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- Donald Trump summons entire Senate to White House briefing on North Korea
- Alcohol ruling drives Indian bar-goers round bends
- 'Mass murder' complaint filed against Philippines' President Duterte at ICC
- Venezuela anti-government protesters paralyse major roads as more die
- Eastern Europe failing on Jewish restitution pledges, study finds
- 'Winter White House': US embassy's Mar-a-Lago web page removed amid criticism
- Arkansas executions: US supreme court won't block first of two scheduled deaths
- Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site
- Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author dies aged 88
- Chile earthquake: major quake strikes off coast but no tsunami expected
- Serena Williams accuses Ilie Nastase of racially abusing her and unborn child
- Replica Reichstag stormed at Russian 'military Disneyland'
- Suspected Maoist rebels kill 24 soldiers in India
- UN 'utterly horrified' by video appearing to show murder of two experts in Congo
- Ontario plans to launch universal basic income trial run this summer
- Can Donald Trump better renegotiate Nafta? Yes, by bringing back TPP
- Macron and Le Pen supporters in Arras united by desire for change
- Hostage by Guy Delisle review – held captive by every frame
- Russian and western dispute over Syria chemical attack further muddies truth
- Trash talk: how beautiful, progressive Lviv became overrun with rubbish
- Cold snap brings snow flurries to Britain
- Labour vows to rip up and rethink Brexit white paper
- Israeli ambassador's visit sparks unrest at Soas University of London
- Satellite images trigger payouts for Kenyan farmers in grip of drought
- If Peter Dutton has alternative facts about Manus violence, he should release them | Katharine Murphy
- Tuesday briefing: Welcome back, Barack
- Jean-Marie Le Pen holds key to second round - archive, 25 April 1988
- China bans religious names for Muslim babies in Xinjiang
- MH370: independent experts mistrust 'confidence' about plane's location
- Former Perth student pleads not guilty to murdering his family with axe in South Africa
- Two-tier refugee system leaves many destitute and homeless, say MPs
- Marine Le Pen steps aside from Front National leadership – video
- Frontrunner Macron can take nothing for granted in French election runoff | Angelique Chrisafis
- 2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures
- British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran loses legal appeal
- Pollsters breathe sigh of relief after calling French election right
- Israeli teen accused of 2,000 bomb hoax calls and blackmail
- Storming of Reichstag re-enacted at Russian theme park – video
- Downing Street silent as political leaders back Macron for French president
- Japan to exceed bluefin tuna quota amid warnings of commercial extinction
- Speeding drivers face higher fines in England and Wales
- 'Historique': how the media reported the French election – in pictures
- Development aid is a matter of justice, not generosity | Letters
- Matt Damon: ‘Children are drinking water so dirty it looks like chocolate milk’ | David Smith
- 'Horrific’ levels of child abuse in unsafe refugee camps, warns EU
- 100 days of Trump Resistance: the wins so far and battles to come
- Obama’s sage advice on selfies – video
- ‘So what’s been going on?’: Barack Obama returns to public stage – video
| Donald Trump summons entire Senate to White House briefing on North Korea Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:11 AM PDT Extraordinary step taken as administration pressures UN security council for full force of existing sanctions and further measures in event of nuclear test The entire US Senate will go to the White House on Wednesday to be briefed by senior administration officials about the brewing confrontation with North Korea. The unusual briefing underlines the urgency with which the Trump administration is treating the threat posed by Pyongyang's continuing development of nuclear weapons and missile technology. It follows a lunch meeting Trump held with ambassadors from UN member states on the security council on Monday where he emphasised US resolve to stop North Korea's progress. Continue reading... |
| Alcohol ruling drives Indian bar-goers round bends Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:45 PM PDT Business owners walk a fine line in ingenious efforts to skirt supreme court ban on sale of alcohol within 500 metres of highways Locals say the maze appeared around December. Outside the Aishwarya Restrobar in north Paravoor – one of the few places you could get a drink in Kerala, a dry state – there had suddenly sprung up a series of winding grey walls, forcing patrons to walk extra metres to the bar. And that may have been the point. An Indian supreme court judgment delivered in December and enforced since 1 April has banned the sale of alcohol within 500 metres of India's state and national highways. Continue reading... |
