáceres and the attempted murder of her colleague the Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro. Continue reading... |
| Frank Ocean on Grammy snub: the awarding system is dated Posted: 16 Nov 2016 01:59 AM PST The artist explains why he's boycotting the music awards with new album Blonde, pointing to shortage of black winners of album of the year category In his first interview since the release of Blonde, Frank Ocean has clarified his lack of submission to the 2017 Grammys, saying: "The awarding system and the nomination system and screening system is dated." The musician, who has previously won two Grammy awards, said that he did not submit his No 1 record for consideration for specific reasons. "That institution certainly has nostalgic importance," he told the New York Times. "It just doesn't seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from, and hold down what I hold down." Continue reading... |
| Three journalists arrested in Gambia ahead of election Posted: 16 Nov 2016 01:59 AM PST They are detained without charge as 30 people opposed to the rule of President Yahya Jammeh begin three-year jail sentences for attending a peaceful protest The director-general of the Gambia's state TV and radio broadcaster, Momodou Sabally, was dimissed last week and immediately arrested by the security services on unspecified charges. Soon after, a reporter with the same broadcaster, GRTS, Bakary Fatty, was also detained by members of the national intelligence agency, reported Gainako. Continue reading... |
| Haringey to welcome Syrian refugees as London struggles to take its share Posted: 16 Nov 2016 01:56 AM PST The north London borough's decision underlines problems the capital faces helping those fleeing conflicts elsewhere Given London's long and famous history of giving sanctuary to refugees, it seems strange that so few fleeing Syria have been settled in the capital so far. In April, Citizens UK reported that only 43 of the 1,337 accepted by Britain since 2014 had relocated to any of London 32 boroughs at that point. In May, Home Office figures showed that only 33 of the 1,602 Syrians housed in the UK since October 2015 under the government's Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (SVPRS) were in London, the lowest number of any UK region or nation. Of the 32 London boroughs, only Camden, Barnet, Kingston and Islington had begun accepting Syrians at that stage, though others had agreed to in principle. On Tuesday, Haringey joined the group taking in fleeing Syrians when its cabinet voted to accommodate up to ten families under the SVPRS. Council leader Claire Kober pledged to "work round the clock to give refugee families a safe home and the support they need to rebuild their lives". Quizzed on Twitter by a local refugees support group about when the Syrian families will arrive, Kober replied that the council was "moving fast to finalise deal with Home Office" but added that "we're in their hands on broader timescale". Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson's Brexit vision 'intellectually impossible' – EU minister Posted: 16 Nov 2016 01:34 AM PST Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem attacks foreign secretary for claiming UK could leave customs union while maintaining free trade with EU Boris Johnson is promising the British people a Brexit deal that is "intellectually impossible" and "politically unavailable", according to the Dutch finance minister and Eurogroup president. Jeroen Dijsselbloem delivered a scathing attack on Johnson after the foreign secretary claimed the UK would probably be leaving the customs union while also seeking free trade with the EU and extra immigration controls. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump goes out for New York dinner without telling press – video Posted: 16 Nov 2016 12:51 AM PST In an unusual move for a president-elect, Donald Trump left his New York home on Tuesday evening without notifying the press team covering him. Along with his wife and adult children, he was taken by motorcade to Manhattan steakhouse 21 club. Amateur footage broadcast on NBC News shows Trump inside shaking hands with fellow restaurant goers Continue reading... |
| Man shot and killed while sat in car in south side of Glasgow Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:12 AM PST Police say 26-year-old victim was attacked just before midnight on Tuesday and later died in hospital A man has died after being shot as he sat in a car. The victim was attacked in the south side of Glasgow just before midnight on Tuesday and died later in hospital. Continue reading... |
| Japan factory swamped by orders of Trump masks – video Posted: 16 Nov 2016 12:26 AM PST A factory in Saitama, Japan, is struggling to cope with orders for Donald Trump rubber masks since he was elected to become the next US president. Takahiro Yagihara, the executive director of Ogawa Studio, said on Tuesday that the factory is trying to produce as many as 350 masks a day, up from 45 before the election Continue reading... |
