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- Emmanuel Macron wins French presidency by decisive margin
- French election: Putin calls for end of 'mutual mistrust' after Macron victory – live updates
- Being Donald: China's (not) lookalike Trump impersonator is an unlikely hit
- Cow ambulances: India's latest scheme to protect revered animal
- Hong Kong bookseller abducted by China vows to reopen shop in Taiwan
- 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed in exchange for five Boko Haram leaders
- Israeli ministers back proposed law demoting Arabic language
- US military's secret space plane lands with sonic boom in Florida
- Trump congratulates Emmanuel Macron on French election win
- Trump staff insist healthcare bill is on track ahead of uphill battle in Senate
- 'Revenge porn': one in five report they have been victims in Australian survey
- Worried world urges Trump not to pull out of Paris climate agreement
- North Korea says it has detained another US citizen for 'hostile' acts
- 200 prisoners at large after Indonesian mass jailbreak
- Italian village offers €2,000 gifts to boost dwindling population
- Jared Kushner's family criticised for touting cash-for-visas scheme in China
- Macron caught prepping ahead of victory speech – video
- Newspaper front pages react to Macron victory – in pictures
- What now for Macron? Jihadi threat and economic woes mean no honeymoon
- ‘We must protect our country’: extremist Buddhists target Mandalay’s Muslims
- Two-year-old girl mauled by up to five dogs in Liverpool
- Video of UN investigator murders leaves Congo government facing scrutiny
- Barack Obama urges Congress to find political courage and defend his healthcare reforms
- Chocolate Remix: the lesbian reggaeton artist taking on Argentina's 'supermachos'
- Australian budget 2017: Guardian Australia brings you the sharpest coverage
- Abuse victims 'failed by police and courts over online harassment'
- Macron pledges to serve France with 'humility and love' – video
- Monday briefing: Macron proves mightier than Le Pen
- China puts leading human rights lawyer on trial for 'inciting subversion'
- World leaders congratulate Macron on victory as EU breathes sigh of relief
- Macron holds forces of Trump and Le Pen at bay – now he must deliver
- Head of Isis in Afghanistan confirmed killed in joint US operation
- Pepe the Frog creator kills off internet meme co-opted by white supremacists
- Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election – as it happened
- Who is the new French president, Emmanuel Macron? – video
- 'A new page has been turned': Macron eschews triumphalism in victory speech
- Brexit campaign group insults Macron after presidential win
- Emmanuel Macron gives subdued victory speech vowing to unite France – video
- Le Pen urges Front National to 'rise to the opportunity' as France's opposition
- Marine Le Pen calls for 'profound transformation' of Front National – video
- Marine Le Pen defeated but France's far right is far from finished | Angelique Chrisafis
- Abortion decriminalisation to get renewed push in NSW parliament
- French presidential election 2017 – live results tracker
- What happens now that Macron has been elected French president? | Kim Willsher
- The Rev Elizabeth Tyndall obituary
- 'We need real change': French voters in London give their verdict
- France goes to polls at home and away – in pictures
- Rotarians give generously for peace studies | Letters
- Meet China’s top Donald Trump impersonator – video
| Emmanuel Macron wins French presidency by decisive margin Posted: 07 May 2017 11:39 PM PDT Centrist independent on course for victory by 66% to 34% margin but Marine Le Pen's defeat still marks historically high vote for France's far right The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency in a decisive victory over the far-right Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, and vowed to unite a divided and fractured France. Macron, 39, a former economy minister who ran as a "neither left nor right" independent promising to shake up the French political system, took 66% to Le Pen's 34%. Continue reading... |
| French election: Putin calls for end of 'mutual mistrust' after Macron victory – live updates Posted: 08 May 2017 01:52 AM PDT Follow the latest reaction and developments in France in the aftermath of the victory of centrist Emmanuel Macron over the far-right Marine Le Pen
France marks the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, with a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris pic.twitter.com/6m88mFUSO4 Macron has arrived for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe for the French 1945 armistice VE day commemorations this morning. He will stand alongside François Hollande, in what as seen as a symbolic handing over of power from one president to the next. Arrivée du nouveau chef de l'Etat à l'Arc de triomphe, suivi par une nuée de motards et de caméras #8mai pic.twitter.com/IaWmCvcMcZ
