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- Donald Trump says judge's travel ban block is 'unprecedented overreach' – as it happened
- Dutch election: Rutte's VVD party leads as Geert Wilders fails to break through – live
- US charges two Russian spies and two hackers in Yahoo data breach
- France's Front National suspends party official over Holocaust denial
- Libya national army recaptures oil ports at Sidra and Ras Lanuf
- At least 31 people killed after Damascus suicide bombings, reports say
- Jamaica activist arrested after posting names of alleged sexual predators
- Erdoğan ratchets up anti-Dutch rhetoric despite German verbal ceasefire plan
- Four jailed in Germany for forming far-right terrorist group
- Ousted South Korean president left her nine dogs behind in palace
- Bolivia sees coca as a way to perk up its economy – but all everyone else sees is cocaine
- Ultra-nationalist school linked to Japanese PM accused of hate speech
- Is Justin Trudeau living up to his self-proclaimed feminist ideals?
- British expats in Spain count the Costa Brexit – video
- Backpacker tells court of escape after allegedly being struck by hammer and hit with car
- Dutch elections: big winner proves to be GreenLeft
- PM Mark Rutte sees off challenge of Geert Wilders in Dutch election
- Festival tries to reclaim Russian feminism – but is it radical enough?
- Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death
- Yemen at 'point of no return' as conflict leaves almost 7 million close to famine
- South Sudan needs Marshall-style plan | Letters
- Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge rebukes 'palpable' illogic
- Paichit – the baby elephant saved from a palm oil plantation in Indonesia
- Thursday briefing: Read this like your day depends on it!
- India fast-tracks Kashmir hydro projects that could affect Pakistan water supplies
- New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being
- Rodrigo Duterte impeachment papers filed in Philippine Congress
- Mark Rutte says Dutch people have rejected 'wrong sort of populism' – video
- Dutch general election: a finger in the wind, not a litmus test
- Marine Le Pen: Britain has shown France how to leave the EU
- Top Berlin football club sues Germany's rightwing AfD
- Mexico authorities search for crocodile that killed and apparently ate man
- Brazil's corruption inquiry list names all the power players – except the president
- What is it really like for minority communities in the Netherlands?
- Why science is obsessed with the five-second rule
- Geert Wilders on Dutch election day: 'Genie will not go back in the bottle' – video
- UK government awards £6m to projects working to end child slavery
- Blair era 'mistaken identity' rendition case goes to high court
- My life in Jordan: children share their photos – in pictures
- All under one roof: how malls and cities are becoming indistinguishable
- Loose talk came back to haunt Trump in judge's travel ban ruling
- 'Not about religion': how Trump officials have attempted a travel ban rebrand
- Donald Trump: 'This ruling makes us look weak' – video
- Hawaii attorney general says Trump's 'sweeping' travel ban is unprecedented – video
- A short guide to Donald Trump's 2005 tax return – video
- House intelligence committee: no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump – video
- Rachel Maddow Show reveals Trump's 2005 tax returns – video
| Donald Trump says judge's travel ban block is 'unprecedented overreach' – as it happened Posted: 15 Mar 2017 10:57 PM PDT New executive order banning travelers from six Muslim-majority countries had been due to come into effect from midnight ET
significant and unrebutted evidence of religious animus driving the promulgation of the executive order and its related predecessor … The illogic of the government's contentions is palpable. The notion that one can demonstrate animus toward any group of people only by targeting all of them at once is fundamentally flawed. These plainly-worded statements, made in the months leading up to and contemporaneous with the signing of the executive order, and, in many cases, made by the executive himself, betray the executive order's stated secular purpose. Any reasonable, objective observer would conclude, as does the court for purposes of the instant motion for TRO, that the stated secular purpose of the executive order is, at the very least, 'secondary to a religious objective' of temporarily suspending the entry of Muslims. an unprecedented judicial overreach. We're going to fight this terrible ruling. We're going to take this as far as we need to, right up to the supreme court … I think we ought to go back to the first one [executive order] and go all the way … We're gonna win it, we're gonna win it.
