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- Hawaii becomes first state to sue over Trump's revised travel ban
- Desecrated but still majestic: inside Palmyra after second Isis occupation
- Famine-hit South Sudan rebuked over move to raise fees for aid workers
- Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami
- Russian destabilisation of Balkans rings alarm bells as EU leaders meet
- US sends hundreds of marines to Syria to support fight against Isis
- 'It's heartbreaking': Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window arch
- Greek farmers clash with riot police in Athens over austerity
- Guatemala riot: at least 22 girls dead as home for abused teens catches fire
- France's rightwing scandals leave Socialists struggling to be heard
- Kim Jong-nam death: man claiming to be son appears in video
- Germany: millions still missing after men behind 1971 kidnapping both die
- French regulator tells Saint Laurent to remove degrading posters
- Can Geert Wilders be more than the Netherlands' agitator-in-chief?
- Inside Palmyra's destroyed amphitheatre – video
- Stripping terror suspects of British citizenship is lawful, European judges rule
- 'No evidence' ex-UN climate chief in sexual harassment case was hacked
- Forced repatriation to Afghanistan: 'We didn't think it would happen to us'
- 'You were supposed to die tonight': US anti-terror strategy linked to torture in Africa
- Budget 2017: Hammond rejects charge that he broke Tory manifesto promise
- Late 2018 could be best time for new Scottish referendum, says Sturgeon
- The Ethiopian boomtown that welcomes water firms but leaves locals thirsty | William Davison
- A village amid skyscrapers: how long can Kuala Lumpur's enclave hold out?
- Michaelia Cash pressured to release report on work for the dole tragedy
- With the latest WikiLeaks revelations about the CIA – is privacy really dead?
- Thursday briefing: Sorry, you want how much?
- Emmanuel Macron leads in French presidential election poll for first time
- Where did the money go? How Greece fumbled the refugee crisis
- Underwater explosion tests in the Channel – archive, 9 March 1961
- Body parts of French family of four found at farm of accused
- Malta's Azure Window vanishes after heavy storm – video
- Prospect of £1.7bn fine looms large over PM's talks with EU leaders
- 'Everything about you is criticised': Gina Miller and Tulip Siddiq on women in the public eye
- International Women's Day: women close schools, occupy farms and go on strike
- FBI's James Comey: 'There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America'
- Anne Hathaway honors International Women's Day at the UN – video
- Cows’ grazing instinct as powerful as ever | Letters
- Kim Jong-nam death: Man claiming to be son makes video statement – video
- Why not all women can strike on International Women's Day
- Russia missile violates 'spirit and intent' of arms treaty, top US general says
- Did Doctor Who really inspire a CIA surveillance codename?
- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men
- Some women need us to do our bit all year round | Letters
- Lack of pension equality for same-sex couples 'is sexual discrimination'
- Greek farmers clash with riot police – in pictures
- Women at work: 'We can build anything' – in pictures
- Artists to astronauts: the women in Google's International Women's Day doodle
- Rebels with a cause: the female biker clubs reclaiming Delhi's public space
- Charges dismissed against Irish trawler owners accused of labour offences
- Farmers sue World Bank lending arm over alleged violence in Honduras
- Why James Clapper's Trump comments may not conflict with reports of secret court order
- Spicer's confusing response to Trump investigation question – video
- International Women's Day around the world – in pictures
- Isis attacks military hospital in Kabul – video report
- I march for ______: a look at female activism in Trump's America – video
| Hawaii becomes first state to sue over Trump's revised travel ban Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:13 AM PST Pacific state says president's new order is incompatible with freedom of religion protections in state and federal constitutions Hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students. Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the US government on Wednesday in the federal court in Honolulu. The state had sued over Trump's initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country. Continue reading... |
| Desecrated but still majestic: inside Palmyra after second Isis occupation Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:50 AM PST Forces loyal to Syrian government watch as smoke rises outside ruined city they took from Islamic State, which fights on nearby Laughter broke the silence at what was left of the Temple of Bel in the ancient city of Palmyra. A group of Russian soldiers had just screeched up in a car splattered with the mud of the Syrian desert. In helmets and full camouflage, they clambered out, Kalashnikovs slung from their shoulders and selfie sticks in hand. Days before, these troops and other forces loyal to the Syrian government had recaptured the Roman city, a world heritage site and an important symbol of Syrian diversity, from Islamic State for the second time in a year. |
