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- Israel removes metal detectors from holy site in Jerusalem
- Poland's president signs controversial law despite protests
- Vatican turns off historic fountains amid Rome drought
- Turkish journalist defends press freedom as grand trial begins
- Trump's speech to Boy Scouts: fake news, crowd size and New York's hottest people
- Not so fast: Despacito singers tell Nicolás Maduro to stop using remixed song
- Housing benefit cuts dent President Emmanuel Macron's popularity
- Mexican laborer: we were told Texas ride that killed 10 would be air-conditioned
- Foreign governments must 'pressure South Sudan to end epidemic of rape'
- Trump commission can resume collecting voter data, federal judge rules
- Chainsaw attack at Swiss insurance company leaves several people injured
- SFO says it is investigating Rio Tinto over Guinea operations
- Nelson Mandela book withdrawn after outrage from widow
- Facebook worker living in garage to Zuckerberg: challenges are right outside your door
- Boris Johnson jokes traditional Māori greeting could start Glasgow pub fight
- Jimmy Choo auctioned off to US luxury fashion brand for £900m
- ‘I can pedal faster than a man can run’ – how bikes are changing the dynamic on Africa's roads
- Getting to grips with sumo – in pictures
- Man tipped as China's future president ousted as Xi Jinping wields 'iron discipline'
- Dunkirk in the spotlight: could the film help bail out the city?
- Bernie Sanders and Al Gore on solving the climate crisis
- Escaped wolf shot dead in Cotswolds
- Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women
- ‘I won't stop’: Jailed activist blasts US crackdown on anti-Trump protesters
- Venezuela elections: all you need to know
- Matt Canavan quits cabinet over Italian dual citizenship
- Why suspicion remains over Polish president's veto of contentious laws
- Tuesday briefing: The next financial crisis is parked out front
- Hackers undermine Russia's attempts to control the internet
- Scandals threaten Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's grip on power
- Macron attempts to broker Libyan peace with meeting of leaders
- New swimming spot on Paris canal closed due to pollution
- Former leaders of religious sect found guilty of practicing polygamy in Canada
- MPs must act to bring about a ceasefire in Yemen | Letters
- Romans threatened with water rationing as Italy's heatwave drags on
- Bof! Why Emmanuel Macron is already tanking in the polls
- Alexis Tsipras’s mixed messages over appointing me as finance minister | Letter from Yanis Varoufakis
- Face/Off? Nic Cage seems more Moonstruck at Kazakh film festival
- What's the mood like in Poland?
- Trump's Russia problem: who's in the deepest?
- Jared Kushner's explanations on Russia reveal a man wholly unsuited to his job
- ‘Fake media. Fake news. Thank you’ - Trump at Boy Scouts jamboree – video
- Protester asks Jared Kushner to sign Russian flag – video
- Jared Kushner claims he 'did not collude with Russia' – video
| Israel removes metal detectors from holy site in Jerusalem Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:26 PM PDT Move to dismantle security barriers near al-Aqsa mosque comes after days of violent confrontations that have claimed seven lives Israel is removing controversial metal detectors from entrances to the sensitive compound that houses the al-Aqsa mosque. The move was announced late on Monday night by the office of the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and is designed to end the crisis over the holy site. Days of violent confrontations have claimed seven lives. Continue reading... |
| Poland's president signs controversial law despite protests Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:35 AM PDT Andrzej Duda promised to veto two bills seen as limiting judicial independence but has now signed a third Poland's president has signed into law one of three contested bills that organises the judiciary in a way that critics say limits their independence. President Andrzej Duda announced on Monday after days of protests that he would veto two of the bills. Continue reading... |
| Vatican turns off historic fountains amid Rome drought Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:12 AM PDT Holy See authorities say 100 fountains will be turned off as way of 'living in solidarity' with Rome Vatican authorities have turned off 100 fountains, including two Baroque masterpieces in St. Peter's Square, due to a prolonged drought affecting the tiny city state and the city of Rome, which surrounds it. Suffocating summer heat has followed two years of lower-than-average rainfall in Rome, forcing the Italian capital to close drinking fountains and consider the prospect of water rationing. Continue reading... |
| Turkish journalist defends press freedom as grand trial begins Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:01 AM PDT Hundreds of protesters gather at court as 17 employees of Cumhuriyet newspaper stand trial on charges of aiding terrorists A top Turkish correspondent delivered a powerful defence of press freedom as he took the stand in the largest trial of journalists in the country, saying he was being punished for doing his job and criticising Turkey's slide into authoritarianism. |
