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- Donald Trump '100%' willing to testify about Comey conversations
- Gulf crisis: Trump escalates row by accusing Qatar of sponsoring terror
- Kansas man indicted on hate crime charges for killing Indian national
- Cosby admits he apologized to family of woman he allegedly assaulted
- British father and baby die in road crash in Brittany
- 'It was a great run': rebel grocer Pirate Joe's closes after lengthy legal battle
- The 20 photographs of the week
- Iran arrests seven people over Tehran attacks
- Mali: three UN peacekeepers die in attack by Al-Qaida affiliate
- Tooth and claw: protective mother bear cuts off Dracula's castle
- Brazilian court dismisses corruption case against President Michel Temer
- Last orders for Lithuanian teenagers as government cracks down on alcohol
- I bow to The West Wing on most things. But even Rob Lowe gets it wrong
- Tracking Trump: president cries 'liar' as Comey testimony grips the nation
- Criminal gang arrested for selling Apple users' private data in China
- Daniel Morcombe case: police official investigated over misconduct claims
- The week in patriarchy: it's been yet another blockbuster week of news | Jessica Valenti
- Qatar crisis grows as Arab nations draw up terror sanctions list
- Gloria Steinem: Trump has galvanised more activists than the Vietnam war | Karen McVeigh
- The president called Comey 'a leaker', but is there any legal case against him?
- Trump rejects Comey's testimony: 'No collusion. No obstruction. He's a leaker' – video
| Donald Trump '100%' willing to testify about Comey conversations Posted: 09 Jun 2017 02:41 PM PDT
Donald Trump has declared he is "100%" willing to testify under oath about his interactions with James Comey, insisting the former FBI director was untruthful during his testimony on Capitol Hill. The US president vehemently denied allegations that he asked Comey to pledge loyalty and drop an investigation into a senior aide. But Trump refused to confirm or deny that recordings of the pair's conversations exist. Continue reading... |
| Gulf crisis: Trump escalates row by accusing Qatar of sponsoring terror Posted: 09 Jun 2017 02:01 PM PDT
Donald Trump has accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism at the highest levels, in an extraordinary escalation of the diplomatic row with one America's most important military partners in the Middle East. Speaking in the White House rose garden on Friday, Trump said he had decided "the time had come to call on Qatar to end its funding … and its extremist ideology." Continue reading... |
| Kansas man indicted on hate crime charges for killing Indian national Posted: 09 Jun 2017 03:51 PM PDT Witnesses said Adam Purinton yelled 'get out of my country' at two Indian men, killing one and wounding two, including a man who tried to intervene A man accused in a bar shooting in suburban Kansas City that left one Indian national dead and another wounded was indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime charges, the US justice department announced Friday. Related: Man charged with killing Indian said to have shouted 'go back to your country' Continue reading... |
| Cosby admits he apologized to family of woman he allegedly assaulted Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:45 AM PDT Deposition read at Bill Cosby trial explained he felt he was 'in trouble with these people … this is an old man and their young daughter and the mother sees this' Bill Cosby says he apologized to the family of the woman he is accused of drugging and assaulting only because her mother thought he was "a dirty old man", according to testimony read to the jury on Friday at the comedian's trial. Related: Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand begins hours of testimony: 'I trusted him' Continue reading... |
| British father and baby die in road crash in Brittany Posted: 09 Jun 2017 10:33 AM PDT The mother is in hospital after the family's car was hit by a cattle truck near Quimper in northern France A British father and a 10-month-old baby are reported to have died after a road accident in northern France. The car they were in was hit by an empty cattle truck in a rural area of Brittany, said the French news website the Local. The child's mother is being treated in hospital. Continue reading... |
| 'It was a great run': rebel grocer Pirate Joe's closes after lengthy legal battle Posted: 09 Jun 2017 06:29 AM PDT The one-man operation dedicated to the unauthorised reselling of Trader Joe's products in Canada shutters for good amid dispute with the popular US chain A rebel Canadian grocer dedicated to the unauthorized reselling of Trader Joe's products has closed its doors, bringing an end to a five-year legal battle that pitted the one-man operation against one of the most popular grocery stores in the US. "It's been a long time coming," said Mike Hallatt, the owner of Pirate Joe's in Vancouver. "Because the prospect of going to trial against a major corporation when you're one guy – you get lots of opinions from lawyers telling you: 'Run.'" |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 10 Jun 2017 01:03 AM PDT The London Bridge attack, former FBI director James Comey's testimony, protests in Caracas, and the battle for Mosul – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| Iran arrests seven people over Tehran attacks Posted: 09 Jun 2017 11:48 PM PDT Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bombings and gun attacks in Tehran that killed 17 people Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, according to a judiciary official. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that killed 17 people on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Mali: three UN peacekeepers die in attack by Al-Qaida affiliate Posted: 09 Jun 2017 10:16 PM PDT Rocket and mortar fire on UN camp in north of country kills three Guinean peacekeepers and injures eight others Jihadists launched an attack on a United Nations camp in northern Mali, killing three peacekeepers from the west African nation of Guinea and wounding several others, officials said Friday. Al-Qaida's affiliate in Mali claimed responsibility for the attack during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to a statement translated by SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors terror groups. Continue reading... |
| Tooth and claw: protective mother bear cuts off Dracula's castle Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:20 PM PDT Brown bear protecting three cubs closes Poenari Castle used by Romania's Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century While Dracula's legend usually fails to scare tourists away from the blood-sucking vampire's 15th century castle, a large, furry and protective mother bear has had more success. Romanian authorities have declared Poenari castle off limits after visitors climbing the 1,480 steps up to the ruins had close shaves with the animal and her three cubs. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian court dismisses corruption case against President Michel Temer Posted: 09 Jun 2017 06:24 PM PDT Judges rule four to three in favour of president in illegal campaign funding trial that could have seen him ousted from office Brazil's top electoral court dismissed a case on Friday that threatened to unseat President Michel Temer for alleged illegal campaign funding in the 2014 election, when he was the running mate of impeached President Dilma Rousseff. After four days of deliberations, judges voted four to three in a case that many viewed as a measure of whether Temer could remain in office amid a growing corruption scandal and single-digit popularity. |
| Last orders for Lithuanian teenagers as government cracks down on alcohol Posted: 08 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT Heavy-drinking Lithuania plans to introduce most prohibitive alcohol laws in Europe, but young people aren't complaining Opposite the Keulė Rūkė bar and BBQ joint near the main train station in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, a 6ft-high mural has appeared in recent weeks. It depicts three of Lithuania's leading politicians as the Taliban, complete with suicide bombs and machine guns. Scrawled underneath the image are the words: "The party is over." Lithuania'a coalition government, led by the Peasant and Greens Union in cahoots with the Social Democrats, last week passed legislation banning alcohol advertising entirely from TV, radio or newspapers, cutting the hours at which alcohol can be sold in shops and – potentially most controversially – increasing the legal drinking age from 18 to 20. Continue reading... |
| I bow to The West Wing on most things. But even Rob Lowe gets it wrong Posted: 10 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT Sam Seaborn was right: terrorists generally don't win, but they have a chance when a country eagerly dances to their tune It is a truth universally acknowledged that a journalist in possession of some thoughts about politics must be in want of a quote from The West Wing. Now, you might reasonably think, a box set about politics does not provide the kind of escapism I'm pretty sure we all desire at this point. But allow me to reassure you: the political world presented in Aaron Sorkin's walkin'-and-talkin' drama – in which the US president is admirable, and the people around him are brilliant and well-intentioned, instead of being the meanest, richest and dumbest kids who somehow evaded Darwinism and made it to adulthood – feels so far from the current reality you might as well be watching The Wizard Of Oz. If only we didn't have to return to Kansas, Toto. So I was watching it the other night and I got, as I have so often before, political guidance from Rob Lowe: "Not only do terrorists always fail at what they're after, they pretty much always succeed in strengthening whatever it is they're against," said his character, speechwriter Sam Seaborn. Continue reading... |
| Tracking Trump: president cries 'liar' as Comey testimony grips the nation Posted: 10 Jun 2017 12:00 AM PDT This week in Trumpland: the president got off to a rocky start amid a spat with the London mayor, followed by a damning testimony from his former FBI chief It was supposed to be infrastructure week. Trump had mapped out the days to try to make it look as much as possible like he was simply getting on with the job and would not be blown off course by the fact that James Comey, the former FBI director, was getting ready to give evidence to the Senate intelligence committee about his firing by the president and the FBI investigation into links between Trump's campaign and Russian interference in last year's election. Unfortunately for Trump, you can lead the press and public to a number of vague proposals about air traffic control and dams but you can't make them stop thinking about the idea their president might have tried to obstruct justice in a case involving one of his key advisers and a foreign power. |
