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- 31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast
- GCHQ dismisses 'utterly ridiculous' claim it helped wiretap Trump
- Israeli fighter jets fired upon during Syria mission in clash with pro-Assad forces
- Refugees in Greece suffering after EU deal with Turkey, say NGOs
- Fukushima to host Tokyo Olympics events to help recovery from nuclear disaster
- Syria mosque airstrike kills dozens of civilians near Aleppo
- Populism can be stopped, says jubilant Dutch GreenLeft leader
- Four bakers arrested over illegal brownies in Venezuela's 'bread war'
- Uproar as bomb-detection dog Grizz shot dead at Auckland airport
- BBC crew and tourists injured in lava explosion on Mount Etna
- Peru flooding: woman scrambles out of vast mudslide – video
- Armed teenager arrested after school shooting in French town of Grasse
- Pastor unearths 706-carat giant diamond in Sierra Leone
- McDonald's tweets go rogue with 'tiny hands' jibe at Donald Trump
- Colombia's anti-kidnapping foundation proclaims mission accomplished
- Google under fire as government pulls ads over extremist content
- What would a city look like without undocumented workers? – video
- Extremely British Muslims review – ‘The only extreme thing round here is the size of the rats’
- Stock markets soar across Europe as FTSE clocks up new high
- Iranian-born asylum seeker Mojgan Shamsalipoor granted bridging visa
- Friday briefing: The woman in the mud – and I spy a lie
- EU condemns 'fabricated' charges against jailed accuser of Philippines president
- Plane makes emergency landing after propeller falls off over Sydney
- Baby pygmy hippo makes a splash at Sydney's Taronga zoo – video
- Taiwan to ask US for stealth fighters to combat China threat
- Somali pirates release oil tanker and crew after first hijack for five years
- Enda Kenny urges Trump to help undocumented Irish living in US
- Matthew Perry beat up Justin Trudeau in grade school: 'I’m not bragging'
- India, Brexit and the legacy of empire in Africa | Letters
- Rutte was wise to take on the far right | Letters
- Letter bomb that exploded at Paris IMF office was sent from Greece
- Dutchman sentenced to prison for blackmailing women into webcam sex acts
- Descendants of Namibia genocide victims seek reparations in New York
- CCTV captures final movements of Irish-British backpacker killed in Goa
- Matthew Perry says he beat up Justin Trudeau in fifth grade – video
- Europe's governments signal relief after Dutch election defeats far right
- Turkey plans to ban TV dating shows
- Grasse student on school shooting: 'It was total panic' – video
- IMF letter bomb was homemade, says Paris police chief – video
- Turkey's Nazi remarks 'unacceptable', say Hollande and Merkel
- Have you been affected by combat stress?
- The Most Rev Eamonn Casey obituary
- How punk changed cities – and vice versa
- Drought brings savage halt to nomadic way of life in Somalia – in pictures
- WhatsApp proves harbinger of hope for Somali families on the brink of famine
- Who is Derrick Watson, the Hawaii judge who blocked Trump's latest travel ban?
- Trump's new travel ban was blocked. How did it happen, and what's next?
