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- Italy referendum: 'Period of uncertainty' predicted after Matteo Renzi's defeat – live
- Austria rejects far-right candidate Norbert Hofer in presidential election
- Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, in win for tribe
- Death toll from Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire rises to 33 killed
- New Zealand prime minister John Key resigns
- Fidel Castro's ashes interred privately as thousands line streets in Cuban city
- Donald Trump rails against China as team runs damage control over Taiwan
- US and UK explore possibility of aid airdrops in Syria
- Finland shooting: three women killed outside Imatra restaurant
- UN makes biggest ever aid appeal amid fears of compassion fatigue
- Relations between US and UN strained over Afghanistan war reports
- Putin says Trump's business record shows he is a 'smart man'
- Greece must reform or leave eurozone, says German minister
- Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down after 10 years issuing visas
- Washington gunman motivated by fake news 'Pizzagate' conspiracy
- India: thousands gather after Tamil Nadu leader Jayaram Jayalalithaa suffers heart attack
- Kiev apartment resident turns scruffy stairwell into a gilded palace
- Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum defeat
- Ready for Russia: Lithuanians taught how to resist invasion
- Friends pay tribute to Oxford student who died in French Alps
- The battle for Mosul stalls: 'we are fighting the devil himself'
- The British reaction to the Gambia’s ‘Argos’ president: don’t get above your station | Eliza Anyangwe
- Death in Paradise actor says he contracted Zika virus while filming
- Tony Abbott defends green army amid reports it will be scrapped
- Casey review raises alarm over social integration in the UK
- What next for New Zealand? National party loses John Key's personal appeal
- John's key moments: ponytail pulling, a three-way handshake and a vasectomy – video
- Philippines vice-president resigns from cabinet over 'differences' with Rodrigo Duterte
- Matteo Renzi announces his resignation as Italian prime minister – video
- 'A storm is gathering on the horizon': Chinese scholars fret about Trump
- John Key kept the knife he reserved for himself perfectly concealed
- Referendum result may lead nowhere for Italy's Five Star and Northern League
- 'This feels the right time to go': New Zealand PM John Key resigns – video
- New Zealand prime minister John Key's resignation speech in full
- Van der Bellen: Austria vote a signal of hope – video
- British arms companies buck global trend with increase in sales
- MH370 search: families of passengers to comb Madagascar beaches for clues
- Climate change likely cause of freak avalanches
- Fiji's police and military using torture with 'near impunity', Amnesty says
- Victory for Van der Bellen and the left is a sigh of relief for Europe
- Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss 'bad' Iran nuclear deal with Donald Trump
- Rise in faith identity could be a good thing for all of us | Letters
- Police comments on Finland shooting – video
- Venezuela to issue new bolivar banknotes after dramatic fall in value
- Amber Rudd to allow police to use new Taser 'within weeks'
- Eyewitness: Liverpool, UK
- Women tap into new roles as mobile internet scheme targets rural India | Amrit Dhillon
- Dakota Access pipeline protesters celebrate after permit denied – video
- Officials say Oakland warehouse fire death toll rises to 24 – video
| Italy referendum: 'Period of uncertainty' predicted after Matteo Renzi's defeat – live Posted: 05 Dec 2016 01:59 AM PST Prime minister confirms he will resign following heavy referendum defeat, and Austria elects left-leaning president over Norbert Hofer
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Germany's hardline finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, says Italy should continue with Renzi's economic policies. "Italy has to continue the path that Prime Minister Renzi has taken economically and politically", Reuters quoted Schäuble as saying. #Schäuble: "Continuare con politiche economiche Renzi. Non c'è motivo per crisi dell'Euro" |
| Austria rejects far-right candidate Norbert Hofer in presidential election Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:49 AM PST Pro-European Alexander Van der Bellen increases his lead after narrow win in May election was annulled Austria has decisively rejected the possibility of the EU getting its first far-right head of state, instead electing a former leader of the Green party who said he would be an "open-minded, liberal-minded and above all a pro-European president". Alexander Van der Bellen, who ran as an independent, increased his lead over the far-right Freedom party candidate, Norbert Hofer, by a considerable margin from the original vote in May, which was annulled by the constitutional court due to voting irregularities. Continue reading... |
| Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, in win for tribe Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:27 PM PST Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river, handing a major win to environmental activists The Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river, the army announced on Sunday, handing a major victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe after a months-long campaign against the pipeline. Assistant secretary for civil works Jo-Ellen Darcy announced the decision on Sunday, with the army saying it was based on "a need to explore alternate routes" for the crossing. Continue reading... |
| Death toll from Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire rises to 33 killed Posted: 04 Dec 2016 03:31 PM PST
Oakland officials on Sunday increased the death toll of a warehouse fire to 33 people, as the mayor announced that a criminal investigation team has joined the inquiry into how an unauthorized party became one of the worst disasters in the city's history. Related: Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse had history of violations before deadly fire Continue reading... |
| New Zealand prime minister John Key resigns Posted: 04 Dec 2016 08:30 PM PST Key says he would vote for his deputy prime minister, Bill English, if he put his name forward for leader, after shock announcement that he is quitting John Key, the New Zealand prime minister and leader of the National party, has resigned in a decision that has taken the country by surprise. Key held a media conference in Wellington at 12.45pm local time, after informing the cabinet of his decision. Continue reading... |
| Fidel Castro's ashes interred privately as thousands line streets in Cuban city Posted: 04 Dec 2016 06:06 AM PST Cuban officials canceled plans to broadcast ceremony at Santa Ifigenia cemetery after Raúl Castro announced ban on naming sites after Fidel Fidel Castro's ashes were interred in a private ceremony on Sunday morning, ending nine days of mourning for the man who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century. Related: Three generations of Cubans united by gratitude to Fidel Castro Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump rails against China as team runs damage control over Taiwan Posted: 05 Dec 2016 12:53 AM PST President-elect sent tweets hours after Mike Pence tried to downplay possibility that Trump could threaten diplomatic rift with Beijing through actions last week President-elect Donald Trump railed against China on Sunday, only hours after his transition team denied that his call with Taiwan's president signaled a new US policy toward Pacific power. "Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into their country (the US doesn't tax them) or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea?" he tweeted. "I don't think so!" Continue reading... |
| US and UK explore possibility of aid airdrops in Syria Posted: 04 Dec 2016 04:46 AM PST Talks have been held on how to get food and medicine to besieged people including use of parachute drops and edible drones The US and UK have been holding talks to explore ways to airdrop food and medical supplies to eastern Aleppo and other besieged populations in Syria. The talks have been going on for months in Washington and have considered a broad range of possibilities, from parachute drops to creating an air bridge with drone flights, and even flying in edible drones that can be taken apart and eaten. Continue reading... |
| Finland shooting: three women killed outside Imatra restaurant Posted: 04 Dec 2016 07:55 AM PST Man held in custody after local politician and two journalists shot with rifle in centre of small town A mayor and two journalists have been shot dead by a gunman in the town of Imatra in south-east Finland. The three women were shot in the head and chest by a sniper who opened fire on a pedestrian area in the nightlife district just before midnight on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| UN makes biggest ever aid appeal amid fears of compassion fatigue Posted: 04 Dec 2016 06:39 AM PST Growing number – and scale – of crises around the world is not matched by countries' will to tackle them, experts warn The United Nations is expected to launch its biggest ever appeal for humanitarian funding amid growing fears that major donors no longer have the political will to address proliferating crises in Yemen, Syria, Nigeria and elsewhere. The annual appeal, to be launched on Monday against the backdrop of a struggling global economy, a rising tide of nationalist sentiment epitomised by politicians such as Donald Trump, and growing compassion fatigue, will seek to raise roughly $22bn (£17.4bn). Continue reading... |
