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- Trump disavows the white nationalist 'alt-right' but defends Steve Bannon hire
- Turkey: Erdoğan rule could extend until 2029 under proposal
- Aleppo siege is 'war of extermination', says injured doctor
- Nato and Kremlin in war of words over Russian missile deployment
- Samia Shahid: family force Pakistani police to investigate marriage
- Colombian government to sign new peace deal with Farc rebels
- Qatari women robbed of £4.3m valuables in Paris motorway hold-up
- French man discovers gold coins and bars worth €3.5m in inherited house
- Brexit deadlock could halt flights to Europe, warns Ryanair boss
- Canada man sentenced to 10 years in mall massacre plot, prosecution says
- Nepal's earthquake-hit Boudhanath stupa reopens after restoration
- Asian transport projects may thwart efforts to save world's tigers
- India blames Pakistan for deadly 'sneak attack' on soldiers in Kashmir
- Rumah jompo untuk waria Jakarta – video
- Bolivian water rationing – in pictures
- Indonesia to investigate disappearance of WWII shipwrecks in Java Sea
- Waria at twilight: the remarkable old age home for trans Jakartans – video
- Russian war film set to open amid controversy over accuracy of events
- Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states
- Divers find body in search for man who went missing in storms
- Your opinions: is the Labour party doing enough to question our EU exit strategy?
- Inside Qayara, south of Mosul - in pictures
- Don't let shifts in trading policies throw poor countries off balance
- Police charge teenager over alleged illegal radio transmissions to aircraft
- Donald Trump is a gift to Africa's dictators, say opposition groups
- Cambodian court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders
- Office of South Korea's flagging president admits buying 360 Viagra pills
- Daylight saving 'could help stabilise dwindling koala numbers'
- Gold Coast drug raids uncover 3D-printed submachine guns
- Australian teen detained in Bali may be released after drug tests come back clear
- Church of England appoints Lord Carlile to review George Bell claim
- Australian teen Jamie Murphy detained in Bali over white powder allegation – video
- Arnold Paucker obituary
- Bill Phillips obituary
- Dubai prosecutors drop extramarital sex case against rape claim Briton
- Joseph Harmatz obituary
- Catholic confession-finding app launched by Scottish church
- Explosive history of volcanoes to be charted in Bodleian exhibition
- Eyewitness: Srinagar, Kashmir
- 'My house was turned to debris': Jakarta's evicted write their story
- 'Get off the square!': The unsubtle gentrification of Jakarta's old town
- 'It's a crime to be young and pretty': girls flee predatory Central America gangs
- UK accused of lack of transparency over rise in aid funding to private sector
- How Cuba came of age on early childhood development – podcast transcript
- Pope urges action against trafficking and labour abuses in fishing industry
- Clouds of filth envelop Asian cities: 'you can't escape'
- Trump's Twitter tactics test special relationship
- Accomplices or antagonists: how the media handled the Trump phenomenon
- Abortion rights are already under siege – and it's only going to get worse | Jessica Valenti
- Darroch versus Farage as Britain's ambassador to US: a comparison
- Obama gets 'choked up' presenting Ellen DeGeneres with Medal of Freedom – video
- Trump booed as he leaves the New York Times office – video
- The presidential medal of freedom awards ceremony 2016 – in pictures
- Giuliani supports Trump decision not to prosecute Clinton – video
- Guardian reporters reflect on challenges of covering 2016 US election – video
| Trump disavows the white nationalist 'alt-right' but defends Steve Bannon hire Posted: 22 Nov 2016 01:12 PM PST Speaking with New York Times journalists the president-elect said he wouldn't have hired Bannon if he thought he was racist or part of 'alt-right' movement President-elect Donald Trump has disavowed the white nationalist movement which dubs itself the "alt-right" and which rallied around his candidacy, but vigorously defended his former campaign chairman and newly appointed White House chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, a man accused of fanning the flames of white supremacy. "I don't want to energize the group, and I disavow the group," Trump said at a meeting with a group of New York Times journalists, in response to a question from the newspaper's executive editor, Dean Baquet. Continue reading... |
| Turkey: Erdoğan rule could extend until 2029 under proposal Posted: 22 Nov 2016 10:03 AM PST AKP likely to table referendum bill to amend constitution and nationalist support would now allow motion to pass Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been given a major boost in his quest to transform Turkey into a president-led republic, after nationalists in parliament signalled their support for a controversial proposal to amend the constitution and allow him to stay in office until 2029. In a move that lays the groundwork for a possible historic national referendum in the spring, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the nationalist bloc, said on Tuesday the proposed amendments to grant more powers to Turkey's presidency were reasonable. Continue reading... |
