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- Donald Trump to order Mexico wall in national security crackdown
- A year on, Giulio Regeni death casts shadow over Italy-Egypt relations
- Big in Japan: sumo comes home with first local grand champion in years
- Vatican condom row: pope prevails as Knights of Malta chief resigns
- Backed up: New Zealand's public toilets not coping with tourist influx
- Israel announces 2,500 more West Bank settlement homes
- Sponsors of Syria talks in Astana strike deal to protect fragile ceasefire
- Europe faces droughts, floods and storms as climate change accelerates
- Trial finds combination of pancreatic cancer drugs extends survival
- Premature baby hippo fights for survival in Cincinnati Zoo
- Model Hanne Gaby Odiele reveals she is intersex
- Nova Scotia village with 65 residents holds one of smallest Women's Marches
- Irish ticket lands almost €89m in Euromillions lottery
- Republicans push federal 'heartbeat' bill in longshot bid to overturn Roe v Wade
- No mechanical issues in plane crash that killed judge in Brazil corruption scandal
- Italian avalanche death toll rises as six die in helicopter crash nearby
- Irish town plagued by callers to 'Babestation' sex chatlines
- Man behind Jennifer Lawrence nude photo hack sentenced to prison
- India to send surveyors to find out whether Everest has shrunk
- Kaabil review – preposterous Hrithik Roshan melodrama stuck in Bollywood's past
- Cold weather reignites fears for refugees poorly sheltered in Greece
- Somali militants attack hotel in Mogadishu – video
- Syrian refugee children reduced to selling on Beirut streets to support families
- Several dead after militants storm Mogadishu hotel
- Law must be tougher over dress code discrimination, say MPs
- Shooting victim at Milo Yiannopoulos event isn't seeking criminal charges
- Briton Tony Kenway shot dead at wheel of Porsche in car park of Thai sports club
- Australian of the Year named as biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim
- Europe's frontline: the Latvians caught in Russia and Nato's Baltic war games – video
- Trotsky writes to the Manchester Guardian about the Moscow Trials - archive, 1937
- Man who sailed across Tasman with daughter, 6, fails to appear in court
- Bana al-Abed, 7, begs Donald Trump to help children of Syria
- Bird flu found in flock of farmed pheasants in Lancashire
- East Germany’s old social values given the elbow | Letters
- The message from Syria summit: Russia wants a solution in its name | Martin Chulov
- Widower tells inquest he was not warned of Tunisia terror threat
- EDF board approves closure of oldest nuclear power station in France
- Marjorie Sayer obituary
- Six killed as helicopter crashes in central Italy close to avalanche site
- Woman shot in Tunisia attack tells inquest she played dead on beach
- Sara Connor says boyfriend's testimony 'confirms truth' about Bali policeman's death
- Afghanistan orders arrest of vice-president's guards amid rape claims
- Eyewitness: Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
- Will New York get a Brexit boost to cancel out feared 'Trump slump'?
