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- Trump White House scrambles to check scandal over FBI inquiry into Russia ties
- Germany's rightwing AfD party struggles to cope with internal crisis
- Pan-Africa festival of film projects a renewed sense of optimism
- Ethiopian journalist's wife urges UK and US to call for his release
- Polish judges urged to 'fight every inch' for their independence
- Leading French academic threatened with deportation at Houston airport
- Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve never heard of
- 'Dinner with the Donald': Nigel Farage joins Trump's table at Washington hotel
- Driver accused in New Orleans truck crash had blood alcohol level of .232
- Kim Jong-nam death: poison dose so high he died in '15 to 20 minutes'
- Kidnapped German archaeologists freed in northern Nigeria
- Up to 100 gravestones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia
- Father of Navy Seal killed in Yemen calls for investigation into 'stupid mission'
- Bill Paxton, star of Aliens, Titanic and Apollo 13, dies at 61
- Neil Fingleton, Game of Thrones star and UK's tallest man, dies aged 36
- Oscar winners 2017: the full list
- Middle-aged dog walkers to lead Mountain Warehouse across US
- Sunday carnivals around Europe – in pictures
- Jimmy Kimmel skewers Donald Trump in Oscars opening monologue
- Futbolistas migrantes estadounidenses: Los jugadores americanos cruzando la frontera borrosa de México – vídeo
- America's soccer migrants: the US footballers crossing Mexico's border – video
- Ulster Unionist makes election pledge to support gay marriage
- Abbas Kiarostami remembered at Oscars ceremony
- Trump navy secretary nominee withdraws citing disruption to financial interests
- Cory Bernardi invites Tony Abbott to join Australian Conservatives
- Queensland doctor in abortion case says 'vexatious' complaint shows laws need reform
- Monday briefing: And the Oscar goes to ... the wrong film
- Chile floods leave millions of people without drinking water in Santiago
- Russian team scores 11 own goals in order to meet easier opponent in next round
- Russians march to mark two years since Boris Nemtsov killing
- From sex bans to banished brews – the most effective boycotts ever
- White Helmet to miss Oscars because Syria cancelled passport
- Canada PM Trudeau pressured to tackle influx of asylum seekers over US border
- Locals accuse Pakistan of doing the dirty by turning to coal to meet energy needs
- 'Party for the people'? Democrats seek Perez unity but doubters are vocal
- Donald Trump is not the first US president to boycott press events
- CPAC conservatives drink the Trump Kool-Aid, but who will pick up the tab?
- Tom Perez elected new chair of Democratic National Committee – video
| Trump White House scrambles to check scandal over FBI inquiry into Russia ties Posted: 26 Feb 2017 03:40 PM PST
The White House made a messy attempt on Sunday to control public perceptions of a widening scandal over alleged contacts between aides to Donald Trump and Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 election, alleging that the FBI had dismissed reports of such links. Related: Father of Navy Seal killed in Yemen calls for investigation into 'stupid mission' Continue reading... |
| Germany's rightwing AfD party struggles to cope with internal crisis Posted: 26 Feb 2017 10:00 PM PST Alternative für Deutschland's support has slumped since a leading politician called for Germany to stop atoning for its Nazi past Buoyed first by a Greek debt crisis and then by an unprecedented influx of refugees to Europe, the rise of Germany's rightwing populist Alternative für Deutschland party has at times looked inevitable, leading one politician recently to predict a "total victory" for his party in the coming federal elections. With less than seven months to go, however, the AfD engine is suddenly sputtering. Over the past week, three separate polls have shown support for the party slip below 10%, down from a record high of 15% last September. Continue reading... |
| Pan-Africa festival of film projects a renewed sense of optimism Posted: 26 Feb 2017 10:00 PM PST Fans, stars and film-makers travel to Burkina Faso for 25th Fespaco, the biggest and most popular African film event in the world The audience were taking no chances: as the sky brightened over the city in the morning, they lined up outside Ciné Burkina in scarves and horn-rimmed glasses, keen to be the first to catch Frontières. The film is the poignant tale of the multiple dangers faced by four African women trying to get across west Africa to Lagos by bus – including rape, extortion, hijacking and road accidents – and their developing friendship along the way. Continue reading... |
| Ethiopian journalist's wife urges UK and US to call for his release Posted: 26 Feb 2017 10:00 PM PST Bezawit Hailegiorgis says western powers could help free Anania Sorri, one of tens of thousands held in Ethiopia since last year The wife of a blogger and journalist detained in Ethiopia has called on the international community to pressure local authorities to release her husband, who is among tens of thousands held since a state of emergency was declared in the emerging east African power last year. Anania Sorri, a 34-year-old writer and intellectual, was arrested in November on his way to a meeting at the US embassy in Addis Ababa. He is being held in a high security prison in the Ethiopian capital and has not yet been formally charged with any offence. Continue reading... |