| Aleppo siege is 'war of extermination', says injured doctor Posted: 22 Nov 2016 06:34 AM PST Almost 150 civilians killed in past week, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as Assad forces' bombardment continues Almost 150 civilians have been killed in a week of intense violence in the besieged eastern half of Aleppo, activists said as violence continued to grip Syria's former industrial capital. The latest casualty figures cap two months of unprecedented violence in Syria's largest city. More than 800 people have been killed since forces loyal to the regime of Bashar al-Assad announced a campaign to crush the opposition in the rebel-held eastern districts. Continue reading... |
| Nato and Kremlin in war of words over Russian missile deployment Posted: 22 Nov 2016 10:21 AM PST Putin spokesman says Kaliningrad move is merely defending Russia's security after Nato accuses it of 'military posturing' Nato and the Kremlin have traded accusations over the Russian deployment of state-of-the-art missiles in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad. Nato on Tuesday accused Russia of "aggressive military posturing", while Vladimir Putin shot back that Russia was merely responding to Nato aggression. Continue reading... |
| Samia Shahid: family force Pakistani police to investigate marriage Posted: 22 Nov 2016 05:41 AM PST Relatives accused of 'honour killing' of British woman allege that she and second husband were in illegal relationship The family of a British woman believed by Pakistani police to have been murdered by two of her relatives in the country have forced police to begin an investigation into whether she was legally married to her second husband at the time of her death. In an attempt to derail the "honour killing" trial, the family of Bradford-born Samia Shahid hopes to discredit her husband, Mukhtar Syed Kazam, by demanding police investigate their claim that she was in an illegal relationship with him. Continue reading... |
| Colombian government to sign new peace deal with Farc rebels Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:14 PM PST Move follows seven-hour meeting in which government negotiators tried to persuade skeptics to support the accord Colombia's government and leftist rebels have said they will sign a modified peace agreement Thursday despite strong resistance from former President Alvaro Uribe. The signing ceremony promises to be a more subdued event than the heavily symbolic one attended by several heads of state in September in the colonial city of Cartagena. Continue reading... |
| Qatari women robbed of £4.3m valuables in Paris motorway hold-up Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:01 AM PST Pair were in chauffeur-driven Bentley when masked men struck and sprayed them with teargas, according to police Two Qatari women were held up on a Paris motorway and robbed of valuables worth more than €5m (£4.3m) in the latest robbery targeting wealthy visitors to the French capital. The women, in their 60s, had just left Le Bourget airport north-east of the capital on Monday when their chauffeur-driven Bentley was held up by two masked men who sprayed them with teargas, a police source said. Continue reading... |
| French man discovers gold coins and bars worth €3.5m in inherited house Posted: 22 Nov 2016 08:29 AM PST Local auctioneer said gold weighing 100kg (220lb) in total was 'extremely well hidden' around house in Normandy under furniture and in the bathroom A Frenchman who inherited a house from a dead relative has discovered a glittering treasure trove of gold coins and bars worth millions. Squirrelled away in hiding places throughout the house in Normandy, he came across thousands of gold coins and bars weighing 100kg (220lb) in total. Continue reading... |
| Brexit deadlock could halt flights to Europe, warns Ryanair boss Posted: 22 Nov 2016 07:35 AM PST Michael O'Leary attacks British ministers over their 'mildly lunatic optimism' and acting 'like Dad's Army' in EU talks
Michael O'Leary said that "mildly lunatic optimism" on the part of the government was masking the risks the UK faced from leaving the EU, with an assumption that it could quickly negotiate new bilateral agreements. |
| Canada man sentenced to 10 years in mall massacre plot, prosecution says Posted: 22 Nov 2016 10:14 AM PST
A Canadian man accused in a failed shopping mall massacre plot in the Atlantic Canadian city of Halifax pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a prosecution spokeswoman said. An American woman charged in the same case has pleaded not guilty and is expected to face trial in May, according to the court and prosecution. Continue reading... |
| Nepal's earthquake-hit Boudhanath stupa reopens after restoration Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:39 AM PST Private donations pay for repair to historic site, as criticism grows over government's response to rebuilding nation after quake Eighteen months after an earthquake destroyed hundreds of historical sites across Nepal, the country has celebrated the restoration of the first major one, the Buddhist monument topped in gold that towers above Kathmandu. One of the largest of its kind and a popular tourist attraction, the Boudhanath stupa was repaired, not with government funding, but with private donations from Buddhist groups and help from local volunteers. Continue reading... |