As Donald Trump's second attempt at introducing a controversial Muslim travel ban neared its scheduled – and now interrupted – start, few would have been hoping for its success as anxiously as his senior adviser Stephen Miller. Miller was the policy's 31-year-old architect and was at the center of the troubled first attempt to introduce a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries in late January. Related: Meet Stephen Miller, architect of first travel ban, whose words may haunt him Continue reading... |
| Dutch election: Rutte's VVD party leads as Geert Wilders fails to break through – live Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:17 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the Dutch general election as incumbent prime minister Mark Rutte sees off challenge by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders
Britain's Green Party is buoyed by the performance of the GreenLeft which came from nowhere to a projected 14 seats. Joint Green Party leader Jonathan Bartley sees this as a good omen. Like that from @BBCNews What happened with @groenlinks in Dutch elections "may be a taste of things to come elsewhere" @TheGreenParty Huge congratulations @GroenLinks! Really great news proving freedom, a positive and hopeful vision can win votes https://t.co/9vx203EREB Tomorrow is squeeze your opinions about UK politics into a Dutch election result without knowing anything about Dutch politics day. Enjoy.
Turkey said there is "no difference" between the ruling Dutch liberals and the "fascist" anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders, after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte defeated the far-right in elections, AFP reports. |
| US charges two Russian spies and two hackers in Yahoo data breach Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:56 AM PDT Four indicted in conjunction with the hack of a billion Yahoo accounts, amid intense political controversy over Russian interference in the US election The US has announced charges against two Russian intelligence officers and two hackers over a massive Yahoo data breach that affected at least 1 billion user accounts. The indictment, unveiled by the justice department on Wednesday, said that the hack targeted the email accounts of Russian journalists and opposition politicians; former government officials in neighboring countries; and several US government figures, including "cyber security, diplomatic, military and White House personnel". Continue reading... |
| France's Front National suspends party official over Holocaust denial Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:10 AM PDT Benoît Loeuillet, head of FN in Nice, secretly filmed saying 'there weren't mass deaths as we've been told' France's far-right Front National has suspended a party official for Holocaust denial after he suggested there was no mass killing in the Nazi concentration camps. Benoît Loeuillet, head of the FN in Nice, was secretly filmed making the comments, which will be broadcast in a documentary. "I don't think there were that many deaths ... during the Shoah," he is heard saying. Continue reading... |
| Libya national army recaptures oil ports at Sidra and Ras Lanuf Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:08 AM PDT Escalating violence intensifies row over US claims of increasing Russian influence in country The worst fighting of Libya's three-year civil war has erupted, with battles raging for control of Tripoli and key oil ports, raising the temperature on US claims of increasing Russian influence in the country. In eastern Libya, the army of the national parliament, led by strongman Khalifa Haftar, has recaptured two oil ports, Sidra and Ras Lanuf, from Islamist militias that seized them this month. Continue reading... |
| At least 31 people killed after Damascus suicide bombings, reports say Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:47 AM PDT Blasts at restaurant in Syrian capital and at the Palace of Justice follow another double suicide bombing there at the weekend At least 31 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after two suicide bomb attacks in Damascus, state media reported, the second double bombing in the Syrian capital in five days. The first suicide bomber targeted the Palace of Justice, the main courthouse in central Damascus near the Old City. The justice minister, Najem al-Ahmad, told reporters the initial death toll was 31, mostly civilians. Continue reading... |
| Jamaica activist arrested after posting names of alleged sexual predators Posted: 15 Mar 2017 03:30 PM PDT Latoya Nugent of the Tambourine Army, a group that campaigns against gender-based violence, was charged with breaching the Cybercrimes Act The co-founder of a new organization that campaigns against gender-based violence in Jamaica has been arrested after posting the names of alleged sexual predators on social media. Latoya Nugent, a prominent LGBT activist and co-founder of the Tambourine Army, was arrested late on Monday and charged with three counts of breaching the country's Cybercrimes Act. Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan ratchets up anti-Dutch rhetoric despite German verbal ceasefire plan Posted: 15 Mar 2017 10:18 AM PDT Tensions high as Istanbul scraps twin-town scheme with Rotterdam and red meat association orders expulsion of 40 Dutch cows The Turkish president has further ratcheted up the rhetoric against the Netherlands in spite of German plans for a verbal ceasefire in the escalating war of words between Turkey and Europe. In a televised speech on Wednesday Recep Tayyip Erdoğan railed against the Dutch and reiterated his assertion that they were responsible for the slaughter of Bosnians in Srebrenica in 1995. Continue reading... |