| Polish judges urged to 'fight every inch' for their independence Posted: 26 Feb 2017 09:48 AM PST Supreme court president says plans to change how judges are appointed could turn courts into 'plaything' for politicians The president of Poland's supreme court has urged the country's judges to "fight for every inch of justice" as the rightwing government pushes for changes that critics say would make judicial independence a "pure fiction". "For over a year I have been repeating that the courts are easily turned into a plaything in the hands of politicians," Małgorzata Gersdorf told her colleagues in an open letter read out at a recent gathering of judges in Warsaw. "What was until now a threat is becoming a reality." Continue reading... |
| Leading French academic threatened with deportation at Houston airport Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:54 AM PST
A prominent French historian has said he was detained for more than 10 hours in Houston and threatened with deportation, in the latest of several examples of high-profile individuals being questioned extensively at US airports before being allowed entry. Henry Rousso flew from Paris to Houston last Wednesday to take part in a symposium at Texas A&M University but was wrongly detained and almost sent back to France after a border guard failed to understand Rousso's entitlements under visa rules, university officials said. Continue reading... |
| Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve never heard of Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:15 PM PST From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up Times are good for Fey Wei Dong. A genial, middle-aged businessman based near Shanghai, China, Fey says he is raking in the equivalent of £180,000 a year from trading in the humblest of commodities: sand. Fey often works in a fishing village on Poyang Lake, China's biggest freshwater lake and a haven for millions of migratory birds and several endangered species. The village is little more than a tiny collection of ramshackle houses and battered wooden docks. It is dwarfed by a flotilla anchored just offshore, of colossal dredges and barges, hulking metal flatboats with cranes jutting from their decks. Fey comes here regularly to buy boatloads of raw sand dredged from Poyang's bottom. He ships it 300 miles down the Yangtze River and resells it to builders in booming Shanghai who need it to make concrete. Continue reading... |
| 'Dinner with the Donald': Nigel Farage joins Trump's table at Washington hotel Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:17 PM PST Former Ukip leader photographed sitting opposite US president at Trump International hotel on Saturday night Nigel Farage dined out with Donald Trump on Saturday night after managing to secure a last-minute invitation to join the US president for an evening meal. The former Ukip leader was photographed sitting opposite Trump and alongside his daughter Ivanka, her husband and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, and the Florida governor, Rick Scott, at the president's luxury hotel in Washington DC. |
| Driver accused in New Orleans truck crash had blood alcohol level of .232 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 02:53 PM PST
A driver accused of injuring 28 people in New Orleans after plowing a pickup truck into a crowd watching a Mardi Gras parade had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit soon after the crash, police said on Sunday. Related: New Orleans: dozens injured after pickup truck ploughs into parade crowd Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-nam death: poison dose so high he died in '15 to 20 minutes' Posted: 26 Feb 2017 06:38 AM PST Ministers believe half-brother of North Korean leader was killed with more than 10mg of UN classified VX nerve agent The dose of poison given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un's half-brother was so high it killed him "within 15 to 20 minutes", Malaysia's health minister has said. Kim Jong-nam died on 13 February at Kuala Lumpur airport from being poisoned with VX nerve agent, a banned chemical substance classified by the UN as a weapon of mass destruction. Continue reading... |
| Kidnapped German archaeologists freed in northern Nigeria Posted: 26 Feb 2017 10:11 AM PST Security forces rescue Peter Bruenig and Johannes Behringer following their capture at gunpoint in Kaduna state on Wednesday Nigerian security forces have freed two German archaeologists kidnapped by gunmen at a remote dig site. The two academics were at the German embassy in Abuja on Sunday, and were doing well considering the circumstances, according to the German foreign ministry. Continue reading... |
| Up to 100 gravestones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia Posted: 26 Feb 2017 03:02 PM PST
Police said on Sunday that more than 100 headstones had been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. Related: 'It has to stop': Trump condemns antisemitism after Jewish cemetery vandalized Continue reading... |