| Relations between US and UN strained over Afghanistan war reports Posted: 04 Dec 2016 08:42 AM PST US military is increasingly trying to control public information about conflict, nearly leading to ban on UN staff from Kabul base The US military in Afghanistan is increasingly trying to control public information about the war, resulting in strained relations with western organisations offering different versions of events to official military accounts, the Guardian has learned. In a recent incident, the most senior US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John W Nicholson, considered banning or restricting the UN's access to a military base in Kabul, according to informed sources in both organisations. Continue reading... |
| Putin says Trump's business record shows he is a 'smart man' Posted: 04 Dec 2016 07:57 AM PST
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said Donald Trump's business success is evidence the US president-elect is a "smart man". Related: Republican defense community fills Reagan shrine with prayers over Trump Continue reading... |
| Greece must reform or leave eurozone, says German minister Posted: 04 Dec 2016 08:29 AM PST Wolfgang Schäuble rules out debt relief for Greece before meeting of eurozone's finance ministers Greece must implement economic reforms if it is to keep its place in the eurozone, Germany's finance minister has insisted, ruling out debt relief for the country ahead of a crucial euro group meeting on Monday. As the finance ministers of member states using the single currency prepared to discuss fiscal plans for the coming year, Wolfgang Schäuble in effect presented Greece with an ultimatum: either it must enforce unpopular structural reforms or exit the bloc. Continue reading... |
| Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down after 10 years issuing visas Posted: 04 Dec 2016 05:18 AM PST Ghanaian and Turkish crime rings 'paid corrupt officials to look the other way' to illegally obtain authentic documents Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital Accra run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department has said. Until it was shut down, the sham embassy was housed in a rundown, pink two-storey building with a corrugated iron roof and flew an American flag outside. Inside hung a portrait of the US president, Barack Obama. Continue reading... |
| Washington gunman motivated by fake news 'Pizzagate' conspiracy Posted: 05 Dec 2016 01:27 AM PST Washington restaurant was target of fake news reports it was operating a child abuse ring led by Hillary Clinton and an aide US police have arrested a man wielding an assault rifle who entered a pizza restaurant that was the target of fake news reports it was operating a child abuse ring led by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her top campaign aide. An unidentified 35-year-old man was being held for questioning after police were called to the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington near the Maryland border, said Aquita Brown, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Department in the nation's capital. Continue reading... |
| India: thousands gather after Tamil Nadu leader Jayaram Jayalalithaa suffers heart attack Posted: 05 Dec 2016 01:25 AM PST Popular actress-turned-politician in critical condition after being hospitalized two months ago with a fever, dehydration and a respiratory infection The south Indian state of Tamil Nadu is bracing for unrest after its ailing chief minister, Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, suffered a heart attack on Sunday evening. The 68-year-old, known to her supporters as "Amma" (mother), starred in more than 150 movies before becoming a titanic figure in the state's politics and serving as chief minister four times. Continue reading... |
| Kiev apartment resident turns scruffy stairwell into a gilded palace Posted: 05 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST Vladimir Chaika has spent years installing ornamental plaster mouldings and art reproductions in a Soviet-era block of flats From the outside, number 11A is a drab block of flats like any other in Troyeshina, a scruffy Kiev suburb of identikit Soviet-era housing. The entrance door is daubed with graffiti, the ground floor hallway dingy and depressing. But exit the lift between floors six and eight, however, and the contrast with the grey, snowy winter outside could not be greater. The stairwell has been plastered, gilded and ornamented so it resembles a Tsarist palace more than a Khrushchev-era block of flats. Set in gilded frames, reproductions of the Mona Lisa and other well-known portraits stare out. Cherubs and ornamental flowers adorn the ceiling; set amid the swirling plaster are colourful vistas of desert islands fringed with palm trees. Continue reading... |
| Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum defeat Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:31 PM PST High voter turnout, the rise of the populist Five Star Movement and Northern League and the unpopularity of Renzi were all factors Matteo Renzi will resign as Italian prime minister after being roundly defeated in a referendum to change the constitution, marking a major victory for anti-establishment and rightwing parties and plunging the eurozone's third largest economy into political chaos. Related: Referendum win may lead nowhere for Five Star and Northern League Continue reading... |
| Ready for Russia: Lithuanians taught how to resist invasion Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Copies of manual, with tips on civil disobedience, given to schools and libraries after Trump victory threatens Nato alliance The Lithuanian defence ministry has issued 30,000 copies of an instruction manual advising citizens on what to do in the event of a Russia-led invasion. The release of the 75-page paperback, entitled Guide to Active Resistance, comes amid increased fears of Russian aggression following the election of Donald Trump, who stated during his campaign that he would review the US's position on defending Nato allies. Continue reading... |
| Friends pay tribute to Oxford student who died in French Alps Posted: 05 Dec 2016 02:02 AM PST Matt Smith, a 22-year-old history undergraduate, is thought to have died of heart attack in ski resort of Val Thorens Friends of a third-year Oxford history undergraduate who died of a heart attack in the French Alps have said they thought he was "invincible". The 22-year-old, named by friends on social media as Matt Smith, was found after the first night of the Oxford and Cambridge universities' ski trip in the ski resort of Val Thorens on Sunday morning. Continue reading... |
| The battle for Mosul stalls: 'we are fighting the devil himself' Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST After quick early progress, the operation to retake Islamic State's last urban stronghold in Iraq is getting more difficult Heaving on a huge, scorched metal door and covered in engine oil, Sgt Hussein Mahmoud was deep into a morning's work. Twisted hulks of wrecked army vehicles sat incongruously in the coarse dust that was kicked up by still-moving trucks as they crept around Mosul's urban fringe. Two other soldiers with industrial wrenches joined in, trying in vain to dislodge the door from its hinges. "We need it for humvees that still work," said one of them. "We're under pressure to provide them with parts." |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST The 'Argos security guard defeats dictator' headlines say little about Adama Barrow and the Gambia, and much about Britain's obsession with status On Friday 2 December, the small west African nation of the Gambia gave the world some hope which, in 2016, has often been in short supply. Election results announced that day revealed a shock win for Adama Barrow, bringing to an end the 22-year rule of president Yahya Jammeh, a man who once said he was prepared to rule for a billion years. History-making aside, what seems to fascinate the UK press most is the fact that the president-elect once worked as a security guard at Argos, a British retailer. On the surface this interesting titbit further heightens the sense of Barrow's rise from obscurity. But because what was essentially a student job (Barrow worked at Argos while studying) has dominated headlines from the Daily Mail to the Independent, an underlying condescension has become more apparent to me. Continue reading... |
| Death in Paradise actor says he contracted Zika virus while filming Posted: 04 Dec 2016 10:16 AM PST Tony Gardner tells of catching virus on island of Guadeloupe and says BBC show's crew may form part of a study into disease The Death in Paradise actor Tony Gardner contracted the Zika virus while filming the BBC1 crime series in the Caribbean, and the show's crew could be part of a study into the disease. Gardner, who has also appeared in The Thick of It and Fresh Meat, revealed he and other crew members could have made up "quite a lot" of the more than 250 people from the UK who are known to have caught the virus. Continue reading... |
| Tony Abbott defends green army amid reports it will be scrapped Posted: 05 Dec 2016 01:21 AM PST 'It's a bad principle to axe your own policy for the Greens policy,' former prime minister complains Tony Abbott has lashed out after reports that the green army will be scrapped in the looming midyear budget update, declaring that he is "dismayed" by the development and accusing Malcolm Turnbull of dancing to the tune of the Greens. The former prime minister took to social media on Monday to defend the program he launched after reports it would be axed to help fund the government's parliamentary deal with the Greens to restore $100m to Landcare. Continue reading... |
