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- Leo Varadkar, gay son of Indian immigrant, to be next Irish PM
- Panic in Manila: how the chaotic casino attack unfolded
- Rock am Ring festival in Germany evacuated over 'terrorist threat'
- From mafia murders to innocent beauty: Letizia Battaglia’s Palermo portfolio
- Venezuelan judge murdered as street violence spirals amid political unrest
- Robert Mugabe begins speaking tour across Zimbabwe aged 93
- Trump goes to supreme court in attempt to revive travel ban
- Cambodian elections: The women who lost their land and are now fighting for power
- The 20 photographs of the week
- Bill Cosby: the downfall of ‘America’s dad’
- Muslim children forced to drop 'religious' names in western China
- 'Make our planet great again': Macron praised for response to Trump
- Michael Bloomberg: US states and businesses will still meet Paris targets
- Barcelona cracks down on Airbnb rentals with illegal apartment squads
- One Love Manchester: false ticket applicants may be investigated
- Jack O'Neill, surf legend behind the modern wetsuit, dies
- Canada MP gives speech in Mohawk language in parliamentary first
- Mabo Day: thousands celebrate on 25th anniversary of landmark land rights case
- Teenager dies after Liverpool shooting
- Austria jails two couples for taking their children to Isis-controlled Syria
- North Korean officials hit with UN sanctions as 'clear message' to stop missile tests
- Bilderberg: the world’s most secretive conference is as out of touch as ever
- Vladimir Putin: claims of interference in US election are ‘hysteria’ – video
- This week showed the president doesn't have the moral compass of a child | Jessica Valenti
- 'Give them a pill': Putin accuses US of hysteria over election hacking inquiry
- Denmark scraps 334-year-old blasphemy law
- Aerial footage of the split in the Larsen C ice shelf
- Afghans killed in anti-government protest after Kabul bombing
- Myanmar Muslims face charges for holding Ramadan prayers
- Dutch court allows posthumous DNA tests on doctor in IVF scandal
- Best photos of the day: colourful vapours and meerkat quadruplets
- Giant Antarctic iceberg 'hanging by a thread', say scientists
- Fight to stop controversial Canadian pipeline gets fresh backing in BC
- Diarrhoea kills half a million children globally, shows Lancet study
| Leo Varadkar, gay son of Indian immigrant, to be next Irish PM Posted: 02 Jun 2017 04:19 PM PDT The 38-year-old politician will replace outgoing taoiseach Enda Kenny after winning Fine Gael leadership contest The son of an Indian immigrant who came out as gay in 2015 will be the next Irish prime minister, after he was voted leader of the country's main governing party. Leo Varadkar's victory in the Fine Gael leadership contest on Friday, which took place after outgoing PM Enda Kenny announced his resignation last month, marks another significant step forward for equality in the country, after 2015's gay marriage referendum. Continue reading... |
| Panic in Manila: how the chaotic casino attack unfolded Posted: 02 Jun 2017 07:13 AM PDT Authorities offer competing theories on motivation after attack kills at least 36, mostly from suffocation, in Philippines capital As the room in the Manila casino filled with dense, black smoke, employees and guests frantically smashed at thick windows that would not open. Some managed to scramble out, finding themselves on a ledge several metres above the road. Those who jumped – some of whom broke their legs – were the lucky ones. The Philippines government said at least 36 people had died, mostly due to suffocation. Continue reading... |
| Rock am Ring festival in Germany evacuated over 'terrorist threat' Posted: 02 Jun 2017 01:36 PM PDT Organisers temporarily suspend three-day event outside Nürburg over 'concrete threat' received by Koblenz police A rock festival in Germany has been closed down for the day after police received information on a suspected terror threat. Thousands of people were evacuated from the Rock am Ring, at the Nürburgring in the north-west of the country on Friday. Police said they were investigating after getting "concrete indications" that meant they could not "exclude a possible terrorist threat". Festival organisers said they had been asked by police to shut down the festival "due to a terrorist threat". Continue reading... |
| From mafia murders to innocent beauty: Letizia Battaglia’s Palermo portfolio Posted: 01 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT Celebrated Italian photojournalist reveals how the death of a 10-year-old boy influenced her work Letizia Battaglia, Italy's most famous female photojournalist, has developed all of her rolls of film but one. Shot in 1987, the photos show the corpse of a 10-year-old boy, Claudio, who had been killed by the mafia in Palermo. It was a time of war. The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, was leaving bullet-ridden bodies in the streets and assassinating prosecutors with car bombs. Battaglia photographed hundreds of corpses, building a bloody archive in black and white that showed Sicily's worst face to the world. Continue reading... |
