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- Obama says he warned Russia to 'cut it out' over election hacking
- Terrified residents cram on buses for journey into the unknown
- Chinese warship seizes US underwater drone in international waters
- Duterte vows to continue war on drugs after killing confession
- Facebook's plan to tackle fake news raises questions over limitations
- Cuba offers to pay off debt to Czech Republic in rum
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story blasts off with $29m on opening night in US
- Human rights watchdog urges Ireland to do more to safeguard trafficking victims
- Switzerland makes U-turn over EU worker quotas to keep single market access
- Australian 'thieves' paraded with signs on Indonesian streets
- Pakistani media on alert after TV channel’s libel defeat in British court
- Growing number of Venezuelans trade bolivars for bitcoins to buy necessities
- Turkey car bomb kills soldiers on public bus
- Aleppo evacuation to resume under new Syria deal
- 'I was so hungry I ate water lilies': southern Africa's food crisis in a dozen dishes | John Vidal
- Aleppo, the Gabba and a python swallowing a wallaby – the 20 photographs of the week
- Arnaud Montebourg: 'French Bernie Sanders' plotting a shakeup
- What next for Syria, its allies and foes after fall of Aleppo?
- Baggage handlers down suitcases as Britons get ready for wave of strikes
- Poland's political crisis: police use teargas to clear parliament blockade
- Don't let China ties slide into 'full conflict mode', Obama urges Trump
- Cardinal Paulo Everisto Arns obituary
- Philippines to 'set aside' South China Sea tribunal ruling to avoid imposing on Beijing
- People roll down hill at parliament house before new security measures fence area off – in pictures
- Labour of love: the volunteers helping fellow refugees give birth
- The day I went hunting for the Ku Klux Klan | Dave Eggers
- Spanish court acquits Podemos councillor over topless church protest
- Beijing smog: pollution red alert declared in China capital and 21 other cities
- Aleppo: a cosmopolitan city built on thousands of years of trade
- Andrew Quilty: my three years photographing Afghanistan's 'forgotten war'
- Aleppo is now a synonym for hell, says UN secretary general – video
- Bird flu outbreak confirmed at turkey farm in Lincolnshire
- Syria proves force is sometimes necessary | Letters
- Buckfast, malt extract and antisocial Daleks | Letters
- On the Irish border, people fear Brexit will bring back the bad old days
- Silent night: bellringing row leaves York Minster facing quiet Christmas
- Five Star Movement dealt blow as aide to Rome mayor is arrested
- Syrian children working in Lebanon face violence and 10-hour days, says IRC
- 'I always feel responsible': Obama on Syria – video
- Obama accuses pro-Assad forces of having 'blood on their hands' – video
- US will retaliate against Russia over election hacking, vows Barack Obama – audio
| Obama says he warned Russia to 'cut it out' over election hacking Posted: 16 Dec 2016 02:15 PM PST The US president held his final press conference of 2016, criticizing the media for its coverage of Hillary Clinton's emails, and discussing Russia and Syria Barack Obama pointed a finger at Vladimir Putin for hacking the US election, admitting he directly told his Russian adversary to "cut it out". Obama also used his final press conference of 2016 to criticize the media for its coverage of Hillary Clinton's emails, insisting "I don't think she was treated fairly during the election." Continue reading... |
| Terrified residents cram on buses for journey into the unknown Posted: 16 Dec 2016 03:22 PM PST Thousands stream through the freezing, shattered streets, fearing Assad supporters will grab the homes they have abandoned Sima Zain left the only home she had ever known with just a backpack of clothes and a couple of favourite pieces of jewellery, travelling on a bus plastered with pictures of her enemy's face to an unknown future. The journey was a blur of tears and terror, weeping for the city and friends she was leaving behind, frightened that the evacuation bus with a picture of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, stuck to the windscreen would be halted by government troops. Continue reading... |
| Chinese warship seizes US underwater drone in international waters Posted: 16 Dec 2016 08:30 AM PST Official says drone deployed by American oceanographic vessel in South China Sea was taken by Chinese navy on Thursday The Chinese navy has seized an underwater drone in plain sight of the American sailors who had deployed it in international waters, in a seemingly brazen message to the incoming Trump administration. According to a US defence official, the unmanned glider had come to the surface of the water in the South China Sea and was about to be retrieved by the USNS Bowditch, an oceanographic and surveillance ship, when a Chinese naval vessel that had been shadowing the Bowditch put a small boat in the water. Continue reading... |
