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- US travel ban hits major setback as judges uphold temporary restraining order
- Romanian justice minister resigns after angry anti-corruption protests
- Kellyanne Conway’s White House gaffes: three strikes but not yet out
- Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beach
- Peru ex-president Alejandro Toledo faces arrest on bribery charges
- Brawls break out in South African parliament after denunciation of Zuma
- Greece hopeful of imminent EU debt deal despite German warning
- Manus refugee who collapsed and died sought medical help 13 times in two months
- Cancer drug prices must come down, say leading research institutes
- Blast at French nuclear plant does not pose contamination risk, say experts
- US commander in Afghanistan requests several thousand new troops
- Winter migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico drops after one-year recovery
- Israel apologizes for detaining Jewish American non-profit executive at airport
- Brazil army takes over state's security as 100 killed amid police strike
- Turkey's President Erdoğan approves constitutional boost to his powers
- Farmer given suspended €3,000 fine for helping migrants enter France
- Iran 1979: a time of revolution – in pictures
- Trump agrees to support 'One China' policy in Xi Jinping call
- Travel ban ruling: judges refuse to reinstate Trump's order – as it happened
- An Emmanuel Macron victory would give the EU a chance to save itself | Martin Kettle
- Archbishop and Tory MPs criticise closure of child refugee scheme
- 'We'll go to Calais and try to get in illegally. What choice do we have?'
- Electricity market operator denies being ‘asleep at the wheel’ during blackout
- Friday briefing: Trump's travel ban still grounded
- Manchester's water cure for disabled soldiers – archive, 10 Feb 1917
- Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca offices raided over Odebrecht bribery scandal
- Eiffel Tower to get bulletproof glass walls to protect against terrorism
- Trump denounced nuclear arms treaty in phone call with Putin – sources
- Scuffles break out in South African parliament – video
- US commander in Afghanistan calls for thousands more troops – video
- Paolo Gentiloni: Rome and London must reassure citizens living abroad – video
- Two men in Scarlett Keeling murder case in India face court again
- Journalist convicted of smuggling for helping Syrian boy migrate to Sweden
- Russian airstrikes accidentally kill three Turkish soldiers
- Ukrainian librarian under house arrest takes case to court of human rights
- Refugee children 'devastated' by end of Dubs scheme
- 'Christianity theme park' in Mao Zedong's home province sparks outrage
- The Iraqi girls who escaped from Isis – video
- What's the mood in Iran toward president Trump?
- Pope Francis reveals how he shrugs off stress: 'I'm not on tranquilisers'
- Eyewitness: Venice, Italy
- Argentina's immigrant hotel is a ghost of welcoming times amid deportation order
- Roving clinics tackle TB among Myanmar's poorest people – in pictures
- Guardian video on freeing trafficked girls wins Social Impact Media Award
- Campaigners fear Trump resolution could hit coffers of poor countries
- Travel ban decision suggests supreme court would be tough to convince
- Sean Spicer pressed over Trump's capricious tweeting – video
- 'Political decision' says Trump as court keeps travel ban in limbo – video
- Pete Souza, Obama's photographer, takes subtle digs at Trump on Instagram – video
- 'Complete victory': attorney general celebrates Trump travel ban verdict – video
- Spicer: Kellyanne Conway 'counselled' for promoting Ivanka Trump products – video
- A heavy snow storm hits the north-eastern US – in pictures
| US travel ban hits major setback as judges uphold temporary restraining order Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:29 PM PST Judges upheld order issued last week to prevent 90-day travel ban from seven Muslim-majority countries and 120-day freeze on US admission of any refugees Donald Trump's controversial travel ban suffered a major setback on Thursday after a panel of three judges upheld an injunction against the president's order banning arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries. In its unanimous ruling, the three judges on the ninth circuit court of appeals upheld the temporary restraining order, which was issued by Judge James Robart, a federal district court judge in Washington state, and has blocked the enforcement of many key parts of the executive order. Continue reading... |
| Romanian justice minister resigns after angry anti-corruption protests Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:11 AM PST Plan to decriminalise offences and issue jail pardons prompted hundreds of thousands of Romanians to take to the streets Romania's justice minister has resigned following the largest street protests in the country since the fall of communism in 1989. Florin Iordache was one of the architects of an emergency ordinance passed by the government on 31 January that would have decriminalised some official misconduct offences. Continue reading... |
