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- Global fury as Donald Trump’s ban on migrants takes effect
- UK’s £100m weapons deal with Turkey ‘turns blind eye to rights abuse’
- Muslims make a pitch for populist vote as Dutch politics turns sharp right
- Emmanuelle Riva, French icon who starred in Amour, dies aged 89
- Barcelona marches to curb negative effects of tourism boom
- Hollande: Trump administration is 'encouraging extremism'
- Astronomical wages, huge transfer fees … how long can China’s football gold rush last?
- New Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by football players in four-year period
- World reacts to Donald Trump's US travel ban – live
- Theresa May under pressure to condemn Trump's US travel ban
- Ruth Negga: 'There are films that really mark you. Loving is one of those for me'
- 'The disease enslaved me': living with leprosy in Ghana – in pictures
- Denial review – tense, real-life courtroom drama
- Malaysia: boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists missing off Borneo
- Troubles inquiry focusing too much on police and army, says James Brokenshire
- In politics, great things do come out of America
- Chemical weapons found in Mosul in Isis lab, say Iraqi forces
- Full of nuts, watching a 70s western, I saw America’s future… | Stewart Lee
- Victoria police reject former commissioner's claims they have become 'risk averse'
- Crowds gather to protest Trump's immigration ban at JFK airport – video
- EU demands China investigate torture of lawyer and release political prisoners
- White House defends Trump Holocaust statement that didn't mention Jews
- Greece's best-selling daily newspaper to close due to debts
- Doctors are scarce on India’s river island – so the witch-hunters are back
- Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine
- Eyewitness: Australian Open, Melbourne
- Officials confirm second bird flu outbreak in Lancashire
- How many US immigrants come from Trump's seven banned countries?
- What you need to know about Trump's travel ban
- Donald Trump's first week: carnage, both real and imagined | Tom McCarthy
- No more 'Mad Dog' – but will defense secretary Mattis keep Trump on a leash?
- 'Immigrants are America': protesters mass at US airports – in pictures
- Trump’s first seven days in the White House: a video review
- Trump's refugee ban provokes criticism at home and abroad – video report
| Global fury as Donald Trump’s ban on migrants takes effect Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:30 PM PST Refugees and passengers from a number of countries detained at airports but Theresa May refuses to condemn move Donald Trump's decision to ban immigration from a string of Muslim-majority nations has sparked fury and anguish around the world as refugees and migrants were prevented from boarding flights to the US. Holders of passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were stopped at airports, while passengers already in the air were detained in the US. In one incident, five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni, all holding valid visas, were barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York and instead redirected on to flights to their home countries. Continue reading... |
| UK’s £100m weapons deal with Turkey ‘turns blind eye to rights abuse’ Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:59 PM PST Arms sale in the spotlight as government faces judicial review in the high court Theresa May's championing of arms exports to Turkey is consistent with a policy promoted by a succession of trade ministers, but will soon haunt the government in the courts. Related: Theresa May signs £100m fighter jet deal with Turkey's Erdoğan Continue reading... |
| Muslims make a pitch for populist vote as Dutch politics turns sharp right Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:05 PM PST With far-right leader Geert Wilders ahead in the polls, progressive Islamic party hopes to halt rightward drift Nourdin el Ouali has grown used to far-right attacks on Dutch Muslims, and to dog-whistle politics. But when the country's prime minister wrote an open letter last week, in effect demanding that minorities integrate or "go away", he was still shocked. Mark Rutte's letter comes less than two months before a national election, and after months of watching populist Geert Wilders rising into the top position in national polls. If the election were held tomorrow his far-right party would probably be the largest in parliament. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuelle Riva, French icon who starred in Amour, dies aged 89 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:57 AM PST Star of Hiroshima mon amour and Thérèse Desqueyroux, who won late acclaim and an Oscar nomination for her role in Michael Haneke's 2012 film Amour, has died Emmaunelle Riva, the French actor whose 60 year career came to a triumphant climax with her Oscar nomination for Michael Haneke's Amour, has died. Riva, who had cancer, died on Friday night in Paris, but was working until last summer, when she made a film, Alma, in Iceland and performed at the Villa Medici in Rome. Related: Emmanuelle Riva, 85, star of Amour, tells of her extraordinary life Continue reading... |
