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- Final evacuees leave eastern Aleppo as Assad regime takes control
- Fingerprints in Berlin truck match those of suspect Anis Amri
- Trump calls on US to 'greatly strengthen and expand' nuclear weapons capability
- Ebola vaccine is safe and effective, scientists declare after trials
- Registry used to track Arabs and Muslims dismantled by Obama administration
- Taiwan's president to visit US despite objections from China
- Photographer captures images of uncontacted Amazon tribe
- US justice department accuses Barclays over mortgage mis-selling
- Italian cabinet gives green light to Monte dei Paschi di Siena bailout
- Half of adult women in Brazil put off pregnancy by Zika virus – survey
- World's first solar panel road opens in Normandy village
- Five in custody over alleged Melbourne Christmas terrorism plot
- India currency note ban sparks ‘dramatic fall’ in sex trafficking
- Group allegedly behind DNC hack targeted Ukraine, report finds
- Spanish Socialist party's staff celebrate big win in €2.3bn El Gordo lottery
- Google is profiting from Holocaust denial, says Jewish museum
- Thousands of refugees left in cold, as UN and EU accused of mismanagement
- Bat chat: machine learning algorithms provide translations for bat squeaks
- Lebanon protests urged after man picked as first women's affairs minister
- Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan – live coverage
- Putin press conference: don't blame me for Democrats' election loss - live
- Look closer at nativity paintings – and see visions of apocalypse
- CCTV 'shows Berlin suspect in local mosque day after market attack'
- Prayer around the world – in pictures
- Help Refugees, a grassroots movement supported by the Guardian charity appeal – video
- Rail chief defends line closures for Christmas engineering works
- 'I'll renounce him before God': Berlin suspect's mother pleads for news of son
- Lockheed F-35 fighter project in doubt after Trump tweet encourages rival Boeing
- Shanghai water supply hit by 100-tonne wave of garbage
- Western Australia warned ex-tropical cyclone will intensify again before Christmas
- Philippines to investigate President Duterte's claims he killed suspects
- German police arrest two men over alleged plot to attack shopping centre
- China says Trump's pick of hostile trade adviser is 'no laughing matter'
- 'It's not inevitable': sudden rise in road deaths prompts search for answers
- Sara Connor changed story on death of Bali policeman, court hears
- Calls for Polish truck driver killed in Berlin to receive order of merit
- Sighting of uncontacted Amazonian tribe – in pictures
- Truck rushing towards Berlin market captured on dashcam – video
- Sadness and defiance mark the reopening of Breitscheidplatz market
- This panda battling a snowman is all of us grappling with the year 2016
- UN abruptly postpones vote to halt Israeli settlements 'indefinitely'
- Florence court convicts Cheik Tidiane Diaw of murdering Ashley Olsen
- Corbyn says May must come clean over UK-made cluster bombs
- Bana on why she took to Twitter: 'for Aleppo children's voices to reach the world' – video
- Does the Berlin attack make the case for increased surveillance?
