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- Senate Republicans vote to open debate on repealing and replacing Obamacare
- Muslim worshippers to continue boycott of al-Aqsa mosque compound
- Cardinal George Pell to plead not guilty to historical sexual abuse offences
- EU minister says Turkey still on track to join bloc despite calls to stop accession
- Israel bars five US Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders backing boycott effort
- 'I'm going to fire everybody': Scaramucci threatens to clamp down on White House leakers
- 'I am livid': Donald Trump criticized for odd, disjointed speech to Boy Scouts
- US House decisively votes to approve new sanctions against Russia
- Adobe to pull plug on Flash after years of waning popularity
- Suspect caught after chainsaw attack that left five people injured
- Libyan rival leaders agree to ceasefire after Macron-hosted talks
- Sperm counts among western men have halved in last 40 years – study
- Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology
- Netherlands and UK are biggest channels for corporate tax avoidance
- British newlyweds say they were barred from entering US
- Killer robots? Musk and Zuckerberg escalate row over dangers of AI
- Donald Trump denounces Jeff Sessions for being 'weak' on Hillary Clinton
- Study links longer football careers to more severe cases of CTE
- Senate issues subpoena to Paul Manafort for testimony on Russia
- Katie Ledecky eases to third gold of World Championships in 1500m freestyle
- Woman 'slapped' Minnesota police car before Justine Damond shooting
- US federal judge blocks potential deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis
- Criminal gang offers $1m bounties for killing Farc leaders, lawyer says
- John McCain to return to US Senate for pivotal healthcare vote
- More than 100 hardline Jewish settlers occupy house in Hebron
- France: 10,000 evacuated after new wildfire on Mediterranean coast
- EU court upholds Hamas terror listing
- Brazil's right on the rise as anger grows over scandal and corruption
- Man arrested for smuggling king cobras to the US in crisp canisters
- UK-US trade deal would not allow chlorinated chicken imports – Gove
- Teenage girl charged with plotting UK terror attack with Isis fighter
- South Sudan: 'When we came home for lunch our parents had been killed'
- Manus Island closure: refugees forced out of compound and threatened with arrest
- Tony Abbott: Liberals ‘honour bound’ to stick with gay marriage plebiscite
- North Korea: US detects signs of new missile test, official says
- 'It takes a lot of courage': Venezuelan protesters tell of rising police violence
- People smuggler was in UAE jail when refugee arrested in his place
- Wednesday briefing: Cleaner air for Britain – thanks to the EU
- Philippines: Duterte threatens to bomb indigenous schools
- Anger at plan to let Chinese police patrol in Hong Kong
- Military coup in Iraq ousts monarchy – archive, 26 July 1958
- Woolly jumpers: rabbits ride on sheep to stay dry in flood
- Two hospitalised after suspected acid attack in east London
- Brazil: landless agriculture workers invade farms of president's allies
- Greece's €3bn bond sale doesn't mean its debt crisis is at an end | Nils Pratley
- EU barriers to state ownership do exist | Letters
- Dr James Barry had no choice but to pretend to be a man | Letters
- Does this panda cuddler have the best job in the world? – video
- Sydney Cohen obituary
- Poland’s royal visit and judicial independence | Letters
- El Salvador issues warrants for guerrillas who killed US soldiers during civil war
- 'We thought the war was lost': readers' stories of Dunkirk
- Why did Donald Trump turn on attorney general Jeff Sessions?
