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- Donald Trump Jr and Paul Manafort to testify before Congress about Russia
- Get out! Chinese agents bar access to the 'free' wife of Liu Xiaobo
- Dutch prisoners given cold-case calendars in hope of solving crimes
- Uruguay pharmacies start selling cannabis straight to consumers
- Pennsylvania nuns oppose fracking gas pipeline through 'holy' land
- Poland may be stripped of EU voting rights over judicial independence
- Suspected Isis fighter seized in Mosul may be missing German girl, 16
- Netanyahu attack on EU policy towards Israel caught on microphone
- John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, says spokesman
- Trainy McTrainface: Swedish railway keeps Boaty's legacy alive
- Saudi woman arrested for wearing a skirt is released without charge
- Radiohead perform in Israel despite opposition from activists
- UN warned not to whitewash 'grave violations against children' in Yemen
- Plastic pollution risks 'near permanent contamination of natural environment'
- Thailand convicts traffickers after 2015 mass graves discovery
- Justine Damond: police lawyer claims officers may have feared an ambush
- Head of French military quits after row with Emmanuel Macron
- Chile takes steps to legalize abortion in certain cases
- Mexico leaders' pledges fall short as graft remains 'heart of the political system'
- Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80,000 years ago
- ECJ to rule on whether 'right to be forgotten' can stretch beyond EU
- DRC: vast business network of president who won't step down revealed
- Churchill tried to suppress Nazi plot to restore Edward VIII to British throne
- 'They threw us into the street': Cubans tell of struggles to enter US
- Where are we up to in these Brexit talks?
- US ends controversial laptop ban on flights from Middle East
- Mondialists, unite! The forgotten story of a global pacifist movement
- Six ways Trump is 'dismantling' the US after six months in office
- CEO-to-worker compensation gap shrinks in 2016 – but it's still 271-to-1
- Torrential rain batters north-east China again – video
- Indigenous representative voice better enshrined in legislation – Ken Wyatt
- Thursday briefing: Trump family to testify
- Christian missionaries under fire in India – archive, 1956
- Australian hiker missing in Canadian wilderness after boyfriend's body found
- Cameroon 'torturing people accused of supporting Boko Haram'
- The call for a boycott of Israel is not only unjust: it is laughable | Letters
- Tobacco companies interfere with health regulations, WHO reports
- Anger and mistrust in Gaza as Hamas hunts for Israel 'collaborators'
- Evacuation of Dunkirk: share your letters, photographs and stories
- Mercedes recalls 3m diesel cars over emissions concerns
- 'People are getting poorer': hunger and handouts as Brazil crisis deepens
- 'Lunch-shaming' humiliates poorer kids. We can't afford these stigmas
- 'I'd rather have Trump to Clinton': six months of turmoil hasn't fazed these voters
- Donald Trump changes his mind on healthcare: 'Get it done' – video
- Trump slams states for lack of cooperation with voter fraud commission – video
| Donald Trump Jr and Paul Manafort to testify before Congress about Russia Posted: 19 Jul 2017 03:30 PM PDT Hearing to come less than two weeks after revelations of meeting with Kremlin-linked lawyer alongside Jared Kushner, who will testify in separate closed session Donald Trump Jr, along with the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, are scheduled to testify publicly before Congress on 26 July. In a hearing entitled Oversight of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Attempts to Influence US Elections: Lessons Learned from Current and Prior Administrations, the president's eldest son and his former top campaign aide will appear before the Senate judiciary committee as further scrutiny mounts of the Trump campaign's connections to Russia. Continue reading... |
| Get out! Chinese agents bar access to the 'free' wife of Liu Xiaobo Posted: 19 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT Plainclothes agents surround Guardian within seconds of arriving at Beijing apartment of Liu Xia, who activists say has 'fallen off the face of the Earth' Chinese authorities claim Liu Xia is a free woman. But one week after the death of her husband, the Nobel laureate and democracy activist Liu Xiaobo, a visit to the couple's Beijing home immediately gives the lie to that claim. Related: Devotion amid despair: the great contemporary love story of Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo Continue reading... |
