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- Donald Trump warns of 'major, major conflict' with North Korea
- Senior doctor resigns over plan to hand Dublin hospital to order of nuns
- Murder of Spanish wildlife rangers spurs calls for armed service
- Fourth and final Arkansas inmate Kenneth Williams executed
- 'I know he is alive': wife of Taiwan activist seized by China pleads for release
- Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team bans Russian news outlets from events
- Israeli ambassador speaks of fresh Palestine peace initiative
- Macedonia: protesters storm parliament and attack MPs
- Ex-Chad dictator's conviction for crimes against humanity upheld by Dakar court
- Mike Flynn under formal investigation by Pentagon over payments from Russia
- United Airlines to offer up to $10,000 for passengers to give up seats
- Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl awarded €1m damages over biography
- Russian warship sinks after collision with freighter in Black Sea
- Briton held in Turkey as terrorism suspect spoke of Isis 'jail' to UK press
- Europe could allow a united Ireland to join EU after Brexit
- 40 years later, the mothers of Argentina’s 'disappeared' refuse to be silent
- China convicts rights lawyer Li Heping of 'subversion of state power'
- Cruelty or keeping it in the family? What I learned from India's slaveowners | Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick
- 13 Reasons Why: New Zealand bans under-18s from watching suicide drama without adult
- 'We are a target': South Korean village wakes up on frontline with North
- Chevron has paid no corporate tax in Australia in the past two years. None. Zero. Zilch. | Sam Dastyari
- LGBT domestic violence charity collapsed after 'chaotic' management
- How to celebrate World Tapir Day – video
- Friday briefing: Trump fears 'major, major conflict' with Kim
- Mortgages available for nuclear fallout shelters - archive, 1980
- Turnbull warns North Korea could launch nuclear attack on its neighbours
- Macedonian parliament stormed by protesters – video
- How Macron calmed Whirlpool workers whipped up by Le Pen
- Sir Julian Priestley obituary
- Is it safe to take your pet on a plane?
- Koningsdag: Netherlands celebrates 'King's Day' – in pictures
- New website offers US women help to perform their own abortions
- Le Pen's replacement as FN leader 'questioned existence of gas chambers'
- More black women are learning to use guns: 'this is a movement, and it starts now'
- Emmanuel Macron booed and jostled at French factory visit – video
- Brazilians fight back against corruption– with the help of a purple plug-in
- How do you solve half a century of bloodshed in Colombia? – podcast
- Trump tax plan could save him millions under guise of helping small businesses
| Donald Trump warns of 'major, major conflict' with North Korea Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:16 PM PDT US president says he wants to seek a diplomatic solution to crisis in Korea and reveals China is helping to pressure Kim Jong-un Donald Trump has said that a "major conflict" was possible with North Korea though he would prefer to solve the standoff over the country's nuclear and missile programme through diplomacy. Trump's warning on Thursday came towards the end of a week where the administration has made a concerted effort to restrain Pyongyang from carrying out major new weapons tests. Continue reading... |
| Senior doctor resigns over plan to hand Dublin hospital to order of nuns Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:11 AM PDT Dr Peter Boylan condemns plan to transfer ownership to Sisters of Charity, which ran some of Ireland's notorious 'Magdalene laundries' One of Ireland's most respected obstetricians has resigned from the board of a maternity hospital over plans to transfer its ownership to a religious order that ran institutions where women were enslaved and children abused for decades. Secular campaigners have been leading the opposition to the government's plan – which emerged earlier this month – to move the National maternity hospital in Dublin to the St Vincent's Elm Park campus, which is owned by the Sisters of Charity. Continue reading... |
| Murder of Spanish wildlife rangers spurs calls for armed service Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:30 PM PDT Double shooting a stark reminder of dangers facing agents who monitor hunting and fishing and protect endangered species Paco Morales brings his patrol car to a halt on a windy and almost deserted stretch of road smack in the heart of Spain. In the hot spring sky overhead, eagles, vultures and kites wheel, idly scanning the land's mid-morning menu. "This guy looks a bit pissed off," says the veteran forest ranger, nodding towards the figure on the verge. Continue reading... |
| Fourth and final Arkansas inmate Kenneth Williams executed Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:01 PM PDT Kenneth Williams put to death by lethal injection after appeal to US supreme court fails to secure a stay on his sentence Arkansas has carried out its fourth execution within a week, bringing to a troubling end the state's controversial attempt to run a "conveyor belt of death" in an aggressive burst of killings unseen in the US for more than half a century. Related: Dear governor, please don't execute the man who murdered my father tonight | Kayla Greenwood Continue reading... |
