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- Kim Jong-nam: North Korean team seeks body as women face charges
- Refugee women and children 'beaten, raped and starved in Libyan hellholes'
- US foreign aid expected to be biggest casualty of Trump's first budget
- SpaceX to send two people around the moon who paid for a 2018 private mission
- China 'anti-terror' rallies: thousands of troops on streets of Urumqi
- South Korea closes biggest dog meat market in run-up to Olympics
- PwC issues apology after Oscars best picture envelope mistake
- Man sent as child from UK to Australia tells abuse inquiry: name the villains
- Tweet and delete: US officials erase their praise for Iranian Oscar winner
- Article 50 day won't be cut-off date for EU migrants, No 10 suggests
- Cereal lovers could shell out more for muesli as cost of brazil nuts soars
- WHO names 12 bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health
- Digital photo project to show Sistine Chapel in unprecedented detail
- Beloved hippopotamus 'Gustavito' beaten to death at El Salvador zoo
- Journalist for German newspaper arrested in Turkey
- Hunters accidentally saved during Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue training
- Trump administration will formally end opposition to Texas voter ID law
- Hippopotamus beaten to death in El Salvador zoo – video report
- Samsung's acting head indicted on bribery charges as scandal grows
- 'Harder, faster, louder': how drone-pilot drama Grounded shook the world
- Berta Cáceres court papers show murder suspects' links to US-trained elite troops
- 'Fake news' fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it's being used again
- Rumbling Balkans threaten foreign policy headache for Trump
- UK government departments told to outline cuts of up to 6%
- Boris Johnson to rebuke Brexit critics in thinly veiled attack on John Major
- Donald Trump blames Barack Obama for leaks and protests – video
- Asio given access to journalists’ phone and web records
- Court hears of policy to discredit abuse claims during Mau Mau uprising
- Tuesday briefing: Trump's hawkish budget and Shell's climate amnesia
- Sousse attack inquest: verdicts expected on deaths of 30 Britons
- Sousse survivor: 'I popped my head up out of the water. I could see a massacre'
- 'The president always gets something': Spicer suggests Trump gained concession from China
- Tribal dance festival gives Indians sense of belonging – archive. 28 Feb 1959
- China considers paying couples to have a second child
- 'Oui on peut': 40,000 sign petition for Barack Obama as next French president
- Priest accused of improper behaviour towards children moved to housing next to schools
- Queensland abortion decriminalisation bills will go to Law Reform Commission
- 'Open the doors': the Catholic churches hiding targets of Duterte’s drug war
- Universities spark free speech row after halting pro-Palestinian events
- Laser attacks on Heathrow aircraft increase 25%
- NGO rescues off Libya encourage traffickers, says EU borders chief
- 'Miracle' baby born in tree during Mozambique floods to turn 17
- Philippines militants behead German hostage Jurgen Kantner
- Paris mayor hits back at Trump over 'unfriendly' comments about capital
- 'Angry white men': the sociologist who studied Trump's base before Trump
- US drone strike in Syria kills top al-Qaida leader, jihadis say
- He who controls the sand: the mining 'mafias' killing each other to build cities
- Cathedrals of power: Philadelphia's abandoned turbine halls – in pictures
- Will Uganda's mega-project spending spree generate growth or drive up debts?