| Duterte vows to continue war on drugs after killing confession Posted: 16 Dec 2016 10:16 AM PST Philippine president repeats claims of killing suspected criminals when he was mayor of Davao City The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has repeated claims that he killed suspected criminals as he vowed no let-up in his war on drugs that has already claimed thousands of lives. In an hour-long speech on Friday to Filipinos in Singapore, Duterte referred to international news coverage of his claims this week that in his previous role as mayor of a major southern city he killed suspects to set an example for police. Continue reading... |
| Facebook's plan to tackle fake news raises questions over limitations Posted: 16 Dec 2016 02:24 PM PST Operation prompted scrutiny about process and site's apparent unwillingness to pay for fact-checking that relies on users and non-partisan organizations Facebook's new effort to flag news deemed to be "fake" began on Friday, as new questions emerged about the limitations of the system the social media giant has put in place to outsource the fact-checking process. The tech company's decision to swiftly test a system to identify fraudulent news stories has won plaudits from fact-checking experts, including some involved in the project. Continue reading... |
| Cuba offers to pay off debt to Czech Republic in rum Posted: 16 Dec 2016 10:13 AM PST
Cash-strapped Cuba has offered to pay its old debt to the Czech Republic with goods it can spare, including its coveted rum, according to the Czech finance ministry. "The Cuban party as a possible solution presented a list of commodities … [including] several brands of rum," the ministry said in a statement on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story blasts off with $29m on opening night in US Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:04 AM PST The sci-fi spin-off has opened to the biggest preview total of the year but is still tracking far behind The Force Awakens Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has opened to $29m in its first night on release in the US. Related: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in-depth fan review: 'This is a movie made for fans' Continue reading... |
| Human rights watchdog urges Ireland to do more to safeguard trafficking victims Posted: 16 Dec 2016 08:51 AM PST Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission enjoins government to prioritise legislation on identification and protection of human trafficking victims The Irish government is failing to protect victims of human trafficking, according to the country's human rights watchdog. In a report submitted to the Council of Europe, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) said there is a "deficit" in the protection of victims of trafficking and called on the Irish government to act immediately to ensure victims are properly identified and protected. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Switzerland makes U-turn over EU worker quotas to keep single market access Posted: 16 Dec 2016 03:53 AM PST Parliament passes immigration law it hopes will offer enhanced access to single market while giving residents priority over jobs, drawing parallels to Brexit arguments Switzerland has rejected imposing quotas on EU workers in a bid to preserve its close economic ties with the bloc, opting instead to try to curb immigration by giving residents priority in new job vacancies. Parliament voted to pass a compromise immigration law, marking a significant climbdown which the country hopes will allow it continued enhanced access to the EU's single market following a 2014 referendum vote to cap EU immigration. Continue reading... |
| Australian 'thieves' paraded with signs on Indonesian streets Posted: 16 Dec 2016 04:44 AM PST Man and woman undergo 'walk of shame' with signs around neck to discourage stealing on Gili Trawangan island off Lombok An Australian man and woman accused of stealing a bicycle have been paraded through the streets of an Indonesian island with signs around their necks warning others against theft. The pair wore identical signs made of cardboard and string with the message: "I AM THIEVE. DON'T DO WHAT I DID...!!!" as they walked through the streets flanked by members of the local security force for Gili Trawangan island. |
| Pakistani media on alert after TV channel’s libel defeat in British court Posted: 16 Dec 2016 04:15 AM PST Ruling against ARY could act as a deterrent for stations that broadcast in UK and carry out defamatory attacks on public figures A libel victory in a British court has posed a major challenge to the bare-knuckle style of Pakistani television channels that specialise in wild attacks on public figures, often at the behest of the country's intelligence agencies. Earlier this month Mir Shakil ur Rahman, a Dubai-based media tycoon who owns the Jang newspaper group and Geo television, won a significant victory against ARY, which like most other Pakistani television stations is answerable to British courts because it rebroadcasts in the UK. Continue reading... |
| Growing number of Venezuelans trade bolivars for bitcoins to buy necessities Posted: 16 Dec 2016 03:15 AM PST Bitcoin users still represent a tiny minority, but some believe that the currency will become more popular in Venezuela as economic uncertainty escalates Amid growing economic chaos, and the highest inflation rate in the world, some Venezuelans are swapping bolivars for bitcoins in order to buy basic necessities or pay their employees The digital currency is free from central bank or government controls, and users in Venezuela see it as a safe alternative in an economy where the government has enforced strict foreign exchange controls, and inflation is running at an estimated 500%. Continue reading... |