- Global public sector corruption fuels rise of populist politicians, report says
- 'Global gag rule' on abortion puts $9bn in health aid at risk, activists say
- How the US global gag rule threatens health clinics across Kenya and Uganda
- The global fight for women's rights, and a focus on gender inequality in Africa
- How Keystone XL and Dakota Access went from opposition to resurrection
- Trump’s freeze on hiring federal workers may thwart his plans for deportations
- White House says Trump still holds unsupported voter fraud belief – video
- Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects – video
| Donald Trump to order Mexico wall in national security crackdown Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:57 AM PST US president due to sign off executive orders, including a temporary ban on refugees from the Middle East Donald Trump is due to sign off a volley of executive orders on national security, including measures to start the construction of a wall on the Mexican border and the imposition of a ban on refugees from the Middle East. The new US president is expected to sign orders setting out federal funding for the wall during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, two administration officials told the Associated Press. Continue reading... |
| A year on, Giulio Regeni death casts shadow over Italy-Egypt relations Posted: 24 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST Failure to find the Cambridge student's killers has poisoned relations between the two countries, particularly over Libya Paz Zárate remembers the last conversation she had with Giulio Regeni, the 28-year-old doctoral student from Cambridge who disappeared from a street in Cairo one year ago on Wednesday. He was feeling happy in life and in love, and fulfilled by the research he was doing. "He felt valued. He was trying to help other people study and pay forward what he considered to be his great luck," she recalled. Continue reading... |
| Big in Japan: sumo comes home with first local grand champion in years Posted: 24 Jan 2017 08:22 PM PST 'With great humility', wrestler Kisenosato accepts highest rank of yokozuna in sport that had become dominated by other nationalities Japan's long wait for a homegrown sumo grand champion has ended after Kisenosato became the first Japanese wrestler to reach the ancient sport's pinnacle in almost two decades. The 30-year-old became the sport's 72nd yokozuna, or grand champion, after Japan's sumo association approved his promotion on Wednesday in a move purists hope will mark the start of a challenge to years of dominance by overseas wrestlers. Continue reading... |
| Vatican condom row: pope prevails as Knights of Malta chief resigns Posted: 24 Jan 2017 06:29 PM PST Catholic order's British leader, Grand Master Matthew Festing, had been in conflict with liberalising Pope Francis after sacking key official over aid project The head of Catholic order the Knights of Malta has resigned over a bitter dispute with the Vatican about free condoms that become a test of the authority of liberalising Pope Francis. The Rome-based chivalric and charity institution said Grand Master Matthew Festing, 67, resigned after Pope Francis asked him to step down at a meeting on Tuesday. Grand masters of the institution, which was founded in the 11th century, usually keep their positions for life. Continue reading... |
| Backed up: New Zealand's public toilets not coping with tourist influx Posted: 24 Jan 2017 07:50 PM PST Friction between 'freedom campers' and local people as visitor numbers surge and infrastructure can't keep up New Zealand's booming tourism industry is creating a nationwide shortage of toilets with locals and tourists clashing over access to lavatories More than 3.4 million tourists visited New Zealand in 2016, marking a new record for the small island nation of 4.5 million people. Continue reading... |
| Israel announces 2,500 more West Bank settlement homes Posted: 24 Jan 2017 08:18 AM PST Announcement of construction in occupied Palestinian territories is second since Donald Trump became US president Israel has approved a massive new building programme of Jewish settlement homes in the occupied Palestinian territories, following hard on the heels of the swearing-in of the US president, Donald Trump. The defiant move, in opposition to most recent international opinion, comes as Israeli politicians have rushed to exploit what they see as a pro-Israel and pro-settlement US administration. Continue reading... |
| Sponsors of Syria talks in Astana strike deal to protect fragile ceasefire Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:44 AM PST Russia, Turkey and Iran to set up trilateral commission to monitor breaches of ceasefire that came into effect last month Tortuous efforts to install a credible international body to entrench and broaden the patchwork ceasefire in Syria have partially succeeded on the second and final day of talks in Kazakhstan. Discussions ended with agreement among the three sponsors of the talks – Russia, Turkey and Iran – to set up a trilateral monitoring body to enforce the ceasefire that came into effect last month. Continue reading... |