- Irish-British backpacker seen shortly before she was found dead in Goa – CCTV video
- Paul Ryan: we will make ‘necessary improvements’ to healthcare bill – video
| 31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:51 AM PDT Boat carrying refugees was travelling to Sudan when it was hit by airstrike from Apache helicopter, coastguard says Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a coastguard in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah area has said. Mohamed al-Alay said the refugees, carrying official documents, from the UN high commissioner for refugees, were on their way from Yemen to Sudan when they were attacked late on Thursday by an Apache helicopter near the Bab el-Mandeb strait. Continue reading... |
| GCHQ dismisses 'utterly ridiculous' claim it helped wiretap Trump Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:37 AM PDT British intelligence agency responds to allegations – repeated by White House press secretary Sean Spicer – that it helped Barack Obama British intelligence officials have denied an allegation that the UK helped former president Barack Obama "wiretap" Donald Trump during the 2016 election. The claim was repeated by the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, on Thursday and dismissed as "utterly ridiculous" by a GCHQ spokesperson. Continue reading... |
| Israeli fighter jets fired upon during Syria mission in clash with pro-Assad forces Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:59 AM PDT Israeli fighter jets targeting sites inside Syria came under anti-aircraft missile fire but returned unharmed, says military Israeli and pro-Assad forces have had their most serious clash since the beginning of the civil war in Syria after Israeli military jets on an operation over Syria were targeted by anti-aircraft missiles. Israeli said none of the aircraft were hit, but one of the missiles was intercepted north of Jerusalem by an Israeli missile defence system. Continue reading... |
| Refugees in Greece suffering after EU deal with Turkey, say NGOs Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:00 PM PDT Oxfam and other groups tell of more than 14,000 trapped in abysmal conditions through 'degrading asylum policies' Greece is being used as a testing ground for degrading asylum policies that fall short of the democratic values Europe would normally uphold, say refugee groups marking the first anniversary of a deal designed to slow arrivals to the continent. The accord struck last year between Turkey and the EU has been praised in some quarters for having slowed arrivals into Europe and reduced deaths in the Aegean sea. But basic human rights were lost in the process, the organisations claim. Continue reading... |
| Fukushima to host Tokyo Olympics events to help recovery from nuclear disaster Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:47 PM PDT Some baseball and softball events will be held about 70km from nuclear power plant that suffered triple meltdown in 2011 Fukushima has been chosen to host baseball and softball matches at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, organisers said on Friday, a move they hope will boost the region's recovery from the March 2011 nuclear disaster. Azuma baseball stadium, about 70km north-west of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, will host at least one baseball game – possibly the opening match – and one or more softball fixtures, according to Yoshiro Mori, the 2020 organising committee president. Continue reading... |
| Syria mosque airstrike kills dozens of civilians near Aleppo Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:10 PM PDT US military says it struck al-Qaida targets in Idlib but does not confirm reports of attack in Aleppo province At least 42 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Thursday in airstrikes on a village mosque in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The raids by unidentified warplanes targeted a mosque in Aleppo province during evening prayers, killing 42 people, most of them civilians," said the head of the Britain-based Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman. Continue reading... |
| Populism can be stopped, says jubilant Dutch GreenLeft leader Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:44 AM PDT Jesse 'the Jessiah' Klaver celebrates Netherlands poll wins with pro-refugee message before possible coalition deal It is far too early to say whether Jesse Klaver's GreenLeft will be a party of government for the first time in its history. But for the 30-year-old leader of a political party, the Netherlands' youngest ever, it was not a bad election. GreenLeft was the big winner in Wednesday's poll, leaping from four MPs to 14 in the 150-seat parliament, topping the bill in Amsterdam and overtaking the stricken social democratic PvdA to become the largest party of the left nationally. Continue reading... |
| Four bakers arrested over illegal brownies in Venezuela's 'bread war' Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:53 PM PDT Government sends in soldiers to enforce rule that 90% of wheat must be used for loaves, not cakes, to combat hoarding and shortages Venezuela this week arrested four bakers making illegal brownies and other pastries as President Nicolás Maduro's socialist government threatens to take over bakeries in Caracas as part of a new "bread war". Related: The architecture of fear: how Caracas has adapted to constant threat of violence Continue reading... |
