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- Three-quarters of world has little or no confidence in Trump, Pew study finds
- US joins growing calls for China to allow Liu Xiaobo cancer treatment abroad
- Assad preparing chemical weapons attack in Syria, US claims
- Brazil's president, Michel Temer, charged with corruption
- 'Political murder': anger after terminally ill Chinese Nobel laureate released from prison
- Key senator says Congress to stop arms sales to Gulf until Qatar crisis is solved
- Trump travel ban: US supreme court partially lifts block on order
- Albania's pro-EU prime minister set to win parliamentary majority
- Google will stop scanning content of personal emails
- Potential Martin Shkreli jurors: we can't be impartial over 'most hated man' in US
- US to declare China among worst human trafficking offenders – officials
- Reporter's body found in Mexico, marking seventh journalist murder this year
- Tech giants team up to fight extremism following cries that they allow terrorism
- Bernie Sanders rallies opposition to Republican healthcare reform plan
- Polish government widely condemned over morning-after pill law
- Italy's centre-right wins big in mayoral elections as left crumbles
- Former Paris stock exchange to be reborn as major new art museum
- Rhino horn auction to go ahead in South Africa after court lifts ban on sales
- Russia denies Sergey Kislyak is leaving US even as plans are made for send-off
- Miroslav Penkov: why we should all claim this America as ours
- Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show
- Ukrainian colonel killed by car bomb in Kiev
- Xiahe, China's Tibetan monastery town – in pictures
- Ottawa in the spotlight: as Canada turns 150, has its capital finally come of age?
- Grenfell Tower fire survivors demand say in public inquiry
- Africa facing shortfall of 50 million jobs by 2040, report says
- Australian navy sailor dies during maritime patrol operation
- Miranda Kerr hands over jewellery linked to Malaysia corruption case
- Trump ponders crackdown on Pakistan over terror ties despite experts' warnings
- Tuesday briefing: Bung parliament – May's £1bn bill for DUP support
- Alain Senderens, chef and Nouvelle Cuisine creator, dies aged 77
- Hong Kong: the 20th anniversary of the handover – Q&A
- China: Vatican gravely concerned for bishop 'forcibly removed' from diocese
- Former nurse who killed eight elderly people in her care gets life in prison
- Swedish man kidnapped by Islamist militants in Mali released after six years
- Abortion rights for Northern Irish women in UK 'must be addressed'
- Court orders Salvador Dalí's body be exhumed for paternity test
- Iran nuclear deal must be allowed to thrive | Letters
- Bangladesh upholding the rule of law | Letters
- Rome metro excavations unearth 3rd-century 'Pompeii-like scene'
- Liu Xiaobo's unbearable fate is stark symbol of where China is heading | Tania Branigan
- Lord Joffe obituary
- Kim Jong-sun: why North Korea is taking holiday inspiration from Benidorm
- George Carey resigns honorary Oxford post over Anglican sex abuse scandal
- 'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene – podcast
- The battle for Mosul in maps
- Jewish diaspora angry as Netanyahu scraps Western Wall mixed prayer plan
- 'Your Lifelong Prisoner' – Liu Xiaobo's poem from prison
- 'We don't know what they do behind the wall': Zambian women miss out on help
- Why the supreme court's travel ban ruling may not be a win for Trump
- Trump travel ban Q&A: what happens next?