| Europe faces droughts, floods and storms as climate change accelerates Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:01 PM PST Europe and northern hemisphere are warming at faster pace than the global average and 'multiple climatic hazards' are expected, says study Europe's Atlantic-facing countries will suffer heavier rainfalls, greater flood risk, more severe storm damage and an increase in "multiple climatic hazards", according to the most comprehensive study of Europe's vulnerability to climate change yet. Temperatures in mountain ranges such as the Alps and the Pyrenees are predicted to soar to glacier-melting levels, while the Mediterranean faces a "drastic" increase in heat extremes, droughts, crop failure and forest fires. Continue reading... |
| Trial finds combination of pancreatic cancer drugs extends survival Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:01 PM PST Campaigners hail 'monumental leap forward' in treatment of most lethal form of cancer, which kills 8,800 Britons each year Cancer campaigners are hailing a "monumental leap forward" in pancreatic cancer treatment after a new drug trial significantly extended survival from what is the most lethal form of the disease. The clinical trial found that 29% of patients given a combination of two chemotherapy drugs lived for at least five years compared with 16% who received the one chemotherapy drug that is still the NHS's standard treatment. Continue reading... |
| Premature baby hippo fights for survival in Cincinnati Zoo Posted: 24 Jan 2017 05:00 PM PST Staff hand-nurse female calf of mother Bibi and father Henry after it was born around six weeks early and well below normal birth weight Cincinnati Zoo staff have begun 24-hour critical care for a baby hippo that was born around six weeks early. The zoo said 17-year-old Bibi gave birth early on Tuesday to the first Nile hippo born there in 75 years. Continue reading... |
| Model Hanne Gaby Odiele reveals she is intersex Posted: 24 Jan 2017 06:39 AM PST Belgian says she wants to rid stigma around condition in which people are born with mix of male and female sex characteristics Belgian fashion model Hanne Gaby Odiele has revealed she is intersex and that she has gone public in an attempt to reduce the stigma around the condition and encourage other people to embrace their status. The 29-year-old was born with internal testes and without a uterus or ovaries due to a condition called androgen insensitivity syndrome, which means a person is genetically male, but the external appearance of their genitals may be female or somewhere between male and female. Continue reading... |
| Nova Scotia village with 65 residents holds one of smallest Women's Marches Posted: 24 Jan 2017 12:14 PM PST Two women of Sandy Cove recruited 15 people to walk along major highway in Canada in solidarity with millions who participated around the world When Melissa Merritt and Gwen Quigley Wilson decided to join millions around the world and organise a Women's March in their tiny fishing community in eastern Canada, they knew it would not be large. But the closest protest to Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, (population: approximately 65) was in Halifax – about a 2.5 hour drive away – and the two women felt they had no other choice. Continue reading... |
| Irish ticket lands almost €89m in Euromillions lottery Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:05 PM PST National Lottery in Dublin confirms that ticket was sole winner of jackpot – joining the nine previous winners from Ireland
The National Lottery in Dublin confirmed that there was one winner from Ireland of the Europe-wide €88.58m (£75.86m) jackpot. Continue reading... |
| Republicans push federal 'heartbeat' bill in longshot bid to overturn Roe v Wade Posted: 24 Jan 2017 01:36 PM PST Bill unlikely to pass Congress but is believed to be first of its kind at federal level, banning abortion after heartbeat is detected, in some cases as early as six weeks A group of Republican congressmen urged support for what is believed to be the first federal "heartbeat" bill in the US on Tuesday, arguing that it would in effect "eliminate" abortion across the country. Though the bill is unlikely to pass Congress, its introduction is an indicator of how emboldened far-right opponents of abortion feel now that a party hostile to reproductive rights has control of the three main branches of government in Washington. Continue reading... |