- Eyewitness: Shengfang, China
- Best photographs of the day: snow in Aleppo and Storm Barbara
- Christmas highlights pressures on C of E's stretched rural clergy
- Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri's family speak out – video report
- Karnataka leads the way as India's good samaritan law takes aim at road deaths | Vidhi Doshi
- Las Patronas: mujeres mexicanas que alimentan a los migrantes – video
- After El Niño: a trail of scorched earth and arid land – in pictures
- Ethnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics
- Kellyanne Conway: Trump’s master of spin – video
- A guide to Donald Trump's potential cabinet of billionaires – video
- Appalling conditions at Greek refugee camps despite EU's multi-million pound aid spend – video
- Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Japanese city – video
| Final evacuees leave eastern Aleppo as Assad regime takes control Posted: 22 Dec 2016 11:00 AM PST Last few thousand fighters and civilians transported from city held by rebels for more than four years in Syrian civil war The evacuation of east Aleppo has been completed, bringing to a close a key chapter in the Syrian rebellion against the country's president, Bashar al-Assad. About 4,000 rebel fighters and civilians left the city on Thursday, the last group remaining in the shrunken patch of territory still nominally held by the opposition in the city. Continue reading... |
| Fingerprints in Berlin truck match those of suspect Anis Amri Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:07 PM PST Interior minister says prints and other evidence make it highly probable Tunisian man carried out Christmas market attack Fingerprints found inside the cabin of the truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market match those of the fugitive suspect Anis Amri, Germany's federal prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday night. Spokeswoman Frauke Köhler said that fingerprints of the Tunisian, who turned 24 on Thursday, had been discovered on the outside of the Polish-registered articulated truck, as well as the driver's door and the vertical support beam in the vehicle's window area. Continue reading... |
| Trump calls on US to 'greatly strengthen and expand' nuclear weapons capability Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:35 PM PST The president-elect's Twitter comments came the same day that Vladimir Putin said Russia needs to 'strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces' US President-elect Donald Trump called on Thursday for a strengthening of America's nuclear weapons programme, throwing into doubt longstanding efforts to reduce its arsenal. On Thursday, Trump tweeted: "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." Continue reading... |
| Ebola vaccine is safe and effective, scientists declare after trials Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:30 PM PST Results from research conducted in west Africa indicate the drug will drastically reduce the severity of further outbreaks A vaccine for Ebola which has completed successful trials in Guinea and Sierra Leone means the virus should never again be able to wreak the havoc it did during the recent epidemic in west Africa, say scientists. More than 11,000 people died in the outbreak, which began unnoticed in December 2013 and spread across the region, infecting at least 28,600 people and triggering a global response, including a race to get an effective vaccine tested and into use. Continue reading... |
| Registry used to track Arabs and Muslims dismantled by Obama administration Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:34 AM PST Department of Homeland Security will tear down Nseers, in an attempt to place a roadblock in front of Donald Trump's declared intention to ban Muslims The Obama administration is dismantling a discriminatory surveillance system that was used after 9/11 to keep tabs on Arabs and Muslims across the US, in a move that will make it more difficult for president-elect Donald Trump to achieve his goal of introducing a Muslim registry. Related: Muslims to march on White House in bid to dismantle discriminatory registry Continue reading... |
| Taiwan's president to visit US despite objections from China Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:50 AM PST Planned trip causes speculation in Washington and Taiwan that Tsai Ing-wen may meet Donald Trump in person Taiwan's president is planning to meet members of Congress next month during a stopover visit to the US that will go ahead despite strong Chinese government objections, a senior Taiwanese official has said. China tried to block the visit by President Tsai Ing-wen in the wake of a row over perceived pro-Taiwan comments by the US president-elect, Donald Trump, who also held an unprecedented phone conversation with the Taiwan leader. |
| Photographer captures images of uncontacted Amazon tribe Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:21 PM PST Brazilian Ricardo Stuckert accidentally stumbled on to the tribe after his helicopter was diverted A photographer has captured images of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe after his helicopter flight took a detour to avoid a rainstorm and happened to fly over their longhouse. Related: Sighting of uncontacted Amazonian tribe – in pictures Continue reading... |