| 'I know he is alive': wife of Taiwan activist seized by China pleads for release Posted: 27 Apr 2017 05:21 PM PDT Lee Ming-che has been detained by Beijing authorities amid a targeting of activists, dissidents and scholars based abroad The wife of a Taiwanese human rights activist detained in China for over a month without charge has vowed to take her fight for justice to the US and European Union, urging them to pressure Beijing to release him. It has now been 40 days since Lee Ching-yu's "partner, best friend and confidante" suddenly disappeared while travelling to visit friends in Guangzhou, southern China. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team bans Russian news outlets from events Posted: 27 Apr 2017 12:22 PM PDT Russia accuses French presidential candidate of discrimination after spokesman confirmed Sputnik news agency and RT TV channel were denied access Russia has accused French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign team of discriminating against its media on Thursday, saying it had trampled on the freedom of the press by banning Russian news outlets from its events. In Paris, a Macron spokesman confirmed that the Russian state-funded Sputnik news agency and RT TV channel had been barred from having media access to him, describing them as a "two-headed entity" which issued Russian state propaganda and fake news. Continue reading... |
| Israeli ambassador speaks of fresh Palestine peace initiative Posted: 27 Apr 2017 02:38 PM PDT Speaking at tense event at Soas attended by pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters, Mark Regev says wider Arab world must be involved in talks Israel is pressing for a fresh Middle East peace initiative involving Arab states, Mark Regev, the Israeli ambassador to the UK, told a meeting at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London as pro-Palestinian activists mounted a vocal protest outside. Regev said Israel "wants to see larger and greater involvement from the Arab world" in new peace negotiations. Pragmatic Sunni Arab states saw a "convergence of interest" with Israel in relation to Iran and had "significant cards to play", he added. He said that Israel had approached Donald Trump's administration about "trying to get the peace process back on track". |
| Macedonia: protesters storm parliament and attack MPs Posted: 27 Apr 2017 02:02 PM PDT Demonstrators break into assembly after election of speaker despite months-long deadlock in talks to form new government Around 200 demonstrators, many wearing masks, broke through a police cordon and entered Macedonia's parliament, attacking MPs in protest at the election of a new speaker despite a months-long deadlock in talks to form a new government. The protesters stormed parliament on Thursday night after the country's opposition Social Democrat party and others representing Macedonia's Albanian ethnic minority voted for a new speaker. Shouting and throwing chairs, the protesters attacked MPs, including the opposition leader, Zoran Zaev. |
| Ex-Chad dictator's conviction for crimes against humanity upheld by Dakar court Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:53 AM PDT Judge in Senegal acquits Hissène Habré of a rape charge but upholds other charges including torture and murder An African court has rejected Hissène Habré's appeal against his conviction for crimes against humanity, which followed a decades-long fight for justice for his victims. The former president of Chad was acquitted of a rape charge, but all the other charges against him – including torture and murder – were upheld. Continue reading... |
| Mike Flynn under formal investigation by Pentagon over payments from Russia Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:22 AM PDT
Donald Trump's former national security adviser is under formal investigation by the Pentagon for his apparently undisclosed paid speaking engagements in Russia, it emerged on Thursday. Retired army lieutenant general Mike Flynn, a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief, has attracted the official scrutiny for potentially failing "to obtain required approval" for a Moscow speech to RT, a state-controlled news channel that US intelligence considers an arm of Kremlin propaganda. Continue reading... |
| United Airlines to offer up to $10,000 for passengers to give up seats Posted: 27 Apr 2017 07:43 AM PDT US carrier announces shakeup of booking policy after outrage over forcible removal of passenger United Airlines will offer passengers up to $10,000 (£7,700) for giving up their seats on overbooked flights, as part of efforts to repair the damage to its reputation after widespread condemnation over the forcible removal of a passenger. An inquiry was launched after footage recorded by passengers at Chicago O'Hare airport and watched by millions globally showed David Dao, 69, being yanked from his seat on a Louisville-bound flight to make room for crew. Continue reading... |
| Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl awarded €1m damages over biography Posted: 27 Apr 2017 08:39 AM PDT Judge says unauthorised biography 'deeply violates' retired politician's personal rights and sullies his reputation Helmut Kohl has been awarded a €1m (£842,875) in damages over an unauthorised biography that a judge said had "deeply violated" the former German chancellor's personal rights. Judges in the western city of Cologne ordered the book's two authors and their publisher to pay the damages to Kohl, 87, for breaching his trust and sullying his reputation. Continue reading... |
| Russian warship sinks after collision with freighter in Black Sea Posted: 27 Apr 2017 05:09 AM PDT Reconnaissance vessel damaged in crash with Togo-flagged boat near Turkish coast, prompting evacuation of 78 crew members A Russian naval reconnaissance warship has collided with a Togo-flagged boat near Turkey's Black Sea coast, prompting an evacuation. There were no reports of casualties on either ship, but the Russian boat sank. A Turkish coastal safety official told Reuters that 78 crew members had been evacuated from the Russian ship. Continue reading... |
