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- Michael Flynn: new evidence spy chiefs had concerns about Russian ties
- South Africa: ANC in chaos after Jacob Zuma sacks finance minister
- Ex-Cyclone Debbie: four feared missing in Queensland, two dead in NSW
- Gilbert Baker, inventor of gay rights rainbow flag, dies aged 65
- Egg thrown at Saudi general in protest against military campaign in Yemen
- China to create 'giant' giant panda reserve to boost wild population
- Julian Assange waits for Ecuador's election to decide his future
- Venezuela's top prosecutor condemns court move to strip congress of power
- Future of Gibraltar at stake in Brexit negotiations
- Atlanta: three arrested as major interstate bridge collapses after huge fire
- Slave saviours: the men risking their lives to free brick workers in Dagestan
- The 20 photographs of the week
- Can thought-control technology be used to overcome physical paralysis?
- Brexit diaries: article 50 triggers elation and devastation across UK
- Is Uganda the world's best place for refugees?
- The kingdom of women: the Tibetan tribe where a man is never the boss
- Missing Nottingham mother poses 'risk of harm' to sons, court says
- Stephen King on Donald Trump: ‘How do such men rise? First as a joke’
- 'A coup has been carried out': Paraguay's congress set alight after vote to let president run again
- Hundreds of Australians identified with funds in Swiss bank accounts
- 'Difficult to sell': garden variety ram-raid nets million in precious Maori paintings
- The rainbow flag flies for gay rights around the world – in pictures
- Boko Haram kidnaps 22 girls and women in north-east Nigeria
- The week in patriarchy: I'm sick. I'll blame that on Donald Trump
- Land down blunder: teen heading to Australia lands in Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Cheap hotels have killed the sleeper | Letters
- Germany rebukes Tillerson over call for Nato allies to boost defense spending
- Patricia Battye obituary
- Marilyn McCord Adams obituary
- Kuwait woman detained for filming maid's suicide attempt without helping
- If you live in Gibraltar, tell us what you think about Brexit
- Russia is a ‘strategic competitor' to the west, says James Mattis
- The battle for Mosul in maps
- From Miami Vice to Curb Your Enthusiasm, there’s a box set for every political era
- Devin Nunes: is the House intelligence chair Michael Flynn's best friend in DC?
- Trump wants Flynn to testify in Russia inquiry, White House says – video
- 'Here I go again talking facts': Clinton jabs Trump at Georgetown speech – video
- Atlanta road bridge collapses following huge fire – video report
- Feminist network sets up Solidarity Sundays as national activism effort – video
- The Pentagon after the 9/11 attack – in pictures
| Michael Flynn: new evidence spy chiefs had concerns about Russian ties Posted: 31 Mar 2017 07:01 AM PDT US and UK officials were troubled by Moscow contacts and encounter with woman linked to Russian spy agency records US intelligence officials had serious concerns about Michael Flynn's appointment as the White House national security adviser because of his history of contacts with Moscow and his encounter with a woman who had trusted access to Russian spy agency records, the Guardian has learned. US and British intelligence officers discussed Flynn's "worrisome" behaviour well before his appointment last year by Donald Trump, multiple sources have said. Continue reading... |
| South Africa: ANC in chaos after Jacob Zuma sacks finance minister Posted: 31 Mar 2017 11:05 AM PDT Divisions within party underlined by unprecedented verbal attack from deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa is facing a political crisis after its president, Jacob Zuma, sacked his respected finance minister in an overnight cabinet purge. The dramatic move late on Thursday night sent the national currency plunging, outraged business leaders, and pitched the ruling African National Congress party into chaos. Continue reading... |
| Ex-Cyclone Debbie: four feared missing in Queensland, two dead in NSW Posted: 31 Mar 2017 06:52 PM PDT Logan river matches levels last seen 43 years ago, but falls short of a predicted 10.5-metre peak • Cyclone Debbie: Queensland reels at the scale of destruction Authorities are concerned four missing people may have fallen victim to floodwaters brought on by ex-cyclone Debbie in Queensland. Queensland State Disaster coordinator deputy commissioner Stephen Gollschewski said desperate searches were underway in the state's southeast corner. Continue reading... |
| Gilbert Baker, inventor of gay rights rainbow flag, dies aged 65 Posted: 31 Mar 2017 04:57 PM PDT The San Francisco-based activist and artist began making banners for gay rights and anti-war protests in the 1970s, often at the request of Harvey Milk Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco-based activist and artist best known for creating the rainbow flag representing gay rights, has died at the age of 65. "My dearest friend in the world is gone. Clive Baker gave the world the rainbow flag, he gave me forty years of love and friendship," Cleve Jones, a longtime friend, said on Twitter. Continue reading... |
