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- Donald Trump wins presidential election, plunging US into uncertain future
- Far right first to congratulate Trump on historic upset
- California, Nevada and Massachusetts legalize recreational marijuana
- Panama Papers: 22 people face tax evasion investigations in UK
- Isis forces 1,500 Iraqi families to march to Mosul
- Schindler's List factory to be turned into Holocaust memorial
- French wine harvest among the smallest for 30 years
- Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride that killed four people to be demolished
- Bali police death: Australian woman and British boyfriend face court over alleged murder
- Hong Kong: lawyers and activists march against Beijing 'meddling'
- Russia to launch 'large-scale' airstrikes on Syria as Americans vote
- Yasser Arafat museum to open in his old West Bank headquarters
- Canada's immigration website crashes as Trump's election lead grows
- India withdraws 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in effort to fight corruption
- Russian cyber-attacks could influence German election, says Merkel
- 'Afghan Girl' rejects offer to suspend deportation from Pakistan
- May sends congratulations after shock US result - Politics live
- Cheer corner: how to cope with the new world order (with kittens)
- How the 2016 US election night unfolded – video
- Globalisation backlash enters new phase with Trump win
- Indian child star of new movie Lion 'denied US visa to attend premiere'
- The world's response to a new America – in pictures
- Ghana's first travelling museum ready to hit the road
- There is no such thing as western civilisation | Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Two teenage girls hit and killed by car while jogging in Aldershot
- EU citizenship proposal could guarantee rights in Europe after Brexit
- Call for release of Ethiopians arrested after their relatives protested in Australia
- Malcolm Turnbull backs Trump as a conciliator following 'bitter' US campaign
- Eyewitness: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Australia’s ambassador for people smuggling has never been to Nauru
- How far we've come: older feminists on the battles they've faced – and won
- Theresa May: phone use while driving as bad as drink-driving
- Italian law requiring children to take father's name 'unlawful'
- Canadian lab worker raises Ebola fears after spotting rip in protective suit
- Daniel Ortega and the FSLN’s record of success in Nicaragua | Letters
- Emmanuel Macron could launch bid for French presidency before 10 December
- UK opposes African move to block UN's LGBT rights champion
- MP calls for tougher animal cruelty sentences amid link to domestic abuse
- How has France changed one year on from the Paris attacks?
- Secular groups fight exclusion from AA: 'The best support system in the world'
- Eyewitness: Chongqing, China
- The biggest city sinkholes around the world – in pictures
- This is humankind's 'great urbanisation'. We must do it right, or the planet will pay
- Why are we ignoring the sexual health of women who have sex with women?
- Brazilian women kick back against Temer presidency with capoeira
- Presidential victory speech annotated: what Trump said and what he meant
- America's election choice leaves UK government in limbo
- Why Hillary Clinton lost the election: the economy, trust and a weak message
- How Trump won the election: volatility and a common touch
- Donald Trump on track for election victory after strong early results
- Donald Trump's victory speech in full – video
- Donald Trump's path to the US presidency – in pictures
- John Podesta sends supporters home: 'there's no more to say tonight' – video
- Across the US, the best photographs of election night
- Sarah Palin at Trump HQ: ‘we’re going rogue…people are going to take back control’ - video
- Americans go to the polls in the strangest places – in pictures
- Voters flock to Susan B Anthony’s grave on election day – video
- Gloria Neuwirth, age 82, on voting for a female president – video
| Donald Trump wins presidential election, plunging US into uncertain future Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:31 PM PST Trump rides wave of anti-establishment sentiment to one of the most improbable political victories in modern US history
Donald Trump shattered expectations on Tuesday with an election night victory that revealed deep anti-establishment anger among American voters and set the world on a journey into the political unknown. Related: US election 2016: Donald Trump wins Florida and leaves Clinton reeling – live Continue reading... |
| Far right first to congratulate Trump on historic upset Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:43 PM PST Around the world rightwing nationalists and far-right leaders react with glee as Republican candidate wins US election
Far right leaders have been the first to congratulate Donald Trump, as diplomats struggled to come to terms with the US election results. While many prominent global figures reacted dismay, as rightwing nationalist in France, Hungary and the Netherlands leaders expressed their glee. Continue reading... |
| California, Nevada and Massachusetts legalize recreational marijuana Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:10 AM PST How Americans voted on a range of ballot initiatives around the country