| Venezuelan judge murdered as street violence spirals amid political unrest Posted: 02 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT Nelson Moncada, who had been involved in several high-profile cases, was shot dead in Caracas district where police and protesters clash A Venezuelan judge has been shot and killed as he approached a street barricade in Caracas, in an attack that has prompted fears of growing lawlessness as the country enters its third month of political unrest. Nelson Moncada, 37, was shot several times and then robbed of his belongings in a Caracas district that has been the frequent site of clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces. Continue reading... |
| Robert Mugabe begins speaking tour across Zimbabwe aged 93 Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:42 AM PDT Longstanding president, who has appeared frail and slurred his words in public recently, is seeking re-election next year Robert Mugabe has launched a 10-venue speaking tour across Zimbabwe aimed at drumming up support ahead of elections next year when he plans to seek office again. The 93-year-old president, who appeared in better health than at other recent public appearances, spoke for an hour-and-a-half on Friday at a rally outside Harare attended by several thousand Zanu-PF supporters. Continue reading... |
| Trump goes to supreme court in attempt to revive travel ban Posted: 01 Jun 2017 08:54 PM PDT Emergency applications seek to override lower court rulings that immigration measures are discriminatory and violate the US constitution Donald Trump's administration has asked the US supreme court to allow his ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations to come into effect after it was blocked by lower courts that deemed it discriminatory. The administration filed two emergency applications with the nine justices seeking to block two different lower court rulings that went against Trump's 6 March order barring entry for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days while the US government implements stricter visa screening. Continue reading... |
| Cambodian elections: The women who lost their land and are now fighting for power Posted: 03 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT Women have long been at the forefront of protests against land grabbing in Cambodia. Now some are running for office in an attempt to bring about change For as long as she has been able to vote, Sok Da has supported the Cambodian People's party (CPP). But on Sunday, the 44-year-old will turn on the party that has ruled Cambodia for decades: not only is she supporting the opposition in local commune elections, she's standing as a candidate. For Da, it is the last resort in her long battle for justice after her family's 8.5 hectares of farmland were seized and their home demolished in 2014. "I shouted that they should kill me if they want to clear my land," she says, adding that she was detained for four nights by police after the incident. "Now I am living with my younger sister, because I do not have my own land any more," she says. "I'm so heartbroken." Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 03 Jun 2017 12:20 AM PDT A car-bombing in Kabul, protests in Caracas, Europe's refugee crisis and the battle for Mosul – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby: the downfall of ‘America’s dad’ Posted: 02 Jun 2017 11:00 PM PDT As a new documentary on the US funnyman's rise and fall airs, we speak to two of his accusers to examine how that public persona may yet lead to his ruin When I was expecting my first child, my husband arrived home with a parenting book. Looking out from the cover, resplendent in a jazzy 80s sweater, was Bill Cosby twinkling confidently under the title, Fatherhood. Who, he seemed to be asking, wouldn't want advice from "America's Dad"? Plenty of people today. In 2005, Cosby was accused of drugging, then sexually assaulting the director of a women's basketball team. When the prosecutor declined to take it further, the 30-year-old launched a civil suit, in which 13 other women lined up to testify that Cosby had assaulted or raped them, too. Then the case was settled out of court and, somehow, Cosby's reputation was barely dented. Cosby himself has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Continue reading... |