| Egg thrown at Saudi general in protest against military campaign in Yemen Posted: 31 Mar 2017 09:39 AM PDT Ahmed al-Asiri tells London seminar that human rights groups are being duped by Houthi rebels A Saudi general has directly confronted critics of his country's military campaign in Yemen during a lively seminar in London that saw him pelted with an egg by protesters as he arrived. Speaking at a seminar organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations, Maj Gen Ahmed al-Asiri accused Saudi Arabia's critics of making allegations without any independent evidence and of being duped by Houthi extremists. Continue reading... |
| China to create 'giant' giant panda reserve to boost wild population Posted: 31 Mar 2017 09:52 AM PDT National park three times the size of Yellowstone in the US will link up 67 existing reserves to make mating easier China is planning to create a giant panda reserve three times the size of Yellowstone national park in the US, as part of efforts to boost the wild population of the long-endangered animal. The 10,476 sq mile (27,134 sq km) area will link up 67 existing panda reserves on six isolated mountain ranges. It is hoped the "merger" will help the pandas mingle and mate, thus enriching the gene pool, the state news agency Xinhua reported. Continue reading... |
| Julian Assange waits for Ecuador's election to decide his future Posted: 31 Mar 2017 08:13 AM PDT Victory for opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso could mean the end of WikiLeaks founder's asylum in London embassy For Ecuador's 15 million inhabitants, Sunday's presidential election runoff will pose a fundamental question: whether to continue with a leftwing government that has reduced poverty but also brought environmental destruction and authoritarian censorship, or to take a chance on a pro-business banker who promises economic growth but is accused of siphoning money to offshore accounts. But they are not the only ones for whom the result will be critically important. Thousands of miles away, in the country's tiny embassy in central London, Julian Assange will be watching closely to see if his four and a half years of cramped asylum could be coming to an abrupt, enforced end. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela's top prosecutor condemns court move to strip congress of power Posted: 31 Mar 2017 09:36 AM PDT Luisa Ortega Díaz and governments across Latin America have denounced the power grab as security forces violently repressed small protests in Caracas Venezuela's most senior prosecutor has added her voice to condemnation of a move by the government-stacked supreme court to gut congress of its last vestiges of power, as security forces violently repressed small protests against the power grab. Luisa Ortega Díaz, normally a government loyalist, said that it was her "unavoidable historical duty" as a Venezuelan citizen and the nation's top judicial authority to denounce what she called the supreme court's "rupture" of the constitutional order. |
| Future of Gibraltar at stake in Brexit negotiations Posted: 31 Mar 2017 03:40 PM PDT EU guidelines make clear bloc will not overrule Spain in any trade or sovereignty dispute involving British overseas territory The EU has put the future of Gibraltar at stake in the coming Brexit negotiations, in effect backing Spain in its centuries-old dispute with the UK over the British overseas territory. After lobbying from Spanish diplomats, the EU's opening negotiating position for the Brexit talks presents the British government with the choice of reaching agreement with the Spaniards about Gibraltar's future or exposing its citizens to economic peril by pushing "the rock" outside any EU-UK trade deal. Continue reading... |
| Atlanta: three arrested as major interstate bridge collapses after huge fire Posted: 31 Mar 2017 09:15 PM PDT State of emergency declared as officials say no indication when Interstate 85, which carries 250,000 vehicles a day, can reopen Three people have been arrested after an elevated section of a major north-south highway in the south-east of the US collapsed in a massive fire. Atlanta's notoriously tangled commutes were thrown into disarray when a bridge on Interstate 85 collapsed after a fire burned for more than an hour under the northbound lanes, shutting down the busy highway through the heart of the city during rush hour on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Slave saviours: the men risking their lives to free brick workers in Dagestan Posted: 01 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT Beatings and death threats are part of daily life for two activists who save people enslaved in the remote Russian republic of Dagestan It is a long, dusty drive through the mountains and valleys of Dagestan before the brick factory comes into view, its gassy haze hanging low on an otherwise empty horizon. Somewhere in this maze of kilns and clay is a man who claims he has never been paid for his work and cannot escape. Zakir Ismailov and Alexey Nikitin, activists from the Russian anti-slavery organisation Alternativa, have helped free workers like this many times. They have a standard plan: enter the factory quickly, find the person who needs rescuing, and get out before trouble starts. Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 01 Apr 2017 12:18 AM PDT Brexit officially begins, the offensive in Mosul continues and a bust of Cristiano Ronaldo – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| Can thought-control technology be used to overcome physical paralysis? Posted: 01 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT A man paralysed from the shoulders down can now raise his arm to eat, thanks to neuroprosthetic implants – and there is hope that the technology will help many others in the future Is it possible to overcome paralysis by harnessing thoughts? Using sensors implanted in his brain and electrodes in his arm, the patient is now able to carry out a range of tasks, from drinking through a straw to eating pretzels, and even feeding himself mashed potato with a fork. Continue reading... |
| Brexit diaries: article 50 triggers elation and devastation across UK Posted: 01 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT Guardian project reveals a nation deeply divided following Theresa May's formal request for Britain to leave the EU Theresa May asked the public to "come together", after serving Brussels with the formal request to leave the European Union. But the Guardian's three-month Brexit diaries project has revealed a nation deeply divided, between those texting their friends this week to say "happy Brexit day" – and others for whom the news brought only anxiety and fear. Pollster Britain Thinks has been in contact with 100 diarists in 10 different locations – from Sunderland to St Austell – since January, asking them to report their hopes and fears about the dramatic political news. Continue reading... |
| Is Uganda the world's best place for refugees? Posted: 01 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT Once refugees themselves, Ugandans look to 'return the good' to people fleeing war in South Sudan by offering land and help A mix of Afrobeat and South Sudanese folk music resounds over the jumbled stalls and makeshift corrugated iron shops that form the trading centre of Nyumanzi, a sprawling refugee settlement in northern Uganda. The settlement is home to more than 20,000 men, women and children who have arrived from bordering South Sudan, the world's newest country, where conditions have been compared to Rwanda in the run-up to the genocide. Continue reading... |
| The kingdom of women: the Tibetan tribe where a man is never the boss Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:00 PM PDT It's a place where women rule, marriage doesn't exist and everything follows the maternal bloodline. But is it as good for women as it sounds – and how long can it last? Imagine a society without fathers; without marriage (or divorce); one in which nuclear families don't exist. Grandmother sits at the head of the table; her sons and daughters live with her, along with the children of those daughters, following the maternal bloodline. Men are little more than studs, sperm donors who inseminate women but have, more often than not, little involvement in their children's upbringing. This progressive, feminist world – or anachronistic matriarchy, as skewed as any patriarchal society, depending on your viewpoint – exists in a lush valley in Yunnan, south-west China, in the far eastern foothills of the Himalayas. An ancient tribal community of Tibetan Buddhists called the Mosuo, they live in a surprisingly modern way: women are treated as equal, if not superior, to men; both have as many, or as few, sexual partners as they like, free from judgment; and extended families bring up the children and care for the elderly. But is it as utopian as it seems? And how much longer can it survive? Continue reading... |
| Missing Nottingham mother poses 'risk of harm' to sons, court says Posted: 01 Apr 2017 01:38 AM PDT Samantha Baldwin, 42, went missing with her sons, Dylan, 6, and Louis, 9, after court ordered that boys be removed from her care A woman suspected of abducting her two young sons poses a risk of harm to them, a family court has said. Nottingham family court said it had ordered that Dylan Madge, six, and Louis Madge, nine, should be removed from the care of their mother, Samantha Baldwin, on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Stephen King on Donald Trump: ‘How do such men rise? First as a joke’ Posted: 01 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT He's written novels with eerily similar plotlines – but how did Trump become president? The only way to find out: inject a panel of fictional voters with truth serum... I started thinking Donald Trump might win the presidency in September of 2016. By the end of October, I was almost sure. Thus, when the election night upset happened, I was dismayed, but not particularly surprised. I didn't even think it was much of an upset, in spite of the Huffington Post aggregate poll, which gave Hillary Clinton a 98% chance of winning – an example of wishful thinking if ever there were one. Some of my belief arose from the signage I was seeing. I'm from northern New England, and in the run-up to the election I saw hundreds of Trump-Pence signs and bumper stickers, but almost none for Clinton-Kaine. To me this didn't mean there were no Clinton supporters in the houses I passed or the cars ahead of me on Route 302; what it did seem to mean was that the Clinton supporters weren't particularly invested. This was not the case with the Trump people, who tended to have billboard-sized signage in their yards and sometimes two stickers on their cars (TRUMP-PENCE on the left; HILLARY IS A CRIMINAL on the right). Continue reading... |
