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- Revealed: reality of life working in an Ivanka Trump clothing factory
- Jeff Sessions poised for legal minefield as he prepares to testify on Russia
- Munich police officer seriously injured in metro station shooting
- Panama cuts formal ties with Taiwan in favour of China
- Multi-million dollar upgrade planned to secure 'failsafe' Arctic seed vault
- Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed after calling for Moscow protests
- Number of Britons becoming German citizens rises 361%
- Greg Gianforte sentenced to community service for assaulting Guardian reporter
- 'Thank you for the blessing': cabinet takes turns lavishing Trump with praise
- Bill Cosby trial: jury begins deliberations in sexual assault case
- Booby-traps … but no Baghdadi: the men cleaning up after Isis in northern Iraq
- Trump as Julius Caesar: anger over play misses Shakespeare's point, says scholar
- Gulf crisis: Boris Johnson urges Qatar to crack down on extremists
- May and Macron plan joint crackdown on online terror
- 'Unprecedented violations': states sue Trump for not separating business ties
- Another appeals court upholds block on Trump's revised travel ban
- Police officer who shot Philando Castile 'did what he had to do', lawyer claims
- Japan accused of eroding press freedom by UN special rapporteur
- Sins of the father: daughters of men who killed for Argentina's regime speak out
- Trump may sack special counsel in Russia inquiry, says friend
- The Santo António de Lisboa parade – in pictures
- Oslo's car ban sounded simple enough. Then the backlash began
- 'They said girls don't ride bikes': Iranian women defy the cycling fatwa
- ‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia
- Woman charged with murder after man killed by tram in Manchester
- ‘She was screaming': father tells of how council tried to take girl, 3, from asylum family
- Liberal Chris Back to retire from Senate – as it happened
- Australian in Cambodia on surrogacy charges says she has never been in trouble with law
- Austrian woman wins damages after being swapped at birth 27 years ago
- Tuesday briefing: Corbyn assembles his alternative government
- Explorer Edward Wilson's watercolour painting discovered in Antarctica – video
- Antarctic explorer’s 118-year-old painting discovered among penguin poo
- Crown Resorts staff in China charged with promoting gambling
- Trevi levy: Rome imposes fines for frolicking at famous fountains
- Refugee documentaries offer window into banality, brutality and hope
- Letter: The Rev Nicolas Stacey obituary
- Anti-government demonstrations in Russia – in pictures
- Manchester police investigate arson attacks on Jewish restaurants
- Finnish coalition at risk after party elects far right leader
- Shia militants enter Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last known hideout in Iraq
- Puerto Rico governor to take statehood case to Washington but faces US snub
- French elections: Macron's party buoyant but turnout slumps
- Europe's more grownup approach to immigration
- Mothers in the drugs lab – women in Peru treating their sick children with cannabis
- Airlines urged to train staff to help spot victims of trafficking
- F-35 fighter jet performs aerial manoeuvres at the Farnborough Airshow – archive video
- Trump trolled by Democrats after staff take turns praising the president – video
- Maryland and DC sue Trump for business ties: ‘He has little respect for the law' – video
- The Puerto Rican Day parade in New York - in pictures
| Revealed: reality of life working in an Ivanka Trump clothing factory Posted: 12 Jun 2017 09:02 PM PDT Workers complain of verbal abuse, impossible targets and 'poverty pay' so bad they have to live away from their children The reality of working in a factory making clothes for Ivanka Trump's label has been laid bare, with employees speaking of being paid so little they cannot live with their children, anti-union intimidation and women being offered a bonus if they don't take time off while menstruating. The Guardian has spoken to more more than a dozen workers at the fashion label's factory in Subang, Indonesia, where employees describe being paid one of the lowest minimum wages in Asia and there are claims of impossibly high production targets and sporadically compensated overtime. Continue reading... |
| Jeff Sessions poised for legal minefield as he prepares to testify on Russia Posted: 13 Jun 2017 12:00 AM PDT Attorney general likely to face tough questions from Senate intelligence committee after past statements on Russian meetings found to be false
The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is likely to step into a legal minefield on Tuesday when he answers questions under oath before the Senate intelligence committee about his contacts with Russian officials and his role in the firing of the FBI director, James Comey. Continue reading... |
