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- Dutch police expel Turkish minister as 'Nazi remnants' row escalates
- Damascus bombings leave dozens dead
- Man who jumped White House fence arrested by US secret service
- South Korea expert interrupted by children on BBC World News goes viral
- Democrats question Trump 'conflict of interest' with Deutsche Bank investigation
- Sarah Weddington, Roe v Wade attorney, on Trump’s threat to abortion rights
- Sunday of protest in 40 cities to show growth of pro-EU movement
- Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dies aged 78
- Pope may be backsliding on paedophile crackdown, Catholic official says
- Raped, beaten, exploited: the 21st-century slavery propping up Sicilian farming
- British democracy at risk from Russian hackers, says GCHQ
- The Observer view on sending US troops to Syria | Observer editorial
- US accuses Moscow of aiding warlord in battle for Libya oil ports
- South Korea presidential frontrunner stresses need to 'embrace' North
- Malcolm Turnbull refuses to rule out One Nation deal at federal election
- Carlos the Jackal to face trial in France over 1974 bombing
- BJP landslide in Uttar Pradesh a boost for India prime minister Narendra Modi
- Netherlands bars Turkish ministers as 'Nazi remnant' dispute escalates
- Gaza comic is standing up for her dream of making it big in comedy
- Boycott won’t heal our divide, Israeli star tells fellow artists
- House always wins: the dark side of life in Macau’s casino economy
- Geert Wilders out in the cold in Dutch election scrum
- UK could have taken 100 child refugees a week, says charity
- Malala Yousafzai receives offer to study at UK university
- Million Women Rise: thousands march through central London
- At Pussy Riot performance on Putin, everyone sees Trump
- Erdoğan brands Dutch government ‘Nazi remnants and fascists’ – video
- Stockpiles of nuclear weapons around the world – in data
- UN calls for more aid to avoid largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years – video
- 'These are dangerous times': the man who sued George W Bush and the Iraq war
| Dutch police expel Turkish minister as 'Nazi remnants' row escalates Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:34 PM PST Mounted police disperse pro-Erdoğan crowd in Rotterdam after family affairs minister was barred from rally and escorted to German border Turkish authorities have sealed off the Dutch embassy and consulate, sources at Turkey's foreign ministry have said, in the latest incident in a tit-for-tat row between the two countries over Turkish campaigning in Europe. Turkey also closed off the residences of the Dutch ambassador, charge d'affaires and consul general as tensions between the Nato partners escalated after the Dutch government barred Turkey's foreign minister from flying to Rotterdam. Continue reading... |
| Damascus bombings leave dozens dead Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:06 AM PST Roadside device and suicide bomber target Bab al-Saghir neighbourhood of Syrian capital, home to several Shia mausoleums Two explosions have killed at least 40 people and wounded 120 in the old city of Damascus, the Iraqi foreign ministry said, in one of the bloodiest attacks yet in the heart of the Syrian capital. Ahmed Jamal, Iraq's foreign ministry spokesman, issued a statement condemning Saturday's attacks, and said initial reports suggested many of the dead were Iraqis. Continue reading... |
| Man who jumped White House fence arrested by US secret service Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:40 PM PST The 26-year-old climbed the fence and got onto the south grounds while Donald Trump was at the White House late Friday night The US secret service arrested a person who climbed the White House perimeter fence and breached the mansion's south grounds on Friday night, claiming to be "a friend of the president". The breach happened at about 11.38pm Friday night, the agency said, while Donald Trump was at the White House. The person "scaled the outer perimeter fence by the Treasury Building and East Executive Avenue", the agency said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| South Korea expert interrupted by children on BBC World News goes viral Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:49 AM PST Robert E Kelly discovers the perils of working from home when children gatecrash broadcast interview with BBC Working from home when children are at large can be perilous – that vital call interrupted by a screaming baby, a toddler scattering crucial documents, the teenager pumping up the volume as a deadline looms. But such challenges are small fry compared with what Robert E Kelly, an academic based at a South Korean university, had to endure as he tried to broadcast to the world on matters of global importance. Continue reading... |
