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The Gambia’s President Jammeh concedes defeat in election
Little sympathy for Colombia plane crash pilot: 'What he did was mass murder'
Hollande's re-election retreat met with mixed response
Iceland's Pirate party invited to form government
Mummified knees are Queen Nefertari's, archaeologists conclude
Austrian presidential rivals clash in final debate before vote
Hong Kong government seeks to bar four more MPs
Dachau concentration camp gate found two years after it was stolen
Year of electoral tests may end European Union as we know it
Mother of Briton accused of trying to shoot Trump makes appeal to Obama
Publisher apologises for 'sexist' wording on cover of Elena Garro book
EU neighbours set to take Germany to court over motorway tax
Concerned Mexicans find lost dog – but where is the outrage for missing people?
After Isis: the families returning home in Iraq
Fidel Castro, Nico Rosberg the and the Standing Rock protest – the 20 photographs of the week
Can Scotland be part of Brexit-Britain and the EU at the same time?
Has Ukip killed its golden EU goose?
Skilled, determined and broke: Africa's female football pioneers
Italy referendum defeat would complete Matteo Renzi's rapid downfall
Football abuse: from one lone voice to a national scandal
Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan president risks China's wrath
Colombia plane crash victims repatriated – video
Aung San Suu Kyi accuses international community of stoking unrest in Myanmar
Ten-year-old boy dies during basketball game in Perth
South Korean president Park Geun-Hye to face impeachment vote
Philippines' deadly drug war praised by Donald Trump, says Rodrigo Duterte
Fiji PM endorses InstaCharge, the app its creators claim can recharge your phone
Looted Palmyra relics seized by Swiss authorities at Geneva ports
Revealed: the new face of Neil Prakash, Australia's most wanted Isis member
Gunman 'on loose' in Paris after police respond to robbery
Fidel Castro's last journey maps story of leader's triumphs and shortcomings
The Furies that saved Cuba from invasion | Letters
Pound gains against the euro amid fears over Italy's referendum
Gambians celebrate shock election result – video
Adama Barrow: from Argos security guard to president of the Gambia
Film about nuns who fall in love to be shown in Welsh cathedral
For one Munich survivor, Chapecoense crash brings back painful memories
'Middle class' Church of England failing to listen to the poor, says bishop
France's PM Manuel Valls expected to launch presidential bid
'In Delhi, you go inside for fresh air': how I learned to breathe again
Italy's referendum: five things you need to know – video explainer
The battle for Mosul in maps: how the offensive has slowed
Women the world over have shown the US how to deal with sexism and racism | Yifat Susskind
Gaffe or provocation, Donald Trump's Taiwan phone call affects global stability
What do Donald Trump's Twitter tastes tell us about him?
Will Donald Trump actually be able to avoid conflicts of interest?
Paul Ryan says he ‘patched up’ relationship with Donald Trump – video
Trump announces James Mattis as defense secretary – video
'Release her now': John Kasich urged to free Tyra Patterson by victim's family – video

The Gambia’s President Jammeh concedes defeat in election

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 11:27 AM PST

Incoming president, Adama Barrow, says Jammeh called him offering his congratulations after shock result

The Gambia's autocratic president, Yahya Jammeh, who once claimed a "billion-year" mandate to rule, has conceded defeat after a shock election loss to a real-estate developer who once worked as a security guard in London.

Little sympathy for Colombia plane crash pilot: 'What he did was mass murder'

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:44 AM PST

Miguel Quiroga's father-in-law asked for forgiveness, as flight plan revealed inadequate fuel reserve for journey that killed most of a Brazilian football team

The father-in-law of the pilot who was operating the charter flight which crashed in the Andes killing 71 people, has asked for forgiveness, amid growing evidence that the aeroplane embarked with barely enough fuel to complete the journey.