| 'Mass murder' complaint filed against Philippines' President Duterte at ICC Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:23 PM PDT Filipino lawyer Jude Sabio launches action over 'terrifying, gruesome and disastrous' drug war that has left more than 7,000 people dead A Filipino lawyer has filed a complaint at the international criminal court (ICC) accusing president Rodrigo Duterte and 11 other Philippine officials of mass murder and crimes against humanity. In the first publicly known filing to the Hague court against Duterte, Jude Sabio submitted the 77-page complaint that says the president has "repeatedly, unchangingly and continuously" committed extra-judicial executions or mass murders over three decades, amounting to crimes against humanity. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela anti-government protesters paralyse major roads as more die Posted: 24 Apr 2017 05:10 PM PDT Turmoil has been caused by food shortages, rising unemployment and anger at president's authoritarian restrictions on elections and democratic institutions Venezuela's major transport arteries juddered to a halt on Monday as opposition protestors blocked major roads and staged sit-ins across the country. Related: Are you taking part in protests in Venezuela? Continue reading... |
| Eastern Europe failing on Jewish restitution pledges, study finds Posted: 24 Apr 2017 06:59 AM PDT Poland in particular accused of not meeting Terezin declaration promises on mass theft during Holocaust and communist eras Eastern European countries, in particular Poland, have failed to live up to their pledges to ensure the return of property taken from Jewish people during the second world war, a study has found. Eight years ago, governments from 46 states promised in the so-called Terezin declaration to try to bring some justice to the victims of the mass thefts of the 1930s and 1940s, in recognition of the advancing age of Holocaust survivors. Continue reading... |
| 'Winter White House': US embassy's Mar-a-Lago web page removed amid criticism Posted: 24 Apr 2017 02:07 PM PDT US embassy in London devoted page to Donald Trump's private country club, conflating public institutions and president's business interests, experts say The US embassy in London has taken down a web page publicising Donald Trump's country club at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, triggering outrage as the latest example of the blurring of lines between public institutions and the president's business interests under the new administration. The page on the embassy site devoted to Mar-a-Lago, described it as "the winter White House", although it continues to be a private club with annual membership fees of $200,000. Continue reading... |
| Arkansas executions: US supreme court won't block first of two scheduled deaths Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:42 PM PDT
The US supreme court has refused to block the first of two scheduled Arkansas lethal injections in one night, clearing the way for the execution of Jack Jones at 7 pm local time. Earlier, the Arkansas supreme court had denied stays of execution to both men scheduled for execution Monday evening, which would be the first double execution in more than 16 years. Continue reading... |
| Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:01 PM PDT Crowdfunded online publication from Jimmy Wales will pair paid journalists with army of volunteer contributors Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new online publication which will aim to fight fake news by pairing professional journalists with an army of volunteer community contributors. Wikitribune plans to pay for the reporters by raising money from a crowdfunding campaign. Continue reading... |
| Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author dies aged 88 Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:58 PM PDT Book telling the father-son story of a motorcycle trip across the western United States was published in 1974 and quickly became a best-seller Robert Pirsig, author of the influential 1970s philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, has died at the age of 88. Peter Hubbard, executive editor of his publisher William Morrow & Co, said in a statement that Pirsig's wife Wendy had confirmed his death at his home in Maine "after a period of failing health". Continue reading... |
| Chile earthquake: major quake strikes off coast but no tsunami expected Posted: 24 Apr 2017 03:50 PM PDT Authorities initially ordered a preventative evacuation of the coastal area near Valparaíso before quake of magnitude 7.1 hit 22 miles off of the west coast A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck off the west coast of Chile, rocking the capital Santiago and generating at least two significant aftershocks. No major damage was immediately apparent, according to an assessment by Chile's emergency services. The Chilean Navy and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was not expected to cause a tsunami. Continue reading... |
| Serena Williams accuses Ilie Nastase of racially abusing her and unborn child Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:20 PM PDT US tennis great responds to controversial Romanian's 'chocolate with milk' comment at Fed Cup tennis meeting in Romania American tennis player Serena Williams has accused Ilie Nastase of racially abusing her and her unborn baby as she made her first response to comments the Romanian former world No1 made about her. Nastase was overheard on Friday at a press conference for the Fed Cup tie between Romania and Britain saying about the current world No 1's unborn baby: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?" Continue reading... |