Macron has got around to changing his Twitter profile bio: EN DIRECT - Macron met à jour son compte Twitter #Presidentielle2017 >> https://t.co/By1jZoPNJM pic.twitter.com/N2w571i0Iz Continue reading... |
| Being Donald: China's (not) lookalike Trump impersonator is an unlikely hit Posted: 07 May 2017 09:30 PM PDT Li Liangwei bears no resemblance to US president, can't speak his language and admits to knowing little about his life – but his star is rising Li Liangwei may look nothing like the US president – but China's one, and perhaps only, Donald Trump impersonator does share his tendency to exaggerate crowds. The chain-smoking 65-year-old claims 1,000 people witnessed his professional debut at a cosmetic surgery fair in Shenzhen last December, although his agent says the real number was closer to 500. |
| Cow ambulances: India's latest scheme to protect revered animal Posted: 07 May 2017 09:00 PM PDT NGO funds five ambulances in Uttar Pradesh state as growing zeal to safeguard cows has also resulted in rising violence In a country where poorer people often have to carry their injured relatives to hospital, the launch of a new private ambulance service in India was cheered by some politicians. But these new ambulances, equipped with sirens and a doctor on board, will exclusively serve injured cows, in the latest of a series of high-profile schemes to improve the wellbeing of the animals, which are revered by most Hindus. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong bookseller abducted by China vows to reopen shop in Taiwan Posted: 07 May 2017 11:57 PM PDT Lam Wing-kee plans to open an offshoot of Causeway Bay Books in self-governed Taiwan as a 'symbol of resistance'
Lam Wing-kee, 62, who was detained in China for eight months, told Japan's Nikkei Asian Review that he planned to open Causeway Bay Books in self-governed Taiwan as a "symbol of resistance". Continue reading... |
| 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed in exchange for five Boko Haram leaders Posted: 07 May 2017 02:10 PM PDT Young women, who were among 276 captured in April 2014, flown to Nigerian capital to meet president while charities call for them to be reunited with families Months of negotiations involving participants across two continents has resulted in a deal in which 82 Chibok schoolgirls – who were seized from their dormitories in April 2014 and held captive for more than three years by the Islamist group Boko Haram – have been released in exchange for five militant leaders. But joy at their freedom was quickly followed by concern for their privacy and fears that the thousands of other less high-profile prisoners still held captive by the extremists would be forgotten. |
| Israeli ministers back proposed law demoting Arabic language Posted: 07 May 2017 08:03 AM PDT Parliament to consider nation state bill that would make Hebrew the lone national language Israeli ministers have approved the wording of a new law that would downgrade Arabic as an official language and which states that the right to self-determination in Israel "is unique to the Jewish people", despite the country's sizeable non-Jewish minority. The go-ahead for the nation state bill by the ministerial committee for legislation means it will now move forward to a vote by the country's parliament. The bill has to pass several stages in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, for it to become law and could also be challenged in the courts. Continue reading... |
| US military's secret space plane lands with sonic boom in Florida Posted: 07 May 2017 02:39 PM PDT Unmanned X-37B, which looks like a miniature space shuttle, was in orbit for more than 700 days before landing caused sonic boom heard across state The US military's experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the US air force said. Related: Mysterious space plane blasts off for secretive US air force mission Continue reading... |
| Trump congratulates Emmanuel Macron on French election win Posted: 07 May 2017 01:48 PM PDT US president released statement notable primarily for its brevity, attempting to put behind him the implicit support he offered far-right leader Marine Le Pen Donald Trump has congratulated the centrist Emmanuel Macron on his emphatic victory against Marine Le Pen in the French presidential run-off, attempting to put behind him the implicit support he had offered the far-right leader ahead of Sunday's election. In a statement put out by his press secretary Sean Spicer and notable primarily for its brevity, the White House said: "We congratulate President-elect Macron and the people of France on their successful presidential election. We look forward to working with the new President and continuing our close cooperation with the French government." Continue reading... |