| Famine-hit South Sudan rebuked over move to raise fees for aid workers Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:49 PM PST Aid agencies condemn mooted hundredfold increase in cost of permits despite earlier promise to allow 'unimpeded access' to 100,000 starving people Aid agencies say they are urgently seeking clarity from the South Sudanese government after it signalled that it would ramp up the cost of work permits for foreign aid workers, days after a famine was declared in the country. Aid groups said the move by the labour ministry to increase the cost of permits from $100 to up to $10,000 (£8,230) was "terrible timing" in a country where 100,000 people are starving and a further 1 million are on the brink of starvation. Continue reading... |
| Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami Posted: 08 Mar 2017 05:23 PM PST Exploration work inside the nuclear plant's failed reactors has barely begun, with the scale of the task described as 'almost beyond comprehension' Barely a fifth of the way into their mission, the engineers monitoring the Scorpion's progress conceded defeat. With a remote-controlled snip of its cable, the latest robot sent into the bowels of one of Fukushima Daiichi's damaged reactors was cut loose, its progress stalled by lumps of fuel that overheated when the nuclear plant suffered a triple meltdown six years ago this week. As the 60cm-long Toshiba robot, equipped with a pair of cameras and sensors to gauge radiation levels was left to its fate last month, the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), attempted to play down the failure of yet another reconnaissance mission to determine the exact location and condition of the melted fuel. Continue reading... |
| Russian destabilisation of Balkans rings alarm bells as EU leaders meet Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:20 AM PST Top MEP David McAllister says bloc must be more visible in the region to counter Kremlin's growing influence The European Union needs to be more visible in the western Balkans to counter Russian attempts to destabilise the region, a leading MEP has said, as EU leaders gather for a summit in Brussels on Thursday. "Geopolitics has returned to the Balkans," said David McAllister, a German MEP and chair of the European parliament's foreign affairs committee. Continue reading... |
| US sends hundreds of marines to Syria to support fight against Isis Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:20 PM PST Boots on the ground near Raqqa a sign that the White House will give military chiefs more freedom to tackle Islamic State A few hundred marines with heavy artillery have been deployed to Syria in preparation for the fight to oust Islamic State from its self-declared headquarters of Raqqa, a senior US official said on Wednesday. The deployment is temporary but is a sign Donald Trump's White House is leaning toward giving the Pentagon greater flexibility in making routine combat decisions in the fight against Isis. Continue reading... |
| 'It's heartbreaking': Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window arch Posted: 08 Mar 2017 07:59 AM PST Limestone arch, landmark which featured in Clash of the Titans and Game of Thrones, crashes into sea after heavy storm As arches go, the Azure Window had celebrity status, featuring in films such as Clash of the Titans and The Count of Monte Cristo and serving as the backdrop to the Dothraki wedding scene in the television version of Game of Thrones. But now, the limestone arch, one of Malta's most famous landmarks, is no more, having collapsed into the sea after a heavy storm. Continue reading... |
| Greek farmers clash with riot police in Athens over austerity Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:16 AM PST Windows smashed and stones hurled at police firing teargas as more than 1,000 people travel from Crete to protest against tax hikes Farmers who travelled to Athens from Crete have clashed with riot police in the latest unrest on the streets of the Greek capital, prompted by the government's austerity policies. The confrontation occurred outside the agriculture ministry, where farmers wielding staffs engaged with police firing teargas to prevent them from entering the building. Continue reading... |
| Guatemala riot: at least 22 girls dead as home for abused teens catches fire Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:56 PM PST Fire broke out when residents set mattresses ablaze after an overnight riot and attempt to escape from the overcrowded government-run center, officials say At least 22 girls have been killed in a fire at a government-run home for abused teens, which broke out when residents set mattresses ablaze after an overnight riot and attempt to escape from the overcrowded government-run center. A crowd of relatives, many of them wailing with grief, gathered outside the Virgen de Asunción home for children up to 18 years old, in the semi-rural suburb of San José Pinula, 25km (15 miles) south-west of the capital, Guatemala City. |