| Father of Navy Seal killed in Yemen calls for investigation into 'stupid mission' Posted: 26 Feb 2017 09:46 AM PST Bill Owens says he refused to meet Donald Trump who authorised the special forces raid, in which 25 civilians also died, days after his inauguration The father of a Navy Seal killed in a raid in Yemen last month has demanded an investigation into the planning and timing of what he called a "stupid mission". Related: Questions mount over botched Yemen raid approved by Trump Continue reading... |
| Bill Paxton, star of Aliens, Titanic and Apollo 13, dies at 61 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:01 PM PST Actor known for hits including James Cameron blockbusters dies after complications following heart surgery, according to statement from family The actor Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61. The star of films including Aliens, Titanic and Apollo 13 died after complications from heart surgery, according to a statement released by his family. Continue reading... |
| Neil Fingleton, Game of Thrones star and UK's tallest man, dies aged 36 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 08:00 AM PST The actor, who played Mag the Mighty and also appeared in X-Men, is reported to have suffered from heart failure Game of Thrones star Neil Fingleton has died at the age of 36, it has been reported. Once named as Britain's tallest man, the 7ft 7in star played Mag the Mighty in the fantasy series and also took on roles in X-Men: First Class and Jupiter Ascending. Continue reading... |
| Oscar winners 2017: the full list Posted: 27 Feb 2017 02:08 AM PST All the winners from the 89th Academy Awards • Moonlight wins best picture – two minutes after La La Land WINNER: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) |
| Middle-aged dog walkers to lead Mountain Warehouse across US Posted: 27 Feb 2017 01:35 AM PST Family friendly, no-frills outdoor clothing brand on course to hit £200m in sales as founder Mark Neale plans expansion across North America On a blustery morning Germans reach for their trusty Jack Wolfskin jacket while the French typically throw on a Lafuma waterproof. But the default British national anorak brand these days is Mountain Warehouse. The no-frills retailer, which opened its first branch in Swindon nearly 20 years ago, has quietly conquered the UK's outdoor clothing market, overtaking established chains such as Millets and Blacks with reliable gear particularly beloved of middle-aged dog walkers. Continue reading... |
| Sunday carnivals around Europe – in pictures Posted: 27 Feb 2017 01:30 AM PST Carnival parades and celebrations are being held in many countries around the world. This selection stretches from Canary Islands to Russia Continue reading... |
| Jimmy Kimmel skewers Donald Trump in Oscars opening monologue Posted: 27 Feb 2017 01:18 AM PST Kimmel opens the Academy Awards show with digs at the president and the political division in the US – as well as his comedy nemesis, Matt Damon • Oscars 2017: full list of winners Jimmy Kimmel skewered Donald Trump and the Academy's record on diversity in his opening monologue for the Oscars, thanking the president and saying: "Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars was racist?" In a self-effacing and sarcasm-laden speech, Kimmel, who was hosting the ceremony for the first time, started by saying how he'd been told he needed to deliver a message of unity. "This broadcast is being watched live by millions of Americans and around the world in more than 225 countries that now hate us," he said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Feb 2017 01:05 AM PST A pesar de la rétorica del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump sobre los Mexicanos cruzando la frontera para llegar en EEUU, futbolistas estadounidenses tal como Omar González se mudan al sur en busca de más oportunidades, más dinero y una mejor calidad de fútbol. The Guardian habla con equipos top en Pachuca, Torreón y Guadalajara, además de jugadores inmigrantes estadounidenses y legendario futbolista mexicano Jared Borgetti – quienes dicen que la idea de un muro en la frontera no se corresponde con la realidad de la relación interdependiente de las dos naciones. |
| America's soccer migrants: the US footballers crossing Mexico's border – video Posted: 27 Feb 2017 01:05 AM PST Despite President Donald Trump's rhetoric about Mexicans crossing the border to the US, American soccer players such as Omar Gonzalez are heading south for new opportunities, more money and a better standard of football. The Guardian travels to Pachuca, Torreón and Guadalajara to speak to top clubs, US immigrant players and Mexico legend Jared Borgetti – who find the prospect of a border wall at odds with the reality of the two nations' interdependent relationship |
| Ulster Unionist makes election pledge to support gay marriage Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST Ex-soldier Andy Allen vows to support moves towards equality in only part of UK where same-sex couples cannot marry A former soldier who lost both his legs and most of his sight in a Taliban bomb attack in Afghanistan has pledged that if re-elected to the Northern Ireland assembly he will support moves towards same-sex marriage equality. Andy Allen is the sole Ulster Unionist outgoing assembly member who has fully backed gay marriage being legalised in the province. |