| No mechanical issues in plane crash that killed judge in Brazil corruption scandal Posted: 24 Jan 2017 12:54 PM PST Flight recordings suggested there was no equipment malfunction, fuelling intense speculation over the cause of the incident that killed Teori Zavascki The plane crash that killed the supreme court justice at the centre of Brazil's biggest corruption scandal was not caused by mechanical problems, according to a preliminary analysis of flight recordings that will further fuel already intense speculation over the cause of the incident. Related: Brazil supreme court justice overseeing vast corruption case dies in plane crash Continue reading... |
| Italian avalanche death toll rises as six die in helicopter crash nearby Posted: 24 Jan 2017 12:34 PM PST Rescuers pull 10 bodies from hotel, taking number of dead to 17, while emergency services rush to crash site near ski resort Hopes have faded that any more survivors of the avalanche that buried a hotel in a central Italian ski resort would be found after the death toll more than doubled to 17, with 12 people still unaccounted for. As rescue crews continued to search the Rigopiano hotel on Tuesday, an emergency helicopter crashed at ski resort in the same Abruzzo region, killing six people. Continue reading... |
| Irish town plagued by callers to 'Babestation' sex chatlines Posted: 24 Jan 2017 11:55 AM PST Phone numbers for Westport, near Croagh Patrick holy mountain, start with 098, similar to UK-based premium-rate service The little town of Westport in County Mayo lies under the shadow of Ireland's "holy mountain" Croagh Patrick, but has earned a sudden and dubious notoriety for decidedly worldly reasons. Residents of the western Irish town have been bombarded by late night telephone callers in search of sex chatlines belonging to an X-rated British cable TV channel. Continue reading... |
| Man behind Jennifer Lawrence nude photo hack sentenced to prison Posted: 24 Jan 2017 12:47 PM PST Edward Majerczyk, 29, of Chicago receives nine-month prison term in plea deal after illegally accessing celebrity accounts and stealing nude images A Chicago man was sentenced on Tuesday to nine months in prison for hacking the electronic accounts of 30 celebrities and stealing private information, including nude videos and photos. Related: The Jennifer Lawrence naked photo response is the end of the 'shamed starlet' | Jessica Valenti Continue reading... |
| India to send surveyors to find out whether Everest has shrunk Posted: 24 Jan 2017 07:14 AM PST Scientists announce expedition to test theory that Nepalese earthquake took an inch off the world's highest mountain Anyone who aspires to climb Mount Everest might already be one inch closer to their goal. Indian scientists have announced they will send an expedition to the peak of Mount Everest to confirm theories that Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake shrank the world's largest mountain. Continue reading... |
| Kaabil review – preposterous Hrithik Roshan melodrama stuck in Bollywood's past Posted: 25 Jan 2017 02:00 AM PST Sanjay Gupta's tale of a blind dubbing artist avenging the ghost of his wife is the sort of nonsense the Indian film industry stopped churning out 20 years ago Set against the prospect of Shah Rukh Khan playing a mobster in this weekend's other major Hindi release, Raees, this teeth-grinding, mouth-foaming melodrama is destined to appear Bollywood trad, proceeding from the kind of innately preposterous premise a screenwriter might have tried to get away with 20 years ago. Here – no word of a lie – is the story of a blind dubbing artist (honey-eyed pin-up Hrithik Roshan) who embarks on a kill-crazy rampage after his equally sightless beloved is driven to self-sacrifice by well-connected thugs. It's not good, exactly, but I can't say it's not watchable on some far-out level. Sanjay Gupta, the crime specialist who directed the Hindi redo of Reservoir Dogs (2002's Kaante), eventually embraces the full absurdity of this setup. Yes, our hero will use his voice-throwing skills to wrongfoot his nemeses, and yes, somebody points out how "an eye for an eye" might mean something else to the visually impaired. Elsewhere, Gupta is having an off day: a disastrous first act bottoms out with a beyond kitsch wedding night sequence ("I can't see, but I can feel"), and the sappiness trickles into the vendetta business, as dreamboat Roshan fumbles for wifey's ghost between slayings. Several punches land not with thuds but damp splats. Continue reading... |
| Cold weather reignites fears for refugees poorly sheltered in Greece Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:19 AM PST Thousands housed in inadequate facilities are at risk as temperatures plummet, warn aid groups and local mayors on islands A new bout of cold weather across southern Europe has reignited fears for thousands of refugees and migrants sheltered in deplorable conditions in Greece. Forecasts of freezing temperatures have also been met with trepidation by international agencies, aid groups and local mayors on islands. Continue reading... |