Hollande's re-election retreat met with mixed response

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:43 AM PST

Reaction in German, Belgian and Swiss publications vary, with one declaring the president a 'dinosaur' of French politics

François Hollande's decision not to stand for a second term, the first time since the war that a French president has not bid for re-election, was greeted with a mixture of admiration and scorn by the country's neighbours – and stinging criticism of his record.

Iceland's Pirate party invited to form government

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 11:02 AM PST

Anti-establishment group receives mandate for power-sharing pact after talks to build five-party coalition fail

Iceland's president has invited the anti-establishment Pirate party to form a government, after the right- and leftwing parties failed in their bids.

Guðni Jóhannesson made the announcement on Friday after meeting with the head of the Pirate's parliamentary group, Birgitta Jónsdóttir.

Mummified knees are Queen Nefertari's, archaeologists conclude

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:18 AM PST

A pair of mummified knees are most likely those of the famously beautiful spouse of Pharoah Ramses II, who died around 1250BC, say scientists

A pair of mummified knees found in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Queens are most likely those of Queen Nefertari, the royal spouse of Pharaoh Ramses II, say archaeologists.

Thought to have died around 1250 BC, Nefertari was the favourite consort of Ramses the Great, and was famed at the time for her beauty.

Austrian presidential rivals clash in final debate before vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:54 AM PST

Polls show far-right Norbert Hofer and Green-backed Alexander Van der Bellen are neck and neck for repeat of run-off

The two rivals in the race for the Austrian presidency have traded allegations of espionage, economic incompetence and "spreading lies" in the final TV debate before Sunday's rerun of a run-off vote.

Polls show the rightwing populist Norbert Hofer and Green-backed Alexander Van der Bellen neck and neck for the vote.

Hong Kong government seeks to bar four more MPs

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:59 AM PST

Pro-independence representatives could be wiped out, after the disqualifications of Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung

Hong Kong's government signalled that it would attempt to disqualify four pro-democracy legislators on Friday, after successfully barring two others from the city's parliament in an unprecedented attack on popularly elected lawmakers.

The government will file a lawsuit seeking to unseat Lau Siu-lai, Nathan Law, Edward Yiu and Leung Kwok-hung by declaring their oaths of office invalid, local media reported.

Dachau concentration camp gate found two years after it was stolen

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 08:58 AM PST

Police in Bergen, Norway, find iron gate with slogan 'Arbeit macht frei' after tipoff

An iron gate with the slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (work will set you free) that was stolen from the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau two years ago has been found in Norway, police say.

"Due to an anonymous tipoff, police in Norway's Bergen have secured an iron gate with the well-known text," Bavaria state police said on Friday. "From the picture transmitted, police believe it is highly likely that this is the iron gate that was stolen from Dachau."

Year of electoral tests may end European Union as we know it

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 05:58 AM PST

Populist, nation-first parties to contest key elections buoyed by Brexit vote and Donald Trump victory

In Italy and Austria this weekend a shaken EU faces the first of a series of pivotal electoral tests that could profoundly change the political landscape of the bloc, and conceivably herald the end of the European project in its current form.

Shortly before last May's G7 meeting in Tokyo, Martin Selmayr, the senior Brussels official who runs the cabinet of the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, tweeted what he described as his populist "horror scenario".

Mother of Briton accused of trying to shoot Trump makes appeal to Obama

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 05:47 AM PST

Lynne Sandford calls on US president to let her son Michael serve his sentence in UK over incident at Las Vegas campaign rally

The mother of an autistic man who allegedly wanted to shoot Donald Trump at a campaign rally before the US election has appealed to Barack Obama to allow her son to serve his sentence in Britain.

Michael Sandford, 20, will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty to lesser charges of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting government business.

Publisher apologises for 'sexist' wording on cover of Elena Garro book

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:42 AM PST

Ad on front of new edition of work by the late Mexican novelist criticised for focusing on her relationships with male writers

A Spanish publisher has apologised for promoting a novel by the late Mexican writer Elena Garro on the basis of her relationships with some of the most famous male Latin American writers of the 20th century rather than as an author celebrated in her own right.