| US justice department accuses Barclays over mortgage mis-selling Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:59 PM PST Attorney general alleges 'irresponsible and dishonest' practices by UK bank in selling home-loan bonds before financial crisis The US department of justice has accused Barclays of jeopardising the financial position of millions of American homeowners over a decade-old mortgage bond mis-selling scandal. The DoJ is now taking the bank to court, in what was thought to be the first time an institution had failed to reached a settlement with the US authorities over the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in the run-up to the banking crisis. Responding to the news on Thursday night, Barclays said it would fight the case. Continue reading... |
| Italian cabinet gives green light to Monte dei Paschi di Siena bailout Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:21 PM PST Prime minister says government will draw on €20bn fund following bank's failure to raise €5bn from private investors The Italian government has agreed to a bailout of Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) after the world's oldest bank admitted that it had failed to raise €5bn (£4.25bn) from private investors as part of a last-ditch plan to rescue the bank. Paolo Gentiloni, Italy's new prime minister, announced in the early hours of Friday that his cabinet had agreed to the rescue and would be dipping into a €20bn fund that had already been approved by the parliament earlier this week in the event that MPS needed to be saved. Continue reading... |
| Half of adult women in Brazil put off pregnancy by Zika virus – survey Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:30 PM PST Fifty-six per cent of women of reproductive age taking part in research say they are avoiding pregnancy over health concerns More than half of adult women of reproductive age in Brazil have actively tried to avoid pregnancy because of the Zika virus epidemic, according to a survey carried out there. Brazil has confirmed far more malformations of the brain in babies born to mothers who were infected with Zika than any other country. Continue reading... |
| World's first solar panel road opens in Normandy village Posted: 22 Dec 2016 06:08 AM PST Route in Tourouvre-au-Perche cost €5m to construct and will be used by about 2,000 motorists a day during two-year test period France has opened what it claims to be the world's first solar panel road, in a Normandy village. A 1km (0.6-mile) route in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating panels, was inaugurated on Thursday by the ecology minister, Ségolène Royal. Continue reading... |
| Five in custody over alleged Melbourne Christmas terrorism plot Posted: 22 Dec 2016 10:48 PM PST Three men have been refused bail, charged with an alleged plot to attack Federation Square, Flinders Street station and St Paul's Cathedral Three of five men accused of plotting a terrorist attack to take place in Melbourne's CBD on Christmas Day have faced court. Abdullah Chaarani, 26, Hamza Abbas, 21, and Ahmed Mohamed, 29, were all refused bail in Melbourne magistrates' court on Friday afternoon and will return to court on 28 April, charged with engaging in acts in preparation for or planning of a terrorist attack. Two other men will appear before the court on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| India currency note ban sparks ‘dramatic fall’ in sex trafficking Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:24 AM PST Fewer women and girls reportedly entering shelters, but financial hardship is forcing younger girls into sex work and forcing some women to work for free India's rupee recall appears to have had "a massive impact" on the country's human trafficking industry, according to advocacy and rescue groups, with some reporting reductions of up to 90% in the number of women and girls being admitted to their shelters. But other activists said the illegal trade was already rebounding, and that the financial strain of demonetisation on poor communities was pushing new, younger girls into sex work, and forcing women already in the industry to work for credit or for free. Continue reading... |
| Group allegedly behind DNC hack targeted Ukraine, report finds Posted: 22 Dec 2016 10:49 AM PST CrowdStrike says malware implant was used to track movements of artillery units, adding to suspicions Russia is involved A new report suggests the same hacking group believed to have hacked the Democrats during the recent presidential election also targeted Ukrainian artillery units over a two-year period, that if confirmed would add to suspicions they are Russian state operatives. The report, issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, said a malware implant on Android devices was used to track the movements of Ukrainian artillery units and then target them. The hackers were able to access communications and geolocations of the devices, which meant the artillery could then be fired on and destroyed. Continue reading... |
| Spanish Socialist party's staff celebrate big win in €2.3bn El Gordo lottery Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:05 AM PST 'A great end to a difficult year' for Madrid staff of party that lost two general elections in six months and remains without a leader Spain's Socialist party may have lost two general elections in the space of six months, ousted their leader and found themselves eclipsed by the anti-austerity Podemos party, but the past 12 months have not been without at least one small victory. On Thursday, the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) announced that staff at its Madrid headquarters had won a share of the country's €2.3bn (£1.96bn) Christmas lottery, El Gordo (the Fat One). Continue reading... |