Voters around the US have cast ballots for a diverse range of initiatives that seek to reform laws on marijuana, the death penalty, climate change and more. Below are the results as they come in for the most important contests. Continue reading... |
| Panama Papers: 22 people face tax evasion investigations in UK Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:14 AM PST Chancellor tells MPs another 43 wealthy individuals are under review as a result of inquiries following Mossack Fonseca leak Twenty-two people face civil and criminal investigations into suspected tax evasion following the disclosure of the Panama Papers, the chancellor has told MPs. Philip Hammond also said a further 43 wealthy individuals were under review while their links to the offshore files were investigated further. He made the comments in a written answer to the House of Commons explaining what had happened since the offshore tax files emerged. Continue reading... |
| Isis forces 1,500 Iraqi families to march to Mosul Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:24 AM PST Civilians expected to be used as human shields by Islamic State as it loses control of village where mass grave found Islamic State militants have forced 1,500 Iraqi families to march to Mosul from the village of Hammam al-Alil, where advancing soldiers have found a mass grave feared to contain dozens of bodies. As Isis loses control of areas, summary executions and forced marches of civilians have become a grim feature of the military campaign to oust the militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq, now stretching into its fourth week. Continue reading... |
| Schindler's List factory to be turned into Holocaust memorial Posted: 08 Nov 2016 04:17 PM PST A Czech foundation plans to restore the dilapidated factory and create a Holocaust memorial and an exhibition depicting Schindler's life A disused factory in the Czech Republic where German industrialist Oskar Schindler employed more than a thousand Jews to save them from the gas chambers is to host a Holocaust memorial, officials have said. Parts of the complex in Brněnec (formerly Brünnlitz), close to Schindler's birthplace in Svitavy (Zwittau), were given the status of cultural monument earlier this month, according to the Czech culture ministry. Continue reading... |
| French wine harvest among the smallest for 30 years Posted: 08 Nov 2016 05:07 PM PST Hail, frost and mildew have ravaged French vineyards since the spring resulting in a harvest down 10% on 2015 This year's French wine harvest is among the smallest for 30 years, down 10 percent on last year although not quite as bad as feared, authorities said Tuesday. French grape growers have produced 43.2m hectolitres, according to data released by the French agriculture ministry, saying the 1 November harvest estimate was 6% lower than the average of the last five years. Continue reading... |
| Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride that killed four people to be demolished Posted: 08 Nov 2016 01:49 PM PST Ardent Leisure chief executive Deborah Thomas says ride's closure 'the only respectful' course of action The ride that killed four people at Dreamworld will never operate again and will be demolished, the owner of the Gold Coast theme park says. The chief executive of Ardent Leisure, Deborah Thomas, says the only respectful thing to do after last month's tragedy is to dismantle the Thunder River Rapids ride for good. Continue reading... |
| Bali police death: Australian woman and British boyfriend face court over alleged murder Posted: 08 Nov 2016 06:25 PM PST Sara Connor 'stressed' as she and David Taylor face court for first day of their trial over the death of Wayan Sudarsa, whose body was found on a tourist beach Australian woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend are set to face an Indonesian court for the first time over the alleged murder of a Bali police officer almost three months ago. The lawyer for the 45-year-old mother, Robert Khuana, said she was "stressed and worried" when he met her at Kerobokan prison before Wednesday's trial. |
| Hong Kong: lawyers and activists march against Beijing 'meddling' Posted: 08 Nov 2016 04:15 AM PST More than 2,000 join silent protest after China intervened in supposedly independent legal system to stop activists joining parliament More than 2,000 lawyers and activists have paraded through Hong Kong in silence and dressed in black to protest against Beijing's unprecedented intervention in the former British colony's supposedly independent legal system as a means of ousting two democratically elected pro-independence politicians. The demonstration, reportedly only the fourth of its kind since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, comes a day after Beijing issued a rare and highly controversial legal interpretation of Hong Kong's mini-constitution to prevent two young activists from taking up their seats in the 70-seat parliament. |
| Russia to launch 'large-scale' airstrikes on Syria as Americans vote Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:16 AM PST
Russia has threatened to launch "large-scale" cruise missile and airstrikes on Aleppo to coincide with the US election, according to media reports from Moscow. The strikes, predicted in the 24 hours from Tuesday morning, would be targeted at the outskirts of the city where rebel groups have been seeking to break the Assad regime's siege of opposition-held eastern districts. They would involve cruise missiles, carrier-based and land-based warplanes, the reports said. Continue reading... |