| Kellyanne Conway’s White House gaffes: three strikes but not yet out Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:30 AM PST From 'alternative facts' to the Bowling Green massacre that never was to the Ivanka row, is reality catching up with Trump's senior aide? Kellyanne Conway is facing her biggest crisis as a senior aide to Donald Trump, after three self-inflicted wounds in as many weeks. Conway was rebuked by the White House on Thursday after she promoted the branded products of the president's daughter, Ivanka, during a TV interview. Ethics experts said she may have broken the law regarding conflicts of interest. Continue reading... |
| Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beach Posted: 09 Feb 2017 07:52 PM PST Urgent plea issued for locals to drop work and school commitments and head to the remote beach to save surviving whales Hundreds of whales have died overnight on a New Zealand beach after a mass stranding thought to be the largest in decades. The Department of Conservation (DOC) discovered 416 pilot whales had beached themselves at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay at the top of the South Island, with more than 70% perishing by the time dawn broke on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Peru ex-president Alejandro Toledo faces arrest on bribery charges Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:52 PM PST International arrest warrant issued for 70-year-old Toledo over claims he took bribes from construction giant Odebrecht A judge in Peru has ordered the arrest of ex-president Alejandro Toledo while prosecutors prepare criminal charges against the former leader for allegedly receiving $20m in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in return for granting a lucrative contract to build a transoceanic highway between Brazil and the Peruvian coast. Judge Richard Concepcion ordered 18 months "preventive" prison and issued both a national and international arrest warrant for Toledo, 70, on Thursday. The ex-president, who was in France last week, has angrily denied any wrongdoing when interviewed by Peruvian journalists. His lawyer said he would not flee but declined to say what country he was in. Continue reading... |
| Brawls break out in South African parliament after denunciation of Zuma Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:29 AM PST Opposition members scuffle with guards after president is condemned as a 'scoundrel' and 'rotten to the core' The South African parliament descended into chaos on Thursday, with opposition politicians denouncing President Jacob Zuma as a "scoundrel" and "rotten to the core" because of corruption allegations and then brawling with guards who dragged them out of the chamber. The raucous scenes unfolded on national television as opposition legislators tried to stop Zuma from addressing the chamber, repeatedly insulting the president and declaring him unfit for office. In the surrounding streets of Cape Town, police and hundreds of members of the military patrolled to guard against protesters who want Zuma to quit. Continue reading... |
| Greece hopeful of imminent EU debt deal despite German warning Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:53 AM PST Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble tells Athens it can cut its £280bn debt only by leaving the single currency The Greek government has expressed hope of an imminent deal with its EU creditors, despite a warning from the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, that the country could cut its debts only by leaving the single currency. Athens is in a familiar stand-off with the German finance ministry as it seeks easier repayment terms on its €330bn (£280bn) debt pile, which the International Monetary Fund has described as unsustainable and explosive. |
| Manus refugee who collapsed and died sought medical help 13 times in two months Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:41 PM PST Senate inquiry into offshore detention hears cases of asylum seekers and refugees waiting weeks or months for treatment A refugee on Manus Island sought medical help 13 times in two months before he collapsed and died, the Senate heard this week. In other cases detailed to a Senate committee inquiry into abuse, self-harm and neglect in offshore detention – established after the publication of the Nauru files by Guardian Australia – a 70-year-old refugee with a heart condition waited 20 days for a doctor's appointment, and a child refugee on Nauru possibly suffering from sexually transmitted disease was refused a medical transfer recommended by a specialist. Continue reading... |