| Asian transport projects may thwart efforts to save world's tigers Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:39 AM PST WWF report states that infrastructure boom could lead to animals' habitat being carved up, undoing years of progress Thousands of kilometres of railways and roads planned across Asia risk dismantling progress made to save the world's last tigers, conservationists have warned. The WWF said an infrastructure boom in coming years will lead to the construction of 11,000km of new transport projects, carving up the big cat's habitats and stopping them from travelling across the huge ranges they need. Continue reading... |
| India blames Pakistan for deadly 'sneak attack' on soldiers in Kashmir Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:50 AM PST Army claims body of soldier was mutilated and threatens retribution after Pakistani troops crossed line of control India says three of its soldiers have been killedin disputed Kashmir, blaming Pakistani troops. The body of one of the soldiers had been mutilated, said the army, which threatened retribution. Continue reading... |
| Rumah jompo untuk waria Jakarta – video Posted: 23 Nov 2016 01:23 AM PST Ketika Yulianus Rettoblaut, seorang transgender Jakarta yang lebih dikenal sebagai mami Yuli, melihat banyak teman sesama waria yang sudah tua dan hidup di jalanan – sakit, pengangguran dan melarat – dia mengubah rumahnya menjadi sebuah rumah singgah. Fotografer Elisabetta Zavoli menghabiskan waktu bertahun-tahun untuk mengenal komunitas yang tidak ramah ini, yang akhirnya memberi dia akses yang belum pernah diberikan sebelumnya Continue reading... |
| Bolivian water rationing – in pictures Posted: 23 Nov 2016 01:00 AM PST The worst drought in 25 years in Bolivia is affecting at least seven major cities. In La Paz alone, water rationing has hit almost half of the city's 800,000 inhabitants while, elsewhere, peasants and miners are competing for the use of aquifers. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia to investigate disappearance of WWII shipwrecks in Java Sea Posted: 23 Nov 2016 12:48 AM PST Authorities agree to help solve mystery of six Dutch and British ships that vanished from seabed – believed salvaged for scrap Indonesia has agreed to work with the Netherlands to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several second world war shipwrecks – considered war graves – from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has said. The recent discovery that at least six Dutch and British warships sunk in 1942 had vanished from the seabed – believed salvaged for scrap – caused shock and dismay in Europe. Continue reading... |
| Waria at twilight: the remarkable old age home for trans Jakartans – video Posted: 23 Nov 2016 12:44 AM PST When Yulianus Rettoblaut, a Jakartan better known as Mami Yuli, saw many of her fellow ageing 'waria' (transgender people) still living on the streets – ill, unemployed and in squalor – she turned her own house into a shelter. Photographer Elisabetta Zavoli spent years getting to know this famously standoffish community, who eventually granted her unprecedented access Continue reading... |
| Russian war film set to open amid controversy over accuracy of events Posted: 23 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST Panfilov's 28 tells the story of a Russian division who fought to the death to defend Moscow, but some are questioning the story's validity Every Soviet schoolchild was taught about the heroic feats of the last 28 members of Ivan Panfilov's division, which in late 1941 fought to the death to stop a Nazi tank assault on Moscow in one of the best known episodes of the Soviet war effort. "Russia is vast, but there is nowhere to retreat – Moscow is behind us," one of the Red Army soldiers, armed at the end with just Molotov cocktails and grenades, said as the attack was halted. Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:38 PM PST Alleged irregularities in key states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin prompt demands for audit amid concerns over 'foreign hackers' A growing number of academics and activists are calling for US authorities to fully audit or recount the 2016 presidential election vote in key battleground states, in case the results could have been skewed by foreign hackers. The loose coalition, which is urging Hillary Clinton's campaign to join its fight, is preparing to deliver a report detailing its concerns to congressional committee chairs and federal authorities early next week, according to two people involved. Continue reading... |
| Divers find body in search for man who went missing in storms Posted: 23 Nov 2016 01:54 AM PST Police looking for Russell Sherwood, 69, from Neath, South Wales, find body at river Ogmore Police divers involved in the search for an elderly man who went missing during this week's storms have recovered a body. Russell Sherwood, 69, went missing after leaving his home in Neath, South Wales, on Monday morning. Continue reading... |
| Your opinions: is the Labour party doing enough to question our EU exit strategy? Posted: 23 Nov 2016 01:59 AM PST A space for our readers to talk about articles of the day in the Opinion section – with input from the writer below the line Join us to take part in a discussion from 10am onward Welcome to our space – open every Wednesday from 10am until the afternoon – for discussing the day's top Opinion articles. We'd like to begin today with a piece on Brexit. This morning John Harris argues that on the subject of leaving the European Union, the Labour leadership offers anxious voters nothing. Who will block, delay or even question the government on its EU exit strategy? He concludes it is increasingly clear it won't be the opposition. He writes: Continue reading... |
