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- No peace in Syria until Assad is ousted, says Nikki Haley
- Kushner and Bannon agree to 'bury the hatchet' after White House peace talks
- Newsreader in India discovers husband was involved in fatal car crash live on air
- US navy strike group moves towards Korean peninsula, official says
- 'There's sharks out here': feeding frenzy halts surfing event before Florence posts victory
- As warplanes return to scene of sarin attack, Trump defends missile launch
- Exclusive: Eta documents reveal details of weapons dumps as group disarms
- Swedish truck attack: shock gives way to fears for open society
- Norway: explosive device found in central Oslo
- Europe’s top rabbi calls for solidarity with Muslims
- Greek gloom as economy stalls amid latest bout of EU wrangling
- Indian girl found in jungle was not living with monkeys, officials say
- US special forces soldier killed in operation against Isis in Afghanistan
- Canadian province makes it illegal to require women to wear high heels
- Google accused of 'extreme' gender pay discrimination by US labor department
- US government drops effort to unmask anti-Trump Twitter account
- Polish law change unleashes 'massacre' of trees
- Life on the ice: one last hunt for Norway's sealers
- The story of the British Black Panthers through race, politics, love and power
- Bristol Festival of Ideas 2017: Reflections on 100 years of change
- Malcolm Turnbull tells Russia to pull Bashar al-Assad into line after US missile strikes
- Boy, two, and parents suffer burns after acid attack in north London
- 'Dictator Maduro!': thousands of Venezuelans protest ban of opposition leader
- Foreign investors fined $2.7m under new regime targeting property buyers
- Anglicans launch rescue bid as England’s finest cathedrals battle a financial crisis
- Censored in Israel, praised by Merkel: the novelist who is a ‘threat to Jewish identity’
- Tragedy of a father who lost more than 20 family members in Khan Sheikhun
- Could Britain have sold sarin chemicals to Assad’s regime?
- Russia sends warship to battlegroup off Syrian coast
- Swedish police confirm Stockholm attack suspect is from Uzbekistan – video
- London police launch murder inquiry after teenage shooting
- Russia, US and military intervention in Syria: what next after missile strikes?
- Doves and hawks: how opinion was divided about airstrikes in Syria
- God, guns, and abortion: Neil Gorsuch to quickly make his mark on high court
| No peace in Syria until Assad is ousted, says Nikki Haley Posted: 08 Apr 2017 07:44 PM PDT In a departure from the administration's previous stance, US ambassador to the UN suggests regime change is now one of its priorities Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, has said that she sees regime change in Syria as one of the Trump administration's priorities in the country wracked by civil war. Defeating Islamic State, pushing Iranian influence out of Syria, and the ousting of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad are priorities for Washington, Haley said in an interview on CNN's State of the Union, which will air in full on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Kushner and Bannon agree to 'bury the hatchet' after White House peace talks Posted: 09 Apr 2017 12:32 AM PDT Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus tells the feuding pair to end the 'palace intrigue' after weeks of damaging infighting White House aides Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner have met and agreed to "bury the hatchet" over their differences, a senior administration official said, in a bid to stop infighting that has distracted from Donald Trump's message. Bannon, the president's chief strategist, and Kushner, an influential adviser and Trump's son-in-law, met on Friday at the request of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus who told them that if they have any policy differences, they should air them internally, the official said. Continue reading... |
| Newsreader in India discovers husband was involved in fatal car crash live on air Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:50 PM PDT Supreet Kaur, a journalist with channel IBC-24, was broadcasting on Saturday morning when a reporter phoned in with details of a car accident A newsreader in the Indian state of Chhatisgarh has discovered that her husband was the victim of a car crash while reporting the story live on air. Supreet Kaur, a journalist with channel IBC-24, was broadcasting on Saturday morning when a reporter phoned in with details of a fatal car accident in a central district of the state. Continue reading... |
| US navy strike group moves towards Korean peninsula, official says Posted: 08 Apr 2017 08:57 PM PDT Donald Trump speaks to acting leader of South Korea after Syria missile strike described by North as 'intolerable act of aggression' The US navy has deployed a strike group towards the western Pacific Ocean to provide a presence near the Korean peninsula, a US official said on Saturday. Related: Trump tells Japan 'all options on the table' in face of North Korea provocation Continue reading... |