| Barcelona marches to curb negative effects of tourism boom Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:05 PM PST Community groups join forces to protest over soaring level of rents fuelled by a big rise in visitor numbers Behind banners reading "Barcelona is not for sale" and "We will not be driven out", some 2,000 people staged an "occupation" of the Rambla, the city's famed boulevard, on Saturday. The protest was organised by a coalition of more than 40 resident and community groups from all over the city, not just the neighbourhoods most directly affected by mass tourism. Continue reading... |
| Hollande: Trump administration is 'encouraging extremism' Posted: 28 Jan 2017 10:46 AM PST French president calls on European countries to stand 'stand together' at meeting of leaders in Lisbon French president François Hollande has said that the Trump administration was encouraging "populism and even extremism", as he and fellow southern European leaders urged unity to face an increasingly uncertain world. "We have to stand together in Europe," Hollande said during a meeting in Lisbon on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Astronomical wages, huge transfer fees … how long can China’s football gold rush last? Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:05 PM PST As Carlos Tevez flies in, experts fear the impact of a spending binge while politicians accuse clubs of burning money From his luxury suite overlooking the Huangpu river in Shanghai, the man now said to be the world's best paid footballer can gaze out over a sea of skyscrapers in what is fast becoming the most free-spending transfer market on earth. Carlos Tevez landed in China's financial capital last week, checking into the five-star Marriott Luwan with an entourage of 19 and a salary from his new club, Shanghai Shenhua, reported to be in excess of £600,000 a week. Continue reading... |
| New Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by football players in four-year period Posted: 28 Jan 2017 06:51 AM PST Plaintiff alleging 2013 attack by two players calls out 'culture of sexual violence' but president says school has made 'great progress' since scandal began A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players. The lawsuit by the student, who is listed in the documents only as "Elizabeth Doe", alleges at least 52 rapes by more than 30 football players over a four-year period. Continue reading... |
| World reacts to Donald Trump's US travel ban – live Posted: 29 Jan 2017 01:51 AM PST Latest updates as president's executive order targeting Muslim-majority countries, affecting refugees, causes chaos at airports
The UK government has sent out David Gauke, chief secretary to the treasury, to defend its position. He insists May was right not to condemn the travel ban earlier adding the government will now make representations to the US on behalf of Britons caught up in the ban.
Next up on Marr was Harriet Harman. My colleague Rowena Mason has just sent this through: Harriet Harman, former acting Labour leader said it was important as British prime minister that May went to the US to meet the new president. However she added: "I was apprehensive as we know Donald Trump is misogynist and xenophobic and stands against so many British values, so I was very dismayed when I saw her holding his hand... And then I was horrified when he announced this ban and three times she said it was nothing to do with me. Well it to do with us She obviously needs to be careful as PM but she needs to be strong as well. Continue reading... |
| Theresa May under pressure to condemn Trump's US travel ban Posted: 29 Jan 2017 01:32 AM PST Tory MP says president should not address parliament after he banned travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries Theresa May was facing continued pressure on Sunday to make a stronger condemnation of Donald Trump's ban on refugees and other travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the US, with one of her MPs arguing Trump should not address parliament during his upcoming state visit. Sarah Wollaston, the Totnes MP, called the US president a "sickening piece of work" in a series of tweets and said he should not be given the traditional state visit courtesy of addressing both houses of parliament in Westminster Hall. Continue reading... |
