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- Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions
- Greek bailout deal agreed as creditors approve €8.5bn loan - as it happened
- French politician left unconscious while out campaigning
- London fire: flammable cladding on Australian buildings 'is like the asbestos problem'
- UN 'deeply concerned' at migrants allegedly held for ransom in Libya
- Ten-month-old Houston boy shot dead in father's arms
- Suicide bomber strikes at Shia mosque in western Kabul
- Steve Scalise still in critical condition but has 'improved', hospital says
- Australian government unveils gun amnesty amid terror warnings
- Scientists make quantum leap towards a secure new kind of internet
- Woman raped by Uber driver in India sues company for privacy breaches
- France 24 staff strike over work conditions
- Bill Cosby trial: deadlocked jury told to continue deliberations
- Polygamous sect leader captured after nearly a year on the run
- Turkey's opposition begins 250-mile protest march over MP's imprisonment
- Putin jokingly offers Comey asylum during annual phone-in session
- US signs deal to supply F-15 jets to Qatar after Trump terror claims
- Russia hopes Confederations Cup will banish 2018 World Cup concerns | Shaun Walker
- Trump's 'recalibration' with Cuba could bring down the shutters once more
- Three Los Angeles police cadets arrested for stealing patrol cars
- Relief for investors as Greece averts fresh crisis - business live
- Venezuela's chief prosecutor takes stand against Maduro – and earns bitter insults
- Colombia peace process weathers the storm as Farc hands in weapons
- US Open hit by E coli discovery in public water fountain at Erin Hills
- Migrants in Italy: building a life in Europe – in pictures
- Pedal-ins and car burials: what happened to America's forgotten 1970s cycle boom?
- 'Beirut is more beautiful by bike': street art reinvents a notorious city – in pictures
- What all urban planners should be asked: would you let your child cycle here?
- Grenfell Tower fire: Theresa May's top aide evades questions – latest updates
- From Tehran to Beirut: Shia militias aim to firm up Iran's arc of influence
- Leonardo DiCaprio returns a Picasso as US investigates 1MDB scandal
- Scott Johnson inquest told Narrabeen Skinheads gang boasted about bashing man
- Friday briefing: Grenfell Tower now a crime scene
- Scott Brown's home video message for New Zealand and Samoa – video
- We have liberated the last Isis castle, says Iran-backed militia leader – video
- Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march
- 'Can't wait to meet you all': new US ambassador sends intimate message to New Zealand
- Turkish Islamist push may be to blame for removal of Atatürk inscription at Anzac Cove
- Creditors agree terms to disburse Greece's €8.5bn bailout funds
- Erdoğan decries 'unacceptable' US arrest warrants for staff in Washington brawl
- Serbia gets its first female – and gay – prime minister
- Zookeeper killed by tiger 'would have wanted animal to live'
- 'Midwifery is a calling, not just a profession': childbirth stories around the world
- Remittances help migrants’ families and the UK | Letters
- No food, no money: conflict and chaos as South Sudan grapples with famine | Gethin Chamberlain
- What does Robert Mueller's team tell us about the Russia investigation?
- Will the Virginia shooting shift the gun debate? Key questions answered
- US student released by North Korea has 'severe' neurological injury – video
| Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions Posted: 15 Jun 2017 08:32 AM PDT Richard Burt contradicts Jeff Sessions' testimony that he didn't believe he had contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests during Trump's campaign An American lobbyist for Russian interests who helped craft an important foreign policy speech for Donald Trump has confirmed that he attended two dinners hosted by Jeff Sessions during the 2016 campaign, apparently contradicting the attorney general's sworn testimony given this week. Related: 'Nervous' Jeff Sessions' attempt at Trump-like bravado falls flat Continue reading... |
| Greek bailout deal agreed as creditors approve €8.5bn loan - as it happened Posted: 15 Jun 2017 03:40 PM PDT Eurozone finance ministers agree to lend Greece €8.5bn under its bailout programme, with a commitment to debt relief in the future
Earlier:
And finally... Greece's prime minister has hailed the deal. Alexis Tsipras tweeted that Today Greece is turning a page. We have an agreement that corresponds to the sacrifices of the Greek people. Σήμερα η Ελλάδα γυρίζει σελίδα. Έχουμε μια συμφωνία που ανταποκρίνεται στις θυσίες του ελληνικού λαού. (1/2) With unity and determination we move forward for fair growth and the healing of the wounds of the crisis. Με ενότητα και αποφασιστικότητα προχωράμε μπροστά για τη δίκαιη ανάπτυξη και την επούλωση των πληγών της κρίσης. (2/2) #Greece secured a Eur 8.5bn loan tranche. Else is pretty much hot air. Country remains stuck in a vicious cycle. Good luck with it.