| Democrats question Trump 'conflict of interest' with Deutsche Bank investigation Posted: 11 Mar 2017 05:53 AM PST Calls for justice department's handling of inquiry into alleged money laundering at president's top creditor to be investigated Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling for a congressional investigation into the justice department's handling of an ongoing inquiry into Deutsche Bank, saying that Donald Trump had conflicts of interest with the German bank, his biggest creditor. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House financial services committee, urged her Republican colleagues to launch their own investigation into the nature of Deutsche Bank's money-laundering scheme, who participated in the arrangement and whether it involved any other violations of US law beyond the failure to maintain anti-money laundering controls. Continue reading... |
| Sarah Weddington, Roe v Wade attorney, on Trump’s threat to abortion rights Posted: 12 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST The US lawyer in the landmark 1973 case, which effectively legalised abortion, talks about the death last month of the trial's plaintiff, the fight to protect Planned Parenthood, and her own decision to have a termination while she was a student Sarah Weddington is the lawyer who, aged just 26, represented "Jane Roe" in the landmark case Roe v Wade, which in 1973 effectively legalised abortion in the US. The daughter of a Methodist minister, she was born in 1945 in Abilene, Texas. Having graduated with a degree in English from McMurry University, she enrolled at the University of Texas Law School in 1964, one of 40 women among a student body of 1,600. "I thought I would be teaching eighth graders to love Beowulf," she recalls. "But that wasn't working out so well, so I decided to go to law school instead. In this, I was encouraged by the dean of my college, who told me that it would be far too tough for a woman. 'As sure as dammit I am going,' I thought." After graduating, she joined a group of students who were seeking to challenge anti-abortion laws, agreeing to file a suit against the state of Texas on their behalf. Soon after, 21-year-old Norma McCorvey was referred to Weddington and her colleague Linda Coffee, now actively looking for pregnant women who were seeking abortions. McCorvey became the plaintiff "Jane Roe", though by the time the supreme court issued its ruling, her baby had long since been born and given up for adoption. McCorvey later became an evangelical Christian and vocal anti-abortion campaigner, and claimed to have been the "victim" of the Roe v Wade lawyers. She died last month aged 69. Continue reading... |
| Sunday of protest in 40 cities to show growth of pro-EU movement Posted: 12 Mar 2017 01:26 AM PST Pulse of Europe organisation holding rallies in cities across continent to assert common values before Dutch and French elections Thousands of European citizens will take to the streets of more than 40 cities across the continent on Sunday to voice their support for the EU, determined to highlight their common values ahead of elections in the Netherlands and France and after the Brexit vote in the UK. The Pulse of Europe movement, which was founded by a Frankfurt lawyer and describes itself as a non-partisan citizens' initiative, is expected to draw up to 15,000 supporters from Amsterdam to Wiesbaden this weekend. Continue reading... |
| Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dies aged 78 Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:30 PM PST Popular Footrot Flats cartoon celebrated rural life in New Zealand and ran in newspapers in NZ, Australia, UK and Scandinavia for 18 years Murray Ball, the creator of the widely read Footrot Flats cartoon that celebrated rural life in New Zealand, has died at the age of 78. Radio New Zealand reported that he died at home on Sunday morning, surrounded by family. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's for the last eight years. Continue reading... |
| Pope may be backsliding on paedophile crackdown, Catholic official says Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:32 PM PST Australia's Truth Justice and Healing Council head says Vatican establishment determined to maintain status quo The Pope may be retreating from his crackdown on paedophile priests as Vatican bureaucrats do all they can to undermine reform efforts, a senior Australian Catholic official has warned. The Catholic Church in Australia could end up as a "marginalised rump" unless there is real change to an institutional culture hell-bent on self-protection and self-preservation, the chief executive of the church's Truth Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan, has said. Continue reading... |
| Raped, beaten, exploited: the 21st-century slavery propping up Sicilian farming Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:05 PM PST Thousands of female Romanian farm workers are suffering horrendous abuse Every night for almost three years, Nicoleta Bolos lay awake at night on a dirty mattress in an outhouse in Sicily's Ragusa province, waiting for the sound of footsteps outside the door. As the hours passed, she braced herself for the door to creak open, for the metallic clunk of a gun being placed on the table by her head and the weight of her employer thudding down on the dirty grey mattress beside her. The only thing that she feared more than the sound of the farmer's step outside her door was the threat of losing her job. So she endured night after night of rape and beatings while her husband drank himself into a stupor outside. Continue reading... |