| Replica Reichstag stormed at Russian 'military Disneyland' Posted: 24 Apr 2017 06:31 AM PDT Defence minister among 5,000 spectators at Patriot Park for re-enactment of Red Army's capture of Berlin landmark in 1945 Nearly 2,000 people have taken part in a re-enactment of the 1945 storming of the Reichstag by the Red Army in a "military Disneyland" on the outskirts of Moscow. The Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, was among 5,000 spectators on Sunday who watched as men dressed as soldiers attacked a mock-up of the Berlin landmark. Continue reading... |
| Suspected Maoist rebels kill 24 soldiers in India Posted: 24 Apr 2017 12:08 PM PDT At least 24 paramilitary commandos have been killed and six injured in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in a long conflict Suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 24 paramilitary commandos and wounded six in a remote part of central India in one of the deadliest attacks of a long-running internal conflict. The soldiers were guarding road workers in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state, a hotbed of insurgent violence, when they came under heavy fire. Continue reading... |
| UN 'utterly horrified' by video appearing to show murder of two experts in Congo Posted: 24 Apr 2017 11:53 AM PDT
The United Nations has said it was horrified by a grisly video screened by the government of Democratic Republic of Congo that appeared to show the murder of two UN investigators. Congo's government showed the film to reporters in Kinshasa on Monday, saying it showed members of an anti-government militia carrying out the act. Continue reading... |
| Ontario plans to launch universal basic income trial run this summer Posted: 24 Apr 2017 10:48 AM PDT About 4,000 low-income participants in Canadian province will receive monthly payments to assess whether program can provide stability and positive changes The Canadian province of Ontario will launch a trial run of universal basic income with about 4,000 participants this summer, making it the first North American government in decades to test out a policy touted as a panacea to poverty, bloated bureaucracy and the rise of precarious work. Participants in the three-year, C$150m pilot program will be drawn from the cities of Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Lindsay. A randomly selected mail-out will invite applications in the coming months, with participants screened to ensure they are between the ages of 18 and 64 years and living on a low income. |
| Can Donald Trump better renegotiate Nafta? Yes, by bringing back TPP Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:44 AM PDT Bringing more countries into Nafta will ease disputes and boost trade. Trouble is, the US had all those benefits – it was called the Trans Pacific Partnership Donald Trump's administration says it is sticking with its campaign promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). Indeed, Trump has now reiterated his intention to invoke the procedures for renegotiating Nafta soon (within "the next two weeks"), triggering a 90-day consultation period with Congress, before talks with Mexico and Canada commence. Assuming that happens – a very big if – it is worth asking how renegotiation could be done right. Of course, the US president could simply decide to abandon his promise to renegotiate Nafta, which may be unpopular with many Americans, but is considered by economists to have been beneficial. After all, he has dropped many other campaign pledges, including (fortunately) his oft-repeated vow to label China a currency manipulator "on day 1" of his administration. Continue reading... |
| Macron and Le Pen supporters in Arras united by desire for change Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:04 AM PDT Town in northern France is in Front National territory, but many voters determined to keep Marine Le Pen out In the northern French town of Arras they have been commemorating the 100th anniversary of a first world war battle that resulted in almost 280,000 casualties. The streets have been filled with poster-sized photographs of a few of the 35,000 Allied soldiers from Britain, Australia, Canada and South Africa who died in the Battle of Arras, along with the flags of all the countries who took part, giving the town an unusually international feel. It is the morning after the night before – when the voters of Arras closely matched the national result of the first round of the presidential election, giving Emmanuel Macron 24.6% and Marine Le Pen 21.49% – and residents and tourists who have come to honour the war dead are enjoying an early lunch in the pretty town hall square. Continue reading... |