Here are some photos from today's eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg, where the Greek bailout deal was agreed: Continue reading... |
| French politician left unconscious while out campaigning Posted: 15 Jun 2017 09:02 AM PDT Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, who is standing in elections on Sunday, fell after man threw leaflets in her face in market A French politician and candidate in this Sunday's parliamentary elections was left unconscious after an altercation with a protester while out campaigning. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, a former government minister who unsuccessfully stood to be mayor of Paris, was approached and insulted by a passerby as the candidate handed out leaflets in a market in the city. Continue reading... |
| London fire: flammable cladding on Australian buildings 'is like the asbestos problem' Posted: 15 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT Safety expert says the material blamed for London disaster is present in thousands of structures and could cost billions to replace A leading Australian fire safety engineer has compared the task of removing flammable aluminium cladding from high-rise buildings to ridding the country of asbestos, saying it could affect tens of thousands of buildings. Stephen Kip, an adjunct professor at Victoria University, said aluminium composite cladding of the style implicated in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London was used in "thousands" of high-rise apartments and other buildings, despite only being approved for use in Australia for interior use or in low-rise buildings. The material was also blamed for the "near-miss" fire in the Lacrosse building in Melbourne's Docklands in 2014. Continue reading... |
| UN 'deeply concerned' at migrants allegedly held for ransom in Libya Posted: 15 Jun 2017 03:19 PM PDT Video shows a number of Somalis and Ethiopians, who appear to have been starved and beaten, saying they are being held for ransom The United Nations migration agency expressed deep concern for around 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants allegedly held and mistreated by criminal gangs in Libya, saying it believed that a harrowing video of them posted on social media was authentic. The International Organization for Migration said a video posted on Facebook earlier this month showed "abused Somalis and Ethiopians … huddled fearfully in a concrete room". Continue reading... |
| Ten-month-old Houston boy shot dead in father's arms Posted: 15 Jun 2017 12:23 PM PDT
A 10-month old boy has been shot dead in his father's arms as he was being taken for a walk outside a Houston apartment complex. Messiah Justice Marshall was being carried by his father at about 1.30pm on Wednesday when three men approached them. According to police, an argument ensued, and one of the suspects fired repeatedly at the baby's father. Continue reading... |
| Suicide bomber strikes at Shia mosque in western Kabul Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:41 AM PDT Several killed in latest of a string of attacks on civilians in Afghanistan during holy month of Ramadan At least four people have been killed in Kabul after a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a mosque where worshippers had gathered for an important Shia holiday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes after weeks of escalating violence that have turned this year's holy month of Ramadan into one of the most violent periods in the Afghan capital since 2001. Continue reading... |
| Steve Scalise still in critical condition but has 'improved', hospital says Posted: 15 Jun 2017 06:37 PM PDT Earlier Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, visited the congressman at the hospital, later saying 'He's in some trouble … he's going to be OK, we hope' Steve Scalise, the majority whip who was shot when a gunman opened fire during a congressional Republican baseball practice, is doing better but remains in critical condition, according to a statement from MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where the congressman is being treated. "He remains in critical condition but has improved in the last 24 hours," the hospital said. "The congressman will require additional operations and will be in the hospital for some time." Continue reading... |
| Australian government unveils gun amnesty amid terror warnings Posted: 15 Jun 2017 01:55 PM PDT Three-month amnesty, the first since Port Arthur massacre in 1996, announced due to 'deteriorating national security environment' Australia has announced a sweeping national firearm amnesty that will allow owners of illegal firearms to hand in weapons for the first time since the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania in 1996. The amnesty was one of the measures agreed as part of the revised 2017 National Firearms Agreement by the state and territory governments. Continue reading... |
| Scientists make quantum leap towards a secure new kind of internet Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:00 AM PDT A global quantum internet is a major step closer as satellite beams 'entangled' light particles to ground stations more than 700 miles apart Scientists have taken a major step towards building a global quantum internet by beaming "entangled" particles of light from a satellite to ground stations more than 700 miles apart. The feat paves the way for a new kind of internet which draws on the curious ability for subatomic particles to be connected to one another despite being far apart and even on opposite sides of the planet. |