| Inside Qayara, south of Mosul - in pictures Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST When Iraqi security forces retook Qayara, it was hailed as an early triumph over Islamic State extremists. For some residents, however, it does not feel like victory. Government services have not been restored, and – as Felipe Dana's photographs show – the oil wells the militants set ablaze continue to burn Continue reading... |
| Don't let shifts in trading policies throw poor countries off balance Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Developing countries are in desperate need of trade to fight the corrosive effects of unemployment and tackle inequality With the US election decided and the terms of Britain's departure from the EU still unclear, many people are waiting to see how these two countries will change their trading policies, patterns and relationships. But not everyone is in a holding pattern. Countries in the global north may be getting cold feet on trade, but poorer nations are rushing in the opposite direction. They do not have a choice. Continue reading... |
| Police charge teenager over alleged illegal radio transmissions to aircraft Posted: 23 Nov 2016 12:47 AM PST Over two months there were 16 unauthorised transmissions at Victorian airports, forcing at least one plane to abort its landing The Australian federal police has charged a 19-year-old Victorian man with offences related to alleged illegal radio transmissions to aircraft at Melbourne and Avalon airports, including hoax calls that forced at least one aircraft to abort its landing. Between 5 September and 3 November, there were 16 separate unauthorised radio transmissions at Melbourne airport and Avalon airport causing interference with air traffic control. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump is a gift to Africa's dictators, say opposition groups Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Rulers of the DRC, Burundi, Zimbabwe and others say tide has turned after Obama's efforts to promote democracy abroad As the sun rose over Kinshasa on 9 November, Martin Fayulu was awoken by a phone call from a relative in the US telling him to switch on his television – Donald Trump appeared set to become the next US president. Fayulu, an opposition politician at the forefront of recent protests calling for elections to be held on time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, immediately switched on a French channel. Continue reading... |
| Cambodian court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders Posted: 22 Nov 2016 10:06 PM PST Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan – first leaders of murderous regime to be jailed – lose appeal against conviction over deaths of two million Cambodians Cambodia's UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, delivering a blow to their hopes of release as they face a second trial for genocide. "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, 90, and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 85, were in 2014 the first top leaders to be jailed from a regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979. Continue reading... |
| Office of South Korea's flagging president admits buying 360 Viagra pills Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:50 PM PST Park Geun-hye's aides say branded and generic versions were purchased to treat altitude sickness for staff on trips to elevated capitals in Africa South Korea President Park Geun-hye's office has confirmed revelations by an opposition lawmaker that it purchased about 360 erectile dysfunction Viagra pills and the generic version of the drug in December. While the report has created a frenzy on the internet, Park's office said the pills were bought to potentially treat altitude sickness for presidential aides and employees on Park's May trips to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, whose capitals are thousands of metres above sea level. Continue reading... |
| Daylight saving 'could help stabilise dwindling koala numbers' Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:12 PM PST Study suggests time change could reduce number of koalas hit by cars in Queensland by 8% on weekdays and 11% on weekends Introducing daylight saving could help stabilise the dwindling koala population in south-east Queensland, new research shows. University of Queensland researchers have tracked the movements of koalas near roads where they are often hit and killed by cars. Continue reading... |
| Gold Coast drug raids uncover 3D-printed submachine guns Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:11 PM PST Police say they found four homemade automatic weapons along with silencers and ammunition at two Nerang businesses A highly sophisticated weapons production facility using 3D printers and computers to make machine guns has been uncovered in a series of raids across the Gold Coast. Police say they found four homemade automatic submachine guns, silencers, ammunition, a replica handgun, a .45 calibre pistol and equipment used to make weapons at two Nerang businesses, as well as a pill press. Continue reading... |