| Uproar as bomb-detection dog Grizz shot dead at Auckland airport Posted: 16 Mar 2017 06:42 PM PDT Grizz shot dead by police after escaping to airfield at 4am, delaying flights as pilots refused to take off while he was loose Debate has raged in New Zealand as to whether staff at Auckland airport were justified in shooting a bomb-detection dog that escaped onto the airfield, delaying 16 international and domestic flights. Related: Man's best friend, bacteria's worst enemy: dog sniffs out superbug in Canadian hospital Continue reading... |
| BBC crew and tourists injured in lava explosion on Mount Etna Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:17 AM PDT Group pelted with boiling rocks and steam in incident triggered when lava came into contact with snow BBC crew members were among 10 people injured when lava flow triggered an explosion as it came into contact with snow on Mount Etna in Sicily on Thursday. Six of the crew were taken to hospitals in Catania and nearby Acireale. Their injuries were not believed to be serious. Continue reading... |
| Peru flooding: woman scrambles out of vast mudslide – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:37 PM PDT A woman stumbles across rafts of debris to make it to safety after being caught in a huge mudslide that crashed through the outskirts of Lima. Media reports in Peru said Evangelina Chamorro Díaz, 32, escaped without serious injury. "She is a little confused, but she is very well and will recover because she is a warrior and thank God nothing serious happened," health minister Patricia Garcia said after visiting Díaz on Thursday. Several days of unusually heavy rains have killed at least a dozen people in the country. Continue reading... |
| Armed teenager arrested after school shooting in French town of Grasse Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:11 AM PDT Pupil armed with guns and grenades arrested after high school attack in which at least three students and headteacher were injured A pupil has been arrested after opening fire at a high school in the southern French town of Grasse, wounding at least three other students and the school's headteacher who tried to intervene. The education minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who visited the school on Thursday, called the attack "the crazy act of a fragile young man fascinated by firearms". Continue reading... |
| Pastor unearths 706-carat giant diamond in Sierra Leone Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:30 AM PDT Government says it will hold transparent auction for gem, to the benefit of the community and country A pastor working in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond. Related: Why marrying millennials are giving the finger to diamond rings Continue reading... |
| McDonald's tweets go rogue with 'tiny hands' jibe at Donald Trump Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:56 AM PDT McDonald's blames unnamed 'external source' for now-deleted tweet from an official account that attacked 'disgusting excuse of a president' A McDonald's company Twitter account went rogue on Thursday, tweeting President Trump to call him "a disgusting excuse of a president". A now-deleted tweet from the verified @McDonaldsCorp account said: "@RealDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands." Continue reading... |
| Colombia's anti-kidnapping foundation proclaims mission accomplished Posted: 17 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PDT What was once the world's kidnapping capital, with 3,500 abductions in 2000, is down to just 205, but not everyone thinks it's time for the group to close its doors When leftwing rebels abducted Héctor Angulo's parents in 2000, he and his four brothers didn't know where to turn. Anxious and desperate, they feared that reporting the crime to the police would only make things worse. In whispers, Angulo confided in a friend who had also suffered a kidnapping in the family. Continue reading... |
| Google under fire as government pulls ads over extremist content Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:21 AM PDT Company summoned to Cabinet Office after government adverts appear next to extremist material Google has been summoned to the Cabinet Office after it emerged that government advertising was being inadvertently placed next to extremist material. The government joined a number of organisations, including the Guardian, in pulling advertising from Google and YouTube after discovering that ads had appeared alongside inappropriate content. Continue reading... |
| What would a city look like without undocumented workers? – video Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PDT Charlotte, North Carolina is a 'gateway city' for immigrants, who prop up its construction, health and food industries – not to mention its tax base. If all undocumented workers were to be deported, as the Trump administration is threatening, the consequences could be dire Continue reading... |
