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- Trump national security adviser wants to avoid term 'radical Islamic terrorism', sources say
- Kim Jong-nam killing: suspect 'paid $90 to take part in prank'
- Kansas shooting: injured man says suspect asked victims about visas
- Far-right Polish priest detained at Stansted airport
- The Raqqa Diaries: life under Isis rule
- Son of Nazi governor returns art stolen from Poland during second world war
- New Orleans: dozens injured after pickup truck ploughs into parade crowd
- Flight from Pakistan had seven passengers stood in aisle, report claims
- Dozens hurt after truck hits crowds watching parade in New Orleans – video
- Fox News's 'Swedish defence advisor' unknown to country's military officials
- Military wives demand action on psychological wounds of war
- He’s 93 and frail, but Mugabe pledges to carry on ruling
- Adrian Solano wobbles into action at Nordic world ski championships – video
- Australia and Indonesia announce restored defence cooperation
- Labor and Greens' bid to protect penalty rates opposed by crossbench
- Palestinians in raptures as Yaqoub Shaheen wins Arab Idol TV contest
- French artist living inside a rock surrounded by excrement: 'I feel completely at ease'
- Emmanuel Macron must add substance to style to win votes for presidency
- How Nigerians took Boko Haram’s victims to their hearts
- Church closure threatens masterpiece by Jewish artist who fled Nazis
- April the pregnant giraffe: live stream attracts millions – and YouTube censors
- Swedish suburb becomes a part of the Trump media circus
- Kurds offer land for independence in struggle to reshape Iraq
- German man, 73, dies after car driven into pedestrians in Heidelberg
- UN decries Homs attack as an effort to 'spoil' Syrian peace talks
- South Korea: thousands of protesters call for Park impeachment – video
- Could Roe v Wade be overturned and abortion outlawed in the US?
| Trump national security adviser wants to avoid term 'radical Islamic terrorism', sources say Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:30 AM PST HR McMaster felt phrase castigates 'an entire religion' and indicated 'he's not on board' – a contrast with the president and many key staff members Donald Trump's new national security adviser has told staff at the White House he does not wish to use the term "radical Islamic terrorism" to describe the terrorist threat the US faces, according to multiple sources. Related: White House confirms conversation with FBI about Trump and Russia Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-nam killing: suspect 'paid $90 to take part in prank' Posted: 25 Feb 2017 08:32 AM PST Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, maintains she was duped into killing half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with VX poison The Indonesian woman who is one of the suspects in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother said she was paid $90 (£72) for what she believed was a prank, an Indonesian official has said. Siti Aisyah told authorities she did not want her parents to see her in custody, said Andriano Erwin, Indonesia's deputy ambassador to Malaysia, one day after Malaysia revealed that VX nerve agent was used in the bizarre killing of Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur airport. |
| Kansas shooting: injured man says suspect asked victims about visas Posted: 25 Feb 2017 12:10 PM PST
A man injured in a fatal shooting in suburban Kansas City that witnesses say was racially motivated has said the alleged gunman asked two of the victims about their visa status before returning and opening fire, killing one and wounding another. Related: Kansas shooting raises safety concerns for foreigners in US: 'Do we belong here?' Continue reading... |
| Far-right Polish priest detained at Stansted airport Posted: 25 Feb 2017 08:11 AM PST Jacek Międlar held by UK authorities hours before he was supposed to address Britain First rally in Shropshire A notorious Polish priest accused of spreading antisemitism and Islamophobia has been detained by UK authorities hours before he was due to address a far-right rally in Shropshire. Jacek Międlar, a leading figure for rightwing extremists in Poland, was held by UK border officials after landing at Stansted airport, Essex, to prevent him attending the controversial event in Telford. Continue reading... |
| The Raqqa Diaries: life under Isis rule Posted: 26 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST Your neighbours beheaded, the terror of the religious police: in this extract from a new book, a Syrian activist, interviewed below, records the horror in his city The Raqqa Diaries began as a series of broadcasts on Radio 4's Today programme. Raqqa in Syria is one of the most isolated and fear-ridden cities on earth. No one is allowed to speak to western journalists or leave the city without the permission of Islamic State. Despite this, BBC foreign affairs correspondent Mike Thomson, with help from the BBC's Arabic service, found a young man willing to risk his life to tell the world what is happening in his city. Samer [not his real name] is part of a small anti-Isis activist group [Al-Sharqiya 24]; his diaries were encrypted and sent to a third country before being translated. Continue reading... |