| Ruth Negga: 'There are films that really mark you. Loving is one of those for me' Posted: 29 Jan 2017 01:00 AM PST The Ethiopian-Irish actor has shot to fame thanks to a restrained performance in the interracial marriage drama Loving. And now she has an Oscar nomination… First, the noise, Ater a decade of restrained, subtle excellence, Ruth Negga is suddenly everywhere. She appeared gamine-iconic on the front of the January issue of American Vogue, photographed by Mario Testino, a huge deal for a little-known, 35-year-old Ethiopian-Irish actor. Now she's on the cover of another fashion bible, W, which shows her and Natalie Portman leaning in, seemingly a moment before kissing. "A rare, powerful talent," Portman called Negga. At the Golden Globes, Negga headed those silly best-dressed lists, wearing a Louis Vuitton gown made from thousands of hand-sewn gold and silver paillettes. More satisfying for her was being name-checked that evening by Meryl Streep in her excoriating, Trump-skewering defence of diversity in Hollywood, which is coming up for 9m views on YouTube. Continue reading... |
| 'The disease enslaved me': living with leprosy in Ghana – in pictures Posted: 29 Jan 2017 01:00 AM PST Leprosy, a disease written about since biblical times, remains endemic in many poorer parts of the world. More than 50 people are diagnosed each day, with numerous others remaining undiagnosed because of stigma, fear or lack of medical access. Matilda Temperley, the 2016 Royal Photographic Society/Joan Wakelin bursary winner, has worked on a project looking at leprosy in Ghana
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| Denial review – tense, real-life courtroom drama Posted: 29 Jan 2017 12:00 AM PST Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall star in this dramatisation of the libel case between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving A courtroom drama about the libel case brought by Hitler apologist David Irving (Timothy Spall, effectively repellent) against historian Deborah Lipstadt after she described him as a "Holocaust denier", Denial couldn't be more timely. It's a film that is tailor-made for an era in which politicians glibly spout "alternative facts" if the truth doesn't suit them. It's also rather disheartening, as it reveals just how labyrinthine and time-consuming the process of legally unpicking these falsehoods is. Rachel Weisz brings a barrelling energy to her performance as the academic who finds herself in the unaccustomed and decidedly uncomfortable position of having to let her legal team fight her battle for her. Andrew Scott and Tom Wilkinson play solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton respectively. It's an unconventional dynamic for a courtroom drama – Lipstadt's team refuses to call her as a witness so the principal character is mute throughout the key scenes. However, David Hare's measured screenplay makes a virtue of this. Lipstadt's caged intellect snaps at the hands of everyone who approaches, even those on her side. Continue reading... |
| Malaysia: boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists missing off Borneo Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:14 PM PST Boat was on its way to Pulau Mengalum, an island known for its pristine beaches and dive sites, west of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah state A boat carrying 31 people, including 28 Chinese tourists, has gone missing in the waters off Borneo island, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said on Sunday. "The owner of the boat reported it missing on Saturday evening and we have begun a search and rescue mission," Awil Kamsari, a spokesman from the agency said. Continue reading... |
| Troubles inquiry focusing too much on police and army, says James Brokenshire Posted: 28 Jan 2017 10:06 PM PST Northern Ireland secretary praises security forces who served with distinction and warns that inquiry is not working The Northern Ireland secretary has said investigations into killings during the Troubles are "disproportionately" focusing on members of the police and army. James Brokenshire said inquiries were not working and backed the vast majority of soldiers and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as having served with "distinction". Continue reading... |
| In politics, great things do come out of America Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:00 PM PST The Politico website was a great US innovation, and in turbulent times, its European version is just what this continent needs A mid-term report on success. Ten years ago the world of American political coverage changed. A couple of Washington Post reporters and an enthusiastic millionaire launched Politico, a website (plus print version) that treated the White House, Capitol Hill and the government of 50 states as a specialist subject to be covered in relentless depth. (Compare Bloomberg and Thomson-Reuters in financial reporting mode.) Two years ago this spring the world of European political reporting also changed as, in partnership with Axel Springer, Politico Europe opened for business. Only last week there was a new surge of appointments there, covering energy policy, agriculture, financial services, the European Central Bank and more. Continue reading... |
