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- Berlin attacker manhunt ends in shootout but questions remain
- Carrie Fisher in 'intensive care' after heart attack on flight to LA
- 'Let it be an arms race': Trump appears to double down on nuclear expansion
- US abstention allows UN to demand end to Israeli settlements
- 'I couldn't take anything except dignity': stories of the leaving of Aleppo
- Forces on standby to oust Gambian president Yahya Jammeh
- Zimbabwe ships live elephants to wildlife parks in China
- Vladimir Putin: defeated Democrats' blame game 'not very dignified'
- Migrant death toll passes 5,000 after two boats capsize off Italy
- Libyan hijackers surrender after release of hostages from plane diverted to Malta
- Brazil budget cuts put uncontacted Amazon tribe at risk, say activists
- The Christmas cappelletti helping to preserve Italy's food heritage
- 2016's best bits: July to September
- 2016's best bits: January to March
- 2016's best bits: April to June
- 2016's best bits: October to December
- Israel rejects 'shameful' UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
- Anis Amri: from young drifter to Europe's most wanted man
- California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine
- Cruise liner abandons search for British woman who fell overboard
- Australia's capital cities hot on Christmas Day, but Kimberley faces storms
- Eyewitness: Manila, Philippines
- White Christmases in the UK over the years – in data
- No sex please, we're Japanese: love hotels clean up their act amid falling demand
- Israeli ambassador to New Zealand recalled in protest at UN vote role
- Philippines braces for severe typhoon on Christmas Day
- Putin: Democrats 'undignified' to blame others for defeat – video
- US abstains from UN vote to end Israeli settlement building – video
- Milan police kill Berlin attack suspect in shootout – video report
- Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN'
- Luca Scatà: rookie police officer who shot Berlin attack suspect
- Hijackers surrender after forcing Libyan plane to fly to Malta – video report
- European far right calls for end to open borders after Berlin suspect shot
- Oscar's £52m move to Shanghai is worrying for Chelsea FC – and China
- Best photographs of the day: ropey Santas and Christmas travel
- Anis Amri, Berlin attack suspect, shot dead by police in Milan
- British policy has made situation in Syria worse, says former ambassador
- Eyewitness: Moscow, Russia
- The battle for eastern Aleppo in maps: how rebel territory shrank
- Children collapse from hunger after poor harvests in Zimbabwe – in pictures
- The best photographs of 2016 from across the US
| Berlin attacker manhunt ends in shootout but questions remain Posted: 23 Dec 2016 11:02 AM PST Authorities face questions after Anis Amri manages to travel over 1,000 miles around Europe in spite of arrest warrant The hunt for Europe's most wanted man ended in a gun battle outside a Milan train station in the early hours of Friday but left authorities facing tough questions about how an armed suspected terrorist had been able to travel hundreds of miles on public transport before being caught. Italy's interior minister, Marco Minniti, said on Friday that the man shot in Milan was "without a shadow of a doubt" Anis Amri, who is suspected of carrying out Monday's terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Fingerprints of the shot man matched those secured from within the cabin of the truck used to carry out the attack, German authorities confirmed. Continue reading... |
| Carrie Fisher in 'intensive care' after heart attack on flight to LA Posted: 24 Dec 2016 12:52 AM PST Actor who played Princess Leia in Star Wars films transferred to hospital in LA after suffering cardiac arrest mid-flight Carrie Fisher, the actor beloved for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, is being treated in intensive care after suffering a serious heart attack on a flight to Los Angeles from London, her brother has said. Todd Fisher said the 60-year-old Star Wars legend was receiving treatment in an intensive care unit of a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on the United Airlines flight from London on Friday. Continue reading... |
| 'Let it be an arms race': Trump appears to double down on nuclear expansion Posted: 23 Dec 2016 09:28 AM PST It was unclear who Trump was directing arms race threats against, but he said he received a letter from Putin calling for 'collaboration on the international scene' The president-elect Donald Trump has stunned nuclear weapons experts by appearing to call for a renewed arms race on his Twitter feed and in a TV interview. Related: Trump calls on US to 'greatly strengthen and expand' nuclear weapons capability Continue reading... |
| US abstention allows UN to demand end to Israeli settlements Posted: 23 Dec 2016 02:39 PM PST Donald Trump and Israel had urged Washington to use its veto to stop historic security council resolution The United Nations security council has adopted a landmark resolution demanding a halt to all Israeli settlement in the occupied territories after Barack Obama's administration refused to veto the resolution. A White House official said Obama had taken the decision to abstain in the absence of any meaningful peace process. Continue reading... |