| Somali militants attack hotel in Mogadishu – video Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:16 AM PST A second explosion is heard as news media gather to film the aftermath of a suspected suicide car bomb attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday. It is believed the militant group al-Shabaab were behind the attack Continue reading... |
| Syrian refugee children reduced to selling on Beirut streets to support families Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:00 AM PST With more than 90% of refugees in Lebanon short of food and facing cuts to aid, desperate families often rely on their children to boost income Seven-year-old Salma Ismat* weaves between the bar stools trying to sell flowers to the crowds drinking cocktails and beer on Beirut's Armenia Street. When she's not scowling at the people who ignore her, the little Syrian girl tries to spell, out loud, the neon name of the bar. She does go to school, she says; this is just a part-time job. "When refugees struggle to survive, they start to use negative coping mechanisms," says the World Food Programme's (WFP) communications officer, Edward Johnson. "They start relying more on their children, sending them to work." Continue reading... |
| Several dead after militants storm Mogadishu hotel Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:49 AM PST At least 13 people killed and dozens injured after al-Shabaab militants drive car bomb into gates of hotel in Somali capital At least 13 people have been killed in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after al-Shabaab militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel and stormed inside, police have said. More than a dozen people were also injured, Maj Mohamed Ahmed, a police officer, told Reuters, adding that the death toll could rise. Continue reading... |
| Law must be tougher over dress code discrimination, say MPs Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:01 PM PST MPs conclude 'troubling' cases of sexism, including forcing women to wear high heels or revealing clothes, are evidence Equalities Act 2010 is inadequate Women who face demands at work to wear high heels, makeup or revealing outfits require a new legal framework to halt such discrimination, a parliamentary report has concluded. Two Commons' committees have called for a review of current equality legislation after gathering evidence of sexist instructions issued to hundreds of female employees but not to their male colleagues. Continue reading... |
| Shooting victim at Milo Yiannopoulos event isn't seeking criminal charges Posted: 25 Jan 2017 02:00 AM PST Man who was shot in the stomach while protesting a Seattle speech by rightwing provocateur wants to 'engage in dialogue and a restorative justice' instead The victim of politically charged shooting at a public speech by Milo Yiannopoulos in Seattle is calling for dialogue and "restorative justice" rather than criminal charges. The victim, whose attorney asked that he not be identified by name, was shot in stomach while protesting a speech by the rightwing provocateur at the University of Washington Friday night. He remains in the hospital and has undergone multiple surgeries, his attorney, Sarah Lippek, said Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Briton Tony Kenway shot dead at wheel of Porsche in car park of Thai sports club Posted: 24 Jan 2017 11:34 PM PST Witnesses tell police that gunman opened door of vehicle and shot Tony Kenway once before escaping on motorcycle A British man has been shot dead in his car in the Thai resort of Pattaya. Tony Kenway, originally from Southampton, was killed in the driver's seat of his red Porsche Cayenne GTS in the car park of the Sanit sports club in Bang Lamung district, the Bangkok Post reported. Continue reading... |
| Australian of the Year named as biomedical scientist Alan Mackay-Sim Posted: 25 Jan 2017 01:57 AM PST World-leading researcher honoured for a lifetime of work with stem cells and the regeneration of the nervous system A biomolecular scientist whose groundbreaking research led to the first successful restoration of mobility in a quadriplegic man has been named 2017 Australian of the Year. Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim led the world's first clinical trial using nasal cavity cells to treat spinal cord injuries. The findings from that trial led to world-first surgery on a paralysed man, Darek Fidyka, in 2014. Fidyka was able to walk again with the assistance of a frame after the procedure. Continue reading... |
| Europe's frontline: the Latvians caught in Russia and Nato's Baltic war games – video Posted: 25 Jan 2017 12:33 AM PST Russia and Nato are moving thousands of troops and playing war games in the Baltics, where onlookers fear tensions between ethnic Russian-speakers and nationalists could bring Moscow into direct conflict with the west. Phoebe Greenwood travels to the Latvia-Russia border to hear the concerns of people living on Europe's frontline Continue reading... |