| Trump's speech to Boy Scouts: fake news, crowd size and New York's hottest people Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:54 PM PDT The US president addressed the Boy Scouts at their jamboree, but amid the scripted praise of scouting values, there were some familiar ad libs On Monday evening, Donald Trump gave a speech to the 19th National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. Although he came armed with a prepared speech about the merits of scouting – each US president serves as the group's honorary president – and declared at the start that he would not talk about politics, Trump went predictably off-script to talk about some favourite topics. And politics. Continue reading... |
| Not so fast: Despacito singers tell Nicolás Maduro to stop using remixed song Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:43 PM PDT Venezuelan president's attempt to co-opt the global hit for political purposes backfires with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee calling the use 'illegal' Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's attempt to use Latin hit Despacito - which means "slowly" – to inject some cool into his controversial new congress has backfired quickly. Maduro's unpopular leftist government on Sunday promoted a remixed version of Despacito to encourage Venezuelans to vote for the Constituent Assembly, which will have powers to rewrite the national charter and supersede other institutions. Continue reading... |
| Housing benefit cuts dent President Emmanuel Macron's popularity Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:19 AM PDT Students and opposition party demand French president withdraw cost-cutting measure as he's accused of targeting poor The French president Emmanuel Macron has come under fire for cuts to housing benefits, just as his popularity has dropped in polls. A row erupted on Monday after the government announced it was going to cut a particular type of housing benefit by five euros a month in a move affecting millions of French people – including many living below the poverty line. Continue reading... |
| Mexican laborer: we were told Texas ride that killed 10 would be air-conditioned Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:51 PM PDT Adan Lara Vega, who fainted during the sweltering ride in a tractor-trailer, describes hearing children begging for water: 'People were despairing' Adan Lara Vega said he was told the $5,500 he was being charged to be smuggled into the United States would include an air-conditioned truck ride. Instead, the 27-year-old Mexican laborer climbed with his friends into a pitch-black, metal tractor-trailer compartment that lacked ventilation – a deadly oven that would claim 10 lives. Continue reading... |
| Foreign governments must 'pressure South Sudan to end epidemic of rape' Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:01 PM PDT NGO urges donor countries to speak out about sexual violence in South Sudan, following Amnesty report detailing scale of atrocities Donor countries should be pressuring the government of South Sudan to end the sexual violence being carried out on a mass scale and with impunity in the country, say campaigners Karen Naimer, a director at advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights, said countries that give aid must hold the recipient government's "feet to the fire"by speaking publicly about atrocities and insisting they do the same. Continue reading... |
| Trump commission can resume collecting voter data, federal judge rules Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:09 PM PDT Facing privacy lawsuit, president's election integrity commission had paused its request that states provide names, partial social security numbers and more A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for Donald Trump's commission on election fraud to resume collecting detailed voter roll information from the states. The commission asked states last month to provide publicly available data including registered voters' names, birth dates and partial social security numbers, but it later told them to hold off until a judge ruled on a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) in Washington. Continue reading... |
| Chainsaw attack at Swiss insurance company leaves several people injured Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:58 AM PDT Old town of Schaffhausen has been sealed off as police search for alleged perpetrator, who they believe intentionally targeted health insurance firm CSS A man who injured several people with a chainsaw when he stormed the office of an insurance company in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen on Monday morning remains at large as over a hundred police officers are engaged in a man-hunt along the Swiss-German border. One person was seriously hurt and four others sustained light injuries when Swiss citizen Franz Wrousis, 51, went on a rampage at the offices of CSS, a leading health insurance company. Authorities on Monday afternoon downgraded earlier reports of two victims with serious injuries. Continue reading... |