| Four jailed in Germany for forming far-right terrorist group Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:35 AM PDT Group grew to have about 30 members with plans to commit attacks on foreigners and refugee homes Three men and a woman have been sentenced to prison terms between three and five years for forming a far-right terrorist group in Germany with a plan to bomb refugee homes as a tactic to scare migrants into leaving the country. The Munich state court ruled that the four founded the so-called Oldschool Society in August 2014. The group grew to have about 30 members with plans to commit attacks on foreigners and refugee homes because of the group's racist, antisemitic and anti-Muslim beliefs, the court said. |
| Ousted South Korean president left her nine dogs behind in palace Posted: 15 Mar 2017 03:22 AM PDT Animal rights groups accuse Park Geun-hye of abandoning animals, but spokesman says they are being cared for by staff It was hard to imagine that South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-hye could get any more unpopular – until she moved out of the presidential palace and left her nine dogs behind. Days after being removed from office by the constitutional court over a corruption scandal, an animal rights group accused Park of abandonment for not taking her pets with her. Continue reading... |
| Bolivia sees coca as a way to perk up its economy – but all everyone else sees is cocaine Posted: 15 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PDT Farmers can now grow more of the 'star product', but officials underestimated international resistance because coca is so widely accepted as harmless in Bolivia Ricardo Hegedus raised his voice so he could be heard over the clanging of tea-packaging machines. "Coca is a marvellous gift of nature, offering a moderate stimulant like coffee – but full of vitamins and minerals," he said. Hegedus, the manager of Windsor – Bolivia's largest coca leaf tea producer – pointed to stacked boxes of teabags and said: "We have dreamt of exporting coca tea for the 26 years I have worked here." |
| Ultra-nationalist school linked to Japanese PM accused of hate speech Posted: 15 Mar 2017 05:46 AM PDT Political scandal surrounding Moritomo Gakuen kindergarten deepens as parents also say pupils' treatment verges on abuse Parents of former pupils of an ultra-nationalist Japanese kindergarten at the centre of a political scandal have asked authorities to investigate its operator over claims of hate speech toward ethnic minorities and the borderline abuse of children. The parents have asked the prefectural government in Osaka, where Moritomo Gakuen kindergarten is based, to look into claims that it "often does things to the children that verge on abuse, and uses discriminatory language toward Chinese people and others in its newsletters", Kyodo news reported on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Is Justin Trudeau living up to his self-proclaimed feminist ideals? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PDT 'Feminist scorecard' shows Canadian PM has only lived up to promise in one area, as critics say he is practicing 'token feminism' for a narrow group of women A slight note of exasperation crept into Justin Trudeau's voice, suggesting that this was a topic he had broached many times before. "I'm going to keep saying loud and clearly that I am a feminist until it is met with a shrug," he declared to an audience at the United Nations in New York. His words sparked delight around the world. But one year on, Trudeau's heady promises have run into the realities of government, prompting the question: has electing a self-described feminist to helm the country translated into real change for Canadian women? Continue reading... |
| British expats in Spain count the Costa Brexit – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:48 AM PDT How do the largest community of British expats living in Spain feel about Brexit? When article 50 is triggered, the UK will begin negotiating its exit from the European Union – and expats' rights to healthcare, pensions and their British citizenship all hang in the balance. Britons living in Orihuela Costa, Alicante – 'effectively a British enclave' – give their views |
| Backpacker tells court of escape after allegedly being struck by hammer and hit with car Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:37 AM PDT German woman gives evidence in South Australia against 60-year-old man accused of attempted murder A German backpacker expected to be buried in the sand after she was struck in the head by a man at a remote South Australian beach, a court has heard. The 24-year-old broke down in tears as she gave evidence in the trial of a 60-year-old man accused of attacking two backpackers at Salt Creek, east of Adelaide, in February 2016. Continue reading... |