| Cancer drug prices must come down, say leading research institutes Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:00 AM PST Top UK and US scientists say high cost for medicines is indefensible as they propose cheaper way to develop them The high price of new cancer drugs is indefensible and unsustainable, say two of the world's leading cancer research institutions, who propose a different way to develop them that could sideline big pharma. "There is a clear and urgent necessity to lower cancer drug prices to keep lifesaving drugs available and affordable to patients," say leading scientists from the Institute of Cancer Research in the UK and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where many important new cancer drugs have been invented, in a paper in the journal Cell. Continue reading... |
| Blast at French nuclear plant does not pose contamination risk, say experts Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:47 AM PST Authorities say fire in turbine hall was outside nuclear zones of Flamanville power station near Cherbourg Authorities have said there is no risk of contamination from an explosion that occurred at EDF's Flamanville nuclear plant in northern France. EDF said the blast at 9.40am on Thursday was caused by a fire in the turbine hall, which is outside the nuclear zones of the power station, located 15 miles west of the port of Cherbourg. Five people were treated for smoke inhalation. Continue reading... |
| US commander in Afghanistan requests several thousand new troops Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:43 AM PST Gen John Nicholson says he faces a shortfall of troops necessary for training Afghan forces and warns about increasing support from Russia for Taliban The commander of the US war in Afghanistan has requested several thousand new troops for America's longest-ever conflict to break what he described as a stalemate. In the first indication of the course the 15-year-old war will take under Donald Trump, army Gen John Nicholson told a Senate panel that he was facing a shortfall of troops necessary for training Afghan forces to ultimately replace their US and Nato counterparts. Continue reading... |
| Winter migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico drops after one-year recovery Posted: 09 Feb 2017 10:16 AM PST Experts say decline to coverage of only 7.19 acres of forest could be due to late winter storms last year that knocked down more than 100 acres of trees The number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico dropped by 27% this year, reversing last year's recovery from historically low numbers, according to a study by government and independent experts released Thursday. The experts say the decline could be due to late winter storms last year that blew down more than 100 acres (40 hectares) of forests where migrating monarch butterflies spend the winter in central Mexico. Continue reading... |
| Israel apologizes for detaining Jewish American non-profit executive at airport Posted: 09 Feb 2017 10:19 AM PST Jennifer Gorovitz, vice-president of the New Israel Fund, said she was interrogated for an hour over her organization's support of liberal groups in Israel Israeli immigration officials have apologized over their treatment of a senior executive from a liberal Jewish American group who was interrogated for an hour on her arrival in Tel Aviv the previous day. Jennifer Gorovitz, a vice-president of the New Israel Fund, said she was questioned about her not-for-profit group's activities. The New Israel Fund supports a number of liberal, progressive groups in Israel, some of which have been criticized by the Israeli government. Continue reading... |
| Brazil army takes over state's security as 100 killed amid police strike Posted: 09 Feb 2017 08:40 AM PST Police union reports 101 homicides, more than six times state's average daily rate last year, as schools, businesses, and public transportation close Brazil's south-eastern state of Espirito Santo has turned over security duties to the army as it tries to solve a police crisis that has led to a wave of violence and at least 100 deaths. Continue reading... |
| Turkey's President Erdoğan approves constitutional boost to his powers Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:51 AM PST Referendum on reform bill that paves way for executive presidency expected on 16 April Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has approved a constitutional reform bill paving the way for an executive presidential system, his office said on Friday, and a deputy prime minister said a referendum on the issue was expected on April 16. Erdoğan says the reform will provide stability at a time of turmoil and prevent a return to the fragile coalitions of the past. His opponents fear it will herald increasingly authoritarian rule. Continue reading... |
| Farmer given suspended €3,000 fine for helping migrants enter France Posted: 10 Feb 2017 01:21 AM PST Cédric Herrou, who has taken in dozens of migrants, says it is an act of humanity and not a crime A French activist farmer has been convicted of helping migrants enter, travel and stay in France and given a suspended €3,000 fine. The case has called attention to those who have resisted Europe's anti-migrant sentiment and are offering food, lodging or other aid to people from impoverished or war-torn countries. Continue reading... |