| Briton held in Turkey as terrorism suspect spoke of Isis 'jail' to UK press Posted: 27 Apr 2017 07:32 AM PDT Stefan Aristidou, who fled Syria after quest for life under sharia law, told media of efforts to escape Isis 'camp of repentance' A Briton who has been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of terror offences after fleeing Syria previously spoke to reporters about his attempt to escape the clutches of Islamic State, it has emerged. Related: Isis faces exodus of foreign fighters as its 'caliphate' crumbles Continue reading... |
| Europe could allow a united Ireland to join EU after Brexit Posted: 28 Apr 2017 02:04 AM PDT Leaders expected to discuss statement at weekend summit that if the island reunifies, the north will automatically regain EU membership European leaders may be preparing to recognise a united Ireland, in a declaration that would pave the way for the north to swiftly rejoin the European Union. At their first Brexit summit on Saturday, the EU's 27 leaders are expected to discuss a text stating that if Ireland unified, the north would automatically become part of the EU. The inclusion of the text is a victory for the Irish government, which had pressed for the inclusion of a "GDR clause", a reference to the integration of the former east German state into the European Community after the fall of the Berlin wall. The declaration is bound to raise fears that Brexit could trigger the unravelling of the UK, although there is no majority in Northern Ireland for unification. |
| 40 years later, the mothers of Argentina’s 'disappeared' refuse to be silent Posted: 28 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT Decades after the military murdered thousands, Mothers of Plaza de Mayo warn that the current era of alternative facts poses a new threat Haydée Gastelú was among the first to arrive. "We were absolutely terrified," she recalls. On the afternoon of 30 April 1977, 14 courageous women set aside fear – and the their families' warnings – and left their homes to confront the dictatorship that had stolen their children. Continue reading... |
| China convicts rights lawyer Li Heping of 'subversion of state power' Posted: 28 Apr 2017 12:47 AM PDT Li, once told that China considered him 'more dangerous than Bin Laden', sentenced in secret trial to three years in prison with a four-year reprieve A respected Christian human rights lawyer has been convicted of "subversion of state power" at a secret trial in China, almost two years after he was first detained in a sweeping crackdown. Li Heping was sentenced to three years in prison with a four-year reprieve, the court in the eastern city of Tianjin said on an official social media account, meaning he should be released but could be arrested and jailed at any point. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT To eradicate slavery we need to understand what drives slaveholders – and as my travels across India revealed, it's not always just about money It took hours to arrange my first conversation with Paratapa. He agreed to an interview for my research on contemporary slaveholders, but he wasn't free until late evening. When he finally greeted me on his sprawling estate, I learned why. He balances the demands of his large farm in India with the presidency of a local agricultural bank that makes loans to farmers like him. I met Paratapa while travelling across India to interview men whose businesses rely on bonded labour, a form of modern-day slavery. During our conversation, it became clear that where I saw human rights and labour violations, he saw something else. He explained that, in his father's and grandfather's time, his family "used to keep bonded labourers, and they used to stay here, even their children and their wives". Continue reading... |
| 13 Reasons Why: New Zealand bans under-18s from watching suicide drama without adult Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:56 PM PDT Office of Film and Literature creates new censorship category to address concerns over the series, which chronicles teen's sexual assault and suicide The New Zealand classifications body has created a new category of censorship for controversial Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why, after complaints from mental health bodies that it glorified suicide and could prompt copycats. New Zealand has the highest rate of teenage suicide in the OECD, with an average of two young people taking their own life each week. Continue reading... |
| 'We are a target': South Korean village wakes up on frontline with North Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:05 AM PDT Arrival of Thaad defence system in Seongju fails to reassure villagers as voters in Seoul call for engagement with Pyongyang not threats It took just a few hours to transform Seongju from a sleepy farming village in the South Korean foothills into a symbol of the US military might ranged against North Korea. Once a retreat for amateur golfers , the Lotte Seongju country club is now in the hands of the most powerful military in the world and its South Korean allies. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2017 12:45 AM PDT The multinational energy company knows you will be angry reading this – but it also knows nothing will change The CEO of Chevron is sitting in a Perth hotel conference room, clearly unhappy. Why wouldn't he be? He gets paid more than $20m a year and he finds himself today in front of a table of senators answering questions about the company's lack of a contribution to Australia's tax base. He normally doesn't do media and, by the nature of his position, he is able to avoid public scrutiny, but today he is answering questions from the Australian Senate. He turns to the right and whispers something to his offsider before answering my question. The treasurer's review into the petroleum resource rent tax will give Chevron everything it wanted Continue reading... |