| Tony Abbott says 'moral panic' about climate change is 'over the top' Posted: 16 Nov 2016 01:40 AM PST Former Australian prime minister says the election of climate denier Donald Trump will help put the issue into perspective Tony Abbott says the "moral panic" about climate change has been completely over the top and that he never thought it was the most serious issue faced by Australia. He said the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States was encouraging because the Republican – who has said that he believes global warming is a scam – would put climate change in better perspective. Continue reading... |
| Ex-Nato leaders call for extraordinary meeting with Donald Trump Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:43 PM PST Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer warn US president-elect against deal with Putin that would cede Crimea Two former Nato chiefs have called for an extraordinary summit soon after Donald Trump's inauguration to reassure traditional allies that the US will still come to their defence. Former Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his predecessor Jaap de Hoop Scheffer also warned the US president-elect against making a hasty deal with Vladimir Putin that would cede Crimea and eastern Ukraine as a Russian sphere of influence. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand earthquake officially upgraded to magnitude 7.8 – as it happened Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:18 PM PST
one of the most complex earthquakes ever recorded on land. @TonkinTaylor Before (March 2016)/After (Nov 2016) Worldview 2 images of Waipapa Bay (c) NextView. Same location as helicopter pic. pic.twitter.com/tztXvLhTtu
Here's our latest report from New Zealand on evacuations and fears for wildlife: Related: New Zealand earthquake: fears for wildlife along devastated coastline Continue reading... |
| New Zealand earthquake: fears for wildlife along devastated coastline Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Colonies and breeding grounds of seals, dolphins and penguins directly in path of landslides and upheaval, say experts, as quake magnitude upgraded to 7.8 The New Zealand earthquake has led to fears for endangered marine wildlife colonies, with experts unable to get to sea to assess their condition. Aftershocks have continued three days after the disaster, leaving the risk of tsunamis on the coast. Navy ships have been the only marine vessels able to approach the heavily hit town of Kaikoura in the South Island. Continue reading... |
| Chagos Islanders denied right to return home Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Foreign Office decision set to cause enormous disappointment for thousands deported in 1971 to make room for US military base Thousands of Chagos islanders, deported from their homeland in the Indian Ocean by the UK government to make way for a US military base in 1971, will not be given the right of return to resettle, the Foreign Office will announce on Wednesday. Related: Diego Garcia guards its secrets even as the truth on CIA torture emerges Continue reading... |
| Battle of the Somme recollections released by Imperial War Musuem Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Notably devoid of jingoism, accounts of hundreds of veterans collected in 1960s form part of centennial remembrance The memories of the Battle of the Somme that remained agonisingly vivid for survivors for the rest of their lives are being released for the first time by the Imperial War Museum to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest episodes of the first world war. The accounts include one British soldier's compassion to a dying German asking for water and his mother, and a man who lost his religious faith after crawling across the bodies of the living and the dead. Continue reading... |
| Jakarta's Christian governor to face blasphemy trial over Islam insult claim Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:49 PM PST Case against Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama seen as test of Indonesia's commitment to religious tolerance and pluralism The Christian governor of Jakarta, the capital of the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, has been named a suspect in a case of alleged blasphemy, Indonesian police announced on Wednesday. The case involving Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has caused uproar across the country in recent weeks and is being seen by some as a test of Indonesia's commitment to religious tolerance and pluralism. Continue reading... |
| 75,000 children in Nigeria could starve to death within months, says UN Posted: 15 Nov 2016 06:32 PM PST Boko Haram insurgency has disrupted farming and trade in north-east, leaving 14 million people in need of humanitarian aid In Nigeria, 75,000 children risk dying in "a few months" as hunger grips the country's ravaged north-east in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Boko Haram jihadists have laid waste to the impoverished region since taking up arms against the government in 2009, displacing millions and disrupting farming and trade. Continue reading... |
| Ethnic minorities more likely to be jailed for some crimes, report finds Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:01 PM PST Study headed by Labour MP David Lammy reveals racial disparities at arrest, charging, prosecution and imprisonment People from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be jailed for some crimes than those who are white, according to a government-commissioned report. While black people are known to be almost four times more likely to be in prison than white people, the study, headed by the Labour MP David Lammy, reveals racial disparities at many stages of arrest, charging, prosecution and imprisonment. |