| Trump staff insist healthcare bill is on track ahead of uphill battle in Senate Posted: 07 May 2017 10:31 AM PDT There were already alarming signs for the White House of a groundswell of discontent among moderates that presages a stormy ride in the Senate Members of the Trump administration took to TV channels on Sunday to insist they were on track to pass a bill to repeal and replace the current healthcare law and return power to the states to fix an ailing healthcare system. Related: Republican healthcare bill heads to Senate, where it may undergo drastic changes Continue reading... |
| 'Revenge porn': one in five report they have been victims in Australian survey Posted: 07 May 2017 11:30 AM PDT 'Image-based abuse has emerged so rapidly … that inevitably our laws and policies are struggling to catch up,' academic says The first comprehensive research on so-called revenge porn has shed light on the "mass scale of victimisation" across Australia and its sometimes devastating impact. A survey of nearly 4,300 people led by RMIT University and Monash University has found that far more people – men and women – had had sexual or nude images taken or distributed without their consent, or otherwise used against them, than researchers had expected. |
| Worried world urges Trump not to pull out of Paris climate agreement Posted: 07 May 2017 04:00 AM PDT
Donald Trump's scorched-earth approach to environmental protections has shocked current and former government officials overseas who are waiting nervously to see whether the US will destabilize the Paris climate agreement by pulling out of the deal. The Guardian has spoken to a number of officials from key countries before Trump makes a decision on the Paris agreement this month. Trump's announcement might come as early as this week. Continue reading... |
| North Korea says it has detained another US citizen for 'hostile' acts Posted: 07 May 2017 08:16 AM PDT
North Korea said on Sunday it had detained another US citizen over unspecified hostile acts. Related: North Korea accuses CIA of biochemical plot to kill Kim Jong-un Continue reading... |
| 200 prisoners at large after Indonesian mass jailbreak Posted: 07 May 2017 04:37 AM PDT Police say 242 recaptured so far after mass escape from overcrowded Sialang Bungkuk prison on Sumatra island Indonesian authorities have said about 200 inmates remain at large two days after a mass escape from an overcrowded prison on Sumatra island. The breakout at Sialang Bungkuk prison in Pekanbaru on Friday occurred when prisoners were let out of their cells to perform prayers. They broke through a prison door, overwhelming the few guards on duty. Continue reading... |
| Italian village offers €2,000 gifts to boost dwindling population Posted: 07 May 2017 06:12 AM PDT Bormida, population 394, also offering homes to rent for as little €50 a month in effort to persuade people to move there The mayor of a remote mountain village in Italy is offering to pay €2,000 (£1,700) to anyone who moves there, in an attempt to save it from becoming a ghost town. Those who take up residence in Bormida, which sits 420 metres above sea level in the north-west Liguria region and is home to 394 people, will pay as little as €50 a month in rent. |
| Jared Kushner's family criticised for touting cash-for-visas scheme in China Posted: 06 May 2017 10:45 PM PDT Nicole Kushner Meyer, sister of adviser to Donald Trump, mentions his standing while wooing investors into investments in return for US green cards Donald Trump's administration is facing new questions about conflicts of interest after Jared Kushner's family staged events in China to woo wealthy investors into luxury developments, with the prospect of receiving US green cards in return. On Saturday, Kushner's sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, took to the stage at an event at Beijing's Ritz-Carlton hotel to urge Chinese investors to back One Journal Square, two skyscrapers currently being built in New Jersey. |
| Macron caught prepping ahead of victory speech – video Posted: 08 May 2017 01:29 AM PDT French president-elect Emmanuel Macron's televised victory speech begins several minutes too early on Sunday night. The error allowed viewers around the world to see Macron having his makeup fixed and practising his lines before the speech |
| Newspaper front pages react to Macron victory – in pictures Posted: 08 May 2017 01:20 AM PDT A roundup of reaction from around the world to the presidential election in France won by Emmanuel Macron • French election 2017: latest news and reaction Continue reading... |
| What now for Macron? Jihadi threat and economic woes mean no honeymoon Posted: 08 May 2017 12:26 AM PDT Youngest French president must deal with economy and bridge rich-poor and hard left-far right divides • French election 2017: latest news and reaction When Emmanuel Macron chose to make his presidential victory speech to his supporters from the grand surroundings of the Louvre, he was sending a message about the style in which he intends to govern. The vast palace-turned-museum has, over centuries, stood for monarchy, empire and revolution: a mix of past glory and high culture with the modernity of a giant glass pyramid in its midst. Related: Macron is en route to the Elysée, but could find it hard to govern Continue reading... |