- Trump: 'I'm very disappointed with the attorney general' – video
- Trump lauds healthcare bill's progress in Senate – video
- McCain calls for cooperation over healthcare: ‘We’re getting nothing done’ – video
- Scaramucci: Trump ‘probably’ wants Sessions gone – video
- Republican effort to repeal Obamacare ‘a ruse’, says Chuck Schumer – video
| Senate Republicans vote to open debate on repealing and replacing Obamacare Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:03 PM PDT
Senate Republicans on Tuesday took a tentative step toward fulfilling seven years of promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), something they achieved only after the dramatic return of Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed last week with brain cancer. The procedural vote, which passed without the support of a single Democrat, allows the Senate to open debate on repealing and replacing the ACA, popularly known as Obamacare, even though it remains unclear exactly what legislation they will be voting on. Continue reading... |
| Muslim worshippers to continue boycott of al-Aqsa mosque compound Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:15 AM PDT Mahmoud Abbas to maintain freeze on coordination with Israel even after it dismantled metal detectors at Jerusalem site Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem appear likely to maintain a boycott on the compound housing al-Aqsa mosque, with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, saying he will maintain a freeze on coordination with Israel even after it dismantled controversial metal detectors that triggered more than a week of violent conflict. "Unless all measures go back to what they were before 14 July, there will not be any changes," Abbas said in a speech before a meeting with the Palestinian leadership. Security was increased after the 14 July attack at the compound in which two Israeli police officers were killed by three Israeli Arab gunmen, who later died in a shootout. |
| Cardinal George Pell to plead not guilty to historical sexual abuse offences Posted: 25 Jul 2017 05:26 PM PDT Australia's most senior Catholic cleric appears at Melbourne magistrates court for first hearing Cardinal George Pell has appeared in the Melbourne magistrates court charged with multiple historical sexual abuse offences. Seated behind his lawyer, Robert Richter, QC, dressed in a simple black suit and clerical collar, Pell did not speak throughout the six-minute filing hearing. Continue reading... |
| EU minister says Turkey still on track to join bloc despite calls to stop accession Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:32 AM PDT Federica Mogherini says it is important to keep a dialogue open despite growing pressure for Brussels to condemn Ankara's human rights abuses The EU's foreign policy chief defied calls for a tougher line on human rights abuses in Turkey to insist the country remains on track to join the bloc. Federica Mogherini, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs, told reporters on Tuesday that it was important to keep a dialogue open with Ankara. "Clearly Turkey is and stays a candidate country," she told reporters. "Many of our colleagues prefer to focus on the red lines. I prefer to focus on what we have in common." Continue reading... |
| Israel bars five US Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders backing boycott effort Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:33 PM PDT Incident marks first time Israel has implemented new law that bars entry by foreign activists who support BDS movement Five US Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders have been barred from Israel under a new law that prohibits entry to the Jewish state by foreign activists who advocate a boycott of the country. The Israeli interior minister, Aryeh Deri, said in a statement on Tuesday that the five had a long record of advocacy for the BDS movement, which seeks to ostracize Israel by lobbying corporations, artists and academic institutions to sever ties with the Jewish state. Continue reading... |
| 'I'm going to fire everybody': Scaramucci threatens to clamp down on White House leakers Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:36 PM PDT Trump's new communications director told reporters he has the president's backing to purge anyone who leaks information from within the administration Donald Trump's new communications director has vowed to "fire everybody" if that is what it takes to plug leaks from the White House press office. Related: Exit Spicey, enter the Mooch: another day in Trump's tragicomic America | Richard Wolffe Continue reading... |
| 'I am livid': Donald Trump criticized for odd, disjointed speech to Boy Scouts Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:15 PM PDT Parents and family of scouts complained after Trump encouraged boos for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and bragged about attending 'hot' New York parties Donald Trump faced criticism on Tuesday for a speech to the annual Boy Scouts of America jamboree in West Virginia in which he urged his audience of 12- to 18-year-olds to boo Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, pitched for Republican healthcare reform and bragged, again, about the size of his electoral college victory. Related: Trump's speech to Boy Scouts: fake news, crowd size and New York's hottest people Continue reading... |
