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- French election: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron trade insults in TV debate
- Donald Trump tells Abbas 'we will get it done' on Israel-Palestinian peace deal
- Far right military scandals put German defence minister under pressure
- Yemen hunger crisis leaves refugee chief 'shocked to the bones'
- Earthquakes and storms leave climber stranded on Canada's highest peak
- US army releases photographer's final image, showing blast that killed her
- Dozens of coal miners killed in explosion in northern Iran
- Authorities haven't found 'even a dollar' of El Chapo's $1bn drug fortune
- James Comey defends Clinton email decision but warns of threat from Russia
- Ukraine investigates 94-year-old Jewish veteran over nationalist's death in 1952
- Facebook Live: Zuckerberg adds 3,000 moderators in wake of murders
- Breakthrough Libya talks appear to yield deal between rival factions
- Hating Uncle Hitler: diatribe turns magazine into collector's item
- Fears grow Turks held in Malaysia may face unfair trial or torture at home
- Brexit talks uncertainty 'leaves 45% chance of no deal', says article 50 author
- Soil erosion in Tanzania – in pictures
- Femicide the rallying cry for families of girls killed in Guatemalan orphanage fire | Rossalyn Warren
- Veep stars respond to Australian MP who knocked himself out laughing at episode
- Asylum limbo: the woman who can't stay in Britain, but can't leave either
- Royal sources scotch Prince Philip rumour ahead of emergency meeting
- The Erdoğan of Downing Street, a Le Pen in No 10: that’s how Merkel sees May | Stephan Richter
- Keystone XL: the final leg and the myth of Trump's job promise
- Night surfing in Peru – in pictures
- Student fees spat won't harm 'superb' Australia and New Zealand friendship
- Luke Lazarus found not guilty in retrial over Kings Cross nightclub rape allegation
- Thursday briefing: French fury, while May can taste Brussels rout
- Xi Jinping must calm 'hearts and minds' of Hong Kong, says Patten
- Emmanuel Macron accuses Marine Le Pen of being 'priestess of fear' – video
- Man arrested at airport with snakes, frogs and lizards in backpack
- French election: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron lock horns in TV debate – as it happened
- Canada authorities recall Bombay gin accidentally made twice as strong
- Justin Welby: Christians must unite with Jews to halt rise of antisemitism
- Black plaques for slaver philanthropists? | Letters
- No harm in putting animals in the hold | Letters
- It’s easy not to worry if you’re not in Caracas | Brief letters
- German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims' brain specimens
- Macron and Le Pen square up for French presidential debate
- Doctors at Delhi hospital get martial arts training after attacks on staff
- Japan's luxurious Shiki-shima sleeper train – in pictures
- Sean Spicer argues with journalists over definition of a wall – video
- James Comey: I feel 'mildly nauseous' to think I may have affected election – video
- Trump: 'We will get Israel-Palestinian peace deal done' – video
| French election: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron trade insults in TV debate Posted: 04 May 2017 12:59 AM PDT Majority of French people polled feel that centrist candidate outperformed far right leader in ill-tempered clash The independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and the the far-right Front National candidate Marine Le Pen traded venomous personal insults and clashed over how to fix the sluggish French economy and fight terrorism in a bruising live TV presidential debate days before the final vote this weekend. In the prolonged two-and-a-half-hour slanging match that featured more invective than any other debate in French presidential history, Macron branded Le Pen an ill-informed, corrupt, dangerously nationalistic and "hate-filled" liar who "fed off France's misery" and would bring "civil war" to France. She in turn called the former economy minister an arrogant, spoilt, cold-eyed, "smirking banker" who was colluding with Islamists, complacent on terrorism and intent on "butchering France" in favour of "big economic interests". Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump tells Abbas 'we will get it done' on Israel-Palestinian peace deal Posted: 03 May 2017 11:50 PM PDT
Donald Trump has committed the United States to helping Israel and the Palestinians reach peace, telling visiting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas: "We will get it done." Trump spoke after welcoming Abbas to the White House for a meeting aimed at relaunching talks that have failed repeatedly to resolve the decades-old conflict. "I've always heard that perhaps the toughest deal to make is the deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians," Trump said. "Let's see if we can prove them wrong." Continue reading... |
| Far right military scandals put German defence minister under pressure Posted: 03 May 2017 09:35 AM PDT Ursula von der Leyen initially criticised army leaders for cases including far-right terror plot but now accepts responsibility Germany's defence minister has come under fire after a series of scandals in the armed forces involving sexual harassment, bullying and a far-right plot for a racially motivated terror attack. Ursula von der Leyen, often tipped as a successor to Angela Merkel, on Wednesday said she bore "responsibility for everything that happens in the Bundeswehr", Germany's armed forces, after initially blaming weak army leadership. Continue reading... |