| France's rightwing scandals leave Socialists struggling to be heard Posted: 08 Mar 2017 01:57 AM PST Presidential candidates Benoît Hamon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon complain that uproar is smothering discussion of the real issues In recent weeks, Benoît Hamon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon have been ploughing their political furrows, criss-crossing France, addressing meetings and outlining their programmes for the presidency. Related: French Socialists choose leftwing rebel Benoît Hamon for Élysée fight Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-nam death: man claiming to be son appears in video Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:15 AM PST Clip uploaded on YouTube shows man believed to be Kim Han-sol, saying: 'My father has been killed a few days ago' A video has emerged of a man claiming to be the son of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, saying he is safely with his mother and sister. The Guardian was unable to immediately confirm the man as Kim Jong-nam's son, Kim Han-sol, who is believed to be 22. However, an official at the South Korean national intelligence service's public affairs office and an aide to a parliamentary intelligence committee said they had determined it was authentic. Continue reading... |
| Germany: millions still missing after men behind 1971 kidnapping both die Posted: 08 Mar 2017 08:52 AM PST Recent deaths of the two men who kidnapped Theo Albrecht leave mystery of €3.5m in unaccounted-for ransom money unsolved The two men behind one of Germany's most high-profile kidnappings have both died, taking to the grave the question of what happened to the missing millions in ransom money. Germany's Bild newspaper reported that, with the men's recent deaths, a chapter had closed on the 1971 abduction of Theo Albrecht, a billionaire co-founder of discount supermarket chain Aldi. Continue reading... |
| French regulator tells Saint Laurent to remove degrading posters Posted: 08 Mar 2017 06:02 AM PST Decision follows outcry over fashion house's adverts, which use extremely thin models in humiliating poses France's advertising regulator has ordered the fashion house Saint Laurent to remove posters of extremely thin models in degrading poses after an outcry over their appearance around Paris. The campaign features a reclining woman in a fur coat and fishnet tights opening her legs; another has a model in a leotard and stilettos on roller skates bending over a stool. Continue reading... |
| Can Geert Wilders be more than the Netherlands' agitator-in-chief? Posted: 08 Mar 2017 03:30 AM PST Despite the rise of anti-Muslim feeling, many suspect far-right politician sees more value in leading a party of protest than of government Geert Wilders founded his Party for Freedom (PVV) in 2006 with a declaration of independence from the "elite in The Hague", and from the outset has espoused anti-Muslim rhetoric, promising to enshrine the "dominance of the Judeo-Christian tradition" in the Dutch constitution. As the country prepares to vote in national elections on 15 March, opinion polls have at times suggested that Wilders' party could emerge as the country's largest, despite recent slips. The strength of the anti-Islam, anti-EU populist PVV is reverberating around the country. Continue reading... |
| Inside Palmyra's destroyed amphitheatre – video Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:50 AM PST Ruth Maclean reports on the state of Palmyra after visiting the site and surrounding town, recaptured by forces loyal to the Syrian government last week. The Unesco world heritage site is badly damaged, particularly the ancient amphitheatre Continue reading... |
| Stripping terror suspects of British citizenship is lawful, European judges rule Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:49 AM PST European court of human rights rejects appeal by Sudan-born man who was barred from returning to UK under policy advocated by Theresa May European human rights judges have ruled that Theresa May's policy of stripping British terror suspects of their citizenship while abroad to bar them from returning to Britain is lawful. Judges at the European court of human rights (ECHR) unanimously threw out a claim by a Sudan-born terror suspect who took UK citizenship in 2000 that depriving him of his British passport violated his right to a private and family life. Continue reading... |
| 'No evidence' ex-UN climate chief in sexual harassment case was hacked Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:41 AM PST Forensic report concludes texts and emails sent from Rajendra Pachauri's devices were not fabricated as he had claimed Delhi police have found no evidence that laptops and mobile phones belonging to a former chairman of a UN panel on climate change accused of sexual harassment were hacked by third parties. Rajendra Pachauri, who was head of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change when it was awarded the Nobel prize in 2007, was formally charged last March with sexual harassment, stalking and intimidating a former employee at the Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), an energy and environment research centre he led for more than three decades. Continue reading... |
