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- Michael Flynn said to be offered job of Trump national security adviser
- Obama urges Trump against realpolitik in relations with Russia
- Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos given controversial hero's burial
- Bhutan journalist hit by defamation suit for sharing Facebook post
- Isis in Afghanistan: 'Their peak is over, but they are not finished'
- 100 people feared drowned as boat sinks off Libya
- Matteo Renzi repeats vow to quit as Italian PM if he loses referendum
- Vietnam expanding South China Sea runway, says thinktank
- Scores killed in Mozambique fuel-truck blast
- Barack Obama on fake news: 'We have problems' if we can't tell the difference
- Slovenia adds water to constitution as fundamental right for all
- UK will have EU bills after Brexit, German finance minister says
- Ex-PM Herman Van Rompuy guest stars on Belgian singer's ballad
- Swedish journalist faces trial for helping a Syrian boy enter Sweden
- Tunisia to broadcast victims' testimony at truth commission
- Mauritius threatens to take Chagos Islands row to UN court
- JP Morgan Chase to pay $264m over Chinese 'princelings' bribery scheme
- World leaders to seek pointers from Shinzo Abe meeting with Donald Trump
- African exodus from ICC must be stopped, says Kofi Annan
- May to meet Obama and Merkel for talks on Islamic State threat
- Barack Obama: fake news is a threat to democracy – video
- Battle over Marcos: Philippine citizens react to 'hero's burial'
- Child abuse survivors' group withdraws from 'contrived' UK inquiry
- Mario Draghi hints eurozone stimulus will last - business live
- Fears grow for the 16th journalist abducted in Yemen this year
- Donald Trump: we need to track all Muslims in America – archive video
- Amid devastation of Hurricane Matthew, Haitians urged to go to the polls
- Shorten quotes Keynes to Turnbull – 'In the long run, we are all dead'
- Malaysian editors charged with 'intent to annoy' after reporting on 1MDB
- Thousands of Jews arrested in Germany – archive, 18 November 1938
- Tehran museum hosts exhibition of modern Arab art
- ‘It will blow up’: fears Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Muslims will spiral out of control
- Vancouver hopes to cool off housing market with a tax on empty homes
- Canada military recruitment website suffers hack
- Mexico raises interest rates in bid to shore up peso after Trump elected
- Cincinnati Zoo barrier for Harambe was below standard, report finds
- Dalian Atkinson's family tell of agony over footballer's Taser death
- Briton who reported rape in Dubai could face jail for extramarital sex
- Highest bungee dunk record set – video
- Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat attacked by masked men in Paris
- Joseph Kabila makes opposition leader DRC prime minister
- Nurse denies falsifying Ebola patient Pauline Cafferkey's temperature
- Battle for Mosul: Iraq asks for UK help to get thermobaric weapons
- Former Rio governor arrested over charges of 'cartelization' of public works
- New photos of uncontacted Brazilian tribe mark first sighting in over a year
- Poets' unlikely love letters are turned into critically acclaimed film
- French presidential elections: share your thoughts on the country's politics
- Geert Wilders faces possible €5,000 fine for hate speech
- Britain's scavenged second world war ships not our fault, says Indonesia
- 'We became the news': staff at Turkey's Cumhuriyet speak out over arrests
- City lights quiz: can you identify these world cities from space?
- Ex-child soldiers to sue UK firm that hired them to be mercenaries in Iraq
- West Africa to target human and animal health together to fight Ebola and Zika
- Morocco lights the way for Africa on renewable energy
- Sessions, Flynn and Pompeo: who are the potential Trump cabinet picks?