| Yasser Arafat museum to open in his old West Bank headquarters Posted: 08 Nov 2016 06:23 AM PST Visitors to complex in Ramallah will be able to view former Palestinian leader's modest living quarters and belongings Twelve years after Yasser Arafat's death, a museum of the life of the Palestinian leader opens this week in the West Bank complex where he spent his last years under Israeli siege. Costing $7m (£5.6m) to construct, and years in the making, the Yasser Arafat Museum traces a life indelibly associated with the Palestinian experience and includes the preserved suite of modest rooms he inhabited in the muqata, his Ramallah headquarters. Continue reading... |
| Canada's immigration website crashes as Trump's election lead grows Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:37 PM PST Data from Google suggests searches for 'move to Canada' spiked significantly during the night as Trump victories unfolded in key battleground states Canada's main immigration website appeared to suffer repeated outages on Tuesday night as Trump took the lead in several major states and his prospects for winning the US presidency turned markedly higher. Some users in the United States, Canada and Asia saw an internal server error message when trying to access the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website. Continue reading... |
| India withdraws 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in effort to fight corruption Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:22 AM PST Prime minister says country's highest value banknotes will be taken out of circulation as part of clampdown on 'black money' India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has announced that 500 and 1,000 rupee notes are to be taken out of circulation, in a move expected to plunge the the country's economy into chaos. In a surprise televised address on Tuesday night, Modi said the demonetisation of India's highest-value banknotes, worth about £6 and £12, would start from midnight. Continue reading... |
| Russian cyber-attacks could influence German election, says Merkel Posted: 08 Nov 2016 07:59 AM PST Chancellor says Germany having to deal with cyber-attacks and disinformation campaigns on daily basis Angela Merkel has said Russia could try to influence Germany's general elections next year through cyber-attacks or disinformation campaigns, after Washington accused the Kremlin of similar meddling in the US vote. "We are already, even now, having to deal with information out of Russia or with internet attacks that are of Russian origin or with news which sows false information," the German chancellor said at a press conference alongside the Norwegian prime minister, Erna Solberg, on Tuesday. Dealing with that was already "a daily task", she told reporters in Berlin. "So it may be that this could also play a role during the election campaign." Continue reading... |
| 'Afghan Girl' rejects offer to suspend deportation from Pakistan Posted: 08 Nov 2016 07:00 AM PST Sharbat Gula, made famous in 1980s by National Geographic and revered at home, will meet President Ghani on her return An Afghan woman made famous by a photograph taken of her when she was 12 has turned down a last-minute offer to suspend her deportation from Pakistan, a country she first moved to as a child refugee. Sharbat Gula instead plans to return to Afghanistan on Wednesday, where she will be hailed as a national heroine in a scheduled meeting with the country's president, Ashraf Ghani. Continue reading... |
| May sends congratulations after shock US result - Politics live Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:24 AM PST Rolling coverage of political reaction in Britain to the election of Trump as US president
The Green party has sent out an email with the headline: "Caroline Lucas responds to racist being elected US president". But in her statement Lucas, the Green's co-leader, does not actually use the word racist. She says: This is a devastating day for women, for people of colour, for disabled people and for an inclusive society in the USA. Trump's election is also a hammer blow for the fight against climate change – and presents a genuine threat to some of the poorest people in the world who will suffer its effects worse.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has issued a statement about the US result. He says that many people will be "shocked" by Donald Trump's election, but that it shows that for many people the economic status quo isn't working. Here is the statement in full. Many in Britain and elsewhere will be understandably shocked by Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, the rhetoric around it and what the election result means for the rest of the world, as well as America. Trump's election is an unmistakable rejection of a political establishment and an economic system that simply isn't working for most people. It is one that has delivered escalating inequality and stagnating or falling living standards for the majority, both in the US and Britain. Continue reading... |
| Cheer corner: how to cope with the new world order (with kittens) Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:23 AM PST Breathe in ... and out. Follow this live blog for all the lovely, heartwarming things that are happening in the world right now, plus some anti-anxiety tips
Here's a baby trying to say "I love you".