| Chemical weapons found in Mosul in Isis lab, say Iraqi forces Posted: 28 Jan 2017 09:13 PM PST Special forces say mustard agent and Russian surface-to-air missiles found in site set up in Nineveh ruins Iraqi forces have said they have discovered a mustard chemical warfare agent in eastern Mosul alongside a cache of Russian surface-to-surface missiles. Iraqi and US officials have repeatedly warned of efforts by Isis to develop chemical weapons. When Iraqi forces retook Mosul University this month, they found chemistry labs they believed had been converted into makeshift weapons labs. Continue reading... |
| Full of nuts, watching a 70s western, I saw America’s future… | Stewart Lee Posted: 29 Jan 2017 02:00 AM PST It seems to me as if prophecies of Trump have been built into the culture, perhaps by the aliens who seeded us on Earth Can it be only last year that I was making the out-of-touch liberal elite laugh, in publicly subsidised theatres throughout pre-Brexit Britain, by saying that "Donald Trump" sounded like the kind of name Walt Disney would come up with if he was asked to invent a fart that could speak? Happy times. Continue reading... |
| Victoria police reject former commissioner's claims they have become 'risk averse' Posted: 28 Jan 2017 09:06 PM PST Former chief commissioner wants re-evaluation of juvenile offenders and for police cars to be fitted with nudge bars After the Bourke Street killings, prison breakouts and a youth crime wave, Victoria's police have been under scrutiny for being "risk averse". But the chief commissioner, Graham Ashton, says it's a myth that police are anything but tough on crime and his officers put themselves in harm's way. "There's a bit of a myth around that the fact that we're somehow soft on crime – nothing could be further from the truth," he told reporters in Melbourne. Continue reading... |
| Crowds gather to protest Trump's immigration ban at JFK airport – video Posted: 28 Jan 2017 08:21 PM PST Protesters gather outside John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday to express their opposition to US president Donald Trump's ban on admitting refugees into the country. Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and halt entry for 90 days for travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen Continue reading... |
| EU demands China investigate torture of lawyer and release political prisoners Posted: 28 Jan 2017 07:58 PM PST Rare statement cites China's own laws that prohibit torture in condemnation of mistreatment of detained rights lawyer Xie Yang and others China must investigate a harrowing account of torture by a detained lawyer and release several political prisoners, the European Union has demanded in a rare statement amid a deteriorating human rights situation under president Xi Jinping. Detained rights lawyer Xie Yang detailed his treatment in detention last week, where he was allegedly beaten, forced into stress positions, denied medical care and deprived food, drink and sleep by police. Interrogators threatened him repeatedly, allegedly saying: "We'll torture you to death just like an ant". Continue reading... |
| White House defends Trump Holocaust statement that didn't mention Jews Posted: 28 Jan 2017 06:08 PM PST
The White House has defended its omission of Jews and antisemitism from a statement remembering the Holocaust by saying that Donald Trump's administration "took into account all of those who suffered". Related: No mention of Jews in White House's Holocaust Remembrance Day tribute Continue reading... |
| Greece's best-selling daily newspaper to close due to debts Posted: 28 Jan 2017 05:33 PM PST Two historic Greek newspapers, including Ta Nea, will cease publication, because owner Lambrakis Press Group is 'lacking any available resources' Two historic Greek newspapers, including the country's best-selling daily, will cease publication, the debt-ridden Lambrakis Press Group announced on Saturday. "To Vima weekly and Ta Nea daily are forced to cease their publication within days due to financial reasons," the company said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Doctors are scarce on India’s river island – so the witch-hunters are back Posted: 28 Jan 2017 05:25 PM PST Victims face abuse or even death in villages in Assam where belief in the occult retains its grip Days before Rajan Pegu was beaten to death, the villagers of Baspora had held a meeting. A string of unexplained deaths had occurred within weeks and the villagers believed some dark magic was at play. They asked Pegu, an elderly herdsman: "Old man, are you a witch?" He told them: "No, no, I am not a witch." Continue reading... |