- Trump presidency bodes ill for Israel-Palestine peace process
- Japan's Shinzo Abe has ‘great confidence’ in Donald Trump – video
- Thousands of dead fish cover New York canal – video
- Arizona police officer punches woman in face during arrest – video
- Trump’s coming! The new social media challenge – video
| Michael Flynn said to be offered job of Trump national security adviser Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:38 PM PST Retired general called for more aggression towards Isis, as ex-CIA chief David Petraeus reportedly in race for secretary of state President-elect Donald Trump has offered the job of national security adviser to Michael Flynn, a former military intelligence chief who has been a vocal critic of the Obama administration, according to a senior Trump official. Flynn, 57, who served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has advised Trump on national security issues for months. As national security adviser, he would work in the White House shaping foreign and military policy and have frequent access to a president with no national security experience. Continue reading... |
| Obama urges Trump against realpolitik in relations with Russia Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:40 AM PST Outgoing US president voices hopes during Berlin visit that his successor will defend democratic values and rule of law Barack Obama has warned the US president-elect, Donald Trump, against taking a purely "realpolitik approach" to relations with Russia and encouraged his successor to continue standing up for American values. "I've sought a constructive relationship with Russia but what I have also been is realistic in recognising there are some significant differences in how Russia views the world and how we view the world," Obama said at a press conference with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Berlin. Continue reading... |
| Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos given controversial hero's burial Posted: 18 Nov 2016 12:28 AM PST Despite strong opposition, the dictator has been laid to rest with military honours 30 years after he was ousted in a revolution The former Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, has been given a hero's burial with military honours, a deeply controversial move three decades after he was ousted in a "People Power" revolution. The ceremony began with a 21-gun salute as soldiers in parade dress and ceremonial rifles stood to attention at the "Cemetery of Heroes" in Manila, after his body was secretly flown to the venue in an apparent effort to avoid protests. Continue reading... |
| Bhutan journalist hit by defamation suit for sharing Facebook post Posted: 18 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST Namgay Zam, who faces a fine or jail, says case involving prominent businessman risks further subduing deferential media It is known as the land of gross national happiness, a country that puts contentment before the trappings of wealth and power. But discontent is growing in Bhutan after one of the country's best-known journalists was hit with a defamation suit for sharing a story on Facebook. In a case that will test the boundaries of freedom of speech in the tiny Himalayan kingdom, independent journalist Namgay Zam, a former presenter on the state-run broadcaster Bhutan Broadcasting Service, faces imprisonment or a fine equivalent to 10 years' salary if she is found guilty of defaming a prominent businessman. Continue reading... |
| Isis in Afghanistan: 'Their peak is over, but they are not finished' Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:30 PM PST As Isis soldiers in Iraq face the brunt of Nato and Iraqi action, a small yet resilient stronghold remains in eastern Afghanistan Fifteen months ago, militants arrived in the village of Manan Bagh, eyeing its strategic location in the mountains close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. They started picking out community leaders, elders and people they accused of conspiring against them. Among them was Zahir Shah, who was marched into the mountains and whose fate his family only learned from a video uploaded to Facebook. Continue reading... |
| 100 people feared drowned as boat sinks off Libya Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:04 AM PST Survivors say inflatable boat carrying 130 sank after people-smugglers towed it to sea and took away its engine and lifejackets About 100 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after their smuggler abandoned them on the high seas without a motor, increasing the Mediterranean death toll this year to an unprecedented 4,700. The toll is now over 20% higher than last year's total of 3,771, which was the previous annual record. Continue reading... |
| Matteo Renzi repeats vow to quit as Italian PM if he loses referendum Posted: 17 Nov 2016 05:05 AM PST Polls show the centre-left leader is heading for defeat in next month's vote on whether to approve constitutional reforms The Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, has doubled down on a promise to resign if he loses an upcoming referendum, saying the "decrepit system" that would be left in the wake of his defeat would have to be taken care of by someone else. The vow to leave his seat in Palazzo Chigi comes as polls show the centre-left leader is likely to be heading for defeat on 4 December, and that various strategies to win over Italian voters in the last few weeks have done little to convince them to support Renzi's proposed constitutional reforms. Continue reading... |
| Vietnam expanding South China Sea runway, says thinktank Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:44 PM PST The upgraded airstrip on Spratly Island would be able to handle combat aircraft, US-based analysts say Vietnam is extending a runway on an island it claims in the South China Sea in apparent response to China's building of military facilities on artificial islands in the region, a US thinktank has reported. Satellite images taken this month showed Vietnam had lengthened its runway on Spratly Island from less than 760 metres (2,500ft) to more than 1 km, Washington's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said. Continue reading... |