The Madrid-based Drácena recently published Garro's 1982 novel Reencuentro de Personajes (Character Reunion) to mark the centenary of her birth. But its choice of wording on a band around the new edition has been criticised for being "hyper-sexist", misogynist and offensive.

EU neighbours set to take Germany to court over motorway tax

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 05:06 AM PST

Austria and the Netherlands say they are ready to take legal action over charge applied to foreign-registered cars

A German plan to introduce a motorway tax for foreign cars has earned the wrath of other European Union members who have said they plan to challenge it in court.

The road charging system was approved by the Bundestag last year, but faced stiff opposition from the European commission which has called it discriminatory.

Concerned Mexicans find lost dog – but where is the outrage for missing people?

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:30 AM PST

After Mika the dog's story went viral, many saw the apparent double standard, as authorities and the media show little interest in most missing persons cases

After an eight-year-old dog named Mika escaped at Mexico City airport en route to Houston this week, her distraught owner posted a brief video on Twitter, calling on the airline she was traveling with to find her missing pet.

The tearful plea touched a nerve: Pamela Álvarez's post was retweeted more than 20,000 times, and the hashtags #Mika and #BuscandoaMika (Looking for Mika) trended on Mexican Twitter.

After Isis: the families returning home in Iraq

Posted: 03 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST

While the battle for Mosul rages, residents are returning to the ghost town of Jalawla. Can they rebuild their lives after a year of occupation?

On the evening of 11 August 2014, Assam Dara Ali was at home in Jalawla, southern Iraq. His wife, Teba, was putting their two young children to bed; meanwhile, Kurdish officials in Erbil were beginning to report that Jalawla had fallen to Isis. "Suddenly we heard cries of 'Allahu Akbar', God is greatest, from the mosque," Assam tells me. Isis was broadcasting its takeover message from the minarets, visible from the family's courtyard.

In the preceding months, fighters had seized large swaths of Iraq: the city of Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, the western towns of Sinjar and Makhmour, as well as Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. The newly declared caliphate of Islamic State was expanding by the day.

Fidel Castro, Nico Rosberg the and the Standing Rock protest – the 20 photographs of the week

Posted: 03 Dec 2016 12:21 AM PST

The mourning for Fidel Castro, Nico Rosberg's triumph and retirement, the protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the Colombia plane crash – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists

Can Scotland be part of Brexit-Britain and the EU at the same time?

Posted: 03 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST

Debate continues over Scotland's future after majority voted to remain in the EU

As a Berliner travelling from London to Edinburgh and strolling along the streets of the old and new towns one feels unexpectedly at home in a way one never feels at home in London. Why is this? The realisation comes suddenly. It is the dominance of tenements.

Instead of living next to each other – a tremendous waste of land in Berlin eyes – the inhabitants of Edinburgh live mostly one on top of the other like people in mainland European cities do.

Has Ukip killed its golden EU goose?

Posted: 03 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST

If Britain leaves the European Union in 2019, the party will lose its best platform and most reliable banker – as well as its big idea

For Paul Nuttall, Ukip's latest leader, the strategy is clear: Brexit needs to be clean, decisive – and rapid. What that means for Ukip itself, however, is another matter.

Of all the paradoxes about the British insurgent party, the biggest is this: Ukip was made by Europe, bankrolled by Europe. The European parliament gave the party its springboard and its voice. If Ukip was a political start-up, the EU provided the venture capital. Without the parliamentary seats, and the money that went with them, Ukip would never had have the platform. Europe made Nigel Farage a star.

Skilled, determined and broke: Africa's female football pioneers

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST

Despite social and sporting progress, even the best teams at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations struggle to fund friendlies

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, the hosts declared that when it came to football there was "no distinction" in the support given to men and women.

Despite this goal, female players report that as in many areas of life, there is still a stark divide in opportunities, and players at the tournament say the game is suffering from neglect. Africa's best women's team doesn't have enough money for friendlies, and players describe having fought patriarchy at every level to get where they are today.