| Dutch prisoners given cold-case calendars in hope of solving crimes Posted: 19 Jul 2017 10:30 PM PDT Police received 160 tipoffs after trial run of calendars featuring unsolved murders Prisoners across the Netherlands are to be issued with calendars for their cells featuring unsolved murders or disappearances as part of a drive by the Dutch police to crack unsolved cases. The so-called cold case calendars will be handed to all 30,000 prisoners in the country after a trial run in five jails in the north resulted in 160 tips to the police. Continue reading... |
| Uruguay pharmacies start selling cannabis straight to consumers Posted: 19 Jul 2017 08:24 AM PDT
Pharmacies in Uruguay have begun selling cannabis directly to consumers, the culmination of a long and pioneering legalization effort that began over three years ago. The nearly 5,000 users who have registered with the government in the small South American country will be able to buy five-gram (0.18oz) sealed packets for $6.50 each. Continue reading... |
| Pennsylvania nuns oppose fracking gas pipeline through 'holy' land Posted: 19 Jul 2017 09:31 AM PDT Catholic order builds chapel in middle of cornfield in attempt to use religious freedom protections to block Atlantic Sunrise pipeline Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania are resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by creating a rudimentary chapel along the proposed route and launching a legal challenge, citing religious freedom. The Adorers of the Blood of Christ order has filed a complaint against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a bid to keep the pipeline off their land. The nuns' lawyers argue in court papers that a decision by FERC to force them to accommodate the pipeline is "antithetical to the deeply held religious beliefs and convictions of the Adorers". This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Poland may be stripped of EU voting rights over judicial independence Posted: 19 Jul 2017 10:12 AM PDT Rightwing government's planned reforms for legal system could prompt triggering of article 7 for the first time The EU is on the brink of taking the nuclear option of stripping Poland of its voting rights in Brussels in response to plans by its rightwing government to "abolish" the independence of the country's judiciary. Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the European commission, accused Warsaw of seeking to put judges under full political control as he warned that the EU was "very close" to triggering article 7, a never-before-used sanction in the treaties that allows a member state's voting rights in the council of ministers to be suspended. Continue reading... |
| Suspected Isis fighter seized in Mosul may be missing German girl, 16 Posted: 19 Jul 2017 08:55 AM PDT German authorities urgently investigate if girl shown in footage is Linda Wenzel, who vanished from Saxony home last year German authorities are investigating whether a suspected Islamic State fighter seized by Iraqi forces in the war-torn city of Mosul is a 16-year-old German schoolgirl who disappeared from her parents' home in Saxony a year ago after apparently being groomed by jihadist groups online. The parents of Linda Wenzel have been searching in vain for their daughter since she vanished from her home in the village of Pulsnitz on 1 July last year after converting to Islam in secret. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu attack on EU policy towards Israel caught on microphone Posted: 19 Jul 2017 05:55 AM PDT Israeli PM overheard saying bloc would wither and die unless it changed attitude towards his country at meeting of eastern European leaders Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched a withering attack on the European Union at a closed-door meeting of eastern European leaders in Budapest, saying the political grouping would wither and die if it did not change its policy towards Israel. The remarks, caught on an open microphone, underlined Netanyahu's often barely disguised contempt for the European political union, which has criticised Israel – and his government in particular – over issues including Jewish settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories and the peace process. Continue reading... |
| John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, says spokesman Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:35 PM PDT Statement reveals brain tumor known as glioblastoma was removed along with blood clot above senator's right eye during surgery last Friday John McCain, the Arizona senator and former Republican presidential candidate, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. A brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was removed from McCain along with a blood clot in a surgery at the Mayo Clinic on Friday, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Trainy McTrainface: Swedish railway keeps Boaty's legacy alive Posted: 19 Jul 2017 07:00 AM PDT Winner of public vote to name new engine on Stockholm-Gothenburg line echoes UK poll choice for polar research ship It's happened again. A public vote to name four trains running between the Swedish cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg has resulted in one of the four being called Trainy McTrainface in an echo of the name chosen by the British public for the new polar research vessel. Trainy McTrainface received 49% of the votes in a poll, jointly run by Swedish rail company MTR Express and Swedish newspaper Metro. Continue reading... |
