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- Montenegro finds itself at heart of tensions with Russia as it joins Nato
- Republican candidate charged with assault after 'body-slamming' Guardian reporter
- At least 21 killed as Isis-linked militants rampage through Philippines city
- Trump debuts in Europe as Obama returns to stir nostalgia for the old days
- Saudi Arabia and UAE block Qatari media over incendiary statements
- South China Sea: US warship sails within 12 miles of China-claimed reef
- Bomber's father fought against Gaddafi regime with 'terrorist' group
- More than 30 drown as hundreds fall from migrant boat off Libya
- Venezuela opposition blasts president's plan to rewrite constitution and delay elections
- Jakarta suicide bombers kill three police officers in bus station attack
- US raid killed five Yemen civilians, says rights group disputing official story
- Theresa May to urge Nato to join global coalition fighting Isis
- Taiwan's top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage
- International contest will transform Paris 'ghost' Métro stations
- Mount Everest rescue team attempts to retrieve body of climber
- Video appears to show San Antonio police officer punching girl, 14, in face
- China censored Google's AlphaGo match against world's best Go player
- On the frontline of Venezuela's punishing protests
- UK police stop passing Manchester bombing information to US over leaks
- UK growth unexpectedly revised down to just 0.2% as inflation bites - business live
- US admits DEA lied about Honduras 'massacre' that killed four villagers
- Philippine troops battle Isis-linked militants after deadly rampage – video
- Special minister of state Scott Ryan waives former senator Bob Day's debts – as it happened
- 'End spatial apartheid': why housing activists are occupying Cape Town
- Ineos buys Dong Energy's oil and gas business in £1bn deal
- GOP candidate Greg Gianforte has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies
- Google's Go-playing AI still undefeated with victory over world number one
- Rebel Wilson says she 'had to beg' to meet producers after Bauer Media articles published
- Bob Day's debts waived by Coalition as he acted as senator 'in good faith'
- New Zealand launches into space race with 3D-printed rocket
- Indonesian president urges calm after suspected suicide attacks in Jakarta
- China's feeling Moody about credit downgrade - but caution is justified | Larry Elliott
- Thursday briefing: May to Trump – you are not helping
- Indonesian caning of gay men strains Australian relationship, says Liberal MP
- Majority of Britons think minorities threaten UK culture, report says
- Timor-Leste's big spending: a brave way to tackle economic crisis or just reckless?
- UC Berkeley professor fired nearly two years after sexual harassment claims substantiated
- Brazil's president struggles to retain power as political crisis deepens
- 'Trump not welcome': demonstrators take to the streets of Brussels
- Nato members anxiously hope Trump's visit will bring renewed commitment
- French presidential election May 2017 – full results and analysis
- Is it pizza? No, it's potica: the pope gives Melania Trump food for thought
- Cosby trial: defense accuses prosecutors of excluding black people from jury
- The Pope meets the Trumps: what do you feed him? – video
- Australian kidnapped in Yemen 'safe and well' after negotiators secure release
- The 'ultimate deal'? Trump's Middle East peace plan is actually 15 years old
- Indian netball star claims husband divorced her for giving birth to a girl
- Scientists race against time as Yemen's deadly cholera outbreak spirals
- Somaliland's hunger crisis: ‘The world doesn't respond until children are dying'
- Republican Greg Gianforte 'body slams' Guardian reporter in Montana – audio
| Montenegro finds itself at heart of tensions with Russia as it joins Nato Posted: 24 May 2017 10:00 PM PDT Alliance that bombed country only 18 years ago welcomes it as 29th member in move that has left its citizens divided The Democratic Front, an alliance of parties opposed to Montenegro's membership of Nato, flies a giant Russian flag from the top balcony of its red-and-white headquarters in Podgorica. It's a striking choice given that two of the party's leaders have been stripped of parliamentary immunity and charged with attempting to overthrow the government in an allegedly Russian-backed plot. But it also shows the deep divisions that continue as the Balkan country of 600,000 is welcomed as the alliance's 29th member and attends its first summit on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Republican candidate charged with assault after 'body-slamming' Guardian reporter Posted: 24 May 2017 10:07 PM PDT Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate 'slamming him to the ground'
The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he is alleged to have slammed a Guardian reporter to the floor on the eve of the state's special election, breaking his glasses and shouting, "Get the hell out of here." Ben Jacobs, a Guardian political reporter, was asking Greg Gianforte, a tech millionaire endorsed by Donald Trump, about the Republican healthcare plan when the candidate allegedly "body-slammed" the reporter. Continue reading... |