| 'I couldn't take anything except dignity': stories of the leaving of Aleppo Posted: 23 Dec 2016 07:00 AM PST Evacuees from the Syrian city tell how life continued through years of bombing – until it was impossible to stay The Aleppo Thaer al-Halabi left behind was a ghost town filled with the shadows of friends lost to war and the shattered dreams of a different Syria. Still, the parting resembled physical pain. He was born in Aleppo, in a house in the old town with a courtyard shaded by vines, where his family had lived for over a century. He raised a family and built a career there, and then, for four years, gambled everything he had on the possibility of taking down Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad. Continue reading... |
| Forces on standby to oust Gambian president Yahya Jammeh Posted: 23 Dec 2016 08:58 AM PST Head of Ecowas says 'if he loves his people' Jammeh will negotiate a peaceful exit after losing election this month West African troops will oust the Gambian president if he does not step down when his term ends in January, the chair of the regional bloc has said. Marcel de Souza, the head of the Ecowas commission, said that "if he loves his people", Yahya Jammeh would negotiate a peaceful exit, but if not, Senegal would lead the charge to remove him, according to Radio France Internationale. Continue reading... |
| Zimbabwe ships live elephants to wildlife parks in China Posted: 23 Dec 2016 11:43 AM PST Wildlife advocates said the animals, which were being readied for shipment on Friday night, were unsuitable for live export More than 30 wild elephants were being readied on Friday evening for an airlift from Zimbabwe to captivity in China, according to wildlife advocates. The founder of Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, Johnny Rodrigues, said on Friday that their plane was still at Victoria Falls airport because officials could not find scales big enough to weigh the animals, which were confined inside heavy crates. Continue reading... |
| Vladimir Putin: defeated Democrats' blame game 'not very dignified' Posted: 23 Dec 2016 07:04 AM PST In annual press conference, Russian leader says he always believed Trump would win and denies claims of election interference Vladimir Putin has used his annual press conference to launch a stinging attack on the outgoing Obama administration and the Democratic party and to claim he had always known Donald Trump would win the US election. "Nobody believed he'd win. Except us, of course. We always believed," said Putin, to applause from some of the 1,400 journalists gathered. Continue reading... |
| Migrant death toll passes 5,000 after two boats capsize off Italy Posted: 23 Dec 2016 08:42 AM PST At least 100 people missing, feared dead, as UN refugee agency says number of deaths in 2016 has passed 5,000 About 100 people are missing and feared dead after two boats capsized off Italy, increasing the estimated death toll among migrants in the Mediterranean this year to at least 5,000, a record, UN agencies have said. Deaths linked to Mediterranean crossings by migrants trying to reach Europe have spiked in 2016. Last year, 3,771 deaths were recorded as more than a million people made the journey, mostly from Turkey to Greece. This year, about 360,000 people have crossed, most between Libya and Italy, with far more deadly results. Continue reading... |
| Libyan hijackers surrender after release of hostages from plane diverted to Malta Posted: 23 Dec 2016 09:36 AM PST Hostages freed without violence after hijackers using a replica hand grenade and pistols took control of Afriqiyah Airways flight Two men loyal to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi hijacked a domestic flight with a replica hand grenade and pistols and forced the pilot to fly to Malta, reportedly claiming they wanted publicity for a new political party before letting passengers and crew leave the plane unharmed. The four-hour standoff with negotiators from Malta and Libya ended on Friday when the two men came out of the Afriqiyah Airways plane with a crewmember who was their final hostage, and were led away in handcuffs. Continue reading... |
| Brazil budget cuts put uncontacted Amazon tribe at risk, say activists Posted: 23 Dec 2016 06:48 AM PST Tribe, who fired arrows at helicopter photographing them, also face threat from proposed change to land laws, says group An uncontacted Amazon tribe could be at risk as Brazil makes austerity-driven budget cuts and proposals for constitutional change affecting land rights move through parliament, campaigners have said. The tribe were photographed from a helicopter by Ricardo Stuckert this month near the border with Peru. Continue reading... |
| The Christmas cappelletti helping to preserve Italy's food heritage Posted: 23 Dec 2016 03:30 AM PST Many labour-intensive traditions are dying off, largely because of economic factors driving depopulation of villages and towns where the dishes were made Stefano Gajani Billi, a 55-year-old Roman with roots in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, has been eating homemade cappelletti for Christmas lunch for as long as he can remember. The "little hats" of meat-filled pasta used to be made exclusively by Gajani Billi's grandmother, but the tradition has since been taken over by Stefano himself, along with his mother, sister, wife and their children. Every December they convene for a cappelletti-making bonanza, where proceedings are dominated by two strict rules. Continue reading... |
