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- EU leads attacks on Trump's rollback of Obama climate policy
- Mexican man cleared in sexual assault of schoolgirl because he didn't enjoy it
- France's former Socialist PM Manuel Valls backs Macron in election
- US-led coalition must do more to avoid civilian deaths in Mosul, says UN
- 'Everything we built for 20 years, gone in a blink' – life in the ruins of Aleppo
- Queenslanders wake up to devastation following 'monster' storm Cyclone Debbie
- Airline association head: US and UK electronics bans are not sustainable
- Carlos the Jackal: 1974 Paris attack conviction leads to third life sentence
- Canadian MP responds to writer’s ‘odd’ story about trying to breastfeed his baby
- Cambodia bans export of human breast milk after US operation raises concern
- World's largest dinosaur footprints discovered in Western Australia
- Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo acquitted of war crimes
- Uber to shut down Denmark operation over new taxi laws
- Trump has launched a blitzkrieg in the wars on science and Earth’s climate | Dana Nuccitelli
- Germany to investigate claims of ‘intolerable’ spying by Turkey
- Police and protesters clash in Paris over death of Chinese man
- UN criticism of Israel bombing Hezbollah is absurd, says Johnson
- Brexit: May triggers article 50 - Politics live
- Rare Indochinese tigers caught on camera in Thai jungle – video
- CEOs of Australia's biggest companies demand full corporate tax cut package – as it happened
- Article 50: Theresa May to call on UK to unite after letter triggers Brexit
- 'They take us very seriously now': how co-operatives could take back Kampala
- 'It's easier to hack an election than eBay': confessions of a Belarusian hacker
- Key kit for a 21st century gold coin heist? Rope, ladder and wheelbarrow
- Wife of former marine Alexander Blackman 'mindful' about security threat
- A strong parliament will be nature’s last line of defence during Brexit
- Hillary Clinton: 'There’s no place I'd rather be … other than the White House’ – video
- Labor uses HIH insurance collapse to attack Malcolm Turnbull
- North Korea isn't mad. It's smart – video
- Wednesday briefing: Brexit – the next two years start now
- Bodies of two UN investigators found in Congo village
- RSPCA animal cruelty caseload rises to almost 150,000 investigations
- François Fillon's wife officially charged over embezzlement of public funds
- Supreme court sides with death row inmate who claims intellectual disability
- Inside Aleppo: life after the siege – video
- The very edge of a city: Mexico City's deepest hinterlands – in pictures
- Broken promises for the children of Bangui abused by peacekeepers
- Devin Nunes brushes off questions about recusal: 'The investigation continues' – video
- Mystery deepens over Nunes' investigation into Trump staff and Russia – video
| EU leads attacks on Trump's rollback of Obama climate policy Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:59 PM PDT Europe poised to take baton from US as leader in global efforts to fight climate change, with America's commitment to Paris accords at risk The European Union has led criticism of Donald Trump's effort to unravel Barack Obama's measures to combat climate change, suggesting that Europe will now take the lead in global efforts. The US president signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at eliminating the clean power plan, Obama's landmark policy to set limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that power plants emit. America's commitment to the Paris accord of nearly 200 countries now hangs in the balance. Continue reading... |
| Mexican man cleared in sexual assault of schoolgirl because he didn't enjoy it Posted: 28 Mar 2017 04:01 PM PDT Diego Cruz, 21, one of four privileged youths dubbed 'Los Porkys' who abducted and vaginally penetrated the teenager, did so without 'carnal intent' a judge ruled A Mexican judge has freed a wealthy young man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a schoolgirl, on the grounds that the perpetrator did not enjoy himself. Related: Mexican rape victim reveals details of case plagued by privilege and impunity Continue reading... |
| France's former Socialist PM Manuel Valls backs Macron in election Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:59 PM PDT 'I'm not going to take any risks,' says Valls, saying he will do all he can to stop far-right leader Marine Le Pen gain power Former French prime minister Manuel Valls has said he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election, the biggest Socialist party name to date to turn his back on its official candidate and back the centrist instead. Valls, a Socialist himself, said the election was wide open and he would do all he could to ensure that the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, second in opinion polls, did not win power. Continue reading... |