| Turkey car bomb kills soldiers on public bus Posted: 17 Dec 2016 01:48 AM PST Blast in Kayseri targets soldiers on leave, killing at least 13 and wounding 48 as well as civilians A car bomb in Turkey has killed 13 soldiers and wounded at least 48 others as well as civilians, the military have reportedly confirmed, a week after a similar attack killed more than 30 police officers. State-run Anadolu news agency said the bomb exploded at an entrance gate to Erciyes University in Kayseri, hitting a public bus that was carrying soldiers on leave and other passengers. |
| Aleppo evacuation to resume under new Syria deal Posted: 17 Dec 2016 01:15 AM PST Fresh pact allows evacuation of wounded civilians from villages of Fua and Kefraya, as well as two towns near Lebanese border A new deal has been reached to evacuate thousands of civilians still trapped in rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo, after the original pact broke down over demands from pro-government forces that two villages besieged by rebels must also be evacuated. About 8,000 civilians had been evacuated from the small area of rebel territory in the city, but tens of thousands more were waiting to leave when the government of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, suspended the pact, which was negotiated by Turkey and Russia. Continue reading... |
| 'I was so hungry I ate water lilies': southern Africa's food crisis in a dozen dishes | John Vidal Posted: 17 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST What do people eat in a land devastated by crop failure and drought? John Vidal sits down with farmers, villagers and aid workers to find out Photographs by Axel Fassio for the Guardian For the past two years, crop failure in Africa has led to devastating food shortages; across the continent, nearly 50 million people now need emergency aid. Seven countries have declared a state of disaster, and Ethiopia is facing its worst drought in 50 years. Meanwhile, southern Africa is having one of its driest seasons in more than 35 years. The immediate cause of the world's biggest food crisis in many years has been El Niño, the natural phenomenon that occurs every few years, disrupting weather patterns across the world. What began in 2014 and continued through this year has led to record temperatures and widespread droughts followed by floods. The human fallout has been extreme malnutrition and disease. Continue reading... |
| Aleppo, the Gabba and a python swallowing a wallaby – the 20 photographs of the week Posted: 16 Dec 2016 11:55 PM PST The evacuation of eastern Aleppo, the Mosul offensive and a day-night Test match in Australia – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| Arnaud Montebourg: 'French Bernie Sanders' plotting a shakeup Posted: 16 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Man aiming to be Socialist party's presidential candidate says France cannot continue managing refugees after Brexit France cannot keep acting as "gatekeeper to the British crown" at Calais and must stop managing refugees and migrants for the UK, Arnaud Montebourg, a key contender to become the Socialist party's presidential candidate, has warned. The flamboyant leftist told the Guardian he saw himself as a French version of Bernie Sanders, the US senator who made a bid to become Democratic presidential candidate on the issue of fighting inequality. Continue reading... |
| What next for Syria, its allies and foes after fall of Aleppo? Posted: 16 Dec 2016 06:08 AM PST Assad's regime remains weak, his backers are already falling out and western influence in the Middle East is at a low ebb While US and European politicians wring their hands and indulge in recriminations over the fall of Aleppo, Russia, Iran and Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime are celebrating a "historic" victory they believe has turned the tide in the six-year-old war. "Is there nothing you will not lie about? Do you have no shame?" demanded Samantha Power, US ambassador to the UN, accusing the three allies of barbarism and continuing atrocities as rebel territory fell to pro-Assad forces. Continue reading... |
| Baggage handlers down suitcases as Britons get ready for wave of strikes Posted: 16 Dec 2016 10:00 PM PST Airport staff join BA crew, Virgin pilots, Post Office workers plus train drivers and conductors in announcing industrial action A fresh wave of strikes will hit Britain in the final week before Christmas, with 1,500 check-in staff and baggage handlers at 18 airports preparing to walk out and rail operator Southern warning of severe disruption when conductors do the same. British Airways cabin crew based at Heathrow airport announced on Friday that they are to strike on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in a row over pay and conditions. Continue reading... |