| Scores killed in Mozambique fuel-truck blast Posted: 17 Nov 2016 01:45 PM PST At least 73 dead after truck that was en route to Malawi explodes in Tete province At least 73 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in Mozambique after an overturned truck exploded, the government said. The truck was transporting fuel to Malawi from the port city of Beira on Thursday when the accident occurred, the government said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Barack Obama on fake news: 'We have problems' if we can't tell the difference Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:03 PM PST The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected President Barack Obama has spoken out about fake news on Facebook and other media platforms, suggesting that it helped undermine the US political process. Related: Facebook staff mount secret push to tackle fake news, reports say Continue reading... |
| Slovenia adds water to constitution as fundamental right for all Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:17 PM PST Parliament adopts amendment that declares country's abundant clean supplies are 'a public good managed by the state' and 'not a market commodity' Slovenia has amended its constitution to make access to drinkable water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop it being commercialised. With 64 votes in favour and none against, the 90-seat parliament added an article to the EU country's constitution saying "everyone has the right to drinkable water". Continue reading... |
| UK will have EU bills after Brexit, German finance minister says Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:26 PM PST Wolfgang Schäuble says that some commitments will still need to be paid for more than a decade after final split Germany has begun to harden its stance with the UK over Brexit, with its finance minister warning that Britain would face EU budget bills for more than a decade even after severing political ties with the bloc. Wolfgang Schäuble's comments will dash Theresa May's hopes that Berlin would help to soften demands – particularly France's desire to ensure the UK pays a heavy price for voting to leave the EU. Continue reading... |
| Ex-PM Herman Van Rompuy guest stars on Belgian singer's ballad Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:05 AM PST Former European council president recites lines of verse at the end of Dana Winner's song mourning victims of Brussels attacks The former European council president Herman Van Rompuy has taken time off from touring the lecture circuit discussing Brexit and the eurozone crisis to record a song about the power of love over hate. Van Rompuy, also a former Belgian prime minister and published poet, appears on a song by the Flemish artist Dana Winner. He recites a few lines of verse at the end of Love Always Wins, a ballad to remember those who died in the Brussels attacks. Continue reading... |
| Swedish journalist faces trial for helping a Syrian boy enter Sweden Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:17 AM PST Fredrik Önnevall is accused of people smuggling after helping Abed, a teenager, get to Sweden from Greece during making of a documentary in 2014 A Swedish TV journalist is to face trial for people smuggling after helping a Syrian boy migrate from Greece to Sweden, an offence punishable by imprisonment. In the spring of 2014, Fredrik Önnevall was filming a documentary about European nationalist parties' response to the migration crisis when he met 15-year-old Abed in Greece. Along with two colleagues, Önnevall helped the boy enter Sweden. Continue reading... |
| Tunisia to broadcast victims' testimony at truth commission Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:31 PM PST Revenge not the goal, says head of commission investigating abuses dating back to 1955 in birthplace of Arab spring Tunisian television is to broadcast testimony from victims of decades of authoritarian rule, a first chance for the public to see the workings of a truth and dignity commission intended to help cement democracy after the Arab spring revolution of 2011. The commission is investigating crimes and abuses dating back to 1955, a year before Tunisia gained independence from France, in an effort to come to terms with its past. In the last three years, it has gathered testimony behind closed doors from about 11,000 people. Continue reading... |
| Mauritius threatens to take Chagos Islands row to UN court Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:26 AM PST PM says UK's refusal to allow Chagossians expelled in 1960s to return to live there breaches international law Mauritius is threatening to take the UK to the international court of justice in a dispute over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. In the wake of the Foreign Office's announcement this week that none of the Chagossians expelled in the 1960s to make way for military bases would be allowed to return to live on the Indian Ocean archipelago, Mauritius, which claims the territory, has accused Britain of "outrageously" undermining human rights. Continue reading... |
| JP Morgan Chase to pay $264m over Chinese 'princelings' bribery scheme Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:47 AM PST
JP Morgan Chase agreed to pay $264m on Wednesday to settle charges that it employed well-connected Chinese "princelings" in order to win business in the Asia-Pacific region. The settlement with US regulators comes after a three-year investigation into a vast foreign bribery scheme that violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). It could be the first of several such deals with Wall Street banks. Continue reading... |