- EU urged to end cooperation with Sudan after refugees whipped and deported
- Trump vows 'big' spend on defense and infrastructure – video
- Trump: 'Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated' – video
| Kim Jong-nam: North Korean team seeks body as women face charges Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:11 AM PST Team arrives to retrieve body as Malaysian authorities say they will charge Indonesian and Vietnamese suspects A high-level North Korean delegation has arrived in Kuala Lumpur as Malaysia announced it will charge an Indonesian and a Vietnamese woman with the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korea's leader. The killing, described by the US and South Korea as a political assassination, has led to a diplomatic meltdown between Malaysia and North Korea, which has repeatedly tried to block the investigation and denied that Kim Jong-nam was murdered. Continue reading... |
| Refugee women and children 'beaten, raped and starved in Libyan hellholes' Posted: 28 Feb 2017 01:01 AM PST Libyan detention centres are 'no more than forced labour camps and makeshift prisons', Unicef says Women and children making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and starved in "living hellholes" in Libya, the United Nations children's agency, Unicef, has said. The Mediterranean sea between Libya and Italy has become the main crossing point for asylum seekers and people seeking a better life in Europe, after a clampdown on sea crossings from Turkey. Continue reading... |
| US foreign aid expected to be biggest casualty of Trump's first budget Posted: 27 Feb 2017 01:54 PM PST Administration's prioritisation of defence and retreat from aid worries organisations already under extreme pressure from growing humanitarian crises US spending on overseas aid is expected to bear the brunt of dramatic cuts as part of Donald Trump's plan to increase defence spending by $54bn in his upcoming budget. The US operates the largest and most expansive overseas aid programme in the world, with a proposed federal spend of $50.1bn (£40.3bn) for 2017 alone (pdf). More than $18bn of that is made up of economic and development assistance, commonly referred to as humanitarian aid. A further $8.1bn was due to go towards security assistance. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| SpaceX to send two people around the moon who paid for a 2018 private mission Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:16 PM PST CEO Elon Musk said the private journey would take about a week, nearing the moon's surface without landing on it SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Monday that two people have paid for a private mission around the moon, tentatively set for launch in 2018 with the private company's yet untested Falcon Heavy rocket. In a conference call with reporters, Musk declined to name the people or what they had paid, though he said the individuals know each other and are "very serious" about the flight. The "private citizens" approached the company late last year and will receive training and take health and fitness tests as early as this year. Continue reading... |
| China 'anti-terror' rallies: thousands of troops on streets of Urumqi Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:07 AM PST More than 10,000 forces gather in capital of violence-stricken region of Xinjiang for second time in just over a week Thousands of troops have poured on to the streets of one of west China's most important cities for the second time in just over a week, as a senior Communist party leader heralded an "all-out offensive" against terrorism in the violence-stricken region. More than 10,000 rifle-toting forces gathered at the heart of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, for the latest in a series of spectacular mass "anti-terror rallies". Continue reading... |
| South Korea closes biggest dog meat market in run-up to Olympics Posted: 28 Feb 2017 01:01 AM PST Animals at market in Seongnam were kept in inhumane conditions and killed using electrocution, hanging and beating
The shutters have started coming down at South Korea's biggest dog meat market as the country seeks to head off international criticism over its practice of killing dogs for human consumption before it hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics. |
