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- Trump fires acting attorney general who said travel ban was unlawful – live
- Québec City mosque attack: man charged with six counts of murder
- Green movement 'greatest threat to freedom', says Trump adviser
- Mexico calls on Netanyahu to apologize for tweet about US border wall
- Europe fails in painting a united front against Trump's travel ban
- Cleric accused of masterminding 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest
- Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone, say scientists
- Virginia rejects bill to make schools warn parents of 'explicit' books
- Sean Spicer: critics of White House Holocaust commemoration 'pathetic'
- Iraqi MPs call for US entry ban as translators condemn 'betrayal'
- Anti-pipeline activists and film-makers face prison, raising fears for free press
- Myanmar: thousands attend funeral of Aung San Suu Kyi adviser
- VW becomes world's No 1 carmaker despite diesel emissions scandal
- Stock markets hit by US travel ban fears, Dow falls below 20,000 - as it happened
- Chad foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat to head African Union
- Poland puts Auschwitz-Birkenau staff database online
- Turkey, Hungary and Romania drive 23% rise in ECHR applications
- We must not turn our backs on journalists who lack our freedom
- Building Zion: the controversial plan for a Mormon-inspired city in Vermont
- US funding cuts to UN agencies would be costly for peace and security | Julian Egan
- How war on Islam became central to the Trump doctrine
- UK asylum seekers' housing branded 'disgraceful' by MPs
- Eurozone GDP: French economic growth accelerates to 0.4% – business live
- Government pays compensation to sacked Nauru Save the Children staff
- ACTU secretary Dave Oliver resigns and calls for 'renewal' at union body
- The man who could make Marine Le Pen president of France
- I threw away $100m of Picasso and Matisse art, says dealer in Paris theft trial
- Saudi Arabia signals end of tax-free living as oil revenues slump
- Indonesia police accuse Muslim hardliner of defaming founding president Sukarno
- 'Cube of truth': Anonymous hit streets with violent footage of animal farming
- Sara Connor says she did not know Bali policeman was dead
- Justin Trudeau's message to Canadian Muslims: 'We stand with you' – video
- Brexit: Irish taoiseach spells out fears over 'hard border' with north
- 'A slight typographical error': how one false credit report turned into a nightmare
- Hugo Chávez TV series faces backlash from family and President Maduro
- Donald Trump poses threat to EU, says Brexit negotiator – video
- Deryck Viney obituary
- Student charged after Québec City mosque attack – video report
- Refugees in Kenya hit by US travel ban after years of waiting for asylum
- Meet Benoît Hamon – aka the French Jeremy Corbyn
- Eyewitness: Glasgow
- Mexicans mull response to Trump's wall: let migrants through – or boycott McDonald's?
- Maternal death rates in Afghanistan may be worse than previously thought
- Saudi Arabia and Egypt are excluded from Trump's ban. Why? | Aryeh Neier
- Sean Spicer brands White House Holocaust statement criticism 'pathetic' – video
- Sally Yates, sacked by Donald Trump, foretold how she would stand up to a president - video
- Chuck Schumer asks Donald Trump: 'How you can run a country like this?' – video
- Turnbull: 'When I have frank advice to give an American president, I give it privately' – video
- Protests across Britain against Trump's travel ban – in pictures
- Melbourne schoolboy denied US visa after travel ban speaks out – video
- Thousands protest Trump Muslim ban in London – video
- Sean Spicer: Trump’s migration order is about putting US safety first – video
- Newspaper front pages react to US travel chaos – in pictures
| Trump fires acting attorney general who said travel ban was unlawful – live Posted: 31 Jan 2017 01:54 AM PST
Shadow business secretary Clive Lewis urged Theresa May to stop appeasing Trump. "We the British people are telling you stop with the appeasement. Stop indulging a racist, torture-supporting, woman-hating, crypto fascist. Stop him from coming to this country until he lifts the ban on Muslims." That's because the EU referendum result did not give you a mandate to sell out on our British values. Did not give you permission to sell our NHS to Donald Trump and his corporate cronies. Did not give you permission to rip us away from our brothers and sisters in Europe and into the arms of Trump's America.