| At least 21 killed as Isis-linked militants rampage through Philippines city Posted: 24 May 2017 04:26 PM PDT Priest and worshippers seized and police chief beheaded after government forces raid hideout of militant leader Militants linked to Islamic State swept through a southern Philippine city, beheading a police chief, burning buildings, seizing a Roman Catholic priest and his worshippers and raising the black flag of Isis, regional authorities have said. Related: Duterte cuts short trip to Russia after declaring martial law in southern Philippines Continue reading... |
| Trump debuts in Europe as Obama returns to stir nostalgia for the old days Posted: 24 May 2017 09:03 AM PDT Coinciding visits, although unintentional, serve to highlight Europe's radically different view of the incumbent president and his 'painfully missed' predecessor Related: Nato members anxiously hope Trump's visit will bring renewed commitment Donald Trump makes his European debut as US president this week just as his predecessor, Barack Obama, returns to the continent for his first visit since relinquishing the White House in January. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Arabia and UAE block Qatari media over incendiary statements Posted: 24 May 2017 09:00 PM PDT Qatar claims official websites were hacked after reports appeared in which emir made controversial remarks about Iran and Israel Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates took the extraordinary step on Tuesday of blocking the websites of fellow Gulf state Qatar – including al-Jazeera – over incendiary statements about Iran and Israel posted on Qatar's state-run news agency. Related: Donald Trump in the Middle East – in pictures Continue reading... |
| South China Sea: US warship sails within 12 miles of China-claimed reef Posted: 24 May 2017 06:46 PM PDT The USS Dewey came close to Mischief reef in a so-called 'freedom of navigation operation' A US navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, US officials have said, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since Donald Trump became president. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the USS Dewey had travelled close to Mischief reef in the Spratly Islands, among a string of islets, reefs and shoals over which China has territorial disputes with its neighbors. Continue reading... |
| Bomber's father fought against Gaddafi regime with 'terrorist' group Posted: 24 May 2017 12:27 PM PDT Ramadan Abedi fled Gaddafi regime in 1990s but fought during Libyan revolution in 2011, says fellow fighter Salman Abedi, 22, who was known to the British security services, is thought to have returned from Libya as recently as this week. His parents, Ramadan Abedi and Samia Tabbal, who escaped the Gaddafi regime in the early 1990s and fled to the UK, now live in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Continue reading... |
| More than 30 drown as hundreds fall from migrant boat off Libya Posted: 24 May 2017 06:32 AM PDT About 200 people fell from overcrowded boat that was carrying 500-700 people and rescue boats are looking for survivors More than 30 people have drowned after about 200 people fell from an overcrowded migrant boat off the coast of Libya, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel was carrying between 500 and 700 people when the accident happened 20 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. It was not clear whether those in the water were knocked off balance by a wave or because there was a rush to one side of the boat as a rescue vessel approached. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela opposition blasts president's plan to rewrite constitution and delay elections Posted: 24 May 2017 02:16 PM PDT Nicolás Maduro reveals timetable for proposed actions amid months of violent anti-government protest, prompting accusations of autocratic tactics Venezuelan opposition leaders have reacted with fury to the unveiling of President Nicolás Maduro's timetable to redraft the country's constitution and delay regular elections until the end of the year. Following two months of violent anti-government demonstrations that have led to at least 55 deaths, the president provided new details of the plan on Wednesday and claimed the proposed new constituent assembly would help the country regain peace and pave the way for renewed dialogue. Continue reading... |
| Jakarta suicide bombers kill three police officers in bus station attack Posted: 24 May 2017 12:48 PM PDT Explosions in Indonesian capital were five minutes apart and also injured at least 10 people Two suspected suicide bombers killed three Indonesian police officers and injured 10 people on Wednesday night in twin blasts near a bus station in the eastern part of the capital, police have said. The blasts went off five minutes apart at Jakarta's Kampung Melayu terminal, police said. Continue reading... |
| US raid killed five Yemen civilians, says rights group disputing official story Posted: 24 May 2017 12:48 PM PDT London-based human rights group cites local sources, who say the raid went wrong from the start when US Navy Seals opened fire on a 70-year-old man Five civilians were killed in a US navy Seal raid in Yemen against al-Qaida militants, a human rights organisation said on Wednesday. US central command said that the raid on Tuesday had killed seven members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqap) in Marib governorate, "through a combination of small arms fire and precision airstrikes." Continue reading... |