| PwC issues apology after Oscars best picture envelope mistake Posted: 27 Feb 2017 09:38 AM PST Accounting firm in charge of vote counting vows to investigate error that led to La La Land being awarded by mistake • Anatomy of a fiasco: how the announcement cock-up occured PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountancy firm that has overseen the counting of the Oscars ballots for 83 years, has apologised for the most spectacular blunder in the history of the starry ceremony – when the award for best film was mistakenly presented to La La Land instead of the actual winner Moonlight. The company promised to investigate the error after Warren Beatty, who was presenting the best picture award with Faye Dunaway, ended up with the wrong envelope. "We sincerely apologise to Moonlight, La La Land, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for best picture," PwC said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Man sent as child from UK to Australia tells abuse inquiry: name the villains Posted: 27 Feb 2017 06:07 AM PST Chair Alexis Jay asked to name and shame perpetrators of abuse of British children shipped abroad from 1947 to the 1970s The UK national child abuse inquiry has been urged at the opening of its public evidence sessions to name and shame the perpetrators of the sexual abuse of tens of thousands of British children forcibly deported to Australia by the UK government and leading churches and charities. David Hill, one of more than 4,000 children who were sent to Australia and other Commonwealth nations from 1947 to the 1970s, waived his anonymity at the opening of the independent inquiry on Monday to make an emotional call for justice for victims. Continue reading... |
| Tweet and delete: US officials erase their praise for Iranian Oscar winner Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:18 PM PST Asghar Farhadi, director of best foreign film The Salesman, boycotted the awards ceremony, calling Trump's travel ban 'inhumane' The US state department has tweeted and then deleted a congratulatory message for an Oscar win by a prominent Iranian director who criticized President Donald Trump's travel ban as "inhumane". The state department's official Persian-language Twitter account, @USAdarFarsi, tweeted congratulations to the Iranian people and Asghar Farhadi, director of The Salesman, after the movie won an Oscar for best foreign-language film on Sunday, according to screenshots of the message circulated on Twitter. Continue reading... |
| Article 50 day won't be cut-off date for EU migrants, No 10 suggests Posted: 27 Feb 2017 06:19 AM PST Downing Street indicates deadline for EU nationals to register right to live in Britain will be part of Brexit negotiations No "cut-off date" for EU nationals to register their right to live in Britain is expected to be announced until negotiations on reciprocal rights of Britons living in other EU countries are concluded, government sources have indicated. Downing Street rejected taking unilateral action before a deal on residency rights is secured – meaning it is highly unlikely that the day Theresa May formally triggers Brexit – expected on or around 15 March – will be used as the key cut-off date. Continue reading... |
| Cereal lovers could shell out more for muesli as cost of brazil nuts soars Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:19 AM PST Shoppers may be forced to forgo nut or pay more after warnings of second year of diminished crop The price of brazil nuts could rise by more than a fifth after low rainfall hit production in Bolivia where more than half the global crop is grown. The wholesale price of the large curved nut, which is popular for snacking and in muesli, has already risen by more than a quarter to $4.80 a pound (£8.50 a kilogramme) since August after a poor harvest in 2016. |
| WHO names 12 bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health Posted: 27 Feb 2017 09:49 AM PST Antibiotic resistance could make c-sections, transplants and chemotherapy too dangerous to perform, warns World Health Organisation The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a list of the 12 bacteria which pose the greatest threat to human health because they are resistant to antibiotics. Health experts have previously warned that resistance to the drugs that are used to fight infections could cause a bigger threat to mankind than cancer. Continue reading... |
| Digital photo project to show Sistine Chapel in unprecedented detail Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:26 AM PST Three-volume collection uses 270,000 digital frames to reproduce Michelangelo frescoes with 99.9% accuracy The last time the entire Sistine Chapel was photographed for posterity, digital photography was in its infancy and words such as pixels were bandied about mostly by computer nerds and Nasa scientists. Now, after decades of technological advances in art photography, digital darkrooms and printing techniques, a five-year project that will aid future restorations has left the Vatican Museums with 270,000 digital frames that show frescoes by Michelangelo and other masters in fresh, stunning detail. Continue reading... |
| Beloved hippopotamus 'Gustavito' beaten to death at El Salvador zoo Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:05 PM PST Locals mourned the hippo, who was apparently attacked with metal bars and knives, through social media and by leaving flowers at the national zoo El Salvador's rampant violence has reached an unsuspected corner with the brutal and fatal beating of the national zoo's beloved hippopotamus Gustavito. Even among a population numbed by a staggering human death toll due to gang violence in recent years, the animal's death late Sunday has stirred outrage. Continue reading... |