| World leaders to seek pointers from Shinzo Abe meeting with Donald Trump Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:31 AM PST Clues on how to handle Trump may emerge as Japanese PM becomes first leader to have face-to-face meeting with US president-elect World leaders will closely watch Shinzo Abe's meeting with Donald Trump in New York on Thursday for tips on how to handle the unpredictable US president-elect. How Trump responds to Abe – the first head of government to gain an audience with him – will be of equal interest, given the importance Japan attaches to respectful behaviour and correct protocol. Continue reading... |
| African exodus from ICC must be stopped, says Kofi Annan Posted: 18 Nov 2016 02:04 AM PST Heinous crimes will go unpunished if states continue to withdraw from international criminal court, says ex-UN secretary general The apparent African exodus from the international criminal court must be stopped or the most heinous crimes will be allowed to go unpunished, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and one of the ICC's chief architects has warned. Burundi, Gambia and South Africa said this year they would no longer recognise the court's jurisdiction and announced their intention to quit. They claim the ICC disproportionately targets African leaders. Nine of the 10 cases taken by the court have involved former African rulers. Continue reading... |
| May to meet Obama and Merkel for talks on Islamic State threat Posted: 18 Nov 2016 01:20 AM PST UK prime minister joins outgoing president and European leaders in Berlin to discuss spread of Isis beyond Middle East Theresa May will hold talks with Barack Obama and European leaders in Berlin about the risk of the fight against Islamic State in the Middle East spreading to neighbouring countries, and will try to get in a few words on Brexit during a one-on-one with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. The main issue on the agenda for Friday's "Quint" meeting between Merkel, May, Obama, France's François Hollande and Italy's Matteo Renzi – plus Spain's Mariano Rajoy – will be the threat posed by the dispersal of seasoned Isis fighters, who are being pushed out of Iraq and Syria by coalition attacks and could move to other countries in Africa or the Middle East or return to Europe. Continue reading... |
| Barack Obama: fake news is a threat to democracy – video Posted: 18 Nov 2016 12:49 AM PST US president Barack Obama denounces the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. Speaking in Berlin after meeting German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, Obama says a lack of respect for facts and the truth was a threat to democracy Continue reading... |
| Battle over Marcos: Philippine citizens react to 'hero's burial' Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:33 PM PST People in the Philippines express their views on the court decision permitting burial of Ferdinand E Marcos in the Heroes' Cemetery, Manila More than a week after a Philippine supreme court's decision, the former president Ferdinand E Marcos has been buried at the Heroes' Cemetery, in Metro Manila. In what is seen as a surprisingly quick move by his family, the enbalmed dictator's body was flown over in secret in an attempt to avoid protests. Public concern over Marcos' final resting place, who died aged 72 in 1989, is focused on whether he deserved to be buried at Heroes' Cemetery, known as Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). The cemetery, in Taguig City, south-east Metro Manila, commemorates war veterans and "national heroes" and is also a burial site for dignitaries and renowned artists and scientists, as well as presidents. Continue reading... |
| Child abuse survivors' group withdraws from 'contrived' UK inquiry Posted: 18 Nov 2016 01:29 AM PST Shirley Oaks Survivors Association says failure to manage investigation 'means we have been abused again, over and over' One of the biggest survivors' groups involved in the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is to formally withdraw from the investigation, denouncing it as a "botch job that needs a drastic overhaul if it is ever to achieve its initial objectives". The Shirley Oaks Survivors Association (Sosa), which represents people subjected to abuse at children's homes run by Lambeth council in south London, described the inquiry as a "stage-managed event which has now been contrived in such a way that it enables the guilty to wash their dirty hands, whilst the establishment pats itself on the back". |
| Mario Draghi hints eurozone stimulus will last - business live Posted: 18 Nov 2016 02:03 AM PST The president of the central bank has signalled monetary support will persist amid a fragile eurozone recovery and weak inflationary pressure
Lord Jim O'Neill, the former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, is joining the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, set up by the former chancellor George Osborne who chairs the thinktank. Having been involved in its inception, I have always been a huge supporter of the Northern Powerhouse and through my participation in the Northern Powerhouse Partnership I look forward to continuing to play a role in ensuring that the original vision becomes a reality. Today is a milestone in the creation of our Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Our first board meeting, here in Sheffield, brings together some of the north's biggest employers and civic leaders to see how we can work together to create a powerhouse. I am delighted that Jim O'Neill and John Cridland are also joining the board and getting involved in the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. They are both hugely regarded figures across the North and two of the brightest and the best when it comes to thinking proactively about how to drive transformational change for the region. Related: Jim O'Neill resigns Treasury post and Tory whip