| British democracy at risk from Russian hackers, says GCHQ Posted: 12 Mar 2017 03:27 AM PDT Politicians are offered advice on preventing cyberattacks after concern about Kremlin interference in US and German elections GCHQ is offering advice to the main political parties on how to prevent Russian hackers tampering with democracy. Seminars will be held to educate politicians on the threat from the Kremlin after its spies were accused of carrying out cyberattacks to tamper with US and German elections. Continue reading... |
| The Observer view on sending US troops to Syria | Observer editorial Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:05 PM PST Donald Trump's intervention is high-risk foolhardiness Donald Trump's decision to deploy hundreds of US marines in northern Syria last week has received surprisingly little attention. The deployment pitches relatively inexperienced American soldiers into the middle of a highly toxic, multi-fronted battlefield that includes combat-tested Kurdish militias, Syrian army troops, anti-regime fighters and Russian, Iranian and Turkish forces. The Trump administration says the aim is to defeat Islamic State (Isis) by assisting in the capture of the terrorists' HQ in Raqqa. This forthcoming campaign is seen as complementary to the ongoing siege of Isis-held Mosul, in northern Iraq. Continue reading... |
| US accuses Moscow of aiding warlord in battle for Libya oil ports Posted: 11 Mar 2017 02:20 PM PST Pentagon says Russia has intervened to support opponents of the western-backed government A fierce battle for control of Libya's oil ports is raging this weekend as worried American officials claim that Russia is trying to "do a Syria" in the country, supporting the eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar in an attempt to control its main source of wealth. The fighting between Haftar's forces and militias from western Libya is focused on Sidra, Libya's biggest oil port, and nearby Ras Lanuf, its key refinery. Together they form the gateway to the vast Oil Crescent, a series of oilfields stretching hundreds of miles through the Sahara containing Africa's largest reserves. Haftar's forces have launched airstrikes against militias around the oil ports themselves, with social media showing pictures of corpses and burning vehicles. No casualty figures have yet been released. Continue reading... |
| South Korea presidential frontrunner stresses need to 'embrace' North Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:19 PM PST Moon Jae-in strikes conciliatory tone on northern neighbour ahead of election sparked by president Park Geun-hye's dismissal The liberal politician expected to succeed disgraced Park Geun-hye as South Korea's next president could make significant policy changes on North Korea, a US missile-defence system that has enraged China and powerful big business. A constitutional court on Friday dismissed Park from office after upholding her impeachment over a corruption scandal involving "chaebol" – the family-run conglomerates that dominate Asia's fourth-biggest economy. Continue reading... |
| Malcolm Turnbull refuses to rule out One Nation deal at federal election Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:25 PM PST Western Australia preference deal a mistake, say Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson, but Turnbull sees no evidence of federal concerns in rout of Liberals Malcolm Turnbull has refused to rule out doing a preference deal with One Nation at the next federal election despite the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, branding the controversial tie-up in Western Australia "a mistake". The prime minister told reporters on Sunday after the Liberal party's thumping loss in Western Australia the federal contest was still more than two years away, and preference swaps would be considered by the organisation once the election loomed. Continue reading... |
| Carlos the Jackal to face trial in France over 1974 bombing Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:37 PM PST Venezuelan-born terrorist, who is already serving multiple life sentences, will face court over an attack on a Paris shop that killed two men Carlos the Jackal, the perpetrator of headline-grabbing attacks in the 1970s and early 1980s, goes on trial in France on Monday for the deadly bombing of a Paris shop more than 40 years ago. With attention in France now focused on the ever-present threat of jihadist attack, the trial in Paris will reach back to a time when Europe was repeatedly targeted by ruthless groups sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Continue reading... |