| 'There's sharks out here': feeding frenzy halts surfing event before Florence posts victory Posted: 08 Apr 2017 09:52 PM PDT
A shark scare halted the action at the Margaret River Pro on Sunday before John John Florence delivered a masterclass of surfing to claim victory in the second Champions Tour event of the 2017 season. Related: Surfer Owen Wright wins Snapper Rocks Tour opener in fairytale return from brain injury Continue reading... |
| As warplanes return to scene of sarin attack, Trump defends missile launch Posted: 08 Apr 2017 03:57 PM PDT
In the quiet streets of Khan Sheikhun, people mourned the dead from a sarin attack, bracing for the next raid. At an airbase near Homs, government warplanes roared back into action, their targets unknown. And not far from his golf course in south Florida, the president of the United States cried out a defense on Twitter. Related: Russia sends warship to battlegroup off Syrian coast Continue reading... |
| Exclusive: Eta documents reveal details of weapons dumps as group disarms Posted: 08 Apr 2017 03:43 AM PDT Arms dumps include 118 guns, nearly 3,000kg of explosive materials and more than 25,000 rounds of ammunition Basque separatist group Eta has said it is giving up 118 pistols, rifles and automatic weapons, 25,700 rounds of ammunition and 2,875 kilograms of explosive materials to French authorities, as one of Europe's few home-grown listed terrorist groups finally disarms. The nature and content of the arms dumps were revealed in a set of documents seen exclusively by the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Swedish truck attack: shock gives way to fears for open society Posted: 08 Apr 2017 12:24 PM PDT Uzbek arrested in Stockholm is main suspect amid aftermath of political tension, defiance and anxiety Opposite the Åhléns department store on Drottninggatan, the smell of smoke still hanging over central Stockholm gave way to the fragrance of flowers. Swedes had festooned the high police barriers opposite the store with red and white roses. In place of the usual roar of cars there was a stillness broken only by the sound of seagulls and hushed voices. Continue reading... |
| Norway: explosive device found in central Oslo Posted: 08 Apr 2017 04:41 PM PDT Police cordon off large area and arrest one man after device found in Groenland neighbourhood Norwegian police have detonated an explosive device found in central Oslo, and a suspect is being held in custody, the police said on their official Twitter account on Saturday. Police chief Vidar Pedersen confirmed that the device, initially described as "bomb-like," was an explosive. The police Twitter account said it had been defused or neutralised. Continue reading... |
| Europe’s top rabbi calls for solidarity with Muslims Posted: 08 Apr 2017 04:05 PM PDT Passover message says extremism gives religions 'common cause' Jews and Muslims in Europe have a common cause in resisting attacks on minority religions and defending religious freedom, Europe's top rabbi has said. Speaking on the eve of Passover, which begins on Monday, chief rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt warned that the rise of ultra-nationalist parties and damage to the European Union caused by Brexit threatened the security of Jewish and Muslim minorities. "When there is tolerance for other languages, other cultures, religions, traditions, we Jews feel more accepted," Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis and chief rabbi of Moscow, told the Observer. Continue reading... |
| Greek gloom as economy stalls amid latest bout of EU wrangling Posted: 08 Apr 2017 08:00 AM PDT Only diehard communists now take to the streets in a nation where the Brussels bailout programme is showing little signs of working Eight years into Greece's ordeal to escape bankruptcy, thousands of Communist party sympathisers packed into Syntagma Square in Athens on Friday to protest at the latest concessions made by Alexis Tsipras's leftist government to keep the country afloat. Massed before parliament in the fading light of day, they did what they had come to do: rail against the cuts that loom in return for further disbursement of the emergency aid now needed to avert economic collapse. The serial drama of Greece's debt repayments will reach a climax again when loans of €7.5bn mature in July. Continue reading... |
| Indian girl found in jungle was not living with monkeys, officials say Posted: 08 Apr 2017 03:23 AM PDT Contrary to initial claims girl's rapid improvement indicates she was recently abandoned by her carers The discovery of a girl reportedly living with monkeys in the forests of northern India has been compared to a modern-day Jungle Book but officials and doctors close to the child say the true story is darker. This week news reports from the state of Uttar Pradesh said the girl, aged around eight, had been found by forest rangers in January living with monkeys. She was reportedly naked, crawled on all fours and screeched at passersby. Continue reading... |
| US special forces soldier killed in operation against Isis in Afghanistan Posted: 08 Apr 2017 12:21 PM PDT