| Trotsky writes to the Manchester Guardian about the Moscow Trials - archive, 1937 Posted: 24 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST 25 January 1937: In response to a request from the Manchester Guardian for a message on the present trial in Moscow Mr Leon Trotsky cables from Mexico Editorial: A message from Trotsky Trotsky's reply to the charges: special cable to the Manchester Guardian Continue reading... |
| Man who sailed across Tasman with daughter, 6, fails to appear in court Posted: 24 Jan 2017 07:47 PM PST Police believe Alan Langdon, due in New Zealand court on charge of illegally taking daughter out of country, is in Australia An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged with illegally taking his daughter out of New Zealand and sailing to Australia, after he failed to appear in a NZ court. Alan Langdon, 49, was due to appear in Te Awamutu district court on Wednesday after he allegedly took six-year-old Que on the voyage across the Tasman in a 6m catamaran without permission. Continue reading... |
| Bana al-Abed, 7, begs Donald Trump to help children of Syria Posted: 24 Jan 2017 07:03 PM PST Girl known for tweets from Aleppo tells president she will be his friend if he can do something: 'They are like your children and deserve peace like you' Bana al-Abed, the seven-year-old girl whose tweets from Aleppo gave devastating insights into the Syrian war, has pleaded with Donald Trump to "do something for the children of Syria" in an open letter. Bana amassed hundreds of thousands of followers for her messages from war-torn Aleppo sent with the help of her mother, Fatemah. The family were evacuated to Turkey in December and met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan just before Christmas. Continue reading... |
| Bird flu found in flock of farmed pheasants in Lancashire Posted: 24 Jan 2017 02:04 PM PST Some birds have died and remaining animals at farm in Preston would be humanely culled after outbreaks of H5N8 strain, says Defra Bird flu has been found in a flock of farmed pheasants in Lancashire, the UK's chief veterinary officer has confirmed. Some of the birds at the farm in Preston had already died and the remaining live animals would be humanely culled after the discovery of the H5N8 strain, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| East Germany’s old social values given the elbow | Letters Posted: 24 Jan 2017 11:39 AM PST Matthew Engel, in his article on Northern Ireland (An uncertain peace, 21 January), writes that on a Radio Ulster phone-in he "heard elderly listeners exhibiting a version of East German östalgie [sic], improbable nostalgia for a dreadful past". While I can't speak for Northern Ireland, I can as one who was born and grew up in East Germany, in saying that it is not a rosy-tinged Ostalgie that colours my feelings but a genuine sadness at the loss of a society in which social values and solidarity have been replaced by the imposition of a monetary ethos and an individualistic "elbow mentality". Continue reading... |
| The message from Syria summit: Russia wants a solution in its name | Martin Chulov Posted: 24 Jan 2017 10:14 AM PST A theme emerging from Astana is that Russia is prepared to do more than ever to negotiate an end to the conflict Russia and Turkey had much on the line at the Astana peace talks, but at the end of the two-day summit on Syria, their returns were – at face value – modest. The gathering culminated in a predictable communique, endorsed by Iran, which aims to strengthen a nominal ceasefire in place since 30 December. But other, more enduring, themes emerged from the gathering. First, Russia, one of the six-year war's main protagonists, is serious about negotiating an end to the conflict and is prepared to do more than ever to achieve that. Second, although the Assad regime is winning on the battlefield with the robust backing of Moscow and Iran, it has a relatively weak diplomatic hand. |
| Widower tells inquest he was not warned of Tunisia terror threat Posted: 24 Jan 2017 10:06 AM PST Jim Windass, whose wife Claire was shot dead, says he received no security advice from travel agents The widower of a woman killed in a mass shooting in Tunisia has told an inquest he would not have booked the holiday had travel agents told him there was a terror threat in the country. Giving emotional evidence in person, Jim Windass told the inquests into the deaths of 30 Britons in Sousse on 26 June 2015 that his wife, Claire Windass, was shot dead on his 65th birthday. Continue reading... |