- How we're working with reporters from around America to cover class and inequality
- Attorney general who stopped Trump's travel ban responds to partial lifting – video
- Martin Shkreli leaves court after jury selection for fraud trial – video
- Trump tells Indian PM: 'We are world leaders in social media' – video
| Three-quarters of world has little or no confidence in Trump, Pew study finds Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:00 PM PDT
More than three-quarters of the world has little or no confidence in Donald Trump's global leadership and his signature policies, with support for the American presidency collapsing fastest among America's traditional allies in Europe, according to new polling by the Pew Research Center. In many countries, support for the US president is now below that of George Bush in 2004, following the Iraq invasion. Globally, two-thirds of respondents describe Trump as "arrogant and dangerous". Continue reading... |
| US joins growing calls for China to allow Liu Xiaobo cancer treatment abroad Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:24 PM PDT Chinese authorities have refused Nobel laureate permission to move home to Beijing or seek medical treatment outside China The US has called for China to completely lift all restrictions on renowned democracy activist and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, as fears mount he is close to death after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer. Doctors have told his wife, Liu Xia, that he cannot receive chemotherapy or operations at this stage, according to a video posted by a friend. The medical team said they will attempt to treat him with targeted therapy, which uses drugs to stop the growth and spread of the cancer, according to friends. Continue reading... |
| Assad preparing chemical weapons attack in Syria, US claims Posted: 27 Jun 2017 01:09 AM PDT US military sources reportedly surprised by White House's public warning that regime would pay heavily for repeat of April attack The White House has declared that it believes Bashar al-Assad's regime is preparing to carry out another chemical weapons attack, and warned that the Syrian leader and his military would "pay a heavy price" if it went ahead. The unusual public warning on Monday night appeared to be intended to deter the regime from repeating its use of chemical weapons against rebel-held cities and towns. It may also have been aimed at the regime's backers in Moscow and Tehran, who have resolutely backed Assad and denied the regime's responsibility for chemical weapons use. Continue reading... |
| Brazil's president, Michel Temer, charged with corruption Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:42 PM PDT Temer is accused of accepting bribes – but any move towards trial would have to pass congress by a two-thirds majority Brazil's top federal prosecutor has charged President Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes, a stinging blow to the unpopular leader and to political stability in Latin America's largest country. Rodrigo Janot submitted the charge to the supreme court, saying Temer "fooled Brazilian citizens" and owed the nation millions in compensation for accepting bribes. Continue reading... |
| 'Political murder': anger after terminally ill Chinese Nobel laureate released from prison Posted: 26 Jun 2017 09:47 AM PDT Human rights groups and fellow dissidents react after Liu Xiaobo is transferred to hospital with late-stage liver cancer China's dissident community has expressed anger, shock and sadness that the country's best-known political prisoner – the democracy activist and Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo – has been transferred to hospital after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Liu, 61, had been serving an 11-year prison sentence for inciting subversion of state power. His lawyer, Mo Shaoping, who has been in contact with Liu's family, said he was now in the late stages of disease. Another of Liu's lawyers, Shang Baojun, said he had been diagnosed on 23 May. Continue reading... |
| Key senator says Congress to stop arms sales to Gulf until Qatar crisis is solved Posted: 26 Jun 2017 03:07 PM PDT Senate foreign relations committee chairman says Gulf nations have chosen to 'devolve into conflict' and says dispute undermines US efforts in Middle East The Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee has said the US Congress will hold up approval of arms sales to the Gulf as a result of the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar. Senator Bob Corker said the nations of Gulf Cooperation Council had failed to take advantage of a summit with President Trump in May to overcome their differences and had "instead chosen to devolve into conflict". Continue reading... |
| Trump travel ban: US supreme court partially lifts block on order Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:52 PM PDT Supreme court agrees to hear arguments on legality of controversial order in the fall after lifting significant elements of lower court orders to block ban The US supreme court handed a partial victory to the Trump administration on Monday as it lifted significant elements of lower court orders blocking the president's controversial travel ban targeting visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries. Related: Refugee admissions nearly halved as supreme court mulls Trump travel ban Continue reading... |