| Saudi woman arrested for wearing a skirt is released without charge Posted: 19 Jul 2017 04:39 PM PDT 'Model Khulood' said the video was posted online without her knowledge as many lament double standards about 'indecency' A Saudi woman who appeared in an online video wearing an "indecent" skirt and crop top has been freed. The woman, identified as Model Khulood, was released after she told investigators that the video was posted on social media without her knowledge. Continue reading... |
| Radiohead perform in Israel despite opposition from activists Posted: 19 Jul 2017 03:21 PM PDT Band play in Tel Aviv, rejecting calls from protesters and campaigners for them to join cultural boycott of country Radiohead have performed their much-anticipated gig in Israel, after calls from protesters to cancel the show. Related: Radiohead are wrong to play in Israel. Here's why | Dave Randall Continue reading... |
| UN warned not to whitewash 'grave violations against children' in Yemen Posted: 19 Jul 2017 04:01 PM PDT Charities claim failure to blacklist Saudi-led coalition over bombings in which children were killed or injured would establish 'dangerous precedent' Charities have urged the UN to name and shame the Saudi-led coalition over child rights violations in Yemen after research showed more than 120 children were killed or maimed in airstrikes by the alliance last year. A briefing by Save the Children and Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict said the coalition committed "grave violations against children" in a series of 23 attacks in 2016. In each case, the alliance bombed hospitals or schools, or killed or injured children. |
| Plastic pollution risks 'near permanent contamination of natural environment' Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:00 AM PDT First global analysis of all mass–produced plastics has found humans have produced 8.3bn tonnes since the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or oceans Humans have produced 8.3bn tonnes of plastic since the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or polluting the world's continents and oceans, according to a new report. The first global analysis of all mass–produced plastics has found that it has outstripped most other man-made materials, threatening a "near permanent contamination of the natural environment". Continue reading... |
| Thailand convicts traffickers after 2015 mass graves discovery Posted: 19 Jul 2017 03:10 AM PDT Bodies were found in southern Songkhla province where authorities said hundreds of migrants had been held captive A Thai judge has found dozens of people guilty, including senior army general, in the country's largest ever human trafficking trial following the discovery two years ago of mass graves in a squalid jungle camp where hundreds of migrants had been brutally exploited. Related: Cages, watchtower and 37 graves: inside an abandoned migrant camp in Malaysia Continue reading... |
| Justine Damond: police lawyer claims officers may have feared an ambush Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:09 AM PDT Officer Matthew Harrity told investigators he heard a loud sound before his partner, Mohamed Noor, shot Australian woman The attorney for a Minneapolis police officer whose partner fatally shot an Australian woman has said it was reasonable for the officers to have believed that they might be targets of an ambush. Related: Minneapolis officer who allegedly shot Justine Damond offers condolences Continue reading... |
| Head of French military quits after row with Emmanuel Macron Posted: 19 Jul 2017 02:45 AM PDT Pierre de Villiers says he no longer feels able to command sort of armed forces he thinks necessary, amid dispute over funding The head of the French armed forces has resigned amid a bitter public row with the president, Emmanuel Macron – an unprecedented dispute that has highlighted the strain on the French military, deployed in numerous operations abroad and at home. The military chief, Gen Pierre de Villiers, said in a resignation statement on Wednesday that he no longer felt able to command the sort of armed forces "that I think is necessary to guarantee the protection of France and the French people". Continue reading... |