| Iran 1979: a time of revolution – in pictures Posted: 10 Feb 2017 12:28 AM PST The Observer photographer David Newell Smith visited Iran in 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran from exile in Paris, ending the Shah's rule. On the revolution's anniversary, the Guardian's Iran correspondent, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, chooses a selection of his photos |
| Trump agrees to support 'One China' policy in Xi Jinping call Posted: 10 Feb 2017 12:15 AM PST After nearly three weeks as president Trump talks to Chinese leader and, when asked, agrees to maintain status quo Donald Trump has held his first telephone conversation with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, since entering the White House, telling the Communist party leader he will not challenge Beijing by upending longstanding US policy towards Taiwan. In a brief statement the White House said the leaders of the world's two largest economies had held a "lengthy" and "extremely cordial" telephone call on Thursday evening in which "numerous topics" were discussed. Continue reading... |
| Travel ban ruling: judges refuse to reinstate Trump's order – as it happened Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:32 PM PST President vows 'see you in court!' as ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco unanimously rules nationwide halt to travel ban must stay in place
SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE! There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability, which runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy. I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.
Here are the key areas in which the three judges said they could not back the arguments of the federal government. There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability, which runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy … In short, although courts owe considerable deference to the president's policy determinations with respect to immigration and national security, it is beyond question that the federal judiciary retains the authority to adjudicate constitutional challenges to executive action. Although we agree that 'the government's interest in combating terrorism is an urgent objective of the highest order' … the government has done little more than reiterate that fact … The government has pointed to no evidence that any alien from any of the countries named in the order has perpetrated a terrorist attack in the United States. We cannot rely upon the government's contention that the executive order no longer applies to lawful permanent residents … Moreover, in light of the government's shifting interpretations of the executive order, we cannot say that the current interpretation by White House counsel, even if authoritative and binding, will persist past the immediate stage of these proceedings. The states have offered evidence of numerous statements by the president about his intent to implement a 'Muslim ban' as well as evidence they claim suggests that the executive order was intended to be that ban … The states' claims raise serious allegations and present significant constitutional questions. In light of the sensitive interests involved, the pace of the current emergency proceedings, and our conclusion that the government has not met its burden of showing likelihood of success on appeal on its arguments with respect to the due process claim, we reserve consideration of these claims until the merits of this appeal have been fully briefed. Although the government points to the fact that congress and the executive identified the seven countries named in the executive order as countries of concern in 2015 and 2016, the government has not offered any evidence or even an explanation of how the national security concerns that justified those designations, which triggered visa requirements, can be extrapolated to justify an urgent need for the executive order to be immediately reinstated. Continue reading... |
| An Emmanuel Macron victory would give the EU a chance to save itself | Martin Kettle Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:03 PM PST The French frontrunner wants reform. In different circumstances he could have been Britain's ally Most British politicians are blissfully ignorant about French politics. Fixated by events in Washington, they rarely think about those just across the Channel. Every Whitehall spad will know the name of the mayor of New York; perhaps only one in a hundred could identify the mayor of Paris. Related: There will be no President Le Pen | Catherine Fieschi Continue reading... |
| Archbishop and Tory MPs criticise closure of child refugee scheme Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:47 PM PST Pressure grows on PM and home secretary over closure of scheme to bring child refugees to UK after only 350 arrivals Theresa May has been criticised by the archbishop of Canterbury and a growing number of Tory MPs over her government's decision to limit a scheme to provide a haven in Britain to unaccompanied refugee children in Europe. Justin Welby said he was "saddened and shocked" by the decision to limit the Dubs scheme to only 350 children, saying he believed ministers had been "committed to welcoming up to 3,000". Continue reading... |