| Forced repatriation to Afghanistan: 'We didn't think it would happen to us' Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:17 AM PST An estimated million refugees will return from Pakistan and Iran this year, despite Afghanistan still being plagued by conflict and unemployment Afghanistan is starkly different from what Masooma had imagined. She was just a little girl when her family fled the Afghan war against the Soviets in the 1980s. They left everything they owned behind to look for sanctuary in Pakistan and she has few memories of the place. Continue reading... |
| 'You were supposed to die tonight': US anti-terror strategy linked to torture in Africa Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:00 PM PST Security forces funded by US are accused of human rights abuses including summary executions and disappearances Just before his torturers pushed him out of the van, barely conscious, on to the Nairobi pavement, Abdi was told he was one of the lucky ones: "You were supposed to die tonight." The security operatives who picked him up were Kenyan, but new research from the Angaza Foundation for African Reporting suggests they are part of a US-funded counter-terrorism strategy across Africa that is leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Continue reading... |
| Budget 2017: Hammond rejects charge that he broke Tory manifesto promise Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:50 AM PST Chancellor says rise in national insurance contributions for self-employed is fair as he seeks to calm critics from his own party Philip Hammond has said the government will press ahead with its plan to increase national insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed, as he defended his most prominent budget measure against charges it broke a manifesto promise. In a series of interviews on Thursday morning, the chancellor argued that the proposal to unify NICs for the employed and self-employed was fair and did not renege on the Conservatives' 2015 election pledge. Continue reading... |
| Late 2018 could be best time for new Scottish referendum, says Sturgeon Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:41 AM PST First minister says 'commonsense' time for poll would be when shape of Brexit deal is clear – but adds no decision has been made Nicola Sturgeon has agreed that autumn 2018 could be "the commonsense time" to hold a second Scottish independence referendum if she decides to call one. The first minister told a BBC documentary on Brexit the best time for staging it would be once the shape of the UK's deal to leave the EU became clear. But Sturgeon stressed she had not yet made that decision. Continue reading... |
| The Ethiopian boomtown that welcomes water firms but leaves locals thirsty | William Davison Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PST Business in the Sululta district of Ethiopia's Oromia region is burgeoning. So why, despite abundant rainfall, does half the population have no access to fresh water? Towards the end of the day at the Abyssinia Springs bottled water factory near Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, workers hose down the car park liberally. Outside the gates, residents of the Sululta area trudge along the road with empty yellow jerrycans that they will fill from muddy wells and water points. Over the past decade, the town in Oromia region has attracted plenty of investment. A Chinese tannery, steel mills, water factories and hotels have sprung up. Continue reading... |
| A village amid skyscrapers: how long can Kuala Lumpur's enclave hold out? Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:00 PM PST In the heart of Malaysia's towering capital lies tiny Kampong Bharu. But its markets are being razed and its residents evicted For decades, the weekend night market was the heart of Kampong Bharu. The people of this ethnic Malay enclave would wander through the stalls, catch up on the local gossip and settle in front of the stage to watch a dance or a shadow puppet performance. It was a world apart from the march of glass-walled skyscrapers across the rest of Kuala Lumpur. But in 2014 the stage, along with the simple homes around it, were razed to the ground. |
| Michaelia Cash pressured to release report on work for the dole tragedy Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:50 AM PST Teenager Josh Park-Fing fell from a flatbed trailer during rubbish-collecting assignment at Toowoomba showgrounds The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, has come under renewed pressure to release a report into the death of a teenage work for the dole participant in Queensland. Josh Park-Fing, 18, fell from a flatbed trailer as it was towed by a tractor during a rubbish-collecting assignment at the Toowoomba showgrounds in April. He suffered critical head injuries and died on the way to the hospital. Continue reading... |