| Albania's pro-EU prime minister set to win parliamentary majority Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:44 AM PDT Edi Rama's Socialist party appears on course to win over 45% of vote after campaign focussed on closer ties with west Albania's prime minister, the artist turned politician Edi Rama, is poised to be returned to power following parliamentary elections seen as key to the country's future prospects of EU membership. As ballots continued to be counted on Monday, an exit poll showed Rama and his Socialist party on course to win between 45% and 49% of the vote. Continue reading... |
| Google will stop scanning content of personal emails Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:39 AM PDT Company did read emails in personal Gmail accounts to target users with tailored adverts but said it would stop Google will stop scanning the content of emails sent by Gmail users in an attempt to reassure business customers of the confidentiality of their communications. The company did read the emails in personal Gmail accounts in order to target users with personalised adverts but said in a blogpost it would stop doing so in order to "more closely align" its business and consumer products. Its business offering, part of G Suite, has never involved scanning emails. Continue reading... |
| Potential Martin Shkreli jurors: we can't be impartial over 'most hated man' in US Posted: 26 Jun 2017 03:08 PM PDT Some interviewed said they couldn't be part of the pharmaceutical CEO's trial because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life-saving drug 5,000% Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli were excused on Monday after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life-saving drug 5,000%. At jury selection in a Brooklyn courtroom, US district judge Kiyo Matsumoto questioned the potential jurors at sidebars out of earshot from Shkreli. Continue reading... |
| US to declare China among worst human trafficking offenders – officials Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:43 PM PDT Move marks first major, public rebuke of China's human rights record by Trump administration, which has generally avoided direct, public criticism of Beijing The Trump administration is poised to declare China among the world's worst offenders on human trafficking, US officials said Monday, putting the world's most populous country in the same category as North Korea, Zimbabwe and Syria, Related: Rex Tillerson: 'America first' means divorcing our policy from our values Continue reading... |
| Reporter's body found in Mexico, marking seventh journalist murder this year Posted: 26 Jun 2017 12:59 PM PDT
The body of a missing Mexican reporter has been found in the western state of Michoacán, bringing to seven the number of journalists murdered in the country this year. Salvador Adame, director of the local television station 6TV, was abducted 18 May in the city of Nueva Italia, some 400km west of Mexico City in a region known as Tierra Caliente, or the Hot Lands. Continue reading... |
| Tech giants team up to fight extremism following cries that they allow terrorism Posted: 26 Jun 2017 12:24 PM PDT Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft announced Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism to focus on solutions, research and partnerships Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft have created a joint forum to counter terrorism following years of criticisms that the technology corporations have failed to block violent extremists and propaganda on their platforms. The Silicon Valley companies announced the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism on Monday, saying the collaboration would focus on technological solutions, research and partnerships with governments and civic groups. Continue reading... |
| Bernie Sanders rallies opposition to Republican healthcare reform plan Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:26 AM PDT Sanders talked to the Guardian while on a tour to speak out unsparingly against the bill: 'the most anti-working class legislation in the modern history of' the US As Donald Trump celebrated the marriage of Wall Street executive-turned-treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin in the Washington swamp he repeatedly pledged to drain, Bernie Sanders stepped onstage in Pittsburgh. Related: 'They're sentencing me to death': Medicaid recipients on the Republican healthcare plan Continue reading... |
| Polish government widely condemned over morning-after pill law Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:47 AM PDT Legislation requiring doctor's appointment is latest attack on women's rights in Poland and violates shared EU values, says MEP The Polish government has been accused of launching a "sexual counter-revolution" that is an affront to European values after passing legislation reducing women's access to the morning-after pill. A law signed off by the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, in defiance of human rights groups and European medicines agency guidelines turns emergency contraception into a prescription drug. Continue reading... |
| Italy's centre-right wins big in mayoral elections as left crumbles Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:16 AM PDT Cities such as Genoa and L'Aquila, formerly strongholds of the left, were claimed by the right in a pattern repeated across the country Italy's centre-right parties trounced their centre-left rivals in mayoral elections, official results have showed – putting pressure on the ruling Democratic party (PD) ahead of a national vote due in less than a year. An alliance of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party and the anti-immigrant Northern League won 55% of the votes in Genoa, the northern port city that was a leftwing stronghold but which the right will now govern for the first time in more than 50 years. PD leader Matteo Renzi, 42, who has been seeking to make a comeback since stepping down as prime minister in December, was the clear loser in Sunday's vote, though polls show that his party is still one of Italy's most popular nationally. "It could have gone better," Renzi said in an early-morning Facebook post. |