What's that? Did someone ask for LOADS OF FLUFFY FOXES? @StuHeritage Something for #cheercorner. I'm dreaming of living in a better place... Namely, #Fox village https://t.co/NoLYNgVnv6 pic.twitter.com/QyCybevKoX Continue reading... |
| How the 2016 US election night unfolded – video Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:22 AM PST Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to became president-elect of the United States on Wednesday morning, defying pollsters' predictions. Victories in the key states of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio set the tone for the evening, and when Trump took Wisconsin it was clear he had won |
| Globalisation backlash enters new phase with Trump win Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:09 AM PST The mogul's victory is likely to mean structural changes for the US economy – and could herald similar shocks worldwide Same story. Different country. Much, much bigger implications. That's the economic message from Donald Trump's victory in the year of shocks. By comparison, Brexit was a sideshow. If 1989 was the year that marked the beginning of the global age, 2016 has been the year when the basic tenets of globalisation have been challenged – first in the UK and now in the US. The wall came down in Berlin on a November night 27 years ago. The question now is whether they start going up again. Continue reading... |
| Indian child star of new movie Lion 'denied US visa to attend premiere' Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:47 AM PST Eight-year-old Sunny Pawar plays a key role in film but has reportedly not been given a visa to attend Los Angeles and New York screenings of the movie Related: Lion review: Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman hunt Oscars in moving adoption drama The eight-year-old Indian star of a film starring Nicole Kidman has reportedly been denied a US visa he needed to attend its New York premiere. Continue reading... |
| The world's response to a new America – in pictures Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:35 AM PST There was huge global interest in the US election with many gathering to watch the results live and reacting to Donald Trump's victory Continue reading... |
| Ghana's first travelling museum ready to hit the road Posted: 08 Nov 2016 03:41 AM PST Kiosk-sized cultural exhibition will travel across the country's 10 regions in December An innovative project in Ghana aims to make moveable museums available nationwide by taking a small kiosk-sized gallery on the road to showcase artworks and cultural artefacts. The "kiosk museum" is the brainchild of Nana Oforiatta Ayim, a writer and film-maker, and founder of ANO, a non-profit art space in Accra. She decided to make use of an ubiquitous feature of west African architecture: the semi-legal containers present on every street corner, usually used by mechanics, hairdressers or stores selling food and supplies. Continue reading... |
| There is no such thing as western civilisation | Kwame Anthony Appiah Posted: 08 Nov 2016 09:59 PM PST The values of liberty, tolerance and rational inquiry are not the birthright of a single culture. In fact, the very notion of something called 'western culture' is a modern invention Like many Englishmen who suffered from tuberculosis in the 19th century, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor went abroad on medical advice, seeking the drier air of warmer regions. Tylor came from a prosperous Quaker business family, so he had the resources for a long trip. In 1855, in his early 20s, he left for the New World, and, after befriending a Quaker archeologist he met on his travels, he ended up riding on horseback through the Mexican countryside, visiting Aztec ruins and dusty pueblos. Tylor was impressed by what he called "the evidence of an immense ancient population". And his Mexican sojourn fired in him an enthusiasm for the study of faraway societies, ancient and modern, that lasted for the rest of his life. In 1871, he published his masterwork, Primitive Culture, which can lay claim to being the first work of modern anthropology. Primitive Culture was, in some respects, a quarrel with another book that had "culture" in the title: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy, a collection that had appeared just two years earlier. For Arnold, culture was the "pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world". Arnold wasn't interested in anything as narrow as class-bound connoisseurship: he had in mind a moral and aesthetic ideal, which found expression in art and literature and music and philosophy. Continue reading... |
| Two teenage girls hit and killed by car while jogging in Aldershot Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:24 AM PST Twenty-four-year-old man who is thought to be the driver has been arrested and is in police custody following the incident Two girls have died after being hit by a car while out jogging. The teenagers were struck as they ran on a stretch of road in Aldershot, Hampshire, on Tuesday evening. Continue reading... |