Italy referendum defeat would complete Matteo Renzi's rapid downfall

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST

After taking office with hopes of enacting change, the PM has failed to gain the trust of voters who see politics as a scapegoat

When Matteo Renzi strode into the Italian prime minister's residence of Palazzo Chigi 34 months ago, having outmanoeuvred the old guard in his party to become the country's leader, he was widely regarded as Italy's last best hope.

The former mayor of Florence was a maverick reformer with big plans to turn around Italy's moribund economy and – if he played his cards right – would stand at the helm of a centre-left majority that seemed strong enough to crush the rising Five Star Movement (M5S) and its angry anti-establishment rhetoric, and bury conservatives who were still reeling from the political demise of Silvio Berlusconi.

Football abuse: from one lone voice to a national scandal

Posted: 03 Dec 2016 01:22 AM PST

Two weeks after Andy Woodward told of his sexual abuse as a young player, English football faces the worst crisis in its history

It began with the former footballer Andy Woodward bravely stepping out of the shadows to describe to the Guardian the sexual abuse he endured as a young player. Two weeks on it has spiralled into a scandal engulfing clubs and communities across the UK.

By Friday, 18 police forces were investigating leads from at least 350 alleged victims, the NSPCC children's charity was processing almost 1,000 reports to a hotline and one of the world's most famous clubs, Chelsea, was facing questions about whether it had tried to hush up abuse allegations.

Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan president risks China's wrath

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:31 PM PST

Diplomatic experts predict fraught start to US relations with Beijing after president-elect's conversation with Tsai Ing-wen

Donald Trump looked to have sparked a potentially damaging diplomatic row with China on Friday after speaking to Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen on the telephone in a move experts said would anger Beijing.

The call, first reported by the Taipei Times and confirmed by the Financial Times, is thought to be the first between the leader of the island and a US president or president-elect since ties between America and Taiwan were severed in 1979, at Beijing's behest.

Colombia plane crash victims repatriated – video

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:45 PM PST

The bodies of those who died in the Colombia plane crash on Monday, were repatriated to Brazil on Friday. The plane, which apparently ran out of fuel, killed 71 people including most of a Brazilian soccer team on its way to a regional cup final.

Chapecoense plane crash: what we know so far about the flight

Aung San Suu Kyi accuses international community of stoking unrest in Myanmar

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 10:23 PM PST

Leader says outsiders are 'concentrating on the negative side' of what the UN and Malaysia claim is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi accused the international community on Friday of stoking resentment between Buddhists and Muslims in the country's northwest, where an army crackdown has killed at least 86 people and sent 10,000 fleeing to Bangladesh.

Aung San Suu Kyi appealed for understanding of her nation's ethnic complexities, and said the world should not forget the military operation was launched in response to attacks on security forces that the government has blamed on Muslim insurgents.

Ten-year-old boy dies during basketball game in Perth

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 11:48 PM PST

The boy collapsed during a state championships game in Western Australia and could not be revived

A 10-year-old boy has collapsed and died while playing at a basketball tournament in Perth.

Paramedics were called to the Warwick Stadium in Perth at 10.50am on Saturday after the boy collapsed during a break in a game at the under-11 state championships.

South Korean president Park Geun-Hye to face impeachment vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 08:36 PM PST

The motion, backed by 171 lawmakers in the 300-seat legislature, will be put to a vote in the National Assembly on Friday

South Korea's opposition parties have filed an impeachment motion against scandal-hit president Park Geun-Hye as a fresh weekly protest was expected to draw a million protesters, organisers said.

The motion, backed by 171 lawmakers in the 300-seat legislature, will be put to a vote in the National Assembly on Friday.

Philippines' deadly drug war praised by Donald Trump, says Rodrigo Duterte

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:45 PM PST

Philippines leader says US president-elect felt drug war which has killed thousands was being fought 'the right way'

US President-elect Donald Trump has praised Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte for his controversial war on drugs in which thousands have died, Duterte said on Saturday following a phone call between the leaders.