An American soldier was killed while conducting operations against Islamic State in Afghanistan late on Saturday, a US military spokesman said in a message posted on Twitter. "The soldier was mortally wounded late Saturday during an operation in Nangarhar province" in eastern Afghanistan, US navy captain Bill Salvin said in a message on the official Twitter account of the Nato-led Resolute Support mission. Continue reading... |
| Canadian province makes it illegal to require women to wear high heels Posted: 07 Apr 2017 10:44 PM PDT British Columbia amends workplace act saying high heels are a threat to employee health and safety The provincial government in British Columbia, Canada, has amended workplace legislation to prevent employers to force women to wear high heels at work. BC Green party leader Andrew Weaver filed a private member's bill in March "designed to prevent employers from setting varying footwear and other requirements based on gender, gender expression or gender identity". Continue reading... |
| Google accused of 'extreme' gender pay discrimination by US labor department Posted: 07 Apr 2017 03:48 PM PDT Allegations of possible employment violations emerge at court hearing as part of lawsuit to compel company, a federal contractor, to provide compensation data Google has discriminated against its female employees, according to the US Department of Labor (DoL), which said it had evidence of "systemic compensation disparities". As part of an ongoing DoL investigation, the government has collected information that suggests the internet search giant is violating federal employment laws with its salaries for women, agency officials said. |
| US government drops effort to unmask anti-Trump Twitter account Posted: 07 Apr 2017 02:16 PM PDT Attempt to reveal identity behind an account criticizing Trump's immigration policy sparked an outcry from free speech advocates and a lawsuit from Twitter The US government has backed down from its attempt to unmask an anonymous Twitter account that criticized the Trump administration, a victory for free speech advocates. Just one day after Twitter sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to block its effort to gain identifying information about an anonymous account, @ALT_USCIS, attorneys from the justice department contacted Twitter to inform them that the disputed summons had been withdrawn. Continue reading... |
| Polish law change unleashes 'massacre' of trees Posted: 07 Apr 2017 04:28 AM PDT New law allows private landowners to cut down any number of trees without applying for permission or even informing authorities A controversial change to Polish environmental law has unleashed what campaigners describe as a "massacre" of trees across the country. The new amendment, commonly known as "Szyszko's law", after Jan Szyszko, Poland's environment minister, removes the obligation for private landowners to apply for permission to cut down trees, pay compensation or plant new trees, or even to inform local authorities that trees have been or will be removed. Continue reading... |
| Life on the ice: one last hunt for Norway's sealers Posted: 09 Apr 2017 01:00 AM PDT Campaigners believed they'd ended the Norwegian seal hunt. But then two young filmmakers reignited a nation's interest in the tradition There's not a lot of poetry in killing seals – not in the rifle shot, nor in the swing of the infamous sealer's club, the hakapik, not in the blood on the ice. But there's poetry in the ocean. In Sealers: One Last Hunt, a Norwegian documentary film about the end of a way of life that is anathema to most of us in Europe, a group of hunters leap between the floes as the pack ice rises and falls on vast Atlantic swells, a scene that stays with the viewer like a song. Jumping between the floes is a young person's game. The nightmare is 'to be caught beneath' Continue reading... |
| The story of the British Black Panthers through race, politics, love and power Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT The experience of black people in the UK in the 1970s is examined in Guerrilla, a new drama series written by 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley. Now that story finds echoes in a powerful exhibition of photographs of the time A group of girls pose with schoolbags stencilled with the words "Black Power". A young Indian man, Farrukh Dhondy, a teacher and member of the British Black Panthers, stands defiantly outside his recently firebombed home, holding the newspaper that details the bombing. Activists pose with clenched fists and a copy of Angela Davis's If They Come in the Morning. The power of these images, taken by photographer Neil Kenlock, still resonates more than 40 years later, as does the story they tell: a tale of oppression, resistance and a community's fight for survival and for change. It is a story that has been largely ignored down the years. Now the black power movement, and in particular the British Black Panthers, find themselves back in the spotlight. There is a photography exhibition at Tate Britain, Stan Firm Inna Inglan: Black Diaspora in London, 1960-1970s; a proposed film about the Mangrove Nine trial in which the late Darcus Howe and fellow Black Panther Althea Jones-Lecointe successfully defended themselves against charges of incitement to riot; a celebration of Howe's life at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton; and the arrival of Guerrilla, a new drama series written by 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, which airs on Sky Atlantic. Continue reading... |