| EU citizenship proposal could guarantee rights in Europe after Brexit Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Plan would ensure freedom to live, travel and work for nationals of countries that have left the union – including Britons The European parliament is to review a proposal for an associate EU citizenship open to nationals of a country that has left the union but who want to stay part of the European project and retain some of their EU rights. The plan, tabled by a liberal MEP from Luxembourg, could mean British citizens who opt for the new status would be able to continue to travel freely and live on the continent – rights that may no longer be automatic after Brexit. Continue reading... |
| Call for release of Ethiopians arrested after their relatives protested in Australia Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:55 AM PST Melbourne rally against Somali regional state president's visit to Canberra was allegedly filmed by government supporters Human Rights Watch has called for the immediate release of more than a dozen people who were arrested in Ethiopia's Somali regional state after their Australian-based relatives attended an anti-government protest in Melbourne. In June authorities began arresting at least 32 people within hours of a protest held by their family members against the visit of a government delegation. Continue reading... |
| Malcolm Turnbull backs Trump as a conciliator following 'bitter' US campaign Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:30 AM PST Australian PM highlights tone of president-elect's victory speech and points to common interest in international order The Turnbull government has moved to reassure Australians that a Trump presidency will not mean the destruction of Canberra's post-war alliance with Washington and the end of the Anzus treaty, as the controversial Republican claimed a stunning, upset victory, in the gruelling US presidential race. With local markets tumbling as the results trickled in over the course of Wednesday afternoon, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, fronted reporters before the official result to say the Trump transition team had given Australia no reason to be concerned about the future of the alliance. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:20 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| Australia’s ambassador for people smuggling has never been to Nauru Posted: 09 Nov 2016 12:29 AM PST FoI documents reveal Andrew Goledzinowski, whose role includes assisting with resettlement of almost 400 people at the offshore processing destination, has never set foot on island nation Australia's ambassador for people smuggling has never been to Nauru, one of Australia's two key offshore processing destinations, it was reported on Wednesday. Andrew Goledzinowski was appointed in November 2014 as the diplomat leading Australia's international engagement against people smuggling, trafficking and slavery. Continue reading... |
| How far we've come: older feminists on the battles they've faced – and won Posted: 08 Nov 2016 03:35 PM PST On the eve of the US election, we spoke to three successful older women about the struggles they've experienced in their lives – and what it would mean to see the first woman in the White House
Thelma Baxter defines herself first and foremost as a Harlem girl. Continue reading... |
| Theresa May: phone use while driving as bad as drink-driving Posted: 08 Nov 2016 02:00 PM PST Prime minister joins calls for cultural shift and stronger clampdowns on drivers using handheld mobile devices Theresa May has called for motorists to be shamed out of using mobile phones while driving, after a spate of high-profile accidents. The prime minister called for an urgent cultural shift that would make using a phone on the road a taboo, like drink-driving, saying that "a moment's distraction can wreck the lives of others forever". Continue reading... |
| Italian law requiring children to take father's name 'unlawful' Posted: 08 Nov 2016 12:58 PM PST Court judgment welcomed by campaigners as milestone in battle against outdated patriarchal views in Italy Italian rules that mean children of married couples are automatically given only their father's surname are unlawful, the country's constitutional court has ruled. The judgment was welcomed by campaigners as a milestone in a long legal and political battle to overturn regulations and practice that they say are based on outdated patriarchal ideas. "The court has declared the unlawfulness of rules providing for the automatic attribution of the paternal surname to legitimate children, when the parents wish otherwise," the court said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Canadian lab worker raises Ebola fears after spotting rip in protective suit Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:22 AM PST Man, who was working with pigs infected with virus as part of an experiment, noticed a split in the seam of his protective suit before leaving lab in Winnipeg An employee in a high-level Canadian laboratory may have been accidentally exposed to Ebola while working with pigs who were infected with the virus as part of an experiment, according to government officials. Related: 'God comes first, water second': Liberian clinics without taps – in pictures Continue reading... |