| Former Paris stock exchange to be reborn as major new art museum Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:52 AM PDT François Pinault, the billionaire luxury brand owner, will convert the 19th century Bourse de commerce into art museum with architect Tadao Ando It is the latest chapter in the art-world rivalry of two of France's richest businessmen: a saga of momentous contemporary art collections and a quest by their owners to build Paris museums that would transform the city's landscape. When the French luxury goods tycoon François Pinault – once described as the most powerful man in the modern art world – stepped out under the magnificent glass dome of the former Paris stock exchange on Monday to unveil the plans for his new modern art museum, the architecture world held its breath. Continue reading... |
| Rhino horn auction to go ahead in South Africa after court lifts ban on sales Posted: 26 Jun 2017 09:14 AM PDT Breeder John Hume to take advantage of court ruling lift ban on domestic trade to sell horns trimmed from the 1,500 rhinos on his ranch A rhino breeder in South Africa is planning an online auction of rhino horns to capitalise on a court ruling that opened the way to domestic trade despite an international ban imposed to curb poaching. The sale of rhino horns by breeder John Hume, to be held in August, will be used to "further fund the breeding and protection of rhinos", according to an auction website. Continue reading... |
| Russia denies Sergey Kislyak is leaving US even as plans are made for send-off Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:49 AM PDT US-Russia Business Council confirms farewell dinner for Kislyak, but foreign ministry spokeswoman says it's up to Putin and the process would take months The Russian foreign ministry has denied reports that its ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, is being recalled, even as plans for his departure are under way in Washington. |
| Miroslav Penkov: why we should all claim this America as ours Posted: 27 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT The novel Stork Mountain draws on Muslim-Christian conflict, but the Bulgarian-born author says it is not a call to turn away from the US in response to hostility In January, anticipating the paperback edition of my novel, I was invited to write a few words for this column. For days I walked around in poor disposition. I kept writing and rewriting. Then on 28 January in Victoria, Texas, some 300 miles from where I live, a mosque that had been attacked twice before was destroyed in a fire. Two days later, a gunman stormed another mosque, this time in Quebec City, and took six lives. The citizens of seven Muslim countries were banned from entering the US and even green-card holders – like myself and my wife – found themselves blocked out. A five-year-old boy, a US citizen like my daughter, was handcuffed and kept in custody for hours. And since then? In the words of Jack Gilbert: "Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere." Continue reading... |
| Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show Posted: 27 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal Jay Sekulow approved plans to push people to give to his Christian nonprofit, which then paid big sums to his family More than 15,000 Americans were losing their jobs each day in June 2009, as the US struggled to climb out of a painful recession following its worst financial crisis in decades. But Jay Sekulow, who is now an attorney to Donald Trump, had a private jet to finance. His law firm was expecting a $3m payday. And six-figure contracts for members of his family needed to be taken care of. Continue reading... |
| Ukrainian colonel killed by car bomb in Kiev Posted: 27 Jun 2017 01:53 AM PDT Colonel Maksim Shapoval, a senior military intelligence officer, killed and second person injured in 'terrorist act', government says A senior Ukrainian military intelligence officer has been killed by a car bomb in Kiev, the country's defence ministry has said. "As a result of [the explosion] a member of the defence ministry's main intelligence department, Colonel Maksim Shapoval, was killed," it said. Continue reading... |
| Xiahe, China's Tibetan monastery town – in pictures Posted: 27 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT Xiahe is famous for its Labrang monastery, the largest edifice of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism and home to the largest number of monks outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The monastery was founded in 1709 Continue reading... |