| Australian teen detained in Bali may be released after drug tests come back clear Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:01 PM PST Jamie Murphy, 18, was apparently celebrating schoolies week at Kuta nightclub when he was stopped by security and searched An Australian teenager arrested in Bali while apparently celebrating schoolies week may be set for release after police reportedly confirmed the white substance he was allegedly caught with was not an illegal drug. Police Chief Inspector Sugeng Priyanto told the ABC forensics tests of blood and urine detected only painkillers and caffeine the system of Jamie Murphy, 18, who was detained while the tests were carried out. Continue reading... |
| Church of England appoints Lord Carlile to review George Bell claim Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:01 PM PST Peer to conduct independent investigation into church's settlement of sexual abuse claim last year, which led to protests The Church of England has appointed Alex Carlile to conduct an independent review of its handling of a sexual abuse claim against George Bell, one of the church's leading figures of the 20th century. In September 2015, the church issued a formal apology when settling a civil claim against Bell, the former bishop of Chichester who died in 1958. The alleged abuse took place in the 1940s and 1950s. Continue reading... |
| Australian teen Jamie Murphy detained in Bali over white powder allegation – video Posted: 22 Nov 2016 03:08 PM PST Australian Jamie Murphy, 18, has been detained in Bali over alleged possession of white powder. Kuta police chief Wayan Sumara says Murphy has not yet been officially interrogated and will be detained while the powder is being tested. There is footage of Murphy denying the powder is his, Channel Nine reports in Australia. Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop says Australia is providing consular assistance to Murphy and his family Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:06 AM PST My friend and colleague Arnold (originally Arno) Paucker, who has died aged 95, was a distinguished scholar of German-Jewish history and literature, having arrived in Britain as a refugee from Nazi-occupied Europe. He was born into a middle-class family in Berlin, to Wilhelm, a manufacturer of leather goods and Minna, who had inherited a tobacco business. Arnold became politically active at an early age. As a schoolboy at the end of the Weimar Republic he joined the Social Democratic Republican defence league, the Iron Front, and, once this was banned after the Nazi takeover, the leftwing Zionist Werkleute (Labouring People) and later the underground Communist Youth League. When life became too dangerous, his parents sent him to Palestine, where he boarded at the progressive Ben Shemen school. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:03 AM PST My father, Bill Phillips, who has died aged 104, was a clergyman and an army chaplain who spent time in a prisoner of war camp during the second world war. The son of Clarissa May (nee Stevens) and Godfrey Phillips, Bill was born in Bangalore, India, where his father was vice-principal of the Bangalore Theological College. As Congregationalists, they were serving with the London Missionary Society. Continue reading... |
| Dubai prosecutors drop extramarital sex case against rape claim Briton Posted: 22 Nov 2016 10:28 AM PST Prosecutor's office concludes woman who said she was attacked by two men had consensual sex A British woman charged with having extramarital sex in Dubai after claiming she was raped no longer faces legal proceedings after the case against her was dropped. The 25-year-old tourist from Cheshire said she was attacked by two men while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates and reported the incident to police. Officers charged her with extramarital sex and confiscated her passport. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2016 09:27 AM PST Wartime partisan who plotted revenge on the Nazis as part of the Jewish Avengers group Joseph Harmatz, who has died aged 91, lived two lives, one dedicated to killing, the other to giving life a purpose. He would probably have said that in both existences, his aim was the same: the first an attempt at a kind of revenge for the Holocaust, the second to make sure such a thing could never happen again. As an "Avenger", seeking justice for the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews, he was personally responsible for poisoning a large group of captured SS officers in the aftermath of the second world war. Harmatz believed that many of the prisoners died, though a recently declassified US military document reported no fatalities. As a survivor, in his second life, he supervised an international agency, World ORT, which worked with governments from China to Africa to France, training young people for their future – one denied to millions of young people of his own generation. Continue reading... |
| Catholic confession-finding app launched by Scottish church Posted: 22 Nov 2016 08:19 AM PST Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh will be first to use Catholic App, which locates nearest mass or confession Catholic worshippers in Edinburgh and St Andrews will soon be able to use an app to locate their nearest mass. The Catholic App will tell users where the nearest or soonest service is and use GPS to direct them to the church. |