| Two nights on Milo Yiannopoulos's campus tour: as offensive as you'd imagine Posted: 28 Jan 2017 08:24 AM PST Abigail Edge followed the notorious online troll's speaking tour to two campuses in Colorado and found plenty of protests, supporters and hateful rhetoric Around a dozen police in riot gear line the entrance to the mathematics building at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps. Outside, a restless crowd of 200 protesters are holding signs and chanting anti-Trump slogans, their breath rising amid freezing temperatures – cold enough to make your cellphone cut out. A roar rises up from the crowd, followed by the smell of smoke. The smouldering remains of a red "Make America Great Again" hat hit the ground. "What I'm scared about is the normalization of fascism, and what I'd regard as fascist values like racism and sexism," says Charles Wofford, a 28-year-old graduate student who has come to protest the event. Continue reading... |
| Eyewitness: Australian Open, Melbourne Posted: 28 Jan 2017 06:34 AM PST Photographs from the Eyewitness series Continue reading... |
| Officials confirm second bird flu outbreak in Lancashire Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:57 AM PST Avian flu strain confirmed in pheasants at Preston premises with business link to nearby farm where earlier infection found A second outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in Lancashire, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has said. The H5N8 avian flu strain was confirmed in a flock of about 1,000 pheasants at a premises in Pilling, Preston, by the UK's deputy chief veterinary officer, Graeme Cooke. |
| How many US immigrants come from Trump's seven banned countries? Posted: 28 Jan 2017 01:37 PM PST Executive orders have suspended admission of refugees from Syria and all entries from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen Americans who once emigrated from Muslim-majority countries reacted with fear to the announcement on Friday that immigrants from several such countries will now have to undergo "extreme vetting". The executive order announced on Friday suspends entry to the US for all refugees for 120 days, indefinitely for those from Syria. All entries by people from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen have been suspended for 90 days, including valid visa-holders, legal residents and green-card holders. Continue reading... |
| What you need to know about Trump's travel ban Posted: 28 Jan 2017 10:56 AM PST The immediate consequences have been dire for everyone including valid visa holders and legal residents, and lawsuits have already begun – but the orders' vagueness leaves much up in the air Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump's first week: carnage, both real and imagined | Tom McCarthy Posted: 28 Jan 2017 07:38 AM PST What started with an ominous inauguration speech has ended with executive orders on everything from immigration to banning refugees and reigniting the fossil fuel industry. What does it mean for his presidency? The crowd was small, the weather was bad and the speech, which described "American carnage", was dire. For the tens of millions who voted against him and countless concerned others, Donald Trump's inauguration as president of the United States felt ominous, no matter how widely Barack Obama smiled and no matter how gracefully he and Michelle Obama made the transition from hosts to departing guests. The feeling of foreboding did not last. It was overtaken within hours by the realization, at the arrival of the first of the new president's executive actions, that the most outrageous campaign promises Trump had made to the smallest core of his supporters were now official US policy, or about to be. Continue reading... |
| No more 'Mad Dog' – but will defense secretary Mattis keep Trump on a leash? Posted: 28 Jan 2017 03:00 AM PST Hopes are high that new defense secretary James Mattis will be an anchor of stability serving an unpredictable president. But he will soon face intense tests One of the first corrections the new Pentagon chief subtly issued to his boss concerned his name. Donald Trump, a president who considers his bluster an asset, has enthused over the reputation of his defense secretary, even to the point of misunderstanding it. Continue reading... |
| 'Immigrants are America': protesters mass at US airports – in pictures Posted: 28 Jan 2017 06:11 PM PST Several hundred people have descended on US airports to protest Trump's executive order suspending refugee arrivals and banning certain travellers Continue reading... |
| Trump’s first seven days in the White House: a video review Posted: 28 Jan 2017 07:37 AM PST Donald Trump has been in office for a week. In that time he has signed 14 presidential orders, sent at least 34 tweets and sparked mass civil unrest across the country. So, a mixed week at best. Here's a look back at Trump's first week as president Continue reading... |
| Trump's refugee ban provokes criticism at home and abroad – video report Posted: 28 Jan 2017 06:40 AM PST President Trump signs an executive order named the Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, which places a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. The order, signed shortly after the joint press conference with Theresa May on Friday, has attracted negative reactions at home and abroad
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