| Woman raped by Uber driver in India sues company for privacy breaches Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:12 AM PDT
An Indian woman who was raped by an Uber driver sued the ride-hailing company on Thursday, alleging that Uber executives had "violated her a second time" when they obtained her medical records and used them to cast doubt on her credibility. Related: Uber board member resigns after sexist remark at meeting addressing sexism Continue reading... |
| France 24 staff strike over work conditions Posted: 15 Jun 2017 09:48 AM PDT Paris HQ picketed as 120 TV news staff stop work amid claims broadcaster reneged on deal over 'unhealthy' shift hours Journalists and technicians at the TV network France 24 have staged a walkout, accusing their employers of reneging on a deal on working conditions. More than 120 staff at the news channel stopped work for 24 hours on Thursday and picketed its headquarters in protest at what they claimed was the company's refusal to implement a 2015 agreement addressing "unsociable and unhealthy" hours. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby trial: deadlocked jury told to continue deliberations Posted: 15 Jun 2017 09:29 AM PDT Jurors in comedian's sexual assault trial are instructed to continue trying to reach a unanimous verdict after more than 30 hours of deliberations The jurors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial said on Thursday they were deadlocked after more than 30 hours of deliberations, but the trial judge ordered them to resume their discussions. "We cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the counts," the jury said in a note to Judge Steven O'Neill in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Jurors began discussing the three counts of aggravated indecent assault late on Monday and worked 12-hour days on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Polygamous sect leader captured after nearly a year on the run Posted: 15 Jun 2017 04:16 PM PDT Lyle Jeffs, who escaped before trial for alleged multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme, caught in South Dakota apparently living in a pickup truck Spending nearly a year on the run, the polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs was captured in South Dakota after he pawned two pairs of pliers and provided a real identification card, authorities and the pawn shop owner said. The suspicious pawn shop employee notified the owner that Jeffs was wanted by the FBI, who learned more about him online and alerted authorities. Continue reading... |
| Turkey's opposition begins 250-mile protest march over MP's imprisonment Posted: 15 Jun 2017 06:57 AM PDT Hundreds taking part in trek from Ankara to Istanbul after CHP lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu was jailed for 25 years Turkey's main opposition party has begun a march from the country's capital, Ankara, to its largest city, Istanbul, to protest against the imprisonment of an MP who was sentenced to 25 years in jail for allegedly leaking information to the press. "We are facing dictatorial rule," said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's party (CHP), as he set out on the march. "We don't want to live in a country where there is no justice. We are saying enough is enough." Continue reading... |
| Putin jokingly offers Comey asylum during annual phone-in session Posted: 15 Jun 2017 05:30 AM PDT Russian president's yearly question-and-answer event included comments on the former FBI director and a phone call from Arizona about 'Russophobia' Vladimir Putin made a sarcastic offer of asylum to the former FBI director James Comey on Thursday, during an attack on Comey's claims of Russian interference in the US election. Related: Vladimir Putin: I don't have bad days because I'm not a woman Continue reading... |
| US signs deal to supply F-15 jets to Qatar after Trump terror claims Posted: 15 Jun 2017 05:03 AM PDT Agreement comes after president accused emirate of 'high-level funding' of terrorism and amid Saudi-led embargo The US has signed a $12bn deal to supply dozens of F-15 jets to Qatar, despite recent high-profile claims by President Donald Trump alleging Qatar's "high-level funding" of terrorism. The signing of the deal on Wednesday is the latest twist in the highly contradictory US diplomacy over the crisis around Qatar – now in its second week – with the emirate targeted by a Saudi-led embargo. Continue reading... |
| Russia hopes Confederations Cup will banish 2018 World Cup concerns | Shaun Walker Posted: 15 Jun 2017 04:30 AM PDT On the eve of the Confederations Cup, the focus for officials is on having a smooth event now that shows fans there is nothing to fear from coming to Russia for the 2018 World Cup With less than a year to go until the World Cup kicks off at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, excitement is building inside Russia as the country prepares to host the Confederations Cup, the eight-team warm-up tournament designed as a dress rehearsal for 2018. As the authorities promise a spectacular, exciting finals next year, the setup is beset with all the usual worries that accompany a major tournament, as well as a couple of Russia-specific ones. Continue reading... |