| Extremely British Muslims review – ‘The only extreme thing round here is the size of the rats’ Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:20 AM PDT In the final episode of the series, we are confronted with lots of rules, starting with how to enter a toilet. But this was an intimate look at life as a Muslim that will have resonated with all families And so, for the final episode of Extremely Brummie Muslims – sorry, Extremely British Muslims (Channel 4) – we get right into the nitty-gritty of people's lives in Birmingham – even down to how they enter a toilet. "You enter with your left foot," explains Abdul, a white convert, "because if you were to fall dead, you'd fall backwards if you're on your left foot. But if you're on your right, you fall forwards. So you're not going to die inside the toilet." This is life- or death-changing stuff. No one wants to be found face down in a pile of Andrex rolls. So far in the series, we have seen Birmingham's "halal dating" circuit – like the Asian Muslim version of First Dates without the romance or Fred Sirieix; a mosque committee crammed with old Asian men chatting about the local lord mayor; and a niqab-wearing woman ride a quad bike. And then there were the beards. Lots of beards. Continue reading... |
| Stock markets soar across Europe as FTSE clocks up new high Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:13 AM PDT Upbeat Federal Reserve outlook combines with relief at Dutch election result, pushing Amsterdam's index to nine-year high Stock markets across Europe soared as traders reacted to the defeat of an anti-EU candidate in Dutch elections and the latest interest rate announcement from the US central bank. The Federal Reserve accompanied its latest rate rise this week with guidance that it would not tighten policy quite as much as financial markets anticipated this year. That message buoyed share prices, adding to the upbeat mood prompted by the results of parliamentary elections in the Netherlands. Continue reading... |
| Iranian-born asylum seeker Mojgan Shamsalipoor granted bridging visa Posted: 17 Mar 2017 02:12 AM PDT Officials indicate immigration minister Peter Dutton will decide in coming months whether 23-year-old can apply for partner visa An Iranian-born asylum seeker has been spared a return to immigration detention after officials indicated that Peter Dutton would decide in coming months whether she can live with her husband in Brisbane. Mojgan Shamsalipoor, whose plight in detention as a Brisbane high school student sparked a high-profile campaign for her release, was granted another bridging visa on Friday, days before her current visa was due to run out. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: The woman in the mud – and I spy a lie Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:27 PM PDT Video shows miracle escape after landslide … GCHQ rubbishes claim it wiretapped Trump for Obama … and is your fish dinner sustainable? Britain's GCHQ surveillance agency has made a rare foray into public commentary after becoming part of the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump. Continue reading... |
| EU condemns 'fabricated' charges against jailed accuser of Philippines president Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:27 PM PDT President Rodrigo Duterte's most vocal political foe, Senator Leila de Lima, faces life in prison The European parliament has condemned the Philippines for arresting President Rodrigo Duterte's highest-profile critic, a senator who has led the charge against the strongman's bloody drugs war. A resolution delivered by European Union lawmakers said they had serious concerns that the charges against Senator Leila de Lima, who was arrested last month, "are almost entirely fabricated". This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Plane makes emergency landing after propeller falls off over Sydney Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:42 PM PDT Civil Aviation Safety Authority urges residents to contact authorities if missing part from Regional Express flight from Albury is found A regional passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Sydney airport after a propeller reportedly fell off during approach. The Regional Express flight from Albury to Sydney – carrying 16 passengers and three crew – made an emergency call on Friday afternoon when it was on approach about 20km from the airport. Continue reading... |
| Baby pygmy hippo makes a splash at Sydney's Taronga zoo – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 06:39 PM PDT An endangered female baby pygmy hippo makes her public debut at the Sydney zoo under the watchful eye of her mother and keepers. The calf was born to first-time parents Fergus and Kambiri on 21 February. There are an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 pygmy hippos, native to West Africa, remaining in the wild Continue reading... |
| Taiwan to ask US for stealth fighters to combat China threat Posted: 16 Mar 2017 06:39 PM PDT Defence minister announces air force overhaul after defence review says island faces increased risk from Beijing Taiwan has said it plans to upgrade its F-16 fighter jets and will seek cutting-edge stealth aircraft from the US in the face of a growing military threat from China. Taiwan's defence minister, Feng Shih-kuan, told lawmakers the country was focusing on inexpensive but effective "asymmetric warfare" techniques to combat threats in the air and seas. He said the budget amounted to 2.05% of Taiwan's economy but that he hoped it would increase to nearly 3% next year. Continue reading... |
| Somali pirates release oil tanker and crew after first hijack for five years Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:36 PM PDT Comoros-flagged ship and eight Sri Lankan crew are freed without payment of ransom after negotiations Somali pirates who seized a Comoros-flagged oil tanker have released the ship and its eight Sri Lankan crew, bringing the first hijacking since 2012 to an unusually swift conclusion without the payment of a ransom. The release followed a gunfight earlier on Thursday between the pirates and the marine force, and then intensive negotiations between the marine force, clan elders and the pirates. Continue reading... |