| Muslim children forced to drop 'religious' names in western China Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:46 PM PDT Children under 16 told 'overly religious' names such as Saddam, Hajj and Jihad must be changed amid pro-Communist rallies across Xinjiang region Muslim children in China's far western Xinjiang region are being forced to change their "religious" names and adults are being coerced into attending rallies showing devotion to the officially atheist Communist party. During Ramadan, the authorities in Xinjiang have ordered all children under 16 to change names where police have determined they are "overly religious". As many as 15 names have been banned, including Islam, Quran, Mecca, Jihad, Imam, Saddam, Hajj, Medina and Arafat, according to Radio Free Asia. |
| 'Make our planet great again': Macron praised for response to Trump Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT New French president has been confident and sure-footed in first weeks, say analysts Swift, smart and typically self-assured, Emmanuel Macron's response to Donald Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accords confirmed a near-faultless debut on the international stage for France's new president, analysts said. "Make our planet great again," Macron, a diplomatic novice not yet 40, exhorted the world, recycling Trump's own slogan in an unprecedented address partly in English from the Elysée Palace soon after the US president had informed the world he was withdrawing from the global agreement on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Michael Bloomberg: US states and businesses will still meet Paris targets Posted: 02 Jun 2017 09:29 PM PDT Former New York mayor, now UN cities and climate ambassador, says Trump may have withdrawn from Paris accord but American people haven't The United States will meet its Paris accord greenhouse gas targets despite Donald Trump's withdrawal from the agreement, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has said. A decision by President Trump to pull the US out of Parisand seek renegotiated terms "fair" to America has drawn widespread international condemnation. Continue reading... |
| Barcelona cracks down on Airbnb rentals with illegal apartment squads Posted: 02 Jun 2017 04:45 AM PDT The city council has doubled its team of holiday-let inspectors, as rising rents continue to fuel a row over tourism The next time you book a holiday apartment in Barcelona you may wake up to find an inspector standing at the end of the bed. Amid growing evidence that the massive upsurge in tourist apartments is driving rents up and residents out, the city has launched a crackdown on illegal, unlicensed apartments, and Airbnb, the dominant platform, is in the eye of the storm, although not the only offender. |
| One Love Manchester: false ticket applicants may be investigated Posted: 03 Jun 2017 12:37 AM PDT Police consider taking action against those who applied for free tickets set aside for those who attended Ariana Grande gig Police may investigate some of the 10,000 people who applied for free tickets to the One Love Manchester concert despite not having attended the Ariana Grande show targeted by a suicide bomber. Ticketmaster set aside tickets for the 14,200 people who were at the Manchester Arena concert on 22 May, but more than 25,000 people applied for them in the hope of attending this weekend's fundraiser for the victims of the attack. |
| Jack O'Neill, surf legend behind the modern wetsuit, dies Posted: 02 Jun 2017 08:38 PM PDT Californian who later went on to fight for the health of the world's oceans dies at home aged 94 Jack O'Neill, the eye patch-wearing surfing pioneer who helped invent the wetsuit and created one of the world's best-known surf brands, has died at the age of 94. O'Neill – who went on in later life to champion marine environmental causes – died of natural causes on Friday at his oceanfront home in Santa Cruz, California, his family said in a statement. He was 94. Continue reading... |
| Canada MP gives speech in Mohawk language in parliamentary first Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:32 AM PDT
A Quebec member of parliament has addressed Canada's House of Commons in Mohawk, in what is believed to be the first time the indigenous language has been used officially in the legislature since it was established in 1867. "I stand here to honour the Mohawk language and I pay my respects to their people. Hopefully it will help to us to become better friends," Marc Miller said at the start of Canada's national aboriginal history month on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Mabo Day: thousands celebrate on 25th anniversary of landmark land rights case Posted: 02 Jun 2017 09:26 PM PDT Judgment commemorated at festival in Townsville as Eddie Mabo's daughter Gail urges governments to spend more time talking with Indigenous communities Eddie Mabo used to tell his daughter his name would become well known to the world. And 25 years ago, his battle for justice did just that. On 3 June 1992, the high court handed down its decision in the Mabo case, overturning 200 years of the common law assumption of terra nullius – the idea that Australia belonged to no one when European settlers arrived. |