| US-led coalition must do more to avoid civilian deaths in Mosul, says UN Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:23 AM PDT High commissioner tells Iraqi and US forces to 'avoid the trap' of targeting buildings where Isis has told residents to take shelter The UN has urged Iraqi and US-led forces to do more to protect civilians in the war against Islamic State in Mosul and accused the terror group of herding trapped residents into buildings that are likely to be targeted by airstrikes. The intervention by the UN's high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, comes after at least 150 people died in a series of coalition airstrikes – detailed by the Guardian last week – on one neighbourhood in the ravaged west of the Iraqi city. Continue reading... |
| 'Everything we built for 20 years, gone in a blink' – life in the ruins of Aleppo Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:02 AM PDT The rebel-held east of the Syrian city was devastated by years of bombing, first by the government alone then bolstered by Russian forces. Ruth Maclean travelled to Aleppo to hear how the district's few remaining residents survive A small group of boys play football, dodging tangled metal in the ruined ruined Umayyad mosque of Aleppo's old city. When they were last able to come here, before the war, the vast courtyard's patterned floor was beautifully polished, and the pile of bricks in a corner was a millennium-old minaret. Now, the boys pick at the sandbags piled in its huge, fire-blackened arches. For them, this ancient place-of-worship-turned-fortress is a playground in a hellscape. Continue reading... |
| Queenslanders wake up to devastation following 'monster' storm Cyclone Debbie Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:06 PM PDT Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there will be 'shock and awe' in the state when the full extent of the damage wrought by the cyclone is revealed • Cyclone Debbie: flooding and heavy rain continue to hammer north Queensland – live updates Queenslanders woke up on Wednesday to a huge cleanup following the "monster" Cyclone Debbie, as the now ex-tropical cyclone brought yet more heavy rain as it worked its way through the state. At 3am on Wednesday morning the Bureau of Meteorology downgraded Debbie out of the cyclone category to a tropical low, bringing sustained winds of 55km/h with gusts of up to 85km/h. Heavy rains were still expected as it moved south-west, with a severe weather warning in place. Continue reading... |
| Airline association head: US and UK electronics bans are not sustainable Posted: 28 Mar 2017 03:21 PM PDT 'It is difficult to understand' the effectiveness of recent measures affecting flights from countries in the Middle East and elsewhere, says IATA chief British and US bans on laptops and tablet computers in flight cabins are not sustainable in the long term, the head of the association representing airlines said Tuesday. "The current measures are not acceptable as a long-term solution to whatever threat they are trying to mitigate," said Alexandre de Juniac, director general of the International Air Transport Association. Continue reading... |
| Carlos the Jackal: 1974 Paris attack conviction leads to third life sentence Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:59 AM PDT Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez found guilty of killing two and injuring 32 in grenade attack The man known as "Carlos the Jackal" has been given a third life sentence for a 1974 attack on a Paris drugstore that killed two people and wounded 34. Five judges ruled Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez was responsible for throwing a grenade on the Champs Élysées. He is already serving two life sentences in France for attacks carried out in the 1970s and 80s. Continue reading... |
| Canadian MP responds to writer’s ‘odd’ story about trying to breastfeed his baby Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:37 AM PDT Leah McLaren revealed how she once tried to nurse Michael Chong's son without permission in column that received sharp rebuke over 'inappropriate' behavior Related: Make Canada great again? Conservative Canucks chart course for the age of Trump In the race to become the next leader of Canada's Conservatives, he's promised lower income taxes and increased financing for small businesses while taking aim at the politics of fear. Continue reading... |
| Cambodia bans export of human breast milk after US operation raises concern Posted: 28 Mar 2017 09:09 AM PDT Unicef hails decision following controversy centered on Utah-based Ambrosia labs, as activist says Cambodian mothers 'often have no other choices' Cambodia has banned selling and exporting locally pumped human breast milk, after reports exposed how women were turning to the controversial trade to boost meagre incomes in one of south-east Asia's poorest countries. The order comes after Cambodia temporarily halted breast milk exports by the Utah-based Ambrosia Labs, which claims to be the first company to source the product from overseas and distribute it in the US. Continue reading... |
| World's largest dinosaur footprints discovered in Western Australia Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:08 AM PDT Newly-discovered prints left by gigantic herbivores are part of a rich collection of tracks belonging to an estimated 21 different types of dinosaur The largest known dinosaur footprints have been discovered in Western Australia, including 1.7 metre prints left by gigantic herbivores. Until now, the biggest known dinosaur footprint was a 106cm track discovered in the Mongolian desert and reported last year. Continue reading... |
| Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo acquitted of war crimes Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:32 PM PDT
A court in Ivory Coast has acquitted the former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges linked to her role in a 2011 civil war that killed about 3,000 people, state television announced on Tuesday. Judge Kouadio Bouatchi said a jury unanimously voted to free Gbagbo. The prosecution had asked for a life sentence, saying she had participated on a committee that organised abuses against supporters of her husband's opponent after the 2010 election. |
| Uber to shut down Denmark operation over new taxi laws Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:36 AM PDT US firm says it 'must take the consequences' of new rules requiring cabs to be fitted with seat occupancy sensors and fare meters Uber will shut down its operation in Denmark next month following the introduction of new taxi laws, the company has said, marking the latest European setback for the US ride-booking service. A company spokesman, Kristian Agerbo, said on Tuesday Uber "must take the consequences" of the new rules, which among other things will require cabs to be fitted with seat occupancy sensors and fare meters. Continue reading... |
| Trump has launched a blitzkrieg in the wars on science and Earth’s climate | Dana Nuccitelli Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:55 AM PDT Trump's anti-science budget, anti-climate executive orders, and general disdain for scientific expertise come at a bad time Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order taking aim at America's climate policies. On the heels of a report finding that the world needs to halve its carbon pollution every decade to avoid dangerous climate change, Trump's order would instead increase America's carbon pollution, to the exclusive benefit of the fossil fuel industry. |
| Germany to investigate claims of ‘intolerable’ spying by Turkey Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:52 AM PDT The claims Erdoğan's agents are spying on supporters of exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen open new front in the diplomatic row between the two countries German prosecutors have announced an investigation into claims that Turkish agents are spying on alleged followers of exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen in Germany. News of the inquiry came as a German state minister accused Turkey of "intolerable and unacceptable" espionage against supporters of Gülen, blamed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a failed coup attempt last year. Continue reading... |
| Police and protesters clash in Paris over death of Chinese man Posted: 28 Mar 2017 05:11 AM PDT Demonstration outside police station after man reportedly shot by officer at home in front of his children Violent clashes have broken out in Paris between riot police and protesters angry at the police killing of a Chinese man in his own home. Three police officers were injured and 35 demonstrators arrested, the French authorities said on Tuesday. Shaoyo Liu, 56, was allegedly shot in front of his children while he was cutting up fish. Police say the officer involved in a raid on the property on Sunday fired in self-defence after Liu wounded an officer with a "bladed weapon". Continue reading... |
| UN criticism of Israel bombing Hezbollah is absurd, says Johnson Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:48 AM PDT Foreign secretary speaks after UK mission puts UN 'on notice' over what it sees as human rights council's bias against Israel Boris Johnson, the UK foreign secretary, has condemned the UN human rights council criticism of Israeli bombing of Hezbollah positions in the Golan Heights as "absolutely preposterous" and "a profound absurdity". He was speaking after the UK mission to the UN in Geneva put the UN "on notice" that it would vote against all resolutions about Israel's conduct in the occupied Syrian and Palestinian territories unless the human rights council ended what the UK mission described as anti-Israel bias. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: May triggers article 50 - Politics live Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:24 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the triggering of article 50, starting the process taking the UK out of the EU, including Theresa May's statement to MPs, the article 50 letter, and reaction and analyis
Here is some Twitter comment on Philip Hammond's interview. From the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg 'we can't have our cake and eat it' says Hammond - I wonder who he could possibly be thinking of when he said that..... Finally, a reality check for Boris from Philip Hammond: "We can't have out cake and eat it" The Hammond-Boris war continues. "We can't have our cake and eat it," says Hammond, refusing to endorse Bojo's sangfroid about no deal Tory MPs get very irritated with Hammond still refusing to admit that he broke the manifesto pledge on NI 'We are all in the same page now...' says Philip Hammond. I doubt that very much.