| Journalist for German newspaper arrested in Turkey Posted: 27 Feb 2017 02:28 PM PST Deniz Yücel jailed pending trial on charges of propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation and inciting the public to violence Turkish authorities have arrested a reporter for a prominent German newspaper on charges of propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation and inciting the public to violence, according to a court witness. Related: Stop the press: Turkey's crackdown on its media goes into overdrive Continue reading... |
| Hunters accidentally saved during Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue training Posted: 27 Feb 2017 10:57 AM PST Plane's crew spotted two men waving in middle of icy tundra north of Arctic circle and rescued them in 15-minute window before darkness set in A routine training session in Canada's Arctic transformed into a real-life search and rescue mission after a Royal Canadian Air Force crew accidentally happened on two hunters who had been stranded for days. The training mission had set out from Hall Beach, a hamlet of some 750 people that sits north of the Arctic circle in Nunavut. They were heading to an old mine site on the first day of a two-week annual sovereignty exercise in Canada's north. Continue reading... |
| Trump administration will formally end opposition to Texas voter ID law Posted: 27 Feb 2017 12:25 PM PST Justice department says administration won't challenge the strict law, in a shift from Obama-era opposition to such discriminatory laws An attorney for a voting rights group said Monday that Donald Trump's administration will no longer challenge a strict Texas voter ID law, signaling a dramatic change in the government's approach to civil rights under its new attorney general, Jeff Sessions. The justice department told plaintiffs in the case against the law that the government will formally end its opposition to the law, according to Danielle Lang, the deputy director of voting rights for the Campaign Legal Center. Continue reading... |
| Hippopotamus beaten to death in El Salvador zoo – video report Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:26 AM PST A much-loved hippopotamus called Gustavito has died after being attacked in the national zoo of El Salvador. The attack occurred last week on Tuesday, but zookeepers did not discover the hippo's injuries until Thursday because he did not leave his pool. Gustavito died of the injuries late Sunday Continue reading... |
| Samsung's acting head indicted on bribery charges as scandal grows Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:22 AM PST Lee Jae-yong will almost certainly face trial amid corruption claims that have already led to the president's impeachment The acting head of Samsung is to be indicted on bribery and embezzlement charges connected to a corruption and cronyism scandal centring on South Korea's impeached president, Park Geun-hye. Lee Jae-yong and four other Samsung executives will almost certainly face trial over accusations that South Korea's biggest conglomerate donated millions of dollars to foundations run by a close friend of Park's in exchange for government favours. Continue reading... |
| 'Harder, faster, louder': how drone-pilot drama Grounded shook the world Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST George Brant's electric monologue Grounded was one of the first plays to explore a new form of war. The playwright, actor Lucy Ellinson and director Christopher Haydon recall creating a fringe smash that channelled Top Gun Grainy aerial footage is part of the lexicon of war now: pixelated people and flashes of bright white light. We have come to accept the idea of drone warfare – death delivered by remote control – as almost quotidian. But when Grounded premiered in 2013, that wasn't the case. George Brant's play was one of the earliest theatrical explorations of this unnerving new form of war. "That's why it got people the way it did," recalls its British director Christopher Haydon. A monologue, Grounded told the story of an unnamed fighter pilot in the US Air Force who becomes pregnant unexpectedly, forcing her to stop flying. On returning from maternity leave, she's co-opted into "the chair force" as a reluctant drone operator. "I stare at grey," she says glumly; 12 hours a day, seven days a week. After each shift, she drives home to family life, a process that becomes increasingly dislocating. The play delivers a ferocious climax, as the pilot's state of mind unravels. Continue reading... |
| Berta Cáceres court papers show murder suspects' links to US-trained elite troops Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST The Honduran environmental activist's killing a year ago bears the hallmarks of a 'well-planned operation designed by military intelligence' says legal source Leaked court documents allege that the murder of the Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres was an extrajudicial killing planned by military intelligence specialists linked to the country's US–trained special forces, a Guardian investigation can reveal. Cáceres was shot dead a year ago while supposedly under state protection after receiving death threats over her opposition to a hydroelectric dam. Continue reading... |