| 'A coup has been carried out': Paraguay's congress set alight after vote to let president run again Posted: 31 Mar 2017 11:44 PM PDT One congress member, who had been participating in protests, underwent surgery after being hit by rubber bullets Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay's Congress on Friday after the senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election. The country's constitution has prohibited re-election since it was passed in 1992 after a brutal dictatorship fell in 1989. Continue reading... |
| Hundreds of Australians identified with funds in Swiss bank accounts Posted: 31 Mar 2017 09:16 PM PDT They are now the targets of an international investigation into the non-payment of tax or other criminal activity Nearly 350 Australians have parked funds in Swiss bank accounts managed by financiers and lawyers promoting tax-evasion schemes, the federal government says. They are now the targets of a Serious Financial Crime Taskforce operation as part of an international investigation into the non-payment of tax or other criminal activity. Continue reading... |
| 'Difficult to sell': garden variety ram-raid nets million in precious Maori paintings Posted: 31 Mar 2017 09:49 PM PDT Portraits by Czech artist Gottfried Lindauer taken from Auckland gallery where they had been left on display behind glass front window Two paintings of Maori leaders that are together worth nearly NZ$1m have been stolen in Auckland in a ram-raid on an auction house where they were left on display in the front window. New Zealand police said the theft occurred at 4am on Saturday. The portraits done by Gottfried Lindauer in 1884 were taken from inside the glass window at the International Art Centre in Parnell. |
| The rainbow flag flies for gay rights around the world – in pictures Posted: 31 Mar 2017 06:34 PM PDT The first rainbow flag was made by Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco-based activist and artist, for the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Soon it was a beacon for the movement. To mark Baker's death at the age of 65, we look at the rainbow flag's role in the global fight for LGBT rights |
| Boko Haram kidnaps 22 girls and women in north-east Nigeria Posted: 31 Mar 2017 06:16 PM PDT Attackers loyal to faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in north-east Nigeria, residents and vigilantes said. In the first attack on Thursday, the jihadists raided the village of Pulka near the border with Cameroon where they kidnapped 18 girls. Continue reading... |
| The week in patriarchy: I'm sick. I'll blame that on Donald Trump Posted: 31 Mar 2017 12:27 PM PDT Mike Pence got America debating whether it's OK to dine alone with a woman – but don't let sexism distract you from some rare good news Donald Trump makes me sick. Not literally, of course. I'm under the weather this week. For now, enjoy a slimmed-down version of the newsletter. I'll be back next week. Continue reading... |
| Land down blunder: teen heading to Australia lands in Sydney, Nova Scotia Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:50 AM PDT Milan Schipper ended up in a snowy city 10,000 miles from his intended destination – and he's not the first tourist to make the mistake, even on his flight Milan Schipper's plan was to backpack through Australia, taking in its lush coastal landscapes and white sand beaches before heading to college this fall. But instead, the Dutch teenager found himself 10,000 miles away from Sydney, Australia – staring out at a snow-covered, frozen landscape – as he realised that he had accidentally booked a flight to Sydney, Nova Scotia, a municipality of 32,000 people on Canada's east coast. Continue reading... |
| Cheap hotels have killed the sleeper | Letters Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:47 AM PDT DR Hannah Ryan | Overnight trains | Oldest parliaments | Scandi detectives | Northern Ireland | April Fool's day I read with dismay that Dr Hannah Ryan, who put her life on the line in Sierra Leone, has been suspended by a medical practitioners' tribunal (Report, 31 March). The tribunal has shown a regard for the law in reaching a conclusion of dishonesty, but a complete disregard for compassion in suspending Dr Ryan. I have worked with infectious diseases in a developing country and can readily understand the mixture of relief and anxiety felt by all the returning medics and nurses. It is a pity that the tribunal members could not do the same. • There is another reason for the demise of the glamorous but expensive overnight train (Requiem for a European way of life, Opinion, 30 March) – the presence of budget hotels along the routes of the network of fast trains across continental Europe. Why spend a fortune and, in my experience, get very little sleep, when for a fraction of the price you can sleep in comfort in an en-suite bedroom? |