| LGBT domestic violence charity collapsed after 'chaotic' management Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT UK-wide charity Broken Rainbow was spending more than half of government grant it received for three months' work in 24 hours, said National Audit Office A domestic violence charity that received £1.4m of public money collapsed after "chaotic" management, according to a public spending watchdog. Broken Rainbow, which was the only UK-wide charity supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender domestic abuse victims, had been surviving "hand to mouth" for years, the National Audit Office said. Auditors drew comparisons with the discredited charity Kids Company, which collapsed amid controversy over how it had been run. They found that over 15 months, a third of payments from the charity's bank account went to its chief executive, Jo Harvey Barringer, including money for her wife, who also worked at the organisation. Continue reading... |
| How to celebrate World Tapir Day – video Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:09 PM PDT Here's the one minute of pure enjoyment that you didn't know you needed to see. Keeper Jess Stockton gives Melbourne zoo's Brazilian tapir a good raking over for World Tapir Day (27 April) Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Trump fears 'major, major conflict' with Kim Posted: 27 Apr 2017 10:04 PM PDT US president hopes North Korean leader is rational … Northern Ireland could join the south in a post-Brexit EU … and Ridley Scott on the real aliens out there Good morning. This is Martin Farrer with the news roundup you need today. Continue reading... |
| Mortgages available for nuclear fallout shelters - archive, 1980 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:00 PM PDT 28 April 1980: Building societies are happy to lend money for the building of fallout shelters as they have had a spectacular revival this year Building Societies are trying to ensure that some of their customers will be left come the nuclear day of reckoning. The majority of major societies, it seems, are quite happy to lend money for the building of fallout shelters. Such buildings have had a spectacular revival this year. |
| Turnbull warns North Korea could launch nuclear attack on its neighbours Posted: 27 Apr 2017 05:58 PM PDT Australian prime minister says China hasn't applied enough pressure on Kim Jong-un and that Pyongyang is 'real threat' to peace and stability Malcolm Turnbull has warned that North Korea could launch a nuclear attack on its neighbours and said China has not applied enough pressure on the regime. His warning comes after the North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-Ho appealed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries for support as tensions with the United States rise. Ri said the Korean peninsula was reaching "the brink of war". Continue reading... |
| Macedonian parliament stormed by protesters – video Posted: 27 Apr 2017 03:04 PM PDT Masked protesters storm the parliament building in Skopje after the election of a new speaker, voted for by opposition Social Democrats and MPs representing ethnic Albanians. The incident follows a months-long deadlock in talks to form a new government Continue reading... |
| How Macron calmed Whirlpool workers whipped up by Le Pen Posted: 27 Apr 2017 11:31 AM PDT The favourite for the French presidency braved a picket line to explain the flaws in his rival's promises to furious factory employees In an era when politicians' interactions with the public are stage-managed to the last image-obsessed detail, when meaningless slogans are all they are allowed to utter and when no candidate is allowed near any situation that might misfire, it was a rare moment. Related: Marine Le Pen springs surprise visit on Macron during picket line campaign trip Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2017 09:33 AM PDT Secretary general of the EU parliament who championed the European ideal When Eurosceptic politicians sneer about unelected foreign bureaucrats, one person they surely cannot have had in mind was Sir Julian Priestley, one of the most senior Britons in the European Union, the secretary general of its parliament for 10 years and a man who devoted his whole career to promoting the European ideal. To see the Brexit vote last June must have been particularly galling for him, as he had been at the centre of British involvement from the start in 1973, first as a junior administrator in Brussels and then as youth organiser for the successful Britain in Europe referendum campaign in 1975. Priestley, who has died aged 66 of cancer, was a tall, sardonic figure who never made any secret of his socialist principles. He was central to the development of the parliament and its work over three decades. The secretary generalship is somewhat analogous to the role of clerk of the Commons at Westminster: advising on procedure and rules, overseeing the 4,000 staff who work at the parliament, and organising the plenary sittings in Brussels and Strasbourg. Continue reading... |