Here's one we missed yesterday ... Bruce Springsteen added his voice to those protesting against the Muslim ban. At a concert in Adelaide he said the ban was "anti-democratic and fundamentally unAmerican." "America is a nation of immigrants and we find this anti-democratic and fundamentally un-American." pic.twitter.com/DsXSaLeNNN Continue reading... |
| Québec City mosque attack: man charged with six counts of murder Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:43 PM PST Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, also charged with five counts of attempted murder in attack prime minister Justin Trudeau called act of terrorism A 27-year-old university student has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder over a shooting at a Québec City mosque during evening prayers, in what the Canadian prime minister described as an act of terror. Alexandre Bissonnette, a student in the social sciences faculty at Laval University, also faces five charges of attempted murder. |
| Green movement 'greatest threat to freedom', says Trump adviser Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:52 AM PST Climate-change denier Myron Ebell says he expects Trump to withdraw the US from the global climate change agreement The environmental movement is "the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world", according to an adviser to the US president Donald Trump's administration. Myron Ebell, who has denied the dangers of climate change for many years and led Trump's transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until the president's recent inauguration, also said he fully expected Trump to keep his promise to withdraw the US from the global agreement to fight global warming. Continue reading... |
| Mexico calls on Netanyahu to apologize for tweet about US border wall Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:24 AM PST Foreign minister expresses 'profound astonishment, rejection and disappointment' after Israeli PM praises Trump's executive order at weekend The diplomatic storm over Donald Trump's proposed border wall has taken an unexpected twist after Mexico's foreign minister called on Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize for expressing support for the plan. The Israeli prime minister used Twitter on Saturday evening to praise Trump's executive order authorizing construction of the wall – a move which has triggered widespread international condemnation and plunged bilateral relations between the US and Mexico to an unprecedented low. |
| Europe fails in painting a united front against Trump's travel ban Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:25 AM PST From centre-right's usual anti-immigration suspects to Italy's foreign minister, many have chosen not to criticise US president Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries may have been executed chaotically and with little warning, but some centre-right politicians in Europe have chosen not to criticise the US administration, challenging the view that the European Union is united against the ban. The Italian foreign minister, Angelino Alfano, said the EU, having put up its own barriers and dealt poorly with the refugee crisis, was in no position to judge Trump's immigration decrees. |
| Cleric accused of masterminding 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest Posted: 30 Jan 2017 01:11 PM PST Pakistan makes move against Hafiz Saeed after years of pressure from US and India over atrocities that killed 166 people Pakistan has ordered house arrest for the Islamist cleric Hafiz Saeed, who is accused by the US and India of masterminding the 2008 attacks on the Indian financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people. The move came after years of pressure and could help ease recently escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Saeed's continued freedom has long infuriated India. Continue reading... |
| Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone, say scientists Posted: 30 Jan 2017 08:00 AM PST It is known that our galaxy is being pulled through space, but cosmologists suspected it was being pushed as well – and new research might confirm it The Milky Way is being "pushed" through space by a cosmic dead zone that lurks half a billion light years from Earth, researchers claim. Located on the far side of the constellation of Lacerta, the Lizard, the vast patch of nothingness appears to have a striking dearth of galaxies compared to the rest of its cosmic neighbourhood. |
| Virginia rejects bill to make schools warn parents of 'explicit' books Posted: 30 Jan 2017 07:48 AM PST State's board of education throws out controversial legislation that would have required warnings to be issued of 'sexual content' in texts such as Romeo and Juliet An attempt to give parents a veto over the teaching of books deemed to contain sexually explicit content has been thrown out by Virginia state education authorities, marking the end of a controversial bill that would have enabled parents to ban children from studying classics such as Toni Morrison's Beloved, The Diary of Anne Frank and Romeo and Juliet if they deemed their content sexual. Related: Virginia teachers may have to warn parents of any 'sexually explicit' reading Continue reading... |