| Chile takes steps to legalize abortion in certain cases Posted: 19 Jul 2017 10:30 AM PDT After fraught debate, senate votes to legalize abortion when a woman's life is in danger, when a fetus is unviable and when a pregnancy results from rape Chile's senate has narrowly passed a bill to legalize abortion in certain cases, in a win for President Michelle Bachelet's center-left coalition and for rights groups that have campaigned for years against the country's strict ban. After a long and sometimes fractious overnight debate, the senate voted to legalize abortion when a woman's life is in danger, when a fetus is unviable and when a pregnancy results from rape. Continue reading... |
| Mexico leaders' pledges fall short as graft remains 'heart of the political system' Posted: 19 Jul 2017 04:00 AM PDT In the year since President Enrique Peña Nieto signed an anti-corruption system into law, the government and its allies have undermined it, activists say It was billed as an unprecedented weapon against Mexico's endemic corruption, and a fresh start for a scandal-plagued government. One year ago, President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law a new national anti-corruption system as he apologized over a damaging conflict of interest scandal in which he, his wife and his finance minister purchased properties from crony contractors – then appointed an ally to investigate the deal. Continue reading... |
| Australian dig finds evidence of Aboriginal habitation up to 80,000 years ago Posted: 19 Jul 2017 10:00 AM PDT Artefacts in Kakadu national park have been dated between 65,000 and 80,000 years old, extending likely occupation of area by thousands of years A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Australia's north has extended the known length of time Aboriginal people have inhabited the continent to at least 65,000 years. The findings on about 11,000 artefacts from Kakadu national park, published on Thursday in the journal Nature, prove Indigenous people have been in Australia for far longer than the much-contested estimates of between 47,000 and 60,000 years, the researchers said. Some of the artefacts were potentially as old as 80,000 years. Continue reading... |
| ECJ to rule on whether 'right to be forgotten' can stretch beyond EU Posted: 20 Jul 2017 02:19 AM PDT Final step in three-year legal battle between Google and France will determine whether nations get to choose whether data is removed The European court of justice (ECJ) is set to rule on a landmark case over whether or not the so-called "right to be forgotten" can and should stretch beyond EU borders. It will be the final step in a three-year legal battle between Google and France to determine how far the search engine should go to guarantee the privacy of European citizens who want their pasts to be wiped from the historical record. Continue reading... |
| DRC: vast business network of president who won't step down revealed Posted: 20 Jul 2017 02:04 AM PDT All the President's Wealth report may help explain why Joseph Kabila, who was due to leave presidency last year, argues DRC cannot afford to hold elections The president currently clinging to power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and his family have a vast network of businesses thought to have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues since 2003 and reaching into almost every sector of the country's economy, according to a new report. Joseph Kabila was supposed to step down last year after 16 years as president, but has refused to go, arguing that his country cannot afford to hold elections. Continue reading... |
| Churchill tried to suppress Nazi plot to restore Edward VIII to British throne Posted: 20 Jul 2017 02:01 AM PDT PM sought US and French help to withhold publication of telegrams revealing German overtures to Duke and Duchess of Windsor, cabinet papers reveal Winston Churchill wanted "to destroy all traces" of telegrams revealing a Nazi plot to reinstate the former King Edward VIII to the British throne in return for his support during the second world war, newly released cabinet papers have revealed. The telegrams document Nazi plans to kidnap the Duke of Windsor – the title granted to Edward following his abdication in 1938 – and his wife, Wallis Simpson, when they reached Portugal after fleeing their Paris home when France fell to German forces in 1940. Continue reading... |
| 'They threw us into the street': Cubans tell of struggles to enter US Posted: 20 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT Since Obama ended the 'wet-foot, dry-foot' preferential treatment, 1,000 Cuban migrants have gathered in Nuevo Laredo to try to gain US citizenship Ana and Víctor arrived worn out and weary on an early morning bus and made their way straight for the bridge across the Rio Grande into Texas. The Cuban couple headed toward the US immigration offices, where they planned to apply for political asylum. But American border officers blocked their way before they could plead their case. Continue reading... |