Here is what Draghi had to say on eurozone inflation: Despite the recovery in growth and employment, the persisting output gap is still keeping inflation dynamics weak. The October inflation rate stood at 0.5%. While this marks the highest level recorded in almost two years, it remains far below the ECB's objective [of below, but close to 2%]. And while we expect headline inflation to continue rising over the coming months, much of this increase will be driven by statistical factors related to the mechanical unwinding of the extreme oil price declines a year ago. We do not yet see a consistent strengthening of underlying price dynamics. The euro area recovery still relies to a considerable degree on accommodative monetary policy. The recovery in credit is being facilitated by a more resilient banking sector, but the impetus comes from our monetary policy. Continue reading... |
| Fears grow for the 16th journalist abducted in Yemen this year Posted: 18 Nov 2016 01:15 AM PST Former website editor was taken from his home a month ago by Houthi militia A journalist was abducted in Yemen more than a month ago and has not been heard of since, according to reports carried by the website, al-Masdar online, which he used to edit. A militia group arrived at the home of Yousuf Ajlan in the capital Sana'a on 15 October and took him away. His family fear for his safety. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump: we need to track all Muslims in America – archive video Posted: 18 Nov 2016 12:45 AM PST Donald Trump tells NBC News in November 2015 that if elected president, he would implement a system to track Muslims in the country. 'There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases,' he tells NBC at a campaign event in Iowa, saying such policies would help America to crack down on illegal immigrants. Asked how he would implement such a system, Trump replied: 'Good management'
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| Amid devastation of Hurricane Matthew, Haitians urged to go to the polls Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST With many people from southern Haiti struggling with lack of food and shelter, the country's postponed presidential elections could see a low turn-out In a classroom of a devastated local college, an instructor is impressing upon a group of construction workers that the earthquakes and other natural disasters that seem to inflict disproportionate pain on the people of Haiti are not "God's wrath". It has been just over a month since Hurricane Matthew laid waste to the coastal city of Jérémie, killing more than 1,000 people in the region and destroying the flimsy homes of thousands of families, including scores who have taken refuge in the college and in other schools or public places. Continue reading... |
| Shorten quotes Keynes to Turnbull – 'In the long run, we are all dead' Posted: 18 Nov 2016 12:25 AM PST Opposition leader says prime minister's comments on policy fairness are just another version of trickle-down economics Bill Shorten has rebuffed Malcolm Turnbull's new pitch for policy fairness, declaring it is just another version of trickle-down economics and a manifestation of "poor blaming". On Thursday night, the prime minister told the Business Council of Australia the election of Donald Trump as US president had shown the world the benefits of globalisation needed to be shared by the many, not just the few. Continue reading... |
| Malaysian editors charged with 'intent to annoy' after reporting on 1MDB Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:09 PM PST Amnesty says hauling of Malaysiakini journalists before specially convened 'cyber court' is the latest move to stifle non-government media The co-founders of an independent news website that has reported extensively on a corruption scandal involving Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak, have been charged with offences including "intent to annoy". Facing up to one year in jail, the editors appeared before a recently set up "special cyber court" in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Human Rights Watch said the use of the court was part of a strategy aimed at "shutting down the vibrant and diverse online news environment." Continue reading... |
| Thousands of Jews arrested in Germany – archive, 18 November 1938 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:00 PM PST 18 November 1938: In Hanover the furniture of Jews was taken to a square and burnt in the presence of a cheering crowd London, Thursday. The reports of executions at Buchenwald are confirmed. It is learned from a sure source that 70 Jews were executed in that camp on the night of November 8–9, that is to say, before the death of Vom Rath. Further executions followed, and according to the latest information available they now total 200 in Buchenwald alone. The executions were carried out by firing-squads. Continue reading... |
| Tehran museum hosts exhibition of modern Arab art Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:00 PM PST Paintings by Arab artists are displayed alongside works by Iranians, underlining cultural bond despite political tensions Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting an exhibition of modern Arab art from countries including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, underlining a regional cultural bond that has thrived despite the simmering tensions between Iran and its Arab neighbours. TMoCA, which has the finest collection of modern western art anywhere outside Europe and the US, boasting works by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol, is displaying 40 pieces by prominent Arab artists alongside 40 paintings by Iranians. Continue reading... |
| ‘It will blow up’: fears Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Muslims will spiral out of control Posted: 17 Nov 2016 07:57 PM PST Generations of distrust between Rohingya Muslims and wider Buddhist population have boiled over into reprisals fuelling the spectre of an insurgency Kyaw Hla Aung's voice trembles as he speaks. "The situation is really bad here," he says, sitting in a bamboo hut inside an internment camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state. Continue reading... |