| Sean Spicer: critics of White House Holocaust commemoration 'pathetic' Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:35 PM PST Trump's press secretary said the president went 'out of his way' to recognize genocide in defense of omitted references to Jewish people and antisemitism After days of criticism for omitting any mention of Jews or antisemitism from a White House statement commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the press secretary, Sean Spicer, lauded Trump for going "out of his way to recognize the Holocaust" and branded critics as "pathetic". Related: White House defends Trump Holocaust statement that didn't mention Jews Continue reading... |
| Iraqi MPs call for US entry ban as translators condemn 'betrayal' Posted: 30 Jan 2017 08:25 AM PST Iraqis who worked alongside US troops and now fear for their safety say they feel abandoned by Trump administration Iraq's parliament has recommended a ban on Americans entering the country in response to Donald Trump's move to suspend US visas for its citizens, as would-be refugees pleaded for Trump's decision to be overturned. The recommendation does not appear to be binding on the Iraqi government, which is allied with Washington in the fight against Islamic State. However, it inflames a strong anti-US sentiment already present in Iraq, creating uncertainty for US aid workers, contractors and journalists who regularly travel there. Continue reading... |
| Anti-pipeline activists and film-makers face prison, raising fears for free press Posted: 30 Jan 2017 03:00 AM PST Trials begin on Monday in Washington state after actions intended to shut down oil sands pipelines, in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux tribe's efforts Climate change activists and film-makers who documented their anti-pipeline demonstrations are facing criminal charges and hefty prison sentences, with cases across the US that have raised concerns about press intimidation and the targeting of peaceful protesters. The slew of upcoming trials, beginning on Monday in Washington state, stem from a series of coordinated actions on 11 October 2016 aimed at shutting down oil sands pipelines. Nine criminal cases include several filed against film-makers and live-streamers who recorded protesters closing the emergency valves on pipelines but did not directly participate in the disruptions. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar: thousands attend funeral of Aung San Suu Kyi adviser Posted: 30 Jan 2017 06:31 AM PST Death of Muslim lawyer Ko Ni, shot in the head at Yangon airport, highlights persecution of Muslims in the country Thousands of mourners have gathered to bury a prominent Burmese Muslim lawyer whose murder has raised fresh fears of renewed political instability in Myanmar and highlighted the continuing persecution of Muslims in the Buddhist-majority country. Ko Ni, 65 – a legal adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi – was shot in the head on Sunday evening at the international airport in Yangon, the country's commercial capital, as he hailed a taxi after returning from a government-organised trip to Indonesia, where delegates discussed religious issues. Continue reading... |
| VW becomes world's No 1 carmaker despite diesel emissions scandal Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:55 AM PST Volkswagen group – including Audi, Porsche and Skoda – overtakes Toyota to take title of global bestseller Volkswagen has become the world's biggest car manufacturer, overtaking Toyota in the number of new vehicles sold in 2016 despite the damage it suffered in the diesel emissions scandal. Toyota had been the biggest seller for the past four years but its 2016 sales total of just under 10.2m vehicles, announced on Monday, fell short of the more than 10.3m cars sold by VW. Continue reading... |
| Stock markets hit by US travel ban fears, Dow falls below 20,000 - as it happened Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:51 AM PST All the day's economic and financial news, as president Trump's ban on citizens from seven countries entering the US worries investors
The uncertainty and chaos caused by Donald Trump's travel ban has sent stock markets tumbling. With a number of Asian markets falling overnight - the Nikkei lost 0.5% - Europe and the US soon followed suit. In the UK, the FTSE 100 lost all the gains made so far this year, closing at its lowest level since 28 December. Things would have been worse without a boost from Vodafone after the mobile phone group said it was in talks about merging its Indian business with Idea Cellular. Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG, said: The market narrative has shifted once again. For the past three months a Trump presidency has been heralded as great for stocks. Now, with Dow 20,000 behind us, it seems his government can be blamed for the bout of selling that has engulfed markets. The truth, as ever, probably lies somewhere in between these two extremes but there is probably some truth in the idea that geopolitical jitters are playing a part in price action today. The FTSE 100 has now surrendered all its gains for the year...Markets overall have been ripe for a correction for some time now, and were merely in need of a reason to begin; Trump's rambunctious opening to his presidency, and the lighter volumes caused by holidays in Asian markets, may well have provided the bears with the opening they needed.