| Where are we up to in these Brexit talks? Posted: 20 Jul 2017 01:47 AM PDT Negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU are happening on several fronts simultaneously, with multiple seemingly contradictory positions being stated almost daily. At least on the UK side. Find out what the latest state of play is, and how the mood is changing Continue reading... |
| US ends controversial laptop ban on flights from Middle East Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:30 PM PDT Block affecting nine airlines flying from 10 airports is lifted, but restrictions remain on flights from region to UK The United States has ended a four-month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard US-bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing to an end one of the controversial travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration. Riyadh's King Khalid international airport was the last of 10 airports to be exempted from the ban, the US department of homeland security (DHS) confirmed in a tweet late on Wednesday local time. Continue reading... |
| Mondialists, unite! The forgotten story of a global pacifist movement Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:15 PM PDT In postwar France, two men had a bold, even utopian idea: a peace-loving network of 'world cities'. Is it time to give mondialism another chance? In 1948, a dashing American actor and wartime hero surrendered his passport at the US embassy in Paris. He would go on to live the rest of his 92 years without any ID besides a passport he had printed himself, declaring him to be a "citizen of the world". It had no other function than a symbolic one. Unsurprisingly, he was often arrested at borders. His name was Garry Davis, a former Broadway actor and dancer, turned bomber pilot, turned pacifist. The depredations of two world wars – one that he witnessed close up – had convinced Davis that nation states were obsolete at best, and dangerous at worst. Only a global citizenship, he believed, could save people from their nationalist impulses. Continue reading... |
| Six ways Trump is 'dismantling' the US after six months in office Posted: 19 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT Trump has been paralyzed on healthcare and tax reform, but his administration has been active in eroding safeguards and protections elsewhere Given all that Donald Trump promised the business world during his bombastic campaign, it's tempting to dismiss the president's first six months with a "meh". It would also be myopic. Continue reading... |
| CEO-to-worker compensation gap shrinks in 2016 – but it's still 271-to-1 Posted: 20 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT Report by Economic Policy Institute shows slight dip over past three years but ratio is still 'light years' beyond that of previous decades The CEOs of America's largest firms made an average of $15.6m in compensation last year, or 271 times the annual average pay of the typical worker, according to an analysis released Thursday. The study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) looked at compensation, including share options and other benefits, for the top bosses of the largest 350 companies in the US in 2016. |
| Torrential rain batters north-east China again – video Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:05 PM PDT A torrential rainstorm has battered Yongji county in China's Jilin province for the second time in a matter of days. The local meteorological department issued a red alert before dawn as the downpour threatened to bring more flooding to an area where eight people died earlier in ther week Continue reading... |
| Indigenous representative voice better enshrined in legislation – Ken Wyatt Posted: 20 Jul 2017 01:28 AM PDT Indigenous Liberal MP says there would be unintended consequences if the new body was written into constitution Liberal Ken Wyatt says a new Indigenous representative voice to parliament would probably be better enshrined in legislation rather than the constitution, and has predicted the resolution of the long-running debate about recognition will now fall outside the current term of parliament. Wyatt, the only Indigenous Liberal MP in the parliament, said on Thursday the landmark change proposed by the prime minister's Referendum Council – that an Indigenous representative voice be enshrined in the constitution – would have to go out for consultation with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, because it was an entirely new concept in the recognition debate. Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: Trump family to testify Posted: 19 Jul 2017 10:29 PM PDT Senate will question key figures on Russia links … what now for the BBC and pay equality? … shed 'like sharpened pencil' makes architecture prize shortlist Good morning to you, Graham Russell here with a pick of the latest goings-on. Continue reading... |
