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- Prosecutors vow to retry Bill Cosby after sexual assault case ends in mistrial
- Spanish matador dies after being gored during bullfight
- One Afghan killed and seven US troops wounded in attack on base – US military
- 'This is violence against Donald Trump': rightwingers interrupt Julius Caesar play
- 9/11 memorial designer to create monument to Charleston shooting victims
- Philando Castile 'did not deserve to die', says Minnesota senator Al Franken
- Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and other factors, coroner says
- Life and death in Apple’s forbidden city
- Who shot Kuki Gallmann? The story of a Kenyan conservationist heroine
- By the Time It Gets Dark review – dazzling reflections on Thai history
- Macron and En Marche expect big win in French parliamentary elections
- Alex Jones cries foul ahead of interview with 'Medusa' NBC host Megyn Kelly
- Grenfell Tower fire: May under pressure after 'angry exchanges' in No 10 – live updates
- Abandoned and abused: the forgotten Syrian refugee children on a Greek detention island
- USS Fitzgerald: bodies of some missing sailors found in stricken ship
- Coalition Gonski 2.0 funding package in doubt as union digs in
- Suicide bombers attack Afghan police HQ, killing or wounding dozens
- Portugal: 25 people killed in forest fires northeast of Lisbon
- A place called 'hope': the tiny island on the frontline of US-China tensions
- The miracle of Matera: from city of poverty and squalor to hip hub for cave-dwellers
- Violence and terrorism has never been justified in Islam | Letters
- From the Observer archive: this week in 1976
- The latest threat to Antarctica: an insect and plant invasion
- Cosby trial ends in swirl of uncertainty but campaigners see encouraging signs
- Seven sailors missing after US navy ship collision off Japan's coast – video
| Prosecutors vow to retry Bill Cosby after sexual assault case ends in mistrial Posted: 17 Jun 2017 09:49 AM PDT
Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ended in a mistrial on Saturday, with jurors reporting hopeless deadlock over charges that the comedian drugged and violated a woman in 2004. Montgomery County district attorney Kevin Steele immediately said prosecutors would seek to retry Cosby on the same charges. They will have 120 days to do so. Related: Cosby trial ends in swirl of uncertainty but campaigners see encouraging signs Continue reading... |
| Spanish matador dies after being gored during bullfight Posted: 17 Jun 2017 02:44 PM PDT Ivan Fandino lost his footing after tripping on his cape and suffered a fatal wound to the torso while performing in France A Spanish bullfighter died after he tripped in the ring and was gored by the bull in south-western France, according to media reports. Related: Spanish court overturns Catalonia's bullfighting ban Continue reading... |
| One Afghan killed and seven US troops wounded in attack on base – US military Posted: 17 Jun 2017 09:46 AM PDT US military spokesman denies report by local official that Americans were killed but says at least one Afghan soldier shot dead at Camp Shaheen Seven American soldiers were wounded and one Afghan soldier was killed in a shooting at a base in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, a US military official said. Related: US sending almost 4,000 extra forces to Afghanistan, Trump official says Continue reading... |
| 'This is violence against Donald Trump': rightwingers interrupt Julius Caesar play Posted: 17 Jun 2017 06:31 AM PDT Protester on stage of controversial Central Park production shouts 'the blood of Steve Scalise is on your hands', in reference to congressman shot in Virginia A rightwing protester has been charged with trespassing after interrupting a New York production of Julius Caesar during the assassination scene and shouting: "This is violence against Donald Trump." Related: Trump as Julius Caesar: anger over play misses Shakespeare's point, says scholar Continue reading... |
| 9/11 memorial designer to create monument to Charleston shooting victims Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:10 AM PDT
Michael Arad, the Israeli architect who designed the 9/11 memorial in New York, has been chosen to create a memorial to the nine worshippers who died in a racist shooting at a Charleston church in June 2015. Related: 9/11 Memorial Museum: an emotional underworld beneath Ground Zero Continue reading... |
| Philando Castile 'did not deserve to die', says Minnesota senator Al Franken Posted: 17 Jun 2017 02:10 PM PDT
A day after the acquittal of Jeronimo Yanez, the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in St Paul last year, Minnesota senator Al Franken cited "systemic racial inequalities" when he said: "Philando did not deserve to die." Related: Black Lives Matter: birth of a movement | Wesley Lowery Continue reading... |
| Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and other factors, coroner says Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:33 PM PDT Officials could not conclusively determine what caused the actor's death in December Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors, but it was not possible to conclusively determine what caused her death, coroner's officials have said. Among the factors that contributed to Fisher's death was buildup of fatty tissue in the walls of her arteries, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said in a news release late on Friday. The release states that the Star Wars actor showed signs of having taken multiple drugs, but investigators could not determine whether they contributed to her death in December. Continue reading... |