| Daniel Ortega and the FSLN’s record of success in Nicaragua | Letters Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:07 AM PST The Guardian highlights accusations that the Nicaraguan election was rigged (Report, 8 November), but provides no evidence except for predictable slurs from defeated opposition candidates. A variety of independent opinion polls over the past year have put Daniel Ortega and the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) at around 60%-65% support, so the actual result is entirely consistent with the polls. You also report suggestions that Ortega "used his power over the courts" to remove leading opposition candidates, notably Eduardo Montealegre, whose disputed leadership of the PLI (Independent Liberal Party) was overturned by the supreme electoral council in July. The council is an independent body, and is not "controlled" by Ortega or the FSLN. It acted to restore long-standing PLI politician Pedro Reyes to the leadership, rather than Montealegre, who has spent most of his career as a member and sometime minister for the rival PLC (Constitutional Liberal Party). And the PLI's election result was also better than their opinion poll ratings under Montealegre. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron could launch bid for French presidency before 10 December Posted: 08 Nov 2016 09:57 AM PST Popular outsider's team says 'all conditions are in place' for former economy minister to declare candidacy Emmanuel Macron, the former economy minister who has vowed to shake up French politics, could launch a bid for the presidency as early as this month, his aides have suggested. The 39-year-old one-time investment banker, who went from being an unknown adviser to François Hollande, to economy minister, before resigning from government, has had a meteoric rise to become one of France's most popular political figures – despite belonging to no party and never having run for elected office. Continue reading... |
| UK opposes African move to block UN's LGBT rights champion Posted: 08 Nov 2016 06:46 AM PST FCO minister Alan Duncan says anti-gay laws in Commonwealth are out of date and Vitit Muntarbhorn's work should continue Anti-gay laws in Commonwealth countries are "totally out of date, highly inappropriate and should be changed", the UK's deputy foreign secretary has said. Alan Duncan promised MPs the Foreign Office was "fighting in every capital in the world" to block a surprise African nations-led move at the UN general assembly to end or delay the appointment of a UN expert to champion LGBT rights. Many of the countries trying to block the proposed mandate are Commonwealth members. Continue reading... |
| MP calls for tougher animal cruelty sentences amid link to domestic abuse Posted: 08 Nov 2016 06:42 AM PST Anna Turley to highlight research that suggests people who harm animals often go on to hurt people A Labour MP is pressing the government to increase the penalties for animal cruelty offences, noting that research shows people who harm animals are more likely to go on to commit crimes such as domestic abuse. Anna Turley was due to use a Westminster Hall speech on Tuesday afternoon to raise awareness before a private member's bill is introduced seeking to raise the maximum jail term possible for animal cruelty. Continue reading... |
| How has France changed one year on from the Paris attacks? Posted: 08 Nov 2016 04:45 AM PST One year on from the Paris terror attacks, we'd like you to tell us how France has changed. Share your experiences, and hopes for the future with us A year on as Paris remembers the 130 people who died, and the more than 350 who were injured, in coordinated terrorist attacks across the city, we'd like you to tell us how France has changed. Related: A year after the Bataclan, Paris uses art and activism to regain its soul Continue reading... |
| Secular groups fight exclusion from AA: 'The best support system in the world' Posted: 08 Nov 2016 03:30 AM PST Alcoholics Anonymous' religious undertone is under fire in Canada, where an atheist lodged a human rights complaint and secular groups have been delisted The Almighty plays a central part in the hallowed 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Six of them make reference to God, Him or Power. In one step, members vow to hand "our will and our lives" to God while another implores Him to remove their shortcomings. Now the organisation's religious undertone – and its utility in fighting alcoholism – has come under fire in Canada, where an atheist has lodged a human rights complaint alleging AA discriminated against him. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2016 03:00 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| The biggest city sinkholes around the world – in pictures Posted: 08 Nov 2016 07:20 AM PST As a huge crater opened up in the Japanese city of Fukuoka this morning, we take a look at the largest urban sinkholes – from Guangzhou to Guatemala City Continue reading... |