| US House decisively votes to approve new sanctions against Russia Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:47 PM PDT
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to approve new sanctions on Russia, setting up a potential showdown with the White House. Related: Why did Donald Trump turn on attorney general Jeff Sessions? Continue reading... |
| Adobe to pull plug on Flash after years of waning popularity Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:12 PM PDT The media-powering technology was once inescapable – but it began to fall out of favor after Apple decided not to use it on the iPhone Adobe Flash, a once ubiquitous technology used to power most of the media content found online, will be retired at the end of 2020, the software company announced Tuesday. Adobe – along with Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Mozilla – said support for Flash would ramp down across the internet in phases over the next three years. Continue reading... |
| Suspect caught after chainsaw attack that left five people injured Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:12 PM PDT Franz Wrousis arrested after more than a day on the run, around 28 miles away from health insurance company office where attack happened The suspect in a chainsaw attack on a health insurer's office in Switzerland that left five people injured was caught on Tuesday after more than a day on the run, police said. Franz Wrousis was arrested in Thalwil, around 45km (28 miles) from the scene of Monday morning's attack in Schaffhausen, according to police. The lakeside town is in Zurich canton (state), which neighbours Schaffhausen. Continue reading... |
| Libyan rival leaders agree to ceasefire after Macron-hosted talks Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:05 AM PDT French president says Fayez al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar have shown 'historic courage' at the meeting outside Paris Libya's two main rival leaders have agreed to call a ceasefire and hold elections early next year after a meeting in Paris hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron. Macron said Libya's UN-backed prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, and Khalifa Haftar – the military strongman whose forces control large tracts of land in the east of the country – had displayed "historic courage" at the talks outside Paris on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Sperm counts among western men have halved in last 40 years – study Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:00 AM PDT Reasons for the 'shocking' drop are unclear, say researchers, and represent a huge and neglected area of public health Sperm counts among men have more than halved in the last 40 years, research suggests, although the drivers behind the decline remain unclear. The latest findings reveal that between 1973 and 2011, the concentration of sperm in the ejaculate of men in western countries has fallen by an average of 1.4% a year, leading to an overall drop of just over 52%. Continue reading... |
| Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:38 AM PDT The tech giant and a leading US fusion company develop a new computer algorithm that significantly speeds up progress towards clean, limitless energy Google and a leading nuclear fusion company have developed a new computer algorithm which has significantly speeded up experiments on plasmas, the ultra-hot balls of gas at the heart of the energy technology. Tri Alpha Energy, which is backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has raised over $500m (£383m) in investment. It has worked with Google Research to create what they call the Optometrist algorithm. This enables high-powered computation to be combined with human judgement to find new and better solutions to complex problems. Continue reading... |
| Netherlands and UK are biggest channels for corporate tax avoidance Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:07 AM PDT The two countries are conduits for 37% of money heading to tax havens, most of which have strong links to Britain Almost 40% of corporate investments channelled away from authorities and into tax havens travel through the UK or the Netherlands, according to a study of the ownership structures of 98m firms. Related: European commission to crack down on offshore tax avoidance Continue reading... |
| British newlyweds say they were barred from entering US Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:39 AM PDT Natasha Politakis says US embassy has refused to say why she and her Turkish-born husband were stopped at LA airport A British woman has said her honeymoon was ruined after she was held in detention for 26 hours by US border officials before being sent back to the UK. Natasha Politakis said she and her husband, Ali Gul, were barred from entering the US after flying to Los Angeles to begin their £7,000 honeymoon. Continue reading... |