| 2016's best bits: July to September Posted: 24 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST From Andy Murray winning Wimbledon to Michelle Obama's Carpool Karaoke, reasons we were happy this summer In the moments after beating Milos Raonic in straight sets to win the Wimbledon singles title for the second time in July, Andy Murray glanced up at the royal box and saw David Cameron beaming down. Murray, whose politics lean towards Scottish independence, observed for the benefit of Sue Barker, an enthralled Centre Court and those watching worldwide, "A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support me. The prime minister's here, as well, I see. Playing in a Wimbledon final is tough, but I wouldn't want to be prime minister. It's an impossible job." Continue reading... |
| 2016's best bits: January to March Posted: 24 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST From Barbie's makeover to dancing with the Obamas, everything that made us smile at the start of the year Barbara Millicent Roberts has a distinctive look. The doll, better known as Barbie, was in 1959 either blond or brunette, before ditching her dark locks for a long, impossibly sleek golden mane. But even in the early days, Barbie was notable for her lithe limbs, large-yet-pert breasts and, of course, teeny-tiny waist. Continue reading... |
| 2016's best bits: April to June Posted: 24 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST From surprise sporting triumphs to a healing ozone layer, everything that gave us hope this spring It wasn't supposed to play out this way. At 5.05pm in Augusta, Georgia, on Sunday 10 April, there was no indication that it would. No Englishman had won the Masters, arguably golf's most coveted individual event, since 1996. The American Jordan Spieth, who held a five-stroke lead, was in the midst of an extraordinary run, spanning 12 months. Step forward Danny Willett, who seized an opportunity in the most emphatic way. Continue reading... |
| 2016's best bits: October to December Posted: 24 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST From Prince Harry speaking out against racism to Ed Balls on Strictly, everything that cheered us up as the year ended With a smile as brilliant as her gold and green headtie, Margaret praised the Lord. "We never imagined we would see this day," she said. "With the help of God, we were able to come out of bondage." Around her, another 20 young women and their relatives, many in equally spectacular traditional dress provided by delighted authorities, danced and sang, and sometimes sobbed. Continue reading... |
| Israel rejects 'shameful' UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu Posted: 24 Dec 2016 12:39 AM PST Israel orders steps against a number of countries that backed motion calling for halt to building of settlements in occupied territories Israel has responded furiously to a UN security council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, recalling two of its ambassadors to countries that voted for the motion and threatening to cut aid. The security council adopted the landmark resolution demanding Israel halt all settlement building and expansion in the occupied territories after Barack Obama's administration refused to veto the resolution on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Anis Amri: from young drifter to Europe's most wanted man Posted: 23 Dec 2016 11:45 AM PST A petty criminal in Tunisia before the Arab spring, the Berlin attack suspect became radicalised after travelling to Italy As the police officers looked at the body on Piazza I Maggio, they could have had no idea they had just fatally shot Europe's most wanted man. To them he was someone who had been acting suspiciously outside a train station in Milan in the early hours of the morning, and had shot at them with a 22-calibre pistol when questioned. Continue reading... |
| California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine Posted: 24 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST Attorney for Joseph Schawb, charged with driving under the influence of a drug when his blood test showed only caffeine, calls the charge unheard of Caffeine may be the "nootropic" brain drug of choice in Silicon Valley, but an hour's drive north in Solano County, California, the stimulant could get you charged with driving under the influence. That is according to defense attorney Stacey Barrett, speaking on behalf of her client, Joseph Schwab. Continue reading... |
| Cruise liner abandons search for British woman who fell overboard Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:27 PM PST The 74-year-old woman was reported missing on Friday morning, 100 nautical miles off the US coast The search for a British woman thought to have fallen overboard from a cruise liner into the Atlantic ocean has been called off. The Queen Mary 2, along with the US Coast Guard, had been searching for the 74-year-old woman, who was reported missing in the early hours of Friday, when the ship was about 100 nautical miles (115 miles) south of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Continue reading... |