Italy's biggest bank has said its capital ratios at the end of 2016 would not meet requirements set down by the European Central Bank. The bank is launching a €13bn rights issue to help bolster its finances, which should put it back on track to meet the ECB levels. It said: [We envisage] a temporary deficit versus the corresponding applicable capital requirement as at 31 December 2016 .... by approximately 2% which is expected to be fully restored upon completion of the rights issue, which, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to be settled before March 10th, 2017 on the basis of the current timetable. Group financial results are impacted by a number of negative non-recurring items of which approximately €12.2bn were disclosed at UniCredit's Capital Markets Day, on December 13th, 2016, in the context of the presentation of the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan.. The Group has taken into account a number of additional negative one-off items amounting to approximately €1.0bn, which are expected to be recorded in 2016. Such one-off items primarily result from a higher write-down of the investment in the Atlante Funds, on some participations and Deferred Tax Assets for temporary differences and extraordinary contributions to the National Resolution Fund. Continue reading... |
| Chad foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat to head African Union Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:21 AM PST Outgoing AU chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma speaks out against US travel ban on refugees from Somalia, Libya and Sudan as she is succeeded by Moussa Faki Chad's foreign minister has been elected as the new chair of the African Union Commission, pledging to place development and security at the top of his agenda and streamline the organisation's bureaucracy. Moussa Faki Mahamat – a former prime minister who has been at the forefront of the fight against Islamist militants in Nigeria, Mali and the Sahel – was chosen by the 54-member body at a summit that has exposed splits over Africa's relationship with the international criminal court and Morocco's readmission to the union. Continue reading... |
| Poland puts Auschwitz-Birkenau staff database online Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:49 AM PST Names and details of nearly 10,000 staff who ran Nazi death camp published, with historian saying 200 guards could be alive Poland has published the first online database featuring the names and personal details of nearly 10,000 staff who ran the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. The state-run Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) said that the SS KL Auschwitz Garrison list was based on data from archives in Poland, Germany, Austria, the US and, to a limited extent, Russia, where archives remain mostly inaccessible. |
| Turkey, Hungary and Romania drive 23% rise in ECHR applications Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:40 AM PST Crackdown after failed coup and prison conditions in Romania and Hungary fuel spike in human rights court applications Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's response to the attempted coup in Turkey along with poor conditions in prisons in Hungary and Romania have driven a 23% year-on-year rise in the number of applications to the European court of human rights. In its annual report, the court noted a "very large number of applications" from Turkey in late 2016 after the attempt to topple Erdoğan, contributing to the biggest increase in applications in five years. Continue reading... |
| We must not turn our backs on journalists who lack our freedom Posted: 31 Jan 2017 12:00 AM PST Let us not forget that too many reporters, photographers and bloggers around the world lose their liberty, and their lives, simply for trying to do their job I'm always wary of referring to the west as "the free world", and of proclaiming that we are therefore blessed with "press freedom" because, in both cases, that freedom is relative and often under pressure. However, when I see what passes for freedom in many other countries, when I see what happens to journalists who must risk their lives to carry out their tasks, I cannot but argue that matters are considerably better here. Continue reading... |
| Building Zion: the controversial plan for a Mormon-inspired city in Vermont Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:30 PM PST A Mormon businessman is buying up land to build master-planned towns from scratch, inspired by church founder Joseph Smith's idea for a 'plat of Zion' – so why does the church oppose it? The roads through rural Vermont wind past rolling forested hills and quaint small towns, including South Royalton – used as the quintessential New England village in the opening sequence of the TV series Gilmore Girls. A short drive away, the Tunbridge World's Fair has run almost continuously since 1867, with games, contests for best pig or pumpkin, and displays of old-time printing presses and candle making. Continue reading... |