| Criminal gang arrested for selling Apple users' private data in China Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:00 AM PDT Authorities uncover operation run by 20 employees of 'outsourcing company' that used internal tools to gather and sell data worth over £5.8m A massive underground criminal operation run by employees of an Apple "domestic direct sales company and outsourcing company" to steal and sell the private data of Apple users has been uncovered in China, according to authorities. Chinese law enforcement detained 22 people on suspicion of infringing the privacy of Apple users and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to local police in southern Zhejiang province. |
| Daniel Morcombe case: police official investigated over misconduct claims Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:30 PM PDT Queensland's assistant police commissioner Mike Condon is the subject of an inquiry after being accused of attempting to discredit officers An investigation into Queensland's assistant police commissioner Mike Condon is underway, reportedly over claims of misconduct stemming from the high-profile inquest into the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe. Police have confirmed that Condon is the subject of an investigation and won't comment further, but News Corp Australia is reporting his actions are being scrutinised by the Ethical Standards Command. Continue reading... |
| The week in patriarchy: it's been yet another blockbuster week of news | Jessica Valenti Posted: 09 Jun 2017 10:53 AM PDT Between the Comey testimony and the UK election, we've all been glued to our laptops and televisions. Here's what you might have missed • Get this newsletter via email – sign up Between Comey news and UK election news, I'm ready to never watch cable television or refresh my Twitter page ever again. As has been the case these last few months, there seems no end in sight to newly-and-daily breaking news. But what I can't stop thinking about is Trump's reaction to the attack on London that left eight people dead. How in a moment when real leaders were urging calm, the US president was attempting to capitalize on a terror attack for his own racist legislation, and attacking the London mayor for ... well, doing his job. Continue reading... |
| Qatar crisis grows as Arab nations draw up terror sanctions list Posted: 09 Jun 2017 04:04 AM PDT Qataris denounce list, which includes politicians and members of ruling family, as 'baseless and without foundation in fact' Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies have sanctioned a dozen organisations and 59 people it accuses of links to Islamist militancy – a number of them Qataris or with links to Qatar – escalating the diplomatic crisis in the region. The publication of the sanctions list comes amid increasing efforts by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain to diplomatically and physically isolate the tiny but wealthy Gulf state of Qatar, which has been subjected to a series of co-ordinated measures in the past five days. Continue reading... |
| Gloria Steinem: Trump has galvanised more activists than the Vietnam war | Karen McVeigh Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:52 AM PDT Longtime feminist campaigner says extreme threat to women's reproductive rights has sparked huge wave of political mobilisation in the US The presidency of Donald Trump has galvanised more political activists in the US today than the Vietnam war, according to Gloria Steinem. The longtime feminist activist and writer said Trump's election was part of a "dangerous" nationalist, anti-immigration and anti-feminist backlash that is happening globally. Continue reading... |
| The president called Comey 'a leaker', but is there any legal case against him? Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:27 PM PDT Comey admits he indirectly passed a personal memo to the media, but legal experts say Trump is misusing the term and case appears extremely thin When Donald Trump gets in a fight, he sues. "SEE YOU IN COURT," he tweeted in February, after his first travel ban was blocked. It is a pattern established over many decades. So the president's plan to file a legal complaint against the former FBI director James Comey, who on Thursday called him a liar, is business as usual. But in this particular fight, the president might want to check his impulse to sue. The supposed case against the former federal prosecutor appears to be extremely thin, legal experts say. And suing could actually draw the president himself further into legal trouble. Continue reading... |
| Trump rejects Comey's testimony: 'No collusion. No obstruction. He's a leaker' – video Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:22 PM PDT Donald Trump goes on the offensive against James Comey on Friday, deriding the former FBI director as a 'leaker' of government information after his damning testimony against the president. Trump's comments came during a news conference with the Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis, at the White House, where he was asked about Comey's testimony Continue reading... |
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