| Casey review raises alarm over social integration in the UK Posted: 05 Dec 2016 01:04 AM PST Study attacks attempts by governments to boost ethnic integration as 'saris, samosas and steel drums for the well-intentioned' Governments have failed for more than a decade to ensure that social integration in the UK has kept up with the "unprecedented pace and scale of immigration" and have allowed some local communities to become increasingly divided, a major review has found. At the end of a year-long study of community cohesion in Britain, Dame Louise Casey has branded ministerial attempts to boost integration of ethnic minorities as amounting to little more than "saris, samosas and steel drums for the already well-intentioned". Continue reading... |
| What next for New Zealand? National party loses John Key's personal appeal Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:17 PM PST A turbulent year for New Zealand has ended with the resignation of a popular leader. But this is not necessarily good news for the opposition, analysts say New Zealand's opposition parties will be thinking "all their Christmases have come at once" following the surprise resignation of prime minister John Key, whose personal popularity was their greatest obstacle to winning the 2017 election, analysts have said. They may be hoping to capitalise on a turbulent year for New Zealand, during which the privileged leader of the National party was increasingly charged with being "out of touch" with middle New Zealand – traditionally his strongest support base. Continue reading... |
| John's key moments: ponytail pulling, a three-way handshake and a vasectomy – video Posted: 04 Dec 2016 10:20 PM PST New Zealand prime minister John Key, who has announced he will be stepping down after eight years in the top job, has provided the internet with his fair share of eyebrow-raising content. From promising to collect Americans at the airport if they booked a ticket to New Zealand, dancing to Gangnam Style and joking that a Maori tribe were cannibals, appearances by Key are rarely dull. Here, we look back at some of the sillier moments of his time in office Continue reading... |
| Philippines vice-president resigns from cabinet over 'differences' with Rodrigo Duterte Posted: 04 Dec 2016 09:12 PM PST Former human rights lawyer Leni Robredo condemns president's bloody war on drug and plans to reimpose death penalty The vice-president of the Philippine resigned from a cabinet post on Monday, citing "major differences in principles and values" with President Rodrigo Duterte and an unspecified plot to remove her from the vice presidency. Leni Robredo, a human rights lawyer and respected political newcomer, tendered her resignation as housing secretary in a letter to the president but will stay on in her elected post as vice-president. Continue reading... |
| Matteo Renzi announces his resignation as Italian prime minister – video Posted: 04 Dec 2016 08:03 PM PST After defeat in Italy's referendum on constitutional reform, prime minister Matteo Renzi has said he will resign. 'I lost and I say it loud and clear, even if I have a lump in my throat,' he said in a late-night press conference. 'Tomorrow afternoon I will call a cabinet meeting … I will then go to the Quirinale where I will tender my resignation to the president.' Continue reading... |
| 'A storm is gathering on the horizon': Chinese scholars fret about Trump Posted: 04 Dec 2016 07:43 PM PST Experts agree the chances of a bitter and messy rupture between China and the US have increased following Trump's tweets lashing out at Beijing In the days after Donald Trump's sensational election victory Chinese foreign policy experts heralded the property tycoon's triumph as a rare opportunity to recast the often rancorous relationship between Washington and Beijing. "In everything he is better than Clinton," commemorated Shen Dingli, a professor of international relations from Shanghai's Fudan University. "We must welcome him." Continue reading... |
| John Key kept the knife he reserved for himself perfectly concealed Posted: 04 Dec 2016 06:09 PM PST Fittingly, as head of a party lauded for its ability to renew, Key edged himself out of the leadership before there was much speculation about his future It is one of the hoary rules of politics that leaders never – almost never – go of their own accord. But John Key, not for the first time, has proved his resistance to the forces of political gravity, announcing on Monday afternoon he will exit on his own terms. "For me this feels the right time to go," the prime minister of New Zealand said. Continue reading... |
| Referendum result may lead nowhere for Italy's Five Star and Northern League Posted: 04 Dec 2016 05:13 PM PST It is clear that many Italians who voted no in the referendum would not support either party in a general election The tweet from Italy's most rightwing xenophobe was enough to send a chill down any liberal democrat's spine. Related: Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum defeat Continue reading... |