| US funding cuts to UN agencies would be costly for peace and security | Julian Egan Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:00 PM PST War costs the world £10.9tn a year – yet the Donald Trump administration may reduce support to the very international bodies that tackle root causes of conflict The draft executive order from the new US administration that would slash a minimum of 40% of funding to multilateral institutions, such as the UN and the World Bank, threatens deep and destabilising consequences for the international system and the people it aims to help. And it won't help the US, either. This comes in a year where the UN secretary general will give special attention to how the UN can meet its core mandate on peace and security, culminating in a global session on sustaining peace in September. Continue reading... |
| How war on Islam became central to the Trump doctrine Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:38 AM PST An apocalyptic view of Islamist terrorism is the thread that connects key figures in the Trump administration and underpins this weekend's immigration chaos. But is their ramped-up rhetoric just giving terrorists what they want? It was the moment the world sat up and started to take notice of the US presidential campaign. Donald Trump had made headlines before, in June 2015, when he had called for a "great, great wall" along the Mexican border. Back then, he was hovering around ninth place in a crowded field of Republican candidates. But by 7 December, when he released a short statement calling for the "total and complete shutdown" of Muslim immigration, he was the frontrunner for his party's nomination. His message, that Islam itself was a threat to America, was heard loud and clear across the globe, not least by 1.6 billion Muslims. Now, as president, he appears to be following through. On Friday he stunned us again by announcing that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries – encompassing around 220 million people – would be barred from entering the US for 90 days. On Sunday, his long-time ally, Rudy Giuliani, traced the order back to a conversation about the "Muslim ban" in which Trump asked him to "show me the right way to do it legally". While commentators have had their work cut out trying to follow the twists and turns of Trump's logic on everything from climate change to the CIA, on this issue his attitude has been consistent. If there is a Trump doctrine, "war on Islam" has to be a strong contender. Continue reading... |
| UK asylum seekers' housing branded 'disgraceful' by MPs Posted: 30 Jan 2017 04:01 PM PST Select committee calls for rethink of asylum seekers' accommodation after reports of infestations of mice, rats and bedbugs The "rat-infested" conditions in which 38,000 asylum seekers are housed in Britain by the Home Office while they wait for their refugee claims to be decided have been branded "disgraceful" by MPs. The House of Commons home affairs select committee has called for a major overhaul of the system for housing destitute asylum seekers in Britain after hearing evidence of some families living in homes with infestations of mice, rats and bedbugs. Continue reading... |
| Eurozone GDP: French economic growth accelerates to 0.4% – business live Posted: 31 Jan 2017 01:47 AM PST All the day's economic and financial news, including new growth and unemployment data from the eurozone
The latest unemployment news from Italy is rather disappointing.
The US dollar is poised to suffer its worst start to any year since 2008. President Trump's travel ban - and his associated decision to fire the acting Attorney General - dominates sentiment and remains good for Treasuries, the yen (and gold), but bad for bonds and the dollar. How long will market sentiment to be affected? How far can the dollar and yields fall on this? I'm not sure serious analysis is possible, and I don't trust my gut instincts on something as far from the usual state of affairs, but my bias is still that we'll get back to the Trump economic program, and the implications for Fed policy, before too long. Continue reading... |
| Government pays compensation to sacked Nauru Save the Children staff Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:45 PM PST Immigration department also expresses regret to nine workers who were deported amid false allegations they had coached asylum seekers to self-harm The Department of Immigration has issued a statement of regret and paid compensation to the nine Save the Children workers who were sacked and deported from Nauru amid false allegations they had orchestrated protests and encouraged self-harm among detained asylum seekers. In a statement published on Friday afternoon, the department said it acknowledged "that at the time of the removal direction and subsequently, it had no reason to cause doubt to be cast on the SCA employees' reputation". Continue reading... |
| ACTU secretary Dave Oliver resigns and calls for 'renewal' at union body Posted: 31 Jan 2017 12:36 AM PST Unionist quits ACTU after five years as secretary, saying he wants to spend more time with his family Dave Oliver has announced his resignation as secretary of the ACTU after five years in the post, citing personal reasons for the surprise decision. Australian Council of Trade Union sources insist that Oliver is leaving at a time of his choosing. Although his successor is not certain, the vice-president and fellow left-aligned leader Sally McManus is early favourite to take the role and Ged Kearney is likely to remain as president. Continue reading... |