| With the latest WikiLeaks revelations about the CIA – is privacy really dead? Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST In the wake of James Comey's declaration that there's no privacy in America and more WikiLeaks disclosures, do the law and technology prove him right? In the week that WikiLeaks revealed the CIA and MI5 have an armoury of surveillance tools that can spy on people through their smart TVs, cars and cellphones, FBI director James Comey has said that Americans should not have expectations of "absolute privacy". "There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America: there is no place outside of judicial reach," Comey said at a Boston College conference on cybersecurity. The remark came as he was discussing the rise of encryption since Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations of the NSA's mass surveillance tools, used on citizens around the world. Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: Sorry, you want how much? Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:54 PM PST EU threatens Britain with £1.7bn in customs fines … how Claudia Schiffer and cottage cheese can help your memory … and row over national insurance hike Hello, Warren Murray here, bringing you this morning's highlights. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron leads in French presidential election poll for first time Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:45 PM PST Harris Interactive poll shows Macron one percentage point ahead of National Front's Marine Le Pen in the first round Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has taken the lead for the first time in polling before the French presidential election, beating the far right's Marine Le Pen in the initial round. The Harris Interactive poll showed Macron taking 26% of the vote on 23 April – a six-point gain in two weeks – compared with 25% for National Front leader Le Pen, who had long been leading in the first round. Continue reading... |
| Where did the money go? How Greece fumbled the refugee crisis Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:00 PM PST Two years ago, 57,000 refugees were stranded when Europe's southern borders closed. What followed has been called the most expensive humanitarian response in history Widad Madrati remembers the first snowfall at Oreokastro in the way most children would, as a thing of wonder. It threw a brilliant white cover over the squalor of a refugee camp pitched in the grounds of a disused warehouse in the hills above Greece's second city, Thessaloniki. The 17-year-old Syrian did not mind that the water pipe to the outdoor sinks had frozen. She took photographs of the icicles. The pictures on her phone show nothing of the broken chemical toilets or the discarded, inedible food; nor of the flimsy tents pitched on freezing ground by refugees, such as her family, who arrived too late to find a spot inside the concrete shell of the old warehouse. Instead, the images show children playing in the snow. Continue reading... |
| Underwater explosion tests in the Channel – archive, 9 March 1961 Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:00 PM PST 9 March 1961: The tests have been designed to provide information that will help to distinguish between natural earthquakes and artificial subterranean explosions The more sensitive detection of nuclear tests – this was the possibility being discussed last night after the successful conclusion of a series of underwater explosions in the English Channel on Tuesday night. The results of the experiments seem at first glance to have exceeded some expectations of what the seismic detection instruments might accomplish. During the tests, nine naval depth-charges (mark VII), each containing 320lb. of TNT, were exploded from a naval frigate at intervals of an hour, starting at 11 p.m. and finishing in the early morning. |
| Body parts of French family of four found at farm of accused Posted: 08 Mar 2017 08:36 PM PST Hubert Caouissin led investigators to home in Brittany after confessing to killing four relatives over inheritance dispute French investigators have found body parts at the home of the man who has confessed to killing four relatives with a crowbar, the prosecutor handling the case said on Wednesday. Hubert Caouissin was let out of custody to accompany investigators to his farm in a remote part of Brittany, north-west France, and was cooperating in the gruesome search, Nantes prosecutor Pierre Sennès said. Continue reading... |
| Malta's Azure Window vanishes after heavy storm – video Posted: 08 Mar 2017 03:45 PM PST The landmark limestone arch that once featured in Clash of the Titans and Game of Thrones has tumbled into the sea. Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, said the news was heartbreaking: 'Reports commissioned over the years indicated that this landmark would be hard hit by unavoidable natural corrosion. That sad day arrived' Continue reading... |
| Prospect of £1.7bn fine looms large over PM's talks with EU leaders Posted: 08 Mar 2017 02:30 PM PST Demand from European fraud watchdog underlines challenges facing Theresa May as she heads to summit on Thursday The prospect of a £1.7bn fine imposed on the UK by the EU's fraud watchdog is expected to cast a shadow over Theresa May's summit with European leaders on Thursday. The prime minister's spokesman rejected accusations on Wednesday from Olaf (Office Européen de Lutte Antifraude) that Britain is liable for allowing criminal gangs to flood black markets in the continent with illegal Chinese goods. Continue reading... |