The Philippine president called Trump on Friday evening to congratulate him on his victory and Trump wished him "success" in his controversial crackdown, in which 4,800 people have been killed since June, according to Duterte.

Fiji PM endorses InstaCharge, the app its creators claim can recharge your phone

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:18 PM PST

PM Frank Bainimarama wants to make Fiji a telecoms hub but experts say phone app breaks the laws of thermodynamics

An app that claims to recharge phone batteries in 30 seconds has been publicly endorsed by the Fijian government, despite experts saying it defies the rules of thermodynamics.

InstaCharge was launched at a lavish party in Fiji last week, and was lauded by the Fijian prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, who is said to be the only person so far to use the new app.

Looted Palmyra relics seized by Swiss authorities at Geneva ports

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:18 PM PST

Confiscated objects date from the third and fourth centuries and include a head of Aphrodite and two funereal bas-reliefs

Swiss authorities have seized cultural relics looted from Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, as well as from Libya and Yemen, which were being stored in Geneva's free ports.

The free ports provide highly secured warehouses where basically anything can be kept tax-free with few questions asked.

Revealed: the new face of Neil Prakash, Australia's most wanted Isis member

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:58 PM PST

Exclusive: new details and photographs emerge of the accused terrorist captured by security services in Turkey

The first photographs have emerged of Australian senior Isis member, Neil Prakash, following his capture and imprisonment in Turkey.

The photographs obtained by the Guardian show the accused terrorist with a face that has thinned noticeably since he appeared more than six months ago in publicity material as one of the extremist group's chief recruiters.

Gunman 'on loose' in Paris after police respond to robbery

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:00 PM PST

Hostages released after operation on Boulevard Masséna to stop reported hold-up at travel agent's office

A gunman is thought to be on the loose in Paris after police raided the travel agent's office he was believed to be trying to rob. They released six hostages - but found no one else inside.

The city's police force said it carried out the operation on the Boulevard Masséna, in the south-east of the city, at about 6.30pm on Friday.

Fidel Castro's last journey maps story of leader's triumphs and shortcomings

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST

The Cuban revolutionary's funeral procession is retracing in reverse his route to seizing power in Havana. Amid genuine grief mourners also hope for change

The ashes approach. A hundred flags wave, a thousand camera phones click, veterans salute and the chants go up of "Yo soy Fidel" ("I am Fidel"). Then, within seconds, the procession has passed, the crowd breaks up, the roads reopen and people go back to their normal lives.

The Furies that saved Cuba from invasion | Letters

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 10:37 AM PST

Following Castro's death, perhaps we can now acknowledge the role that British-made aircraft played in defending Cuba from the CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. The Cuban Air Force Hawker Sea Furies were instrumental in preventing the full invasion force from landing, which was the last time Sea Furies were ever used in action. A remaining plane is displayed at the Bay of Pigs Museo Giron.
Martin Griffies
Bristol

• "British remainers must be EU reformers," writes Martin Kettle (2 December). We all saw what David Cameron's fundamental reform effort came up with. The EU isn't reformable. And does he seriously think that the EU will take a blind bit of notice of us once we've crawled back?
Simon Hunter
Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire

Pound gains against the euro amid fears over Italy's referendum

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 10:24 AM PST

Sterling was up against euro for the fifth week in a row, as markets looked ahead to constitutional vote that is too close to call

The pound has closed at its highest level against the euro in three months after nervous currency traders adopted a cautious approach ahead of Italy's constitutional referendum on Sunday.

With the poll in the eurozone's third-biggest economy too close to call, fears that a no vote would risk a fresh economic and political crisis pushed sterling to a fifth successive week of gains against the single currency, the pound's best run in nine weeks.

Gambians celebrate shock election result – video

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 10:16 AM PST

Thousands of Gambian people take to the streets of Banjul on Friday to celebrate the election win by businessman Adama Barrow over the autocratic president Yahya Jammeh. The outgoing president, who seized power in 1994, has told officials that he will concede defeat.