| SFO says it is investigating Rio Tinto over Guinea operations Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:35 PM PDT Mining group says it will 'fully cooperate' with authorities investigating suspected corruption The Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into how the mining company Rio Tinto conducted business in the Republic of Guinea. "The Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into suspected corruption in the conduct of business in the Republic of Guinea by the Rio Tinto group, its employees and others associated with it," the SFO said in a statement on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Nelson Mandela book withdrawn after outrage from widow Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:14 AM PDT Graça Machel had threatened legal action over book by Mandela's doctor revealing family disputes over his care A new book detailing Nelson Mandela's last days has been withdrawn after it was condemned by his widow, the publisher Penguin Random House has announced. The book by Mandela's physician, Vejay Ramlakan, was released last week to coincide with the late South African anti-apartheid leader's birthday, 18 July, which is marked each year as Mandela Day. Continue reading... |
| Facebook worker living in garage to Zuckerberg: challenges are right outside your door Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:00 AM PDT As the Facebook CEO travels across the US to 'learn about people's hopes and challenges', the cafeteria workers at his company struggle to make ends meet Mark Zuckerberg's travels throughout the United States to fulfill his 2017 "personal challenge" to "learn about people's hopes and challenges" have seen him drive a tractor, meet recovering heroin addicts, don a hard hat and speak out against the staggering wealth inequality that his $68.5bn fortune so clearly represents. But to Nicole, a worker in one of Facebook's cafeterias, they have also raised an important question: "Is he going to come here?" Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson jokes traditional Māori greeting could start Glasgow pub fight Posted: 23 Jul 2017 09:59 PM PDT UK foreign secretary is visiting New Zealand for two days as Britain looks to strengthen its ties with its former colony in preparation for Brexit The British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, joked on his visit to New Zealand on Monday that a traditional Māori greeting could be misinterpreted as a head butt in other countries. Johnson is visiting the South Pacific nation for two days as Britain looks to strengthen its ties with its former colony amid a broader reshaping of Britain's global relationships as it prepares to leave the European Union. Topics on the agenda include trade, foreign policy and international security. Continue reading... |
| Jimmy Choo auctioned off to US luxury fashion brand for £900m Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:00 AM PDT American luxury brand Michael Kors fends off rival bids for fabled British shoes and bag firm US fashion brand Michael Kors is to buy British shoe and bag company Jimmy Choo for £896m after an auction that attracted a host of international bidders. Michael Kors said it had agreed to pay 230p per Jimmy Choo share and that the Jimmy Choo directors, who own 1.3% of the firm, "consider the terms of the acquisition to be fair and reasonable". The US firm added its agreed offer was "final and will not be increased" unless there was another offer from a third party. Continue reading... |
| ‘I can pedal faster than a man can run’ – how bikes are changing the dynamic on Africa's roads Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:00 AM PDT Campaigns to get people cycling are focusing on girls and women, making it easier for them to get to school, helping with business and reducing sex attacks A teenage girl cycles down a dusty road in rural Ghana, a younger sibling balanced precariously on the back of her saddle. A dozen other cyclists are pedalling up and down the road, all men. As in many parts of the country, it is unusual to see a woman riding a bike. Yet it is women who stand to gain the most from cycling. Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa are among several African countries targeted by campaigns to get people cycling. Such schemes generally involve shipments of donated bicycles from the west: Village Bicycle Project delivers 10,000 bicycles a year to Sierra Leone and Ghana, while World Bicycle Relief and Ghana Bamboo Bikes manufacture two-wheelers specifically for African markets. Continue reading... |
| Getting to grips with sumo – in pictures Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:06 AM PDT Ganjoji Yakushido temple in the central Japanese city of Nagoya is used by sumo wrestlers belonging to the Tomozuna stable as a temporary base for the Nagoya grand sumo tournament Continue reading... |
| Man tipped as China's future president ousted as Xi Jinping wields 'iron discipline' Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:36 PM PDT Sun Zhengcai rose from farming studies in Hertfordshire to Communist party elite. Many fear his downfall signals turbulent times in Beijing He studied agriculture in rural England and was tipped by some as China's future leader. But on Tuesday morning Sun Zhengcai's political obituary was splashed across the front page of the Communist party's official mouthpiece in a damning editorial entitled: "Rule strictly over the party with iron discipline." Continue reading... |
| Dunkirk in the spotlight: could the film help bail out the city? Posted: 24 Jul 2017 03:54 AM PDT Christopher Nolan's epic Dunkirk is a golden opportunity for this French port city to branch out from the heavy industry that has dominated it for a century Not many small cities get a Hollywood blockbuster named after them, but then not many small cities are caught up in events as momentous as what unfolded on the French coast between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The 75th anniversary of the evacuation, Operation Dynamo, passed two years ago; Christopher Nolan's epic is sure to bring further attention for this port city of 90,000 that almost spills over the Belgian border. It's another opportunity to branch out from the heavy industry that has dominated since the late 19th-century and to deepen its tourist credentials. |