| Life and death in Apple’s forbidden city Posted: 18 Jun 2017 01:30 AM PDT In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves The sprawling factory compound, all grey dormitories and weather-beaten warehouses, blends seamlessly into the outskirts of the Shenzhen megalopolis. Foxconn's enormous Longhua plant is a major manufacturer of Apple products. It might be the best-known factory in the world; it might also might be among the most secretive and sealed-off. Security guards man each of the entry points. Employees can't get in without swiping an ID card; drivers entering with delivery trucks are subject to fingerprint scans. A Reuters journalist was once dragged out of a car and beaten for taking photos from outside the factory walls. The warning signs outside – "This factory area is legally established with state approval. Unauthorised trespassing is prohibited. Offenders will be sent to police for prosecution!" – are more aggressive than those outside many Chinese military compounds. But it turns out that there's a secret way into the heart of the infamous operation: use the bathroom. I couldn't believe it. Thanks to a simple twist of fate and some clever perseverance by my fixer, I'd found myself deep inside so-called Foxconn City. Continue reading... |
| Who shot Kuki Gallmann? The story of a Kenyan conservationist heroine Posted: 18 Jun 2017 01:05 AM PDT Since she moved to Kenya, she's lost her husband and son. Now she's been shot by tribesmen determined to take her land. But Kuki Gallmann's going nowhere There is thunder and the equatorial rain falls perfectly straight, drenching the lawn and a pair of towering candelabra trees that frame the driveway which leads to a two-storey, colonial-era house. Inside, logs burn in the grey stone fireplace, worn kilims are spread on the parquet floor and Kuki Gallmann – 74 years old and recovering from two bullet wounds in her abdomen – sits regally upon a chair of wrought iron and stained glass shaped like a resting bird. The first shot hit Gallmann and as she fell sideways she felt another bullet tear through her guts Continue reading... |
| By the Time It Gets Dark review – dazzling reflections on Thai history Posted: 18 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT A headspinning tour de force, beginning with the attack on students in 1976 and turning to the nature of film-making itself This mesmerising second feature from Thai film-maker Anocha Suwichakornpong, writer/director of 2009's Mundane History, is a kaleidoscopic meditation on the shifting relationship between past and present, truth and fiction, movies and memory. A self-referential treatise on the impossibility of capturing "real" life on camera, it begins with a single linear narrative that mushrooms into something altogether wider and more weird. Described by its creator as both an "ode to the memory-recording and reconstructing machine that is cinema" and "my attempt to deal with the impossibility of making a historical film in a place where there is no history", it's a dizzying, dazzling work – elliptically political, frequently perplexing, yet fluid enough in its possibilities to allow each viewer to divine their own meanings from its quicksilver forms. It begins with a single linear narrative that mushroom into something altogether wider and weirder Continue reading... |
| Macron and En Marche expect big win in French parliamentary elections Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:46 PM PDT Despite low voter turnout France's newest political party is predicted to take up to 80% of seats in major shift for republic France has begun voting in parliamentary elections which are expected to hand Emmanuel Macron a landslide majority, a second triumph for him after his presidential victory and one which should allow him to embark on sweeping social and economic shakeups. Related: The Guardian view on the French elections: Macron's quiet revolution of the centre | Editorial Continue reading... |
| Alex Jones cries foul ahead of interview with 'Medusa' NBC host Megyn Kelly Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Trump-supporting conspiracy theorist claims to have been lured with flattery while NBC rides Sandy Hook protests and urges viewers to 'tune in Sunday' Controversy over NBC host Megyn Kelly's interview with Alex Jones is intensifying before its Sunday night broadcast, with the far-right conspiracy theorist – and supporter of Donald Trump – claiming to have secretly recorded his entire interaction with the former Fox News host and threatening to "leak" the results. Related: The Virginia shooting fallout was predictably partisan. Can this ever be fixed? Continue reading... |
| Grenfell Tower fire: May under pressure after 'angry exchanges' in No 10 – live updates Posted: 18 Jun 2017 01:32 AM PDT Follow the latest developments as ministers are accused of failing to act on warnings and bishop reveals tone of PM's meeting with residents
Eve Allison, a Conservative who sits on Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council, said the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower should have looked at the inside as well as the outside of the block. "It is on our watch, it's our responsibility, we do have a duty of care to all our residents and whatever findings and failings come out, they have to come out soon because all the community, the victims, the families, people need answers," she told BBC Breakfast.