| 'Fake news' fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it's being used again Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST Exiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza As a journalist, it is Aline's job to report on her country and president, but she doesn't know how to without getting killed. Pierre Nkurunziza is Burundi's fearsome, undemocratic president who stands accused of inciting ethnic tensions while dismissing any negative stories on him as lies. Continue reading... |
| Rumbling Balkans threaten foreign policy headache for Trump Posted: 27 Feb 2017 06:38 AM PST In Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro, signs of ethnic tension are on the rise again A familiar billboard face looms large over the shabby streets and squares of the Balkan city of North Mitrovica. "The Serbs stood by him all along!" says the slogan in English beneath the giant image of Donald Trump staring out passersby. Continue reading... |
| UK government departments told to outline cuts of up to 6% Posted: 28 Feb 2017 01:44 AM PST Shadow chancellor says news of further potential cuts was 'sneaked out' and condemns government's 'failed austerity' Government departments have been told to outline potential spending cuts of up to 6% with the aim of saving up to £3.5bn by 2020. Before the budget on 8 March, the chief secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, announced that all Whitehall departments should submit ways to contribute to the government's "efficiency review". Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson to rebuke Brexit critics in thinly veiled attack on John Major Posted: 28 Feb 2017 02:25 AM PST Foreign secretary will use speech to British Chambers of Commerce to strike positive tone about Britain's future outside the EU Boris Johnson will hit out at those projecting doom and gloom on Brexit in a speech that will be seen as a rebuke of Sir John Major, sources have told the Guardian. Johnson will claim officials in a range of countries have told him they are willing to negotiate trade deals with Britain. |
| Donald Trump blames Barack Obama for leaks and protests – video Posted: 28 Feb 2017 12:42 AM PST President Donald Trump says Barack Obama is behind the recent protests against him. In an interview with Fox and Friends, which will air on Tuesday morning in the US, Trump also accuses Obama and his allies of involvement in the leaks of information from the White House. There is no evidence to support Trump's claims |
| Asio given access to journalists’ phone and web records Posted: 28 Feb 2017 01:09 AM PST Spy agency head tells Senate hearing that 'small' number of journalist information warrants granted in first such admission Australia's attorney general, George Brandis, appears to have granted the country's domestic spy agency access to journalists' metadata in a small number of cases, the agency's head has revealed. Duncan Lewis, the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Agency (Asio), confirmed in parliament on Tuesday that the agency had been granted some journalist information warrants. Continue reading... |
| Court hears of policy to discredit abuse claims during Mau Mau uprising Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST Counsel for Kenyan claimants accuses the Conservative government of 1950s of undermining people who reported abuse Kabugi Njuma's pockets were filled with mud. He was forced to run in 38C (100F)heat carrying a bucket laden with 36kgs (80lb) of earth on his head until he confessed to Mau Mau activities. He died of a heart attack at Aguthi special detention camp in September 1958. His body bore bruises consistent with blows from a stick. The British colonial administration in Kenya recorded that he died of natural causes. Continue reading... |
| Tuesday briefing: Trump's hawkish budget and Shell's climate amnesia Posted: 27 Feb 2017 10:56 PM PST US president to cut aid and boost defence … the global warming film Shell prefers to forget … and more on the Oscar best film debacle Hello, it's Warren Murray getting you out of the blocks this morning. Continue reading... |
| Sousse attack inquest: verdicts expected on deaths of 30 Britons Posted: 27 Feb 2017 10:49 PM PST Seven-week inquest into mass shooting in Tunisia due to end after coroner suggests conclusion of unlawful killing An inquest will conclude on Tuesday into the deaths of 30 Britons killed in a mass shooting in a Tunisian holiday resort in 2015, the biggest loss of British life to terrorism since the 2005 London bombings. Related: 'I popped my head up out of the water. I could see a massacre' Continue reading... |