| Enda Kenny urges Trump to help undocumented Irish living in US Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:52 PM PDT Ireland's prime minister asked Trump to 'remove burden' for estimated 50,000 Irish citizens believed to be illegally in America at a luncheon at US Capitol Ireland's prime minister, Enda Kenny, has urged Donald Trump to help Irish people living in the US illegally, saying they just want to "make America great". Kenny spoke at a luncheon at the US Capitol on Thursday as part of a series of events celebrating St Patrick's Day, including a one-on-one meeting with Trump at the White House, where the two discussed immigration, trade and the Irish economy. Continue reading... |
| Matthew Perry beat up Justin Trudeau in grade school: 'I’m not bragging' Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:11 PM PDT Friends actor said he and a classmate beat up future Canadian prime minister because he was 'excelling in a sport that we weren't, so it was pure jealousy' Friends actor Matthew Perry has described an encounter he's "not proud of" with Canada's prime minister, saying that he beat up a young Justin Trudeau when they were both children. "I'm not bragging about this, this is terrible," Perry told late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday. "I was a stupid kid." Continue reading... |
| India, Brexit and the legacy of empire in Africa | Letters Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:42 AM PDT It is disingenuous of Shashi Tharoor to pretend that religious hatred did not exist in India before "the British introduced it" with their policy of "divide and rule" (A legacy of exploitation and ruin, G2, 9 March). He must know that when Mahmood of Ghazni first brought Islam to the subcontinent in the 10th century, his invasion involved incalculable violence, massive loss of life and a wanton destruction of Hindu religious sites on a scale that Islamic State could only dream of. The Mughals, who were Persian and never let their Hindu subjects forget it, were as foreign to India as the British. Those British were, of course, lucky that a power vacuum had been created by the collapse of the Mughal empire in the second half of the 18th century, which the well-organised East India Company was better able to fill than even such a warlike Hindu warrior caste as the Marathas. As George Orwell pointed out long ago, the Raj was indeed a racket run for the greedy benefit of about 1% of the UK's population (true of all capitalism since about 1980). Nevertheless, there were great moments of civilization and glory, both for the eventually defeated conquerors and those who bravely resisted them, throughout the very short period (in Indian historical terms: 1600-1947) when the British were political players in India. Continue reading... |
| Rutte was wise to take on the far right | Letters Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:41 AM PDT Jon Henley's analysis is headlined "Rutte's victory over Wilders gives few clues to Europe's direction of travel" (16 March). I disagree. There's one key clue in the relative victory of Mark Rutte's liberal VVD party pushing Geert Wilders' PVV into second place, and that is that Rutte took on Wilders, debating with him and entering into no-holds-barred public meetings and televised question and answer sessions. For too long Europe's mainstream leaders have sought to marginalise the nationalist right by ignoring it or by changing the electoral system. Historically, this has manifestly failed. If French and German political leaders take on the Front National and the Alternative für Deutschland and, like Rutte, point out the flaws in the far right's case, then it is likely that these parties will similarly decline at the forthcoming polls. • In Holland, when its UN blue beret troops stood by while the Srebrenica massacre took place, leading politicians subsequently took responsibility and resigned. In Turkey, on the other hand, mere mention of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 will get you thrown into prison. |
| Letter bomb that exploded at Paris IMF office was sent from Greece Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:27 AM PDT Officials believe letter may have been sent by group that claimed responsibility for parcel bomb sent to German finance minister A letter bomb that was dispatched to the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Paris and blew up on Thursday, injuring the employee who opened it, was sent from Greece, the Greek public order minister has said. Greek intelligence officials are working on the assumption that the blast in the French capital may have been orchestrated by an urban guerrilla group that claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb sent to the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Dutchman sentenced to prison for blackmailing women into webcam sex acts Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:27 AM PDT Aydin C receives nearly 11 years in prison after harassing women as far away as the US and Canada, where he may be extradited over death of Amanda Todd An Amsterdam court has sentenced a 38-year-old Dutchman to almost 11 years in prison for blackmailing dozens of young women into performing sex acts in front of their webcams. Aydin C, who under Dutch law is identified by only his first name, was "sentenced to 10 years and 243 days in prison for internet fraud and blackmail", the court said. Continue reading... |