| This is humankind's 'great urbanisation'. We must do it right, or the planet will pay Posted: 08 Nov 2016 05:18 AM PST The world will never again build cities as rapidly as it does this century. If we are serious about limiting global warming, tackling air pollution and promoting innovative, resource-efficient growth, there is a narrow window of opportunity Almost as staggering as the current enormous influx into cities across the globe is the dramatic slowdown in urbanisation that will follow it. The world is literally going to town on urbanisation – but it is a project that is both immense and historically fleeting. In less than 100 years, the world's urban population is expected to double to 8 or 9 billion – accounting for the bulk of a projected global population of around 11 billion. Yet in all the centuries that follow this one, cities may add, at most, another billion to their ranks. So if this century is the most urbanising in history, it will also mark the end of humankind's "great urbanisation" era. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Why are we ignoring the sexual health of women who have sex with women? Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:00 PM PST Little attention is given to issues such as health, or consent and sexual violence, leaving women vulnerable and at risk When funders and activists consider those who need the most attention in tackling issues of health and high risk, one group, time and again, is being left out – women who have sex with women (WSW). People have different ideas about WSW – many of these ideas are strange, and most of them are wrong. The general view, especially as far as rights are concerned, does not take into account the overlapping identities of these women. It seems to be little understood how WSW – including bisexual and transgender women who identify as lesbian or bisexual – can be affected by issues such as access to abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV and Aids. And there is little consideration about more pervasive issues such as consent and sexual violence within the community itself. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian women kick back against Temer presidency with capoeira Posted: 08 Nov 2016 03:54 AM PST Brazil's centuries-old tradition of protest through the martial art is seeing a resurgence as capoeiristas demonstrate against Temer's regime Capoeira has been used as a tool of resistance in Brazil for centuries. Today, women are employing the martial art to protest against the country's new president, Michel Temer. "As feminists and capoeiristas we have been protesting in the street against President Temer," said Paula Barreto, a Brazilian capoeira mestra of nearly 32 years and still one of the few female masters in the country. Continue reading... |
| Presidential victory speech annotated: what Trump said and what he meant Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:19 AM PST Alan Yuhas reads between the lines of the Republican president elect's speech on the night of his victory over Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump: Thank you, thank you very much, everyone. Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. Thank you very much. I've just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us, it's about us, on our victory, and I … her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign. I mean she, she fought very hard. Trump began his victory speech in a vastly different register from his stump speeches of the past eight months. Gone were the calls for a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton, or any mention of supposed criminality or the FBI, which twice cleared Clinton of intentional or criminal wrongdoing in her use of a private email server. Instead, Trump struck the most moderate tone of his entire campaign: a call for respect toward his Democratic rival, whom he spent months diminishing as "crooked" and once tweeted "most corrupt candidate ever" with a six-pointed star and a pile of cash. Continue reading... |
| America's election choice leaves UK government in limbo Posted: 09 Nov 2016 02:11 AM PST The best hope for May – who has few links to Trump – is to present herself and the president as leading response to a revolt It says something about the shock of the British political establishment that the most coherent and visible response initially came from Nigel Farage, the only UK politician that can claim to have any real personal contact with the Donald Trump wing of the Republican party. Farage said Trump's victory would be one of the two great political revolutions seen across the world in 2016. "I thought Brexit was big, but, boy, this looks like it is going to be even bigger," he said. Continue reading... |
| Why Hillary Clinton lost the election: the economy, trust and a weak message Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:40 PM PST As Democrats grapple with their loss to such an unpopular and divisive rival, persistent problems with Clinton's campaign offer some explanation