| Munich police officer seriously injured in metro station shooting Posted: 13 Jun 2017 02:05 AM PDT Police in German city arrest suspect who took gun from officer and shot her in head in non-terrorism-related incident A police officer has been shot in the head at a Munich metro station after a man grabbed her service pistol and opened fire, also injuring two bystanders. The officer's injuries were considered life-threatening, while those to the two bystanders shot at the Unterfoehring station were less serious, the Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins said. Continue reading... |
| Panama cuts formal ties with Taiwan in favour of China Posted: 13 Jun 2017 02:04 AM PDT Joint statement between President Juan Carlos Varela and Beijing says 'Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory' Panama has switched diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China, handing a huge victory to Beijing in its drive to isolate the self-governing island it claims as its own territory. Panama's president, Juan Carlos Varela, announced the change – which entails breaking off formal relations with Taiwan – in a televised address, saying it represented the "correct path for our country". Continue reading... |
| Multi-million dollar upgrade planned to secure 'failsafe' Arctic seed vault Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Improvements aim to ensure the vault's role as an impregnable deep freeze for the world's most precious food seeds after a recent flooding by melting permafrost The Global Seed Vault, built in the Arctic as an impregnable deep freeze for the world's most precious food seeds, is to undergo a multi-million dollar upgrade after water from melting permafrost flooded its access tunnel. No seeds were damaged but the incident undermined the original belief that the vault would be a "failsafe" facility, securing the world's food supply forever. Now the Norwegian government, which owns the vault, has committed $4.4m (NOK37m) to improvements. Continue reading... |
| Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed after calling for Moscow protests Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:50 AM PDT Anti-corruption campaigner imprisoned for 30 days after calling on protesters to gatecrash a Russia Day event More than 1,000 protesters were detained across Russia on Monday after the opposition leader Alexei Navalny raised the stakes in his battle with the Kremlin by calling on Muscovites to gatecrash a historical re-enactment fair being held on the Russian capital's central street. As the president, Vladimir Putin, spoke of national unity at a ceremony in the Kremlin, a few hundred metres away on Tverskaya Street cordons of riot police moved against protesters. Continue reading... |
| Number of Britons becoming German citizens rises 361% Posted: 13 Jun 2017 01:08 AM PDT Germany's statistics office says Brexit link seems clear, with Britons concerned about future ease of living and working in EU The number of Britons becoming German citizens rose by 361% in 2016, amid concerns that Brexit could make it more difficult for British people to live and work in the EU. Related: Why I'm making my family German Continue reading... |
| Greg Gianforte sentenced to community service for assaulting Guardian reporter Posted: 12 Jun 2017 02:59 PM PDT Montana Republican fined $385 and spared jail after pleading guilty to assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of Gianforte's election Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte was sentenced to community service, a $385 fine and 20 hours of sessions for anger management after pleading guilty to assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of his election. In a courtroom packed with journalists and spectators in Bozeman, Montana, Gianforte pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault, saying, "Although it was not my intention to hurt him, I understand Ben was injured." Continue reading... |
| 'Thank you for the blessing': cabinet takes turns lavishing Trump with praise Posted: 12 Jun 2017 04:03 PM PDT The president convened his first full cabinet meeting at an oval mahogany desk. Then each member made obsequious opening remarks Before a contingent of cameras on Monday, Donald Trump convened his first full cabinet meeting. Seated around an oval mahogany desk in the White House's Cabinet Room was his newly-assembled brain trust: the collection of secretaries, directors and senior staff he appointed and hired to execute his America First vision, a task often complicated by the mercurial @realDonaldTrump. Trump began the meeting with an appraisal of his presidency. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby trial: jury begins deliberations in sexual assault case Posted: 12 Jun 2017 04:12 PM PDT Conviction could land comedian in prison for life after fast-moving case sees closing arguments on sixth day The jury at Bill Cosby's trial began deliberating Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that has already helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian's good-guy image. A conviction could send Cosby to prison for the rest of his life, completing the stunning late-life downfall of one of the most beloved stars in show business. Continue reading... |