| Theresa May to urge Nato to join global coalition fighting Isis Posted: 24 May 2017 02:00 PM PDT PM, who will attend Nato summit in Brussels and G7 meeting in Sicily, wants alliance to join international anti-terrorism group Theresa May will push for Nato to join the global coalition against Islamic State at a summit on Thursday but is planning to cut short her attendance at a G7 summit at the end of the week because of the terrorism threat facing the UK. The prime minister will fly out as planned to the Nato gathering in Brussels on Thursday before heading to a G7 meeting in Sicily but she will only stay for one night before flying home on Friday evening. Continue reading... |
| Taiwan's top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage Posted: 24 May 2017 04:34 AM PDT Landmark ruling will mean country is first in Asia to allow gay couples to marry and cements reputation as beacon of liberalism Taiwan is to become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, after the island's constitutional court ruled current laws defining unions as between a man and a woman are invalid. Taiwan's highest court, the council of grand justices, said barring gay couples from marrying violated "the people's freedom of marriage" and "the people's right to equality". Continue reading... |
| International contest will transform Paris 'ghost' Métro stations Posted: 24 May 2017 07:09 AM PDT Scheme will develop 34 sites, including Champ de Mars near Eiffel Tower, as cultural or economic spaces They are known as the ghost stations: 16 stops on the Paris Métro system barred and padlocked nearly 70 years ago. In the past seven decades, many ideas for their reinvention have been floated, including turning one into a swimming pool and others into bars and nightclubs. None have come to anything, but their allure remains. Continue reading... |
| Mount Everest rescue team attempts to retrieve body of climber Posted: 24 May 2017 04:46 AM PDT Nepalese climbers prepare for risky mission in face of criticism as death toll on mountain reaches 10 this season Nepalese climbers are preparing for a risky mission to retrieve the body of an Indian national who died on Mount Everest at the weekend, as another rescue team discovered four more bodies on the mountain. Ravi Kumar, who was 27, reached Everest's summit on Saturday afternoon but died hours later after descending to about 8,400 metres (27,560ft). He was one of four people who died on the mountain at the weekend, including American doctor Roland Yearwood and Australian climber Francesco Marchetti. Continue reading... |
| Video appears to show San Antonio police officer punching girl, 14, in face Posted: 24 May 2017 01:56 PM PDT
A police officer in Texas can be seen in a newly emerged video apparently punching a 14-year-old girl several times in the face during an altercation at a birthday party. The blurry footage was taken by a bystander in a parking lot outside a party venue on Saturday evening. It shows several officers among a small crowd. Someone cries: "Don't talk to her like that … oh my God!" Continue reading... |
| China censored Google's AlphaGo match against world's best Go player Posted: 24 May 2017 05:02 AM PDT Government barred broadcasters and online publishers from livestreaming game that saw China's Ke Jie narrowly beaten DeepMind's board game-playing AI, AlphaGo, may well have won its first game against the Go world number one, Ke Jie, from China – but but most Chinese viewers could not watch the match live. The Chinese government had issued a censorship notice to broadcasters and online publishers, warning them against livestreaming Tuesday's game, according to China Digital Times, a site that regularly posts such notices in the name of transparency. Continue reading... |
| On the frontline of Venezuela's punishing protests Posted: 25 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT After two months of political unrest, many wonder whether the relentless clashes with police will affect change – or make things worse It starts with a distant rumble, and then a chanted countdown from the demonstrators packed tight along the Caracas freeway. As the count reaches zero, the crowds briefly part, and a file of young protesters – faces covered by T-shirts or makeshift gas masks – rush forward to confront heavily armed riot police. Continue reading... |
| UK police stop passing Manchester bombing information to US over leaks Posted: 25 May 2017 01:57 AM PDT Officers investigating Manchester Arena bombing take decision as transatlantic row over leaks escalates • Manchester Arena attack - latest updates British police have stopped sharing evidence from its investigation into the terror network behind the Manchester bombing with the United States after a series of leaks left investigators and the government furious. The ban is limited to the Manchester investigation only, with British police believing the leaks are unprecedented in their scope, frequency and potential damage. Continue reading... |
| UK growth unexpectedly revised down to just 0.2% as inflation bites - business live Posted: 25 May 2017 01:54 AM PDT New figures show that Britain's economy grew even slower than first expected in the first three months of 2017
Earlier:
Britain's economy didn't grow at all in the last quarter, if you account for the increase in population. Today's new figures show that GDP on a per-capita basis was flat in Q1 2017, compared to the final three months of 2016.