| Son of Nazi governor returns art stolen from Poland during second world war Posted: 26 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST His family looted exquisite paintings from a Polish museum. This week will see a key moment in the country's long effort to regain its lost treasure In December 1939 a Viennese woman with chestnut brown hair walked triumphantly into the National Museum in Kraków. Lora Waechter's husband was the recently-appointed Nazi governor of Kraków: SS Gruppenführer Otto Waechter; she was decorating the new headquarters that he had established at the city's Potocki Palace – and in the process, she looted every department of the museum. Continue reading... |
| New Orleans: dozens injured after pickup truck ploughs into parade crowd Posted: 26 Feb 2017 12:30 AM PST Vehicle driven by a man suspected to be 'highly intoxicated' drove into a crowd watching the Endymion parade in the Mid-City neighbourhood At least 28 people, including a young child, were injured when a vehicle ploughed into a crowd watching the Krewe of Endymion parade in the Mid-City section of New Orleans. The Times-Picayune said the crash was reported at about 6:45pm on Saturday as the city prepared for the Mardi Gras celebrations. Continue reading... |
| Flight from Pakistan had seven passengers stood in aisle, report claims Posted: 25 Feb 2017 10:52 PM PST Investigation launched into how seven additional passengers were allowed on to PIA plane travelling to Saudi Arabia An investigation is under way after reports that a Pakistan International Airlines plane flew from Karachi to Saudi Arabia with people standing in the aisle all the way after staff boarded extra passengers. People with handwritten boarding cards scrambled for seats as the Boeing 777 taxied for takeoff on 20 January, according to the report in Pakistani newspaper Dawn. Continue reading... |
| Dozens hurt after truck hits crowds watching parade in New Orleans – video Posted: 25 Feb 2017 09:28 PM PST A vehicle driven by a man suspected to be 'highly intoxicated' drove into a crowd watching the Endymion parade in the Mid-City neighbourhood of New Orleans on Saturday night, injuring at least 28 people. Speaking at the scene, superintendent of the New Orleans police department, Michael Harrison, said the driver of the pickup truck was now in custody where he is being investigated for driving while intoxicated. The police do not suspect terrorism. Continue reading... |
| Fox News's 'Swedish defence advisor' unknown to country's military officials Posted: 25 Feb 2017 06:33 PM PST After Donald Trump's infamous 'what's happening in Sweden' comment, Nils Bildt was billed on The O'Reilly Factor as Swedish national security advisor Swedish military and foreign-affairs officials have said they know nothing about a man who appeared on Fox News in the US billed as a "Swedish defence and national security advisor". Swedes, and some Americans, have been wondering about representations of the Scandinavian nation in the US since President Donald Trump invoked "what's happening last night in Sweden" while alluding to past terror attacks in Europe during a rally on 18 February. There was no major incident in Sweden the previous night. Continue reading... |
| Military wives demand action on psychological wounds of war Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST Families driven to breaking point by strain of caring for husbands back from Afghanistan Nikita Dallison was only 20 minutes into the three-hour drive to her parents' house in Bedfordshire when she felt an inexplicable urge to make a U-turn. Her husband, Luke, a military policeman in the Royal Air Force, had seemed unusually upbeat of late, but Dallison could not ignore the dread stabbing at her core. Her intuition was proved correct when she reached their home at RAF Shawbury and found her husband crouched by the bins in the kitchen, methodically cutting into his forearm with a razor blade. He had found just the right angle to open a vein. Continue reading... |
| He’s 93 and frail, but Mugabe pledges to carry on ruling Posted: 25 Feb 2017 12:54 PM PST Marking his birthday with a 93kg cake and a rally with loyal fans, the president is in no hurry to quit despite the chaos of his rule There were dancers, musicians, singers and flag-waving students – and, astonishingly, a break in the belts of rain that had been sweeping in across the sodden plains from the Matopo hills for days. On the podium raised above a muddy school sports field in south-west Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe stepped up to the microphone. Wearing a white shirt, black tie, black cowboy hat and a jacket covered in his own portrait, Mugabe, in power since 1980, stood to thank his supporters for joining him to celebrate last week's 93rd birthday which was, he said, "yet another chapter in my life". Continue reading... |