| ‘We must protect our country’: extremist Buddhists target Mandalay’s Muslims Posted: 07 May 2017 11:30 PM PDT Ultra-nationalist Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha has been spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric across Myanmar for years. Cosmopolitan Mandalay is at the heart of this hostility – which many fear is here to stay In a cluttered room in a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar's second city, a group of crimson-robed monks and their followers feverishly smoke and talk. One monk wearing black, thick-rimmed glasses feeds paper into a photocopier. Another lies on the floor, stapling pages of propaganda together. Hangers-on laugh loudly and flick cigarette butts into an ashtray. They're forming petitions, explains a monk with oversized sunglasses perched on his forehead. A local journalist recently criticised the group's front man, the vitriolic monk Ashin Wirathu, known for his violently anti-Muslim rhetoric. They now want the reporter arrested. Continue reading... |
| Two-year-old girl mauled by up to five dogs in Liverpool Posted: 08 May 2017 01:16 AM PDT Merseyside police say five dogs and five puppies were seized after attack in Toxteth left toddler with extensive injuries A two-year-old girl has been seriously injured after being mauled by up to five dogs as she played in a garden in Liverpool. The toddler was playing with friends in a relative's back garden when the dogs attacked her at about 3.40pm on Sunday, police said. Continue reading... |
| Video of UN investigator murders leaves Congo government facing scrutiny Posted: 07 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT Experts say footage showing the final moments of UN workers Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán complicates claims that Kamwina Nsapu rebels were responsible When a video showing the murders of two UN workers was aired last month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government justified the move as necessary to prove local militia were behind the deaths. The grim footage, which was shown to reporters in Kinshasa, shows the final moments before the shooting of American Michael Sharp and his Swedish colleague Zaida Catalán, who was then beheaded. Continue reading... |
| Barack Obama urges Congress to find political courage and defend his healthcare reforms Posted: 07 May 2017 10:00 PM PDT Former president avoids mentioning Donald Trump as he implores Republicans to 'speak the truth' even against their own party For the first time since leaving office, President Barack Obama has addressed his landmark healthcare legislation in a speech, reminding supporters of the courage and integrity of junior congressmen that it took to pass the bill. Speaking at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Sunday night, where he was given the Profiles of Courage award, he said: "Because of that vote, 20 million people got healthcare who didn't have it before. Continue reading... |
| Chocolate Remix: the lesbian reggaeton artist taking on Argentina's 'supermachos' Posted: 07 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT Reggaeton is almost as famous for its dodgy lyrics as its dancehall rhythms. But in Argentina, one woman is busting sexual taboos and outswaggering the men The founding fathers of the testosterone-fuelled Latin pop genre reggaeton would probably be surprised to hear their penises described as dispensable. But this is the message from Chocolate Remix, a tiny Argentinian woman in a big cap taking aim at the "supermachos" in her single, Lo Que Las Mujeres Quieren. "Hey macho reggaeton man, listen to what I say / You don't know about women / A woman prefers two well-placed fingers." This is "lesbian reggaeton", and "Choco", its swaggering pioneer, is one of a rising number of female reggaetoneras changing the male-dominated genre from within. An established talent in Buenos Aires' alternative scene, Choco keeps reggaeton's defining dembow rhythm and perreo (the doggy-style grinding dance culture) but uses the lyrics to satirise machismo and bust the taboos of female pleasure and lesbian sex. She also revisits reggaeton's homophobic roots and rewrites the songs for a queer audience. Continue reading... |
| Australian budget 2017: Guardian Australia brings you the sharpest coverage Posted: 08 May 2017 01:43 AM PDT Our team will unpick the spin and sift through the numbers to report the facts and impact on Australians On Tuesday, Guardian Australia's team of reporters and commentators will be providing the sharpest coverage of Scott Morrison's federal budget. Katharine Murphy, Guardian Australia's award-winning political editor, will deliver the news and political commentary as she leads the Canberra team. Gabrielle Chan will follow every twist and turn in Guardian Australia's much-imitated, never-emulated Australian politics live blog. And photographer Mike Bowers will capture the treasurer's big moments. Continue reading... |