| Ottawa in the spotlight: as Canada turns 150, has its capital finally come of age? Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT With hundreds of thousands of visitors descending on the capital for the 150th Canada Day, this humble and unassuming city is flashing a bit of skin Ottawa is not a grand capital city. It lacks the stunning boulevards of Paris, or economic oomph of London. But it is a fitting capital for Canada all the same – or, at least, for the vision of the country many Canadians like to project: humble, unassuming, getting the job done in the shadow of more grandiose neighbours (in Ottawa's case, Montreal and Toronto). The city's Parliament Hill overlooks the Ottawa river valley which divides Ontario and Quebec, and where the lines between the nation's two solitudes most obviously and frequently blur as a reminder of Canada's unity. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell Tower fire survivors demand say in public inquiry Posted: 27 Jun 2017 01:35 AM PDT Residents have written to Theresa May asking to be consulted on the terms and scope of investigation and choice of chair Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are demanding a say in the scope and setup of the inquiry into the disaster, including over the choice of the judge appointed to chair it. Residents in the area acknowledge that such consultation would be unprecedented in such an public inquiry but say it is necessary to restore local trust in the authorities. Continue reading... |
| Africa facing shortfall of 50 million jobs by 2040, report says Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Unemployment crisis will ravage the continent if it doesn't opt for market-based development, according to report by Tony Blair's Institute Parts of Africa could face a massive unemployment crisis by 2040, with "catastrophic" consequences for the global economy, new research has found. The report predicted a shortfall of 50 million jobs, which should serve as a "wake up call" for governments across much of the continent, as well as international donors and agencies. According to the analysis by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, based on world bank data, the labour force in sub-saharan Africa will be 823 million by 2040, up from 395 million in 2015. However, total number of jobs is only expected to hit 773 million, it said, leaving 50 million people in Africa unemployed. Continue reading... |
| Australian navy sailor dies during maritime patrol operation Posted: 27 Jun 2017 01:59 AM PDT Sailor was deployed under operation which conducts patrols to combat asylum seeker boat arrivals, illegal fishing and piracy An Australian navy sailor has died during a maritime patrol operation. Defence confirmed the death of the sailor aboard an Australian Defence Vessel Cape Inscription on Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Miranda Kerr hands over jewellery linked to Malaysia corruption case Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:27 PM PDT Australian model was gifted $8.1m in jewellery US prosecutors say was bought by a Malaysian financier with stolen money Australian model Miranda Kerr has handed over $US8.1m (£6.3m) worth of jewellery to the US justice department after prosecutors said the items were bought for her by a Malaysian financier with stolen government money. Kerr retrieved the gifts — including a $3.8m (£3m) 8.88 carat diamond pendant from New York-based designer Lorraine Schwartz — from a safe-deposit box in Los Angeles, her spokesman said. Continue reading... |
| Trump ponders crackdown on Pakistan over terror ties despite experts' warnings Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT As US mulls strategy over country's support for terrorist groups in Afghanistan, experts say tougher stance could drive Pakistan toward China and Russia
The Trump administration is considering taking a harder stance against Pakistan for supporting terrorist groups in Afghanistan, but experts warn that pressure alone will not bring peace. Continue reading... |
| Tuesday briefing: Bung parliament – May's £1bn bill for DUP support Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:33 PM PDT Unionists walk away smiling from No 10 … White House warns Syria may be preparing another chemical attack … and the Queen's £82m payday Good morning, it's Warren Murray with the news you need. Continue reading... |
| Alain Senderens, chef and Nouvelle Cuisine creator, dies aged 77 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:08 PM PDT Senderens, along with Paul Bocuse and others, was a stalwart of the French culinary movement in the 1960s and 1970s Leading French chef Alain Senderens, one of the founders of the Nouvelle Cuisine movement, has died aged 77, food critic Gilles Pudlowski said. Related: 'As a carnist I'm conditioned to accept meat-eating is natural' | Comment Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: the 20th anniversary of the handover – Q&A Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:24 PM PDT All you need to know about the the 20th anniversary of Britain handing Hong Kong to China Hong Kong is marking 20 years since the territory was handed from Britain to China, bringing an end to more than 150 years of colonial rule. Continue reading... |
| China: Vatican gravely concerned for bishop 'forcibly removed' from diocese Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:35 PM PDT Peter Shao Zhumin has been missing for some time from his diocese in Wenzhou in south-eastern China The Vatican has expressed "grave concern" for one of its bishops in China, saying he was being held in an unknown location after being "forcibly removed" from his diocese. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the Holy See was "profoundly saddened" by the situation of Peter Shao Zhumin, who he said has been missing for some time from his diocese in Wenzhou in south-eastern China. Continue reading... |
| Former nurse who killed eight elderly people in her care gets life in prison Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:16 PM PDT