| Teenager dies after Liverpool shooting Posted: 03 Jun 2017 01:01 AM PDT Police call for information from Toxteth community after 18-year-old found on street with gunshot wound An 18-year-old man has died after being shot in Liverpool. Merseyside police said armed officers and the ambulance service were called after the teenager was found injured in Toxteth at about 8.30pm on Friday. He was later pronounced dead in hospital. Continue reading... |
| Austria jails two couples for taking their children to Isis-controlled Syria Posted: 02 Jun 2017 06:14 PM PDT Two men and two women took their eight children to Syria in 2014, where children watched gruesome initiation videos and one saw a beheading An Austrian court sentenced two couples to up to 10 years in jail for taking their children to live in an Islamic State-controlled part of Syria and showing them execution videos. The couples travelled to Syria with their eight children – the youngest of whom was two years old – in December 2014, the trial in the southern city Graz heard. Continue reading... |
| North Korean officials hit with UN sanctions as 'clear message' to stop missile tests Posted: 02 Jun 2017 05:44 PM PDT Security council adopts US-drafted resolution which includes a global travel ban for North Korea's suspected spy chief The UN security council has imposed sanctions on 18 North Korean officials and entities as the United States vowed to respond to Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests "through other means, if necessary." The council on Friday unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution that put North Korea's suspected spy chief, 13 other officials and four entities on the UN sanctions blacklist, hitting them with a global travel ban and an assets freeze. Continue reading... |
| Bilderberg: the world’s most secretive conference is as out of touch as ever Posted: 02 Jun 2017 02:13 PM PDT The secretive group will discuss the 'war on information' and ponder whether globalisation can be slowed – but they may want to take a look in the mirror Say what you like about Bilderberg, but they've got a sense of humour. The agenda for this year's secretive summit of the global elite is full of in-jokes. They get big laughs straight off the bat by describing themselves as "a diverse group of political leaders and experts". They're trumpeting the diversity of a conference where less than 25% of the participants are female. Which would be a huge step forward, if it were currently 1963. Continue reading... |
| Vladimir Putin: claims of interference in US election are ‘hysteria’ – video Posted: 02 Jun 2017 01:36 PM PDT The Russian president says the US needs a 'pill' to deal with the allegations that Moscow interfered with last year's presidential election. Speaking at the St Petersburg economic forum on Friday, Putin compares what he sees as the Clinton campaign's insistence that 'the Russians are guilty' to antisemitism and says 'they will not end up with anything good' Continue reading... |
| This week showed the president doesn't have the moral compass of a child | Jessica Valenti Posted: 02 Jun 2017 01:02 PM PDT I am ashamed that Americans elected someone who cares so little about anything other than himself This year, my first grader learned how to be a good steward to the earth. She explained to us how we needed to shut lights off more often, eat meat less and buy our berries from places where workers were paid fair wages. It made us proud that she understands just how important it is to take care of the world around us – not just for ourselves, but for future generations. It's not a great week when you wish the president of the United States had the moral compass of a six-year-old. There's not much I can say about Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement that hasn't already been said. But I can say that I'm ashamed. Continue reading... |
| 'Give them a pill': Putin accuses US of hysteria over election hacking inquiry Posted: 02 Jun 2017 10:18 AM PDT Russian president calls allegations of interference in US presidential election 'useless and harmful chatter' at St Petersburg economic forum Vladimir Putin has said the US needs to stop the "useless and harmful chatter" about Russian interference in the presidential election, arguing that Donald Trump's electoral strategy was entirely responsible for his victory. Speaking at the St Petersburg economic forum, Putin claimed there was no concrete evidence for US intelligence agencies' allegations of Russian hacking, and said cyber specialists "can make anything up and blame anyone". Continue reading... |