The bad news is that net trade took a big bite out of Britain's growth rate. Net trade wiped 1.4 percentage points off the growth rate, dashing hopes that the weaker pound would be a massive boost to exporters. Within net trade, there has been a rise in total imports, which have contributed negatively to UK GDP, with a notable contribution from transport equipment, machinery and chemicals. Continue reading... |
| US admits DEA lied about Honduras 'massacre' that killed four villagers Posted: 25 May 2017 01:00 AM PDT Bipartisan investigation finds drug agents misled Congress after river shooting left four dead, including two pregnant women and a schoolboy The US Drug Enforcement Administration lied about its role in a bungled anti-narcotics operation in Honduras which left four innocent villagers dead, then misled Congress, the justice department and the public as it tried to cover its tracks, a damning bipartisan investigation has found. Honduran officers under the command of DEA agents fired at unarmed passengers traveling by taxi boat in May 2012, killing four people – including two pregnant women and a schoolboy – and seriously injuring three others. Continue reading... |
| Philippine troops battle Isis-linked militants after deadly rampage – video Posted: 25 May 2017 12:25 AM PDT At least 21 people were killed as government troops clashed with Islamic State-linked militants in the Philippines city of Marawi, a mostly Muslim city of 200,000 people on the southern island of Mindanao. A Roman Catholic priest and worshippers were seized and a police chief beheaded after government forces raided the hideout of a militant leader Continue reading... |
| Special minister of state Scott Ryan waives former senator Bob Day's debts – as it happened Posted: 25 May 2017 12:24 AM PDT Day made a special application to consider his financial circumstances. As it happened
That is it, friends of the blerg. Thanks to Paul Karp, Gareth Hutchens and Katharine Murphy. Mike Bowers is squawked, having run around the building 567 times between Monday and Thursday. (It is estimates). We shall see you all back here bright and early on Monday morning.
Scott Ryan broke his news in the estimates committee, to which he delivered a longer statement. For the detailed focussed, here it is. I would like to update the Committee on matters relating to Bob Day and Rod Culleton. This year, two separate rulings of the High Court, acting as the Court of Disputed Returns, declared the Senate positions of Mr Culleton, an independent, and Mr Day, of Family First, vacant. Continue reading... |
| 'End spatial apartheid': why housing activists are occupying Cape Town Posted: 24 May 2017 11:15 PM PDT Desperate for affordable housing, residents of South Africa's second city have taken over a nurses' home and a hospital – and drawn attention to how the country's troubled history makes gentrification even more damaging Glitzy shopping arcades. Fine alfresco dining. A world class aquarium. A recently opened five-star hotel designed by Thomas Heatherwick, offering guests views of the harbour and Table Mountain through bulging "pillowed glass windows". Those in the penthouse suite have paid the equivalent of up to £8,000 a night for the experience, dependent on the season. This is Cape Town's V&A Waterfront. One of South Africa's most visited attractions, more than 24 million people flock to the centrally located harbour every year. But tourists needn't wander far to be met with a grittier scene. Behind Somerset hospital – a historic public facility in neighbouring Green point which dates back to 1862 – large painted banners emblazoned "Reclaim the City" call for an end of segregation. |
| Ineos buys Dong Energy's oil and gas business in £1bn deal Posted: 24 May 2017 11:29 PM PDT Anglo-Swiss chemicals firm hails acquisition as 'very logical' as Danish firm makes progress in switch to renewables Anglo-Swiss chemicals firm Ineos has bought the oil and gas business of Dong Energy for £1bn, a major milestone in the Danish company's switch from hydrocarbons to renewable energy. The acquisition is the latest in a buying spree by Ineos, which recently bought a significant North Sea oil pipeline for £200m from BP, and takes it from 28th biggest oil and gas producer in the region to the top 10. Continue reading... |
| GOP candidate Greg Gianforte has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies Posted: 25 May 2017 12:02 AM PDT
A Republican congressional candidate has financial ties to a number of Russian companies that have been sanctioned by the US, the Guardian has learned. Greg Gianforte, who is the GOP standard bearer in the upcoming special election in Montana, owns just under $250,000 in shares in two index funds that are invested in the Russian economy to match its overall performance. Continue reading... |
| Google's Go-playing AI still undefeated with victory over world number one Posted: 25 May 2017 01:50 AM PDT AlphaGo has won its second game against China's Ke Jie, sealing the three-game match in its favour Google's Go-playing AI has won its second game against the world's best player of the ancient Asian board game, Chinese 19-year-old Ke Jie, taking the three-game match in the process. AlphaGo, the AI created by Google subsidiary DeepMind, reported that Ke's first 50 moves were "played perfectly", according to DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis. In the post-game press conference, Hassabis, who was a child chess prodigy, said: "For the first 100 moves, it was the closest we've ever seen anyone play against the Master version of AlphaGo." Continue reading... |