| Germany rebukes Tillerson over call for Nato allies to boost defense spending Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:39 AM PDT US secretary of state reaffirms Washington's commitment to Nato but urges countries to spend agreed target of 2% of economic output on defense The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has reassured his nervous European counterparts over Washington's commitment to Nato, but his calls for them again to spend more on defense triggered a rebuke from Germany. Related: Germany rejects Trump claim it owes Nato and US 'vast sums' for defence Continue reading... |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:14 AM PDT My aunt, Patricia Battye, who has died aged 96, said it was her upbringing in India that first made her aware of the consequences of race barriers and of prejudice towards women. She was born in Rawalpindi, daughter of Elsie and Thomas Battye, into an archetypal Indian Army family. Her childhood and that of her brother, Ian (my father), and sister, Vivien, was redolent of excitement and privilege: hill stations, jackals, siestas, muslin dresses, rug markets, camels, a pet panther cub, governesses, games of mahjong, curry in the servants' quarters and elephant treks in the forest. But this exotic childhood, in which Pat initially spoke Hindi and Urdu better than English, embedded lifelong values of social justice in her. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:11 AM PDT My wife, Marilyn McCord Adams, who has died of cancer aged 73, was the first woman, and the first American, to hold the regius professorship of divinity at Oxford. In that capacity, during the years 2004-09, and as a delegate to the General Synod of the Church of England, she was widely known for her forceful defence of loyal same-sex partnerships as legitimate expressions of Christian love. Her convictions on that subject were formed in Los Angeles in the 1980s. While teaching philosophy at UCLA (the University of California at Los Angeles), and publishing a definitive two-volume study of the philosophy of William Ockham, Marilyn was also preparing for ordination as a priest in the Episcopal church. As part of that process she was assisting in ministry at a church in Hollywood, where gay men, in the first terrible years of the Aids crisis, were seeking spiritual support. She was deeply moved by their need, and no less by the depth of their love and loyalty towards each other. Continue reading... |
| Kuwait woman detained for filming maid's suicide attempt without helping Posted: 31 Mar 2017 08:12 AM PDT Human rights groups call for investigation after woman posted video to social media of her maid falling from seventh floor in an apparent suicide attempt Kuwaiti police have detained a woman for filming her Ethiopian maid falling from the seventh floor in an apparent suicide attempt without trying to rescue her, media and a rights group said Friday. The Kuwaiti woman filmed her maid surviving a landing on a metal awning, then posted the incident on social media, al-Seyassah newspaper reported. Continue reading... |
| If you live in Gibraltar, tell us what you think about Brexit Posted: 31 Mar 2017 07:45 AM PDT Gibraltar's future is at stake as the UK negotiates the terms of divorce from the EU. If you live in the territory, we'd like you to share your thoughts with us The EU has put the future of Gibraltar at stake by backing Spain in its dispute with the UK over the British overseas territory. For people living in Gibraltar the outcome of the negotiations may have significant, and life-changing, consequences. Related: Future of Gibraltar at stake in Brexit negotiations Continue reading... |
| Russia is a ‘strategic competitor' to the west, says James Mattis Posted: 31 Mar 2017 07:08 AM PDT US defence secretary speaks out against Russia's interference globally – contrasting sharply with Trump, who has praised Putin The US defence secretary, James Mattis, has described Russia as a "strategic competitor" after meeting his UK counterpart Sir Michael Fallon in London, despite Donald Trump's White House seeking to work with Vladimir Putin. Mattis spoke about the extent of Russian interference globally, from other people's elections to engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan and its development of a new missile. |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2017 04:48 AM PDT Four months after the start of the operation to take back Iraq's second city from Islamic State, we map the progress of the coalition forces In June 2014, when the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared a global caliphate, he did it from Mosul, Iraq's second city. Isis rapidly expanded its territory in Iraq and Syria throughout that year, but has since been gradually pushed back, partly due to US-led airstrikes. Losing Mosul now could spell the end of the jihadi group's ability to control large swaths of Iraq. Continue reading... |