| Hostage by Guy Delisle review – held captive by every frame Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT This true story of a man's kidnapping in Chechnya confirms Guy Delisle's position as one of the greatest modern cartoonists In 1997, Christophe André, a young Frenchman who was working as an administrator for Médecins Sans Frontières in Ingushetia in the north Caucasus, was woken in the middle of the night by a gang of armed men. At first, he thought they'd come to raid the NGO's safe: the next day was pay day and it was bulging with cash. But when they bundled him into a car and drove him over the border into Chechnya, he realised things were perhaps more serious than he had at first believed. The victim of a kidnapping, he would spend the next three months alone in a dark room, handcuffed to a radiator. Three months, one room. This is, to say the least, extremely challenging territory for a cartoonist. Somehow, though, Guy Delisle – the French-Canadian artist who is best known for such award-winning travelogues as Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea and Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City – has turned André's account of his weeks of hell into a gripping visual narrative. The days unfold monotonously, punctuated only by bowls of thin soup and the occasional trip to the bathroom. Of troubled Chechnya and its people we see almost nothing until the book's final pages, when André makes a daring escape. But in the end, this is of no consequence. In Hostage, it's the treacherous landscape of the mind that Delisle determinedly makes his own. Continue reading... |
| Russian and western dispute over Syria chemical attack further muddies truth Posted: 25 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT Russian officials accuse Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of siding with the west after rejecting plan to reinvestigate evidence of sarin gas
An increasingly bitter dispute between Russia and the west over an inquiry into the recent chemical weapons attack that killed about 80 people in Syria has revealed the extent to which the two sides are unable to agree on basic facts – or even agree a process to ascertain the truth. Continue reading... |
| Trash talk: how beautiful, progressive Lviv became overrun with rubbish Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:06 AM PDT The Ukrainian city of Lviv – long noted for its Habsburg-era buildings and vibrant cafes – is in the throes of a trash crisis. Who is really to blame? An enchanting city in western Ukraine, Lviv has gained a pleasant reputation for its rugged, Habsburg-era beauty and vibrant cafe scene. More recently, however, it has become known for something entirely different: heaping piles of trash. For months, Lviv has struggled to properly dispose of the several hundred tonnes of waste it produces each day. Municipal officials say local trash collectors face restricted access to nearby landfills, leaving them few other places to turn with the city's rubbish. Continue reading... |
| Cold snap brings snow flurries to Britain Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:35 AM PDT Spring on hold until weekend as forecasters predict Arctic blast will be replaced by hail and thunderstorms through to Wednesday A blast of late winter weather has brought snow flurries to many parts of northern England and the Midlands. Towns as far south as Norwich woke to a sprinkling of snow on Tuesday morning, with Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the north-east also reporting wintry showers. Continue reading... |
| Labour vows to rip up and rethink Brexit white paper Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:15 AM PDT Shadow Brexit secretary says party accepts referendum result but wants UK to be partners with EU members • General election 2017 - live updates Labour has said it would scrap the Brexit white paper and replace it with new negotiating priorities with the emphasis on keeping the benefits of the single market and customs union. Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, will set out the plans alongside a pledge to unilaterally guarantee existing rights for all EU nationals as part of the party's election manifesto, hastily being put together following the snap election announcement last week. Continue reading... |
| Israeli ambassador's visit sparks unrest at Soas University of London Posted: 24 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT Some staff and students say invitation to Mark Regev is provocative and urge director Lady Amos to stop meeting Students and academics at Soas University of London have said a visit by the Israeli ambassador Mark Regev this week could lead to serious tension and substantial distress on the campus. Related: One hundred years of Soas - in pictures Continue reading... |
| Satellite images trigger payouts for Kenyan farmers in grip of drought Posted: 24 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT Innovative insurance scheme gives a lifeline to vulnerable pastoralists, as three years of poor rains kill thousands of livestock across northern Kenya The Kenyan government is scaling up an innovative livestock insurance programme that uses satellite imagery of drought-hit areas to offer a safety net to vulnerable farmers. The Kenya Livestock Insurance Programme (Klip) monitors forage conditions throughout the two annual rainy seasons, triggering payouts to pastoralists when vegetation dies back to critical levels. The payments are designed to enable families that depend on livestock to purchase animal feed to keep their herd alive. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2017 01:11 AM PDT The immigration minister claims he has evidence a shooting rampage was sparked by a sinister event. Well, there's only one way to clear up the whole mess It is a little confusing how a character as robust and powerful as Peter Dutton could, plausibly, become a victim, but the immigration minister is aggrieved enough to demand an apology from media outlets intent on pursuing the who, what, when, where of a violent disturbance on Manus Island two weeks ago. Dutton fears some media outlets have "morphed into advocates" and "lost control of any dispassionate view of this circumstance" – apparently gripped by some mass outbreak of hysteria. Continue reading... |