| Bristol Festival of Ideas 2017: Reflections on 100 years of change Posted: 08 Apr 2017 11:00 PM PDT Revolution, radicalism and rebellion dominate this year, as writers, journalists and academics look back on a century of political upheaval It's impossible to ignore the atmosphere of change and rebellion in 2017. Just months ago, Britain voted for Brexit and America for Donald Trump. We'll be exploring the implications of both this year – and for many years to come. A century on from the Russian Revolution, the festival hall will explore why it happened and what it meant. We also look at revolution more generally – in Latin America and Cuba; within the Labour government of Clement Attlee following the second world war; and through our 2017 Coleridge Lectures, a series inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's radical Bristol lectures of 1795. Continue reading... |
| Malcolm Turnbull tells Russia to pull Bashar al-Assad into line after US missile strikes Posted: 08 Apr 2017 08:41 PM PDT Marise Payne says Trump administration has asked for no further commitment from Australia after attack on Syrian airbase Malcolm Turnbull has called on Moscow to pull Bashar al-Assad into line, referring to Syria as a client state of Russia. "The onus is now on Russia to pull Assad into line," Turnbull said in Papua New Guinea before flying to India for his first official visit. "Let's be quite clear: the Assad regime is a client state of Russia." Continue reading... |
| Boy, two, and parents suffer burns after acid attack in north London Posted: 08 Apr 2017 02:17 PM PDT Police appeal for information after family had strong acid thrown on them in Islington on Saturday afternoon A father, mother and their two-year-old son have suffered burns following an acid attack in north London. Police are appealing for witnesses following the assault on the family in Islington at around 1.05pm on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| 'Dictator Maduro!': thousands of Venezuelans protest ban of opposition leader Posted: 08 Apr 2017 06:47 PM PDT Violent demonstrations come one day after Nicolás Maduro's government barred Henrique Capriles from running for office for 15 years Police in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at some of the thousands of protesters who poured into the streets of Caracas on Saturday amid a weeklong protest movement that shows little sign of losing steam. Thousands of people, some carrying signs reading "Dictator Maduro!" and "Elections now!" in support of banned opposition leader Henrique Capriles, took part in marches across the country against unpopular leftist president Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading... |
| Foreign investors fined $2.7m under new regime targeting property buyers Posted: 08 Apr 2017 10:14 PM PDT Tax office says 500 buyers were issued with penalty notices and 61 properties had to be sold as housing affordability dominates pre-budget discussions A new penalty regime targeting foreign investors has seen 500 overseas property buyers issued with penalty notices and told to pay the Australian Taxation Office $2.7m in fines. The majority of breaches occurred in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. Continue reading... |
| Anglicans launch rescue bid as England’s finest cathedrals battle a financial crisis Posted: 08 Apr 2017 04:05 PM PDT As Christians prepare for Easter, the Church of England is looking for ways to safeguard some of its most historic buildings The Church of England has launched an investigation into the running of cathedrals, as financial crises threatens the future of some of the country's most cherished buildings. As Christians prepare to mark Holy Week – the most sacred days of the liturgical year, including Maundy Thursday and Good Friday – and celebrate Easter Sunday, Anglican leaders have become increasingly concerned about reports of staff sacked, heavy debts accumulated and assets sold off. On Monday the church will announce the 12 members of a working party ordered by the archbishops of Canterbury and York, Justin Welby and John Sentamu, to look into the way cathedrals are governed, their accountability and how financial decisions are made. The working party will include financial specialists and other experts and will be chaired by the bishop of Stepney, Adrian Newman, with the dean of York, the Very Rev Vivienne Faull, as deputy chair. Continue reading... |