| BJP landslide in Uttar Pradesh a boost for India prime minister Narendra Modi Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:57 PM PST Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party's emphatic victory in the country's most populous state is being seen as a broad endorsement of Modi's policies India's ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won control of the country's most populous and influential state by an unexpectedly large margin, cementing Narendra Modi's dominance of Indian politics and putting the prime minister on track for re-election in 2019. Final results released by the Indian election commission on Saturday showed the BJP had won 311 of 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, enough to form a rare majority government in the north Indian state of 220 million people. Continue reading... |
| Netherlands bars Turkish ministers as 'Nazi remnant' dispute escalates Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:43 PM PST Riot police clash with Turkish ex-pats after members of the Erdoğan government are prevented from campaigning among supporters The Netherlands has barred Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam in a row over Ankara's political campaigning among emigres, leading President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to brand its fellow Nato member a "Nazi remnant". The dispute escalated into a major diplomatic incident on Saturday night when Turkey's family minister was prevented by police from entering her country's consulate in Rotterdam. Hundreds of protesters waving Turkish flags gathered outside, demanding to see the minister. Continue reading... |
| Gaza comic is standing up for her dream of making it big in comedy Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:05 PM PST It means defying convention and crossing closed borders, but YouTube performer Reham al-Kahlout says she won't give up Reham al-Kahlout defies neighbourhood gossips, online trolls and the occasional insult from strangers for a handful of laughs and a powerful dream. The 19-year-old hails from the isolated and increasingly conservative Gaza Strip, and hopes to become the first woman from her hometown to make it big in comedy. Continue reading... |
| Boycott won’t heal our divide, Israeli star tells fellow artists Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:04 PM PST Isolating Israel will 'give prejudice and hatred a louder voice', says musician and peace activist David Broza One of Israel's leading cultural figures, the singer-songwriter David Broza, has spoken out against new calls for an artistic boycott of Israel. Ahead of a rare British concert next month, the Grammy award-winning Broza has reaffirmed his commitment to playing with musicians from a wide range of backgrounds, and argued that it is shared musical experience, not boycotts, that offer the best hope of moving entrenched political views. "I am an anti-boycott person. If we start avoiding each other, how will these walls ever come down?" Broza said this weekend, at home in Tel Aviv, as he began to prepare for the concert in London on 27 April. "I understand that a boycott is a nonviolent response, and I respect that, but I want to say that there are other ways." Continue reading... |
| House always wins: the dark side of life in Macau’s casino economy Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:04 PM PST The Chinese city is one of the world's richest but the lowest-paid 10% struggle She paid a smuggler and was tucked into the hold of a ship for the overnight boat ride away from extreme poverty and a dead-end life in rural China. But on her way to a brighter future, Auyeung Lai-sung never made it past the kitchen of one of the most profitable casinos in the world. In Macau, known as the Las Vegas of the East and one of the richest places in the world, Auyeung wakes before dawn each day to make dim sum for a five-star restaurant in the 35-storey casino hotel of MGM Macau, while at home she dines on instant noodles to save money to support her family. "I see the people in the restaurant and wonder how did they make so much money," Auyeung says. "I do complain, but there's no use – nothing will change." Continue reading... |
| Geert Wilders out in the cold in Dutch election scrum Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:03 PM PST As voters turn to the right, the Greens are hoping to profit from the woes of a discredited Labour party At the "election market" in Gouda, behind the town's gable-fronted cheese museum, the Netherlands' kaleidoscope of parties are making a last push to catch floating voters. Passers-by are spoiled for choice: nine groups are represented, all with seats in parliament, from the governing Liberal and Labour parties to the Animal Rights party, complete with panda-print scarves and a man strumming campaign songs on a guitar. Notably, the three leading contenders – prime minister Mark Rutte's VVD, the Christian Democrats (CDA), and Geert Wilders's Freedom party (PVV) – are all on the right, suggesting that the Dutch are turning away from their tradition of liberal, progressive politics. The Labour party (PvdA) has paid a heavy price for going into coalition with the right-wing Liberals four years ago and pushing through an austerity programme that hit its traditional voter base. Continue reading... |