| The man who could make Marine Le Pen president of France Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:00 PM PST Florian Philippot is the strategist behind the rebranding of the extreme right Front National as a populist, anti-elite movement. But don't mistake him for a moderate On the night of the US election, Florian Philippot, the closest adviser to the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, was watching the results from his apartment on the Left Bank in Paris. Before dawn, when Donald Trump's victory was not yet official but the liberal establishment was beginning to panic, he tweeted: "Their world is crumbling. Ours is being built." Around 8am, Philippot phoned Le Pen to discuss the good news. She was in a jubilant mood at the headquarters of her party – the nationalist, anti-immigration Front National – preparing to deliver a speech congratulating Trump. His victory, on promises of trade protectionism and the closing of borders, looked like a major boost to her presidential campaign. Meanwhile, a car arrived to take Philippot, the party's vice-president, to the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, 250km from Paris, to lay a wreath at the tomb of France's great postwar leader, General Charles de Gaulle. Continue reading... |
| I threw away $100m of Picasso and Matisse art, says dealer in Paris theft trial Posted: 30 Jan 2017 07:53 PM PST Co-defendant in 'Spider-Man' trial says he destroyed five paintings stolen in 2010 from Museum of Modern Art A co-defendant in one of the world's biggest art heists has told a court he destroyed and threw away five art masterpieces worth more than $100m that were stolen by a thief nicknamed "the Spider-Man". Yonathan Birn was among three people who went on trial in the case on Monday. The five paintings stolen in 2010 from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris – a Picasso, a Matisse, a Modigliani, a Braque and a Fernand Léger – have never been found. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Arabia signals end of tax-free living as oil revenues slump Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:51 PM PST Cabinet approves an IMF-backed value-added tax to be imposed across the Gulf in bid to cut budget deficit Tax-free living will soon be a thing of the past for Saudis after its cabinet on Monday approved an IMF-backed value-added tax to be imposed across the Gulf following an oil slump. A 5% levy will apply to certain goods following an agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council in June last year. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia police accuse Muslim hardliner of defaming founding president Sukarno Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:20 PM PST Rizieq Shihab, head of the Islamic Defenders Front, has led blasphemy protests against Christian Jakarta governor Indonesian police have named a controversial Islamist leader who helped organise protests against Jakarta's Christian governor as a suspect in a defamation case, as authorities move to rein in the influence of hardliners. Rizieq Shihab, the head of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), was accused on Monday of defamation over comments he made about Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno, and the state ideology. Continue reading... |
| 'Cube of truth': Anonymous hit streets with violent footage of animal farming Posted: 30 Jan 2017 04:35 PM PST A splinter group of the loose online activist group reports real-world success with a vegan campaign featuring flatscreens and Guy Fawkes masks The buskers and bystanders that fill Sydney's Pitt Street Mall are standing with wide eyes, in disbelief and sometimes loud outrage. A four-minute montage of animal agriculture practices called Thousand Eyes is screaming mutely at them: sows beaten in their pens, their piglets gasping or dismembered on steel floors. Turkeys panicking in the dark, sheep that seem to know their throats are to be slit while they're still alive. A cow bludgeoned to half-life, and the chickens. The chickens are what get to people the most. Thousand Eyes repeats, ad nauseam and in all directions, on the laptops and flatscreens being held up by some of the Guy Fawkes-masked volunteers that stand in an outwards-facing square, forming the "Cube of Truth". They are members of Anonymous for the Voiceless, or simply AV: a synapse of Anonymous' decentralised network that focuses exclusively on animal rights. Continue reading... |
| Sara Connor says she did not know Bali policeman was dead Posted: 30 Jan 2017 01:47 PM PST Australian woman tells court she didn't ask questions when her British boyfriend told her he had left a Bali police officer 'passed out' on Kuta beach Australian woman Sara Connor has told a Bali court she didn't ask any further questions when her British boyfriend told her he had left a police officer "passed out" on Kuta beach following a violent scuffle. Almost a week after David Taylor gave evidence at her trial, Connor was brought into Denpasar court on Monday to tell her version of what happened the night they are accused of killing Wayan Sudarsa on 16 August last year. Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau's message to Canadian Muslims: 'We stand with you' – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 01:07 PM PST The prime minister on Monday offered a message of solidarity with the Muslim community following a deadly attack on a mosque in Québec City. Trudeau offered his unwavering support to the Canadian Muslim community, saying: 'We will defend you. We will love you and we will stand with you.' Six people were killed and eight injured on Sunday night when gunmen opened fire in the Islamic cultural center during evening prayers. Police have arrested two people Continue reading... |