Nick Robinson has just announced that Andrew Neil will be interviewing Theresa May on the BBC at 7pm tonight. Continue reading... |
| Rare Indochinese tigers caught on camera in Thai jungle – video Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:05 AM PDT Critically endangered Indochinese tigers are captured on sensor-triggered cameras throughout 2016, set up in Thailand's Eastern Forest Complex by the Forest Department and wildlife NGOs Freeland and Panthera. Conservationists say it gives hope for the survival of an animal whose total population is estimated at 221, spread across Myanmar and Thailand
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| CEOs of Australia's biggest companies demand full corporate tax cut package – as it happened Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:49 PM PDT Labor and the Coalition trade blows on wages and tax, and Sally McManus declares neoliberalism a failed experiment
That's your lot for today. Thanks to the brains trust, Paul Karp, Gareth Hutchens, Katharine Murphy and Mike Bowers. Continue reading... |
| Article 50: Theresa May to call on UK to unite after letter triggers Brexit Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:31 PM PDT Prime minister's letter will be hand-delivered to European council president at the same time as she addresses House of Commons Theresa May will call on the British people to unite as she triggers article 50, beginning a two-year process that will see the UK leave the European Union and sever a political relationship that has lasted 44 years. A letter signed by the prime minister will be hand-delivered to the president of the European council at about 12.30pm – as she rises in Westminster to deliver a statement to MPs signalling the end of the UK's most significant diplomatic association since the end of the second world war. |
| 'They take us very seriously now': how co-operatives could take back Kampala Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:30 PM PDT Co-operatives were once a powerful force in Uganda, giving poor citizens the power to band together, before Idi Amin destroyed them. But now they're being reborn due to an unexpected crisis in Kampala – unaffordable housing It's the day after a storm in Kampala, Uganda, and in the low-lying district of Namuwongo that means flooded houses, children playing in water from an overflowing sewer and sludgy, slippery ground that makes it nearly impossible to walk. Fruit seller Nana Kabogere, 33, was born here and lives here. Her small home is colourful and welcoming, the walls covered in religious posters, family photographs and her children's drawings. This is all Kabogere knows – but she also knows she has had enough. Continue reading... |
| 'It's easier to hack an election than eBay': confessions of a Belarusian hacker Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:00 PM PDT Sergei Pavlovich, known as Policedog, sheds light on the community accused of aggressive activity on behalf of the Kremlin According to Sergei Pavlovich, one of the Russian-speaking world's most notorious hackers, "it is easier to hack an electoral system than eBay or Citibank". The Belarusian cyber-criminal known as Policedog online started hacking early on, and by the age of 20 he says he was earning $100,000 a month as a "carder", turning stolen credit card information into cash. By the early 2000s he was one of the leading figures in the Russian and Eastern European cyber-underworld. Continue reading... |
| Key kit for a 21st century gold coin heist? Rope, ladder and wheelbarrow Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:05 AM PDT Thieves who stole world's second-largest gold coin from Berlin museum appeared to stick to old-fashioned methods Even in the era of cybercrime, methods more familiar to black-and-white heist movies never fall out of fashion. On Monday morning, thieves in Berlin used a rope, a foldout ladder and a wheelbarrow to steal the world's second-largest gold coin from a museum, all within earshot of Angela Merkel's inner-city apartment. Continue reading... |
| Wife of former marine Alexander Blackman 'mindful' about security threat Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:32 AM PDT Claire Blackman says she has been given 'really good advice' as she tells of relief that husband will be freed from prison in weeks The wife of former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman said they will take "sensible" precautions to counter potential terrorist threats when he is freed from prison. Claire Blackman expressed relief and delight that her husband will be released within weeks after serving three and half years for shooting dead a wounded Taliban fighter. Continue reading... |
| A strong parliament will be nature’s last line of defence during Brexit Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PDT EU membership has given Britain vital environmental laws. Any changes to legislation must be done with full public scrutiny to protect us from exploitation When Theresa May fires the Brexit starting gun by triggering article 50, she will start a process that could dramatically reshape almost every aspect of British life – from our economy, laws, and place in the world to our natural environment. The difficult choices our politicians make in just a few years could change the face of Britain for generations to come. Even before the tough bargaining with the EU and other countries start in earnest, another, more domestic negotiation process will get underway – the constitutional power struggle between parliament and government over who will have the final say on the momentous Brexit decisions. A lot will ride on the outcome of this tug of war, and that includes the fate of many vital environmental safeguards we take for granted. |
| Hillary Clinton: 'There’s no place I'd rather be … other than the White House’ – video Posted: 29 Mar 2017 12:35 AM PDT Hillary Clinton makes one of her first public speeches since losing the 2016 presidential election at a conference for businesswomen in San Francisco on Tuesday. Clinton goes on to criticise the photo of male Republican lawmakers negotiating women's healthcare legislation, and urges voters to combat Donald Trump's policies without mentioning his name: 'Resist, insist, persist and enlist' Continue reading... |