The Home Office is assisting the family of Mohammed Alhajali, the 23-year-old Syrian refugee who was the first fatality of the disaster to be formally identified by police, to travel to the UK to attend his funeral. We have made contact with Mr Alhajali's family yesterday and assisted them in making arrangement for their travel to the UK in these terribly sad circumstances." Continue reading... |
| Abandoned and abused: the forgotten Syrian refugee children on a Greek detention island Posted: 17 Jun 2017 02:00 PM PDT Stranded on Chios women and teenagers face new horrors, with reports of police beatings, rape and knife attacks Rasha went missing late afternoon last Saturday. Her peers describe hanging out as normal with the 20-year-old Syrian in the Greek refugee detention camp. Then she vanished. Last Tuesday her friend Amira, 15, received a flurry of images on her phone. Rasha was lying naked in bed with a man. Superimposed upon his head were grotesque cartoon faces and an accompanying message from the anonymous caller: "I promise I will kidnap you also." This was far from being the first threat that the teenage refugee from the Syrian city of Qamishli has received since arriving on the Aegean island of Chios six months ago. Existence in the razor-wire-fenced detention centre, a former factory known as Vial, deep within the island's mountainous interior, is fraught for a child hoping for a fresh start in Europe, preferably the UK. Continue reading... |
| USS Fitzgerald: bodies of some missing sailors found in stricken ship Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:59 PM PDT US navy says the search for the crew has eneded, suggesting they have all been found dead after the collision with container vessel off Japan The US navy has ended its search for seven sailors who went missing after their destroyer collided with a container ship near Japan, suggesting that all of the crew members' bodies have been recovered. Vice-admiral Joseph Aucoin, the commander of the US navy's 7th Fleet, did not specify how many bodies had been found inside the stricken vessel while their next of kin are still being notified. Continue reading... |
| Coalition Gonski 2.0 funding package in doubt as union digs in Posted: 18 Jun 2017 12:26 AM PDT Education minister Simon Birmingham says he is prepared to negotiate with Greens or crossbench, but AEU remains opposed to deal The education minister Simon Birmingham says he wants his schools funding package passed this week, although the prospects of the Turnbull government securing a funding deal with Greens backing appear to be fading. With parliament set to resume on Monday for the final sitting before the winter recess, Birmingham told reporters on Sunday the government was prepared to negotiate with either the Greens or the crossbench to pass the so-called Gonski 2.0 package. Continue reading... |
| Suicide bombers attack Afghan police HQ, killing or wounding dozens Posted: 17 Jun 2017 11:08 PM PDT Up to five attackers targeted the building in Gardez in latest assault by the Taliban Dozens of people have been killed or wounded after up to five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The attack, claimed by the Taliban, began at around 6:30am (2am GMT) when one bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at the gate of the police headquarters in Gardez city, the capital of Paktia province, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry. Continue reading... |
| Portugal: 25 people killed in forest fires northeast of Lisbon Posted: 17 Jun 2017 09:52 PM PDT Public broadcaster RTP says another 20 have been injured, including six firefighters A huge forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 25 people and injured 20 others, most of them burning to death in their cars, the government said on Sunday. Several hundred firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late on Saturday to tackle the blaze, which broke out in the afternoon in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande before spreading fast across several fronts. Continue reading... |
| A place called 'hope': the tiny island on the frontline of US-China tensions Posted: 17 Jun 2017 08:12 PM PDT More than 100 Filipinos live 15 miles from one of Beijing's most ambitious island bases in the South China Sea On the horizon, the azure sea water stops and the white, concrete structures of the Chinese military base rise up. "Sometimes we get nervous because we are only civilians. If they invade the island, they can harm us. They can do whatever they want," says Romeo Malaguit, a fisherman and father of two, who lives on the nearby Philippine-claimed island Thitu. Continue reading... |