A former nurse convicted of killing eight elderly people in her care has been sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years. Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty last month to eight counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault in the notorious serial killings. The 50-year-old told the court on Monday that she was truly sorry and hoped her victims' families could find peace and healing. Continue reading... |
| Swedish man kidnapped by Islamist militants in Mali released after six years Posted: 26 Jun 2017 12:03 PM PDT Sweden says Johan Gustafsson, who was kidnapped while on a motorcycle tour, was set free 'a few days ago' but declined to give any details on the negotiations A Swedish man kidnapped by Islamist militants in northern Mali nearly six years ago has been released from captivity, the Swedish government has confirmed. There was no immediate word on the fate of a second hostage, from South Africa, who was also seized in Timbuktu. Continue reading... |
| Abortion rights for Northern Irish women in UK 'must be addressed' Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:58 AM PDT MPs raise fears that Conservative deal with DUP may scupper free terminations in UK for women from Northern Ireland MPs have warned that abortion rights for Northern Irish women travelling to the UK for a termination must be addressed despite the Conservative deal with the DUP, repeatedly raising their concerns during a heated debate in the Commons. Labour MP Stella Creasy and Conservative MP Anna Soubry were among those who called on the government to permit Northern Irish women terminations in England without charge. Continue reading... |
| Court orders Salvador Dalí's body be exhumed for paternity test Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:33 AM PDT DNA study necessary to settle long-running claim by woman who says she is surrealist artist's child, says Spanish ruling A Spanish court has ordered the remains of Salvador Dalí to be exhumed from his grandiose self-designed last resting place in an attempt to extract DNA for a paternity claim from a woman born in 1956. Pilar Abel, a tarot card reader and fortune teller from Girona, a city close to Figueres in north-east Spain where both she and the artist were born, has been trying for 10 years to prove that she is his only child and, therefore, under Spanish law, heir to a quarter of his fortune. Abel claims she was conceived during a secret liaison in 1955 and that her mother, Antonia, told her on several occasions that Dalí was her father. She has said the physical resemblance is so close "the only thing I'm missing is a moustache". |
| Iran nuclear deal must be allowed to thrive | Letters Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:22 AM PDT T Douglas Reilly draws on his experience with the International Atomic Energy Agency to praise the Iran nuclear deal, while David Gleeson wonders why Tehran is so often cast as the villain on the world stage The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal) is excellent; it is far better and more extensive than I ever expected (Don't upset the balance of power in the Middle East, 23 June). If followed by all parties, it blocks all avenues for Iran to develop nuclear explosives. To be sure, it is vehemently opposed by Israel's prime minister Netanyahu and Republicans in Congress. I am a physicist who worked in nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for 38 years at the Los Alamos national laboratory; the majority of my efforts were for and with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that has the responsibility of inspecting the nuclear facilities of states signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). Among other things, I developed programmes that have been part of the initial IAEA inspectors' training since 1980. I've trained many of the inspectors who inspect Iran today, and have inspected Iran's facilities since it signed and ratified the NPT shortly after it came into force in 1970. Continue reading... |
| Bangladesh upholding the rule of law | Letters Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:20 AM PDT The government will continue to prosecute anyone who attacks citizens, regardless of faith, occupation or lifestyle, writes Nazmul Quaunine, high commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK Your editorial (Bangladesh's vicious politics do a disservice to its people, 19 June) inaccurately blames the government of Bangladesh for violence committed during its 2014 general election. The violence was instigated by individuals associated with the opposition Bangladesh National party, including its leader, Khaleda Zia, and her son, Tarique Rahman. But the political affiliation of these people had nothing to do with the criminal accusations against them. Bangladesh proudly upholds the rule of law no matter what political party the perpetrators belong to. The government began battling Islamic extremism long before last summer's tragic Holey Artisan Bakery attack, including by arresting the criminals who attacked bloggers and intellectuals. Law enforcement authorities are providing protection to 499 citizens who have requested it and have never denied protection to those who request it. In addition, police are helping citizens to improve the security of their homes. The government will continue to prosecute anyone who attacks citizens, regardless of faith, occupation or lifestyle. To underscore the point, the government is providing police protection to Sultana Kamal, a Bangladeshi lawyer in Dhaka, who was recently threatened by non-government Islamist groups. • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Rome metro excavations unearth 3rd-century 'Pompeii-like scene' Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:57 AM PDT Archaeologists find remains of building and skeleton of a crouching dog that appears to have died in the fire that destroyed it Digging for Rome's new underground network has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same blaze that caused the structure to collapse. Archaeologists said on Monday that they had made the discovery on 23 May while examining a 10-metre (33-foot) hole bored near the city's ancient Aurelian walls as part of construction work for the Metro C line. Continue reading... |