| Vancouver hopes to cool off housing market with a tax on empty homes Posted: 17 Nov 2016 05:29 PM PST City approves 1% tax on homes that are not principal residences and are empty for more than six months a year, which data suggests could number 20,000 Vancouver has become the first city in Canada to approve a tax on empty homes, as officials in the city scramble to address the spinoff effects of an overheated housing market that ranks as one of the world's least affordable. The city council voted to move forward with a 1% tax on homes that are not principal residences and which are left empty for more than six months a year. Continue reading... |
| Canada military recruitment website suffers hack Posted: 17 Nov 2016 02:21 PM PST
The Canadian armed forces recruitment website was hacked on Thursday, redirecting would-be recruits to the Chinese government's main page instead, a military spokeswoman said. Related: China launches quantum satellite for 'hack-proof' communications Continue reading... |
| Mexico raises interest rates in bid to shore up peso after Trump elected Posted: 17 Nov 2016 01:46 PM PST Banco de México raises key interest rates by 0.5% as it warns global economy has become 'more complex' after Donald Trump's election as US president Mexico's central bank raised interest rates on Thursday in an attempt to shore up the country's currency, which has collapsed following Donald Trump's election as US president. The Banco de México raised its key interest rate by 0.5% to 5.25% as it warned that the global economy had become "more complex" as a "consequence of the electoral process carried out in the United States and its result". The increase in the rate from 4.75-5.25% takes it to its highest since 2009. Continue reading... |
| Cincinnati Zoo barrier for Harambe was below standard, report finds Posted: 17 Nov 2016 01:20 PM PST
Federal inspectors concluded that the Cincinnati Zoo's barrier to keep the public and gorillas separate was not in compliance with standards for housing primates when a three-year-old boy slipped into their exhibit, resulting in the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Harambe. Related: Harambe: the meme that refused to die Continue reading... |
| Dalian Atkinson's family tell of agony over footballer's Taser death Posted: 17 Nov 2016 12:00 PM PST Siblings in limbo as they await results of inquiries into death of former Aston Villa player, who is to be buried on Saturday The family of Dalian Atkinson, who died after police repeatedly Tasered him, have told of their "agony and frustration" at still not knowing why officers used force against him. Atkinson, a former Premier League football star, died aged 48 in August after a clash with police during which he was shot with a Taser three times outside his father's home in Telford, Shropshire. Continue reading... |
| Briton who reported rape in Dubai could face jail for extramarital sex Posted: 17 Nov 2016 10:12 AM PST Woman was arrested and had passport confiscated after reporting alleged attack by two men from Birmingham A British woman who reported being raped by two men is "petrified" after being told she faces jail in Dubai for extramarital sex. The 25-year-old tourist claimed she was attacked by two men while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates and reported the incident to police. Continue reading... |
| Highest bungee dunk record set – video Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:42 AM PST Simon Berry, from Sheffield, set a new world record on Thursday with a 73.41m high bungee jump, combined with dunking a Hobnob biscuit into a cup of tea. Berry, 24, was delighted with the achievement. He said afterwards the additional challenge of aiming for the cup of tea with the biscuit was 'tricky' but added that the stunt was well received Continue reading... |
| Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat attacked by masked men in Paris Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:31 AM PST Three attackers punched star, sprayed her with teargas and tried to steal her handbag, police say The Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat was punched in the face and sprayed with teargas by masked attackers in an upmarket area of Paris, police have said. The 40-year-old star and her partner were attacked by three masked men who tried to steal her handbag. Continue reading... |
| Joseph Kabila makes opposition leader DRC prime minister Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:00 AM PST Move part of deal intended to calm political tensions after president delayed elections but in effect extends his term in office The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has named an opposition politician as prime minister following a controversial deal between the government and fringe groups that will in effect extend the president's term in office. Joseph Kabila, who has won two elections, was scheduled to relinquish power when his second mandate expires on 19 December, as many say the constitution requires. |
| Nurse denies falsifying Ebola patient Pauline Cafferkey's temperature Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:38 AM PST Donna Wood, who faces being struck off over botched screening at Heathrow, says temperature would have been a 'red alert' A nurse who faces being struck off over a botched Ebola screening at Heathrow airport has said it is "preposterous" that she would have concealed knowledge that Pauline Cafferkey was unwell. Donna Wood, an NHS nurse who volunteered along with Cafferkey to work in Sierra Leone in 2014, said she would never have put her country, her family or herself in such danger. Continue reading... |