| EDF board approves closure of oldest nuclear power station in France Posted: 24 Jan 2017 08:45 AM PST Decision on Fessenheim plant comes after pressure from Berlin and need to comply with legal cap on atomic energy generation EDF has voted to begin the process of closing France's oldest nuclear power station after pressure from Germany and a law capping the country's reliance on atomic power. The French energy firm's board approved plans on Tuesday to close the 39-year old Fessenheim plant in north-east France, near the German border, allaying fears that the company, which is 85%-state owned, would drag its heels until President François Hollande left office later this year. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2017 08:36 AM PST After the Munich crisis of 1938, my mother, Marjorie Sayer, who has died aged 99, realised that war was inevitable. For the next year she spent all of her spare time training in first aid and driving. When the second world war did break out in 1939 she joined the Auxiliary Ambulance Service and was stationed in Bloomsbury, central London, and then in Hammersmith. Continue reading... |
| Six killed as helicopter crashes in central Italy close to avalanche site Posted: 24 Jan 2017 07:15 AM PST Police say emergency response aircraft was evacuating an injured skier when it came down near resort of Campo Felice Six people have been killed after a helicopter crashed near a ski resort in an area of central Italy still reeling from an avalanche that engulfed a hotel last week. There were reports of a loud explosion when the emergency response helicopter came down near Campo Felice, a popular ski resort 75 miles east of Rome, during the evacuation of an injured skier. Continue reading... |
| Woman shot in Tunisia attack tells inquest she played dead on beach Posted: 24 Jan 2017 06:32 AM PST Allison Heathcote, whose husband was among 30 Britons killed by Seifeddine Rezgui, describes panic among tourists The widow of a British man killed in a terrorist attack on a beach in Tunisia has told an inquest she played dead between two sunloungers after she had been shot in the stomach. Allison Heathcote, who was 48 at the time, was staying at the Imperial Marhaba hotel in Sousse with her husband, Philip, on a holiday to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Continue reading... |
| Sara Connor says boyfriend's testimony 'confirms truth' about Bali policeman's death Posted: 24 Jan 2017 05:43 AM PST Australian woman welcomes British man's version of events and tells reporters she was not aware Indonesian man was seriously injured in altercation Australian woman Sara Connor says the testimony of her British boyfriend confirms the "truth" of what she always said happened the night they allegedly killed a Bali police officer. "I can't wait for this (the case) to finish now," she said, adding that she hoped to go back to her two sons soon. |
| Afghanistan orders arrest of vice-president's guards amid rape claims Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:18 AM PST Rival politician Ahmad Ishchi claims Abdul Rashid Dostum's bodyguards tortured him and held him for five days
The warrants were issued after Abdul Rashid Dostum and his bodyguards ignored three summons for questioning over accusations that they beat the victim in public and held him for five days while the guards sodomised him with a rifle. |
| Eyewitness: Kinderdijk, the Netherlands Posted: 24 Jan 2017 03:43 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| Will New York get a Brexit boost to cancel out feared 'Trump slump'? Posted: 24 Jan 2017 05:40 AM PST While European cities led by Paris and Frankfurt wage campaigns for London's financial business, some experts predict New York could benefit most of all from the fallout of Brexit on the UK capital New York and London function as two prongs of one global economy. Banks and other financial companies headquartered in New York usually have their second biggest offices in the British capital, and vice versa. For years, that's made economic sense. For London-based companies, New York provides an unparalleled density of financial firms, a regulatory framework in which to do business, and access to non-European markets. London provides much of the same for New York-based companies who need access to European markets. Continue reading... |
| Global public sector corruption fuels rise of populist politicians, report says Posted: 24 Jan 2017 08:00 PM PST Transparency International index shows perceptions of corruption growing, giving a boost to leaders who claim they will challenge the system Increasing levels of public sector corruption worldwide are providing fertile ground to rising populist politicians, according to the annual index of perceived corruption. Transparency International's corruption perceptions index 2016 – which ranks 176 countries on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) – shows that more countries have declined than improved compared with figures for last year. Continue reading... |