| 'This feels the right time to go': New Zealand PM John Key resigns – video Posted: 04 Dec 2016 04:55 PM PST New Zealand prime minister John Key has made the shock decision to quit politics after eight years in power. Key says he will step down on 12 December when the caucus elects a new leader. He says he has 'given everything I can' to the job, a dedication that came at 'quite some sacrifice to the people dearest to me, my family' Continue reading... |
| New Zealand prime minister John Key's resignation speech in full Posted: 04 Dec 2016 04:49 PM PST John Key has said he will step down on 12 December after eight years. In an emotional speech he said he had 'given everything I could to the job'. New Zealand prime minister John Key has shocked the nation by announcing his resignation. Here is his speech in full: "Just a few days ago I marked the anniversary of my eighth year as Prime Minister and my tenth as leader of the National Party. Continue reading... |
| Van der Bellen: Austria vote a signal of hope – video Posted: 04 Dec 2016 04:29 PM PST Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen and his message of moderation and tolerance prevailed in Austria's presidential election on Sunday, with preliminary results showing him with an unbeatable margin over right-wing rival Norbert Hofer. Van der Bellen said that his victory has sent "a red and white signal of hope" to the European capitals as he pledged to be a president for Austrians who had voted for him and against him Continue reading... |
| British arms companies buck global trend with increase in sales Posted: 04 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST BAE Systems – the UK's biggest arms maker – sees sales rise to $25.5bn partly because of aircraft exports to Saudi Arabia Arms companies in the UK and elsewhere in western Europe bucked the downward trend in sales in much of the rest of the world by recording a 6.6% rise last year, according to data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). UK companies listed in the top 100 arms companies were among those who reversed the trend, with sales up 2.8% in 2015. Arms sales by western European companies had dropped in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading... |
| MH370 search: families of passengers to comb Madagascar beaches for clues Posted: 04 Dec 2016 03:05 PM PST Relatives have accused Malaysian authorities of not doing enough as parts believed to be from the missing jet are found on Madagascan coast The families of those lost aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing in 2014 will themselves comb the beaches of Madagascar this week in the hope of finding debris from the plane. The families, who arrived on the island in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, have criticised Malaysian investigators for not doing enough to find debris, which could reveal more clues about what happened. |
| Climate change likely cause of freak avalanches Posted: 04 Dec 2016 01:30 PM PST Two vast ice avalanches that instantly changed the shape of a region in Tibet are being blamed on rising temperatures For thousands of years the ice-capped Aru mountain range in western Tibet has been a steady presence, but this year, two vast ice avalanches changed the shape of the region in an instant. The first, which occurred without warning on 17 July, sent 60m cubic metres (24,000 olympic swimming pools) of ice and rock tearing down a narrow valley in Rutog county, killing nine herders and hundreds of sheep and yaks. By the time it stopped the debris covered 10sq km and was up to 30 metres deep. Continue reading... |
| Fiji's police and military using torture with 'near impunity', Amnesty says Posted: 04 Dec 2016 01:01 PM PST Report details beatings, rape, sexual violence, attack by police dogs and even murder being used by security forces Fiji's police, corrections officers and military personnel consistently use torture against people accused of crimes or in custody, a new report from Amnesty International says. The report, launched in Suva on Monday, details beatings, rape, sexual violence, attack by police dogs and even murder being used by security forces with impunity. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Victory for Van der Bellen and the left is a sigh of relief for Europe Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:39 AM PST The leftist's win was hailed as the 'liberal pushback' against Brexit and Trump, but 46% voted for the far-right Norbert Hofer The sigh of relief that followed Alexander Van der Bellen's victory in Austria's rerun presidential election on Sunday could be heard all over Europe. After the twin traumas of Trump and Brexit, centrist parties, social democrats and liberals of all stripes had feared another triumph for the advancing forces of nativist populism represented by Van der Bellen's rival, the far-right Freedom party's Norbert Hofer. Instead, Europe and its much-battered political incarnation, the European Union, have won a reprieve – although probably temporary. And Austria has escaped the odium of being the first modern-day democracy to pick as its head of state a political extremist whose party traces its ideological roots back to the strident neo-Nazism of its best-known leader, the late Jörg Haider. Continue reading... |
| Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss 'bad' Iran nuclear deal with Donald Trump Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:08 AM PST Israel leader renews criticism of Iran pact, which Trump has called a 'disaster', and says they will discuss it after president-elect enters the White House The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he and Donald Trump will discuss the "bad" nuclear deal with Iran after the US president-elect enters the White House. Related: Republican defense community fills Reagan shrine with prayers over Trump Continue reading... |
| Rise in faith identity could be a good thing for all of us | Letters Posted: 04 Dec 2016 11:02 AM PST Giles Fraser is correct that babies are born with religious and other forms of identity (Many of our beliefs are not chosen, we are born into them, 2 December). As we move from an age of ideology to an age of identity, more people around the world describe themselves as religious. Even in the UK, a relatively secular country, 68% of people attached themselves to a particular faith in the last census. Related: Many of our beliefs are not chosen, we are born into them | Giles Fraser | Loose canon Continue reading... |
| Police comments on Finland shooting – video Posted: 04 Dec 2016 08:54 AM PST Imatra police chief investigator Saku Tielinen address the media on Sunday after a gunman shot dead a local town councillor and two journalists outside a restaurant in the southeastern Finnish town. He says there is no evidence suggesting the victims were the gunman's targets Read: Finland shooting: three women killed outside Imatra restaurant Continue reading... |
| Venezuela to issue new bolivar banknotes after dramatic fall in value Posted: 04 Dec 2016 08:49 AM PST Largest new bill – 20,000 bolivares – will be worth just under $5 on streets as country struggles with major economic crisis Venezuela will introduce six new notes and three new coins from mid-December to help alleviate practical problems in doing business with the world's most inflationary currency, according to the central bank. Currently, the Opec nation's largest note is worth just 2 US cents on the black market, meaning cash transactions are extremely cumbersome. Continue reading... |
| Amber Rudd to allow police to use new Taser 'within weeks' Posted: 04 Dec 2016 07:38 AM PST X2 model has second shot in case first fails to subdue suspect but critics say use of device should be curtailed Police officers across Britain are expected to be issued with a new and more powerful Taser gun despite calls for use of the potentially fatal weapon to be curtailed, the Guardian has learned. Amber Rudd, the home secretary, is due to give approval to the new model of the electric stun gun within weeks. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2016 06:44 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| Women tap into new roles as mobile internet scheme targets rural India | Amrit Dhillon Posted: 04 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST A programme to improve digital literacy has provided 1.2 million women in rural India with access to technology hitherto denied them by a conservative culture Sheetal Bootoli's husband refused to let her touch the mobile phone. "What will you do with it? You'll spoil it," he said. It's an attitude very familiar to women in rural India. Yet now, four months later, Sheetal, 32, is teaching other rural women in and around Bootoli village, near Alwar, Rajasthan, to use the internet. Every day, she gets on her special "internet cycle cart" containing two web-enabled smartphones and two tablets. She cycles through cotton and onion fields to give local women instruction on going online. Continue reading... |
| Dakota Access pipeline protesters celebrate after permit denied – video Posted: 05 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST Protesters at Standing Rock respond to news that the Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river. Environmental activists gathered to celebrate their win after a months long campaign to block the pipeline Continue reading... |
| Officials say Oakland warehouse fire death toll rises to 24 – video Posted: 04 Dec 2016 09:19 AM PST Oakland officials say the death toll of Friday's warehouse fire in California has risen 24 people, as recovery teams resumed their search of the burned-out building where an unauthorised party became one of the city's worst disasters in history Read: Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire death toll rises to 24 Continue reading... |
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