| Booby-traps … but no Baghdadi: the men cleaning up after Isis in northern Iraq Posted: 12 Jun 2017 07:57 AM PDT Four days after Islamic State fighters were routed from the town of Ba'aj, Shia militia forces discover suicide belts and remnants of sharia bureaucracy – but no sign of the terror group's leader At the heart of the town that had sheltered him, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's presence still lurked in ransacked files and ruined buildings. It had been four days since the Islamic State fighters had fled Ba'aj, taking with them all they could as they headed for a last stand in the deserts of Syria. But despite their haste, the fleeing extremists left behind clues to how much this small, forsaken corner of north-western Iraq mattered to the world's most dangerous terror group, and its fugitive leader. Continue reading... |
| Trump as Julius Caesar: anger over play misses Shakespeare's point, says scholar Posted: 12 Jun 2017 10:54 AM PDT Corporate sponsors have pulled funding amid controversy over an assassination scene – but the play argues against violence, says Stephen Greenblatt When a blond Julius Caesar bounded on stage this weekend with a red tie and a svelte wife with a Slovenian accent, the New York audience laughed. They laughed at Caesar's punchy rhetoric and big hand gestures and susceptibility to flattery. They giggled at Calpurnia's mincing gait and slinky, Melania-inspired wardrobe, and at Octavius Caesar, a Jared Kushner-like nerd wearing a bulletproof vest over his blue blazer. Continue reading... |
| Gulf crisis: Boris Johnson urges Qatar to crack down on extremists Posted: 12 Jun 2017 09:51 AM PDT UK foreign secretary also calls on Gulf states to ease blockade in his first intervention in two-week-long clash The UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has intervened in the Gulf diplomatic crisis for the first time, calling on Qatar to do more to clamp down on the funding of extremist groups but also urging Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to ease their blockade of Qatar. With no sign of an end to the two-week-long clash between the UK's closest allies in the Middle East, Johnson sought to strike an evenhanded note, urging all sides to step back from escalation. Continue reading... |
| May and Macron plan joint crackdown on online terror Posted: 12 Jun 2017 02:30 PM PDT British PM and French president to tackle radicalisation with fines for tech companies that do not take action Theresa May will attempt to reassert control over the political agenda by agreeing a new counter-terror strategy with the French president, vowing to fine tech companies such as Facebook and Google if they do not step up efforts to combat online radicalisation. The prime minister and Emmanuel Macron will launch a joint campaign on Tuesday to tackle online radicalisation, a personal priority of the prime minister from her time as home secretary and a comfortable agenda for the pair to agree upon before Brexit negotiations begin next week. |
| 'Unprecedented violations': states sue Trump for not separating business ties Posted: 12 Jun 2017 12:44 PM PDT Attorneys general of Maryland and Washington say he violates the constitution by failing to separate his public responsibilities with his private interests Donald Trump has committed "unprecedented constitutional violations" by failing to appropriately disentangle his public responsibilities as president with his private interests as a businessman, according to a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington on Monday. The lawsuit, filed by DC attorney general Karl Racine and Maryland attorney general Brian Frosh in a Maryland federal court, alleges that Trump has violated the emoluments clause of the US constitution by failing to relinquish ownership of his vast business holdings. Continue reading... |
| Another appeals court upholds block on Trump's revised travel ban Posted: 12 Jun 2017 10:49 AM PDT Ninth circuit said president violated immigration law by discriminating against people based on nationality and he failed to show entry would hurt US interests Another federal appeals court has upheld a decision blocking Donald Trump's revised travel ban. The ruling on Monday from a unanimous three-judge panel of the ninth US circuit court of appeals deals the administration another legal defeat as the supreme court considers a separate case on the issue. Continue reading... |
| Police officer who shot Philando Castile 'did what he had to do', lawyer claims Posted: 12 Jun 2017 02:01 PM PDT Jury deliberates in manslaughter trial of Minnesota officer Jeronimo Yanez, who killed Castile seconds after the black motorist said he had a gun A Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist seconds after the man informed him he was carrying a gun "did what he had to do" in a thoroughly justified use of force, a defense attorney argued Monday. Hours earlier, prosecutors said the officer, Jeronimo Yanez, had never seen the gun and had plenty of options short of shooting Philando Castile, a 32-year-old school cafeteria worker they say was never a threat. Continue reading... |