| Killer robots? Musk and Zuckerberg escalate row over dangers of AI Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:29 AM PDT Musk described the Facebook CEO's knowledge of the field as 'limited' after Zuckerberg publicly dismissed AI doomsday warnings as 'irresponsible' Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have entered into a public squabble about artificial intelligence in which Musk described the Facebook CEO's knowledge of the field as "limited". Related: Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump denounces Jeff Sessions for being 'weak' on Hillary Clinton Posted: 25 Jul 2017 04:26 AM PDT On Twitter, Trump criticized the investigation into Russian meddling in last year's US election and hit the attorney general for not investigating Clinton Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his attacks on Jeff Sessions, questioning why the US attorney general was not investigating his former opponent Hillary Clinton, the latest turn in the president's extraordinary feud with one of his top lieutenants. Related: Trump's Russia problem: who's in the deepest? Continue reading... |
| Study links longer football careers to more severe cases of CTE Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT Research involving brains of former NFL players find 99% suffered from disease with symptoms that include memory loss and mood disorders The largest ever study of cases of football players with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has, again, found a link between the condition and "prior participation in football", particularly in professionals. The study looked at the brains of 111 NFL players and found CTE in 110 of them, or 99% of those studied. Continue reading... |
| Senate issues subpoena to Paul Manafort for testimony on Russia Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:40 AM PDT Judiciary committee issues a subpoena to Donald Trump's former campaign manager after failing to reach an agreement for a voluntary transcribed interview The Senate judiciary committee has issued a subpoena to Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager, seeking his testimony at a public hearing on Wednesday. Related: 'I love it': Donald Trump Jr posts emails from Russia offering material on Clinton Continue reading... |
| Katie Ledecky eases to third gold of World Championships in 1500m freestyle Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:56 AM PDT
Katie Ledecky breezed to her third gold medal of the world championships, backing off a bit on her most gruelling night of the meet. Ledecky captured the 1500m freestyle by more than half the length of the pool on Tuesday, and returned just 49 minutes later to post the fastest time in the semifinals of the 200 free. Long or short, it doesn't seem to matter to the American star. Continue reading... |
| Woman 'slapped' Minnesota police car before Justine Damond shooting Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:51 AM PDT Search warrant says 'upon police arrival, a female slaps the back of the patrol squad', but does not say if the woman was Damond, whom police shot and killed A woman approached the back of a Minneapolis police car and "slapped" it shortly before an Australian woman was shot and killed by an officer, according to a search warrant filed by the Minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA). Related: Justine Damond's fiance says he regrets not staying on phone before shooting Continue reading... |
| US federal judge blocks potential deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:17 AM PDT Judge Mark Goldsmith's decision gives the Iraqis, 234 of whom are currently detained, time to appeal their deportation cases in court A federal judge on Monday blocked the potential deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis, indefinitely halting efforts by immigration authorities to remove a population that fears persecution in their home country. Related: Iraq veteran facing deportation speaks out from jail: 'I would feel utterly alone' Continue reading... |
| Criminal gang offers $1m bounties for killing Farc leaders, lawyer says Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:37 AM PDT Guerrillas handed in weapons as part of peace deal with Colombian government but have long feared assassinations, as they prepare to take seats in Congress A criminal gang is offering bounties of $1m to assassins who kill leaders from Colombia's Farc rebel group, a lawyer for the guerrillas said on Tuesday, as the group prepares to take seats in Congress as part of a peace deal. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, fought the government for more than half a century but handed in its weapons as part of the deal, negotiated during more than four years of talks in Cuba. Continue reading... |
| John McCain to return to US Senate for pivotal healthcare vote Posted: 25 Jul 2017 05:47 AM PDT
John McCain is to return to the Senate for the first time since he announced his brain cancer diagnosis, for a make-or-break session in Republicans' effort to repeal Barack Obama's healthcare reforms. Related: 'Female senators' to blame for health bill struggle, says Republican congressman Continue reading... |
| More than 100 hardline Jewish settlers occupy house in Hebron Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:22 AM PDT Occupation of building may complicate issues after reports in Israeli media that Netanyahu had asked security forces to hold off clearing it About 120 hardline Jewish settlers have occupied a house in the old city of Hebron, citing Israel's handling of the crisis over the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem that has sparked days of violence. The settlers broke into the building, which is located close to a religious site in the southern West Bank city – the Ibrahimi mosque and Tomb of the Patriarchs – a location that rivals the Jerusalem holy site for sensitivity. Continue reading... |