| Google is profiting from Holocaust denial, says Jewish museum Posted: 22 Dec 2016 11:04 AM PST Breman Museum in Atlanta says it is paying $2 a click to stop neo-Nazi site being top result for 'did the Holocaust happen' A Jewish heritage museum has accused Google of profiting from Holocaust denial because it is paying to prevent a neo-Nazi website from appearing as the top result for "did the Holocaust happen". The marketing director of the Breman Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, said it was "nauseating" that Google directed users to the white supremacist site, and added that it was paying Google up to $2 a click to direct searchers to its own site via AdWords, Google's pay-per-click advertising service. Continue reading... |
| Thousands of refugees left in cold, as UN and EU accused of mismanagement Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:30 AM PST United Nations refugee agency and EU's Echo aid department accused of failing to properly 'winterise' camps The UN refugee agency and the EU's aid department have been accused by other aid groups of mismanaging a multimillion-pound fund earmarked for the most vulnerable refugees in Europe, leaving thousands sleeping in freezing conditions in Greece. The Greek government, which has ultimate jurisdiction over camp activities, has also been criticised for failing to use nearly €90m (£75m) of separate EU funding to adequately improve conditions at the camps before the onset of winter. No single actor has overall control of all funding and management decisions in the camps, allowing most parties to distance themselves from blame. Continue reading... |
| Bat chat: machine learning algorithms provide translations for bat squeaks Posted: 22 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST In a step towards understanding the origins of human speech, researchers have worked out a way to understand the meaning of bat calls It turns out you don't need to be Dr Doolittle to eavesdrop on arguments in the animal kingdom. Researchers studying Egyptian fruit bats say they have found a way to work out who is arguing with whom, what they are squabbling about and can even predict the outcome of a disagreement – all from the bats' calls. |
| Lebanon protests urged after man picked as first women's affairs minister Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:45 AM PST Choice of Jean Ogasapian in Saad Hariri's new government described by one critic as 'the ultimate act of mansplaining' Feminist groups in Lebanon have called for protests over the appointment of a man as the country's first-ever women's affairs minister. The choice of Jean Ogasapian to run the ministry has sparked widespread disbelief and mockery over what many perceived as an insult to Lebanon's active women's rights movement. Continue reading... |
| Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan – live coverage Posted: 23 Dec 2016 02:08 AM PST The Italian interior minister has confirmed that Anis Amri was killed in a shootout with police in Milan
The person who was killed, there is no doubt that he is Anis Amri.
The police officer immediately reacted, luckily he wasn't shot fatally and was in hospital recovering. The other officers reacted and the person who attacked our police officer was killed. Continue reading... |
| Putin press conference: don't blame me for Democrats' election loss - live Posted: 23 Dec 2016 02:05 AM PST The Russian president is giving his annual presser with Russian and international journalists in Moscow. Join us to follow it live
That was Putin's most interesting answer so far. Putin said nothing about the allegation, made by US intelligence officials, that Kremlin hackers stole and published Democratic emails in order to help Trump. Here are what journalists are saying about Putin's comments on Trump: Trump "understood the mood of the people and kept going until the end, when nobody believed in him, except us," says Putin to more applause. Putin: Dems are "losing on every front and looking for people to blame everywhere. They need to learn to lose with dignity." Putin on Trump: "Right up to the end, nobody believed he would win, except us." *applause*
A question on international affairs. The world is undergoing a fundamental change. People are voting against the old ideas of political elites. There's been Brexit in 2016, the victory of Donald Trump. Have you discussed these changes? Is it true that 37% of Republican voters in the US like you? Are you the most influential man in the world? ... This is pretty fawning stuff. Continue reading... |
| Look closer at nativity paintings – and see visions of apocalypse Posted: 23 Dec 2016 02:00 AM PST Christmas cards are full of cutesy depictions of nativity scenes, but Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli and Caravaggio remind us of the death in Jesus's story Nativity scenes are the art we see at Christmas, often on cards that put a masterpiece on the mantelpiece. Baby it's cold outside, so let's warm our hearts with a bit of Piero della Francesca or Bruegel. Yet we close our eyes to the reality of this art. We turn Renaissance and baroque paintings into empty kitsch when we appropriate them as part of modern Christmas celebrations, which in truth have little in common with the much more religious world that created these images. Continue reading... |