| Tuesday briefing: Welcome back, Barack Posted: 24 Apr 2017 10:02 PM PDT Ex-president returns to public stage … Trump summons entire Senate for briefing on North Korea … and laptops may be banned on flights out of UK Good morning, it's Warren Murray getting you up to speed. Continue reading... |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen holds key to second round - archive, 25 April 1988 Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:00 PM PDT 25 April 1988: Despite his elimination from the race to be president, Le Pen said his National Front party's strong showing indicated 'a radical transformation' of the political scene The French National Front leader, Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen, emerged in yesterday's presidential poll as the deciding influence in the second-round run off next Sunday. President Franccois Mitterrand and the Prime Minister, Mr Jacques Chirac, were left facing a tough and morally difficult election battle. Continue reading... |
| China bans religious names for Muslim babies in Xinjiang Posted: 24 Apr 2017 08:11 PM PDT List of banned baby names released amid ongoing crackdown on religion that includes law against veils and beards Many couples fret over choosing the perfect name for their newborn, but for Muslims in western China that decision has now become even more fraught: pick the wrong name and your child will be denied education and government benefits. Officials in the western region of Xinjiang, home to roughly half of China's 23 million Muslims, have released a list of banned baby names amid an ongoing crackdown on religion, according to a report by US-funded Radio Free Asia. Continue reading... |
| MH370: independent experts mistrust 'confidence' about plane's location Posted: 24 Apr 2017 06:32 PM PDT Australian authorities accused of using report by national science agency to bolster preconceived ideas Independent investigators looking into the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have expressed scepticism about the Australian authorities' statement they are newly confident about the plane's location. On Friday Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, published its modelling of the drift of a Boeing 777 flaperon consistent with the one from MH370 that was found washed up on La Réunion in July 2015. |
| Former Perth student pleads not guilty to murdering his family with axe in South Africa Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:43 PM PDT Henri van Breda says he fought with laughing attacker during killings at Stellenbosch home A former Perth student accused of murdering three members of his family with an axe in South Africa pleaded not guilty on Monday, saying he fought with a laughing attacker during the slaughter at their upscale home. The trial of Henri van Breda began more than two years after his parents and older brother were killed in Stellenbosch, a scenic wine-growing region. Van Breda also is charged with attempting to murder his sister during the alleged killing spree on 27 January 2015. Marli, then 16, suffered severe injuries and is reported to be unable to remember the incident. Continue reading... |
| Two-tier refugee system leaves many destitute and homeless, say MPs Posted: 24 Apr 2017 04:01 PM PDT Cross-party group report finds support differs for refugees who come to UK via asylum route rather than resettlement A costly "two-tier system" of providing protection for refugees in Britain has developed, leaving many at risk of homelessness and destitution, according to a report from a cross-party group of MPs. The study by the parliamentary group on refugees says the way the system is structured seriously damages the prospect of integrating new refugees and reports that the British Red Cross had to help more than 1,200 destitute refugees in just nine months last year. Continue reading... |
| Marine Le Pen steps aside from Front National leadership – video Posted: 24 Apr 2017 02:13 PM PDT Leader of France's far-right Front National, Marine Le Pen, announces she is focusing on her campaign to become president in the runoff against centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron Continue reading... |