| France: 10,000 evacuated after new wildfire on Mediterranean coast Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:15 AM PDT Latest blaze comes a day after country asks Europe for help to tackle flames, which had already devoured about 4,000 hectares of land At least 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate after a new wildfire broke out in southern France, which was already battling massive blazes that have consumed swaths of forest, authorities have said. The latest fire came a day after France asked for help from the rest of Europe to tackle the flames already raging in the tinder-dry south, including near the popular resort of Saint-Tropez. Continue reading... |
| EU court upholds Hamas terror listing Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:05 AM PDT European court of justice backs original decision to put Palestinian Islamist movement on terrorism blacklist The European Union's top court has ruled that the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, should remain on the EU terrorism blacklist. The EU originally listed the organisation as a terror group in 2001 in a move that froze its assets within the member states. Continue reading... |
| Brazil's right on the rise as anger grows over scandal and corruption Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT The leftwing Workers' party enjoyed 13 years on top – but recession, crime and widespread disenchantment have prompted many Brazilians to turn to the right Fernando Holiday is one of the few openly gay, black politicians in Brazil, but before he won a single vote, he first reached national fame in 2015 with a string of viral videos in which he attacked Brazil's affirmative action system for black, indigenous and poor people. "We blacks and poor can win in life on merit," he said in one Facebook video. "I don't play the victim." Continue reading... |
| Man arrested for smuggling king cobras to the US in crisp canisters Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:39 AM PDT California man faces up to 20 years in prison after the three live snakes were illegally shipped from Hong Kong A man has been arrested on federal smuggling charges after customs officers intercepted a shipment with three live king cobras hidden inside potato chip canisters that were being mailed to his California home, US prosecutors said. Rodrigo Franco, 34, was scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles on a charge of illegally importing merchandise. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney who could comment on the allegations. Continue reading... |
| UK-US trade deal would not allow chlorinated chicken imports – Gove Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:21 AM PDT Environment secretary responds to Liam Fox's remarks by saying UK would avoid deal requiring it to accept lower standards The UK would back out of any trade deal that required it to accept lower standards, such as allowing imports of chlorinated chicken from the US, the environment secretary has said, deepening the cabinet split over the issue. Related: Brussels attacks Liam Fox's 'ignorant' remarks on chlorinated chicken Continue reading... |
| Teenage girl charged with plotting UK terror attack with Isis fighter Posted: 26 Jul 2017 01:04 AM PDT Seventeen-year-old accused of communicating with Islamic State fighter in Syria and arranging to receive weapons A 17-year-old girl has been charged with terrorism offences after allegedly communicating with an Isis fighter in Syria and arranging to receive weapons in order to conduct an attack in the UK, Scotland Yard said. She is also alleged to have received instructions on how to train and use weapons and asked for assistance in completing a plan, contrary to the Terrorism Act 2006. |
| South Sudan: 'When we came home for lunch our parents had been killed' Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT One hundred children a day are now crossing the border into Uganda from the war, without their parents – creating a 'children's emergency' Nadal and his four siblings went to school as normal on a bright day in late summer. They returned to carnage. "When we came back home for lunch, we found it had been bombed and our parents killed. They threw a bomb into the house that killed my father and mother," says Nadal, 16. |
| Manus Island closure: refugees forced out of compound and threatened with arrest Posted: 26 Jul 2017 12:01 AM PDT Foxtrot residents told to leave 'immediately' as detainees fear Papua New Guinea government will resort to 'force and violence' as part of rolling closure Refugees and asylum seekers have been forced out of one of the largest compounds of the Manus Island immigration detention centre and threatened with arrest as part of the rolling closure of the facility. A letter, seen by Guardian Australia, informs those who are in the Foxtrot compound that they have until the end of Tuesday to vacate. Immigration officials and police were also seen visiting refugees and asylum seekers to inform them verbally, one detainee said. Continue reading... |
