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- Punish Syrian regime harder for chemical attack, say Boris Johnson
- 'It felt like the heavens were falling': Afghans reel from Moab impact
- United passenger dragged from plane needs reconstructive surgery – lawyer
- Jerusalem stabbing: British student, 20, killed close to Old City
- Spacecraft discovers possibility of alien life, then runs out of fuel
- Trump White House will not make logs of visitors available to public
- Amsterdam's solution to the obesity crisis: no fruit juice and enough sleep
- Journalists fear reprisals for exposing purge of gay men in Chechnya
- Trump signs bill to erode Planned Parenthood funding
- Shots fired as armed mob tries to storm Manus detention centre, reports say
- New study shows worrisome signs for Greenland ice | John Abraham
- Outcry after Survivor contestant outed as transgender by rival
- CIA director brands WikiLeaks a 'hostile intelligence service'
- Border Patrol struggles to recruit agents amid immigration crackdown
- The 20 photographs of the week
- Vogue and now Gucci: fashion takes steps outside a whitewashed world
- The modern pilgrims retracing Britain's ancient routes
- Turkey prepares for tight vote that could strengthen Erdoğan's grip on power
- Jakarta election challenger Anies accused of courting Islamic vote amid religious divide
- Hell of a ride: even a PR powerhouse couldn't get Uber on track
- More than 20 stag party revellers kicked off UK flight to Prague
- Life on the edge: how will Brexit affect the Northern Irish border?
- Plight of the Yemenis is being forgotten | Letters
- Outcry as Utah judge calls Mormon bishop who raped girl a ‘good man’
- Ecuador presidential election: 10% of votes to be recounted
- North Korea parades military might and warns US amid nuclear test fears
- Man sues museum after hitting a wall in race to beat virtual Cathy Freeman
- Driving test to be updated to include satnav training
- Courts grant stays to remaining seven men set to die in Arkansas executions
- Pope Francis expresses shame over Catholic church sexual abuse scandals
- No 'reliable information' on Chechnya gay persecution, says Putin spokesman
- Balfour declaration still creating division | Letters
- North Korea's nuclear arsenal is real – how Trump will handle it is unknown
- Cockpit video shows MOAB strike in Afghanistan – video report
- M4 traffic chaos as lorry tanker fire closes motorway in both directions
- Afghanistan bomb: Trump finds the keys to the family gun cabinet
- Police arrest man after British woman stabbed to death in Jerusalem – video report
- What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died?
- Rare baby giraffe takes first steps outdoors – video report
- French prosecutors seek to lift Le Pen immunity over expenses inquiry
- Syrian regime and rebels begin people swap following deal – video report
- Spotted: baby giraffe Narus has first public outing at Chester zoo
- Moab attack on Isis was a baffling choice in cold-blooded terms of cost
- Donald Trump praises US forces following MOAB strike – video
| Punish Syrian regime harder for chemical attack, say Boris Johnson Posted: 14 Apr 2017 02:00 PM PDT UK foreign minister and French counterpart say international community has moral duty to hold perpetrators to account Boris Johnson and his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, have urged the international community to "go further" in punishing those responsible for the chemical weapons attack in Syria on 4 April. In a strongly-worded editorial for the Guardian, the UK and French foreign ministers make clear they would like to see action against the perpetrators of the attacks, once evidence is gathered. They do not mention Johnson's proposal for punitive sanctions. Continue reading... |
| 'It felt like the heavens were falling': Afghans reel from Moab impact Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:51 AM PDT Locals describe the moment the 'mother of all bombs' was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon After his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner. Then the blast came, engulfing the sky in flames and sending tremors through the ground. "The earth felt like a boat in a storm," Shahzadah said. "I thought my house was being bombed. Last year a drone strike targeted a house next to mine, but this time it felt like the heavens were falling. The children and women were very scared." Continue reading... |
| United passenger dragged from plane needs reconstructive surgery – lawyer Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:04 AM PDT After suffering multiple injuries – including a concussion – as he was removed from plane, David Dao could become a 'poster child' for passenger mistreatment David Dao, the passenger violently dragged from his seat by police on a United Airlines flight, will need reconstructive surgery, his lawyer has said. Dao was trying to return from a California vacation with his wife when he refused to give up his seat to an airline crew member on a full flight. Continue reading... |
| Jerusalem stabbing: British student, 20, killed close to Old City Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:19 AM PDT Hannah Bladon, a University of Birmingham student, allegedly killed by Palestinian assailant on light railway The young British victim of a fatal stabbing in Jerusalem has been named as Hannah Bladon, 20, a University of Birmingham student who was visiting the city as part of an exchange programme. She was killed on Friday as thousands of Jewish and Christian pilgrims descended on the city's holy sites for Good Friday and the Passover holiday. Continue reading... |