| Poland's political crisis: police use teargas to clear parliament blockade Posted: 17 Dec 2016 01:46 AM PST Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński left parliament in a convoy of cars after police forcefully removed protesters The head of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, left parliament in the early hours of Saturday after police forcefully removed protesters blocking their exit from, television footage showed. Kaczyński left in a car that drove away in a convoy with the car of prime minister Beata Szydło and several other vehicles, footage from broadcaster TVN24 showed. Continue reading... |
| Don't let China ties slide into 'full conflict mode', Obama urges Trump Posted: 16 Dec 2016 06:49 PM PST Outgoing US president warns of 'very significant' response if successor persists in questioning China's core views as a nation Barack Obama has cautioned Donald Trump against allowing relations with China to slip into "full conflict mode" after the president-elect put Beijing's nose out of joint with a succession of controversial pre-inauguration foreign policy interventions. Speaking on Friday at what is likely to be his last White House news conference Obama urged his successor to beware of provoking a "very significant" response from Beijing over Taiwan. Continue reading... |
| Cardinal Paulo Everisto Arns obituary Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:30 AM PST Progressive Brazilian exponent of liberation theology who championed the poor and stood up to his country's military rulers Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, who has died aged 95, used to tell a revealing story about his final interview with Pope John Paul II. It was 1998, and Dom Paulo, as he was known affectionately to his flock in São Paulo, which claims to be the largest Catholic city in the world, was about to retire as an archbishop after 28 years in post. The two senior churchmen were in a room in the Vatican and had been getting on famously when John Paul suddenly produced out of his pocket a farewell letter for Arns, pre-prepared by his officials. "They gave me the text," he explained, "and I only had to sign it." With long experience of the machinations of Vatican bureaucracy, Arns suggested they should look over the text together. "It was very critical of me," he recalled in a 2002 newspaper interview. "I started to read it to him. When we got to the third paragraph, the pope became indignant and said, 'I am not going to sign this. I never said this about you, Paulo, and neither do I want it stated in a document.' He then threw the paper on the floor." Continue reading... |
| Philippines to 'set aside' South China Sea tribunal ruling to avoid imposing on Beijing Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:56 PM PST Philippines president Duterte says: 'I will not impose anything on China' despite fresh report showing militarisation of disputed reefs The Philippine president has said he would "set aside" a ruling by an international arbitration tribunal that invalidated Beijing's claims to most of the South China Sea, because he doesn't want to impose on China. "In the play of politics, now, I will set aside the arbitral ruling. I will not impose anything on China," Rodrigo Duterte said at a news conference on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| People roll down hill at parliament house before new security measures fence area off – in pictures Posted: 16 Dec 2016 08:56 PM PST Hundreds of people rolled down the lawns of parliament house in Canberra on Saturday before fencing is installed as part of controversial security upgrades. Continue reading... |
| Labour of love: the volunteers helping fellow refugees give birth Posted: 17 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST When Safa came to the UK from Syria, she faced having her baby alone. Now Fatoma, who fled Sudan 10 years ago, will be with her as part of a groundbreaking scheme Bouncing a chattering toddler on her knee, a patterned headscarf framing her broad smile, Safa shows few signs of how difficult her life has been. But as she describes the past five years, her hand moves instinctively to her pregnant stomach. In 2012, Safa and her husband, both in their late 20s, were living in Aleppo when a blast destroyed their home, injuring him and leaving them with nothing. The young couple travelled by bus to Lebanon where, for six months, they shared a room and one toilet with 10 other people. Surviving on a tiny stipend from the UN, they were eventually given their own room – "about the size of this", she says, gesturing to a small table – in return for collecting all the rubbish in the block. It was there that she gave birth to her first child, a daughter, now 18 months old. "We were treated like animals," she says. Continue reading... |
| The day I went hunting for the Ku Klux Klan | Dave Eggers Posted: 16 Dec 2016 10:00 PM PST Following Trump's win, one KKK chapter announced plans for a victory parade in North Carolina. But where was it going to be, and who might turn up? Dave Eggers joined the protestors playing cat-and-mouse with white supremacists No one knew much, but the crowd was growing. We were at the rest stop off Highway 29 between Eden and Pelham, where North Carolina meets Virginia, and everyone was looking for the Ku Klux Klan. It was 8.40am. The day after the election of Donald Trump, the Loyal White Knights of Pelham, a chapter of the KKK with a suitably unhinged website, had announced that they would be holding a victory parade on 3 December. In the weeks since, there had been no word on the Knights' website or anywhere else about when or where the parade would be. Continue reading... |