| Censored in Israel, praised by Merkel: the novelist who is a ‘threat to Jewish identity’ Posted: 08 Apr 2017 04:01 PM PDT Dorit Rabinyan's story of an affair across the Israeli-Palestinian divide became a cause célèbre. As the book is published in Britain, she talks about her year in the firing line A year ago, the Israeli novelist Dorit Rabinyan was at the centre of an unexpected storm. Her third book, All the Rivers – about a relationship between a Palestinian artist, Hilmi, and an Israeli woman, Liat – had been selected for the national curriculum. Then, abruptly, it was withdrawn by the education ministry because of its subject matter. That attempt at censorship – as Rabinyan acknowledges – had its positive aspect. Sales of her novel have doubled since it became a cause célèbre in Israel's culture wars in January 2016. Now being translated into 20 languages, it was published in the UK last month. And Rabinyan is preparing to set off on a month's book tour of the US. Continue reading... |
| Tragedy of a father who lost more than 20 family members in Khan Sheikhun Posted: 08 Apr 2017 02:50 PM PDT Abdul Hamid al-Yousef tells his story to one of the first western journalists to visit the Syrian town that was devastated by chemical weapons attack In these dark days, the drive through Idlib province is a study in contrasts. Few places match its beauty in spring – green as far as the eye can see, olive and cherry trees in blossom, yellow and purple flowers alongside the verdant hues of the earth. But look further into the distance, at the towns and villages that dot the countryside along the way to and from Khan Sheikhun, scene of the chemical attack on Tuesday that killed more than 80 people, and you will see columns of smoke rising in the sky. Continue reading... |
| Could Britain have sold sarin chemicals to Assad’s regime? Posted: 08 Apr 2017 02:46 PM PDT Campaigners point out that substances used to manufacture the nerve agent were exported to Damascus in the 80s Evidence that the sarin nerve agent was used in the chemical attack that killed more than 80 and injured hundreds of others in Syria's northern province of Idlib last week has triggered awkward questions for the government over the part played by the UK in the Assad regime's development of a chemical weapons programme. Related: 'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after chemical attack Continue reading... |
| Russia sends warship to battlegroup off Syrian coast Posted: 08 Apr 2017 09:39 AM PDT Naval move will overshadow US secretary of state Rex Tillerson's visit to Moscow A warship armed with cruise missiles has joined the Russian battlegroup off the coast of Syria as part of Moscow's response to US cruise missile strikes on the Syrian airbase of Shayrat. Russia's angry declarations, a world away from hopes of a rapprochement voiced in Washington and Moscow after Donald Trump's election, have overshadowed US secretary of state Rex Tillerson's planned visit to Moscow. His anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin will now be dedicated to reaching an understanding on Syria and addressing concerns over Russia's suspension of an agreement designed to keep the world's largest nuclear powers from accidentally clashing there. Continue reading... |
| Swedish police confirm Stockholm attack suspect is from Uzbekistan – video Posted: 08 Apr 2017 08:56 AM PDT Sweden's national police chief, Dan Eliasson says the driver of a hijacked beer delivery truck that careered into crowds on Stockholm's largest shopping street, killing four and injuring many more, is believed to be a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan. Eliasson says the man was previously known to the security services Continue reading... |
| London police launch murder inquiry after teenage shooting Posted: 08 Apr 2017 06:03 AM PDT Boy dies at scene of shooting in Newham and man found nearby with gunshot wound Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenager was shot and killed on a council estate in east London. Firearms officers and ambulance crew found the boy, said to be in his mid-teens, with a gunshot injury in Newham on Friday night. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading... |
| Russia, US and military intervention in Syria: what next after missile strikes? Posted: 08 Apr 2017 04:31 AM PDT Could there be follow-up attacks from Trump? And will Russian support for Assad remain firm? For most of Syria's six-year civil war the US has been pushing for the departure of Bashar al-Assad, even if former president Barack Obama was unwilling to use military options to remove him. Continue reading... |
| Doves and hawks: how opinion was divided about airstrikes in Syria Posted: 08 Apr 2017 01:31 PM PDT How the US cabinet and beyond sought to influence Donald Trump's decision to order missile strikes on Syrian airbases Jared Kushner, senior adviser |
| God, guns, and abortion: Neil Gorsuch to quickly make his mark on high court Posted: 08 Apr 2017 04:00 AM PDT With Donald Trump's first supreme court nominee confirmed, the real business can begin – with a range of hot-button cases on the way As the partisan argument rages over the confirmation to the supreme court on Friday of Donald Trump's nominee, Neil Gorsuch, the stakes of that argument are only now becoming clear. Democrats had dreamed of a progressive majority on the court and accuse Republicans of "stealing" the seat, for the senate's 10-month-long refusal to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland, Barack Obama's final court pick. Continue reading... |
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