| Bernie Sanders and Al Gore on solving the climate crisis Posted: 24 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT In this excerpt from The Bernie Sanders Show, Sanders talks to Gore about his new film, An Inconvenient Sequel In this episode of the Bernie Sanders Show, Sanders talks to Al Gore about his new film, An Inconvenient Sequel. Below is an abridged transcript of their conversation. Continue reading... |
| Escaped wolf shot dead in Cotswolds Posted: 25 Jul 2017 02:01 AM PDT Staff at wildlife park say killing three-year-old female was a last resort after she escaped from her enclosure A wolf has been shot dead by staff at Cotswold Wildlife Park after it escaped from its enclosure. Visitors to the park in Oxfordshire were told to stay indoors after it emerged that the female, called Ember, had managed to get out of the perimeter fence at 11am BST on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:00 PM PDT When Isis rounded up Yazidi women and girls in Iraq to use as slaves, the captives drew on their collective memory of past oppressions – and a powerful will to survive. By Cathy Otten The day before Isis came was a holiday in Sinjar district, northern Iraq. Yazidis gathered to celebrate the end of a fasting period. It was 2 August 2014. Harvested wheat fields stood short and stubbly under the shadowless sun. People slaughtered sheep and gathered with their relatives to celebrate the holiday, handing out sweets and exchanging news and gossip. In the past, they would have invited their Muslim neighbours to join the celebrations, but more recently a distance had grown between them, leading the villagers to keep mostly to their own. The atmosphere was restless and the temperature peaked above 40C (104F). The top of Mount Sinjar, just north of the town of Sinjar itself, appeared to be shimmering in the heat, and the people living below mostly avoided travelling until after the sun had set, when the streets were filled with neighbours trading fearful rumours, and men patrolling with guns. Continue reading... |
| ‘I won't stop’: Jailed activist blasts US crackdown on anti-Trump protesters Posted: 25 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT Exclusive: Yvette Felarca, who faces riot charges after participating in an anti-fascist demonstration, joins lawyers in warning over prosecutions nationwide When Yvette Felarca exited her flight in Los Angeles, there were a dozen police officers waiting for her. The 47-year-old teacher was handcuffed, jailed, and later, to her shock, charged with assault, inciting a riot and participating in a riot over her involvement in an anti-fascist demonstration at the California capitol more than a year ago. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela elections: all you need to know Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT Nicolás Maduro has convened a national vote on 30 July to elect a group to redraft the constitution – a move that his many opponents call a power grab Related: Venezuela's chief prosecutor becomes hate figure for Maduro supporters Tensions are near breaking point in Venezuela ahead of a vote on 30 July which the beleaguered president, Nicolás Maduro, says will stabilize the flailing country – home to the world's largest oil reserves – and which the opposition describes as a bald-faced power grab. Continue reading... |
| Matt Canavan quits cabinet over Italian dual citizenship Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:24 AM PDT Resources minister's citizenship puts his political future in doubt following resignation of two Greens senators over same issue The resources minister Matt Canavan has quit the cabinet because he is is a dual citizen of Italy. Canavan's resignation on Tuesday night follows the recent resignation of two Greens senators, Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam, because of dual citizenships – a controversy that has triggered questions about the eligibility of many other Australian parliamentarians. Continue reading... |
| Why suspicion remains over Polish president's veto of contentious laws Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT Fears Duda is not defending of rule of law but coordinating response with ruling party to eventually put judiciary under its control The Polish president Andrzej Duda's decision to yield to street protests and veto two of three bills that threatened to give the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) control of the country's judicial system was as surprising as it was dramatic. A former PiS MEP and relative unknown before his election to the presidency in 2015, Duda, as the country's head of state, is nominally above party politics. In practice, however, he has played an instrumental role in his former party's hostile takeover of public media outlets and the country's highest constitutional court. Critics have accused him of violating his oath to uphold the Polish constitution on innumerable occasions. |
| Tuesday briefing: The next financial crisis is parked out front Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:28 PM PDT Car finance, credit cards and personal loans pose risk of crash, says Bank of England … Israel to remove al-Aqsa metal detectors … and rescuing the Isis sex slaves Good morning – Warren Murray here with your Tuesday briefing. Continue reading... |