| Spacecraft discovers possibility of alien life, then runs out of fuel Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:11 AM PDT Scientists say discovery of ingredients for life on Saturn's moon Enceladus is bittersweet as spacecraft prepares to end 20-year mission Could there be life in our own solar system? This is the question posed by the discovery of hydrogen gas erupting in plumes from Saturn's moon Enceladus, indicating the likely existence of an energy supply for microbial life. Continue reading... |
| Trump White House will not make logs of visitors available to public Posted: 14 Apr 2017 10:55 AM PDT Trump administration will break with practice of Barack Obama of making public who visits White House, citing privacy and national security concerns The White House won't make public the logs of visitors to the White House complex, breaking with the practice of Donald Trump's predecessor. Senior White House officials cited privacy and national security concerns for the decision, which they say is in line with what previous administrations have done – except for Barack Obama's. They say continuing to release the records could interfere with policy development, among other things. Continue reading... |
| Amsterdam's solution to the obesity crisis: no fruit juice and enough sleep Posted: 14 Apr 2017 10:16 AM PDT The city is successfully fighting fat by promoting tap water in its schools, along with healthy cooking classes and a ban on fast food sponsorship The city of Amsterdam is leading the world in ending the obesity epidemic, thanks to a radical and wide-reaching programme which is getting results even among the poorest communities that are hardest to reach. Better known for tulips and bicycles, Amsterdam has the highest rate of obesity in the Netherlands, with a fifth of its children overweight and at risk of future health problems. |
| Journalists fear reprisals for exposing purge of gay men in Chechnya Posted: 14 Apr 2017 10:43 AM PDT Gathering of religious and social leaders in Grozny passes resolution against 'lies and libel' in Russia's Novaya Gazeta stories The Russian newspaper that broke the news of the mass detention and torture of gay men in Chechnya has said it fears for the safety of its journalists after a televised gathering of religious and social leaders in Grozny promised "reprisals" against them. Novaya Gazeta, one of the few remaining independent news sources in Russia, first reported on the anti-gay violence in Chechnya several weeks ago. Authorities have denied they are rounding up gay men, and dismissed the reports as lies. Continue reading... |
| Trump signs bill to erode Planned Parenthood funding Posted: 14 Apr 2017 06:01 AM PDT President erases Obama-era action to bar states from blocking federal family-planning money to healthcare organizations that perform abortions Further chipping away at his predecessor's legacy, Donald Trump has signed legislation that lets states deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Trump's action erases a rule, finalized shortly before Barack Obama left office in January, that said states could not block the money. It's the latest Obama regulation that Trump has overturned. Continue reading... |
| Shots fired as armed mob tries to storm Manus detention centre, reports say Posted: 14 Apr 2017 04:06 AM PDT A group of locals, including personnel from naval base, tried to break into camp to attack refugees after incident outside the centre, according to reports Shots have been fired into the Manus Island detention centre as an armed mob attempted to storm the compound, according to reports from security personnel and refugees inside the centre. At about 6.30pm on Friday, it was reported that a large group of local men had attempted to break into the camp to attack refugees and asylum seekers inside. Continue reading... |
| New study shows worrisome signs for Greenland ice | John Abraham Posted: 14 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT Greenland ice is melting fast, and could potentially cause many meters of sea level rise As humans put more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, ice around the planet melts. This melting can be a problem, particularly if the melting ice starts its life on land. That's because the melt water flows into the oceans, contributing to rising sea levels. Right now there are three main reasons that sea levels are rising. First, as ocean waters heat, they expand. Second, melting of ice in Antarctica flows into the ocean. Third, melting of ice on Greenland flows into the ocean. There is other melting, like mountain glaciers, but they are minor factors. Okay, so how much is melting of Greenland contributing to sea level rise? Estimates are that about 270 gigatons of water per year are melting. The melting of an ice sheet like that atop Greenland can occur from the surface as air temperatures and sunlight warm the upper layer of ice. It can also occur from the edges as ice shelves collapse and fall into the oceans in large chunks. Continue reading... |
| Outcry after Survivor contestant outed as transgender by rival Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:21 PM PDT LGBT rights group says Jeff Varner revealing Zeke Smith as transgender on reality TV show was 'dangerous and unacceptable' A contestant on US reality TV show Survivor has been outed as transgender by a fellow competitor,prompting online criticism and condemnation by a major LGBT rights group. Jeff Varner made accusations of "a deception" being carried out by Zeke Smith before revealing that Smith was transgender on the Wednesday night episode. Varner was immediately criticised by other contestants. He repeatedly apologised, but was voted out of the competition. Continue reading... |