| Trump's 'recalibration' with Cuba could bring down the shutters once more Posted: 15 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT President likely to announce a reset in US-Cuba relations, and young Cuban Americans say such a move would squander years of progress It has been 60 years since Alexa Ferrer's grandparents fell in love on Havana's famous seafront esplanade, the Malecón – but only three weeks since the third-generation Cuban American was finally able to visit her family's homeland and retrace their first romantic footsteps. Taking advantage of Barack Obama's relaxation of a half-century of travel restrictions, Ferrer, a student from Miami, spent 10 days in Cuba fulfilling her childhood dream, in an emotionally charged journey across the country that until recently would have been unthinkable. Continue reading... |
| Three Los Angeles police cadets arrested for stealing patrol cars Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:41 AM PDT Two boys and a girl aged 15, 16 and 17 used sergeant's name to get the cars then caused police chases that end in two crashes Three teenagers on a Los Angeles police cadet programme stole patrol cars and led authorities on wild pursuits that ended with crashes, the city's police chief has said. The trio – two boys and a girl aged 15, 16 and 17 – "gamed the system" and used a vacationing sergeant's name to sign out stun guns and radios and drive the cars away, Charlie Beck said. Police are investigating whether the teenagers impersonated officers and pulled over drivers. Continue reading... |
| Relief for investors as Greece averts fresh crisis - business live Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:39 AM PDT
The poll below suggests other EU countries have no appetite to follow the UK out of the union: After #Brexit, no desire amongst Europeans to follow Britain out the door. pic.twitter.com/NZ2NCHbgUT
Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is not the only one sceptical about the Greek deal struck in Luxembourg last night. Kit Juckes at Societe Generale also suggests it was an elaborate exercise in kicking the can down the road: The politics of debt relief are too toxic to cope with so [Eurogroup president] Jeroen Dijsselbloem called for the tee, put the debt can on top of it, lined it up and kicked it straight between the posts and down the road behind. Then he declared it a 'major step forward' that would help put the Greek economy on a sounder footing. Job done. I expect this to be greeted with muted applause by European bond investors, by which I mean peripheral debt should do fine and the currency won't care. |
| Venezuela's chief prosecutor takes stand against Maduro – and earns bitter insults Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT Luisa Ortega has made a decisive break with the president, and now she's being decried by the government officials who were once her allies She has been accused of treachery and described as insane. As Venezuela's chief prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, has never been the country's most popular figure, but now the insults are being hurled at her by government officials who – until recently – were her allies. Ortega has become a hate figure for supporters of Nicolás Maduro following her criticism of the president's efforts to extend his rule, and his response to a three-month wave of protests in which nearly 70 people have died. Continue reading... |
| Colombia peace process weathers the storm as Farc hands in weapons Posted: 16 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT 40% of rebels' arsenal has been decommissioned, marking another success in a process that has often stumbled What was supposed to be a momentous demonstration of Colombia's progress toward peace was almost scuppered by the weather. As part of a historic deal between the government and the leftwing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, the rebel group this week handed over a second cache of weapons to the United Nations for decommissioning. Continue reading... |
| US Open hit by E coli discovery in public water fountain at Erin Hills Posted: 16 Jun 2017 12:36 AM PDT • Bacteria identified from sample taken at public hydration facility • USGA say water line 'was disconnected immediately' after discovery The organisers of the US Open have suffered embarrassment after it emerged that traces of E coli were discovered in a public water fountain at Erin Hills. Nobody has been reported ill after drinking from the hydration facility during practice days at the second major of the year, and it was shut off on Thursday morning. Related: Rickie Fowler equals US Open record to put himself in hunt for first major Continue reading... |
| Migrants in Italy: building a life in Europe – in pictures Posted: 16 Jun 2017 12:00 AM PDT More than 180,000 people were rescued from the Mediterranean and taken to Italy in 2016. Photographer Cesar Dezfuli captures the daily lives of migrants in the town of Biella Continue reading... |