| Abuse victims 'failed by police and courts over online harassment' Posted: 07 May 2017 11:00 PM PDT Survey finds that restraining orders are often breached and half of respondents face vexatious court claims Police and court action, including the imposition of restraining orders, is failing to prevent domestic abusers and stalkers from carrying on their campaigns of harassment and abuse against their victims online, a unique survey of victims has revealed. The survey of 122 victims of stalking, harassment, domestic abuse and coercive behaviour reveals that more than half have faced vexatious court proceedings taken out against them by those who have been convicted of abusing them even though they were subject to restraining orders. Continue reading... |
| Macron pledges to serve France with 'humility and love' – video Posted: 07 May 2017 10:41 PM PDT Addressing thousands of supporters in front of Paris' Louvre museum, French President-elect Emmanuel Macron declared he would serve his country with humility, strength and love
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| Monday briefing: Macron proves mightier than Le Pen Posted: 07 May 2017 10:11 PM PDT New president vows to unite the nation … Hospital bosses warn about an exodus of staff demoralised by low pay … and the Chinese Donald Trump Good morning. This is Martin Farrer with the best of the news this Monday morning. Continue reading... |
| China puts leading human rights lawyer on trial for 'inciting subversion' Posted: 07 May 2017 10:09 PM PDT Xie Yang has been accused of conspiring to overthrow China's political system and faces a possible five years in prison A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been put on trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow China's political system, just days after the United Nations slammed Beijing's ongoing offensive against human rights defenders. Xie Yang, a 45-year-old attorney who was among the best-known targets of a sweeping crackdown dubbed China's "war on law", went on trial at 9.30am in the central city of Changsha, according to Xinhua, the Communist party-controlled news agency. Continue reading... |
| World leaders congratulate Macron on victory as EU breathes sigh of relief Posted: 07 May 2017 09:33 PM PDT Downing Street issues statement saying Theresa May looks forward to working with new French president as EU leaders celebrate his pro-European beliefs Theresa May was among the first of the world leaders to rush to congratulate Emmanuel Macron for his convincing victory, as EU capitals expressed relief that France had proven not to be the next domino to fall after Britain's Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election as US president. Minutes after the exit poll came out, Downing Street issued a statement expressing Theresa May's optimism over future relations between the two countries. Continue reading... |
| Macron holds forces of Trump and Le Pen at bay – now he must deliver Posted: 07 May 2017 08:42 PM PDT French parvenu's triumph gives liberalism a good name. For Europe's sake as well as France's, his third way must work Paradigms shift as fast as headlines in the age of 24-hour news. With a stunning election victory snatched out of nowhere, Emmanuel Macron, the plausible parvenu, has suddenly patented a new model for inclusive democratic politics in Europe, and repulsed – for now at least – the forces of reaction and isolation typified by Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen. Macron's triumph gives liberalism a good name. Its rehabilitation comes in the nick of time. Continue reading... |
| Head of Isis in Afghanistan confirmed killed in joint US operation Posted: 07 May 2017 08:20 PM PDT Abdul Hasib had been reported killed but a statement from local US commander confirms his death The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed by Afghan and US special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to officials. Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a US drone strike, is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including one on 8 March on the main military hospital in Kabul, a statement said. Continue reading... |
| Pepe the Frog creator kills off internet meme co-opted by white supremacists Posted: 07 May 2017 07:01 PM PDT Matt Furie concedes defeat after months of attempting to wrench back his 'peaceful frog-dude' who had been appropriated as a racist hate symbol The creator of Pepe the Frog has symbolically killed off the cartoon frog, effectively surrendering control of the character to the far right. Matt Furie, an artist and children's book author, created the now-infamous frog as part of his "Boy's Club" series on MySpace in 2005. Pepe took on a life of its own online as a meme, before being eventually adopted as a symbol by the "alt-right" in the lead-up to last year's US election. Continue reading... |
| Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election – as it happened Posted: 07 May 2017 06:38 PM PDT Independent centrist Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen by 66.06% to 33.94% according to the French interior ministry
The latest from the French interior ministry puts Macron at 66.06%, with virtually all votes counted. And that is where we are going to leave the live blog. Thanks for reading. For a full wrap of the events in France, have a look at this news story by Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis. My colleagues in London will start a new blog of reaction to the results in France as the continent wakes up. Until then, you can all read about Emmanuel Macron's historic win here. Bonne nuit. Continue reading... |
| Who is the new French president, Emmanuel Macron? – video Posted: 07 May 2017 04:47 PM PDT The new French president-elect was little known abroad until recently, having never before been elected to public office. Born in 1977, the former investment banker is backed by a new political movement, En Marche! (On the Move), that he set up just a year ago. A former member of outgoing President Hollande's Socialist party, he has been compared to Tony Blair. But what else do we know about him? Continue reading... |
| 'A new page has been turned': Macron eschews triumphalism in victory speech Posted: 07 May 2017 04:24 PM PDT Supporters of new president-elect gather outside the Louvre to mark his win – but the mood is curiously subdued after a long and difficult election campaign Emmanuel Macron delighted the crowds who had turned the esplanade outside the Louvre Museum in Paris into a sea of fluttering tricolor flags on Sunday night by taking the stage to the sound of Beethoven's Ode to Joy – the European Union anthem. They roared their approval as the victorious centrist candidate took to the stage to tell supporters "a new page has been turned in our history". Continue reading... |
| Brexit campaign group insults Macron after presidential win Posted: 07 May 2017 03:14 PM PDT Leave.EU, pressure group set up by Nigel Farage before referendum, tweets that French people had 'rolled over' like they did in 1940 A Brexit campaign group poured scorn on France and Emmanuel Macron after the centrist newcomer comfortably defeated his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen in Sunday's presidential election runoff. The Twitter account of Leave.EU, the pro-Brexit pressure group set up by Nigel Farage for last year's referendum, tweeted that the French people had once again "rolled over" just as they had done in 1940 – except this time they saved Germany "the bullets and the fuel". The tweet also included a picture of a newspaper headline from 1940 reporting the surrender of France to the Nazis. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron gives subdued victory speech vowing to unite France – video Posted: 07 May 2017 03:06 PM PDT French president-elect says in his victory speech that he understands the divisions within France and that he respects them. Macron vows to unite the country with a renewed sense of optimism and expresses his gratitude for the confidence the French people have placed in him
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| Le Pen urges Front National to 'rise to the opportunity' as France's opposition Posted: 07 May 2017 01:37 PM PDT She may have lost the presidential election but far-right leader Marine Le Pen's supporters say her march will continue because Macron will struggle Marine Le Pen may have lost the election, but her supporters cheered the Front National candidate as if she was on her way to the Elysée palace. As it became clear Le Pen had lost, party workers and activists at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes, launched into a chorus of the French national anthem, La Marseillaise. When Le Pen took the stage, her tricolore-waving fans cheered her to the rafters. Continue reading... |
| Marine Le Pen calls for 'profound transformation' of Front National – video Posted: 07 May 2017 01:27 PM PDT Leader of the French far-right party addresses her supporters following her defeat by Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election
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| Marine Le Pen defeated but France's far right is far from finished | Angelique Chrisafis Posted: 07 May 2017 01:18 PM PDT Despite a heavy defeat in the presidential runoff, the Front National's chief concerns have become part of the national debate France's far-right Front National will not disappear from the political landscape just because Marine Le Pen has lost the presidential race. Le Pen might have been squarely beaten in the presidential runoff by the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron – as voters from the right and left joined forces to block her – but she was still projected to have won up to 11m votes. Le Pen immediately vowed that she would radically overhaul and reinvent her political movement, leaving open the possibility the Front National could be renamed. Continue reading... |