| Tony Abbott: Liberals ‘honour bound’ to stick with gay marriage plebiscite Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:24 AM PDT Former PM backtracks on previous statement that party MPs would not be bound on marriage equality beyond the last parliament Tony Abbott has backtracked on a previous statement that Liberal MPs would not be bound on same-sex marriage beyond the last parliament, and he says the government must stick with the plebiscite policy until the next election. Abbott used a radio interview on Wednesday to insist the Liberal party was "honour bound, by pledge of the Australian people, not to try and change this matter in the parliament". Continue reading... |
| North Korea: US detects signs of new missile test, official says Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:22 PM PDT
The Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is preparing for another missile test, a US defense official said on Tuesday, as the US cited progress in pushing China to impose tough new UN sanctions. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP that if the test goes ahead, it would "probably" occur on 27 July, which is the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Korean armistice agreement. Continue reading... |
| 'It takes a lot of courage': Venezuelan protesters tell of rising police violence Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT As general strike begins, more than 100 have died and hundreds more arrested in anti-government protests since April It was the second time Wuilly Arteaga's violin was damaged during anti-government protests in Caracas, but it was the first time he was injured by police. Arteaga, who has become a symbol of Venezuela's protest movement for playing his instrument amid raging street battles, was injured during Sunday's clashes. Footage from the incident showed police firing rubber bullets and teargas, as protesters threw stones. Continue reading... |
| People smuggler was in UAE jail when refugee arrested in his place Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:45 PM PDT Magazine has three-hour conversation with Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 'most wanted' people smuggler, who heard of his own arrest while already in prison One of the world's most-wanted people smugglers was in jail in the United Arab Emirates when Italian prosecutors travelled to Sudan and arrested an innocent refugee in his place, the New Yorker has reported. Prosecutors in Palermo announced the capture and extradition of Medhanie Yehdego Mered in June 2016, describing it as "the arrest of the year". The suspect was extradited to Italy with the help of the British Foreign Office and the UK's National Crime Agency, which had participated in the operation. Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Cleaner air for Britain – thanks to the EU Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:28 PM PDT No more petrol and diesel cars by 2040 … east London the scene of latest acid attack … and the software that can make you think it's Barack Obama Good morning, it's Warren Murray with the news to start your day. Continue reading... |
| Philippines: Duterte threatens to bomb indigenous schools Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:54 PM PDT President claims tribal schools are teaching students to rebel against the government and says he will launch air strikes The Philippine president has sparked alarm among human rights groups after he threatened to bomb tribal schools, accusing them of teaching students to become communist rebels. In a televised news conference on Monday, Rodrigo Duterte condemned insurgents for destroying bridges and torching schools in the countryside but said they were sparing indigenous Lumad schools, which he alleged were operating under rebel control without government permits. Continue reading... |
| Anger at plan to let Chinese police patrol in Hong Kong Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:47 PM PDT Critics say mini-constitution would be contravened by Chinese officers controlling part of new high-speed rail station and enforcing mainland law A Hong Kong government plan to lease part of a new high-speed rail station to China and allow Chinese police to enforce mainland laws has sparked new fears the city is losing its autonomy. The proposal, which has drawn heavy criticism from pro-democracy lawmakers, would see mainland police patrol Hong Kong for the first time as part of joint immigration checks at a rail terminus in the West Kowloon neighbourhood, possibly in violation of the city's mini-constitution, the Basic Law. Continue reading... |
| Military coup in Iraq ousts monarchy – archive, 26 July 1958 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:00 PM PDT 26 July 1958: The old order has been obliterated and the house of the Hashemites expunged from Bagdad Bagdad, July 25 Bagdad is hot but apparently not excessively bothered as Iraq settles down into its new revolutionary mould. Continue reading... |
| Woolly jumpers: rabbits ride on sheep to stay dry in flood Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:01 PM PDT Farmer in New Zealand photographs bunnies hopping on to the backs of his flock during bad weather in the South Island A New Zealand farmer has a newfound respect for the ingenuity of rabbits after he photographed them riding on the backs of sheep to escape a flood. Ferg Horne, from Mosgiel in the South Island, was checking on his neighbour's sheep on Saturday morning after a near-record breaking flood tore through Otago, prompting evacuations and forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency. Continue reading... |