| CIA director brands WikiLeaks a 'hostile intelligence service' Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:41 PM PDT Mike Pompeo said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange portrays himself as a crusader but in fact helps enemies of the United States, including Russia Mike Pompeo, the director of the CIA, has branded WikiLeaks a "hostile intelligence service," saying it threatens democratic nations and joins hands with dictators. In his first public remarks since becoming chief of the US spy agency in February, Pompeo focused on the group and other leakers of classified information like Edward Snowden as one of the key threats facing the United States. Continue reading... |
| Border Patrol struggles to recruit agents amid immigration crackdown Posted: 14 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT Trump ordered the agency to beef up patrols and surveillance in advance of his proposed border wall, but the current force is already shy of target set by Obama Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has a problem: not enough Americans are willing to carry it out. The Border Patrol is losing agents faster than it can replace them, putting a question mark over the president's plan to ramp up the force. Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 15 Apr 2017 12:49 AM PDT Holy Week, a mass rally in Pyongyang, the ongoing destruction in Mosul and Sergio Garcia winning the Masters – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| Vogue and now Gucci: fashion takes steps outside a whitewashed world Posted: 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT Hopes Edward Enninful's appointment as editor and Italian label's campaign featuring only black models are part of long-term move towards diversity For decades the fashion industry's issue with diversity has been starkly seen on the catwalks, on the pages of glossy magazines and on lavish billboards. But this week marked a pivotal moment for the whitewashed world of couture, first with the appointment of Edward Enninful as editor of British Vogue and swiftly followed by Gucci unveiling its latest campaign, which features only black models. Continue reading... |
| The modern pilgrims retracing Britain's ancient routes Posted: 15 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT Devout Christians and committed atheists are among those rediscovering the joys of slow travel on foot with strangers In one of the smallest churches in England, a couple of dozen people are taking the weight off their walking boots for a moment of quiet reflection in the cool gloom. Outside, an unlikely April sun pours over the South Downs. It seemed, says Will Parsons, a good moment to learn the lyrics of John Bunyan's To Be a Pilgrim – perhaps, he adds, adopting neutral terms "to be more inclusive". Continue reading... |
| Turkey prepares for tight vote that could strengthen Erdoğan's grip on power Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT The campaign for Sunday's controversial referendum on constitutional reform has polarised a divided country still further Millions of Turks will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a tight referendum race that could transform the country into a presidential republic, in what could be one of the most significant developments in the nation's history since its founding after the collapse of the Ottoman empire. The vote will cap two months of campaigning that has further polarised a divided country still reeling from a coup attempt in which 265 people were killed and hundreds injured, frequent terror attacks and the impact of the ongoing civil war in neighbouring Syria. Continue reading... |
| Jakarta election challenger Anies accused of courting Islamic vote amid religious divide Posted: 14 Apr 2017 05:22 PM PDT Christian governor Ahok used to enjoy a 70% approval rating but then came his blasphemy trial for allegedly insulting Islam. Now the vote is too close to call It was in 2004, as a PhD student in political science at Northern Illinois University, that Anies Baswedan would ponder the future interplay between Islam and Indonesia. In his paper, "political Islam in Indonesia, present and future trajectory", Baswedan pointed out that, "fertile ground exists for Islam-friendly political parties to attract considerable support from 'Muslim' voters." Muslim voters, he explains in the footnotes, referred to devout and practising adherents of the faith. Continue reading... |
| Hell of a ride: even a PR powerhouse couldn't get Uber on track Posted: 14 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT Despite her formidable reputation, Rachel Whetstone – who departed Uber this week – wasn't able to shift the company's fundamental problems When Rachel Whetstone left Google two years ago to replace David Plouffe, a former Barack Obama official, as policy and communications vice-president at Uber, it seemed like a promising Silicon Valley role. The taxi-hailing app had a reputation for aggressive and even underhand tactics, and a CEO, in Travis Kalanick, with a reputation as a gaffe-prone "tech bro", but it was one of the fastest growing startups in the world, achieving a $50bn valuation (now almost $70bn) within just six years. Continue reading... |