| Christian missionaries under fire in India – archive, 1956 Posted: 19 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT 20 July 1956: A vile propaganda against the religion of the majority is being systematically and deliberately carried out BOMBAY, July 19. The Indian attitude to missionaries has been well expressed time and again, whether by Mr Rajagopalachari, the elder statesman, when he told me that Hinduism could never tolerate a proselytising faith, or when Mr Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, stated publicly two years ago that "cultural aggression is more disastrous than armed aggression" and that he hoped the Government of India would take steps to defend itself against this cultural aggression. Continue reading... |
| Australian hiker missing in Canadian wilderness after boyfriend's body found Posted: 19 Jul 2017 05:05 PM PDT Sophie Dowsley set off for bushwalk near Vancouver nearly two weeks ago but searchers have been unable to find her The family of a Melbourne woman who went missing with her boyfriend in the Canadian wilderness nearly two weeks ago are living a "nightmare" not knowing if she's alive or dead. Sophie Dowsley, 34, and her partner Gregory Tiffin, 44, set off for a day hike three hours east of Vancouver nearly two weeks ago. Continue reading... |
| Cameroon 'torturing people accused of supporting Boko Haram' Posted: 19 Jul 2017 05:01 PM PDT Amnesty says it has documented more than 100 cases of detention and torture by security forces across numerous sites Cameroon's security forces have been accused in an Amnesty International report of torturing hundreds of people in secret chambers. Dozens of testimonies, as well as satellite imagery, photographs and videos add up to a pattern of terrible violence against people accused of supporting the Islamist group Boko Haram, which Amnesty says amounts to war crimes. |
| The call for a boycott of Israel is not only unjust: it is laughable | Letters Posted: 19 Jul 2017 12:21 PM PDT Israel is different from its neighbours, writes Marie van der Zyl. It is the only country in the Middle East in which Arabs, Jews and Christians are equal under the law A group of anti-Israel campaigners have called on Radiohead to boycott Israel and not perform in Tel Aviv this week (Letters, 17 July). We congratulate Thom Yorke and his band for having the courage to withstand the taunts of those who campaign against the world's only Jewish state. Indeed, Israel is different in many ways from its neighbours. It is the only liberal democracy in the region. It is the only country in the Middle East in which Arabs, Jews and Christians enjoy full human rights and equality under the law, where the LGBT community is able to hold a Pride parade through its largest city, and where women and minorities face no discrimination. Yet this is the only country in a region filled with tyranny and dictatorship to be subjected to calls for a boycott. This is not to say we do not have sympathy for the people of Gaza. When Israel withdrew in 2005, the people there had a historic opportunity for peace – an opportunity that was squandered when Hamas took power. The ensuing conflicts with Israel have all been the response to missile campaigns by Hamas aimed at civilians across the border. This is a regime that is undemocratic and misogynistic, discriminates against LGBT people, terrorises not only Israeli civilians but also its own people, and is classed by the UK government as a terrorist organisation. For supporters of this regime to call for a boycott of Israel is not only unjust, but laughable. |
| Tobacco companies interfere with health regulations, WHO reports Posted: 19 Jul 2017 10:00 AM PDT Tobacco industry is interfering with government attempts to regulate products and aggressively pursuing new markets in Africa, World Health Organization says Cigarette manufacturers are attempting to thwart government tobacco controls wherever possible, even as governments make progress regulating the products, a new World Health Organization report has found. World health officials also warn that tobacco companies have moved their fight to the developing world, such as Africa, where smoking rates are predicted to rise by double digits in the coming decades. Continue reading... |
| Anger and mistrust in Gaza as Hamas hunts for Israel 'collaborators' Posted: 19 Jul 2017 06:50 AM PDT Deaths of three Palestinians alleged to have provided information to Israel highlights battle against perceived internal threat Abdullah al-Nashar does not have a tombstone. His grave is a smear of concrete with his name roughly written into it marked with a breeze block. It is an ignominious memorial for a man who served as a presidential guard for both Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas. But Nashar is no longer considered a Palestinian hero. On 25 May he was one of three men publicly executed for the crime of helping Israel assassinate the Hamas military chief Mazen Fuqha. And in Gaza, this is the only suitable grave for a collaborator. Continue reading... |