| Adrian Solano wobbles into action at Nordic world ski championships – video Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:18 AM PST Venezuelan skier Adrien Solano participates at the Nordic world ski championships in Finland, having never trained on snow. Solano wobbles through the starting line of the FIS cross-country course, falling several times along the way before smiling as he crosses the finish line Continue reading... |
| Australia and Indonesia announce restored defence cooperation Posted: 25 Feb 2017 06:15 PM PST Full military cooperation reinstated after training program was suspended over offensive materials displayed at an Australian base Malcolm Turnbull has trumpeted full restoration of defence cooperation with Indonesia and improved access for Australian sugar and cattle exports as outcomes achieved from Joko Widodo's visit. At a press conference in Sydney after their bilateral meeting, the Australian prime minister and Indonesian president said it had reinforced the countries' strong relationship and pledged support for concluding the Indonesia-Australia comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of 2017. Continue reading... |
| Labor and Greens' bid to protect penalty rates opposed by crossbench Posted: 25 Feb 2017 09:46 PM PST Labor and Greens give notice of bills to legislate that penalty rate cuts must not affect workers' take home pay Labor will push ahead this week with a bill preventing penalty rate cuts that reduce take-home pay. However crossbench senators oppose moves by Labor and the Greens that they say interfere with the independence of the industrial umpire. Nick Xenophon told Guardian Australia on Sunday that he would consider Labor's proposal to require benefits to offset cuts to penalty rates but he believed it was a "mistake" to override the independence of the Fair Work Commission. Continue reading... |
| Palestinians in raptures as Yaqoub Shaheen wins Arab Idol TV contest Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:40 PM PST Thousands take to streets of West Bank and Gaza to watch and celebrate the win in the hugely popular pan-Middle East show Palestinians have taken to the street to celebrate the victory of their compatriot Yaqoub Shaheen in the hugely popular Middle East television talent show Arab Idol. This year's final, filmed in Lebanon, was between a Yemeni, Ammar Mohammed, and two Palestinian competitors, Shaheen from Bethlehem and Ameer Dandan. Continue reading... |
| French artist living inside a rock surrounded by excrement: 'I feel completely at ease' Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:26 PM PST Abraham Poincheval is attempting to survive inside a 12-tonne boulder inside a Paris art museum for a week An artist entombed inside a 12-tonne rock for nearly three days has described the experience as like "tripping", insisting he would stick it out for a week. Speaking through a crack in the limestone boulder late on Friday, Abraham Poincheval said he had been buoyed by how his performance has "got into people's heads". Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron must add substance to style to win votes for presidency Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST The centrist politician is on a roll ahead of the French election. But critics say he is a policy-free zone. This week he will reveal his plan to defeat Marine Le Pen As Emmanuel Macron's polling numbers wobbled early last week, his supporters held their breath as critics lined up to mock the presidential ambitions of the man they call Monsieur Plexiglas. The French love giving their leaders nicknames; it was Marine Le Pen who devised Macron's moniker, intended to suggest she could see right through him, that he was a kind of political hologram lacking all substance. Continue reading... |
| How Nigerians took Boko Haram’s victims to their hearts Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST People have opened their homes and land to refugees The rise of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has forced more than 2.6 million people to flee from their homes across Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, more than half of them children. Many survivors have endured horrific violence, including sexual assault, writes Emma Graham-Harrison. But there has been humanity amid the horror, as nearby communities welcomed many of the refugees. Hauwa Ari is one of the Nigerians who has made huge sacrifices to help families escaping from the terror, turning land and houses she used to rent into an informal camp. Continue reading... |
| Church closure threatens masterpiece by Jewish artist who fled Nazis Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:04 PM PST Leading art figures appeal to bishop of Salford to preserve masterpiece by Georg Mayer-Marton An outstanding mosaic of the crucifixion, created by a notable Jewish artist who fled from Nazi persecution, is in danger of being lost because the Roman Catholic church where it is displayed has been earmarked for closure. Georg Mayer-Marton, who was a leading figure in Vienna's artistic world between the wars, fled Austria after the Anschluss and moved to Britain. Most of his life's work was destroyed by a bomb during the London blitz after he had settled in the capital as a refugee. He later became the foremost postwar creator of Byzantine mosaics in Britain. Continue reading... |