| More than 20 stag party revellers kicked off UK flight to Prague Posted: 15 Apr 2017 01:48 AM PDT One man issued with public order fixed penalty notice after plane had to return to gate over complaints of drunken behaviour Twenty-three people from two different stag parties have been removed from a flight at Manchester airport after complaints of drunken and rowdy behaviour before the plane had taken off. One man was issued with a public order fixed penalty notice after the pilot returned to the gate, where police boarded the plane to help the cabin crew remove the passengers. Continue reading... |
| Life on the edge: how will Brexit affect the Northern Irish border? Posted: 15 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT For years the border was dotted with checkpoints, but now young locals aren't even sure where it is. That's all about to change... For the past couple of decades, the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been shrinking, not in length but in density, all the apparatus of othering – customs posts, identity checks, soldiers – replaced by simple roadside reminders (blink and you'll miss them) that speed limits are now in kilometres instead of miles. Already, though, in the months since the EU referendum, there are signs that could be about to change again. To be precise, there are yellow-and-black signs attached to telegraph poles and lamp-posts on the Northern Ireland side of the all-but-invisible line: "Warning! If there is a hard border this road may be closed from March 2019." I am taking a wild guess that they weren't put up at the behest of the Department for Exiting the European Union. Last June, Northern Ireland voted 56% to 44% in favour of remaining in the EU, even though the largest party in the power-sharing executive, the Democratic Unionist party (DUP), campaigned on the leave side; theirs was a curious stance to say the least, given that Brexit was almost certain to put a strain on the very union – of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – the party holds dear. For some remainers – the DUP's then executive partners Sinn Féin, in particular – the result demanded that special arrangements be made for Northern Ireland post-Brexit, ranging from associate EU membership to a north-south reunification: anything to keep the border from hardening. Such calls have grown louder since last month's snap assembly election narrowed the gap between the DUP and Sinn Féin from 10 seats to one. Continue reading... |
| Plight of the Yemenis is being forgotten | Letters Posted: 14 Apr 2017 10:28 AM PDT There are many dreadful wars in the Middle East and Africa. With the US and UK parading their morals over Syria (Report, 13 April), I wonder if they would consider that not hundreds or thousands but millions of people are in danger of death by hunger and by the bombing by Saudi warplanes and the US and UK blockade of aid to Yemen. It will no doubt be of comfort to the dead Yemenis that their deaths were by moral US and UK bombs. I am just about to send more money to try and aid the poor Yemeni people as it appears that the UK and US are not going to help. • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Outcry as Utah judge calls Mormon bishop who raped girl a ‘good man’ Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:16 PM PDT Judge Thomas Low let Keith Robert Vallejo out of custody after jury convicted him of 10 counts of forcible sexual abuse and one count of object rape A Utah judge has caused outcry after he called a former Mormon bishop convicted of rape an "extraordinarily good man" who did something wrong, a judicial oversight organization said on Friday. In sentencing Keith Robert Vallejo on Wednesday, Judge Thomas Low said: "The court has no doubt that Mr Vallejo is an extraordinarily good man", adding: "but great men sometimes do bad things". Continue reading... |
| Ecuador presidential election: 10% of votes to be recounted Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:16 PM PDT Officials will recount nearly 1.3m votes despite opposition leader Guillermo Lasso's call for a total recount over fraud claims Ecuador election officials will recount nearly 1.3m votes cast in the Andean nation's presidential election, though opposition leader Guillermo Lasso on Friday dismissed the gesture as a farce that would do nothing to quell accusations of fraud. The National Electoral Council announced late on Thursday it would recount all ballots contested by both parties, about 10% of the total vote. Continue reading... |
| North Korea parades military might and warns US amid nuclear test fears Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:44 PM PDT As thousands of soldiers mass at Kim Il-sung square, Pyongyang tells US to end its dangerous 'military hysteria' North Korea has held a vast military parade to celebrate the birth of its founding father, Kim Il-sung, and warned that it was prepared to take the "toughest" action unless the US ended its "military hysteria", as speculation grows that the regime is preparing to conduct a nuclear test. On a sunny Saturday morning in the capital, Pyongyang, military vehicles and tens of thousands of soldiers filled Kim Il-sung square as a band played rousing military music, the instruments falling silent for oaths of loyalty to the country's leader, Kim Jong-un. Continue reading... |