| Frontrunner Macron can take nothing for granted in French election runoff | Angelique Chrisafis Posted: 24 Apr 2017 11:09 AM PDT Well ahead in the polls, centrist candidate must come out of his comfort zone to show he understands France's divisions The independent centrist Emmanuel Macron, who is now favourite to win the French presidential election against the far-right Front National's Marine Le Pen, spent much of his first day of the final-round campaign behind closed doors, fine-tuning strategy. His triumphant victory speech after topping the first-round vote had given way to discussion across France of the difficult challenge he now faces. The election map of France was a reality check. Far from an outright victory for Macron's moderate centrist brand of business-friendly, internationally minded, socially liberal values, it showed a country more fractured than ever. The Front National cemented its place on the French political scene, winning swaths of the deindustrialised north and east, as well as the south, while Macron took the west. He was strong in cosmopolitan cities, while she was strong in small towns and rural areas that felt abandoned. Continue reading... |
| 2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:57 AM PDT The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their sustained efforts to protect natural habitats often at great personal risk • From Congo child soldier to award-winning wildlife ranger – a life in danger Continue reading... |
| British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran loses legal appeal Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:53 AM PDT The country's supreme court upheld the conviction of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held on national security charges for over a year Iran's supreme court has upheld the conviction of a British-Iranian woman sentenced to five years in jail on non-specific charges relating to national security, dashing her hopes of overturning the verdict through legal avenues. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the news agency's charitable arm, had lodged a final appeal in January after the confirmation of her sentence in a lower court. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said on Monday that the supreme court had rejected her appeal. |
| Pollsters breathe sigh of relief after calling French election right Posted: 24 Apr 2017 08:01 AM PDT France's polling institutes not only got the result of Sunday's first round right, they did so with remarkable accuracy It was a race, warned pretty much everybody, that was simply too close to call: four candidates bunched within five points of each other, and 25% of voters still undecided on polling day. After calling the outcome of the UK's Brexit referendum and November's US election wrong – albeit not by very much – few were confident the opinion polls in the French presidential contest could be correct. Continue reading... |
| Israeli teen accused of 2,000 bomb hoax calls and blackmail Posted: 24 Apr 2017 07:13 AM PDT Michael Kadar, US-Israeli citizen arrested over alleged bomb threats, faces charges over international calls and attempt to blackmail Delaware senator An Israeli teenager arrested for allegedly making bomb threats against Jewish centres in the US is facing charges relating to thousands of hoax calls worldwide, including against airlines and police stations, according to an indictment filed to a Tel Aviv court. The 18-year-old, identified by US prosecutors as Michael Kadar, is facing accusations of making threats for financial gain alongside charges of money laundering and the attempted blackmail of Ernesto Lopez, a Delaware state senator. Continue reading... |
| Storming of Reichstag re-enacted at Russian theme park – video Posted: 24 Apr 2017 06:45 AM PDT State TV footage shows nearly 2,000 people taking part in a reconstruction of the 1945 storming of the Reichstag at a theme park on the outskirts of Moscow. Known as a 'military Disneyland', Patriot Park hosted 5,000 spectators at the event on Sunday Continue reading... |
| Downing Street silent as political leaders back Macron for French president Posted: 24 Apr 2017 05:27 AM PDT Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens and the SNP have indicated support for centrist candidate over the far-right Marine Le Pen • Live coverage: Macron and Le Pen progress to runoff on 7 May Downing Street is refusing to back the French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in his runoff against the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Theresa May invited Macron to Downing Street during his campaign visit to the UK in February, prompting criticism from the Front National leader. Continue reading... |
| Japan to exceed bluefin tuna quota amid warnings of commercial extinction Posted: 24 Apr 2017 05:19 AM PDT Conservationists call on Japan to abide by fishing agreements after reports annual quota will be exceeded two months early Conservation groups have called on Japan to abide by international agreements to curb catches of Pacific bluefin tuna after reports said the country was poised to exceed an annual quota two months early – adding to pressure on stocks that have already reached dangerously low levels. Japan, by far the world's biggest consumer of Pacific bluefin, has caused "great frustration" with its failure to abide by catch quotas intended to save the species from commercial extinction, said Amanda Nickson, the director of global tuna conservation at Pew Charitable Trusts. Continue reading... |