| 'We'll go to Calais and try to get in illegally. What choice do we have?' Posted: 10 Feb 2017 12:00 AM PST As ministers end Dubs scheme, young Sudanese who now have little hope of entering UK give their reactions The children who will be affected by the decision to close the Dubs scheme that offered sanctuary to vulnerable young refugees have voiced their despair at the news that they will no longer be welcome in the UK. After it became clear that the government had decided to bring the programme to an end after taking only 350 refugees rather than the thousands that were initially suggested, the Guardian spoke to youths who have been accommodated in refugee centres across France, and those who care for them. They painted a bleak portrait of the children's prospects now that their hopes of legally entering the UK have been dashed. Continue reading... |
| Electricity market operator denies being ‘asleep at the wheel’ during blackout Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:24 PM PST Australian Energy Market Operator executive David Swift admitted to Senate committee there was an error in South Australia forecast The Australian Energy Market Operator says it was not asleep at the wheel after another electricity shortage in South Australia on Wednesday caused blackouts for 40,000 people. Senior managers from the electricity market operator faced combative questioning about their management of the South Australian weather event during a Senate committee hearing in Canberra on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Trump's travel ban still grounded Posted: 09 Feb 2017 10:48 PM PST Judges keep immigration order on hold … millennials blamed for food waste … and keeping up with the Kardashian-style White House Hello, this is Warren Murray bringing you today's Guardian morning briefing. Continue reading... |
| Manchester's water cure for disabled soldiers – archive, 10 Feb 1917 Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:00 PM PST 10 February 1917: The convalescent camp at Heaton Park has come to be known as the Pool of Bethesda because of the cures effected there In the soldiers' convalescent camp at Manchester there is a place which has come to be known as the Pool of Bethesda because of the cures effected there. The lame, the halt, the blind, the deaf, the dumb, and those suffering from all manner of nervous disorders congregate at this pool. The water used does not even contain any medicinal properties. It comes from the Thirlmere or other of Manchester's reservoirs, and its curative effect is secured by maintaining it at a constant temperate heat, which varies according to the disability it is hoped to relieve and finally permanently to cure. This new treatment for our soldiers, which when associated with massage and movements has been found to give good results in limbs disabled by gunshot wounds and in regard to serious nerve troubles, was introduced to this country from France. Early in January, 1915, a committee of experts was appointed to advise the army medical authorities in the treatment of wounded and invalid soldiers by baths and associated methods at the British health resorts. A representative of the committee, visiting Paris, found in operation there a hydrological method which claimed to have effected some remarkable cures. Continue reading... |
| Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca offices raided over Odebrecht bribery scandal Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:00 PM PST Attorney general's office in Panama accuses law firm of creating companies linked to Lava Jato corruption investigation Panamanian prosecutors raided the offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, seeking possible links to Brazilian engineering company Odebrecht, the attorney general's office said on Thursday. "Raid of offices of law firm that created limited liability companies in Brazil linked to #LavaJato #PanamaPapers," the attorney general's office said on Twitter, without providing more details. Continue reading... |
| Eiffel Tower to get bulletproof glass walls to protect against terrorism Posted: 09 Feb 2017 07:07 PM PST Parisian landmark will get 2.5-metre high glass barrier at north and south ends later this year at a cost of €20m The Eiffel Tower will soon be protected by bulletproof glass walls 2.5 metres high as part of a plan to prevent attacks at the monument, Parisian authorities said on Thursday. The walls, costing €20m, will be built later this year at the northern and southern ends of the landmark, the city said in a statement. On the western and eastern sides, "inelegant temporary" barriers that were thrown up around the 324-metre tower during last year's Euro 2016 football tournament will be replaced by ornate fencing. Continue reading... |