| Japan accused of eroding press freedom by UN special rapporteur Posted: 13 Jun 2017 02:26 AM PDT Investigation prompted by concern over government pressure on country's media over issues such as Fukushima and WW2 The UN's special rapporteur on freedom of expression has accused Japan of eroding media freedoms and stifling public debate of issues such as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown and the country's actions during the second world war. In a report submitted to the UN human rights council, David Kaye said he had identified "significant worrying signals" about Japan's record on freedom of expression. Continue reading... |
| Sins of the father: daughters of men who killed for Argentina's regime speak out Posted: 13 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT Disturbed by growing denialism, women whose fathers committed heinous abuses urge other perpetrators to break their 'pact of silence' over their crimes "Do you think I'm a monster?" Her father's question was one that Analía But as she confronted him in the prison where he was held under trial for some of the worst crimes in Argentina's history, it was one she could no longer ignore. Continue reading... |
| Trump may sack special counsel in Russia inquiry, says friend Posted: 13 Jun 2017 01:46 AM PDT President's allies have begun raising questions about former FBI director Robert Mueller's impartiality High-profile supporters of Donald Trump are turning on special counsel Robert Mueller, the man charged with investigating Russian interference in the US election and possible collusion with Trump's campaign, with one friend of the president floating the possibility he could fire Mueller. Trump's allies have begun raising questions about the former FBI director's impartiality, suggesting he cannot be trusted to lead the investigation. There is increasing concern at the White House and among Trump supporters that the investigation could overshadow the president's agenda for months to come. Continue reading... |
| The Santo António de Lisboa parade – in pictures Posted: 13 Jun 2017 01:31 AM PDT The Santo António de Lisboa parade, on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon, Portugal, is part of a month-long season of events celebrating the city's patron saint Continue reading... |
| Oslo's car ban sounded simple enough. Then the backlash began Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:30 PM PDT When Oslo decided to be the first European city to ban cars from its centre, businesses protested. So the city did the next best thing: it banned parking One day late last summer, in Frogner, a central neighbourhood of Oslo, Nils Sandberg received a note. "It simply stated that shortly, parking spaces in these streets would disappear and bicycle lanes would be built," says Sandberg. He spoke to neighbours, and learned they had all received the same note. "This came as a total surprise and shock." Continue reading... |
| 'They said girls don't ride bikes': Iranian women defy the cycling fatwa Posted: 12 Jun 2017 04:14 AM PDT Religious leaders in Iran consider women on bicycles a threat to morality. But as traffic chokes the capital, Tehran, a counter-movement is growing
It's a hot spring day in Tehran, and Negin, a 32-year-old IT manager, is riding her mountain bike through a park. "I love my bike. I often go cycling in the countryside with a group," she says. "I also cycle in the city, when I go to visit my mother, for example. I think the number of women cycling in Tehran is growing. I even have a friend who goes to work on her bike. I would love to do that, but it's too far and we don't have showers at work." What Negin is saying might not sound strange, if it weren't for the fact that she's a woman, on a bike, in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In spite of the heat, Negin is conforming to the dress code – she wears long sleeves and leggings, a headscarf under her helmet and a skirt covering her hips – but religious leaders at the highest level in Iran are clear: women on bikes constitute a threat to morality. Continue reading... |
| ‘I felt like one of my father’s songbirds, let out of its cage’: driving as a woman in Saudi Arabia Posted: 12 Jun 2017 09:35 AM PDT It began as a protest and became a national talking point. A women's rights activist reveals what happened when she filmed herself behind the wheel In 2011, as the Arab spring brewed, I began a campaign to allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia, mobilising them via Twitter and Facebook. I thought that if someone posted a video of a woman driving, it might "normalise" the experience and show Saudi citizens there was nothing dangerous about it. I also wanted to prove that many of us already knew how to drive – that we had licences and even cars. And I wanted to prove that the Saudi authorities would not stop a female driver. I asked another activist, Wajeha, to accompany me when I made the video. Because my brother was not available, I also decided to ask a friend, Ahmed, if he would come too, since an unaccompanied woman would raise suspicions. Wajeha would be the film crew and Ahmed would be our designated driver until I slid over and took the wheel of my purple Cadillac SUV. I had spent several years saving my money for the car; a car that I would now for the first time be driving on actual Saudi kingdom streets. Continue reading... |