| CCTV 'shows Berlin suspect in local mosque day after market attack' Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:37 AM PST Police believe Anis Amri's injuries mean he will not risk travelling far Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan, reports say – live coverage German investigators believe Anis Amri is still in hiding in Berlin, as CCTV footage appears to show the suspect in Monday night's truck attack on a Christmas market seeking refuge at a mosque in the Moabit district of the German capital. The newspaper Tagesspiegel reported on Friday that a witness had seen the 24-year-old Tunisian flee the scene of the attack with severe cuts to his face. Police believe his injuries make Amri too easily recognisable to risk travelling outside the capital. Continue reading... |
| Prayer around the world – in pictures Posted: 23 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST There are an estimated 4,200 religions worldwide, each with its unique customs and traditions. These images offer a glimpse of how different faiths connect with each other and the world around them Continue reading... |
| Help Refugees, a grassroots movement supported by the Guardian charity appeal – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Help Refugees identifies the most effective grassroots groups active in the refugee crisis and provides them with funding. The projects help build infrastructure for the camps, provide food, clothes and toys, and assist new mothers. Here, the Guardian highlights the life-saving work of the volunteers
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| Rail chief defends line closures for Christmas engineering works Posted: 23 Dec 2016 12:45 AM PST Passengers using London Paddington and in Manchester and Cardiff will be among worst affected by projects Network Rail has defended its decision to bring parts of Britain's train lines to a standstill for major engineering works over the festive period. A number of lines will be closed for an extended period as Network Rail carries out up to 200 improvement projects costing £103m. Continue reading... |
| 'I'll renounce him before God': Berlin suspect's mother pleads for news of son Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:47 PM PST In the hard-scrabble town of Oueslatia, which Anis Amri left in 2011 with hopes of a better life, his distraught family wait for 'truth' about Europe's most wanted Desperate and drifting, Anis Amri took the path trodden by countless other North African teenagers: an illegal boat journey to Europe in hopes of a better life. He fell into crime instead — and is now the number one suspect in the deadly Berlin truck rampage claimed by the Islamic State group. In his impoverished Tunisian hometown, Amri's stunned family does not know whether to defend him or disown him. One brother urged Amri to turn himself in to police. Continue reading... |
| Lockheed F-35 fighter project in doubt after Trump tweet encourages rival Boeing Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:49 PM PST President-elect keeps pressure on Lockheed-Martin's expensive stealth fighter, saying he has invited Boeing to cost up its older Super Hornet jet Donald Trump has again criticised the cost of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet and tweeted that he has asked Boeing to offer a price for an older aircraft that lacks the same stealth capabilities. Trump posted his message on Thursday, a day after the president-elect met the chief executives of both aerospace companies. In after-hours trading following the tweet, Lockheed shares fell 2% and Boeing's rose 0.7%. |
| Shanghai water supply hit by 100-tonne wave of garbage Posted: 22 Dec 2016 10:46 PM PST Ships are suspected of dumping waste upstream on China's Yangtze river before it floats into a key city reservoir Medical waste, broken bottles and household trash are some of the items found in more than 100 tonnes of garbage salvaged near a drinking water reservoir in Shanghai. The suspected culprits are two ships that have been dumping waste upstream in the Yangtze river. It has then flowed downstream to the reservoir on Shanghai's Chongming island which is also home to 700,000 people. Continue reading... |
| Western Australia warned ex-tropical cyclone will intensify again before Christmas Posted: 22 Dec 2016 11:43 PM PST Cyclone Yvette has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but forecasters warn it will strengthen before it reaches the Pilbara coast on Christmas Day A tropical cyclone in waters off Western Australia's north-west coast has been downgraded to a tropical low, but is expected to reintensify on Christmas Eve, the Bureau of Meteorology says. Bureau regional director Mike Bergin said the impact of ex-tropical cyclone Yvette was expected for Christmas Day along the Pilbara coast. Continue reading... |