| Yemen hunger crisis leaves refugee chief 'shocked to the bones' Posted: 03 May 2017 07:46 AM PDT Leading humanitarian official Jan Egeland condemns 'gigantic diplomatic failure' as funding shortfall threatens to make food aid unavailable to millions by July One of Europe's most experienced diplomats has said he was "shocked to the bones" by the hunger he saw in Yemen. Jan Egeland, the current head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, condemned "this gigantic failure of international diplomacy" and said that only 3 million people out of the 7 million people who were starving had been fed last month. Continue reading... |
| Earthquakes and storms leave climber stranded on Canada's highest peak Posted: 03 May 2017 10:08 AM PDT Argentinian Natalia Martínez was nine days into solo traverse when tremors triggered avalanches that left terrain unstable A mountain climber from Argentina has been stranded for days on Canada's highest peak – after a series of earthquakes left her surrounded by unstable terrain – and is now fending off a heavy storm that has delayed any possibility of a rescue. Natalia Martínez began a solo traverse of 5,959-metre Mount Logan in the Yukon late last month. She was nine days into the trek and at an elevation of about 3,900 metres when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Yukon and Alaska early on Monday, sending snow and glacial ice crashing down around her camp. A few hours later, the mountain was rattled by a second earthquake of magnitude 6.3 along with several aftershocks. Continue reading... |
| US army releases photographer's final image, showing blast that killed her Posted: 03 May 2017 03:26 PM PDT Image shows accidental mortar explosion in Afghanistan that killed Hilda Clayton and four Afghan national army soldiers Related: 'The camera is not a shield': life and death as a war photographer The US army has published the final photo of a combat photographer who captured on camera the blast that killed her in an accidental mortar explosion in Afghanistan nearly four years ago. The army's professional journal says the image illustrates how women are increasingly exposed to dangerous situations in the military. Continue reading... |
| Dozens of coal miners killed in explosion in northern Iran Posted: 03 May 2017 03:42 PM PDT At least 33 dead after methane gas ignited in tunnel 1,200 metres underground at the Zemestan-Yort mine in Golestan At least 33 people have died after a large explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran trapped scores of miners in a mile-long tunnel 1,200 metres deep underground. "Unfortunately 33 miners who were trapped in the mine after the explosion have lost their lives," said Ali Rabii, Iran's minister of labour and social welfare, according to the semi-official Ilna news agency. Rabii was speaking to reporters late on Wednesday night after visiting the Zemestan-Yort mine in Golestan province. Continue reading... |
| Authorities haven't found 'even a dollar' of El Chapo's $1bn drug fortune Posted: 03 May 2017 11:36 AM PDT US authorities investigating jailed drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán have still not been able to trace a single trace of his ill-gotten gains Over nearly 30 years at the head of one of the most powerful crime organisations in the world, the jailed drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is reputed to have built up a fortune worth at least $1bn. But according to Mexico's attorney general, US authorities investigating the kingpin have still not been able to trace a single dollar's worth of Guzmán's ill-gotten gains. Continue reading... |
| James Comey defends Clinton email decision but warns of threat from Russia Posted: 03 May 2017 11:52 AM PDT
FBI director James Comey on Wednesday described Russia as "the greatest threat" to US democracy, but defended his decision to keep secret an investigation into the Trump campaign's links to Moscow despite revealing details of an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified emails. Related: Hillary Clinton: I'm to blame for election loss but outside interference cost me Continue reading... |
| Ukraine investigates 94-year-old Jewish veteran over nationalist's death in 1952 Posted: 03 May 2017 01:49 AM PDT Soviet army veteran Boris Steckler faces murder inquiry over his role in death of Ukrainian insurgent and could be jailed Ukraine's prosecutor general has opened a murder investigation against a 94-year-old Jewish Red Army veteran over the 1952 killing of a nationalist insurgent who has been accused of collaborating with Nazis. The case comes amid a "decommunisation" campaign by the Ukrainian government, which has celebrated nationalist groups who fought the Soviets. If charged, the veteran could face a prison sentence. Continue reading... |