| Liu Xiaobo's unbearable fate is stark symbol of where China is heading | Tania Branigan Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:31 AM PDT Treatment of dying Nobel peace prize winner is emblematic of China's iron rule. Tania Branigan on the remarkable man she nearly met – the day he was arrested There was no sign of Liu Xiaobo in the Beijing coffee shop – a confusion over the place or time we had arranged to meet, I assumed. But he wasn't answering his mobile phone and a call to his home brought worrying news: 10 police had arrived late the night before and taken him away. Even then, the writer's disappearance did not seem overly concerning. Chinese dissidents and activists were used to pressure from the authorities and brief detentions for questioning, or worse. But Liu enjoyed a relative degree of tolerance because of his high profile, though he'd been jailed over 1989's Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests when he helped broker a peaceful exit from the square for the remaining demonstrators amid the bloody crackdown – and again in the 90s. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:31 AM PDT Lawyer who helped Nelson Mandela escape the death penalty As the instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela's defence team at the Rivonia trial of 1963-64, Joel Joffe, later Lord Joffe, who has died aged 85, played a key role in helping the future South African president and others avoid the death penalty. That was the severest sentence that could have resulted from being convicted of sabotage, and Mandela described Joffe as "the general behind the scenes in our defence". Charges followed a police raid in July 1963 on Liliesleaf Farm in the Johannesburg suburb of Rivonia, where Mandela and his anti-apartheid co-conspirators – including Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu, Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein, Andrew Mlangeni, Ahmed Kathrada and Dennis Goldberg – had been plotting the overthrow of the government. Mandela was already in jail for another offence and was indicted later. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-sun: why North Korea is taking holiday inspiration from Benidorm Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:35 AM PDT Officials from the most isolated nation on Earth have just completed a tour of Spain's Costa Blanca, with an eye towards creating their own Mediterranean-style resort. What could possibly go wrong? Name: Benidorm. Age: Its first charter was awarded in 1325, but the area has been settled since 3000BC. Continue reading... |
| George Carey resigns honorary Oxford post over Anglican sex abuse scandal Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:28 AM PDT Former archbishop of Canterbury steps down as honorary assistant bishop following report critical of church's 'collusion' with abuser Peter Ball George Carey, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has resigned as honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of Oxford following a damning independent report criticising the Church of England's handling of a high-profile sex abuse case. Carey, 81, quit after Justin Welby, the current archbishop of Canterbury, made the unprecedented decision to ask him to "carefully consider his position". The report concluded the church had "colluded [with the abuser] rather than seeking to help those he had harmed". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene – podcast Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:03 AM PDT Timothy Morton wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs, from the fantasy that we can control the planet to the notion that we are 'above' other beings. His ideas might sound weird, but they're catching on Subscribe via Audioboom, iTunes, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Acast & Sticher and join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2017 03:45 AM PDT Iraqi forces supported by a US-led coalition have been fighting to take back Iraq's second city from Islamic State since 16 October 2016 In June 2014, when the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared a global caliphate, he did it from Mosul, Iraq's second city. Isis rapidly expanded its territory in Iraq and Syria throughout that year, but has since been gradually pushed back, partly due to US-led airstrikes. Losing Mosul now could spell the end of the jihadi group's ability to control large swaths of Iraq. Continue reading... |
| Jewish diaspora angry as Netanyahu scraps Western Wall mixed prayer plan Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:45 AM PDT Decision to abandon landmark deal described as a 'slap in the face' and prompts charity to cancel gala event with Israeli PM A high-profile body that liaises between Israel and the Jewish diaspora has reacted with fury at a decision by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to in effect abandon a plan to allow men and women to pray together at the Western Wall. The Jewish Agency has cancelled a gala dinner with Netanyahu in Jerusalem and is to discuss the ramifications of the decision at a meeting this week. Continue reading... |