| Dutch elections: big winner proves to be GreenLeft Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:04 AM PDT Party forecast to boost its MPs from four to 14 after storming campaign by young leader Jesse Klaver The big winner of Wednesday's election – and now the largest party of the Dutch left for the first time – was GreenLeft, headed by 30-year-old Jesse Klaver, hailed by his enthusiastic supporters as the "Jessiah". With more than 95% of votes counted, the party – formed 25 years ago by a merger of communists, pacifists, evangelicals and self-styled radicals – boosted its MPs from four to 14 after a storming campaign by Klaver. Continue reading... |
| PM Mark Rutte sees off challenge of Geert Wilders in Dutch election Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:03 AM PDT With nearly 95% of votes counted Rutte's centre-right, liberal VVD was assured of being by far the largest party in the 150-seat parliament The Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has seen off a challenge from the anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders to claim a resounding victory in parliamentary elections widely seen as a test for resurgent nationalism before key European polls. With nearly 95% of votes counted and no further significant changes expected, Rutte's centre-right, liberal VVD was assured of 33 MPs, by far the largest party in the 150-seat Dutch parliament, national news agency ANP said. Continue reading... |
| Festival tries to reclaim Russian feminism – but is it radical enough? Posted: 15 Mar 2017 05:01 AM PDT Hundreds attend Fem Fest in Moscow to talk about domestic violence, rape and low pay in male-dominated society After years of operating in the shadows, Russia's women's rights activists are pushing back against "traditional values", and a government that has recently decriminalised some forms of domestic violence. Related: Fury at Russian move to soften domestic violence law Continue reading... |
| Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT She is venerated around the world. She has outlasted 12 US presidents. She stands for stability and order. But her kingdom is in turmoil, and her subjects are in denial that her reign will ever end. That's why the palace has a plan. In the plans that exist for the death of the Queen – and there are many versions, held by Buckingham Palace, the government and the BBC – most envisage that she will die after a short illness. Her family and doctors will be there. When the Queen Mother passed away on the afternoon of Easter Saturday, in 2002, at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, she had time to telephone friends to say goodbye, and to give away some of her horses. In these last hours, the Queen's senior doctor, a gastroenterologist named Professor Huw Thomas, will be in charge. He will look after his patient, control access to her room and consider what information should be made public. The bond between sovereign and subjects is a strange and mostly unknowable thing. A nation's life becomes a person's, and then the string must break. There will be bulletins from the palace – not many, but enough. "The Queen is suffering from great physical prostration, accompanied by symptoms which cause much anxiety," announced Sir James Reid, Queen Victoria's physician, two days before her death in 1901. "The King's life is moving peacefully towards its close," was the final notice issued by George V's doctor, Lord Dawson, at 9.30pm on the night of 20 January 1936. Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over – in order to ease the monarch's suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight. Continue reading... |
| Yemen at 'point of no return' as conflict leaves almost 7 million close to famine Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT Governments have been warned they face enduring shame should famine take hold in Yemen, where two-thirds of the population face severe food shortages Aid agencies have warned that Yemen is "at the point of no return" after new figures released by the UN indicated 17 million people are facing severe food insecurity and will fall prey to famine without urgent humanitarian assistance. A total of 6.8 million people are deemed to be in a state of emergency – one step from famine on the five-point integrated food security phase classification (IPC), the standard international measure – with a further 10.2 million in crisis. The numbers reflect a 21% increase in hunger levels in the Arab world's poorest state since June 2016. Continue reading... |
| South Sudan needs Marshall-style plan | Letters Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:16 AM PDT The continued conflict and the impending famine in parts of South Sudan (Editorial, 13 March) is indeed in danger of increasing the "sense that the situation is beyond hope or resolution". However, it is simply not true that "the international community has nothing to show for its attempts to engage with the government of South Sudan". UKAid's programme Girls Education for South Sudan has been immensely and measurably successful in increasing the numbers of girls attending school. UN evidence shows that girls' education is the single most powerful spur to reducing malnutrition, maternal and infant mortality, and promoting social and economic development – as argued powerfully by (unlikely bedfellows) Gordon Brown and Boris Johnson. It is crucial not to postpone investment in education until conflict and famine have been overcome. Our long-term partnership with Ibba Girls Boarding School (IGBS) shows that keeping good schooling going during periods of insecurity can act as a beacon of hope and "normality" for the community, and as a prototype for what peace might look like in practice. The school also grows much of its own food on campus, so is able to keep its students and staff from hunger. Continue reading... |
| Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge rebukes 'palpable' illogic Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:19 AM PDT Highlights from the judge's full ruling contain harsh criticism of the motives and logic behind the revised travel ban Judge Derrick Watson, a district judge in Honolulu, has blocked Donald Trump's revised travel ban just hours before it was scheduled to go into effect, marking another stinging blow to the administration. You can read the full ruling to issue a nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) against the ban from the federal district court in Hawaii here . Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Paichit – the baby elephant saved from a palm oil plantation in Indonesia Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:19 AM PDT Orphaned at a few months old and nursed back to health by a local wildlife centre, Paichit's story has serious implications for critically endangered Sumatran elephants Pushing on 400 kilograms, baby Paichit knows when it's feeding time. He lets out an appreciative bellow, a rumbling baby elephant purr from his patch in the Sumatran jungle, as soon as his mahout (keeper) Julkarnaini approaches bucket in hand. Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: Read this like your day depends on it! Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:59 PM PDT Back in print: tips on surviving nuclear war … Donald Trump's new travel ban blocked … and why 'London Bridge is down' is code for the death of the Queen Hello, Warren Murray with your heads-up this morning. Continue reading... |
| India fast-tracks Kashmir hydro projects that could affect Pakistan water supplies Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:55 PM PDT The schemes could prove a flashpoint between the nuclear-armed neighbours at a time when relations are tense India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15bn in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies. The swift approval of projects that had languished for years came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested last year that sharing the waterways could be conditional on Pakistan clamping down on anti-India militants that New Delhi says it shelters. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being Posted: 15 Mar 2017 09:50 PM PDT After 140 years of negotiation, Māori tribe wins recognition for Whanganui river, meaning it must be treated as a living entity In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being. The local Māori tribe of Whanganui in the north island has fought for the recognition of their river – the third-largest in New Zealand – as an ancestor for 140 years. Continue reading... |
| Rodrigo Duterte impeachment papers filed in Philippine Congress Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:57 PM PDT Opposition lawmaker formally calls for president to be removed from power, accusing him of high crimes An opposition lawmaker filed an impeachment complaint in the Philippine Congress on Thursday against President Rodrigo Duterte, calling for his removal for what he said were high crimes, betrayal of public trust and abuses of power. Related: Philippines secret death squads: officer claims police teams behind wave of killings Continue reading... |
| Mark Rutte says Dutch people have rejected 'wrong sort of populism' – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:11 PM PDT Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte says the election result, in which his VVD party comfortably beat the anti-Islam Freedom party of Geert Wilders, shows the people have said no to 'the wrong side of populism'. As party supporters celebrate the victory around him, Rutte says the vote was also a vote for economic stability, 'that we should not experiment, that we should continue the policies of recovery.' Continue reading... |
| Dutch general election: a finger in the wind, not a litmus test Posted: 15 Mar 2017 03:15 PM PDT After Brexit and Trump's triumph – and with Marine Le Pen making waves – some saw this contest as continuity versus chaos. But the pattern did not fit One down, two to go. As the first major election since Britain opted to leave the EU and the US elected Donald Trump, the Dutch general election was widely seen as a litmus test for the strength of anti-establishment populism ahead of similar European votes this year. A win for Geert Wilders' anti-Islam, anti-EU Freedom party was to have been the third domino to fall in a series that could include a win for Marine Le Pen's Front National in France, a strong showing by the anti-migrant AfD in Germany – and the possible disintegration of the EU. Continue reading... |