| Explosive history of volcanoes to be charted in Bodleian exhibition Posted: 22 Nov 2016 06:05 AM PST Vesuvius among the stars in upcoming show at library in Oxford that traces the sometimes fatal allure of volcanoes Scorched papyrus scrolls, which survived Vesuvius's 79 AD explosion that destroyed the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, will be among the star objects in an volcanic exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford next year. Related: Herculaneum scrolls buried by Vesuvius yield another secret: metallic ink Continue reading... |
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| 'My house was turned to debris': Jakarta's evicted write their story Posted: 22 Nov 2016 11:11 PM PST After the fishermen and traders of the Kampung Pulo waterfront were forcibly evicted and moved to Jakarta's distant suburbs, they found themselves without a voice in a strange new world – so they wrote it all down In August 2015, hundreds of residents living in an informal community in Pulo, Jakarta, were evicted, and their houses bulldozed. The government said it was to provide better housing, and to protect them from the floods to which the kampung was prone. The residents – mostly fishermen and small traders – were moved to social housing, roughly 12 miles away. Their new homes were in large tower blocks, in apartments that couldn't have been more different from the neighbourhood they'd known for decades. Continue reading... |
| 'Get off the square!': The unsubtle gentrification of Jakarta's old town Posted: 22 Nov 2016 05:34 PM PST Fatahillah Square was once a bustling hub of culture and nightlife. Now street vendors are forcibly removed, and hundreds of homes have been demolished in order to build corporate plazas. Has the area lost its soul? "Get off the square!" the security guard yells into his megaphone. "The place is going to be cleaned!" It's 10pm on Friday night in Fatahillah Square in the heart of Kota Tua, Jakarta's old town, and the public are being herded out. Uniformed city workers take their place, sweeping up trash from the 1,300 sq metre pedestrianised area in the shadow of the Jakarta History Museum, formerly colonial city hall. Continue reading... |
| 'It's a crime to be young and pretty': girls flee predatory Central America gangs Posted: 23 Nov 2016 01:00 AM PST Sexual exploitation that the UN says amounts to slavery is forcing girls and their families from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to seek refuge in Mexico Sara Rincón was walking home from college in the capital of El Salvador when she was confronted by three heavily tattooed gang members who had been harassing her for weeks. The group's leader – a man in his 30s, with the figure 18 etched on to his shaven head – threw her against a wall, and with his hands around her neck gave her one last warning. Continue reading... |
| UK accused of lack of transparency over rise in aid funding to private sector Posted: 22 Nov 2016 10:35 AM PST Critics say proposal to give more support to DfID's controversial investment arm undermines pledges to improve aid accountability The British government has been accused of undermining its own commitment to transparency on aid spending after it emerged that it plans a dramatic increase in the funding it channels through the controversial private sector arm of the UK's aid programme. A draft bill from the Department for International Development (DfID) proposes to increase the limit on official support given to the CDC, formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation, from £1.5bn to £6bn – with further scope for the cap to be doubled. Continue reading... |
| How Cuba came of age on early childhood development – podcast transcript Posted: 22 Nov 2016 05:10 AM PST More than 99.5% of Cuban children attend an early childhood education programme or institution. Kary Stewart visits Havana to speak to families, doctors and teachers about a Latin American success story Reports and presenter: KS Kary Stewart Continue reading... |
| Pope urges action against trafficking and labour abuses in fishing industry Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:31 AM PST Marking World Fisheries Day, pope calls on international community to break 'chain of exploitation' of vulnerable workers Pope Francis has condemned trafficking and forced labour in the fisheries industry, calling for an intensive international push to halt human rights abuses in the sector. At an event co-organised by the Vatican and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), on Monday, the Vatican secretary of state urged action from the international community and governments to prevent the "chain of exploitation" of vulnerable individuals. Continue reading... |
| Clouds of filth envelop Asian cities: 'you can't escape' Posted: 22 Nov 2016 03:13 AM PST This year has seen some of Asia's worst urban smog episodes in nearly 20 years, as India's air pollution soars above levels recorded in China The winter air in Tehran is often foul but for six days last week it was hardly breathable. A dense and poisonous chemical smog made up of traffic and factory fumes, mixed with construction dust, burning vegetation and waste has shrouded buildings, choked pedestrians, forced schools and universities to close, and filled the hospitals. Anyone who could flee the Iranian mega-city of 15 million people has done so, but, say the authorities, in the past two weeks more than 400 people have died as a direct result of the pollution, known as the Asian "brown cloud". Continue reading... |