| Battle for Mosul: Iraq asks for UK help to get thermobaric weapons Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:33 AM PST Iraqi forces admit they have faced fierce resistance from Isis fighters and want to user thermobaric weapons to drive them out of tunnels and bunkers The Iraqi government has asked the UK to help its military obtain powerful thermobaric weapons to drive Islamic State fighters out of tunnels in their northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul. The request is understood to have been put to the Ministry of Defence on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Former Rio governor arrested over charges of 'cartelization' of public works Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:13 AM PST Sérgio Cabral accused by Brazilian federal prosecutors of facilitating $65.6m in bribes over infrastructure contracts for World Cup and Olympics projects The former governor of Rio de Janeiro state has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation linked to a World Cup project and other works worth billions of dollars, a blow to Brazil's ruling party that may fuel political instability. Federal prosecutors accused Sérgio Cabral of leading a criminal organization that took 224m reais ($65.6m) in bribes from construction firms in exchange for awarding them infrastructure contracts from 2007-2014. Continue reading... |
| New photos of uncontacted Brazilian tribe mark first sighting in over a year Posted: 17 Nov 2016 07:55 AM PST Moxihatetema tribe appears to be growing despite threat of illegal miners, but activists worry government's austerity measures will impact protection efforts Striking new aerial photographs of an uncontacted tribe in the Brazilian Amazon highlight the importance of protecting their territory from the growing threat of illegal mining, according to indigenous rights campaigners. The images – which show the tribe members inside a circular communal structure, known as a maloca – were taken in the Yanomami Reserve near the border with Venezuela, and are the clearest yet of the apparently healthy, growing community of Moxihatetema, who had not been seen for more than a year. Continue reading... |
| Poets' unlikely love letters are turned into critically acclaimed film Posted: 17 Nov 2016 07:04 AM PST Die Geträumten consists of readings from the letters of Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan – daughter of a Nazi and son of Jews She was the daughter of a Nazi party member, he the only son of parents who died in the Holocaust. The love affair between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan was as unlikely as it was brief, spanning two months in Vienna and a shorter rekindling 10 years later. But the meeting of minds between two of the most influential writers in the German language – and the more than 200 poems, letters, postcards, telegrams and unsent drafts it spawned – has outlasted not just their love affair, but also their authors' premature deaths. Continue reading... |
| French presidential elections: share your thoughts on the country's politics Posted: 17 Nov 2016 06:22 AM PST France's centre-right are kicking off the country's primaries. We'd like you to share your thoughts, and hopes, on the presidential elections France's centre-right opposition party Les Républicains (LR) is holding its first round of primaries to select its nominees for next year's presidential election on Sunday. This is the mainstream right's first primary, with candidates usually agreed-on in private. Polls suggest the winner of the two-round party vote will become the country's next leader, after a runoff against the Front National's Marine Le Pen next year – the two-round election will be held on 23 April and 7 May. Continue reading... |
| Geert Wilders faces possible €5,000 fine for hate speech Posted: 17 Nov 2016 05:05 AM PST Far-right Dutch politician faces charges over a rally in 2014 where he led a chant against Moroccan immigrants Dutch prosecutors have demanded that the anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders be fined €5,000 (£4,300) for hate speech and discrimination, though no prison sentence was sought. Wilders faces charges of discrimination and inciting racial hatred at a rally in 2014, where he led supporters in chanting that they wanted fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands. He denies wrongdoing in the case, which comes four months before national elections. Continue reading... |
| Britain's scavenged second world war ships not our fault, says Indonesia Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:47 AM PST Jakarta says it cannot be expected to have protected sunken second world war warships destroyed by illegal scavenging Indonesia has refused to take the blame for the disappearance of at least six British and Dutch second world war shipwrecks that investigators believe were scavenged for scrap metal, arguing that it could not be expected to protect them. Two Dutch warships that sank in 1942 in the Java Sea are completely gone, a third has large parts missing and three British ships and a US submarine have also been destroyed by illegal scrap metal scavengers. The UK Ministry of Defence has said it condemns the "unauthorised disturbance of any wreck containing human remains" and requested that Indonesian authorities take "appropriate action". Continue reading... |
| 'We became the news': staff at Turkey's Cumhuriyet speak out over arrests Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:43 AM PST Journalists and senior bosses at opposition newspaper say recent detentions are an attempt to silence government critics It was 7.30 am on a Monday when Ayşe Yıldırım's phone started ringing. The columnist at Cumhuriyet, Turkey's last leading newspaper critical of the government, picked up the phone. It was her boss, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Murat Sabuncu, one of a dozen of her colleagues who would be in a jail cell by the end of the day. "He said to me: 'The police are in my flat and they're going to arrest me,'" she said. Continue reading... |