| Two hospitalised after suspected acid attack in east London Posted: 25 Jul 2017 02:50 PM PDT Two young men are being treated after an incident involving corrosive liquid near Bethnal Green tube station Two young men have been rushed to hospital after being attacked with a noxious substance on a busy street in east London. The attack – the latest in a series of similar incidents this summer – took place at around 7pm on Roman Road in Tower Hamlets, east London on Tuesday. |
| Brazil: landless agriculture workers invade farms of president's allies Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:28 PM PDT Agriculture minister, former Brazilian soccer association president, and close friend of Michel Temer targeted in movement ahead of congressional vote Hundreds of landless agricultural workers have invaded farms belonging to Brazil's agriculture minister, the former president of the Brazilian soccer association, and a close friend of President Michel Temer. The invasions on Tuesday form part of a campaign called "Corrupt People! Give Us Back Our Land" launched by the Landless Workers Movement – known by its Portuguese initials, MST – launched to ramp up pressure on Temer before a 2 August congressional vote on whether he should stand trial on corruption charges. Continue reading... |
| Greece's €3bn bond sale doesn't mean its debt crisis is at an end | Nils Pratley Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:00 PM PDT The omens are better, with the IMF calling for debt write-offs – but the chances are Greece will require another bailout Compare and contrast. As Greece raised money in the bond markets for the first time in three years on Tuesday, prime minister Alexis Tsipras declared that the fundraising was "the most significant step to finish this unpleasant adventure", meaning the country's bailout. Back in April 2014, when Greece was returning after a four-year absence, the country's finance minister drew a similar moral. The return to international borrowing markets was "a catalytic undertaking," he said. The crisis soon returned. The next bailout followed after a referendum on the terms of austerity. Continue reading... |
| EU barriers to state ownership do exist | Letters Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:01 AM PDT The Single Market Act has given rightwing governments carte blanche to sit back and watch millions of people lose their livelihoods, writes Ian MacKillop. But Nick Dearden cautions against stepping away from the EU and towards the US Polly Toynbee (Labour should exploit the Tories' disarray on Europe, not copy it, 25 June) claims it is wrong to suggest the EU prevents state ownership and gives as an example how European rail networks remain state-owned; she should have added "for now". The market pillar of the fourth rail package, as agreed in April 2016, mandates "more competition and performance targets for public service contracts, so as to improve cost-efficiency and get better value for money for taxpayers", which sounds wearingly familiar. And with 2020 as the target date. Given that the EU court of justice has deliberated that article 106 of the Single Market Act – the one prohibiting renationalisation – gives private companies the right to argue before their national courts that services must remain open to private-sector competition, it is hard to see any wriggle room there when Jeremy Corbyn seeks to implement his manifesto. Continue reading... |
| Dr James Barry had no choice but to pretend to be a man | Letters Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:01 AM PDT It was not because she suffered from gender dysphoria in the modern sense, but because women were barred from entering the medical profession, says Louise Perry Your article (Secret transgender Victorian surgeon feted by Historic England, 25 July) incorrectly stated that the first Caesarean section was not performed in Britain until 1833. In fact, the first recorded attempt at C-section took place in 1737, performed by Edinburgh surgeon Mr Smith. The patient, Mrs Paterson, died along with her baby. The first successful C-section in the British Isles was performed in either 1738 or 1739 by an Irish midwife called Mary Donally. The patient, Alice O'Neal, survived. Despite this remarkable success, Donally was dismissed by male writers of the 18th and 19th centuries as an ignorant woman who simply got lucky. Female medical practitioners have all too often been overlooked by both their contemporaries and later historians, and sadly your article about Dr James Barry continues in this unfortunate tradition. Using the term "transgender" misrepresents the reasons why Barry chose to disguise herself as a man: it was not because she suffered from gender dysphoria in the modern sense, but because women were barred from entering the medical profession. Continue reading... |