| Facebook Live: Zuckerberg adds 3,000 moderators in wake of murders Posted: 03 May 2017 08:20 AM PDT Following outrage over broadcasting of killings and assaults, Facebook chief says social network will invest in people and tools to remove content more quickly Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to add 3,000 more content reviewers and invest in tools to help remove objectionable content more quickly, after a man broadcasted footage of himself killing his 11-month-old daughter. Over the last few months, footage of shootings, murders, rapes and assaults has been streamed on Facebook. The live broadcasts have then been viewable as recorded videos by the social network's users, often for days before being taken down. Continue reading... |
| Breakthrough Libya talks appear to yield deal between rival factions Posted: 03 May 2017 04:03 AM PDT Leaders Fayez al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar reportedly reach outline agreement for presidency council at meeting in UAE Talks between leaders of the two largest rival factions in Libya appear to have reached an outline agreement in probably the most optimistic moment for the war-torn country in many years. In a diplomatic breakthrough the leader of the UN-backed government, Fayez al-Sarraj, and his rival Khalifa Haftar met on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates for two hours. Continue reading... |
| Hating Uncle Hitler: diatribe turns magazine into collector's item Posted: 03 May 2017 11:01 AM PDT Copy of 1939 periodical containing piece by Hitler's nephew recounting his time with the führer is on sale for over £700 Six yellowing pages headed Why I Hate My Uncle, in a US magazine sold for 10 cents in 1939, have boosted its current value to over £700. The picture byline of a Clark Gable lookalike was of William Patrick Hitler: his uncle was Adolf. The extraordinary article in Look, then a photojournalism rival to Life magazine, contains striking vignettes of the German dictator in his holiday retreat in the mountains, Berchtesgaden: "Hitler was entertaining some very beautiful women at tea. When he saw us, he strode up slashing a whip as he walked and taking the tops off the flowers. He took that occasion to warn me never again to mention that I was his nephew. Then he returned to his guests, still viciously cracking his whip." Continue reading... |
| Fears grow Turks held in Malaysia may face unfair trial or torture at home Posted: 03 May 2017 01:50 AM PDT Human rights group calls on Malaysian government not to extradite Turgay Karaman and İhsan Aslan to Turkey Two Turkish men have been arrested in Malaysia, raising fears they might by forcibly returned to Turkey, where a rights group warned they could face unfair trial and torture. Turgay Karaman and İhsan Aslan were "caught for activities that threaten the safety of Malaysia" under a section of the penal code that covers terrorism and organised crime, the inspector-general of Malaysia's police, Khalid Abu Bakar, tweeted. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Brexit talks uncertainty 'leaves 45% chance of no deal', says article 50 author Posted: 04 May 2017 12:17 AM PDT Lord Kerr, who helped draft EU legislation, says uncertainty over who will lead negotiations for UK is 'very real problem' Uncertainty about who will lead Brexit divorce talks for Britain is a "very real problem", the diplomat who helped draft article 50 has said, as he warned the UK faces a 45% chance of crashing out of the EU with no deal. John Kerr, a crossbench peer who served as the UK's ambassador to the EU, said there was "a very real problem in the United Kingdom ... that it is not clear who the negotiators are going to be". |
| Soil erosion in Tanzania – in pictures Posted: 04 May 2017 12:02 AM PDT The Jali Ardhi, or 'care for the land' project, studies the impact of soil erosion on Maasai communities and their grazing lands. Photojournalist Carey Marks captures the changing landscape, its people – and the challenges they face
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| Posted: 03 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT Lawyers claim the disaster that killed 41 girls at the San José Pinula children's shelter reflects wider state failings on the protection of women in Guatemala Outside Palacio Verde, in the centre of Guatemala City, a woman stands on a pile of ash and scattered flower petals. Near her feet is a circle of wooden crosses, each marked with the name of a girl killed last month in a fire at Virgen de la Asunción, an orphanage in San José Pinula. Three people have since been arrested in connection with the fire, which killed 41 girls between the ages of 14 and 17. The girls were among those locked in a room as punishment for a recent escape attempt. The fire started when one of the girls set fire to a mattress in protest at their treatment; survivors said the girls had pleaded to be released from the room, but their cries were ignored. Continue reading... |
| Veep stars respond to Australian MP who knocked himself out laughing at episode Posted: 03 May 2017 08:16 PM PDT Julia Louis-Dreyfus tells Labor MP Graham Perrett to 'be careful' after mishap leaves him with black eye and stitches Writers and stars of Veep have responded incredulously to the news an Australian politician required stitches after knocking himself unconscious while laughing at the new season. Graham Perrett, a federal Labor MP in Queensland, was eating sushi while watching the US political satire on Sunday night when "some of the rice went down the wrong way", causing him to fall and knock himself unconscious. Continue reading... |