| From Miami Vice to Curb Your Enthusiasm, there’s a box set for every political era Posted: 01 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT Let's distract ourselves from the current political death spiral by taking a trip through history via the medium of box sets One of those satisfying moments of news synchronicity happened last weekend. Just as President Trump's healthcare bill crashed on rocks of its own making, and UK manufacturers were warning Theresa May of impending Brexit disaster, Uber announced it was suspending its driverless car programme after one of its vehicles flipped in Arizona. It is, it turns out, quite useful to have someone behind the wheel who knows what they're doing; the photograph of that upside down car looked like a pretty spot-on political metaphor. Politically speaking, we are living in the era of the driverless car or, to put it in internet meme terms, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David's sitcom is an excruciating examination of the idea that things never quite go to plan, especially when the person making the plan is as self-defeatingly selfish as David. Ever since the morning of 24 June, when Michael Gove and Boris Johnson were photographed looking sick with the horror of victory, followed shortly thereafter by Donald Trump on 9 November looking even worse, a meme has emerged showing TV clips of British and American leaders with Curb's familiar theme music playing in the background. Continue reading... |
| Devin Nunes: is the House intelligence chair Michael Flynn's best friend in DC? Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:23 AM PDT In a curious subplot to the Trump-Russia scandal Nunes stood by the former national security adviser when even the White House called him a liar The day after Donald Trump fired him, Michael Flynn had no friends in Washington but one: Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee. Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, had been laid low before. In 2014, the heads of US intelligence and Pentagon intelligence pushed Flynn out. His relationship with the US intelligence agencies never quite recovered. Flynn's subsequent penchant for inflammatory, erratic and even bigoted statements left few, particularly in security circles, willing to defend him. Continue reading... |
| Trump wants Flynn to testify in Russia inquiry, White House says – video Posted: 31 Mar 2017 01:18 PM PDT White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Friday elaborated on tweets sent by President Donald Trump in which he called on his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to testify in the government's Russia inquiry. Flynn, who resigned only 24 days after joining Trump's cabinet, announced on Thursday, through his lawyer, that he was prepared to testify before the intelligence committees of the US Senate and the House of Representatives, but only if he had protection against 'unfair prosecution' Continue reading... |
| 'Here I go again talking facts': Clinton jabs Trump at Georgetown speech – video Posted: 31 Mar 2017 10:42 AM PDT The former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a subtle jab at Donald Trump on Friday, making a point of invoking 'evidence and facts' in her speech at Georgetown University on the role of women in international security and peace. 'Studies show … here I go again, talking about research, evidence and facts,' she added, to laughter and applause Continue reading... |
| Atlanta road bridge collapses following huge fire – video report Posted: 31 Mar 2017 06:20 AM PDT A large fire caused a motorway overpass in Atlanta, Georgia, to collapse on Thursday. WSB-TV footage shows a blaze underneath Interstate 85 in Atlanta, Georgia. Witnesses say police told motorists to turn around on the bridge because they were concerned about its integrity. Minutes later, the bridge collapsed. The mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reed, said the cause of the fire was unknown, but it was not an act of terrorism |
| Feminist network sets up Solidarity Sundays as national activism effort – video Posted: 31 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PDT Women across the country have been holding Solidarity Sundays, monthly activist meet-ups that aim to resist Donald Trump and his administration – and the number has been growing. There are now more than 100 different Solidarity Sundays groups in the US Continue reading... |
| The Pentagon after the 9/11 attack – in pictures Posted: 31 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT The FBI has released previously unseen images of the devastation caused by the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, when the hijacked American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the headquarters of the US department of defence in Arlington County, Virginia, killing 189 people Continue reading... |
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