| 'Everything about you is criticised': Gina Miller and Tulip Siddiq on women in the public eye Posted: 08 Mar 2017 12:47 PM PST Businesswoman and MP will speak in parliament about challenges faced by women who put their heads above the parapet, including abuse and threats Gina Miller, businesswoman, campaigner and scourge of the Brexiters, spent International Women's Day on Wednesday at the European parliament in Brussels, addressing a new network formed in an attempt to promote women's participation in politics. For Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, the day was spent at A&E with her daughter, after her GP referred the 11-month-old to hospital with a nasty throat infection. Having spent the previous evening speaking at a panel on the challenges women face globally, and feeling increasingly guilty about her sickening child, there was no question for Siddiq what came first on Wednesday. "Yes, the budget is on but today my child is my priority." Continue reading... |
| International Women's Day: women close schools, occupy farms and go on strike Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:55 AM PST Women around the world hold first mass International Women's Strike, billed 'A Day Without Women', in protest against pay gaps and violence Women closed schools, occupied farms, descended on parliaments and went on strike in countries across the globe in one of the most highly charged and political International Women's Days in living memory. The first mass International Women's Strike closed schools in the United States and childcare centres in Australia as women took industrial action to highlight the gender pay gap and show solidarity with the global women's movement. |
| FBI's James Comey: 'There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America' Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:45 AM PST FBI director's assessment deepens privacy concerns raised by the details of CIA tools to hack consumer electronics for espionage, published by WikiLeaks "There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America," the FBI director, James Comey, has declared after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the CIA. Comey was delivering prepared remarks at a cybersecurity conference in Boston, but his assessment has deepened privacy concerns already raised by the details of CIA tools to hack consumer electronics for espionage published by WikiLeaks on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Anne Hathaway honors International Women's Day at the UN – video Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:41 AM PST The Oscar-winning actor and United Nations global goodwill ambassador Anne Hathaway celebrated International Women's Day at the United Nations on Wednesday. Hathaway used her speech to thank all the inspiring women of the past, and called on the current generation to 'find their north'. Women in the US plan to use International Women's Day to stay off the job and stage demonstrations across the country in an effort to seize on the momentum built from marches held a day after Donald Trump's inauguration Continue reading... |
| Cows’ grazing instinct as powerful as ever | Letters Posted: 08 Mar 2017 11:04 AM PST If Patrick Devlin (Letters, 8 March) thinks that cows have lost their grazing instinct, he's welcome to come and see how ecstatically mine respond when I turn them out to grass next month. And if he believes that the problem of separating dairy cow and calf is insoluble, he could travel on a bit further west to the farm where the wonderful Cream o' Galloway ice cream is made. Here they leave the calves with their mothers for half the time. Also, if he's unaware that indoor-kept dairy cattle only manage to stay on their feet and produce large amounts of milk through the administration of huge quantities of antibiotics for a ludicrously short productive life-span, he hasn't been paying attention. He's right, though, that we should guard against the possibility of post-Brexit imports of animal products from countries with even less livestock-friendly regimes (such as the US). |
| Kim Jong-nam death: Man claiming to be son makes video statement – video Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:31 AM PST A man believed to be the son of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, appears in a video released by a group calling themselves Cheollima Civil Defense and says that he is currently with his mother and sister following the assassination of his father. The video was digitally altered prior to being uploaded to censor out details including images of the man's passport, making it difficult to authenticate the man's identity Continue reading... |