| Brexit: Irish taoiseach spells out fears over 'hard border' with north Posted: 30 Jan 2017 12:29 PM PST Enda Kenny stresses to Theresa May that open border and trade with Northern Ireland is 'an absolute priority' Ireland's taoiseach has warned Theresa May there would be "very negative consequences" of a hard border being imposed on the frontier between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as a result of Brexit. Enda Kenny spelled out Ireland's fears of a return to customs posts and border checks in a meeting with the UK prime minister during her visit to Dublin on Monday, amid warnings they could become targets for dissident republicans. Continue reading... |
| 'A slight typographical error': how one false credit report turned into a nightmare Posted: 30 Jan 2017 12:05 PM PST When an Australian businessman's credit card was rejected on an Italian holiday, it was the start of a two-year struggle with credit reporting agency Veda that ended in a $15,000 compensation award In June 2014 a man known as KB arrived in Rome for a two-week Italian getaway. After a long flight from Australia he was looking forward to experiencing all the delights of the Mediterranean summer. But when KB reached Rome international airport, things started to go wrong. He tried to make a payment but his credit card was declined. Continue reading... |
| Hugo Chávez TV series faces backlash from family and President Maduro Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:18 AM PST El Comandante, which Maduro called imperialist 'trash', retells the Venezuelan leader's rise to power, claiming his policies contributed to current economic crisis The revolution will now be televised. The life of Hugo Chávez, who mesmerized Venezuela's impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language TV series that is generating a backlash even before it airs. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump poses threat to EU, says Brexit negotiator – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:18 AM PST Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, says Donald Trump is a threat to the EU, alongside Russian aggression and Islamist extremism. Speaking at London's Chatham House think tank on Monday, Verhofstadt warns about the dangers posed to Europe by populism Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:16 AM PST My father, Deryck Viney, who has died aged 95, was a broadcaster, linguist, botanist and biological weapons expert – he had an eclectic mix of talents. He was born in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Walter Viney, a businessman, and his wife, Kitty (nee Banfield). Deryck went to school at Dulwich College, in London, and then studied biology at King's College, Cambridge, before enlisting in the army following the outbreak of the second world war. Employing his German, learned in school, in the Intelligence Corps, he was entrusted with the interrogation of captured SS officers and subsequently took an active role in the de-Nazification programme in postwar West Germany. Continue reading... |
| Student charged after Québec City mosque attack – video report Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:19 AM PST Laval University student Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, has been charged on six counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder after an attack on a mosque in Québec City on Sunday. The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said it was an act of terrorism |
| Refugees in Kenya hit by US travel ban after years of waiting for asylum Posted: 30 Jan 2017 08:02 AM PST Somalis who waited up to 10 years to pass rigorous screening shocked by abrupt change in their prospects Hundreds of Somali refugees in Kenya who were days from travelling to the US to start new lives under a longstanding resettlement programme have been told they cannot travel, after Donald Trump's executive order banned migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries for three months. The refugees, who have all been rigorously screened by US and UN officials, have waited for between seven and 10 years for their resettlement to be approved and organised. Continue reading... |
| Meet Benoît Hamon – aka the French Jeremy Corbyn Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:07 AM PST The far-left politician, who has some pretty far-out ideas, has been selected as the country's Socialist candidate in April's presidential election Nom: Benoît Hamon. Âge: 49. Continue reading... |
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| Mexicans mull response to Trump's wall: let migrants through – or boycott McDonald's? Posted: 30 Jan 2017 02:00 AM PST Analysts and other residents address potential retaliatory measures as Trump moves to build a wall and threatens Nafta: 'It's not like Mexico has no leverage' Boycott McDonald's and Starbucks? Throw out the DEA? Let migrants flood north toward the United States? Related: Trump-Mexico relations hit new low after 20% border wall tax mooted Continue reading... |