| Descendants of Namibia genocide victims seek reparations in New York Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:10 AM PDT Tribes filed class-action suit addressing negotiations between Namibia and Germany after mass deaths of Herero and Nama people from 1904 to 1908 More than a century after a long-hushed genocide took place in Namibia while under German colonial rule, descendants of the victims are getting their day in court in New York for the first time on Thursday. In one of the darkest chapters of African colonial history, tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed from 1904 to 1908. Continue reading... |
| CCTV captures final movements of Irish-British backpacker killed in Goa Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:06 AM PDT Video footage shows Danielle McLaughlin with murder suspect on eve of her death as new witnesses shed light on her last hours A man suspected of killing an Irish-British woman at a tourist resort in Goa will face murder and rape charges, police in the Indian state have said. A postmortem showed that Danielle McLaughlin died from cerebral damage and constriction of the neck, said Umesh Gaonkar, a superintendent with Goa police. Continue reading... |
| Matthew Perry says he beat up Justin Trudeau in fifth grade – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:59 AM PDT Friends actor Matthew Perry appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live and says that he and a friend beat up Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in fifth grade, when they all attended school together. Perry tells Kimmel the incident was motivated by 'complete jealousy' due to Trudeau's superior skills in sporting events Continue reading... |
| Europe's governments signal relief after Dutch election defeats far right Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:07 AM PDT Geert Wilders loss in Netherlands hailed by leaders as key moment for tolerant societies and serious politics on continent European governments facing a rising tide of populism heaved a collective sigh of relief after the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, swept aside the challenge of the anti-Islam, anti-EU, populist Geert Wilders in the parliamentary elections. Angela Merkel was among many EU leaders to congratulate voters on what she called "a good day for democracy". The German chancellor said she was "very glad", as she thought many people were, "that a high turnout led to a very pro-European result". Continue reading... |
| Turkey plans to ban TV dating shows Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:53 AM PDT Deputy PM says they do not fit with the country's 'customs, traditions, beliefs and family structure' Turkey is planning to ban popular television dating shows because they do not fit with Turkish traditions and customs, the deputy prime minister has said. Numan Kurtulmuş was referring to matchmaking reality shows, which are popular in Turkey but attract thousands of complaints every year. Continue reading... |
| Grasse student on school shooting: 'It was total panic' – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:23 AM PDT A student describes hearing shots and hiding after a shooting at the Alexis de Tocqueville school in the southern town of Grasse in France on Thursday. Reports say the suspect was a 17-year-old student who was in possession of several weapons and opened fire on the headmaster Continue reading... |
| IMF letter bomb was homemade, says Paris police chief – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:10 AM PDT Michel Cadot, the head of Paris's police force, speaks to reporters on Thursday after a small explosion took place at the French headquarters of the International Monetary Fund, injuring the secretary who opened the package containing the explosive device Continue reading... |
| Turkey's Nazi remarks 'unacceptable', say Hollande and Merkel Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:51 AM PDT French and German leaders condemn Turkish politicians' behaviour since ban on rallies in support of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan François Hollande and Angela Merkel have condemned the behaviour of Turkish politicians ahead of the country's upcoming constitutional referendum, saying it was "unacceptable" for Turkey to accuse Germany and other countries of "Nazi practices" for banning rallies in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In a phone call on Thursday, the French president expressed his country's solidarity with Germany and other EU states that have been targeted with abuse ahead of a Turkish referendum on 16 April which could expand Erdoğan's powers. Continue reading... |
| Have you been affected by combat stress? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 06:52 AM PDT The case of Marine A has highlighted how stress can affect soldiers on active duty. If you or anyone you know has been affected by combat stress, we'd like to hear from you. Share your experiences In 2011 the British army were deployed in two major conflicts, Iraq and Afghanistan. The intense fighting experienced by soldiers on the frontline in places like Helmand province in Afghanistan were well-documented. However the psychological impact of troops returning time and time again to the frontline is less well known. Though Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been understood as a condition of war for a longtime, it can often go under-reported. Charities such as The Royal British Legion, Help for Heroes and Combat Stress have gone a long way towards supporting soldiers with PTSD and other mental health issues, however the condition can still carry a stigma, which may prevent those on active duty and even soldiers who have retired, from reporting it. Continue reading... |