| Pedal-ins and car burials: what happened to America's forgotten 1970s cycle boom? Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT 'Bicycle madness' once saw US bike sales outstrip cars, and spawned ambitious plans for 100,000 miles of cycle paths. Then the music stopped "The bicycle's biggest wave of popularity in its 154-year history," gushed Time magazine in 1970 at the start of America's five-year love affair with the bike. "Some 64 million fellow travellers are taking regularly to bikes these days, more than ever before," the report continued, "and more than ever [they are] convinced that two wheels are better than four." US bicycle sales, which had been rolling along at 6 million a year, shot up to 9 million in 1971, 14 million in 1972 and 15.3 million the following year, according to a Bank of America report. While most pre-boom bikes had been sold for children, suddenly 60% were destined for adults. Continue reading... |
| 'Beirut is more beautiful by bike': street art reinvents a notorious city – in pictures Posted: 15 Jun 2017 04:30 AM PDT The bike-unfriendly reputation of Lebanon's capital is transforming, as the Chain Effect collective enlists locals of all ages to become pro-cycling graffiti artists Continue reading... |
| What all urban planners should be asked: would you let your child cycle here? Posted: 15 Jun 2017 02:20 AM PDT For generations, Danish urban planners have made it a priority for children to be able to ride to school alone. The result is not just more social, cheerful, healthy children – but more social, cheerful, healthy adults "I love to cycle. I've got no clue why," says Emilie, a six-year-old Danish girl. She is with her friend Vilja, who's the same age. "When I cycle, I can go to new places faster," she says in a recent Danish campaign for cycling. Even though it's almost half a century ago, I would have said exactly the same at that age. When I was a child, my bicycle gave me freedom to move around with speed, ease and lightness. It gave me the feeling of being independent from my parents, as I did not need to ask them to drive me to my friends' place or to school. I could just jump on my bike, and off I went. My childhood wasn't very different from that of most other Danish kids. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell Tower fire: Theresa May's top aide evades questions – latest updates Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:44 AM PDT Follow the latest updates as police say they expect death toll to rise from 17 in wake of Grenfell Tower disaster in west London
Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom was heckled and challenged by residents as she visited the scene today. She was being interviewed by Sky News about why Theresa May failed to meet residents on her visit. A man then shouted: "meet the victims."
A serious fire in an empty Frankfurt high rise in 2012 where the styrofoam content in the cladding was seen as having exacerbated the blaze, led to the fire brigade there starting a documentation of similar fires involving the same cladding across Germany. The resulting 30 page document is incomplete because fire brigades were not obliged to participate, but between 2001 and 2017, 100 such fires were documented. Continue reading... |
| From Tehran to Beirut: Shia militias aim to firm up Iran's arc of influence Posted: 15 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT Iranian plans to secure ground routes across Iraq and Syria and being shored up by proxies driving Isis from the region The town of Ba'aj is deserted and broken. Its streets are blocked by overturned cars, its shops are shuttered and the iron gates of its ravaged homes groan in a scorching wind. Amid the wreckage, though, are the signs of new arrivals – forces who less than a week earlier chased Islamic State (Isis) from one of its most important territories in northern Iraq. Continue reading... |
| Leonardo DiCaprio returns a Picasso as US investigates 1MDB scandal Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:51 PM PDT US actor willingly returns picture and Marlon Brando's Oscar, given to him by a financier linked to Malaysian fund The US Justice Department took legal action on Thursday to recover about $540m in assets that authorities say were stolen by financiers associated with a sovereign wealth fund established by Malaysia's prime minister. Items include a Picasso painting given to actor Leonardo DiCaprio and the rights to two Hollywood films. The filing in US District Court in Los Angeles was the Justice Department's latest step in a long-running case over an alleged conspiracy to launder money misappropriated from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund, known as 1MDB, which was set up by Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak in 2009 to promote economic development. In the complaints, which are all civil actions, the Justice Department alleged more than $4.5bn was taken from 1MDB by high-level fund officials and their associates. Continue reading... |
| Scott Johnson inquest told Narrabeen Skinheads gang boasted about bashing man Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:02 AM PDT Witness says gang members bragged about bashing man they found masturbating at a beach near Manly or North Head in 1988 A gang called the Narrabeen Skinheads boasted about bashing an "American faggot" in evidence that could present a major breakthrough in the 28-year mystery of Scott Johnson's fatal plunge from Sydney's North Head. Late on Friday, a witness who cannot be identified told the extraordinary third inquest into the gay American's death that members of the gang bragged about bashing a man they found lying naked and masturbating at a beach near Manly or North Head on a Friday night in mid-December 1988. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Grenfell Tower now a crime scene Posted: 15 Jun 2017 10:27 PM PDT Police begin criminal inquiry amid fears victims may never be identified … Jo Cox tributes one year on … love hurts in Norfolk Good morning, Graham Russell here to bring you today's news. Continue reading... |