| Marine Le Pen: Britain has shown France how to leave the EU Posted: 15 Mar 2017 02:13 PM PDT Far-right Front National leader given soft interview by Nigel Farage, who praises her 'connection with the French people' Britain has shown the way for other countries to leave the European Union, precipitating the institution's eventual fall, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-right, has said. In an interview with the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, the Front National leader, who leads opinion polls in the French presidential election campaign, said the UK had found the "keys to the jail" represented by the EU. Continue reading... |
| Top Berlin football club sues Germany's rightwing AfD Posted: 15 Mar 2017 10:01 AM PDT Hertha Berlin files for injunction to force party to delete photograph featuring top scorer with one of its politicians Berlin's top football club is suing the populist rightwing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) after it tweeted a photograph of one of the team's star players with an AfD politician. Hertha Berlin said it had filed for a court injunction to force the anti-immigration AfD to delete the picture showing its defender Marvin Plattenhardt with Frank Scheermesser, a lawmaker in the city-state's parliament. Continue reading... |
| Mexico authorities search for crocodile that killed and apparently ate man Posted: 15 Mar 2017 09:47 AM PDT
Environmental authorities are searching for a 10ft (3-meter) crocodile that killed and apparently ate a man in southern Mexico. Related: Mexican police officer accused of gunning down crocodile — a protected species Continue reading... |
| Brazil's corruption inquiry list names all the power players – except the president Posted: 15 Mar 2017 09:42 AM PDT Every senior leader of Michel Temer's party named on leaked list, but some worry that the investigation's scope may well make it weaker "Who is on the list?" The question has obsessed Brazilian politicians for months as the country awaited the latest, greatest set of targets in the country's burgeoning Lava Jato ("Car Wash") corruption investigation. The answer, apparently leaked this week by the attorney general, Rodrigo Janot, or his staff, is almost everyone who has had any power over the past 10 to 20 years – with the mysterious exception of President Michel Temer. Continue reading... |
| What is it really like for minority communities in the Netherlands? Posted: 15 Mar 2017 09:38 AM PDT Xenophobic sentiments have plagued the Dutch election campaign. We asked people about life in the famously tolerant country Dutch voters head to the polls on Wednesday in the first of this year's closely watched European elections. Although Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom party (PVV) has slipped to second place in the polls, xenophobic and anti-Muslim sentiments have been a central theme of the campaign. We spoke to ethnic and religious minority voters about the often vicious campaign language, and what life is really like for them in the famously tolerant and liberal country. Continue reading... |
| Why science is obsessed with the five-second rule Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:42 AM PDT Can some foods survive longer on the floor than others? Are tiled surfaces worse than carpets? And will researchers ever tire of trying to prove the five-second theory? Ever since Moses came down from Sinai with the stone tablet bearing the five-second rule, humankind has known that any food item dropped on the floor can still be placed in the mouth, provided it has been on the floor for less than one 12th of a minute. Of course, there are still apostates who hold that floors are ritually unclean, and any timespan unsafe. Then there are those who are just happy to take their chances. But lately, scientists have been trying to get in on the act. And, much like Copernicus's pesky observations about the rotation of the planets, their work is upending the ancient cosmology of buttered toast. Continue reading... |
| Geert Wilders on Dutch election day: 'Genie will not go back in the bottle' – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:09 AM PDT Leader of the Dutch anti-Islamist Freedom party, Geert Wilders, tells reporters that the 'patriotic revolution' will happen no matter what the results of the Dutch election. Voting takes place across the Netherlands on Wednesday with most recent polls giving the lead to prime minister Mark Rutte's liberal centre-right VVD party Continue reading... |
| UK government awards £6m to projects working to end child slavery Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PDT Modern slavery innovation fund will back global projects to stop child exploitation in factories making products sold in Britain Projects around the world to stop child slavery in factories making products being sold in Britain are to be funded by the first tranche of investments from the government's new modern slavery innovation fund. The home secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced that the first £6m from the £11m innovation fund is being awarded for projects run by organisations including the Salvation Army, the NSPCC and the Freedom Foundation. Continue reading... |
| Blair era 'mistaken identity' rendition case goes to high court Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PDT Lawyers for man held for 10 years following 2004 SAS anti-terror raid in Baghdad fight for damages The fallout from one of Britain's Blair-era extraordinary rendition operations continued to inch its way through the high court this week, in a case involving MI6, the SAS and allegations of a high-level cover-up of a blunder. Lawyers representing one of the victims bringing a damages claim against the government allege that he became caught up in the rendition programme as a consequence of mistaken identity. Continue reading... |