| The miracle of Matera: from city of poverty and squalor to hip hub for cave-dwellers Posted: 17 Jun 2017 04:05 PM PDT One of Italy's most deprived cities – so lacking hope that God was said to keep well away – is now an Airbnb hotspot and set to be European capital of culture There is a sense of shame as Luigi Plasmati, 89, recollects growing up amid chronic poverty in a crammed cave in Matera, an ancient, bruised city in Italy's southern Basilicata region. "It was brutal," he said. "There were families of maybe nine or 10 children, sleeping next to mules and pigs. We were dying of hunger." Continue reading... |
| Violence and terrorism has never been justified in Islam | Letters Posted: 17 Jun 2017 04:05 PM PDT Hate preachers must continue to be challenged I admire the courage of Sara Khan and her organisation, Inspire, for challenging the narrative of co-religionist hate preachers who, in a society dedicated to free speech, are still free to instil hate in the minds of young Muslims and radicalise them into becoming terrorists, as Anjem Choudary did ("Stop fretting over religious sensitivities. We must push hard against Islamists", Comment). She is absolutely right to condemn the political correctness and religious sensitivities to the Muslim community that suppress debate and inhibit a solution. With 23,000 potential jihadis at large, Muslim leaders must hammer home the message that, no matter what the grievance, violence and terrorism are never justified in Islam. |
| From the Observer archive: this week in 1976 Posted: 17 Jun 2017 04:05 PM PDT The road from Soweto Sharpeville marked the time in 1960 when the world unanimously condemned apartheid. The Soweto tragedy may prove to be the occasion when South Africa itself decides that apartheid offers no real hope of resolving its serious racial problems. A special responsibility attached to Western nations whose trading and other policies have helped to buttress South Africa's economy, and therefore its iniquitous political system. Past Western policy has been vague to condemn apartheid and offer vague support for the achievement of a multi-racial society based on majority rule. |
| The latest threat to Antarctica: an insect and plant invasion Posted: 17 Jun 2017 01:54 PM PDT Rise in tourism and warmer climate bring house flies – and the growth of mosses in which they can live Antarctica's pristine ice-white environment is going green and facing an unexpected threat – from the common house fly. Scientists say that as temperatures soar in the polar region, invading plants and insects, including the fly, pose a major conservation threat. More and more of these invaders, in the form of larvae or seeds, are surviving in coastal areas around the south pole, where temperatures have risen by more than 3C over the past three decades. Glaciers have retreated, exposing more land which has been colonised by mosses that have been found to be growing more quickly and thickly than ever before – providing potential homes for invaders. The process is particularly noticeable in the Antarctic peninsula, which has been shown to be the region of the continent that is most vulnerable to global warming. Continue reading... |
| Cosby trial ends in swirl of uncertainty but campaigners see encouraging signs Posted: 17 Jun 2017 10:15 AM PDT DA's office announces it will retry Cosby on the same charges while advocates say prosecution's determination could help more rape victims to come forward This was neither a vindication nor a victory. So went the judge's warning to a weary crowd drifting out of a courthouse in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania more than five days after a 12-member jury began to deliberate Bill Cosby's fate. The mistrial was an uncertain coda to what started as one of the biggest trials of the decade. Cosby, a world-famous comedian, had seen his reputation shredded when more than 50 women accused him of rape and sexual assault, often aided by incapacitating drugs. A public with an evolved understanding of rape – a crime in which victims can take years to come forward – had turned on him. Continue reading... |
| Seven sailors missing after US navy ship collision off Japan's coast – video Posted: 17 Jun 2017 02:35 AM PDT Seven US sailors are missing after their destroyer collided with a Japanese merchant ship off the east coast of Japan. Three other sailors were airlifted for medical treatment. Rescuers continue their search for the missing sailors who are thought to have been thrown into the water Continue reading... |
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