The Gambia's President Jammeh to concede defeat in election

Adama Barrow: from Argos security guard to president of the Gambia

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:40 AM PST

Former shop worker ousts Yahya Jammeh on promise of change, transforming him into a national hero in only a few weeks

The Gambia's new president, Adama Barrow, is a real-estate agent and former Argos security guard who wooed voters with promises of a new start for one of Africa's poorest countries.

The 51-year-old was born in a riverside village far inland, on the eve of Gambian independence. He won a scholarship to high school in the capital, Banjul, then rose through the ranks of local firms.

Film about nuns who fall in love to be shown in Welsh cathedral

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 08:14 AM PST

St Asaph Cathedral will host screening of All One in Christ, which is critical of church's approach to homosexuality

A short film that is deeply critical of the church's attitude to homosexuality is to receive its world premiere in a cathedral with the approval of the archbishop of Wales.

The 12-minute documentary, which tells the story of two former nuns who fell in love, only to be ostracised by the church after their relationship was exposed, is to be screened in St Asaph Cathedral in Denbighshire, north Wales.

For one Munich survivor, Chapecoense crash brings back painful memories

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:13 AM PST

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg survived the 1958 air disaster that killed eight of his teammates. He says only getting back to training stopped him from going mad

A survivor of the 1958 Munich air disaster that killed 23 people, including eight Manchester United football players, has spoken about how he had to ask his family to leave him alone to watch the details of this week's Chapecoense team plane crash as it unfolded.

'Middle class' Church of England failing to listen to the poor, says bishop

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:10 AM PST

Philip North, the bishop of Burnley, accuses church of allowing its agenda to be set by academics, elites and the secular media

The bishop of Burnley has lambasted the Church of England for adopting a "middle class culture" and failing to listen to the marginalised working class voices behind the vote for Brexit.

The church had jumped on "the middle-class establishment bandwagon of outrage and horror", Philip North wrote in the Church Times. "As if set to auto-pilot, the C of E has joined in with those who are decrying the collapse of the liberal consensus and bemoaning a new mood of division in our public life."

France's PM Manuel Valls expected to launch presidential bid

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:05 AM PST

Self-styled Socialist strongman has been gearing up for weeks and, with Hollande out of the running, now has his chance

François Hollande's dramatic announcement that he will not seek a second term as France's president has opened the way for the Socialist prime minister, Manuel Valls, to to mount a bid.

Valls is expected to swiftly throw his hat into the ring to become the Socialist presidential candidate and perhaps resign as prime minister in order to campaign for the party's primary vote, to be held at the end of January.

'In Delhi, you go inside for fresh air': how I learned to breathe again

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 06:04 AM PST

India's capital has endured epidemics, the threat of war and a currency crisis in recent weeks, proving that in this vast city, toxic air is just another problem

I always knew that living in Delhi would gift me unusual talents. I can now confidently cross busy traffic with just a little daring and an outstretched palm. I know which of the puddles on the pavement are effluent and which are just muddy water. And I've developed a sharp instinct for insulation.

Windows that sit slightly open; outsized gaps between doors and floors; open space in the walls around improperly installed air conditioners: for a week this November I could walk into any room in India's heaving capital and identify insulation flaws immediately.

Italy's referendum: five things you need to know – video explainer

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 05:07 AM PST

Italy's constitutional referendum on Sunday has become the latest front in the global tide of anti-establishment sentiment. The prime minister, Matteo Renzi, says he will resign if Italians reject his proposed reforms – and Eurosceptic populists stand ready to reap the benefits. There is also the prospect that political turmoil could reignite Italy's banking crisis

The battle for Mosul in maps: how the offensive has slowed

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 04:30 AM PST

More than six weeks after the start of the operation to take back Iraq's second city from Islamic State, we map the progress of the coalition forces

In June 2014, when the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared a global caliphate, he did it from Mosul, Iraq's second city. Isis rapidly expanded its territory in Iraq and Syria throughout that year, but has since been gradually pushed back, partly due to US-led airstrikes. Losing Mosul now could spell the end of the jihadi group's ability to control large swaths of Iraq.