| Trump denounced nuclear arms treaty in phone call with Putin – sources Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:22 PM PST The president's reported remarks on the Obama-era New Start Treaty between the US and Russia have provoked alarm among security specialists Donald Trump has told Vladimir Putin he does not want to renew a 2010 arms control treaty that limits the number of strategic nuclear weapons the US and Russia can deploy. Trump angrily denounced the New Start Treaty in a 28 January phone call to the Russian leader, according to sources briefed on the call. Reuters, which first reported Trump's remarks, said the new US president also had to pause the hour long call to ask what the New Start Treaty was. Continue reading... |
| Scuffles break out in South African parliament – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:28 AM PST The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) challenge Jacob Zuma's right to sit in the parliament on Thursday leading to the group's leader, Julius Malema, to be ejected from the building, along with his fellow party members. South African president Jacob Zuma's opponents repeatedly attempted to disrupt his speech and called on him to leave the parliament during the session Continue reading... |
| US commander in Afghanistan calls for thousands more troops – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 10:55 AM PST General John Nicholson, the top US commander in Afghanistan, tells the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he needs several thousand more international troops in order to break a stalemate in the long war with Taliban insurgents, signaling the matter may soon be put before President Donald Trump. The general also explained that Russian interference in the country was damaging stability in the region Continue reading... |
| Paolo Gentiloni: Rome and London must reassure citizens living abroad – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 08:51 AM PST The Italian Prime Minister says on Thursday that Rome and London must reassure Italian citizens living in the UK as well as British citizens living in Italy that their acquired rights will be respected. Paolo Gentiloni was talking to reporters in London, after talks with his counterpart, Theresa May. Gentiloni also reiterated Italy's commitment to a multi-speed future for the European Union, in which there will be different levels of integration Continue reading... |
| Two men in Scarlett Keeling murder case in India face court again Posted: 09 Feb 2017 08:46 AM PST Men acquitted of murder of British teenager in 2008 will go back to court after India's CBI announced an appeal The two men acquitted of the rape and murder of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling in 2008 are set to return to the courts after India's Central Bureau of Investigation made a surprise announcement that it is appealing against the judgment. Samson d'Souza and Placido Carvalho were alleged to have plied Scarlett with drugs, raped her and left her unconscious on a beach in Goa, where she subsequently drowned. They were acquitted of charges of rape and culpable homicide at Goa children's court in September last year. Continue reading... |
| Journalist convicted of smuggling for helping Syrian boy migrate to Sweden Posted: 09 Feb 2017 08:24 AM PST Fredrik Önnevall met teenager in Greece while filming documentary about the migration crisis A Swedish court has found a TV journalist guilty of smuggling for helping a Syrian boy migrate to the country and given him a suspended sentence. In the spring of 2014, Fredrik Önnevall was filming a documentary about the response of European nationalist parties to the migration crisis when he met the 15-year-old boy in Greece. Continue reading... |
| Russian airstrikes accidentally kill three Turkish soldiers Posted: 09 Feb 2017 07:55 AM PST Vladimir Putin calls Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to express his condolences, Turkish military says Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 11 injured after a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed their location outside an Islamic State-held town in northern Syria. The episode highlighted the complicated battle around al-Bab, which is besieged both by Turkish-backed rebels fighting to clear the region near the Syrian border from Isis and to establish a safe zone in the area, as well as forces loyal to the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, who consider the town strategically valuable. Continue reading... |
| Ukrainian librarian under house arrest takes case to court of human rights Posted: 09 Feb 2017 07:54 AM PST Natalya Sharina, who has been confined to her flat since 2015, faces what her lawyer says are absurd charges of anti-Russian extremism and embezzlement Natalya Sharina, a Ukrainian librarian held under house arrest in Russia since October 2015, has taken her case to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg. Since her arrest in 2015, the Russian authorities have extended the order for Sharina, director of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow, to be detained at home repeatedly, despite calls for her release. Related: Moscow library of Ukrainian literature raided by 'anti-extremist' police Continue reading... |