| Denmark scraps 334-year-old blasphemy law Posted: 02 Jun 2017 09:54 AM PDT 'Religion should not dictate what is allowed and what is forbidden to say publicly', says MP who proposed the repeal Danish lawmakers have repealed a 334-year-old blasphemy law that forbids public insults of a religion, such as the burning of holy books. Only a handful of blasphemy trials have taken place in the past 80 years, and several high-profile cases have been dropped, including one involving a caricature of the prophet Muhammad published in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in 2005. Continue reading... |
| Aerial footage of the split in the Larsen C ice shelf Posted: 02 Jun 2017 08:03 AM PDT Footage taken at the beginning of the year shows the split in an Antarctic ice shelf. A giant section is hanging by a thread and is due to break off at any moment Continue reading... |
| Afghans killed in anti-government protest after Kabul bombing Posted: 02 Jun 2017 07:36 AM PDT At least four people dead after police fired live rounds to disperse demonstrators looking to march on presidential palace At least four Afghans have been killed as police fired live rounds to disperse protesters seeking to march on the presidential palace and demand the government's resignation after a devastating truck bombing. Hundreds of demonstrators calling for the president, Ashraf Ghani, to step down and chanting "death to the Taliban" clashed with police near the site of the explosion on Wednesday in Kabul's diplomatic quarter, which killed at least 90 people and injured more than 460. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar Muslims face charges for holding Ramadan prayers Posted: 02 Jun 2017 07:31 AM PDT Police charge three men who prayed in street after school where they used to worship was shut down by nationalists Authorities in Myanmar have charged three Muslim men for holding Ramadan prayers in the street after the local school where they used to worship was shut down by a nationalist mob. Related: Myanmar failing to stop spread of religious violence, UN envoy says Continue reading... |
| Dutch court allows posthumous DNA tests on doctor in IVF scandal Posted: 02 Jun 2017 07:18 AM PDT Former director of defunct fertility clinic near Rotterdam suspected of using his own sperm to father dozens of children A court in the Netherlands has ruled that DNA tests could be carried out on the former director of a fertility clinic accused of using his own sperm to father dozens of children. "DNA samples of a recently deceased doctor may be taken from sequestered goods to establish a DNA profile," the court in Rotterdam said. Continue reading... |
| Best photos of the day: colourful vapours and meerkat quadruplets Posted: 02 Jun 2017 05:43 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors bring you a selection of highlights from around the world, including newborn meerkats in Japan Continue reading... |
| Giant Antarctic iceberg 'hanging by a thread', say scientists Posted: 02 Jun 2017 04:12 AM PDT Split in the Larsen C ice shelf will release an iceberg a quarter of the size of Wales, changing the landscape of the Antarctic peninsula A giant section of an Antarctic ice shelf is hanging by a thread and could break off at any moment, researchers have revealed. The split in the Larsen C ice shelf of the Antarctic peninsula will release a huge iceberg 5,000 sq km in size – an area about a quarter of the size of Wales. Continue reading... |
| Fight to stop controversial Canadian pipeline gets fresh backing in BC Posted: 02 Jun 2017 03:30 AM PDT
An alliance between opposition parties in British Columbia has offered new hope to opponents of a contentious Canadian pipeline expansion, and raises the prospect of a confrontation with Justin Trudeau, who has thrown his support behind the project. Related: Big oil v orcas: Canadians fight pipeline that threatens killer whales on the brink Continue reading... |
| Diarrhoea kills half a million children globally, shows Lancet study Posted: 02 Jun 2017 05:15 AM PDT Immediate and sustained action urged as diarrhoea remains among leading causes of child mortality despite improved access to clean water and sanitation Half a million children under the age of five died from diarrhoea-related illnesses in 2015, despite a significant reduction in the number of child deaths from such diseases over the past decade. The number of deaths fell by 34% between 2005 and 2015 after concerted efforts to improve water and sanitation worldwide, according to a study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Friday. Continue reading... |
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