| Abortion decriminalisation to get renewed push in NSW parliament Posted: 07 May 2017 01:00 PM PDT Greens proposal, which would create 150-metre protest-free zones around clinics, backed by medical and legal experts A proposal to decriminalise abortion and create protest-free zones around clinics is expected to come before New South Wales parliament this week, backed by doctors, lawyers, teachers, academics, unions and civil rights groups. The Greens are leading the push to have abortion removed from the state's Crimes Act, but are facing opposition from the Catholic church and the Christian lobby, which are seeking to lobby members of parliament against the changes. Continue reading... |
| French presidential election 2017 – live results tracker Posted: 07 May 2017 12:47 PM PDT Voters in France today faced a choice between centrist independent Emmanuel Macron and the Front National's Marine Le Pen, in the second round of the 2017 presidential election. Get results for every department as they are announced Continue reading... |
| What happens now that Macron has been elected French president? | Kim Willsher Posted: 07 May 2017 11:23 AM PDT Centrist will soon begin task of trying to form parliamentary majority and will likely seek candidates across political spectrum The mandate of the outgoing Socialist president, François Hollande, officially ends at midnight on Sunday 14 May and he is expected to vacate the Élysée earlier that day. On Monday 8 May, the interior minister, Matthias Fekl, will officially announce the result of the presidential election. The first results, which came in at 8pm French time (7pm BST) on Sunday evening, are only estimations based on the initial count from several hundred polling stations that closed an hour before. Continue reading... |
| The Rev Elizabeth Tyndall obituary Posted: 07 May 2017 09:41 AM PDT When my grandmother was born in 1930, the idea that she would become a Church of England priest would have been met with disbelief. Yet Elizabeth Tyndall, who has died aged 86, was among the first wave of female priests ordained in 1994. The achievement was made possible because of her compassion and determination in the face of opposition from within the church. Born in Bristol, Elizabeth was the youngest of six children of Frank Ballard, a Congregational minister, and his wife, Isabel (nee Oman). She attended St Paul's girls' school in London and went on to study French at St Andrews University, graduating in 1951. She then trained as a teacher at Homerton College, Cambridge, where she met and married Nicholas Tyndall, then a Cambridge student. Elizabeth was a natural educator and her first career saw her teaching in a variety of schools and prisons, while becoming a mother to four children in quick succession. Continue reading... |
| 'We need real change': French voters in London give their verdict Posted: 07 May 2017 07:03 AM PDT Expats queueing in the UK to cast their ballot share their thoughts on a strange and divisive presidential campaign Nearly 1.8 million of France's 47 million voters live and are registered to vote abroad, including nearly 100,000 in Britain where embassy staff and volunteers were operating 54 polling stations in 11 different cities. As French nationals around the world queued to vote for a new president after a bruising, deeply divisive campaign led by two candidates offering diametrically opposed visions for their country's future, London voters had their say. Continue reading... |
| France goes to polls at home and away – in pictures Posted: 07 May 2017 05:16 AM PDT French voters cast their ballots in the presidential election runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen Continue reading... |
| Rotarians give generously for peace studies | Letters Posted: 07 May 2017 11:52 AM PDT Further to the discussion prompted by Paul Mason's depiction of Rotarians, lumping them together with pub bores and golf-club sexists (G2, 2 May; Letters, 3 May), we would like to point out Rotary's long tradition of working for peace. To this end, Rotary International provides generous scholarships for students (many from the developing world) wishing to study peace, conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Rotary peace centres located at universities in Australia, Japan, the US, Sweden and the UK. The programme in the UK is located in the division of peace studies and international development at the University of Bradford and draws on its long tradition of peace research and peace activism. Continue reading... |
| Meet China’s top Donald Trump impersonator – video Posted: 07 May 2017 09:30 PM PDT Li Liangwei is China's one, and perhaps only, Donald Trump impersonator. He doesn't look like the US president and doesn't speak any English, but uses make-up and a directing coach to achieve his transformation. Li admits he had never heard of Trump before he started impersonating him Continue reading... |
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