| City lights quiz: can you identify these world cities from space? Posted: 17 Nov 2016 03:00 AM PST Astronauts on the International Space Station took these images of cities at night. Note that up doesn't necessarily mean north. All images: ESA/NASA San Francisco Vancouver Milan London Moscow Tokyo Athens Nicosia Naples Tehran Kuwait City Havana Istanbul Cairo Helsinki Toronto Mexico City New York Madrid Rome Helsinki Sydney Melbourne Wellington Barcelona Lisbon Nice Chicago Detroit Dallas Kuala Lumpur Jakarta Hong Kong Dubai Abu Dhabi Doha Brussels Paris Berlin Las Vegas Blackpool Riyadh Continue reading... |
| Ex-child soldiers to sue UK firm that hired them to be mercenaries in Iraq Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST The two men, who were under 13 when they fought in Sierra Leone, allege Aegis Defence Services failed to mitigate the psychological harm they suffered Two former child soldiers have threatened legal action against the private security company Aegis Defence Services over psychological harm they say they suffered when the company recruited them as adults to work as mercenaries in Iraq. The men were recruited as child soldiers in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war, which ended in 2002, their solicitor Rebekah Read of Leigh Day has told the Guardian. Years later, as adults, they were hired to work as security guards for Aegis in Iraq, she said. |
| West Africa to target human and animal health together to fight Ebola and Zika Posted: 17 Nov 2016 05:40 AM PST At Dakar's One Health conference, leaders pledged to act fast to detect, report and control the spread of diseases that often pass from animals to humans West African leaders have agreed a new approach to infectious diseases in an attempt to avert any repetition of the disastrous Ebola outbreak. Human, animal and environmental health will all be considered together, and countries in the region will work collaboratively to catch outbreaks of diseases including avian flu, Zika and Ebola in their early stages. Continue reading... |
| Morocco lights the way for Africa on renewable energy Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:34 AM PST COP22 host leads by example in the fight against climate change with 52% green energy target by 2020 and Africa's first city cycle hire scheme As the host of this year's COP22 climate change conference in Marrakech, Morocco has been keen to demonstrate its green credentials and make this COP the "African COP". In the past year, Morocco has banned the use of plastic bags, launched new plans for extending the urban tram networks in Casablanca and Rabat, started the process of replacing its dirty old fleet of buses and taxis, launched Africa's first city bicycle hire scheme, and launched a new initiative – the "Adaptation of African Agriculture" – to help the continent's farmers adjust to climate change. Continue reading... |
| Sessions, Flynn and Pompeo: who are the potential Trump cabinet picks? Posted: 17 Nov 2016 09:14 AM PST As the Trump transition grinds on, three new names have surfaced as potential fits for top jobs. None is without controversy Sessions, who is reportedly being tipped for a job in Donald Trump's cabinet, perhaps as attorney general or secretary of defence, is known as one of the most rightwing and anti-immigration members of the Senate. Continue reading... |
| Trump presidency bodes ill for Israel-Palestine peace process Posted: 17 Nov 2016 03:18 AM PST With president-elect likely to be either maximalist pro-Israel or isolationist, the question is whether stagnant process can survive As Donald Trump continues to ponder his choice for secretary of state, and other key foreign policy positions, one thing seems clear: the impact on the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians is likely to be serious and retrograde. The question now is whether the moribund process, which has weathered presidents both Republican and Democrat since it was sealed in 1993 with the aim of securing a two-state solution, can survive the Trump era at all. Continue reading... |
| Japan's Shinzo Abe has ‘great confidence’ in Donald Trump – video Posted: 18 Nov 2016 12:19 AM PST Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe says he held 'candid' talks with president-elect Donald Trump, after they met in New York on Thursday. Abe, the first foreign leader to meet the president-elect, says he is confident he can trust Trump, despite the property billionaire's campaign criticism of Japan's contribution to bilateral security ties Continue reading... |
| Thousands of dead fish cover New York canal – video Posted: 17 Nov 2016 11:28 AM PST Thousands of dead fish were seen on the surface of the Shinnecock Canal in Southampton, New York, on Monday, after becoming trapped inside overnight. Tom Jones, a marine adviser at Hampton Watercraft, shot drone footage of the bizarre occurrence. It is believed the fish were chased into the canal by larger predatory fish and then became trapped inside when the canal shut early Monday morning. The fish eventually dispersed back into the bay when the canal opened later on Monday Continue reading... |
| Arizona police officer punches woman in face during arrest – video Posted: 17 Nov 2016 08:11 AM PST Amateur video shared online shows an Arizona police officer striking a woman in the face during an arrest on Wednesday. The officer involved, identified as Jeff Bonar, has been placed on leave pending the investigation. Flagstaff police said the incident occurred while officers arrested a 'somewhat uncooperative' woman Continue reading... |
| Trump’s coming! The new social media challenge – video Posted: 17 Nov 2016 04:57 AM PST Move over #MannequinChallenge, there's a new online social media craze: the #TrumpsComingChallenge. In reaction to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, high school students in the US have come up with a new challenge: someone yells 'Trump's coming!' and then everyone runs away Continue reading... |
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