| Man sues museum after hitting a wall in race to beat virtual Cathy Freeman Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:07 PM PDT He accuses Scienceworks of failing to prevent injury risk in challenge against simulation of the Olympic gold medallist An Australian man has launched legal action after coming off second-best to a virtual Cathy Freeman in an interactive exhibit. Visitors to Melbourne's Scienceworks museum are invited to pit themselves against a simulation of the Olympic 400m gold medallist on a 10m dual-lane track. Continue reading... |
| Driving test to be updated to include satnav training Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT Other changes include more focus on everyday manouevres, independent driving and navigating busy areas Learner drivers will have to show they can safely use a satnav during their tests as part of an overhaul of the exam, the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced. From 4 December, learner drivers will spend about 20 minutes being guided by the dashboard device as examiners gauge whether they are competent to be given full licences. Continue reading... |
| Courts grant stays to remaining seven men set to die in Arkansas executions Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:48 PM PDT Use of lethal drug blocked in six scheduled executions while seventh spared by top court, thwarting the state's plan to execute a total of eight men in 11 days An Arkansas judge has blocked the state from using a lethal injection drug in its upcoming executions of six men who were to be included in the Republican governor's unprecedented aim of judicially killing eight men in 11 days. The order came just hours after state supreme court halted the execution of Bruce Ward, the second to be granted to an individual among the initial eight people scheduled to die. Continue reading... |
| Pope Francis expresses shame over Catholic church sexual abuse scandals Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:09 PM PDT Armoured vehicles and bomb-sniffing dogs used as heavy police presence guards every aspect of Good Friday Way of the Cross procession in Rome Thousands of people, including nuns, families with toddlers and young tourists, endured exceptionally tight anti-terrorism checks to pray at the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, where Pope Francis expressed shame over humanity's failings. Francis, wearing a plain white coat, presided over the traditional evening Way of the Cross procession from a rise overlooking the popular tourist monument as the faithful took turns carrying a cross and meditations were recited to encourage reflection on Jesus' suffering and crucifixion. Continue reading... |
| No 'reliable information' on Chechnya gay persecution, says Putin spokesman Posted: 14 Apr 2017 05:38 PM PDT Police in the predominantly Muslim republic allegedly rounded up more than 100 gay men and killed at least three In the face of growing international concern about reported detentions and killings of gay men in Chechnya, Russian president Vladimir Putin's spokesman says the Kremlin does not have confirmed information on the targeted violence. The respected Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported this month that police in the predominantly Muslim republic rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and that at least three of them have been killed. Continue reading... |
| Balfour declaration still creating division | Letters Posted: 14 Apr 2017 10:28 AM PDT Sadly, Professor Hassassian's piece (Opinion, 13 April) has nothing to say about the Palestinian leadership's propagation of anti-Jewish hate speech, support for terrorism and continued rejection of peace talks. Nowhere in the text does Hassassian express any desire for peace and reconciliation. This invites the crucial question: what is the Palestinian leadership communicating to Israel? His refusal to come to terms with the Balfour declaration's "national home for the Jewish people" is precisely the sort of intransigence that prevents a solution to the conflict. • I wholeheartedlyagree with Manuel Hassassian that Britain must stop rubbing salt in the wounds of Palestinians, whose human rights are being violated while the British government claims to be standing up for rights around the world. Britain has done little to repair the damage caused during British rule in Palestine, and celebrating the Balfour declaration of 1917 highlights Britain's unwillingness to undo the wrongs of the past century. Recognition of Palestine will not immediately end the Israeli occupation. But such recognition would be an important symbol of support for the Palestinian cause, warning Israel that its repressive and illegal policies will not be tolerated. This is the least Palestine deserves, given the decades of suffering. |
| North Korea's nuclear arsenal is real – how Trump will handle it is unknown Posted: 14 Apr 2017 10:14 AM PDT Trump's instinctual response insisting North Korean development of an ICBM just 'won't happen' and warning China to help may be particularly dangerous The ascent of Donald Trump, the volatility of his foreign policy and his tendency to fire off tweeted threats to nuclear-armed adversaries has brought one more wild card to the Korean peninsular, which already had more than its fair share. Related: China urges North Korea and US to step back from brink of war Continue reading... |
| Cockpit video shows MOAB strike in Afghanistan – video report Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:05 AM PDT US military release cockpit video showing Thursday's MOAB strike in Afghanistan. The GBU-43/B bomb - colloquially called the "mother of all bombs" - targeted a tunnel complex in the Achin district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, used by Isis's Afghanistan affiliate Continue reading... |