| Abbas Kiarostami remembered at Oscars ceremony Posted: 26 Feb 2017 08:23 PM PST The late Iranian director has been commemorated in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam montage • Follow the latest from the Oscars ceremony Abbas Kiarostami, the veteran Iranian film-maker, has been remembered at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. Kiarostami, widely felt to be one of the most important directors of the past 20 years, was behind such classics as Close-Up, Taste of Cherry and The Wind Will Carry Us. The winner of more than 70 awards – including the Palme d'Or at Cannes – he was never nominated for an Oscar. Continue reading... |
| Trump navy secretary nominee withdraws citing disruption to financial interests Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:56 PM PST Philip Bilden announces his decision only days after White House said he was 100% committed to the role Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the navy has withdrawn from consideration for the post, citing concerns about privacy and separating himself from his business interests. Related: Trump White House scrambles to check scandal over FBI inquiry into Russia ties Continue reading... |
| Cory Bernardi invites Tony Abbott to join Australian Conservatives Posted: 27 Feb 2017 12:54 AM PST Former Liberal senator tells Andrew Bolt that the former prime minister's ideas 'are absolutely spot on' Cory Bernardi has publicly invited Tony Abbott to join his new Australian Conservatives movement after the former prime minister's incendiary speech last Thursday in which he laid out a conservative manifesto for the next federal election. Bernardi told Andrew Bolt on Monday night Abbott would be very welcome to join his new breakaway political movement given last week's policy manifesto from Abbott lined up precisely with his own views about the policies required to appeal to disaffected Australian conservative voters. Continue reading... |
| Queensland doctor in abortion case says 'vexatious' complaint shows laws need reform Posted: 27 Feb 2017 12:13 AM PST David MacFarlane says he had to find work overseas after treating 'Q', a 12-year-old forced to seek court approval A doctor says he has been forced to find work overseas in the fallout from a high-profile abortion case that sparked the current push for law reform in Queensland. Obstetrician David MacFarlane said his experience in the aftermath of treating "Q", a 12-year-old who was forced to seek court approval for an unwanted pregnancy last year, was a cautionary tale for public doctors under the state's present abortion laws. Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: And the Oscar goes to ... the wrong film Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:01 PM PST Oscars mix-up creates a scene ... NHS investigates huge patient data loss … woman deported, leaving behind children and husband of 27 years Hello, this is Graham Russell bringing you the pick of the news this morning. |
| Chile floods leave millions of people without drinking water in Santiago Posted: 26 Feb 2017 07:12 PM PST Heavy rain during usually dry summer months causes landslides and flooding, leaving three dead and 19 missing Millions of people are without water after heavy rains struck Chile over the weekend during the country's usually dry summer months, leaving three people dead and at least 19 missing. The rains, which caused rivers to overflow their banks in mountain valleys near Chile's capital, Santiago, had isolated 373 people, the Onemi emergency service said late on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Russian team scores 11 own goals in order to meet easier opponent in next round Posted: 26 Feb 2017 06:34 PM PST Rivals also score nine own goals during bandy match after its players 'decided to have a bit of fun' – now both teams face disciplinary actions Two clubs in the winter sport of bandy raced to put the ball into their own nets 20 times on Sunday and now face disciplinary action. The Russian Super League game in the northern city of Arkhangelsk finished in an 11-9 win for Baikal-Energiya against local club Vodnik. It was 0-0 with 22 minutes to go before Vodnik player Oleg Pivovarov scored three own goals. Continue reading... |
| Russians march to mark two years since Boris Nemtsov killing Posted: 26 Feb 2017 07:12 AM PST Protesters chant anti-Putin and anti-Kadyrov slogans at Moscow procession said to have been attended by 15,200 people Thousands of protesters have marched in Moscow and other Russian cities to mark two years since the opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down near the Kremlin. Five men including a security services officer who reported to the leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya are on trial for murdering the outspoken Putin critic but many fear whoever ordered the killing will not be brought to justice. Continue reading... |