| Rebel Wilson says she 'had to beg' to meet producers after Bauer Media articles published Posted: 25 May 2017 01:20 AM PDT Actor says she was dumped from Kung Fu Panda 3 at defamation trial against publishers of Woman's Day Rebel Wilson says she "had to beg" to be let back inside studio doors in Hollywood to impress producers after a series of defamatory articles were published about her in 2015. "Month after month, doors that used to be open were shut," the Pitch Perfect star said through tears in the supreme court of Victoria on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Bob Day's debts waived by Coalition as he acted as senator 'in good faith' Posted: 25 May 2017 12:36 AM PDT Turnbull government's approach to Day's debt greatly at odds with 'robo debt' recovery process The Turnbull government has decided to waive a debt accrued by the Family First senator Bob Day when he sat in the Senate despite being ineligible to be a candidate. The special minister of state, Scott Ryan, told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday that Day had sought a waiver of the debt he owed to the Department of the Senate and the finance department, which was an option available to him under the process. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand launches into space race with 3D-printed rocket Posted: 24 May 2017 11:43 PM PDT Successful launch of low cost rocket seen as bringing down barriers to space while also making New Zealand a hub Rocket Lab, a Silicon Valley-funded space launch company, on Thursday launched the maiden flight of its battery-powered, 3-D printed rocket from New Zealand's remote Mahia Peninsula. "Made it to space. Team delighted," Rocket Lab said on its official Twitter account. Continue reading... |
| Indonesian president urges calm after suspected suicide attacks in Jakarta Posted: 24 May 2017 11:37 PM PDT Joko Widodo puts out statement after police describe bombings as 'global terrorist attack' Indonesia's president urged people to remain calm on Thursday, a day after suspected suicide bombers killed three police officers on duty at a Jakarta bus terminal in an attack authorities said bore the hallmarks of globally inspired Islamist militants. Ten people, including five police officers and five civilians, were also wounded in the twin blasts that were detonated five minutes apart by the two suspected attackers in the Indonesia capital late on Wednesday evening, police said. Continue reading... |
| China's feeling Moody about credit downgrade - but caution is justified | Larry Elliott Posted: 24 May 2017 11:21 PM PDT Beijing dismissed Moody's assessment of its economy but after failing to foresee the 2008 crash, the agency now has a point It is almost three decades since Beijing was last downgraded by the rating agency Moody's, and during that period China has been transformed. Since 1989, the year of the Tiananmen square massacre, rapid growth has seen huge progress in the fight against poverty. Compounded growth rates of close to – and in some years higher than – 10% have made China the world's second biggest economy after the US. At the current rate of progress, it will soon be number one. Few envisaged this when Deng Xiaoping began his reform programme in the late 1970s. All of which might perhaps explain Beijing's rather tetchy response to downgrade. China is not accustomed to having its economic strategy questioned, as the response from the finance ministry made abundantly clear. The tone was dismissive. Moody's were over-playing the risks and under-playing the country's reform efforts. Put simply, the rating agency didn't know what it was talking about. Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: May to Trump – you are not helping Posted: 24 May 2017 10:08 PM PDT Manchester bombing leaks 'must stop' … Guardian reporter 'bodyslammed' by US Republican … and coffee might protect your liver from cancer Good morning, it's Warren Murray getting you on top of things this morning. Continue reading... |
| Indonesian caning of gay men strains Australian relationship, says Liberal MP Posted: 24 May 2017 10:03 PM PDT Trent Zimmerman says Australia cannot ignore the 'cruel and sickening' punishment, and Derryn Hinch wants foreign aid suspended A Liberal MP says the "cruel and sickening" caning of two gay men in Aceh has cast a cloud over Australia's relationship with Indonesia. Australia should not stand by and ignore the inhumane treatment of the men who were caned 85 times under sharia law for having consensual sex, the gay backbencher Trent Zimmerman told parliament on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Majority of Britons think minorities threaten UK culture, report says Posted: 24 May 2017 09:00 PM PDT Humanitarian index finds quarter of people believe immigrants take jobs away while few think PM can solve the refugee crisis More than half of Britons believe their culture is threatened by ethnic minorities living in the UK, a report says. A quarter think immigrants take jobs away and a third think they remove more from society than they contribute, this year's Aurora Humanitarian Index survey said. Continue reading... |