| Woman charged with murder after man killed by tram in Manchester Posted: 13 Jun 2017 01:42 AM PDT Charrissa Loren Brown-Wellington, 31, remanded in custody after police say a man was pushed from a platform A woman has been charged with murder after a man was hit by a moving tram in Manchester. Greater Manchester police said Charrissa Loren Brown-Wellington, 31, had been remanded in custody to appear before Manchester and Salford magistrates court. Continue reading... |
| ‘She was screaming': father tells of how council tried to take girl, 3, from asylum family Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Father says his daughter was left traumatised after local authority threatened to remove her Ali says he wasn't home when social workers came to tell his wife, Jamileh, that their three-year-old daughter would be removed from their care, but he heard the conversation, the cries of his wife and screams of his child, over the phone. "My wife was really scared and my child was really scared. She was under the table where they were sitting, screaming: 'I don't want to go anywhere,' and scratching the walls. It was so horrific that the interpreter got really upset," he says. Continue reading... |
| Liberal Chris Back to retire from Senate – as it happened Posted: 13 Jun 2017 12:56 AM PDT Greens announce they will oppose Coalition's citizenship crackdown as government negotiates with backbench over Finkel review. Follow it live ...
Tomorrow, the Senate quickie report into the Gonski 2.0 policy is out. The Greens have yet to reveal their position.
Resources minister Matt Canavan and assistant multicultural minister Zed Seselja have invited members and senators to light refreshments next week in support of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) "after the recent damage to their headquarters in Canberra". Managing director Lyle Shelton will say a few words. FYI. Continue reading... |
| Australian in Cambodia on surrogacy charges says she has never been in trouble with law Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:10 PM PDT Tammy Davis-Charles appears in court charged with providing services for would-be parents seeking women to give birth to their children An Australian woman charged with providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia said Tuesday she is a nurse and has never had any trouble with the law before. Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy last year after becoming a popular destination for would-be parents seeking women to give birth to their children. Continue reading... |
| Austrian woman wins damages after being swapped at birth 27 years ago Posted: 12 Jun 2017 10:30 PM PDT Doris Gruenwald only found she was not biologically related to the couple she thought were her parents after routine blood test An Austrian health authority has been was ordered to pay €90,000 ($100,830) in damages over the mix-up of two babies almost 30 years ago. Doris Gruenwald, born in 1990, only found out after a routine blood test when she was 22 that she was not biologically related to the couple she thought were her parents. Continue reading... |
| Tuesday briefing: Corbyn assembles his alternative government Posted: 12 Jun 2017 10:09 PM PDT All eyes on Labour leader's shadow cabinet plans … getting together to remember Jo Cox … and MTV prankster Tom Green goes back on the road Hello, it's Warren Murray with the news. Unlike parliament we won't keep you hanging … Continue reading... |
| Explorer Edward Wilson's watercolour painting discovered in Antarctica – video Posted: 12 Jun 2017 09:54 PM PDT A 118-year-old work by the celebrated south pole explorer has been found in a historic Antarctic hut hidden by penguin poo. It was discovered among a portfolio of papers inside a bunk at the hut at Cape Adare, says the Antarctic Heritage Trust, which is restoring 1,500 artefacts from the hut Continue reading... |
| Antarctic explorer’s 118-year-old painting discovered among penguin poo Posted: 12 Jun 2017 07:13 PM PDT Watercolour of a small bird was painted by Dr Edward Wilson, who died in 1912 with Captain Robert Scott on their return trip to the south pole A 118-year-old painting by a celebrated south pole explorer has been discovered in a historic Antarctic hut hidden by penguin poo. Dr Edward Wilson, who died with Captain Robert Scott and three others in 1912 as they battled to return from their trip to the south pole, painted the watercolour of a small bird. Continue reading... |