| Asylum limbo: the woman who can't stay in Britain, but can't leave either Posted: 03 May 2017 09:40 AM PDT When she applied for asylum in Britain it was refused. And when she applied to return home, that was rejected too. Zimbabwean Paradzai Nkomo describes how her quest for freedom turned into a 15-year nightmare Paradzai Nkomo's emailed description of her situation is succinct and shocking. She is Zimbabwean and has been in Britain for 15 years. First her application for asylum was rejected and then her request to be deported home was also refused, leaving her stuck in limbo. "It's difficult to integrate as I am not permitted to work. Conversation becomes repetitive because of not doing anything apart from looking out of a damp, drenched window day after day. Hiding malnutrition under borrowed clothes," she writes. "A quest for freedom has now turned into a hellish nightmare. I feel as though death may be the only way out of this." Continue reading... |
| Royal sources scotch Prince Philip rumour ahead of emergency meeting Posted: 04 May 2017 12:56 AM PDT 'No cause for alarm' about health of the Queen and her husband, after the Sun briefly publishes report of Philip's death News that Buckingham Palace had summoned royal household staff for an emergency meeting prompted a flurry of speculation overnight about the health of the Queen and Prince Philip. Royal sources said there was "no cause for alarm" about the couple's health but gave no further indication as to the reason for the meeting. They said such all-staff meetings did occur occasionally. Continue reading... |
| The Erdoğan of Downing Street, a Le Pen in No 10: that’s how Merkel sees May | Stephan Richter Posted: 04 May 2017 01:00 AM PDT The view from Berlin is that Theresa May's Brexit strategy is a monumental miscalculation, and a disastrous departure from reality-based British pragmatism Theresa May yesterday reacted with fury to what she termed the EU's "deliberately timed meddling" in the British election campaign. But it's not just Jean-Claude Juncker who believes that May lives in another galaxy: most leaders in continental Europe believe that – including Angela Merkel. The German chancellor never took kindly to May's attempt in the early days after the Brexit vote to create an alliance between the two most powerful women in Europe to get Britain a special deal. Merkel is firmly driven by safeguarding Europe's future, not the pursuit of gender-based political deals. Related: You can't just cut and run from Europe, Theresa May – it's illegal | Helena Kennedy Continue reading... |
| Keystone XL: the final leg and the myth of Trump's job promise Posted: 04 May 2017 12:00 AM PDT Part three: The Guardian's pipeline road trip ends in Nebraska, where Trump has sold the project as a creator of 'a lot of jobs', but facts don't support his claims Words by Oliver Laughland, photos and video by Laurence Mathieu-Léger, graphics by Monica Ulmanu
"Nebraska is the last hope for stopping this," says Art Tanderup, sitting on the lawn close to the solar panels that provide most of the energy to his farm. Spring comes a little earlier here than in South Dakota and Montana. The 2ft deep snow drifts that had blanketed the farmland melted a month ago, revealing acres of harvested corn stubble that is now being readied for replanting. This year's crop cycle brings with it a sense of unprecedented foreboding for Tanderup and his wife Helen, who returned to the century old family farm in 2011, hoping for a quiet retirement. Continue reading... |
| Night surfing in Peru – in pictures Posted: 03 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT As most Lima residents prepare to sleep, a handful of hardcore surfers descend on the only beach in Peru where they can ride the waves at night. La Pampilla has been equipped with 1,000-watt floodlights high above the beach, which provide enough illumination to surf after nightfall. Continue reading... |
| Student fees spat won't harm 'superb' Australia and New Zealand friendship Posted: 03 May 2017 11:45 PM PDT Gerry Brownlee, NZ's foreign affairs minister, says anger over proposed budget measures would be 'worked out' New Zealand's foreign affairs minister says spats between Canberra and Wellington over student fees and citizenship entitlements have not harmed the "superb" relationship between the two countries. Gerry Brownlee and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, met in Sydney on Thursday and discussed proposed increases in Australian university fees and the Turnbull government's push to make it harder for permanent residents to become citizens. Continue reading... |
| Luke Lazarus found not guilty in retrial over Kings Cross nightclub rape allegation Posted: 04 May 2017 12:35 AM PDT Woman alleges she was assaulted behind Soho nightclub but judge finds 'no reasonable grounds' for believing the complainant did not consent A Sydney man has been cleared of raping a teenager in the laneway outside his father's Kings Cross nightclub after a retrial. Luke Andrew Lazarus, now 25, was sentenced in 2015 to at least three years' jail over the 2013 rape of an 18-year-old woman on her first night out in Kings Cross but his conviction was later quashed on appeal. Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: French fury, while May can taste Brussels rout Posted: 03 May 2017 10:00 PM PDT Angry debate between Macron and Le Pen … PM seizes chance to accuse EU of election meddling … and the picture that cost army photographer her life Good morning, it's Warren Murray waking you up to the news. Continue reading... |