| Speeding drivers face higher fines in England and Wales Posted: 24 Apr 2017 02:18 AM PDT Fines for motorists driving at excessive speeds will rise sharply amid warnings police lack resources to enforce punishments Drivers caught at speeds excessively above legal limits face higher penalties in England and Wales amid warnings that police officers may not have the resources to enforce the tougher punishments. Under new guidelines for magistrates, fines for motorists caught doing 51mph in a 30mph zone or 101mph on a motorway will start from 150% of their weekly income, rather than the previous level of 100%. |
| 'Historique': how the media reported the French election – in pictures Posted: 24 Apr 2017 02:11 AM PDT Newspaper front pages from around the world report the surprising result of the first round of the French presidential race in which Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist, beat Marine Le Pen into second place Continue reading... |
| Development aid is a matter of justice, not generosity | Letters Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:58 AM PDT We import poor countries' health workers, we extract their raw materials on unfair terms, and we exploit their cut-price labour, writes Richard Middleton Most defences of development aid are, well, too defensive (Editorial, 21 April). What is classed as "aid" is more properly described as a small repayment towards the much greater sums we extract from poor countries. We free-ride on their education systems, especially by importing health workers. We extract raw materials under trade terms that systematically disadvantage them. We boost our corporate profits (some of which find their way into tax revenues) by exploiting their cut-price labour, exporting carbon emissions as a bonus. Our banks launder the proceeds of corruption among their elites (and again our treasuries benefit – at least some of the time). Our industrial fishing fleets decimate their waters. The list is endless. And all this before even considering historical factors such as colonial looting, slavery and past greenhouse gas emissions (now contributing to the very environmental and food crises which some of our "aid" then attempts to ameliorate). It's not a question of "generosity"; it's a question of justice. • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Matt Damon: ‘Children are drinking water so dirty it looks like chocolate milk’ | David Smith Posted: 24 Apr 2017 09:41 AM PDT The Hollywood star reveals how a conversation with an ambitious 14-year-old in Zambia inspired a project to help people in dire need of clean water Jetlagged after a flight from Australia, Matt Damon is wearing a smart dark suit with a crisp white shirt as he sits at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington. He is barely distinguishable from countless technocrats converging on this cathedral of global capitalism. The Hollywood actor and co-founder of water.org is here to be interviewed by the Guardian but first he has some questions of his own. What's going to happen in the British election? And will there be another Scottish referendum? Continue reading... |
| 'Horrific’ levels of child abuse in unsafe refugee camps, warns EU Posted: 24 Apr 2017 06:05 AM PDT Study says squalid Greek and Italian camps lack adequate security, food and medical facilities, with 23,000 unaccompanied minors at risk of exploitation Urgent action is needed to help at least 23,000 unaccompanied child refugees stranded in squalid and unsafe Greek and Italian refugee camps, an official EU audit has warned. Camp life in Greek and Italian "hotspots" – holding centres set up at migrant arrival points – is plagued by a lack of security safeguards, water, decent food, blankets and medical facilities, the new study says. Continue reading... |
| 100 days of Trump Resistance: the wins so far and battles to come Posted: 24 Apr 2017 03:30 AM PDT As President Trump approaches 100 days in office, Adam Gabbatt surveys the resistance movement's biggest moments so far, key groups, and challenges ahead It's not just by chance that Donald Trump's first 100 days have been so underwhelming. The president's failure to pass healthcare reform, to ban people from entering the country, and arguably to achieve anything of note (beyond his supreme court justice) is down, in no small part, to the efforts of hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Activists have pressured their representatives, held mass demonstrations and scrambled to protect those at risk in a rollercoaster few months. Trump has until January 2021 to turn things around, but there seems little sign of the resistance fading away. Continue reading... |
| Obama’s sage advice on selfies – video Posted: 24 Apr 2017 11:58 PM PDT Barack Obama says people should be more 'circumspect' with selfie-taking, as he 'probably wouldn't have been president of the United States' if certain high school photos had surfaced. The former US president was speaking at the University of Chicago on Monday in his first public appearance since leaving the White House Continue reading... |
| ‘So what’s been going on?’: Barack Obama returns to public stage – video Posted: 24 Apr 2017 02:50 PM PDT Former US president Barack Obama takes part in an event at the University of Chicago, saying that he believes the most important thing he could do now would be to "prepare the next generation of leadership to take up the baton" Continue reading... |
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