| Crown Resorts staff in China charged with promoting gambling Posted: 12 Jun 2017 06:35 PM PDT Group of employees will face court after their arrest in series of police raids in October last year The Crown Resorts employees detained in China last year have been charged with offences related to the promotion of gambling, the Australian casino operator announced on Tuesday. The cases of 15 employees have been referred to Shanghai's Baoshan district court. In a statement on Tuesday, Crown said that with the matter now before the court it would make no further comment. Continue reading... |
| Trevi levy: Rome imposes fines for frolicking at famous fountains Posted: 12 Jun 2017 05:12 PM PDT The eternal city is engaged in a constant battle to prevent tourists from damaging its ancient monuments Rome is cracking down on anyone hoping to recreate Anita Ekberg's dip in the Trevi fountain in the film La Dolce Vita, imposing fines for bad behaviour in and around the city's watery wonders. One of Italy's most visited cities, Rome has long struggled to protect treasures such as the Colosseum and prevent tourists paddling in its sculpted fountains. Continue reading... |
| Refugee documentaries offer window into banality, brutality and hope Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:00 AM PDT A movie shot on mobile phone on Manus Island and another following asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia shown at Australian film festivals The experience of refugees seeking sanctuary in Australia by boat – and the human impact of Australia's border policies – are the focus of two new documentaries at film festivals across Australia this week. Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time is the collaborative work of the Manus Island refugee and Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani and the Dutch-Iranian film-maker Arash Kamali Sarvestani. The film offers a rare glimpse into the banality and brutality of life inside Australia's secretive offshore detention regime. Continue reading... |
| Letter: The Rev Nicolas Stacey obituary Posted: 12 Jun 2017 10:49 AM PDT When I was a boarder at Eltham college in the 1960s, the Rev Nicolas Stacey was a lively, popular preacher at our Sunday evening chapel services. There was much surprise when he left his ministry for his social services role, but it was clearly the right thing to do – a great example of practical Christianity. Continue reading... |
| Anti-government demonstrations in Russia – in pictures Posted: 12 Jun 2017 09:42 AM PDT Russian authorities arrested the opposition campaigner Alexei Navalny and hundreds of his supporters on Monday, as they mounted demonstrations across the nation against government corruption. More than 200 were detained in Moscow and St Petersburg an hour into the protests, according to an NGO that tracks arrests Continue reading... |
| Manchester police investigate arson attacks on Jewish restaurants Posted: 12 Jun 2017 08:46 AM PDT Jewish charity says antisemitic hate crime is on the rise after Ta'am and JS kosher restaurants are targeted Police are investigating two arson attacks on kosher restaurants in Manchester, as a Jewish charity says antisemitic hate crime is on the rise in the UK. Detectives have released CCTV images of the alleged arsonists, who attacked two restaurants in Prestwich, a Jewish area of north Manchester, earlier this month. Continue reading... |
| Finnish coalition at risk after party elects far right leader Posted: 12 Jun 2017 08:37 AM PDT PM Juha Sipila seeks to break up government after junior partner the True Finns picks anti-immigration hardliner Finland's prime minister, Juha Sipila, has moved to break up the country's three-party coalition government after a junior partner, the nationalist True Finns party, elected an anti-immigration hardliner as its new leader. The True Finns, the second-biggest party in the coalition, had over the weekend picked MEP Jussi Halla-aho as its new leader, a move set to take the moderately nationalist party closer towards radical right-wing populism. Continue reading... |
| Shia militants enter Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's last known hideout in Iraq Posted: 12 Jun 2017 07:55 AM PDT The Guardian's Martin Chulov and Salem Rizk report from the Iraqi town of Ba'aj, where Baghdadi is reported to have spent much of the last two years in a network of safe houses. Isis recently fled, leaving behind suicide vests, a handbook on owning sex slaves, and other remnants of their bureaucracy Continue reading... |
| Puerto Rico governor to take statehood case to Washington but faces US snub Posted: 12 Jun 2017 07:48 AM PDT Ricard Rosselló to push Congress to admit Puerto Rico as America's 51st state, but experts suggest referendum result will have little impact on US lawmakers The governor of Puerto Rico, Ricard Rosselló, has announced that he is to visit Washington in the next phase of his campaign to turn the island into the 51st state of the United States. Rosselló will go to the US capital armed with a 97% backing for statehood from voters in Sunday's plebiscite on the future of the stricken US colony. But he faces an uphill struggle impressing his case on the US Congress, which holds ultimate power over Puerto Rico, given the historically low turnout of the vote and the boycott staged by opposition parties. Continue reading... |