| Xi Jinping must calm 'hearts and minds' of Hong Kong, says Patten Posted: 03 May 2017 09:13 PM PDT As the former colony prepares for the visit of the Chinese president to mark 20 years since the handover, the last British governor warns over freedoms Chinese president Xi Jinping must strive to calm the "hearts and minds" of Hong Kong's seven million citizens during the upcoming commemorations of the 20th anniversary of handover, the territory's last British governor has said. On 1 July it will be two decades since the former colony reverted to Chinese control under the "one country, two systems" formula, which guaranteed it far greater freedoms than the authoritarian mainland. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron accuses Marine Le Pen of being 'priestess of fear' – video Posted: 03 May 2017 07:34 PM PDT The independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and the the far-right Front National candidate Marine Le Pen trade insults in a live TV presidential debate on Wednesday evening. Macron brands Le Pen a liar and 'parasite', while Le Pen says he's beholden to 'unbridled globalisation' Continue reading... |
| Man arrested at airport with snakes, frogs and lizards in backpack Posted: 03 May 2017 05:44 PM PDT Russian en route from Brazil detained in Amsterdam after reptiles and cockroaches found in buckets in luggage Customs officials have arrested a Russian man at Amsterdam's international airport after dozens of poisonous snakes and frogs were found hidden in his luggage. The man, who was en route to Russia, was detained on a stopover at Schiphol airport after a trip to Brazil, the , the Dutch food and animal watchdog said on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| French election: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron lock horns in TV debate – as it happened Posted: 03 May 2017 04:11 PM PDT Centrist Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right Front National, go head to head before Sunday's decisive second-round vote to choose France's next president
Tonight's debate is not going to go down as a classic. Previous TV encounters on the way to winning the French Presidency have delivered lines that have lived long in the memory: "You do not have a monopoly on heart" for example. This evening was a lot more of an unseemly squabble, and at times very ugly. All the signs from the polls are that Macron will win at the weekend, but it looks like a sizeable chunk of Mélenchon supporters will not be helping him on his way. Could that make a difference and let Le Pen in?
If you are puzzled by the attraction of Marine Le Pen to some French voters, it is worth spending ten minutes watching this video where our Paris bureau chief Angelique Chrisafis visits 'forgotten France' I even had an uncle who was detained in the concentration camps during the war. He did three camps - Dachau, Buchenwald and Auschwitz. With three numbers tattooed here. So I know how these kind of people are. But to put things right again - it's the only solution. Continue reading... |
| Canada authorities recall Bombay gin accidentally made twice as strong Posted: 03 May 2017 01:46 PM PDT Investigation on batch of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin finds alcohol content to be almost double what was noted and 'not safe for consumption' Related: Moderate drinking can lower risk of heart attack, says study Provincial authorities across Canada have issued a recall of a popular brand of gin after it was discovered that some bottles may contain 77% alcohol rather than the 40% listed on the bottle. Continue reading... |
| Justin Welby: Christians must unite with Jews to halt rise of antisemitism Posted: 03 May 2017 10:37 AM PDT Archbishop of Canterbury makes plea for tolerance in speech at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial during visit to Israel The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called for bridges to be built between Jewish people and others to prevent antisemitism taking hold. Speaking at Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, Welby said the museum's art revealed "the depths of human evil". He said: "Within European culture, the root of all racism, I think, is found in antisemitism. It goes back more than 1,000 years in Europe. Within our Christian tradition, there has been century upon century of these terrible, terrible hatreds in which one people … [are] hated more specifically, more violently, more determinedly, more systematically than any other people." Continue reading... |
| Black plaques for slaver philanthropists? | Letters Posted: 03 May 2017 09:41 AM PDT Readers respond to the continuing controversy over buildings such as Bristol's Colston Hall named after slave exploiters I am delighted to hear of a change to the naming of Colston Hall, Bristol (Report, 27 April; Opinion, 28 April; and Letters, passim). For nine years from 1953 I attended the University of Bristol, having arrived from the West Indies where my family have lived since 1712. And, yes, they did own slaves. Continue reading... |