| Hackers undermine Russia's attempts to control the internet Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:00 PM PDT Authorities have blacklisted thousands of sites for political dissent since Putin's re-election in 2012 – but activists have subverted the system Moscow's attempt to control the internet inside Russia has come unstuck following a campaign by hackers who have subverted a system of blacklisting sites deemed inappropriate. Since Vladimir Putin's re-election in 2012, authorities have banned thousands of sites – some for promoting "social ills", others for political dissent – by inscribing their particulars on a blacklist and forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to block them. Continue reading... |
| Scandals threaten Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's grip on power Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:40 PM PDT Once seemingly unassailable, Abe is now dogged by plunging polls and allegations of giving favours to two school operators Shinzo Abe is fighting for his future as Japan's prime minister as scandals drag his government's popularity close to what political observers describe as "death zone" levels. Apart from clouding Abe's hopes of winning another term as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) when a vote is held next year, the polling slump also undermines his long-running push to revise Japan's war-renouncing constitution. Continue reading... |
| Macron attempts to broker Libyan peace with meeting of leaders Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT French president convenes talks between heads of rival factions in attempt to increase conflict-ravaged country's political stability The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is to convene face-to-face talks in Europe between the leaders of the rival Libyan factions in an attempt to bring peace and political stability to the country. A stable Libya is a precondition for ending the flow of refugees through the Mediterranean that has upended Italian politics and has the potential to undermine support for the European Union. Continue reading... |
| New swimming spot on Paris canal closed due to pollution Posted: 24 Jul 2017 06:14 PM PDT 'Unsatisfactory' water quality sparks bathing ban at three floating pools on Canal de l'Ourcq that were intended to help Parisiens beat the heat A new public bathing area on a Paris canal that has been helping residents keep cool during the summer has been temporarily closed due to pollution just a week after opening. The city of Paris tweeted that three floating pools on the Canal de l'Ourcq were closed because the water quality was "unsatisfactory". Continue reading... |
| Former leaders of religious sect found guilty of practicing polygamy in Canada Posted: 24 Jul 2017 02:55 PM PDT Winston Blackmore, 61, one of the former bishops of a breakaway Mormon community in British Columbia, reportedly fathered at least 146 children A Canadian court has found two former leaders of a breakaway religious sect guilty of practicing polygamy, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said, after a decades-long attempt to arraign members of the group. Winston Blackmore and James Oler, former bishops of the breakaway Mormon community of Bountiful in south-eastern British Columbia, were found guilty by a British Columbia supreme court judge of one count of polygamy each. Continue reading... |
| MPs must act to bring about a ceasefire in Yemen | Letters Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:23 AM PDT Ann Clwyd MP calls for the parliamentary committee on arms export controls to be reconstituted. Plus Rina Vergano on the shame of London hosting the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair I am dismayed that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue and that it remains the UK's most important weapons market, despite the Saudi-led coalition having attacked civilians in Yemen in contravention of international humanitarian law (UK approved £283m of arms sales to Saudis after airstrike on Yemen funeral, 24 July). And the killing there continues: the Office of the UN high commissioner for human rights, for example, has reported that a deadly airstrike on 18 July by the Saudi-led coalition on the small village of al-Asheerah in the Taizz governorate, currently controlled by the Houthis, killed 18 civilians, including 10 children and two women, despite any evidence of a military objective in the immediate vicinity of the destroyed house. First and foremost, what the Saudis, and all other warring parties, are doing in Yemen must be subject to further international scrutiny. In addition, UK arms sales need to be properly scrutinised by parliament. The committees on arms export controls must be reconstituted as soon as the constituent committees are up and running – as agreed by parliamentary colleagues from all parties who have signed early day motion 124. More generally, the UK and the wider international community need to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table: the people of Yemen have suffered enough – with cholera now running rampant, malnutrition widespread and killings ongoing. The fighting has to stop. |