| French elections: Macron's party buoyant but turnout slumps Posted: 12 Jun 2017 04:31 AM PDT President urges voters to get on the move after his party's strong showing in first round of parliamentary elections is tempered by record low turnout Emmanuel Macron's fledging centrist party La République En Marche has launched a drive to get voters out in the second round of the French parliamentary elections after its very strong first round showing was marred by a record low turnout. "France is back," the prime minister, Édouard Philippe, declared triumphantly after first round voting on Sunday put La REM on course for a crushing victory and an overwhelming parliamentary majority, as the traditional parties that once dominated French politics took a drubbing. Continue reading... |
| Europe's more grownup approach to immigration Posted: 12 Jun 2017 02:44 AM PDT In some parts of Spain, newcomers are welcomed with open arms Hello, One of the benefits of teaming up with other European newspapers to cover a complex subject such as immigration is that you get different perspectives on how asylum seekers and refugees are viewed in different countries. Continue reading... |
| Mothers in the drugs lab – women in Peru treating their sick children with cannabis Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Peru's president has proposed legalising medicinal marijuana after two women found that cannabis oil helped their seriously ill children A dental technician and mother of four, Ana Alvarez lives in a flat in Lima that she has converted into a cannabis laboratory. It is, she says, for the love of her son that she has become one of Peru's leading advocates for liberalising drug laws in the conservative country. Her mission started out as a desperate search for something to alleviate her son Anthony's multiple daily seizures. Alvarez ended up turning part of her home into an improvised lab and informal medical practice where patients can be prescribed marijuana derivatives as a palliative for terminal illness, cancer or multiple sclerosis. Continue reading... |
| Airlines urged to train staff to help spot victims of trafficking Posted: 12 Jun 2017 04:43 AM PDT Flight attendants could give vital support in identifying people, often young girls, being taken overseas for sexual exploitation or forced labour, says the UN Airlines should train flight attendants to spot signs that a person is being trafficked, according to the UN agency responsible for tackling sexual exploitation and forced labour. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is also asking airlines to distribute information cards to passengers, cargo workers and airport staff, with advice on recognising when a person might be a victim of exploitation. |
| F-35 fighter jet performs aerial manoeuvres at the Farnborough Airshow – archive video Posted: 12 Jun 2017 11:36 PM PDT The F-35s was a star attraction at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow. The $100m fighter jet is considered to be the most advanced of its kind, but it has been plagued with cost overruns and technical difficulties throughout its development. The US air force has now grounded dozens of the fighter jets after concerns over oxygen supplies following pilots experiencing symptoms resembling hypoxia – a shortage of oxygen to the brain Continue reading... |
| Trump trolled by Democrats after staff take turns praising the president – video Posted: 12 Jun 2017 05:55 PM PDT A video of US president Donald Trump listening to each member of his cabinet heaping praise on him and saying they are 'blessed to serve your agenda' has been swiftly mocked by the Senate's top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, who posted his own video to Twitter of his staff showering him in compliments about his hair and television appearances Continue reading... |
| Maryland and DC sue Trump for business ties: ‘He has little respect for the law' – video Posted: 12 Jun 2017 12:11 PM PDT The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia announce that they are suing Donald Trump, alleging he violated the constitution by taking payments from foreign governments as president of the United States Continue reading... |
| The Puerto Rican Day parade in New York - in pictures Posted: 12 Jun 2017 04:57 AM PDT The annual Puerto Rican Day parade took place on Sunday in New York. It's in its 60th year, and tensions were heightened at this year's parade due to the participation of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a former Armed Forces of National Liberation member who served 35 years in prison for seditious conspiracy Continue reading... |
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