| 'Global gag rule' on abortion puts $9bn in health aid at risk, activists say Posted: 24 Jan 2017 11:30 PM PST Donald Trump's executive order prompts fears for groups fighting Aids and Zika and working against child and maternal deaths Billions of dollars in US aid to groups combating diseases worldwide could be at risk from Donald's Trump's "unprecedented and far-reaching" reversal of abortion-related policy, campaigners warned on Tuesday. Trump signed an executive order on Monday reinstating the "global gag rule", which bans funding for groups that offer abortions or abortion advocacy, even if they use their own funds to do so. Continue reading... |
| How the US global gag rule threatens health clinics across Kenya and Uganda Posted: 24 Jan 2017 02:47 AM PST Campaigners warn Trump's reinstatement of a policy cutting aid to organisations who offer abortion services will devastate family planning provision Each day she sets out to speak to young girls about family planning, Elizabeth Akoth, 23, sees how myths about the use of contraceptives are entrenched in her western Kenyan community. When she explains the various methods they can use to prevent unintended pregnancies, they ask searching questions such as, "Is it true drugs offered for family planning can lead to death?" and "Do they even work?" Continue reading... |
| The global fight for women's rights, and a focus on gender inequality in Africa Posted: 24 Jan 2017 05:25 AM PST The implications of the US's reinstatement of the global gag rule, plus how African women are joining forces to improve their lot If you are reading this on the web and would prefer to get it in your inbox every two weeks, register for the email edition Women's rights have topped the agenda over the past week. Our video explainer spells out the implications of the "global gag rule", which has just been reinstated by the Trump administration. Campaigners say it will deny access to life-saving family planning and sexual and reproductive health services, and endanger the lives of millions of women around the world. Across Africa, where one in five women already lacks access to contraception, feminists are forming a united front and championing women's rights. Our latest podcast highlights those working to bring about gender equality across the continent. |
| How Keystone XL and Dakota Access went from opposition to resurrection Posted: 24 Jan 2017 10:12 AM PST Both projects were opposed by grassroots groups, mired in court battles and produced high-profile clashes between environmentalists and energy interests Both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects – revived by Donald Trump by executive order on Tuesday – ran up against grassroots opposition fortified by support from the Barack Obama administration. The Keystone XL project was rejected by the president himself in November 2015 after the state department concluded that the pipeline promised no major benefit for energy security or pricing. Related: Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines to be revived by Trump administration Continue reading... |
| Trump’s freeze on hiring federal workers may thwart his plans for deportations Posted: 24 Jan 2017 08:48 AM PST Mandate may have potentially unintended consequences for one of Trump's most aggressive policy reform platforms: tough immigration enforcement On his "first working day" in office, Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum to freeze hiring of non-military federal workers in a move applauded by small government conservatives and lambasted by public sector workers. The order mandates that "no vacant positions existing at noon on January 22, 2017 may be filled and no new positions may be created" until the president implements a longer-term plan to cut the federal government workforce by attrition. Continue reading... |
| White House says Trump still holds unsupported voter fraud belief – video Posted: 24 Jan 2017 01:17 PM PST White House spokesman Sean Spicer confirmed several times during a press briefing on Tuesday that Donald Trump maintains his belief that millions of people may have engaged in 'voter fraud' during the 2016 US election. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Research over the last 16 years has found voter fraud to be extremely uncommon, and 2016 appeared to follow that pattern Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Trump signs order reviving controversial pipeline projects – video Posted: 24 Jan 2017 11:12 AM PST Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders Tuesday that will allow construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines to move forward. Both projects had been blocked by Barack Obama due in part to environmental concerns, but Trump hailed the thousands of construction jobs that he said would be created. He also signed an order ensuring the pipes themselves would be made within the US Continue reading... |
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