| Refugee children 'devastated' by end of Dubs scheme Posted: 09 Feb 2017 06:35 AM PST Aid workers in Europe say children will risk their lives to cross the Channel as hope of legal route to the UK is removed Aid workers in France, Greece and Italy said unaccompanied refugee children would be devastated by the curtailment of the Dubs scheme, and would respond by risking their lives to get to the UK illegally. Related: I work with child refugees in Calais. Theresa May's deception is a cruel act | Benny Hunter Continue reading... |
| 'Christianity theme park' in Mao Zedong's home province sparks outrage Posted: 09 Feb 2017 05:01 AM PST Neo-Maoists express fury online over project in city of Changsha, regarded as Chinese communism's answer to Mecca Neo-Maoists have launched an online crusade against a "Christianity theme park" that recently opened in the southern Chinese city where Mao Zedong "converted" to communism. The park – which is reportedly centred around an 80-metre (263ft) tall church designed to resemble Noah's Ark – was inaugurated last month in the city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. Continue reading... |
| The Iraqi girls who escaped from Isis – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:58 AM PST When Isis militants invaded Sinjar in Iraq they took many young women and girls – some as young as nine years old – as sexual slaves and forced them to convert to Islam. These two women escaped and returned to their home village on Mount Sinjar. Here they discuss their traumatic experience, their struggle to be accepted back by their community and the women and girls still held by Isis
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| What's the mood in Iran toward president Trump? Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:06 AM PST Tensions have been simmering since Trump's election, with the travel ban affecting many in Iran. Tell us about your views on the US president During his campaign for presidency, Donald Trump said his predecessor Barack Obama had been "too soft" on Iran. He was critical of the nuclear deal made between Iran and the world's six major powers, including the US. Since his election tensions have grown. Trump has attempted to bar Iranians from entering the US (as part of a wider travel ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries) and has also talked about putting Iran "on notice" after it tested a ballistic missile. Continue reading... |
| Pope Francis reveals how he shrugs off stress: 'I'm not on tranquilisers' Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:03 AM PST Pontiff tells how anxiety he sometimes experienced as bishop of Buenos Aires disappeared after his elevation to papacy Pope Francis has shrugged off recent reports of in-fighting in the Vatican and other stresses of his job, joking: "I am not on tranquilisers." "There is corruption in the Vatican. But I am at peace," the pontiff said in an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera, published on Thursday. Continue reading... |
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| Argentina's immigrant hotel is a ghost of welcoming times amid deportation order Posted: 09 Feb 2017 03:30 AM PST The Buenos Aires hotel once housed new arrivals for free. Now the country faces a controversial executive order that has drawn comparisons to Trump Argentina once prided itself on a border policy so open that during the early 20th century it built an "immigrant's hotel" in the port of Buenos Aires. Inaugurated in 1912, the massive building could lodge up to 3,000 new arrivals, who received free board, job training and help finding employment. Related: Argentina sees migration ban and border wall proposals in immigration row Continue reading... |
| Roving clinics tackle TB among Myanmar's poorest people – in pictures Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST Tuberculosis is among the leading causes of death for people aged 15-49 in Myanmar, but the cost of reaching a hospital for a diagnostic X-ray is often prohibitive for those in isolated communities. A scheme that sends mobile teams out to test and give medication is helping people get much needed treatment All photographs by John Rae/UN Office for Project Services Continue reading... |
| Guardian video on freeing trafficked girls wins Social Impact Media Award Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:48 AM PST Sima award goes to video on Princess Okokon's tireless work with girls and women from Nigeria who have been forced into prostitution in Italy The Guardian has beaten off competition from more than 140 countries around the world to win the Social Impact Media Aaward (Sima) for a video about sex trafficking. The film, headlined "Freeing girls trafficked to Italy for sex: 'You will not be a slave forever'", was directed by Clementine Malpas and produced by Claudine Spera and Annie Kelly. Focusing on the plight of thousands of women and girls forced into prostitution in Asti, Sicily and other parts of Italy, it tells the story of Princess Okokon, a former trafficking victim who now works tirelessly with her husband, Alberto, to help abused and vulnerable women escape their traffickers through Piam Onlus, an NGO that they set up together. Sima is a US-based non-profit organisation that focuses on global awareness, social justice and human rights. Its annual awards, selected from entries from more than 140 countries, celebrate film-making that inspires social transformation. Continue reading... |