| Australia's capital cities hot on Christmas Day, but Kimberley faces storms Posted: 23 Dec 2016 11:42 PM PST Adelaide is expected to be the hottest, hitting 40C, while ex-tropical cyclone Yvette moves toward parts of WA Every capital city in Australia will see hot weather on Christmas Day, according to the latest forecasts, with even Hobart reaching 29C. However, a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for much of New South Wales for Christmas Eve, while flooding and strong winds are hitting parts of the Kimberley in Western Australia. Continue reading... |
| Eyewitness: Manila, Philippines Posted: 24 Dec 2016 12:34 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| White Christmases in the UK over the years – in data Posted: 23 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Memory can play tricks on us with regard to how often we saw snow on 25 December in our childhood – so here's the definitive record A blanket of snow on Christmas Day might be the stuff of childhood memories, but how often does it actually happen in the UK? It all depends on where you live. In Scotland, snowflakes have fallen on Christmas Day 37 times since 1960. This compares to 16 times in Northern Ireland and 16 in Wales. In England, it's a matter of the north-south divide: northern England has had 26 white Christmases in that period, compared with 10 in the balmy south. |
| No sex please, we're Japanese: love hotels clean up their act amid falling demand Posted: 23 Dec 2016 09:38 PM PST The rise of young people living alone and the need to find rooms for growing numbers of tourists means the seedier attractions are starting to change While Japanese families enjoy the Christmas Eve ritual of tucking into fried chicken and sponge cake, millions of love-struck, or simply lustful, couples will discreetly observe another festive tradition with a visit to a love hotel. They will enter a dimly lit lobby and, after a brief discussion, select a room with the push of a button. Then, for just a few thousand yen ($25-30) – handed to an unseen receptionist – they will be free to make the most of their fleeting moment of privacy. As soon as they leave, a team of cleaners will prepare the room for the next occupants. Continue reading... |
| Israeli ambassador to New Zealand recalled in protest at UN vote role Posted: 23 Dec 2016 08:31 PM PST Foreign minister Murray McCully defends Wellington's decision which he says should have come as no surprise to Jewish state Israel has withdrawn its ambassador to Wellington after the New Zealand government co-sponsored a controversial UN resolution criticising settlements in the occupied territories. |
| Philippines braces for severe typhoon on Christmas Day Posted: 23 Dec 2016 06:51 PM PST Typhoon Nock-Ten, called Typhoon Nina in the Philippines, forecast to strengthen into category four typhoon before making landfall A severe typhoon is expected to hit the Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing strong winds, floods and storm surges to the disaster-prone country. Typhoon Nock-Ten, called Typhoon Nina in the Philippines, is forecast to strengthen into a category four typhoon before making landfall on Sunday, local time. Continue reading... |
| Putin: Democrats 'undignified' to blame others for defeat – video Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:55 PM PST Vladimir Putin dismisses accusations of Russian interference in the US election vote at his annual press conference in Moscow on Friday, saying the Democrats' blame game is not very dignified. He also says he sees 'nothing unusual' in Donald Trump's pledge to strengthen US nuclear forces Continue reading... |
| US abstains from UN vote to end Israeli settlement building – video Posted: 23 Dec 2016 01:15 PM PST The United Nations security council has adopted a historic resolution demanding a halt to all Israeli settlement in the occupied territories after Barack Obama's administration refused to veto the resolution and instead chose to abstain. US ambassador Samantha Power said on Friday that the Israeli settlement 'seriously undermines Israel's security' Continue reading... |
| Milan police kill Berlin attack suspect in shootout – video report Posted: 23 Dec 2016 09:55 AM PST Italian interior minister Marco Minniti says a man killed in a shootout with police in Milan on Friday is Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri. Amri was the main suspect for the death of 12 people after a lorry was driven into a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market on Monday evening
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| Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN' Posted: 23 Dec 2016 09:06 AM PST Unnamed official says US president colluded with Palestinians over planned security council vote on settlements An Israeli official has accused Barack Obama of colluding in a "shameful move against Israel at the UN" over a planned security council vote on Israeli illegal settlements. In striking language underlining the long-running depth of hostility between the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and the Obama administration, the unnamed official accused Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, of "secretly cooking up with Palestinians an extreme anti-Israeli resolution". Continue reading... |