| The Most Rev Eamonn Casey obituary Posted: 16 Mar 2017 06:12 AM PDT Roman Catholic bishop who caused a scandal when it was revealed that he had fathered a son Eamonn Casey, the former bishop of Galway, who has died aged 89, might have been remembered as one of the most socially liberal figures in the deeply conservative Irish Roman Catholic hierarchy but for his sudden resignation in 1992 following the revelation that he had fathered a son 17 years earlier and paid maintenance to the child's American mother out of diocesan funds. The story, which convulsed the church and fascinated the country, was perhaps the first breach in the church's hitherto impregnable authoritarian hold over Irish society, as it was yet to be discredited for the child abuse scandals and treatment of single mothers that have undermined its reputation since then. Continue reading... |
| How punk changed cities – and vice versa Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT From New York to Jakarta, punks have long fought for their rights to the city. But just how much have they achieved – and will we ever see a mohawk in City Hall? From its earliest beginnings, punk as a youth cult was viewed as a social nuisance in cities – irritating but tolerated. But the battle lines were truly drawn in what became a focal point for the nascent hardcore scene: early 1980s Los Angeles. "LA was a sketchy place then," recalled Dave Markey, whose 1982 documentary The Slog Movie captured the LA punk scene in all its raw, ragged glory. Speaking in a 2011 interview, Markey, who was a teenager at the time, added: "You wouldn't walk down certain streets. But it was also like a playground for us." Continue reading... |
| Drought brings savage halt to nomadic way of life in Somalia – in pictures Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT A third consecutive year of failed rains has laid waste to livestock and threatened a centuries-old tradition of pastoral farming, with families forced to leave their communities in a desperate search for water and food Photographs by Kate Holt/Unicef Continue reading... |
| WhatsApp proves harbinger of hope for Somali families on the brink of famine Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:59 AM PDT With the humanitarian response to Somalia's food crisis lagging, communities have turned to social media to identify families in need of urgent help Unable to wait for help from their own government or the international community as they face the prospect of a devastating famine, Somalis at home and abroad are turning to one another for support. Combining 21st century social media with the age-old clan network – the bedrock of Somali society as well as its safety net – communities are using WhatsApp to sponsor hard-hit families and raise funds to buy them life-saving supplies. Continue reading... |
| Who is Derrick Watson, the Hawaii judge who blocked Trump's latest travel ban? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:58 PM PDT He has made himself a lightning rod with his strongly worded ruling on the ban, but many have praised Watson as fair-minded and highly principled The ink was barely dry on Judge Derrick Watson's order suspending Donald Trump's latest travel ban when the recriminations and conspiracy theories began. One Fox News commentator called it "judicial tyranny". President Trump himself called it "unprecedented judicial overreach". On social media, amateur sleuths noted that Judge Watson had graduated from the same Harvard Law School class as Barack Obama (in 1991), and even noted that Obama had been in Hawaii on the day of the ruling, as though they had cooked it up together. Continue reading... |
| Trump's new travel ban was blocked. How did it happen, and what's next? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:32 PM PDT Has the chaos surrounding the rollout of Trump's revised travel ban left you confused? Here's everything you need to know Donald Trump's second executive order banning travel from six majority-Muslim countries was slated to go into effect on Thursday at 12.01am EST. But in the hours before it was set to take effect, it was blocked. Continue reading... |
| Irish-British backpacker seen shortly before she was found dead in Goa – CCTV video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:45 AM PDT CCTV has emerged of some of the final movements of the County Donegal woman whose body was found naked and severely beaten in Goa on Tuesday. The footage, released on Thursday, shows Danielle McLaughlin walking with a man that police have identified as the accused murderer Vikat Bhagat Continue reading... |
| Paul Ryan: we will make ‘necessary improvements’ to healthcare bill – video Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:53 AM PDT House speaker Paul Ryan concedes on Wednesday that leading Republicans will have to amend their party's healthcare bill if it is to attract enough support to pass Congress, despite the support of Donald Trump. Ryan was speaking to reporters after a congressional report said the proposals will mean 24 million people losing health coverage Continue reading... |
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