| Romans threatened with water rationing as Italy's heatwave drags on Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:11 AM PDT Half of capital's 3 million residents could have water switched off for eight hours a day after Italy's driest spring for 60 years More than a million residents of Rome are facing water rationing for up to eight hours a day as the prolonged heatwave that has ravaged southern Europe takes its toll on the Italian capital. Some businesses are already reporting sporadic disruption to their supply, while last month mayor Virginia Raggi turned off thousands of the city's public drinking fountains in an effort to save water as the drought set in. Continue reading... |
| Bof! Why Emmanuel Macron is already tanking in the polls Posted: 24 Jul 2017 08:06 AM PDT Only two months in, the new president of France has suffered a precipitous decline in approval ratings. Zut alors! Name: Emmanuel Macron. Age: 39. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:36 AM PDT Yanis Varoufakis rejects criticism levelled against him by Greece's prime minister in a Guardian interview In a Guardian interview ('What nobody believed could happen, will now happen: we'll take Greece out of crisis', 24 July), the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, having admitted to "big mistakes", was asked if appointing me as his first finance minister was one of them. According to the interviewer, Mr Tsipras said "Varoufakis … was the right choice for an initial strategy of 'collision politics', but he dismisses the plan he presented had Greece been forced to make the dramatic move to a new currency as 'so vague, it wasn't worth talking about'". Given that I presented my plans to Mr Tsipras for deterring the troika's aggression and responding to a potential impasse (and any move by the troika to evict Greece from the eurozone) before we won the election of January 2015, and I was chosen by him as finance minister (one presumes) on the basis of their merit, his answer reflects a deep incoherence. Continue reading... |
| Face/Off? Nic Cage seems more Moonstruck at Kazakh film festival Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:09 AM PDT Actor's bizarre garb and expression in photograph inspires internet meme It's not always easy being Nicolas Cage. One minute you are donning traditional dress at a film festival, the next a meme mocking your expression has quickly spread across the internet. The Hollywood star was pictured in Kazakhstan, where he is reportedly attending the 13th Eurasia international film festival, and Twitter went into meltdown. Continue reading... |
| What's the mood like in Poland? Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:01 AM PDT If you're living in Poland, we'd like to hear your perspectives on proposed constitutional laws that Andrzej Duda has vetoed after protests Polish president Andrzej Duda has moved to veto two bills that have sparked protests throughout the nation. Related: Poland's president to veto controversial laws amid protests Continue reading... |
| Trump's Russia problem: who's in the deepest? Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:00 AM PDT Who from the Trump campaign is allegedly connected to Russia – and how are they trying to refute the allegations? Five key figures from the Donald Trump campaign are facing new complications in their efforts to rebut allegations of inappropriate contacts with Russian operatives during and after the presidential race. Here's a look at the latest. Continue reading... |
| Jared Kushner's explanations on Russia reveal a man wholly unsuited to his job Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:07 AM PDT Kushner's statement raises new questions about how Donald Trump could have entrusted someone with so little foreign policy experience with such a powerful international portfolio Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, who has been drawn into the billowing inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, told congressional investigators on Monday that he hoped his appearance before them would clear his name and "put these matters to rest". Related: Jared Kushner confirms Russia meetings but insists: 'I did not collude' Continue reading... |
| ‘Fake media. Fake news. Thank you’ - Trump at Boy Scouts jamboree – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:15 AM PDT Donald Trump gives a speech to the 19th National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday evening. He speaks about the merits of scouting but manages to slip in comments about crowd size, the 'fake media' and has a jab at Barack Obama Continue reading... |
| Protester asks Jared Kushner to sign Russian flag – video Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:01 PM PDT A protester with the group Americans Take Action approached White House senior adviser Jared Kushner as he left a Senate intelligence committee, asking him to sign his Russian flag. Kushner was being interviewed over allegations of collusion with Russian officials during the 2016 US election. Continue reading... |
| Jared Kushner claims he 'did not collude with Russia' – video Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:17 AM PDT Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said he did not have 'improper contacts' with Russia and that Trump won the election because he 'had a better message and ran a smarter campaign'. Kushner made the statements after facing the Senate intelligence committee investigating allegations of improper communications with Russian officials during the 2016 US election campaign Continue reading... |
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