| Evacuation of Dunkirk: share your letters, photographs and stories Posted: 19 Jul 2017 03:28 AM PDT Do you have diaries or pictures from any relatives or friends who were involved in the battle or evacuation? Surrounded by the German army, Allied forces became stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. The evacuation, known as Operation Dynamo, called for all available help to rescue the soldiers. Among those who responded were civilians with small vessels such as fishing boats and car ferries. Over 300,000 soldiers were rescued and the evacuation was hailed as a "miracle" by Winston Churchill. Ahead of the release of Christopher Nolan's film, we would like to hear your stories of the events at Dunkirk. Do you have letters, diaries or photographs from any relatives or friends who were involved? Whether they were in active service, or in a supporting role at home or abroad, you can share their stories with us. Continue reading... |
| Mercedes recalls 3m diesel cars over emissions concerns Posted: 19 Jul 2017 02:12 AM PDT Daimler acts to reduce nitrogen oxide output as diesel emissions remain under scrutiny in wake of VW scandal Almost every new Mercedes-Benz diesel car bought in the UK during the past six years is being recalled to improve their emissions performance. Germany's Daimler, which makes the vehicles, said the measure to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) output, which will cost the company about €220m (£195m), would involve no cost to owners. Continue reading... |
| 'People are getting poorer': hunger and handouts as Brazil crisis deepens Posted: 19 Jul 2017 06:02 AM PDT Unemployment and social instability threaten unwelcome return to the past in recession-hit country once seen as a model for developing economies It wasn't yet 5am when Miriam Gomes drove up to Happy Little Angel, the social project she runs in the scruffy Cidade Nova neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, but the queue for her weekly food handout was already a hundred yards long. Some had slept outside – those among Rio's growing army of homeless people, or who lived too far away to get there by 6.30am, when those registered could start collecting a bag of vegetables, fruit, rice, beans, pasta, milk and biscuits, and a little chocolate. Continue reading... |
| 'Lunch-shaming' humiliates poorer kids. We can't afford these stigmas Posted: 19 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT Wealth and class are difficult topics to discuss – but as children grapple with inequality, it's our job to address it
Recently, in a Maryland suburb, a high school baseball team competed against players from a wealthier suburb nearby. A mother was happily chanting for her son's team when she heard the "cheers" of the other team, issued by both adults and kids. "They chanted: 'Lower average income! Lower average income!'" said the mother, Jodi Jacobson. The taunts continued: "Can't your parents afford to feed you? Can we call child protective services?" At another game, players sang "That's all right, that's OK! You will work for us someday!" "It was disgusting," Jacobson concluded. "I was astounded at the crude and cruel things said by the people in the stands". Continue reading... |
| 'I'd rather have Trump to Clinton': six months of turmoil hasn't fazed these voters Posted: 19 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT Trump supporters in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, cast much of the blame for his stumbles on the media, and remain steadfast in their belief that a Clinton administration would have been worse Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump changes his mind on healthcare: 'Get it done' – video Posted: 19 Jul 2017 02:20 PM PDT US president Donald Trump has changed his mind on the future path for healthcare on Wednesday, telling senators to 'get it done' and adding that politicians 'shouldn't leave town until this is complete'. This marks a departure from Trump's statements earlier in the week after the Republican party's healthcare bill failed to gather enough support to pass and the president said he would instead 'let Obamacare fail' Continue reading... |
| Trump slams states for lack of cooperation with voter fraud commission – video Posted: 19 Jul 2017 02:08 PM PDT Speaking during the first meeting of his election integrity commission on Wednesday, US president Donald Trump criticises states refusing to cooperate with the panel set up to investigate potential voter fraud during last year's presidential campaign. Trump has long insisted that he won the popular vote in the 2016 election but vast voter fraud was responsible for Hillary Clinton's margin of almost 3 million votes over him Continue reading... |
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