| Timor-Leste's big spending: a brave way to tackle economic crisis or just reckless? Posted: 24 May 2017 08:52 PM PDT Some worry 'the small people' will lose out as the nation scrambles to stay afloat on dwindling oil and gas reserves In Timor-Leste's Oecusse province, a band of children wash in the river beneath a multimillion-dollar bridge, yet to open. On a freshly paved road towards a US$9m-plus irrigation project, a young girl hauls a bucket of water out of a ground well. Across the road from the construction site of a three-star hotel, a young family lives in a small hut from which they operate a store. Augustina, 15, has learned some English and says she wanted to become a doctor. Continue reading... |
| UC Berkeley professor fired nearly two years after sexual harassment claims substantiated Posted: 24 May 2017 03:52 PM PDT Dismissal of Blake Wentworth – who sued the women who filed the harassment complaints – marks a rare instance of termination for sexual misconduct The University of California has fired a professor who was accused of sexually harassing multiple students, nearly two years after campus investigators first concluded he had made unwanted advances and violated school policies. The dismissal of assistant professor Blake Wentworth – who sued the women who filed harassment complaints against him – marks a rare instance of termination of a faculty member accused of sexual misconduct at the prestigious public university. Continue reading... |
| Brazil's president struggles to retain power as political crisis deepens Posted: 24 May 2017 11:37 AM PDT Michel Temer is refusing to resign and has said he will fight accusations of involvement in passive corruption, as protests lead to scuffles with police Thousands of protesters have called for Brazil's president, Michel Temer,to leave office as he lost yet another key adviser amid a deepening political crisis. Related: Brazil: explosive recordings implicate President Michel Temer in bribery Continue reading... |
| 'Trump not welcome': demonstrators take to the streets of Brussels Posted: 24 May 2017 10:44 AM PDT About 6,000 people joined protests against the US president as he met the king and queen of Belgium before talks with the prime minister Donald Trump told the Belgian prime minister that the world was "in a terrible position" but that terrorism would be defeated, as he arrived in Brussels, a city he once attacked as a "hellhole". As 6,000 protesters took to the streets to show their anger at the presence of the US president on Belgian soil, Trump and his wife, Melania, were welcomed at the Palace of Brussels by King Philippe and Queen Matilda, who he spoke to for 20 minutes, before talks with the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel. Continue reading... |
| Nato members anxiously hope Trump's visit will bring renewed commitment Posted: 24 May 2017 10:13 AM PDT During a visit to Nato headquarters in Brussels, the US president is expected to formally declare his support – but conflicting administration signals raise concern Nervous European Nato members are hoping Donald Trump will finally end months of equivocation and policy incoherence by formally renewing America's commitment to the alliance when he visits its headquarters in Brussels. The mini-summit on Thursday will be a chance for world leaders to convey their personal condolences to Theresa May over the Manchester bombing – but also to restate Nato's relevance to the fight against terrorism. Continue reading... |
| French presidential election May 2017 – full results and analysis Posted: 24 May 2017 07:37 AM PDT Voters in France chose Emmanuel Macron to be their next president. Find out where his vote was strongest, and which regions favoured his opponent, the Front National's Marine Le Pen Continue reading... |
| Is it pizza? No, it's potica: the pope gives Melania Trump food for thought Posted: 24 May 2017 06:29 AM PDT America's first lady caught off-guard by the pontiff's unusual question as she accompanies US president on Vatican visit The pope appeared to catch Melania Trump unawares on Wednesday morning when he asked her whether she fed her husband a popular Slovenian cake. Melania was accompanying the US president on his visit to the Vatican when Francis asked "What are you feeding him, potica?". Continue reading... |
| Cosby trial: defense accuses prosecutors of excluding black people from jury Posted: 24 May 2017 06:13 AM PDT Only one black person among first 11 jurors chosen for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial marks 'systematic exclusion of African Americans', says lawyer With just one black person seated among the first 11 jurors chosen for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial, defense lawyers are crying foul and accusing prosecutors of trying to systematically keep black people off the jury. The lawyers return to court on Wednesday in Pittsburgh to pick a 12th juror and six alternates. Continue reading... |