How Hillary Clinton managed to lose an election to a candidate as divisive and unpopular as Donald Trump will baffle observers and agonise Democrats for years to come. Once the shockwave passes, some glimpses of rational explanation may become visible. Incumbent parties rarely hold on to power after eight years in office. George HW Bush, following Reagan, was an exception, but politics has become steadily more polarised since and pendulums have a habit of swinging. Continue reading... |
| How Trump won the election: volatility and a common touch Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:36 PM PST The former Apprentice host has pulled of the most astonishing victory in US political history, harnessing a disgruntled electorate to beat an unpopular opponent
It is one of the most astonishing victories in American political history. It will leave millions in the US and beyond in shock, wondering what is to come, and asking: how did Donald Trump do it? Related: Donald Trump wins presidential election, plunging US into uncertain future Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump on track for election victory after strong early results Posted: 08 Nov 2016 08:49 PM PST Republican defies pollsters' predictions but Hillary Clinton appears poised to win the popular vote
Early voting results show Republican Donald Trump is on track to be the next US president – defying polling predictions and despite the fact that Democrat Hillary Clinton looks set to win the popular vote. Clinton has lost Florida, the most influential of tonight's contested states. Florida is worth 29 of the 270 votes needed to win the presidency, far more than any other state where the candidates looked like they would be in a close race. Thanks to Florida, Trump's path to becoming president is considerably less difficult. |
| Donald Trump's victory speech in full – video Posted: 09 Nov 2016 01:27 AM PST Donald Trump, the president-elect, makes his victory speech in New York on Wednesday morning after winning the 2016 US presidential election. Trump urges the American people to unify. He thanks his family and campaign team Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump's path to the US presidency – in pictures Posted: 09 Nov 2016 12:18 AM PST Republican causes stunning upset in the US presidential election, beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. From announcing his campaign to his victory speech, we chart Trump's path to the presidency in images Continue reading... |
| John Podesta sends supporters home: 'there's no more to say tonight' – video Posted: 08 Nov 2016 11:29 PM PST John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign chair, addresses her supporters at the Javits Center on Tuesday night. Podesta says it has been a long night and a long campaign, also emphasising how strong Hillary Clinton has been throughout the race to the White House. He then asks the gathered supporters to go home and get some rest Continue reading... |
| Across the US, the best photographs of election night Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:37 PM PST A strange cake is delivered to the Republican rally and and voters react to the latest results as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton vie for the presidency Continue reading... |
| Sarah Palin at Trump HQ: ‘we’re going rogue…people are going to take back control’ - video Posted: 08 Nov 2016 10:24 PM PST Donald Trump supporters celebrate at the Republican candidate's HQ on Wednesday morning as Trump takes swing states Florida, Ohio, Iowa and North Carolina in the 2016 US election. Meanwhile, the Clinton camp reacts with dismay. Former Alaskan governor and Trump supporter Sarah Palin compares the support for Trump with the UK's EU referendum result, describing the move as 'going rogue' Continue reading... |
| Americans go to the polls in the strangest places – in pictures Posted: 08 Nov 2016 02:51 PM PST Millions of Americans have voted in the elections today, in places as disparate as garages, lifeguard stations and hair salons Continue reading... |
| Voters flock to Susan B Anthony’s grave on election day – video Posted: 08 Nov 2016 01:47 PM PST Hundreds of voters flock to Susan B Anthony's grave on election day to pay their respects to the pioneer who paved the way for women's suffrage. Voters queued to post their 'I Voted' sticker on Anthony's tombstone at the Rochester cemetery in New York Continue reading... |
| Gloria Neuwirth, age 82, on voting for a female president – video Posted: 08 Nov 2016 01:20 PM PST At 82 years old, Gloria Neuwirth is looking to cut down on the number of hours she works, from five days a week to four days a week. Neuwirth, an attorney, studied law at Yale University and remembers the sexism she encountered there from professors and students. She was often asked: 'Why are you here taking the place of a man?' Neuwirth is casting her ballot for Hillary Clinton. 'I think it'll be exciting for girls as well as boys' Continue reading... |
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