| April the pregnant giraffe: live stream attracts millions – and YouTube censors Posted: 25 Feb 2017 02:52 PM PST Giraffe in New York became an online celebrity as millions tuned in to watch her birth, but zoo ran into hiccups after alleged violation of YouTube's nudity policy April the pregnant celebrity giraffe continued to do well on Saturday as she awaited the arrival of her fourth calf – and a live stream of her wait attracted upwards of 30 million viewers. April is a 15-year-old giraffe who lives at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, near Binghamton in New York state. Her celebrity kicked into high gear on Thursday after YouTube abruptly cut the live stream when what the zoo called "animal rights extremists" alleged a violation of its "nudity and sexual content" policy. Continue reading... |
| Swedish suburb becomes a part of the Trump media circus Posted: 25 Feb 2017 01:11 PM PST A riot broke out in Stockholm soon after the US president said immigration was causing problems You don't have to look very hard in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby to identify some of the problem youths who ran riot here. As cars were set on fire and police were pelted with stones on Monday, Rinkeby found itself centre stage in the furore that followed Donald Trump's claim that immigration was bringing Sweden "problems like they never thought possible". A gaggle of young men of Somali and east African origin hover around Rinkeby Grillen, a burger and kebab bar on the station car park where the riot happened. Continue reading... |
| Kurds offer land for independence in struggle to reshape Iraq Posted: 25 Feb 2017 12:33 PM PST Kurdish leaders say that 'the deal with a federal Iraq has failed' Iraqi Kurdish leaders are considering offering territory seized by their forces in the offensive to recapture Mosul from Isis as a bargaining chip in a new push for independence from Baghdad. As Iraqi forces continue their advance towards key Isis-defended districts in west Mosul, attention is turning to what northern Iraq will look like once the jihadi group is routed. Ministers from the Kurdistan regional government (KRG) believe that one option might be offering to Baghdad land their peshmerga forces have recaptured from Isis in return for self-rule, the pinnacle of Kurdish ambition for decades. Continue reading... |
| German man, 73, dies after car driven into pedestrians in Heidelberg Posted: 25 Feb 2017 10:55 AM PST Man being treated in hospital after being shot by police while attempting to escape A 73-year-old man died and two others were injured after a man drove a car into pedestrians in a square in the centre of Heidelberg. The attacker, who was armed with a knife, fled before being surrounded by police near a swimming pool in the south-western German town. Continue reading... |
| UN decries Homs attack as an effort to 'spoil' Syrian peace talks Posted: 25 Feb 2017 10:34 AM PST Suicide bombers kill dozens in attack on security offices, prompting airstrikes against last rebel-held enclave in city A United Nations peace envoy has said a militant attack in Syria was a deliberate attempt to wreck peace talks in Geneva, while the warring sides appeared no closer to actual negotiations. Suicide bombers stormed two Syrian security offices in Homs, killing dozens with gunfire and explosions, including the head of military security, prompting airstrikes against the last rebel-held enclave in the western city. Continue reading... |
| South Korea: thousands of protesters call for Park impeachment – video Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:39 AM PST Tens of thousands of people rally in the centre of Seoul on Saturday to call for the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Demonstrators urged the Constitutional Court to quickly evict Park out of the presidential office and called on Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who has been serving as acting president since the parliament impeached Park in December, to approve the extension of the special probe on the influence-peddling scandal involving Park and her 40-year confidante Continue reading... |
| Could Roe v Wade be overturned and abortion outlawed in the US? Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:00 AM PST The death of the plaintiff from the landmark case has put abortion law in the spotlight again, as a resurgent Republican right seeks to roll back access Who was Norma McCorvey? McCorvey never had an abortion. Her case, which proceeded largely without her involvement, took too long to resolve, and she gave birth to a child that she placed for adoption. Several years after the ruling, she publicly revealed her identity and became involved in the pro-abortion rights movement. But after a conversion to Christianity, she became an anti-abortion rights activist. Before she died last week, McCorvey had said that it was her wish to see Roe v Wade overturned in her lifetime. Continue reading... |
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