| 'Your Lifelong Prisoner' – Liu Xiaobo's poem from prison Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:22 AM PDT A book of poems published in 2012 by Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident released from prison on Monday, contained a moving tribute to his wife, the poet Liu Xia To Xia My dear, |
| 'We don't know what they do behind the wall': Zambian women miss out on help Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:59 AM PDT China is setting up agricultural centres across Africa, but in Zambia – where the majority of farmers are female smallholders – few women get the chance to learn On the highway heading towards Chongwe, 15km south-east of Lusaka, the red Chinese lettering, high flagpoles and gleaming modern architecture of the Zambia Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ZATDC) stand out amid the vast fields of maize. It is one of 25 such centres built across the continent as part of a grand plan to bring agricultural training to local people, helping them produce better crops with higher yields, so that food security is improved for everyone. Continue reading... |
| Why the supreme court's travel ban ruling may not be a win for Trump Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:49 PM PDT Analysis: The president celebrated the decision to allow parts of the ban to take effect, but ultimately, 'the president might well lose on this', says a legal expert Donald Trump was quick to proclaim victory when the supreme court decided to allow elements of one of his most controversial policies to take effect before justices hear the case in the fall. "Today's unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security," the US president said in a statement. "It allows the travel suspension for the six terror-prone countries and the refugee suspension to become largely effective." Continue reading... |
| Trump travel ban Q&A: what happens next? Posted: 26 Jun 2017 12:06 PM PDT The US supreme court has reversed lower court rulings, allowing the immigration order to take partial effect. Here's what that means A watered-down version of the Trump administration's "travel ban" is to take effect over the summer following a supreme court decision on Monday reversing a series of federal court rulings on the ban. The decision by the US's highest court raises a number of questions about what the new ban will mean for people in the six Muslim-majority nations affected, as well as for a president who has been repeatedly stymied by the judiciary in the first five months of his administration. Continue reading... |
| How we're working with reporters from around America to cover class and inequality Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:06 AM PDT The national media failed to cover large swathes of the US pre-election, while rural voices have been quieted by the decimation of local news. Our On The Ground project aims to remedy these issues Sarah Smarsh is a journalist, but she's not typical, at least not by national media standards. For starters, she's a fifth-generation Kansan who grew up below the poverty line, feeding livestock and helping grow wheat on a small farm. She got her first taste for investigation and justice by following her grandmother, a probation officer, at the county courthouse in Wichita. Growing up, she rarely read about people she knew – farmers, carpenters, factory and restaurant workers – in the mainstream media. After more than 15 years covering Kansas politics and culture on the ground, she's more committed than ever to her home, and to people often stereotyped or misunderstood in national coverage. Continue reading... |
| Attorney general who stopped Trump's travel ban responds to partial lifting – video Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:41 PM PDT Hawaii attorney general Doug Chin says he believes in the president's power to protect national security but not when it discriminates against people because of their national origin or religion. The nation's highest court ruled on Monday that a travel ban may be enforced if visitors lack a connection with a person or entity in the United States. Hawaii sued to stop President Donald Trump's revised travel ban in March. Chin says the decision is a partial victory for Hawaii because it allows people such as university students and relatives of US citizens to enter the country. "We expect our president to follow the law," he says. Continue reading... |
| Martin Shkreli leaves court after jury selection for fraud trial – video Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:34 PM PDT Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli were excused on Monday after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent. Though Shkreli's notoriety came from Daraprim, a drug used to treat toxoplasmosis and HIV, the federal securities fraud case is unrelated. Continue reading... |
| Trump tells Indian PM: 'We are world leaders in social media' – video Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:33 PM PDT US President Donald Trump has welcomed Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to the White House, saying the pair were 'world leaders in social media' and that the future of their partnership 'has never looked brighter'. Continue reading... |
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