| Two women rescued from sinkhole in front of Sears store in Canada Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:26 PM PST Sears employee fell in while attempting to rescue woman, as large hole was blamed on burst pipe that gushed brown water over parking lot and into store Two women have been rescued after tumbling into a sinkhole that opened up steps away from the main entrance of a department store in southern Ontario. The sinkhole formed on Monday afternoon, swallowing a customer as she was headed into a Sears store in Kitchener, a city about 60 miles west of Toronto. The concrete appeared to cave in underneath her, witness Deanna Haddad told CTV News. "As she stepped in closer, she fell in to the hole." Continue reading... |
| Venezuelan President's salsa dancing hour comes under criticism – video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 01:16 PM PST Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has launched a midday radio show with a twist. Maduro has a salsa hour known in Spanish as 'La Hora de la Salsa' where he dances along to songs. Critics are angry as the economy in Venezuela is suffering a humanitarian crisis with shortages of medicine and food given the crumbling economy Continue reading... |
| Anti-Obama protesters clash with police in Athens - video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 12:20 PM PST Thousands of demonstrators protest against the visit of US president Barack Obama near parliament in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece on Tuesday. Riot police use tear gas and stun grenades to control the crowds and disperse protesters. President Obama is in the country as part of his final trip to Europe Continue reading... |
| Aleppo airstrikes restart as Russia announces major Syria offensive Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:32 AM PST First attacks in weeks hit rebel-held east of city, after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin speak on phone about 'regulating conflict' Exclusive: UN envoy warns of terror risk if Assad wins total military victory Pro-Assad forces have intensified attacks on Syrian rebels, launching a fierce aerial bombardment of besieged eastern Aleppo and missile strikes from a Russian aircraft carrier stationed off the coast, the day after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone. The US president-elect and Russian president discussed "regulating the conflict in Syria" and the need to combat "international terrorism and extremism", Putin's office said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Race ethics code: Shorten challenges Turnbull to put Labor proposal to Coalition MPs Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:12 AM PST Exclusive: Labor leader writes to PM, saying rise of One Nation and Donald Trump means MPs must commit to truthfulness and tolerance Bill Shorten has challenged Malcolm Turnbull to ask government MPs to sign up to a new code of race ethics, which Labor has proposed in an effort to counterbalance the return of One Nation to the federal scene, and send a positive signal in the wake of the bitterly contested US presidential election. The Labor caucus has recently approved the proposed code, which echoes an initiative advanced by the ALP and the Australian Democrats when Pauline Hanson was last in the federal parliament. Continue reading... |
| Gender pay gap narrows but men earning 23% more than women, agency finds Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:01 AM PST Workplace Gender Equality Agency says finance, insurance, real estate and construction industries have largest gap The gender pay gap and the gap in the proportion of senior managers who are women have both narrowed but men continue to earn 23% more than women on average, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has found. The agency's latest annual figures, released on Wednesday, found that women earn 77% of men's average full-time income. Continue reading... |
| Germans and Czechs can be friends again | Letters Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:59 AM PST Your article (Memories of war and exile stirred as German speakers head 'home', 11 November) touched on a subject widely ignored by the press in this country, despite Britain playing a key role after 1945 in expelling 3 million ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia. Born in 1939 as a Sudeten German myself, I remember my own deportation in a cattle wagon after the expulsion decrees issued by President Benes, an act of ethnic cleansing supported by the wartime allies, with Britain much in the vanguard. For hundreds of years Czechs and Germans had lived peacefully together in Bohemia and Moravia. The growing nationalism of the 19th century led to the foundation of the Czechoslovakian state after the first world war and destroyed that relationship. The Benes decrees are still in place. So reconciliation between Czech and German people is more than overdue and the event in Prague is a step in the right