| No harm in putting animals in the hold | Letters Posted: 03 May 2017 09:38 AM PDT Jennifer White of Peta (Letters, 3 May) claims that it is cruel to transport animals in the cargo hold of aircraft. She fails to mention that not only are cargo holds heated and pressurised the same as the main cabin but also many thousands of animals are successfully transported in this manner every year. Moreover, she gives no alternative to this. It is simply not practical for safety reasons to transport live animals in the passenger cabin. Of course, any death is regrettable and should be investigated to minimise the possibility of it happening again, but people die on flights too and I don't see calls to ban them from travelling. Without a practical alternative to air travel pets would be forced into long overland journeys or unable to travel with their owners at all. |
| It’s easy not to worry if you’re not in Caracas | Brief letters Posted: 03 May 2017 09:37 AM PDT The US and Venezuela | Bluebell invaders | Mugwumps in Burroughs | Strong and stable | Grandparent names From the safe distance of an Oxford college it probably does seem highly improbable that the US would invade Venezuela (Letters, 1 May). But if you live in a struggling oil-rich country, knowing your continent has suffered US political and military intervention throughout most people's lifetimes, and then look across to the US role in the devastation of oil-rich areas of the Middle East, it is harder to sleep at night. • Malcolm Deas is absolutely right in decrying the notion of an American intervention in Venezuela as nonsense. Why on earth would the US risk the reputational damage of a military intervention when its ends can equally well be achieved by giving covert aid and comfort to the Venezuelan opposition, as in many a previous case? |
| German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims' brain specimens Posted: 03 May 2017 09:20 AM PDT Project aims to build database listing names of sick and disabled people killed under Hitler's 'euthanasia' programme German scientists are to begin identifying thousands of brain specimens belonging to people killed by the Nazis because they had a disability or were ill. Related: 'I will never be free of it': Auschwitz survivor recalls horror 75 years on Continue reading... |
| Macron and Le Pen square up for French presidential debate Posted: 03 May 2017 08:29 AM PDT Verbal battle royal expected but televised event may not be the 'decisive' moment being portrayed in the country's media • The Guardian will be liveblogging the debate from 8pm UK time Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are squaring up for a presidential debate that promises to be belligerent and bad-tempered. The candidates will face off across a table for more than two hours on Wednesday evening with two journalists acting as referees. Continue reading... |
| Doctors at Delhi hospital get martial arts training after attacks on staff Posted: 03 May 2017 07:47 AM PDT All India Institute of Medical Sciences provides taekwondo classes amid country's sharp rise in violence against medics Doctors at one of Delhi's top government hospitals will be given daily martial arts training in response to a sharp rise in reports of violence against medical practitioners in India. About 1,500 resident doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Aiims) in New Delhi will be given taekwondo classes in the hospital's gym every evening from 15 May. Continue reading... |
| Japan's luxurious Shiki-shima sleeper train – in pictures Posted: 03 May 2017 02:46 AM PDT The futuristic champagne-gold Train Suite Shiki-shima, operated by East Japan Railway, has five-star lounge, dining and observatory cars and features a menu devised by a Michelin-starred chef. The 10-car train accommodates just 34 passengers in 17 suites, and the most expensive room, the Shiki-shima, costs ¥950,000 (£6,600) per person for two sharing. The train embarked on its maiden journey on 1 May and seats have already been booked up until March 2018 Continue reading... |
| Sean Spicer argues with journalists over definition of a wall – video Posted: 03 May 2017 08:59 PM PDT During a presentation on border security, the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, clashes with Breitbart reporter Charlie Spiering over whether Donald Trump's planned wall along the border with the United States and Mexico is actually a fence Continue reading... |
| James Comey: I feel 'mildly nauseous' to think I may have affected election – video Posted: 03 May 2017 01:02 PM PDT FBI director James Comey tells the Senate judiciary committee on Wednesday that it makes him feel 'mildly nauseous' to think disclosing an FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails may have affected the US presidential election Continue reading... |
| Trump: 'We will get Israel-Palestinian peace deal done' – video Posted: 03 May 2017 11:37 AM PDT Donald Trump said he would 'do whatever is necessary' to reach a peace agreement in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine, adding that he believes 'there's a very, very good chance' of bringing Israel and the Palestinians together. Trump met with the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, in the Oval Office on Wednesday Continue reading... |
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