| Philippines to investigate President Duterte's claims he killed suspects Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:46 PM PST Independent human rights commission to look at leader's boasts after UN commissioner said killings 'clearly constitute murder' The Philippines' independent rights watchdog has said it will investigate President Rodrigo Duterte's boasts he killed criminals years ago as mayor of the city of Davao. Jose Gascon, head of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, said on Thursday he had formed a team of investigators to look into alleged past killings by Duterte. "Law enforcement agencies ... must investigate as a matter of course any information that suggests that a crime may have been committed with the view to ensuring that perpetrators are ultimately held accountable should the evidence warrant it," Gascon said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| German police arrest two men over alleged plot to attack shopping centre Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:11 PM PST Two brothers detained in Oberhausen on suspicion of planning attack on CentrO, one of Germany's largest shopping centres, in run-up to Christmas German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on one of the country's biggest shopping centres, in the western city of Oberhausen, according to police. The two men, aged 28 and 31, are originally from Kosovo, they said. It was not clear if there was any connection with the attack on Berlin's Breitscheidplatz on Monday night, in which a man drove a truck into a Christmas market, killing 12 people. Continue reading... |
| China says Trump's pick of hostile trade adviser is 'no laughing matter' Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:05 PM PST State media voices concern about the appointment of hawkish Peter Navarro to key trade post Donald Trump's decision to hand a key spot in his administration to a scholar known for his "apocalyptic" attacks on China is further proof the American billionaire is spoiling for a fight with Beijing, a Chinese newspaper has claimed. Peter Navarro, a prominent China hawk who has called Beijing "the planet's most efficient assassin" and a "totally totalitarian" state, was unveiled as chief of the White House's newly created national trade council on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| 'It's not inevitable': sudden rise in road deaths prompts search for answers Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:29 PM PST After decades of decline, the number of deaths and injuries on Australia's roads has risen in the past two years. The reasons are unclear, but experts warn we are taking up new safety technology too slowly Ask a dozen experts to explain why Australia has suddenly had two successive spikes in the road toll and you are likely get a dozen answers. It's statistical noise, or increased drug-driving, smartphone-induced driver distraction or simply more traffic on the road. Regional roads are deteriorating, police budgets have been cut, or road safety campaigns have been ineffective. Continue reading... |
| Sara Connor changed story on death of Bali policeman, court hears Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:10 PM PST Connor is on trial with her boyfriend, David Taylor, over the death of policeman Wayan Sudarsa, whose body was found on a beach An Indonesian police officer has told the murder trial of Australian woman Sara Connor that she had at first claimed the death of a policeman was self-defence, only to change her story two days later. Connor is standing trial with her British boyfriend, David Taylor, in a Bali court over the death of policeman Wayan Sudarsa, whose battered body was discovered on Kuta beach in the early hours of 17 August. Continue reading... |
| Calls for Polish truck driver killed in Berlin to receive order of merit Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:07 PM PST Campaign gathers pace to award Łukasz Urban, who was shot dead during struggle with the hijacker behind Berlin attack The cousin of the Polish driver whose truck was hijacked for Monday's terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market said his family had been inundated with offers of financial support, as a campaign to award him with Germany's order of merit gathered pace. Łukasz Urban was found shot dead in the cabin of the truck after the attack, which killed another 11 people and left dozens more injured. Investigators who have analysed the wounds on Urban's body believe he must have fought with the hijacked vehicle's driver until the moment the juggernaut ploughed into the busy Christmas market in Breitscheidplatz, possibly in an attempt to change the truck's course and avoid further loss of life. Continue reading... |
| Sighting of uncontacted Amazonian tribe – in pictures Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:07 PM PST Brazilian photographer Ricardo Stuckert captured amazing close-up photographs of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe after his helicopter flight took a detour to avoid a rainstorm and happened to fly over their longhouse Continue reading... |
| Truck rushing towards Berlin market captured on dashcam – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 01:46 PM PST A video clip from a car-mounted dashcam appears to show the moment when a truck was driven into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday. The video was taken by a taxi driver who was waiting for customers outside the Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church Continue reading... |