direction. Other encouraging objective discussions of the topic include the recent study by American historian RM Douglas, Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War. Friendships like the one between Petr Kubat and Erika Rahnsch described in your article will help to overcome decades of misunderstanding and mistrust. We need many more of these friendships. • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Turkey’s slide into dictatorship ignored | Letters Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:58 AM PST Last week's US election result and our own Brexit contortions must be one of the reasons why your paper and the media generally have had no space to cover the shocking descent into the genocide of the Kurds occurring in Turkey and Syria, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sees all Kurds as terrorists, and, by his actions, Isis as his friends. Hundreds of thousands of political prisoners, lawyers, parliamentarians, academics, journalists, teachers, trade unionists, women activists, university students and even schoolchildren are in overcrowded prisons where abuse and torture is rampant, and access to any impartial justice system nonexistent. Continue reading... |
| Theresa May’s sari was mark of respect | Brief letters Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:57 AM PST Traditional Indian dress | Modern art market | Baffled baby boomers | Letter-writing masterclasses | Doc Martens Jullien Gaer (Letters, 12 November) displays ignorance; the sari is the normal dress of Indian women of all ranks and stations in life. It was not at all inappropriate for Theresa May to wear a sari to a reception in Bengaluru. It would have been regarded as a courteous affirmation of Indian customs and is no more incongruous than an Indian politician wearing evening dress at a similar event in the UK. • It's not just films and theatre that need to be "more human" in these politically prejudiced and uncertain times (G2, 15 November). The "fine" art world is in hock to the international art market. Instead of providing us all with emotionally nourishing and mentally enriching experiences, it gives us over-intellectualised, detached , cold and frequently pretentious, baffling exhibitions. |
| Half of Ebola screening staff at Heathrow 'were not clinically qualified' Posted: 15 Nov 2016 08:05 AM PST Tribunal of Pauline Cafferkey colleague hears effort to protect the UK suffered lack of organisation, training and resources An Ebola health screening programme that was put in place at Heathrow aiport to protect Britain against the spread of the deadly virus was hampered by poor organisation and a lack of training and resources, a tribunal has heard. The breakdown in the system was so great that the manager of the screening system called the wrong number for an on-call specialist at an infectious diseases hospital when concerns were raised on 28 December 2014, the day the Scottish volunteer nurse Pauline Cafferkey passed through the airport. Continue reading... |
| Blasts in Aleppo as airstrikes resume – video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 07:23 AM PST Amateur footage purports to show airstrikes in the Gadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo. Aircraft can be heard and explosions seen in this unverified footage, which is purported to have been filmed at around midday local time on Tuesday and was given to the Guardian by activists inside Aleppo |
| Terrorism deaths fall despite widening impact of attacks, global study reveals Posted: 15 Nov 2016 09:31 PM PST Expanded activities of Boko Haram and Isis increased geographical spread of terrorism in 2015 despite 10% fall in number of deaths, find researchers The number of deaths caused by terrorism fell by 10% last year, the first drop since 2010, according to a global index that tracks acts of illegal force and violence not committed by the state. The decline was attributed mainly to the effect of sustained military action in weakening Boko Haram and Isis, the Islamist militant groups respectively active in Nigeria and Iraq. However, an expansion into neighbouring states by both groups resulted in a record number of countries experiencing their highest levels of terrorism for 16 years. |
| After Brexit and Trump, the development sector must finally heed domestic issues | Jonathan Glennie Posted: 15 Nov 2016 06:22 AM PST While overseas aid booms, domestic economies bomb – yet we cannot respond to international poverty and inequality without responding to problems at home As the world comes to terms with the biggest political upheaval the west has seen for decades, there is one thing on which most analysts agree. Donald Trump's election victory in the US represents a rejection of the political class, the "elite", who have done well from the past few decades of globalisation while those left behind have had to deal with stagnating wages and diminishing opportunities. The same is true of the Brexit result in the UK five months ago. Most people who voted for Trump and Brexit were not members of the working class, but it was that group that proved decisive in the swing from Democrat to Republican, and from remain to leave. Some voted in hope of radical change, some simply failed to turn out to vote for an establishment they didn't think was on their side. Continue reading... |