| Maternal death rates in Afghanistan may be worse than previously thought Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:28 AM PST Unpublished research from the UN Population Fund suggests the country's maternal mortality figures may be higher than reported For years, declining death rates among pregnant women have been hailed as one of the great gains of foreign aid in Afghanistan. In reality, however, Afghan women dying in pregnancy or childbirth may be more than twice as high as numbers provided by donors would suggest. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Arabia and Egypt are excluded from Trump's ban. Why? | Aryeh Neier Posted: 30 Jan 2017 07:59 AM PST The American public needs to know the real reasons behind the arbitrary list of countries When President Trump issued executive orders limiting immigration on Friday, it appears there was at least one important omission. He has failed to instruct the National Park Service to put a hood over the Statue of Liberty, the world's most renowned symbol of freedom. It is not the only omission. In identifying Muslim-majority countries from which refugees and visas will be blocked because of concerns about terrorism, Trump left out Saudi Arabia. Yet most of those who hijacked airliners to attack New York and Washington DC on 9/11, the deadliest terrorist episode in history, were Saudis. Continue reading... |
| Sean Spicer brands White House Holocaust statement criticism 'pathetic' – video Posted: 31 Jan 2017 12:14 AM PST White House press secretary Sean Spicer brands critics of an official statement commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day as "pathetic". The statement was criticised for omitting any mention of Jews or antisemitism Sean Spicer: critics of White House Holocaust commemoration 'pathetic' Continue reading... |
| Sally Yates, sacked by Donald Trump, foretold how she would stand up to a president - video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:04 PM PST The acting US attorney general, who Trump has fired for defying his travel ban order, was asked in the Senate in 2015 what she would say to a president who wanted to do something unlawful. The person who asked the question was Jeff Sessions, who is now Trump's nominee for attorney general. Listen to her answer Continue reading... |
| Chuck Schumer asks Donald Trump: 'How you can run a country like this?' – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:42 PM PST Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer praises the actions of acting attorney general Sally Yates who was fired by Donald Trump for her opposition to the executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority nations. 'It was a profile in courage, it was a brave act and a right act,' he says. Schumer urges the president to think through his polices and consult departmental chiefs. 'How can you run a country like this?' he says, adding: 'We cannot have a Twitter presidency' Continue reading... |
| Turnbull: 'When I have frank advice to give an American president, I give it privately' – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 05:29 PM PST Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull declines to condemn Donald Trump's travel ban, saying he will not engage in commentary on the domestic policy of another country. Turnbull says he will talk frankly to the US president only in private, 'as good friends should, as wise prime ministers do', and will ensure he is acting in Australia's national interest Australian dual citizens will not be affected by travel ban, PM says Continue reading... |
| Protests across Britain against Trump's travel ban – in pictures Posted: 30 Jan 2017 03:52 PM PST Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday banning immigration to the US from seven Muslim-majority countries, which has led to widespread protests, including many around Britain Continue reading... |
| Melbourne schoolboy denied US visa after travel ban speaks out – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 03:15 PM PST Student Pouya Ghadirian talks to the media outside the US consulate in Melbourne after being rejected for a US tourist visa he needed to attend space camp in Alabama. Pouya is a dual Australian-Iranian citizen and says US officials told him there was no way they could make an exemption to the new executive order denying entry to those from a group of Muslim-majority countries Continue reading... |
| Thousands protest Trump Muslim ban in London – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 01:56 PM PST Thousands of people gather outside 10 Downing Street on Monday evening to voice their opposition to Donald Trump's travel ban targeting several Muslim majority countries. One lady with dual nationality says the ban has affected her personally. Bianca Jagger says she is shocked that Theresa May would sacrifice moral values for a trade deal with the US Continue reading... |
| Sean Spicer: Trump’s migration order is about putting US safety first – video Posted: 30 Jan 2017 12:21 PM PST White House spokesman Sean Spicer says Donald Trump's immigration ban is about getting ahead of threats and putting homeland security first. Speaking to reporters at Monday's White House briefing, Spicer says he is 'confident' amid legal challenges over travel ban Continue reading... |
| Newspaper front pages react to US travel chaos – in pictures Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:43 AM PST Newspapers from around the world document the turmoil in the United States, as people demonstrate against the travel ban imposed by Donald Trump Continue reading... |
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