| Sadness and defiance mark the reopening of Breitscheidplatz market Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:17 PM PST 'It shows the terrorists they will not stop us,' said one stallholder as the Berlin square welcomed visitors again Sabrine, 52, has worked as a stallholder at the Breitscheidplatz for more than 10 years. And every night since the truck careered through the Christmas market she has had nightmares. "In my head I can still hear the explosive bang as the lorry crashed into the market and the crunching sound as it scraped along the stalls," she said. "Our bosses have advised us to keep our thoughts to ourselves but for me it's better to talk about it." Continue reading... |
| This panda battling a snowman is all of us grappling with the year 2016 Posted: 22 Dec 2016 11:39 AM PST Da Mao, a giant panda at the Toronto Zoo, faced off against a snowman that his zookeepers constructed for his 'enrichment' in a widely viewed video The year 2016 took Prince, David Bowie, Professor Snape and most of our sanity. But it has given us this video of a giant panda trying and failing to kill a snowman. Related: The world in 2016: how much do you know? – quiz Continue reading... |
| UN abruptly postpones vote to halt Israeli settlements 'indefinitely' Posted: 22 Dec 2016 10:20 AM PST Israeli officials allegedly pressured Egyptians who drafted resolution to suspend vote amid amid reports that Obama was going to abstain The UN security council has postponed a contentious vote on a resolution that would have demanded Israel halt all settlement activities as a "flagrant violation" of international law. The plan to call a vote – announced abruptly on Wednesday evening by Egypt, which had been drafting the resolution – was postponed indefinitely a few hours ahead of the planned security council meeting on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Florence court convicts Cheik Tidiane Diaw of murdering Ashley Olsen Posted: 22 Dec 2016 10:09 AM PST Senegalese man sentenced to 30 years in prison for the killing of American woman in case that shocked city's art community A Senegalese man has been convicted by a court in Florence of murdering Ashley Olsen, a 35-year-old native of Florida whose death shocked the Italian city's small art community. Cheik Tidiane Diaw, 27, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after the court found there was evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that he had purposely killed Olsen after the two fought in her apartment. |
| Corbyn says May must come clean over UK-made cluster bombs Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:23 AM PST PM urged to explain why it took so long for UK to establish truth over weapons deployed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen Theresa May must explain why it took so long for the government to establish that British-made cluster bombs banned by an international treaty were dropped by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The Labour leader said there was "pretty strong evidence" available for months that cluster bombs sold from the UK in the 1980s had been deployed in the current conflict in Yemen, even though that was denied by Saudi Arabia and rejected by government ministers in May. Continue reading... |
| Bana on why she took to Twitter: 'for Aleppo children's voices to reach the world' – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:21 AM PST Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, who drew global attention with her Twitter updates from besieged Aleppo, explains in an interview in Turkey on Thursday how her father helped her start tweeting. Bana and her mother were evacuated safely to Turkey along with 25,000 other people from the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo this week
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| Does the Berlin attack make the case for increased surveillance? Posted: 22 Dec 2016 07:24 AM PST In almost every terrorist attack since 9/11, those responsible were already on the radar of the intelligence agencies The German parliament passed without much fuss legislation in October that vastly expanded the surveillance powers of the country's intelligence agencies. That it went through the Bundestag so easily was surprising given the still raw history of surveillance in Germany; first by the Nazis and then the near-blanket coverage of East Germany by its then intelligence agency, the Stasi. Nowhere else in western Europe is the issue of protection of privacy felt as strongly as in Germany. Continue reading... |
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| Best photographs of the day: snow in Aleppo and Storm Barbara Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:24 AM PST The Guardian's picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a winter solstice parade in Canada and a hot punch stall in Afghanistan Continue reading... |
| Christmas highlights pressures on C of E's stretched rural clergy Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:55 AM PST The traditional model of a vicar running a parish is increasingly difficult in scattered communities with costly church buildings A low mist was clinging to the beet fields around Newton Flotman in Norfolk when the Rev Sally Gaze ushered two dozen small children into her 14th-century church for a nativity play rehearsal a few days before Christmas. As the gloom and chill deepened outside St Mary's mullioned windows, Gaze attempted to bring order to her unruly company of actors. "Who would like to be a wise man? We can have more than three," she called out. "Now, do you fancy being camels, because we've got some great camel costumes. Any more angels?" Continue reading... |
| Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri's family speak out – video report Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:54 AM PST The family of the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack say they are in shock to learn of his possible involvement. Anis Amri's family returned to their hometown of Oueslatia, Tunisia, and were questioned by police. The 24-year-old is suspected of driving a lorry into a Christmas market in the German capital on Monday, killing 12 people Continue reading... |
| Karnataka leads the way as India's good samaritan law takes aim at road deaths | Vidhi Doshi Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST Helping a road accident victim in India can cause legal hassles, police questioning and long hospital waits. A supreme court ruling could bring much needed change By the time Shrijith Ravindran arrived, a crowd had gathered around the injured man. Someone had moved his body to the side of the road, and witnesses had started taking photos and videos. But nobody was helping Dilip Khairnar, who by now, had blood pouring out of his ears. Ravindran, on his way home from the Malaka Spice restaurant where he works, pushed through the scrum to see what was happening. "He was in a horrible state. I asked the people there, 'Has someone called an ambulance?' They said, 'Yes, but he's been here for quite a while and the ambulance hasn't come yet'," Ravindran recalls, now six months after the incident. Ravindran knew time was running out. "I asked someone to help me put him in my car, and I drove him to the nearest hospital." |
| Las Patronas: mujeres mexicanas que alimentan a los migrantes – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 08:17 AM PST Durante los últimos 25 años, Las Patronas han alimentado a miles de migrantes centroamericanos que viajan sobre el tren conocido como La Bestia. Cada día los voluntarios preparan y donan unos 300 paquetes de comida a aquellos en la ruta migratoria hacia EEUU. Para muchos que huyen de la violencia y la pobreza, es una acción de pura generosidad. Continue reading... |
| After El Niño: a trail of scorched earth and arid land – in pictures Posted: 22 Dec 2016 05:35 AM PST The strongest El Niño on record reached its peak in the final months of 2015, but its devastating impact on global food and water supplies continues to be felt Continue reading... |
| Ethnic tensions in Gondar reflect the toxic nature of Ethiopian politics Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:17 AM PST From uneven development to authoritarian government, the morass of issues facing the city of Gondar offer a snapshot of Ethiopia's wider problems In Gondar, a city in Ethiopia's northern highlands, a lone tourist pauses to take a photo of a fortress built more than two centuries ago. Nearby, past a row of gift shops, lies the wreck of a coach torched during unrest in August. Gondar, known as "Africa's Camelot", was once the centre of the Ethiopian empire – at a time when that empire was defined mainly by Amhara traditions. |
| Kellyanne Conway: Trump’s master of spin – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 12:03 PM PST Donald Trump has named his former campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, to serve as counselor to the president, making her the most influential woman in the White House. During the election, Conway proved herself to be a master of spin and deflection and often served as Trump's makeshift translator, as she attempted to excuse or defend Trump's latest inflammatory remarks. Watch highlights of her best lines of spin Continue reading... |
| A guide to Donald Trump's potential cabinet of billionaires – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 04:00 AM PST A two-minute guide to President-elect Donald Trump's proposed cabinet. Already the richest in modern history, his picks include an array of the super wealthy, big business executives and climate change deniers Continue reading... |
| Appalling conditions at Greek refugee camps despite EU's multi-million pound aid spend – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 03:25 AM PST 'I want the world to know about the conditions we are living in': 11-year-old Syrian refugee Yamama shows Guardian journalists around her makeshift home within a disused warehouse. Her family are one of 60,000 people stranded in Greece, where the snow started falling earlier this month. While some have been moved into housing blocks, an estimated 20,000 are left in derelict accommodation without cooking facilities, adequate heating, reliable electricity and little in the way of education. This is in spite of millions of pounds of EU funding to deal with the crisis handed out to major NGOs and the Greek government, leading to accusations of mismanagement. The Guardian visits three of these camps to discover what people are facing as winter sets in Thousands of refugees left in the cold, as UN and EU accused of mismanagement Continue reading... |
| Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Japanese city – video Posted: 22 Dec 2016 02:12 AM PST Aerial footage shows a fire, which started in a restaurant in the Japanese city of Itoigawa, spreading to more than 140 buildings on Thursday. The fire department says the blaze went through a shopping area before spreading to nearby houses, fanned by 55mph winds. Local media state at least two people have suffered minor injuries. Authorities are evacuating hundreds of homes |
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