| Luca Scatà: rookie police officer who shot Berlin attack suspect Posted: 23 Dec 2016 09:01 AM PST Family and friends say the officer, who has been praised by German and Italian leaders, always wanted to join the police Luca Scatà always wanted to be a police officer, but the 29-year-old could not have imagined when he set off on a regular foot patrol in the early hours of Friday that he was about to come face-to-face with Europe's most wanted man. Scatà and his patrol partner, Cristian Movio, thought there was something suspicious about Anis Amri when they approached him near a train station in the working-class Sesto San Giovanni district of Milan and asked him for his identification. Continue reading... |
| Hijackers surrender after forcing Libyan plane to fly to Malta – video report Posted: 23 Dec 2016 08:22 AM PST Two Gaddafi loyalists who hijacked an internal Libyan flight with hand grenades on Friday have surrendered. The hijackers forced the pilot to fly to Malta. They have been arrested by authorities after allowing all the passengers and crew to leave the plane without violence Continue reading... |
| European far right calls for end to open borders after Berlin suspect shot Posted: 23 Dec 2016 07:11 AM PST Le Pen joins chorus of populist leaders urging end to Schengen agreement and reinstatement of national borders Rightwing and populist parties across Europe have seized on the shooting of Anis Amri, the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, in Italy to criticise Europe's open border policy and call for the end of the Schengen system. The leader of France's far-right Front National, Marine Le Pen, sought to make political capital from the fact that Amri, the man suspected of driving a truck into crowds in the German capital, had managed to travel from Germany to Italy, reportedly via France. Continue reading... |
| Oscar's £52m move to Shanghai is worrying for Chelsea FC – and China Posted: 23 Dec 2016 06:58 AM PST Paying silly prices, like Shanghai SIPG has for the Brazilian midfielder, is a sign of a bubble economy about to burst Fine wines. Fast cars. Old masters. To the list of luxury goods that have been snapped up by China's new rich, add Premier League footballers after Shanghai SIPG struck a deal to buy Oscar, Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder. A transfer fee of some £52m meant the west London club made a tidy profit on a player they bought for £19m four-and-a-half years ago, but has set alarm bells ringing in the Premier League. Continue reading... |
| Best photographs of the day: ropey Santas and Christmas travel Posted: 23 Dec 2016 06:21 AM PST The Guardian's picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including festive dressing-up Continue reading... |
| Anis Amri, Berlin attack suspect, shot dead by police in Milan Posted: 23 Dec 2016 05:53 AM PST Tunisian suspect linked to Monday's attack on Christmas market killed in shootout after being stopped by police Anis Amri, the Tunisian suspect believed to be behind Monday's terror attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, has been shot and killed by police in Milan, the Italian interior minister has confirmed. "The man killed was without a shadow of doubt Anis Amri," said Marco Minniti, the interior minister. Continue reading... |
| British policy has made situation in Syria worse, says former ambassador Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:32 AM PST Peter Ford says Britain should either have committed troops or not have encouraged opposition to mount 'doomed campaign' British policy on Syria has been "wrong every step of the way" and made the situation worse, a former UK ambassador to the country has claimed. Peter Ford, who was the ambassador in Damascus from 2003 to 2006 and has been a persistent critic of UK policy in Syria, said Bashar al-Assad's government should be given "a little credit" for the "relatively peaceful" end to the siege in Aleppo. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:30 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| The battle for eastern Aleppo in maps: how rebel territory shrank Posted: 23 Dec 2016 04:17 AM PST Forces loyal to the Assad regime captured all of rebel-held Aleppo in less than a month after launching a major ground offensive on 27 November. Amid harrowing reports of atrocities committed by pro-regime forces, rebel territory rapidly shrank to a small pocket. Civilians were finally evacuated after a ceasefire left the regime in control of the rebels' last major urban stronghold Continue reading... |
| Children collapse from hunger after poor harvests in Zimbabwe – in pictures Posted: 23 Dec 2016 03:58 AM PST The aftermath of southern Africa's drought is having a devastating impact in rural Zimbabwe. More than four million people will be in need of food aid between January and March 2017, nearly half the rural population All photographs by Justin Jin/Oxfam Continue reading... |
| The best photographs of 2016 from across the US Posted: 23 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST It was a year dominated by politics, protest, America's dominance at the Olympics and sporting history at home. Guardian US picture editor Sarah Gilbert selects the photographs that defined 2016 Continue reading... |
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