| Is it safe to take your pet on a plane? Posted: 27 Apr 2017 08:26 AM PDT Giant rabbit incident on United flight raised questions about animal deaths, which are rare but occur due to 'hot or cold temperatures, poor ventilation and rough handling' More animals died being transported on United Airlines planes in 2016 than any other US carrier, according to the Department of Transportation. Related: United Airlines 'saddened' by death of giant rabbit after transatlantic flight Continue reading... |
| Koningsdag: Netherlands celebrates 'King's Day' – in pictures Posted: 27 Apr 2017 07:05 AM PDT This year, Koningsdag marks the 50th birthday of the Dutch monarch King Willem-Alexander. The national holiday is marked by parades and street markets, and is enjoyed in a spirit of oranjegekte, or "orange madness", reflecting the Dutch national colour Continue reading... |
| New website offers US women help to perform their own abortions Posted: 27 Apr 2017 06:00 AM PDT With reproductive rights under threat, Women Help Women gives legal and medical advice to women who may be taking matters into their own hands Fearful that Donald Trump's presidency poses a once-in-a-generation threat to US reproductive rights, an international advocacy group this week is unveiling what is sure to be a controversial response: a web portal dedicated to helping US women terminate their own pregnancies with abortion-inducing drugs they have obtained outside of a medical setting. Related: 'Please, I am out of options': inside the murky world of DIY abortions Continue reading... |
| Le Pen's replacement as FN leader 'questioned existence of gas chambers' Posted: 27 Apr 2017 04:50 AM PDT Jean-Françcois Jalkh, who is interim president of Front National, reportedly made comments in interview 17 years ago Marine Le Pen's replacement as acting leader of Front National during the final days of her French presidential campaign is facing criticism over past statements he made apparently questioning the existence of Nazi gas chambers. "I believe we should be able to discuss this issue [of gas chambers]," Jean-François Jalkh, who was nominated interim president of the far-right party after Le Pen's decision to stand aside, reportedly told an academic in an interview in 2000. Continue reading... |
| More black women are learning to use guns: 'this is a movement, and it starts now' Posted: 27 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT African American women organizing shooting classes are finding a surge of interest – and many say it comes down to feeling less safe in the era of Trump It was a modest setting for the launch of a movement: 10 African American women sat on folding metal chairs lining the edges of a small, gray-carpeted room on the second floor of the Bullseye Indoor Range and Gun Shop in Lawrenceville, Georgia. They nervously giggled as Marchelle Tigner began her lesson. Seven of them had never held a gun before. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron booed and jostled at French factory visit – video Posted: 27 Apr 2017 02:01 AM PDT The two remaining French presidential candidates received contrasting welcomes at a Whirlpool factory in the northern town of Amiens: Marine Le Pen, who has vowed to save the plant from closure, was able to take selfies with smiling workers, while Macron was jostled and booed by angry union officials who believe he does not care about the working class Continue reading... |
| Brazilians fight back against corruption– with the help of a purple plug-in Posted: 27 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT Colour of Corruption, a plug-in that works with Google Chrome, details criminal allegations against Brazil's top politicians, who have long been accused of greasing the wheels In an age of epic corruption and political cynicism in Brazil, a new browser plug-in aims to attract and inform voters about the extent of their representatives' involvement in graft. Released before what is expected to be the biggest general strike in decades, Colour of Corruption is an online political scorecard that details criminal allegations against members of the cabinet, the upper and lower houses of parliament, state governors, their deputies – and even the president. Continue reading... |
| How do you solve half a century of bloodshed in Colombia? – podcast Posted: 27 Apr 2017 05:38 AM PDT After the civil war that claimed 250,000 lives ended with last year's accord, Lucy Lamble investigates how Colombia's communities plan to build lasting peace Subscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Audioboom & Acast and join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter Caught in a complex war driven by inequality, narco trafficking and territorial control, most Colombians have never experienced peacetime. A conflict that spanned half a century, and was played out between paramilitaries, the government and Farc rebels, caused a huge death toll and displaced close to 7 million people. Continue reading... |
| Trump tax plan could save him millions under guise of helping small businesses Posted: 27 Apr 2017 06:33 AM PDT The structure of the Trump Organization makes it a prime potential beneficiary – one estimate says the tax plan will save Donald Trump $65m a year in taxes A tax plan released by the White House on Wednesday could deliver many millions of dollars annually in tax savings to Donald Trump personally under the guise of helping small businesses, multiple tax experts have told the Guardian. Related: Trump under fire over 'huge tax cut for the rich' Continue reading... |
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