| My life in Jordan: children share their photos – in pictures Posted: 15 Mar 2017 01:52 AM PDT On the sixth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, Jordanian and Syrian children living side by side in Jordan have taken a series of candid photographs that offer a glimpse into their lives. The Hayati (My Life) project, launched by the EU and Unicef, is a collaboration between 20 local photographers and 500 pupils from 50 public schools Continue reading... |
| All under one roof: how malls and cities are becoming indistinguishable Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT Suburban malls may be a dying breed, but in cities from New York to Hong Kong, new malls are thriving by seamlessly blending into the urban fabric "We didn't expect to see stores," says Yulia, as her husband browses for shoes in one of the shops lining the Oculus, the new focus of New York's World Trade Center. Visiting from Ukraine and on their way to the 9/11 memorial, they were beckoned by the Oculus's unusual architecture: from the outside, the Santiago Calatrava-designed ribbed structure reminds you of a bird or a dinosaur skeleton; inside, it is teaming with tourists taking pictures with selfie sticks. Continue reading... |
| Loose talk came back to haunt Trump in judge's travel ban ruling Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:40 PM PDT Hawaii judge's insistence that Trump's talk of banning Muslims must be taken literally is a reminder of the enduring power of language For months, critics of the president have been told that they should take Trump's words seriously, but not literally. On Wednesday night federal district judge Derrick K Watson refused to take the bait. He insisted that Trump's words on "banning Muslims" should be taken seriously and literally. Continue reading... |
| 'Not about religion': how Trump officials have attempted a travel ban rebrand Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:32 AM PDT Challengers argue the ban's intent has been to discriminate based on religion or nationality, but supporters of it are trying to classify it as something else At midnight on Thursday, Donald Trump's renewed executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority nations was scheduled to go into effect. More than 15 months have passed since, in the wake of a horrific mass shooting in San Bernardino, then candidate Trump announced his intention to impose a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States". Related: Trump travel ban: revised order blocked nationwide by Hawaii federal judge – live Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump: 'This ruling makes us look weak' – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 08:34 PM PDT The US president says a decision by a federal judge in Hawaii to block his revised travel ban is a case of 'unprecedented judicial overreach' Continue reading... |
| Hawaii attorney general says Trump's 'sweeping' travel ban is unprecedented – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:48 PM PDT Hawaii's attorney general, Doug Chin, says he had no option but to challenge the US president's latest travel ban because it 'takes us back half a century'. He adds: "There is no other president who has issued such a broad, sweeping order that discriminates against people by their nation of origin.' A federal judge on Wednesday halted the revised executive order, a move that applies nationwide Continue reading... |
| A short guide to Donald Trump's 2005 tax return – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 01:14 PM PDT Two pages of Donald Trump's 2005 tax return were revealed on MSNBC on Tuesday night. The partial return offers some information about how much tax Trump paid for that particular year – around $38m – although much of the form is missing. The Guardian looks at what the form does tell us, and the suspect circumstances around its release Continue reading... |
| House intelligence committee: no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 10:53 AM PDT The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House intelligence committee say they have seen no evidence supporting Donald Trump's claim that the Obama administration wiretapped him last year. Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff said on Wednesday that they were still waiting for evidence from the justice department backing up that claim. Nunes said he did not believe there was 'an actual tap of Trump Tower' in New York |
| Rachel Maddow Show reveals Trump's 2005 tax returns – video Posted: 15 Mar 2017 02:23 AM PDT The 2005 tax return of US president Donald Trump was leaked to MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show on Tuesday night. Maddow had two pages from the document. Her guest, American investigative journalist David Cay Johnston, said it was 'entirely possible' that it was sent by Trump himself in an attempt to distract attention from more unfavourable news stories. The president has rejected repeated calls to release his tax returns Continue reading... |
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