| Why not all women can strike on International Women's Day Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:22 AM PST Women's employment is often low-paid, part-time and precarious, making strike action difficult, but in some sectors we are the majority of the workforce A couple of weeks ago, the organizers of the Women's March in Washington marked out 8 March on their calendars. Not only was it International Women's Day but the date would also be "A Day Without A Woman" – a one-day strike of women to highlight the contribution we make to the economy. International Women's Day has always been tied to labor rights (first by the Socialist Party of America in 1908, and later by female textile workers in Russia in 1917). But that hasn't meant that every woman in the workforce has been able to take part. Then and now, women have worked in jobs where striking just isn't an option. Continue reading... |
| Russia missile violates 'spirit and intent' of arms treaty, top US general says Posted: 08 Mar 2017 10:08 AM PST
Russia has deployed a land-based cruise missile that violates the "spirit and intent" of an arms control treaty and poses a threat to Nato, the vice-chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Paul Selva, said on Wednesday. It was the first public US accusation of the deployment after reports said last month that Russia had secretly deployed the ground-launched SSC-8 cruise missile that Moscow has been developing and testing for several years, despite US complaints that it violated sections of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. Continue reading... |
| Did Doctor Who really inspire a CIA surveillance codename? Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:56 AM PST The latest WikiLeaks exposé reveals how the secret service names its surveillance programmes, from Weeping Angel to Smurfs WikiLeaks revelations about CIA surveillance operations threw into the public domain another set of odd-sounding codenames. The surveillance programme that caught the most attention, about how agents can make a television look as if it is off while in fact it is recording conversations, is known as Weeping Angel. The WikiLeaks trove also gives us Brutal Kangaroo, Fine Dining, HammerDrill and HarpyEagle. Continue reading... |
| Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's International Women's Day message: think of the men Posted: 08 Mar 2017 09:30 AM PST The wife of prime minister Justin Trudeau divided opinion on social media with a post inviting praise for men and boys who promote gender equality Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Canada's prime minister, has set off a social media firestorm by suggesting women celebrate International Women's Day by highlighting boys and men who promote gender equality. Continue reading... |
| Some women need us to do our bit all year round | Letters Posted: 08 Mar 2017 08:58 AM PST "What's next for the women's movement"(5 March)? Two women are killed every week in England and Wales by abusive partners, yet since 2010, 17% of women's refuges in England have shut. In a typical day, 103 children and 155 women are turned away from a refuge because they can't be accommodated; 10% are declined because the refuge is unable to meet their individual needs, such as those with mental health issues or who come from Black, Asian and minority ethnic or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities who may require specialist support. There's a lot we can do to help them as women and business organisations. Initiatives that help build self-esteem and develop empowerment are key to helping victims of abuse break out of their situation. The Longleigh Foundation is funding an innovative "recovery toolkit" programme at South Hampshire Women's Refuge in Southampton. Over six months this project will help about 15 women, at a cost of £2,300 per candidate. |
| Lack of pension equality for same-sex couples 'is sexual discrimination' Posted: 08 Mar 2017 08:52 AM PST Lawyers for man seeking pension rights for his husband tell supreme court such exemptions breach his human rights Denying equal pension rights to a same-sex husband – as opposed to a wife – amounts to direct, sexual discrimination, the supreme court has been told in a test case which could affect thousands of couples. The claim at the UK's highest court on Wednesday is being brought by John Walker, a former cavalry officer, who is determined to win pension rights for his husband. |
| Greek farmers clash with riot police – in pictures Posted: 08 Mar 2017 08:34 AM PST Greek farmers armed with shepherd's crooks and stones are confronted by riot police outside the agriculture ministry in central Athens during a protest against bailout-related income cuts. More than 1,000 farmers, most of whom had travelled overnight from the island of Crete, took part in the demonstration Continue reading... |
| Women at work: 'We can build anything' – in pictures Posted: 08 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PST Women employed in industry and manufacturing are grossly outnumbered by men in the US, but a new exhibition sponsored by Jobs to Move America and the NYC department of transportation pays tribute to the women who build America's infrastructure. Women Can Build features portraits by Deanne Fitzmaurice, and the free exhibition can be seen until 15 May at two sites in Lower Manhattan, DoT Art's art display cases on Water Street, at Gouverneur Lane and Pearl Street Continue reading... |