| M4 traffic chaos as lorry tanker fire closes motorway in both directions Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:21 AM PDT Holidaymakers faced long delays after lorry caught fire on eastbound carriageway between Bath and Chippenham turnoffs Motorists have experienced long delays on the M4 after it was closed in both directions following a gas tanker fire. The lorry caught fire on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway between junction 18 for Bath and the Chippenham turnoff at junction 17. Continue reading... |
| Afghanistan bomb: Trump finds the keys to the family gun cabinet Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:10 AM PDT The president once decried America's role as world policeman, but apparently can't resist throwing his weight around Donald Trump's random use of the "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan has dramatised the ongoing US failure to win the father of all wars – a conflict begun by George W Bush in 2001 when he attacked the Taliban regime in Kabul and which is now in its 16th year. Related: 'It felt like the heavens were falling': Afghans reel from MOAB's impact Continue reading... |
| Police arrest man after British woman stabbed to death in Jerusalem – video report Posted: 14 Apr 2017 06:44 AM PDT A British woman has been stabbed to death on Jerusalem's light railway. The attack on Friday, reportedly involving a Palestinian assailant, occurred near the Old City as thousands of Jewish and Christian pilgrims descended on the city's holy sites for Good Friday Continue reading... |
| What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died? Posted: 14 Apr 2017 06:07 AM PDT Today some claim that Jesus is just an idea, rather than a real historical figure, but there is a good deal of written evidence for his existence 2,000 years ago How confident can we be that Jesus Christ actually lived? What do Christian writings tell us? |
| Rare baby giraffe takes first steps outdoors – video report Posted: 14 Apr 2017 04:58 AM PDT A rare Rothschild's giraffe, born last week, takes its first steps on Thursday. Narus is already over 6ft (1.8m) at only a week old, but remained under the watchful eyes of his parents Orla and Meru as he explored his enclosure at Chester Zoo. The Rothschild's species are named after zoologist Lord Walter Rothschild, founder of the National History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire but are critically endangered, numbering as few at 1,600 worldwide |
| French prosecutors seek to lift Le Pen immunity over expenses inquiry Posted: 14 Apr 2017 03:30 AM PDT European parliament alleges that France's Front National leader and presidential candidate misused funds for party work French prosecutors have asked the European parliament to lift the immunity of the far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over an expenses scandal, deepening her legal woes on the eve of the election. The move comes just nine days before France heads to the polls for a highly unpredictable vote, with Le Pen – who heads the Eurosceptic Front National (FN) – one of the frontrunners in the 23 April first round. Continue reading... |
| Syrian regime and rebels begin people swap following deal – video report Posted: 14 Apr 2017 03:23 AM PDT Buses arrive in villages in Aleppo province on Friday, marking the start of a large people swap deal between the Syrian opposition and the Syrian government. The reciprocal agreement will see thousands of people evacuated from conflict zones in northern Syria. British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported residents of the mostly Shi'ite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, besieged by rebel forces in the insurgents' northwestern Idlib province stronghold, taking buses from the area Continue reading... |
| Spotted: baby giraffe Narus has first public outing at Chester zoo Posted: 14 Apr 2017 02:07 AM PDT Born to his mother Orla a week ago as part of a captive-breeding programme, Narus is an endangered Rothschild's giraffe Under the watchful eye of h is mother Orla, the baby giraffe Narus took her first wobbly steps within an hour of being born. Narus is the second calf to be born into Chester zoo's herd of 11 endangered Rothschild's giraffes in the past five months. Continue reading... |
| Moab attack on Isis was a baffling choice in cold-blooded terms of cost Posted: 14 Apr 2017 06:06 AM PDT Using 'mother of all bombs' in Afghanistan to kill 36 militants – at $450,000 each – will not change its reputation as a white elephant War, boiled down to its most brutal calculation, is a business of accounting: "blood and treasure" in the horrible expression. Cost calculations underpin warfare in terms of hard cash damage to economies and societies – what is called resilience. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump praises US forces following MOAB strike – video Posted: 14 Apr 2017 04:27 AM PDT President Donald Trump praises the US military following news the US forces in Afghanistan struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in Afghanistan with a bomb known as MOAB - a Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or more popularly as "the mother of all bombs" on Thursday. The bomb is largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the US military and contains 11 tons of explosives Continue reading... |
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