| Labor uses HIH insurance collapse to attack Malcolm Turnbull Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:24 AM PDT Mark Dreyfus raises questions about PM's involvement in 'secret payments' as parties use leaders' histories to go on attack Labor has raised questions about Malcolm Turnbull's involvement in "secret payments" in the collapse of the insurance giant HIH as the major party leaders clashed during a brutally contested question time session. With the opposition mounting a persistent political attack on the Turnbull government's lack of action to protect penalty rates, the government has countered by attacking the Labor leader, Bill Shorten, over deals he struck with big companies while an official of the Australian Workers' Union. Continue reading... |
| North Korea isn't mad. It's smart – video Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:32 PM PDT People love to talk about how 'crazy' North Korea is, says Tania Branigan. But, she argues, the country is not as irrational as it may seem. Its nuclear technology is improving fast, she says, and Donald Trump's next move could prove crucial Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Brexit – the next two years start now Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:32 PM PDT PM formally triggers EU exit negotiations … arrest over strip club death of British woman Stacey Tierney … and why you might never get to retire Hello – Warren Murray bringing you the Briefing today. Continue reading... |
| Bodies of two UN investigators found in Congo village Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:26 PM PDT Michael Sharp, a US citizen, and Zaida Catalan, a Swedish national, had been monitoring a sanctions regime when they disappeared Villagers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have found the remains of two UN investigators and their Congolese interpreter who went missing this month in an area engulfed in a violent uprising. Michael Sharp, a US citizen, and Zaida Catalan, a Swedish national, had been in a group of experts monitoring a sanctions regime imposed on Congo by the UN security council when they disappeared in Kasai Central province. Continue reading... |
| RSPCA animal cruelty caseload rises to almost 150,000 investigations Posted: 28 Mar 2017 04:01 PM PDT Calls to cruelty hotline rose by nearly 5% in 2016, but charity says increase reflects more sharing of abuse footage on social media The number of animal cruelty investigations by the RSPCA jumped by nearly 5% last year to more than 400 a day, according to figures released by the animal welfare charity. In its annual prosecutions report the RSPCA said it had investigated almost 150,000 cases in 2016. Calls to its 24-hour cruelty hotline rose by nearly 4%, averaging one every 27 seconds. Continue reading... |
| François Fillon's wife officially charged over embezzlement of public funds Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:11 PM PDT Inquiry into wife of French presidential candidate comes after hours of questioning over work Penelope Fillon did for her husband The British-born wife of French presidential candidate François Fillon has been formally put under investigation in the fake jobs scandal that has poisoned her husband's political career. Penelope Fillon is being prosecuted for embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds and aggravated fraud, it was reported late on Tuesday evening. Continue reading... |
| Supreme court sides with death row inmate who claims intellectual disability Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:50 AM PDT Ruling stated that Texas used outdated medical criteria to make decide that Bobby James Moore, convicted for 1980 murder, does not have mental disability The supreme court on Tuesday sided with a Texas death row inmate who claims he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. The justices, by a 5-3 vote, reversed a Texas appeals court ruling that said inmate Bobby James Moore was not intellectually disabled. Continue reading... |
| Inside Aleppo: life after the siege – video Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:01 AM PDT Ruth Maclean reports on how residents of ruined east Aleppo are coping with life after a government offensive, backed by Russia, forced out rebel fighters. A school has opened there and people who lost legs in the crossfire are learning to use prosthetic limbs Continue reading... |
| The very edge of a city: Mexico City's deepest hinterlands – in pictures Posted: 28 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PDT Feike de Jong walked the entire perimeter of one of the biggest cities in the world, to capture the strange scenery of the fringes of Mexico's capital |
| Broken promises for the children of Bangui abused by peacekeepers Posted: 28 Mar 2017 09:28 AM PDT Young people who reported sexual abuse by soldiers are still living on the streets in Central African Republic, despite political pledges they would be looked after Children who reported they were abused by peacekeeping soldiers have been left on the streets to fend for themselves despite promises to look after them. The revelation that international peacekeepers had been sexually abusing children in Central African Republic was at the centre of a huge controversy that erupted in 2015, and resulted in the resignation of senior UN official Anders Kompass, the whistleblower who exposed the UN's failure to tackle the abuse. Continue reading... |
| Devin Nunes brushes off questions about recusal: 'The investigation continues' – video Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:53 AM PDT The House intelligence committee chairman, Devin Nunes, says the investigation of possible Russian ties to Donald Trump's campaign will 'move forward'. Nunes brushed off questions on whether he would recuse himself on Tuesday morning, telling reporters at the Capitol: 'The investigation continues.' The specter of possible Russian influence on the presidential election in Trump's favor has cast a shadow over the Republican president, who took office on 20 January Continue reading... |
| Mystery deepens over Nunes' investigation into Trump staff and Russia – video Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:25 AM PDT A mystery rooted in Donald Trump's claim that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama during the election campaign deepened this week with the disclosure that a top congressional Republican reviewed classified information on the White House grounds about potential surveillance of some Trump campaign associates Continue reading... |
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