| Campaigners fear Trump resolution could hit coffers of poor countries Posted: 09 Feb 2017 07:11 AM PST Move would sweep away regulations designed to prevent US extraction firms from making secret payments to access natural resources abroad It is an oil-rich country with an impoverished populace, home to Africa's longest serving dictator and a small, self-seeking elite whose excesses are epitomised by the president's son and deputy, a playboy with a penchant for luxurious cars and crystal-studded Michael Jackson memorabilia. Small wonder, then, that Equatorial Guinea is widely regarded as a model example of the need for transparency regulations designed to prevent US extraction firms making undisclosed payments to foreign governments for access to natural resources – regulations that Donald Trump is preparing to axe before their planned introduction in 2019. Continue reading... |
| Travel ban decision suggests supreme court would be tough to convince Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:57 PM PST For the supreme court to strike down the temporary restraining order on Trump's travel ban, one of its four liberal-leaning justices would have to break ranks The federal government can now ask the supreme court to review Thursday's ruling to uphold a temporary restraining order on Donald Trump's travel ban. But the US ninth circuit court of appeal's unanimous ruling suggests that the administration will struggle to make a convincing argument. Related: Travel ban ruling: judges refuse to reinstate Trump's order – live Continue reading... |
| Sean Spicer pressed over Trump's capricious tweeting – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 08:05 PM PST The White House press secretary is questioned by Sirius XM radio reporter Jared Rizzi on why the president tweets about, for example, his daughter's fashion line being dropped from a clothing store, but not the Quebec mosque attack Continue reading... |
| 'Political decision' says Trump as court keeps travel ban in limbo – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 07:34 PM PST The US president suffered a further legal blow when appeals court judges refused to reinstate his travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Shortly after the court issued its 29-page ruling, Trump tweeted: 'SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!' He told reporters his administration ultimately would win the case and dismissed the ruling as 'political' Continue reading... |
| Pete Souza, Obama's photographer, takes subtle digs at Trump on Instagram – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 05:54 PM PST Pete Souza, the former chief photographer for Barack Obama in the White House, appears to be attempting to troll Donald Trump on Instagram. Every Thursday Souza posts a photo from his time behind the scenes at the White House – and they tend to be directly related to something Obama's successor has just done Continue reading... |
| 'Complete victory': attorney general celebrates Trump travel ban verdict – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 05:27 PM PST Washington state attorney general Bob Ferguson hails the unanimous verdict of the ninth US circuit court of appeals in upholding the suspension of Donald Trump's travel ban, saying it 'granted everything we sought'. He told the news conference in Seattle: 'We are a nation a of laws ... those laws apply to everybody and that includes the president of the United States.' Ferguson singled out the president's claim that his executive orders were 'unreviewable', saying the judges said: 'There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability.' Continue reading... |
| Spicer: Kellyanne Conway 'counselled' for promoting Ivanka Trump products – video Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:49 PM PST White House press secretary Sean Spicer says top adviser Kellyanne Conway has been counselled after she urged people to buy Ivanka Trump products during an interview on Fox News. Conway spoke on Fox News on Thursday morning from the White House briefing room and encouraged people to "go buy Ivanka's stuff." Conway was heavily criticized by ethics experts for the advertisement White House rebukes Kellyanne Conway for promoting Ivanka Trump products Continue reading... |
| A heavy snow storm hits the north-eastern US – in pictures Posted: 09 Feb 2017 10:34 AM PST A snowstorm swept across the north-eastern US Thursday, forcing all the schools in New York City to close and thousands of flights to be cancelled Continue reading... |
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