| Scott Brown's home video message for New Zealand and Samoa – video Posted: 15 Jun 2017 10:21 PM PDT Scott Brown, the incoming US ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa has made a home video, introducing himself and his family. Brown, a former Cosmopolitan centre fold, talks intimately about his childhood, the divorce of his parents, living on welfare and the turmoil of his youth. Continue reading... |
| We have liberated the last Isis castle, says Iran-backed militia leader – video Posted: 15 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT In a rare interview, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the powerful Iranian-backed joint leader of the Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF), speaks to the Guardian's Martin Chulov. Muhandis's Shia fighters recently took the Iraqi town of Ba'aj, where the Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had reportedly been hiding Continue reading... |
| Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march Posted: 15 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT The Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – march has been planned as opposition to violence in the name of Islam, but some groups say it stigmatises Muslims A row has broken out among organisations representing Muslims in Germany over a peace march to protest against terrorism due to take place at the weekend. Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – has been organised by Muslim activists in Cologne to make a stand against acts of terror and violence carried out in the name of Islam. Continue reading... |
| 'Can't wait to meet you all': new US ambassador sends intimate message to New Zealand Posted: 15 Jun 2017 09:28 PM PDT Scott Brown, who once posed nude in Cosmopolitan, says he's delighted with his posting to South Pacific nation The new US ambassador to New Zealand has recorded an intimate video message for the country, in which he opens up about his politics, family and troubled childhood. Scott Brown, a former Republican senator from Massachusetts, has been a controversial figure over the years, and was one of the earliest politicians to back Donald Trump's bid for the White House. Continue reading... |
| Turkish Islamist push may be to blame for removal of Atatürk inscription at Anzac Cove Posted: 15 Jun 2017 08:52 PM PDT Words likening Australia's dead 'Johnnies' to Ottoman 'Mehmets' disappear as 1985 Gallipoli monument is restored The Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has removed from a revered Anzac Cove memorial the familiar words attributed to Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, likening Australia's dead "Johnnies" to Ottoman "Mehmets" and welcoming them to rest in his country's soil. The renovation of the 1985 monument has heightened suspicions in Australia and Turkey that the refurbished memorial could reflect a growing Islamist interpretation by the Erdoğan administration of Australia's part in the 1915 British-commanded Anzac invasion of – and later retreat from – Gallipoli. Continue reading... |
| Creditors agree terms to disburse Greece's €8.5bn bailout funds Posted: 15 Jun 2017 05:05 PM PDT EU and IMF thrash out deal following months of disagreements, with funds to be released in July once European parliaments ratify the deal For the best part of a decade, Greece has wanted to become a "normal" country, and late on Thursday it appeared to begin that process, after creditors agreed to disburse €8.5bn (£7.4bn) of bailout funds aimed at putting the debt-stricken nation back on the road to recovery. The money, signed off after months of disagreement between the European Union and International Monetary Fund over how to reduce Athens' staggering debt pile, will be released in July, once European parliaments ratify the deal. Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan decries 'unacceptable' US arrest warrants for staff in Washington brawl Posted: 15 Jun 2017 02:41 PM PDT Twelve members of Turkey president's security detail accused of involvement in assault on protesters in Washington DC, which left nine injured Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has furiously condemned the US decision to issue arrest warrants to 12 members of his security detail because of their involvement in a bloody brawl with peaceful protesters in Washington DC last month. In a dramatic escalation of tensions between two Nato allies, Erdoğan said on Thursday that his government would "fight politically and judicially" against the warrants that had been issued earlier in the day. Continue reading... |
| Serbia gets its first female – and gay – prime minister Posted: 15 Jun 2017 10:45 AM PDT President Aleksandar Vučić announces appointment of Ana Brnabić, 41, a graduate of the University of Hull A gay woman has been appointed prime minister of Serbia in a double first for the EU-candidate state. Ana Brnabić, 41, a graduate of the University of Hull in England, is the Balkan nation's first gay PM and first female PM. Continue reading... |