| Spanish court acquits Podemos councillor over topless church protest Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:31 PM PST Rita Maestre, 28, had been found guilty of 'infringing on freedom of conscience and religious convictions' A Spanish court on Friday acquitted on appeal a spokeswoman for Madrid's city council who was fined over 4,000 euros for taking her top off in a chapel in a 2011 protest. In March, a court found Rita Maestre, a 28-year-old Podemos councillor and former student of the far-left party's leader Pablo Iglesias, guilty of "infringing on freedom of conscience and religious convictions". Continue reading... |
| Beijing smog: pollution red alert declared in China capital and 21 other cities Posted: 16 Dec 2016 05:37 PM PST Authorities issue five-day warning and order schools to close, residents to stay indoors and heavy industry to slow or halt production Beijing authorities have declared a five-day pollution "red alert", shutting schools, ordering thousands of vehicles off the roads and telling residents to stay indoors, after the Chinese capital was enveloped by a shroud of toxic smog that is expected to linger until Wednesday. The warning – the first since Beijing's inaugural red alert in December last year – was officially implemented at 4.20pm on Friday as a nicotine-tinged haze rolled into the city. Continue reading... |
| Aleppo: a cosmopolitan city built on thousands of years of trade Posted: 16 Dec 2016 03:22 PM PST Location of Syria's most populous city is behind why it has been fiercely fought over – with war destroying history that centuries of refugees helped build What was so special about Aleppo, sitting on a bleak and dusty plain with no river, oasis, port or sheltering mountains, that led it to become Syria's most populous city, a major urban centre continuously settled since the early bronze age? The answer lies in its geopolitical location, the same reason it has been so fiercely contested in Syria's ongoing brutal war. Whoever controls Aleppo controls the north of the country. The capital, Damascus, its historical rival, controls the south. Continue reading... |
| Andrew Quilty: my three years photographing Afghanistan's 'forgotten war' Posted: 16 Dec 2016 01:00 PM PST The Australian photographer Andrew Quilty has been documenting war-ravaged Afghanistan since December 2013. His arrival coincided with the planned withdrawal of Nato forces; what followed should have been a period of 'resolute support' and rebuilding. Instead he has witnessed the resurgence of extremist groups, mass displacement of families and the traumas of war. This month Quilty became the first photographer to win the Gold Walkley for excellence in Australian journalism. Guardian Australia invited him to present a retrospective of his work Continue reading... |
| Aleppo is now a synonym for hell, says UN secretary general – video Posted: 16 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon describes war-torn Aleppo as a synonym for hell. Speaking in New York on Friday – during his last news conference as secretary general – he went on to say that 'we have collectively failed the people of Syria' Continue reading... |
| Bird flu outbreak confirmed at turkey farm in Lincolnshire Posted: 16 Dec 2016 10:56 AM PST Defra says H5N8 strain found at farm near Louth housing 5,000 birds, with protection zone now in place around facility A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a turkey farm housing more than 5,000 birds in Lincolnshire. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said on Friday the H5N8 strain had been found at the farm near Louth. The virus has been circulating in mainland Europe. Continue reading... |
| Syria proves force is sometimes necessary | Letters Posted: 16 Dec 2016 10:03 AM PST The headline above Owen Jones's piece (Opinion, 15 December) asserts that "bombing wouldn't have saved Aleppo", but the article contains absolutely no evidence or argument to support this assertion. Syrian democratic forces would argue with considerable good cause that on the contrary, the bombing of Assad's airbases in 2013 would have had a major impact, given their uprising a chance of success, and prevented the development of the vacuum into which Putin and Islamic State subsequently moved. Like Jones, I have supported democratic socialism as a universal aim all my life; unlike him and apparently many others of his generation, I firmly believe that we must sometimes be prepared to use military force to fight for democracy, whether it be in Spain in 1936, or in Europe in 1939, and to support it when necessary in other places like the Americas in more recent decades. Perhaps Jones could now tell us whether there are any circumstances in which he would support the use of force, or whether he is happy to always appease the crushing of democracy by the force of ruthless dictators like Assad and Putin. |