| UK could have taken 100 child refugees a week, says charity Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:25 PM PST The chief executive of Tact Care, the UK's largest fostering charity, said the Home Office repeatedly declined his offers to help The Home Office turned down repeated offers from fostering agencies that would have allowed up to 100 child refugees a week to be given sanctuary in Britain, according to the chief executive of the UK's largest fostering and adoption charity. Continue reading... |
| Malala Yousafzai receives offer to study at UK university Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:06 AM PST The 19-year-old Nobel prize winner did not reveal which institution had offered her a conditional place during a Birmingham talk
The 19-year-old is currently preparing for her A-Levels at a girls' school in Birmingham. Continue reading... |
| Million Women Rise: thousands march through central London Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:47 AM PST Annual rally to campaign for an end to violence against women celebrates its 10th anniversary Thousands of women marched through central London on Saturday to call for an end to violence against women and girls, days after International Women's Day. Gathering for the 10th annual Million Women Rise march, the protesters marched through Oxford Circus chanting: "Whatever I wear, wherever I go, yes means yes and no means no". Continue reading... |
| At Pussy Riot performance on Putin, everyone sees Trump Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:21 AM PST Feminist punk group mocked Russian president in Revolution and delved into dangers of oppression and censorship, offering unavoidable parallels to Trump Pussy Riot's Masha Alyokhina has a message for Donald Trump: "The United States started from refugees." The Russian activist was standing on a busy San Francisco street corner late Friday night, taking a drag of her cigarette and chatting with adoring fans who wanted to take selfies, offer her weed and talk political resistance. Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan brands Dutch government ‘Nazi remnants and fascists’ – video Posted: 11 Mar 2017 05:28 AM PST Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan brands the Netherlands "Nazi remnants" and "fascists" after the Dutch government withdrew permission for Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, to land there for a planned visit. At a rally in Istanbul on Saturday Erdoğan says the Dutch don't know anything about international diplomacy, while Cavusoglu appears on Turkish television to promise "heavy consequences" for the decision Continue reading... |
| Stockpiles of nuclear weapons around the world – in data Posted: 11 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST This week saw more atomic sabre-rattling by North Korea, but it is estimated that the global total of nuclear weapons has shrunk by a third in the last half-decade North Korea launched four ballistic missiles earlier this week, leading to renewed condemnation from the international community. This latest action by the east Asian nation, which has now carried out dozens of missile launches and five nuclear tests, was described by Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe as "an extremely dangerous action". Continue reading... |
| UN calls for more aid to avoid largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years – video Posted: 11 Mar 2017 03:31 AM PST Stephen O'Brien, the UN under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, speaks to the UN security council in New York on Friday, and urges member states to make urgent funding available to avert famine in four countries. Calling the situations in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria "the largest humanitarian crisis" since the creation of the UN in 1945, O'Brien says immediate action needs to be taken to tackle the "looming human catastrophes" Continue reading... |
| 'These are dangerous times': the man who sued George W Bush and the Iraq war Posted: 11 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST Inder Comar is a San Francisco lawyer whose usual clients are tech startups: could he bring the only case against the planners of the 2002 war? In the lobby of the James R Browning courthouse in San Francisco, there was a digital sign listing that day's cases. At 9.30am on Monday 12 December last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit would hear Slep-Tone Entertainment Corp v Wired For Sound Karaoke and DJ, a case involving a karaoke trademark infringement. At 10am they would entertain Craig Yates v Sweet Potato Enterprise, Inc, a case involving a disabled man's access to a Popeyes chicken franchise. And at 11.30 they would hear Sundus Saleh v George Bush et al, the only case yet filed in the US that questions the legality of the war in Iraq. The plaintiff was Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi teacher, artist and mother of five, who had been forced to leave Iraq in the wake of the invasion and the country's subsequent devolution into civil war. Once prosperous, her family had lived in poverty in Amman, Jordan, since 2005. Continue reading... |
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