| From sex bans to banished brews – the most effective boycotts ever Posted: 26 Feb 2017 07:00 AM PST The Bank of England says it will listen to the public on the use of beef fat in its banknotes, a reminder that direct action can bring about change. Here are some other unusual boycotts that worked It has been a good week for the fine tradition of boycotting after the Bank of England announced it would launch a public consultation into future use of animal fat in its banknotes following widespread opposition to its new £5 notes. Vegetarian cafes and Hindu temples are refusing the tallow-containing currency – proving that direct action remains a powerful tool for change. As boycotts go, though, turning away cold, hard cash was certainly an unusual strategy. Yet when it comes to blackballing, it seems the more unconventional, the more impressive the results, as this unlikely lot show: Continue reading... |
| White Helmet to miss Oscars because Syria cancelled passport Posted: 26 Feb 2017 03:36 AM PST Two rescue workers miss out on trip to Academy Awards, where film about their civil defence group is nominated A Syrian cameraman and rescue worker whose documentary about the civil defence group known as the White Helmets has been nominated for an Oscar will not attend the awards ceremony because Damascus has cancelled his passport, the group said on Sunday. The White Helmets operate a rescue service in rebel-held parts of Syria, which have been subjected to fierce bombardment by the government and Russia's air force during the country's civil war that has levelled whole city districts. Continue reading... |
| Canada PM Trudeau pressured to tackle influx of asylum seekers over US border Posted: 26 Feb 2017 03:00 AM PST
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, is facing growing political pressure to address the steady stream of asylum seekers who have been braving freezing temperatures, fields of waist-deep snow and icy ditches to cross into Canada from the US by foot. Recent months have seen a growing number of people entering Canada at remote, unguarded locations along the US border. Doing so allows the migrants – many of whom are desperate to flee Trump's crackdown on immigration – to skirt a longstanding pact that bars most refugee claimants in the US from applying for asylum in Canada. Continue reading... |
| Locals accuse Pakistan of doing the dirty by turning to coal to meet energy needs Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST As Pakistan seeks to address its power crisis by mining coal, villagers in the Thar desert are fighting to prevent state acquisition of their ancestral land Amid the din of the excavating machines and the rumble of dumpers removing and hauling tonnes of earth, the voice of indigenous communities in Pakistan's Sindh province has been drowned out. Nabi Bux, a resident of Sehnri Dars in the province's Thar desert, can attest as much. His village, roughly 400km from the port city of Karachi, has been acquired by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and, as a result, he and about 1,800 fellow residents are to be relocated 25km away. Continue reading... |
| 'Party for the people'? Democrats seek Perez unity but doubters are vocal Posted: 26 Feb 2017 03:55 PM PST Former labor secretary and main rival Keith Ellison – seen as representing the establishment and party activists respectively – must work to win over base Moments after former labor secretary Tom Perez narrowly defeated Representative Keith Ellison in a battle to lead the Democratic party, the rivals appeared together at a press conference in downtown Atlanta. Pinned to his suit jacket, Ellison wore a blue "Team Tom" button. Perez wore a green "Keith for DNC" button. Related: How the humble town hall became a battle arena for the Trump resistance Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump is not the first US president to boycott press events Posted: 26 Feb 2017 07:24 AM PST Missing a White House correspondents' dinner is a serious sense of humour failure but is not without precedent The annual dinner hosted by the White House Correspondents' Association, in Washington, is traditionally an occasion when the US president is lampooned and ridiculed to his face, and is expected to take the ribbing in good part. So Donald Trump's decision to boycott this year's event looks like a serious sense of humour failure, indicative of his rapidly deteriorating relationship with the media. Continue reading... |
| CPAC conservatives drink the Trump Kool-Aid, but who will pick up the tab? Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:00 AM PST A once-fringe presidential candidate has turned his doubters into cheerleaders. But the spiritual and financial cost of Trumpism has yet to be tallied The writing is on the wall. "God bless Trump", "America first", "Peace through strength!!!", "Capitalism is beautiful", "Drain the swamp", "One nation under God", "Make America gay again!", "Adorable deplorable" and "Trump is star!" are among the messages scrawled in the exhibition hall at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington. Look close and there is a thread of defiance too: "CPAC abandoned principles to support a big government strongman." Continue reading... |
| Tom Perez elected new chair of Democratic National Committee – video Posted: 26 Feb 2017 06:42 AM PST Former labor secretary Tom Perez was elected as the new chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday, narrowly beating rival Keith Ellison after a fiercely fought campaign. Perez's first motion as chair, however, was to appoint Ellison - the first Muslim member of Congress - as deputy chair of the organisation Continue reading... |
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