| How US aid will be affected by Trump's win, plus the real cost of gold mining Posted: 15 Nov 2016 03:33 AM PST Will the Trump presidency put humanitarian and development aid under threat? Plus, West Papuans say a $100bn goldmine has brought poverty and oppression If you are reading this on the web and would prefer to get it in your inbox every two weeks, register for the email edition The victory of Donald Trump has led to fears about the impact of his presidency on US humanitarian and development aid. Campaigners and NGOs worry a Trump administration could scale down or even abolish the US Agency for International Development (USAid). Karen McVeigh asks whether a new stance on abortion could jeopardise hundreds of millions of dollars of aid for maternal and children's health. From West Papua, Indonesia, Susan Schulman reports on claims from indigenous tribes that their communities have been racked with poverty, disease, oppression and environmental degradation since the Grasberg gold mine began operations in 1973. |
| Bernie Sanders would have beaten Donald Trump? Not so fast Posted: 15 Nov 2016 10:20 AM PST Sanders gained more votes than Hillary Clinton in key general election states. But voting behavior in the primaries is very different to voting on the big day It has been a week since Donald Trump won the majority of electoral college votes and became president-elect of the US (and a week since he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton). It has been a week of endless questions and limited answers – how? why? And, perhaps most important of all: what now? More specifically, some have wondered whether Donald Trump would have been defeated if he had faced a different Democratic candidate: Bernie Sanders. On Wednesday, CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer put the question to Jane Sanders, wife of the former candidate for the Democratic nomination. "Absolutely," she replied, "but it doesn't matter now." Continue reading... |
| The alt-right thrives in opposition. What happens now it's the establishment? Posted: 15 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PST The far right defines itself by railing against political correctness and the establishment. What happens now its hero, Donald Trump, has triumphed? You will have seen Patriotic Pepe's tweets. They are set up to automatically reply whenever Donald Trump tweets; more often than not, they are the very first reply. After Trump's first tweet as president-elect, in which he described his meeting with president Obama, Patriotic Pepe again responded first. Continue reading... |
| Senate Democrats call on Trump to fire Steve Bannon – video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:15 PM PST A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to fire chief strategist Steve Bannon from his incoming administration. Before he took over as chief executive of Trump's campaign in August and led it to victory last week, Bannon headed Breitbart News, a website and voice for the alt-right movement, a loose rightwing confederation that includes hardcore nationalists, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and antisemites Continue reading... |
| Paul Ryan: GOP working 'hand-in-glove' with Donald Trump – video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 02:05 PM PST House speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday that the Republican party was working 'hand-in-glove' with President-elect Donald Trump as he prepares his cabinet. 'Our job is not to look backward, our job is to look forward, make President-elect Trump as successful as possible,' he said. Ryan was unanimously supported by his fellow Republicans on Tuesday for renomination as speaker in the new Congress next year Continue reading... |
| Obama wants to 'facilitate a good transition' to Trump presidency – video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 11:09 AM PST During his visit to Greece, Barack Obama said he would do everything possible to ensure a smooth transition to president-elect Donald Trump. 'I still don't feel responsible for what the president-elect says or does,' he said, during a joint press conference with Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras. 'But I do feel responsibility as president of the United States to make sure that I facilitate a good transition' Continue reading... |
| Blink and you'll miss it: Japanese sinkhole repaired at speed – video Posted: 15 Nov 2016 06:32 AM PST A 30-metre sinkhole on a busy street in the Japanese city of Fukuoka has been repaired astonishingly quickly. The sinkhole appeared on 8 November and caused power cuts, disrupted phone signals, and gas and water supplies. Officials reopened the road to traffic on Tuesday 15 November after health and safety checks |
| Stephen Bannon and the alt-right in the White House – video explainer Posted: 15 Nov 2016 06:00 AM PST President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist. Bannon is the executive chairman of Breitbart News Network, 'a platform for the alt-right'. Here we explain what that means – and why many liberals fear his appointment will encourage antisemites, racists and misogynists Continue reading... |
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