| Sousse survivor: 'I popped my head up out of the water. I could see a massacre' Posted: 27 Feb 2017 10:49 PM PST Tunisia attack survivor Colin Bidwell swam out to sea to escape Seifeddine Rezgui's bullets. He is still being treated for PTSD two years on Lying on his sunlounger in Sousse, staring out over the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Hammamet and with The Stranglers playing through his earphones, Colin Bidwell thought life was good. Over the music, Bidwell heard a couple of pops. At first, the then 49-year-old assumed a firework had been set off in celebration on the beach outside the Imperial Marhaba hotel. Continue reading... |
| 'The president always gets something': Spicer suggests Trump gained concession from China Posted: 27 Feb 2017 09:28 PM PST Before taking power Trump hinted he might reverse the US's stance on Taiwan but later back-peddaled, prompting speculation he had capitulated to Beijing The White House has rebuffed claims that Donald Trump was left empty-handed by his decision not to challenge Chinese president Xi Jinping over China's claims to Taiwan. Before taking power Trump, who has called China a US "enemy", had hinted he might shred decades of policy towards the democratically-ruled island, which Beijing regards as a breakaway province, unless China's leaders offered trade concessions. Continue reading... |
| Tribal dance festival gives Indians sense of belonging – archive. 28 Feb 1959 Posted: 27 Feb 2017 09:00 PM PST 28 February 1959: Dances vary, but there is a real thread of similarity which runs through folk dances the world over "Just think of it. For the past nine years that I have been on the selection committee for the tribal dance programme I have not seen twice the same dance," said Professor Fabri, the elderly art critic of the Delhi Statesman. He added with enthusiasm "It is a real miracle this wealth of tribal culture. I think personally that it is quite wrong to give prizes, it discourages those who don't get them and who think that they have committed some mistake. I grant you that some of the dances are very dull and repetitive; but others are perfect in rhythm and variety. In any case the real importance of these dances is that they remind us of the existence of cultures which are outside the pale of Hinduism." Continue reading... |
| China considers paying couples to have a second child Posted: 27 Feb 2017 07:46 PM PST After abolishing the one-child policy, Communist party mulls financial incentives to parents who have more than one baby China is considering introducing birth rewards and subsidies to encourage people to have a second child, after surveys showed economic constraints were making many reluctant to expand their families, the state-owned China Daily has reported. The idea was revealed by Wang Peian, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, at a social welfare conference on Saturday, the newspaper said. Continue reading... |
| 'Oui on peut': 40,000 sign petition for Barack Obama as next French president Posted: 27 Feb 2017 05:41 PM PST Campaign organisers came up with idea because they were disenchanted with the candidates running in France's election Posters of Barack Obama have popped up around Paris in what started as a joke by four friends pretending to launch a campaign for the former US leader ahead of France's presidential election. The posters bear the words "Oui on peut", a French translation of Obama's popular and effective 2008 campaign slogan Yes We Can. Continue reading... |
| Priest accused of improper behaviour towards children moved to housing next to schools Posted: 27 Feb 2017 05:36 PM PST Archbishop for Canberra and Goulburn relocates parish priest to accommodation neighbouring a primary school and another for children with special needs A Catholic archbishop has moved a parish priest accused of inappropriate behaviour involving children to church-owned accommodation neighbouring two schools, including one for students with special needs. Catholic authorities received a number of complaints about a parish priest in New South Wales last year. The complaints involved "inappropriate behaviour towards children", according to the church, and one was referred to NSW police. Continue reading... |
| Queensland abortion decriminalisation bills will go to Law Reform Commission Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:57 PM PST Pro-choice MP withdraws bills from parliament after government assurance of a speedy turnaround he hopes will result in reforms being passed this year The Queensland government will refer draft laws to decriminalise abortion to the state's Law Reform Commission in a move that independent MP Rob Pyne hopes will see the reforms passed this year. Pyne agreed to withdraw his bills to spare them a likely defeat in a parliamentary vote this week because of unified opposition from the Liberal National party. Continue reading... |