Women the world over have shown the US how to deal with sexism and racism | Yifat Susskind

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 04:00 AM PST

From Liberia to Colombia and beyond, women have compiled a vast archive of methods to combat threats to their rights. The US need only follow their lead

Many in the US are emerging from their initial shock at the outcome of the presidential election to confront its likely impacts: a legitimation of right-wing identity politics, worsening climate change and militarism, assaults on women's rights and LGBT rights, and the gutting of basic public services.

A litany like this can feel overwhelming, but none of these threats are actually new. Just ask the indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock, or women in the 89% of US counties without an abortion provider, or people of colour targeted by racist law enforcement policies.

Gaffe or provocation, Donald Trump's Taiwan phone call affects global stability

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:24 PM PST

US president-elect's ill-considered dealings with Taipei illustrate inexperience that could be exploited by China, say experts

Not for the first time, and almost certainly not for the last in this two months of shadow government by Twitter, it is far from clear whether Donald Trump has made US foreign policy by accident or on purpose.

As has also become normal in the "post-truth" aftermath of the bitter election, the facts surrounding his telephone conversation with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen are in dispute. Reacting to the wave of alarm caused by the call, upending 37 years of US diplomatic practice in a few minutes, the president-elect protested in a tweet that it was Tsai who had called him, implying he just happened to pick up the phone.

What do Donald Trump's Twitter tastes tell us about him?

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 03:56 PM PST

Trump follows Bill O'Reilly and Piers Morgan, but top Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Paul Ryan don't make the cut

Donald Trump, with over 16 million followers on Twitter, famously follows only 40 people himself. If you take a look at his list, it's like your dad joined Twitter to find out what all the fuss was about, followed his direct relatives and everyone in his book club, then got bored.

It has a sudden, inorganic feel, as if it were built in a day; nearly a quarter of the follows are for his own hotels and golf clubs, so a lot of the timeline is filled with pictures of diced vegetables and there are as many links as hyperlinks.

Will Donald Trump actually be able to avoid conflicts of interest?

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 09:31 AM PST

The president-elect has claimed he will distance himself from his sprawling business empire. But little is known about how exactly this would work

Donald Trump claimed this week he would remove himself from his business operations in a bid to address the unprecedented conflicts of interest that would follow him to the presidency.

Little is known about how exactly Trump plans to distance himself from his sprawling empire, which owns hotels and golf resorts and businesses including a winery and modeling agency, and whether his plans would truly be enough to avoid placing his private and public interests on a collision course.

Paul Ryan says he ‘patched up’ relationship with Donald Trump – video

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:59 PM PST

In an interview to be aired Sunday on CBS's 60 Minutes, House speaker Paul Ryan says he speaks with President-elect Trump almost every day. Ryan said Trump will be 'an unconventional president', but he believes he is up to the job

Trump announces James Mattis as defense secretary – video

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 07:56 AM PST

President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate retired marine corps Gen James Mattis, known as 'Mad Dog' and renowned for his tough talk and battlefield experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, to lead the Pentagon. 'But we're not announcing it till Monday so don't tell anybody,' Trump told a rally in Cincinnati

Donald Trump announces James 'Mad Dog' Mattis as secretary of defense

'Release her now': John Kasich urged to free Tyra Patterson by victim's family – video

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 04:00 AM PST

Earlier this year, the Guardian reported the story of Tyra Patterson, a woman serving a life sentence in Ohio. She has been accused of taking part in a group robbery that led to the murder of 15-year-old Michelle Lai but has always maintained her innocence. Now, the victim's sister who witnessed the shooting is asking Governor John Kasich for Patterson's release. In an exclusive interview, Holly Lai Holbrook explains how Patterson's release would set Lai Holbrook free

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