| Artists to astronauts: the women in Google's International Women's Day doodle Posted: 08 Mar 2017 06:52 AM PST For its International Women's Day doodle, Google has highlighted 13 female pioneers For International Women's Day doodle, Google has featured 13 female pioneers in its regular doodle. The slideshow features a young girl whose grandmother is telling her a story about historical heroines. Here are the women featured: Continue reading... |
| Rebels with a cause: the female biker clubs reclaiming Delhi's public space Posted: 08 Mar 2017 04:30 AM PST In India's male-dominated capital where women are often in danger, a group of female bikers are taking to the road to reclaim women's rights to public space Stalled in a snarl of Delhi traffic, an auto-rickshaw driver cranes his neck to gawp. Clad in tie-dye leggings, pot leaf earrings and a cherry-red motorcycle helmet, Leena Biswas zips her Avenger 220cc two-wheeler between two lines of drivers. At a red light, a car full of guys pulls up honking, their faces bunched into incredulous sneers. Continue reading... |
| Charges dismissed against Irish trawler owners accused of labour offences Posted: 08 Mar 2017 08:56 AM PST Cork judge dismisses case against Leonard Hyde and Pat O'Mahony, who were accused of facilitating illegal immigration and employment of a Filipino worker Two Irish trawler owners on trial for facilitating the illegal immigration and employment of a Filipino worker on their boat had all charges against them dismissed in a summary judgment in Cork courthouse on Wednesday. Leonard Hyde, 62, of Crosshaven, County Cork and Pat O'Mahony, 51, of Kinsale, County Cork, both denied knowing that they were doing anything illegal when they used a Manila-based agency to supply them with Filipino migrant fisherman, Demie Omol, who worked on their vessel the Labardie Fisher in 2015. Continue reading... |
| Farmers sue World Bank lending arm over alleged violence in Honduras Posted: 08 Mar 2017 06:28 AM PST Complaint lodged with US federal court claims World Bank's private sector lending arm is 'knowingly profiting from the financing of murder' Peasants in Honduras have sued a branch of the World Bank over its financing of the corporation Dinant, which has vast palm oil plantations in Bajo Aguán valley in the country's north. Lawyers for the farmers say they are seeking compensation for alleged attacks and killings, including actions by the company's private security forces. Attorneys for the NGO EarthRights International (ERI) filed the suit on the farmers' behalf on Tuesday, at a US federal court in Washington DC, where the World Bank is headquartered. |
| Why James Clapper's Trump comments may not conflict with reports of secret court order Posted: 08 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST Analysis: the ex-director of national intelligence rejected the president's claims of wiretapping – but reports of secret court orders could still hold true The insistence by the former US intelligence chief James Clapper that there was no electronic surveillance of Donald Trump or his presidential campaign directly contradicted the president's claims he was being wiretapped. However, Clapper's assertion does not necessarily conflict with reports that secret court orders were issued in the course of a justice department investigation of Russian efforts to skew the election in Trump's favour, and possible collusion in those efforts by his associates. Continue reading... |
| Spicer's confusing response to Trump investigation question – video Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:18 AM PST White House press secretary Sean Spicer is asked at a press briefing on Wednesday whether President Donald Trump is the target of a counterintelligence investigation. Spicer first says 'we need to find out' as there is 'a lot of concern', then subsequently circles back to clarify 'there is no reason to believe' the president is the target of any investigation Continue reading... |
| International Women's Day around the world – in pictures Posted: 08 Mar 2017 06:16 AM PST Our roundup of this year's celebrations, featuring global events and rallies to mark the ongoing fight for women's equality Continue reading... |
| Isis attacks military hospital in Kabul – video report Posted: 08 Mar 2017 04:28 AM PST Isis gunmen disguised as doctors attacked a military hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday. Hospital worker Abdul Qadir says he saw one attacker dressed in a white coat open fire. Afghan security forces fought the militants and evacuated patients using a helicopter |
| I march for ______: a look at female activism in Trump's America – video Posted: 08 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PST In celebration of International Women's Day, the short film I March for ______, directed by Sam Campodonico-Ludwig, examines the growing sense of national female activism in the US by giving an intimate look into both the unique and shared sentiments of the country's majority-female voters Continue reading... |
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