| The Pope meets the Trumps: what do you feed him? – video Posted: 24 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT Donald and Melania Trump met Pope Francis on Wednesday during the US president's first overseas tour since entering the White House. The pontiff appears to ask the first lady: 'What are you feeding him, potica?', referring to a popular Slovenian cake. The Vatican could not confirm the remark but did say Francis loves potica and always mentions it when he meets a Slovenian. It was unclear whether Melania understood what the pope was saying. She asked whether he was referring to pizza before smiling and saying yes Continue reading... |
| Australian kidnapped in Yemen 'safe and well' after negotiators secure release Posted: 24 May 2017 02:44 AM PDT Hostage may be Craig McAllister, who was abducted in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa last year Australia's foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, says an Australian kidnapped in Yemen in October last year has been released and is "safe and well". The Omani government said it had evacuated an Australian from Yemen on Wednesday following negotiations through tribal mediators. |
| The 'ultimate deal'? Trump's Middle East peace plan is actually 15 years old Posted: 24 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT Several regional leaders have urged the administration to revive the Arab Peace Initiative, unveiled in 2002 and under which Arab states would recognize Israel in return for a Palestinian state in line with pre-1967 borders If Donald Trump is going to pursue "the ultimate deal" between Israelis and Palestinians after his brief visits to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the occupied West Bank, the effort looks likely to be based on a 15-year-old peace plan that was barely noticed at the time, has been gathering dust ever since, but remains a rare green shoot in the arid landscape of Middle Eastern diplomacy. That plan was the Arab Peace Initiative (API), unveiled by the then Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah at a summit in Beirut in March 2002. Its launch was soon overshadowed by a far bigger, bloodier drama: a Palestinian suicide bombing that killed 29 elderly Israelis celebrating the Passover holiday. The worst attack of the second intifada triggered Israel's direct reoccupation of the West Bank, which it had partly turned over to the PLO after the1993 Oslo accords. |
| Indian netball star claims husband divorced her for giving birth to a girl Posted: 24 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT Once treated like a hero, Shumayala Javed says she gave up her netball career to marry – only for her husband to shun her when she had a girl It looked like the happiest day of her life. Women were dressed in the finest needlework, speakers blared out love songs and the food was piled high. Nobody could say the bride's parents hadn't looked after their guests. But to Shumayala Javed, the celebrations felt bittersweet. Her marriage meant the end of her netball career. She was a national champion. Continue reading... |
| Scientists race against time as Yemen's deadly cholera outbreak spirals Posted: 24 May 2017 06:10 AM PDT Health system in Yemen at breaking point as sharp spike in reported cases prompts urgent work to identify suspected new cholera strain As Yemen's cholera outbreak gathers pace, an investigation is under way to determine whether a new and more deadly strain of the disease is responsible for a second wave of cases that hit the country last month. With more than 2,000 suspected cases reported daily, medical supplies are running low and in some hospitals beds are shared by up to six children. Scientists are urgently trying to identify the suspected new strain at specialist laboratories in France. Continue reading... |
| Somaliland's hunger crisis: ‘The world doesn't respond until children are dying' Posted: 24 May 2017 04:57 AM PDT Failure to recognise Somaliland's independence means aid that could save lives of people hit by drought and cholera is too slow to arrive, says foreign minister Somaliland's foreign minister has said that the international community's refusal to recognise the republic 26 years after it declared independence means aid is taking far longer to reach people on the brink of famine. Though Somaliland, on the Gulf of Aden, has 4.4 million inhabitants and its own currency, army and parliament, in the eyes of the world it is part of war-torn Somalia. More than 1.5 million people have been affected by the drought afflicting the state, and most of its livestock has been wiped out. In recent days, the drought has been compounded by an outbreak of cholera in the east. Continue reading... |
| Republican Greg Gianforte 'body slams' Guardian reporter in Montana – audio Posted: 24 May 2017 06:40 PM PDT The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat can be heard in an audio recording slamming reporter Ben Jacobs to the floor, breaking his glasses and shouting, 'Get the hell out of here.' The attack occurred on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration Continue reading... |
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