| 'Open the doors': the Catholic churches hiding targets of Duterte’s drug war Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:46 PM PST Despite the climate of fear in the Philippines, a growing number of churches have opened their network of safe houses to people at risk of being killed The Catholic church in the Philippines is operating a network that hides addicts and others targeted in president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war, priests have told the Guardian. More than 7,000 people have been killed by Philippine law enforcement officers and vigilantes in Duterte's crusade against alleged addicts and dealers, often in hit-and-run style attacks by gunmen on motorcycles. Continue reading... |
| Universities spark free speech row after halting pro-Palestinian events Posted: 27 Feb 2017 12:33 PM PST Exeter and Central Lancashire universities accused of censoring students by cancelling Israel Apartheid Week plans Universities have been accused of undermining freedom of speech on campus after cancelling events organised by students as part of an annual pro-Palestinian event called Israel Apartheid Week (IAW). Related: University wrong to ban Israeli Apartheid Week event | Letter from 243 academics Continue reading... |
| Laser attacks on Heathrow aircraft increase 25% Posted: 27 Feb 2017 07:34 AM PST Pilot reports of laser attacks on aircraft landing or taking off at UK's busiest airport rose by a quarter to 151 in 2016 Laser attacks on aircraft using Heathrow airport rose by a quarter last year, figures show. Pilots taking off or landing at the west London hub suffered 151 incidents in 2016. This is up from 121 during the previous year and was more than any other UK airport, according to aviation regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Continue reading... |
| NGO rescues off Libya encourage traffickers, says EU borders chief Posted: 27 Feb 2017 06:47 AM PST Head of Frontex calls for rescue operations in Med to be re-evaluated and says NGOs work ineffectively with security agencies NGOs who rescue people in the sea off Libya are encouraging traffickers who profit from dangerous Mediterranean crossings, the head of the EU border agency Frontex has said. Speaking to Germany's Die Welt newspaper, Fabrice Leggeri called for rescue operations to be re-evaluated and accused NGOs of ineffectively cooperating with security agencies against human traffickers. Continue reading... |
| 'Miracle' baby born in tree during Mozambique floods to turn 17 Posted: 27 Feb 2017 06:26 AM PST 'It's just a different way of being born,' says Rosita Mabuiango, whose dramatic rescue helped raise funds for thousands of people Rosita Mabuiango's birth in a tree above swirling waters 17 years ago thrust her into instant stardom, drawing global attention to the worst floods to hit Mozambique in recent memory. The images of Rosita draped in dirty linen, moments after she and her mother were winched to safety by a helicopter, touched the world, helping raise funds for tens of thousands of flood survivors. Continue reading... |
| Philippines militants behead German hostage Jurgen Kantner Posted: 27 Feb 2017 05:37 AM PST Philippine government says armed forces made every effort to save 70-year-old but he was killed after ransom deadline passed Militants in the southern Philippines have beheaded a German man after a deadline to pay his ransom passed, the Philippine government has said. A brief video circulated on Monday by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites, appears to show Jurgen Kantner being killed. Continue reading... |
| Paris mayor hits back at Trump over 'unfriendly' comments about capital Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:41 AM PST Anne Hidalgo tweets picture of Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Eiffel Tower after US president said friend refused to visit city The mayor of Paris has criticised comments made by Donald Trump about the French capital and immigration policies in Europe, suggesting the US president should focus on issues closer to home. In a bombastic address to a conservative rally outside Washington on Friday, Trump criticised longtime US allies France, Sweden and Germany, and defended his crackdown on immigrants. Continue reading... |
| 'Angry white men': the sociologist who studied Trump's base before Trump Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:00 AM PST Michael Kimmel, one of the world's foremost experts on masculinity, examines its role in men's adherence to – and departure from – far-right movements During the Obama years, various commentators made wild predictions about the death of the white male as a politically relevant demographic. Then came Trump, propelled to power by a wave of angry white men. The sociologist Michael Kimmel is one of the world's foremost experts on the phenomenon. As the director of Stony Brook University's Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, he's a leader in the emerging field of masculinity studies. His recent research has looked at topics including spree killers (who are overwhelmingly male and white), as well as the relationship between masculinity and political extremism. He's also just wrapped up a new book studying why men join hate groups – and how they leave. Continue reading... |