| Buckfast, malt extract and antisocial Daleks | Letters Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:59 AM PST Greek debt | Buckfast | WH Auden's nether regions | Antisocial Daleks You report that the European finance ministers have frozen the Greek debt relief deal (15 December). The reason was the Greek government had made small surpluses on its budget (after complying with the imposed austerity measures) and had used some of them to help Greek pensioners with a one-off Christmas bonus. This was to be given to pensioners with an income of less than £650 a month. Top of my reasons to vote for Brexit was the appalling treatment of the poorest people in Greece. How refreshing to be reminded that my decision was justified. • If consumption of Buckfast tonic wine features in over 6,000 crime reports (Buck up, G2, 15 December), should the monks of Buckfast Abbey review their business model before the Charity Commission removes their charitable status? |
| On the Irish border, people fear Brexit will bring back the bad old days Posted: 16 Dec 2016 08:29 AM PST After Brexit the EU border will go across Ireland and the Republic will be obliged to introduce border controls. People worry it may endanger the peace process "Euro = Pound" says a sign in the Jack and Jones shop in one of Newry's new shopping centres. The manager, Darren Carlon, put it up last week. If you buy a £60 jacket you can choose to pay €60 instead, and save 10%. Doesn't he lose money this way? "No," says Carlon. "We have higher traffic from southern Ireland – and hope to sell more." The shopping centres in Newry in Northern Ireland are only a few miles from the border, and at the moment they are seeing an influx of shoppers from the Republic. The decline of the pound after the EU referendum makes buying things there cheaper. Continue reading... |
| Silent night: bellringing row leaves York Minster facing quiet Christmas Posted: 16 Dec 2016 07:48 AM PST Cathedral likely to be silent over festive period after Leeds team rejects offer to ring bells, in 'solidarity' with sacked colleagues York Minster is likely to remain silent over Christmas for the first time in more than 650 years after bellringers from Leeds refused to step in to replace their 30 sacked colleagues. Campanologists from Leeds Minster are the latest to reject an invitation from York to ring the historic bells over the festive period, calling the decision an "act of solidarity". |
| Five Star Movement dealt blow as aide to Rome mayor is arrested Posted: 16 Dec 2016 06:04 AM PST Inquiry raises further questions over mayor Virginia Raggi's ability to maintain support of the Italian anti-establishment party Italy's Five Star Movement (M5S) has been dealt a significant blow following the arrest of a top aide to the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, an anti-corruption crusader who was swept into power this year on the promise that she would clean up the city. The arrest on Friday of Raffaele Marra, who has been nicknamed Raggi's "Rasputin" and is reportedly under investigation in connection to real-estate deals dating back to 2013, comes just days after the resignation of another city councillor under scrutiny for corruption, and the revelation that police have seized documents from city hall as part of their investigation into the mayor's hiring practices. Continue reading... |
| Syrian children working in Lebanon face violence and 10-hour days, says IRC Posted: 16 Dec 2016 05:12 AM PST International Rescue Committee finds Syrian refugee children whose parents are unable to get work sometimes toil through the night to support their families Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are working 10-hour days on the streets for up to six days a week, according to the International Rescue Committee. A survey by the IRC found that one in four such children works day and night, while 60% have experienced violence. Typically aged between six and 10, the children sell CDs, flowers, gum and tissues, or resort to begging in the centres of Tripoli and Beirut. Continue reading... |
| 'I always feel responsible': Obama on Syria – video Posted: 16 Dec 2016 06:43 PM PST President Obama reflects on his role in the Syrian war and other conflicts at his final press conference of 2016 Continue reading... |
| Obama accuses pro-Assad forces of having 'blood on their hands' – video Posted: 16 Dec 2016 02:17 PM PST US president Barack Obama says the the bloodshed in the Syrian city of Aleppo is on the hands of the Assad regime and its allies Russia and Iran. Speaking at the White House on Friday, in his last press conference of the year, Obama went on to discuss his response to Russian hacking of the DNC in the run-up to the election, telling Putin to 'cut it out' Continue reading... |
| US will retaliate against Russia over election hacking, vows Barack Obama – audio Posted: 16 Dec 2016 02:31 AM PST President Barack Obama says the US will retaliate against Russian cyber-attacks during the presidential election. Speaking in an interview aired on National Public Radio on Friday, Obama says he has spoken to Vladimir Putin about the issue. The CIA says it has evidence that Russia intended to influence the US election in Donald Trump's favour Continue reading... |
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