| Zookeeper killed by tiger 'would have wanted animal to live' Posted: 15 Jun 2017 05:02 AM PDT Director of Cambridgeshire zoo where Rosa King was killed last month said her family support decision to let rare Malayan tiger live A tiger that killed a zookeeper in Cambridgeshire was a rare Malayan male called Cicip, the park's director has said, explaining the decision to let the animal live. Rosa King, 33, died at Hamerton Zoo Park on 29 May after Cicip entered the enclosure she was working in and attacked her. The zoo described King's death as a "freak accident". Continue reading... |
| 'Midwifery is a calling, not just a profession': childbirth stories around the world Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Midwives provide vital, often life-saving support to women and babies during delivery. From Bangladesh to Rwanda, Canada to Malawi, mothers share their experiences of care in childbirth Roughly 800 women and more than 8,000 newborns die every day, due to largely preventable complications during and after pregnancy and childbirth. If a well-trained midwife had been there, according to a Lancet study in 2014, 83% of those lives could have been saved (pdf). And as 4,000 midwives from 114 countries gather in Toronto this weekend for the International Confederation of Midwives Congress, the greatest concerns are around global shortages and under-investment in such an essential field of health. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Remittances help migrants’ families and the UK | Letters Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:29 AM PDT This is a win-win situation, for individuals and countries receiving remittances and for a more financially and socially inclusive UK, writes Dipti Pardeshi Friday is the International Day of Family Remittances, a day dedicated to recognising the significant contribution that migrants make to the wellbeing of families back home and to the development of their countries of origin. We at the International Organization for Migration call for a wider and more active recognition of the many potential benefits of remittances for those who receive them, and financial inclusion for the many migrants who now form part of our community. Continue reading... |
| No food, no money: conflict and chaos as South Sudan grapples with famine | Gethin Chamberlain Posted: 15 Jun 2017 04:28 AM PDT The rains are now falling, but on a country where people cannot work their fields because of fighting and where food prices are escalating beyond their reach The tape measure wound around the arm of two-year old Apiu tells its own story. Under the traffic light system for measuring undernutrition, green means healthy, amber is for "at risk". Apiu is deep in the red zone: seriously malnourished. South Sudan is grappling with famine and severe hunger. Now, despite a heavy UN presence and the efforts of many of the world's largest organisations, delivering life-saving aid is about to become more difficult. After rains failed last year across the Horn of Africa, now they have started to fall on to the parched, dry earth. Soon, large parts of the country will be inaccessible to all vehicles but helicopters. Continue reading... |
| What does Robert Mueller's team tell us about the Russia investigation? Posted: 15 Jun 2017 11:47 AM PDT Seasoned lawyers with a depth of experience that includes the investigations into Watergate, Enron and the bombings of the US embassies in east Africa won't be intimidated by the intense spotlight, experts say Even before the special counsel's inquiry has begun in earnest into links between the Trump campaign and Moscow, the team Robert Mueller is building provides clues about which way the investigation is heading. One is a veteran of the Watergate investigation, and Donald Trump – like Richard Nixon – was reported on Wednesday to now be under investigation for obstruction of justice. Other team members have specialities that could point toward where Mueller is looking after taking over control of the investigation from the FBI: money laundering, financial fraud and Russian organised crime. Continue reading... |
| Will the Virginia shooting shift the gun debate? Key questions answered Posted: 15 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT An attack on Republican congressmen during a baseball practice has thrust the gun debate back in the spotlight. Here's what stands to be contested In the past six years, mass shootings have occurred in schools and movie theaters; at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina; at an office Christmas party in San Bernardino, California; and at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida. All the while, congressional Republicans have blocked any tightening of federal gun control laws. Related: House majority whip Steve Scalise among four wounded in Virginia shooting Continue reading... |
| US student released by North Korea has 'severe' neurological injury – video Posted: 15 Jun 2017 07:36 PM PDT Doctors in Cincinnati treating the American college student released by North Korea in a coma say he has severe injury to all regions of his brain. They described 22-year-old Otto Warmbier as in a state of 'unresponsiveness wakefulness.' His father, Fred Warmbier, says he has been 'brutalised and terrorised' by the North Koreans. Warmbier was serving a 15-year prison term with hard labor in North Korea after he tearfully confessed that he tried to steal a propaganda banner while visiting the country. Continue reading... |
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