| US drone strike in Syria kills top al-Qaida leader, jihadis say Posted: 27 Feb 2017 03:44 AM PST Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was implicated in deadly 1998 African embassy bombings One of al-Qaida's most senior global leaders has been killed by a US drone strike in north-west Syria, jihadi leaders have said. Related: Father of Navy Seal killed in Yemen calls for investigation into 'stupid mission' Continue reading... |
| He who controls the sand: the mining 'mafias' killing each other to build cities Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:15 PM PST Rapid urbanisation has made an ordinary commodity suddenly precious: sand. As cities continue to voraciously need concrete, glass and asphalt, illegal sand mining has sparked a global wave of gang violence In the dark of the night of 20 December, two Kenyan truck drivers met a blazing death. The men were loading up their vehicles at around 2am on the bank of the Muooni river, about 60 miles south-east of Nairobi, when a mob of local youths descended on them. The attackers torched the lorries, burning the drivers "beyond recognition", police told a local newspaper. A third truck driver was shot with arrows. The grisly episode was the most dramatic outbreak in a wave of recent violence in Makueni County, an impoverished rural area that is home to just under 1 million people. In the last two years, at least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured, including police officers and government officials. The carnage has been sparked by an unlikely substance that is fast becoming one of the 21st century's most important commodities: sand. Continue reading... |
| Cathedrals of power: Philadelphia's abandoned turbine halls – in pictures Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:00 AM PST The Philadelphia Electric Company built enormous metropolitan power stations at the turn of the 20th century. Now vacant and decaying, these buildings are a blight in the eyes of some city planners – and a beacon to urban explorers
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| Will Uganda's mega-project spending spree generate growth or drive up debts? Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:00 PM PST The country has tied loans for infrastructure to future oil revenues, but experts fear that such borrowing could trigger a financial crisis In a hamlet, 7km south-west of Uganda's capital Kampala, a group of cyclists rests under the shade of a flyover under construction. They watch as heavy-load vehicles full of building materials race past. "I can't wait to ride on this road when it's complete," says one of the group. The flyover forms part of the 51km Kampala-Entebbe espressway, linking the city and Entebbe international airport. It is costing $476m (£383m) and is due to be finished in 2018, one of the major infrastructure projects taking shape in east Africa's third largest economy. Continue reading... |
| EU urged to end cooperation with Sudan after refugees whipped and deported Posted: 27 Feb 2017 04:07 AM PST MEP calls for inquiry as Ethiopian and Eritrean asylum seekers receive 40 lashes and $800 fines, while activists warn EU migration aid is emboldening Sudan The EU is facing calls to rethink its cooperation with Sudan on migration flows after scores of refugees were whipped, fined, jailed and deported from Khartoum last weekend following a peaceful protest over a huge rise in visa processing fees. About 65 asylum seekers – the majority from Ethiopia and some from Eritrea – were lashed 40 times on their backs and the back of their legs with leather whips, lawyers told the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Trump vows 'big' spend on defense and infrastructure – video Posted: 27 Feb 2017 10:11 AM PST Donald Trump discussed his upcoming budget on Monday, saying the government needs to learn to tighten its belt as he is set to propose a $54bn increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid. 'We're going to more with less and make the government lean and accountable to the people,' he said at the National Governors Association meeting at the White House Continue reading... |
| Trump: 'Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated' – video Posted: 27 Feb 2017 09:25 AM PST Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration had come up with a formidable solution to Obamacare, but contends it is a complicated subject. 'Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated,' he said at the National Governors Association meeting at the White House, in which he discussed his upcoming budget. Trump is expected to offer further details on how he would like to overhaul Barack Obama's signature healthcare law in a speech to Congress on Tuesday Continue reading... |
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