| Trump's Twitter tactics test special relationship Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:51 AM PST President-elect's continued breaking of diplomatic rules has London recalculating its desired proximity to Washington Donald Trump's interest in other world leaders has sometimes seemed closely related to whether or not his family has a golf course or luxury hotel under construction in their territory. The conversations reportedly turn as much to completing a planning permission as a peace process. So it will have been with alarm that Downing Street woke up this morning to find Donald Trump has been involved in some more Twitter diplomacy – advising that Nigel Farage, the interim Ukip leader, would make a great UK ambassador to Washington. Continue reading... |
| Accomplices or antagonists: how the media handled the Trump phenomenon Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PST Reporters, editors, bloggers, columnists and TV anchors look back on a unique election that saw them both blacklisted and accused of providing free publicity For the past three months, the Columbia Journalism Review has been interviewing journalists covering one of the most extraordinary moments in American politics. CJR has talked to bloggers and TV anchors, opinion columnists and reporters who were blacklisted by Donald Trump's campaign. The result is an oral history, published here in edited form and in full on the review's website. CJR's reporting team: Shelley Hepworth, Vanessa Gezari, Kyle Pope, Carlett Spike, Cory Schouten, David Uberti and Pete Vernon Continue reading... |
| Abortion rights are already under siege – and it's only going to get worse | Jessica Valenti Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PST Donald Trump has said he will appoint supreme court judges who want to overturn Roe v Wade. We need to be ready to protect ourselves no matter what Imagine being so desperate to end a pregnancy that you sit in a bathtub, gird yourself, and stick a wire hanger up your vagina and into your uterus. You don't have anesthesia, but you do it anyway. You start to bleed, badly. After you go to the hospital for help, you don't get sympathy - you get arrested. I don't describe this horrific scenario to remind you of a time when abortion was illegal and how bad it was for women. Because this didn't happen in the 1950s; it happened last year. Continue reading... |
| Darroch versus Farage as Britain's ambassador to US: a comparison Posted: 22 Nov 2016 03:42 AM PST Incumbent has had 30-year diplomatic career; former Ukip leader has worked hard to align himself with Donald Trump Most people outside international politics had not heard of Sir Kim Darroch until January this year, when he started in his post as British ambassador to the US. The diplomat was widely ridiculed and likened to a robot for posing awkwardly with Barack Obama during his first photo opportunity in the White House. While Obama grinned and placed his hand on Darroch's back, the Briton stared blank-faced at the camera, arms hanging rigidly by his side. Continue reading... |
| Obama gets 'choked up' presenting Ellen DeGeneres with Medal of Freedom – video Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:43 PM PST Outgoing US president Barack Obama admits to getting 'kinda choked up' while presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ellen DeGeneres. 'It's easy to forget now just how much courage was required for Ellen to come out on the most public of stages 20 years ago.' Other recipients included Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross Continue reading... |
| Trump booed as he leaves the New York Times office – video Posted: 22 Nov 2016 02:30 PM PST Boos rang out as President-elect Donald Trump departed the New York Times office in Manhattan on Tuesday following a high-profile meeting with the newspaper's staff and management. Trump had previously threatened to cancel the meeting before rescheduling the sit-down Continue reading... |
| The presidential medal of freedom awards ceremony 2016 – in pictures Posted: 22 Nov 2016 02:08 PM PST In his final ceremony granting the medal of freedom, the highest civilian honour, Barack Obama chose 21 people from the worlds of sports, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, activism, academia and entertainment. Recipients included Tom Hanks, Diana Ross, Michael Jordan and Bill Gates Continue reading... |
| Giuliani supports Trump decision not to prosecute Clinton – video Posted: 22 Nov 2016 01:40 PM PST Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday that he supported President-elect Donald Trump's decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server. However, he said he would also support Trump in the prosecution, should he change his mind Continue reading... |
| Guardian reporters reflect on challenges of covering 2016 US election – video Posted: 22 Nov 2016 04:00 AM PST The Guardian's Washington bureau chief, Dan Roberts, Washington correspondent David Smith and political reporter Lauren Gambino reflect on the unique challenges of covering the 2016 presidential race Continue reading... |
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