| Does this panda cuddler have the best job in the world? – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:14 AM PDT A zookeeper in China has to dress up as a panda and interact with panda cubs in order to help them learn to live without relying on humans. The pandas, kept in the Wolong national nature reserve in south-west China's Sichuan province, are due to be released in protective wildlife and must learn to live on their own Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:06 AM PDT My father, Sydney Cohen, a scientist with a deep love of nature, who has died aged 95, developed from his South African education and wide travels in Africa a determination to vanquish malaria, the continent's scourge. His pursuit of a vaccine led, in 1961, to a landmark paper in Nature, co-written with Ian McGregor, that found that immunoglobulin from immune Gambian adults had an anti-parasitic effect when administered to infected children. While variation in parasites has precluded to this day an effective vaccine against all strains of malaria, Sydney was one of the first to show that successful vaccination was possible, using forms of the parasite that live in the blood. Continue reading... |
| Poland’s royal visit and judicial independence | Letters Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:06 AM PDT Polish ambassador Arkady Rzegocki responds to criticism of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's trip; Paul Craig and seven other Oxford University law academics express support for Polish judges I feel I have to protest against some outrageous claims by Kate Maltby in her article (Less a royal visit, more a coup for ugly nationalists, 22 July) relating to the recent visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Poland. I would like to emphasise that the decision to visit Gdańsk and the northern part of Poland where Stutthof is located, as well as the other sites in Warsaw, was entirely at Kensington Palace's discretion. The Polish side was obviously consulted but didn't wish to nor could impose its suggestions regarding the royal programme. I don't deny the author's right to hold her own views on the political situation in Poland, but playing down the suffering of Stutthof's prisoners or of the Warsaw uprising's victims, just to prove the author's preconceived thesis, is simply disgraceful. Those people deserve as much respect as the other victims of the German Nazi terror. No one's suffering is better or worse. And certainly both memorials – the Stutthof and the Warsaw Rising Museum – deserved the royal visit, and their victims being commemorated by the duke and duchess. |
| El Salvador issues warrants for guerrillas who killed US soldiers during civil war Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT Arrest warrants, the first of their kind, a surprise as overwhelming majority of war crimes during 1979-1992 war were attributed to US-backed armed forces Arrest warrants have been issued in El Salvador for three former leftwing guerrilla fighters wanted in connection with the execution of two American soldiers whose helicopter was shot down during the country's 1979-1992 civil war. The warrants are the first of their kind since a 1993 amnesty law guaranteeing impunity for civil war crimes was annulled a year ago. They were issued amid growing anger at the government's reluctance to pursue perpetrators. Continue reading... |
| 'We thought the war was lost': readers' stories of Dunkirk Posted: 25 Jul 2017 02:30 AM PDT To mark the release of Christopher Nolan's film we asked readers to share their memories of relatives' experiences of the evacuation
"We were told we had to make ourselves as comfortable as possible and there would be transport to take us home. We were wading out to this boat and some German planes came over and they bombed the boat. They bombed everything that was around. One of these bombs went down the funnel of this boat – we at least thought it looked very much like that. It just went bang. And that was it. Our transport home had gone." Tommy Brabban's account of what happened on the beaches of Dunkirk was just one of the stories we received about the events surrounding the evacuation of allied forces in 1940. |
| Why did Donald Trump turn on attorney general Jeff Sessions? Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:12 AM PDT Analysis: The president's public anger at one of his early supporters is rooted in Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation – to Trump, a personal betrayal Donald Trump's rage toward his attorney general has been simmering since the evening four months ago when Jeff Sessions left the president not just politically exposed but – to Trump, just as bad – also looking foolish and powerless. Related: Donald Trump denounces Jeff Sessions for being 'weak' on Hillary Clinton Continue reading... |
| Trump: 'I'm very disappointed with the attorney general' – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:04 PM PDT President Donald Trump continued his attacks on US attorney general Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, saying he wants the attorney general to be 'much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before'. On Sessions' future in the administration, Trump said: 'Time will tell.' Continue reading... |
| Trump lauds healthcare bill's progress in Senate – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:32 PM PDT Donald Trump gives a press conference with the Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, at the White House on Tuesday, saying he is very happy with the healthcare vote in the Senate and calling it a 'big step'. Trump also thanks John McCain, who returned to Washington despite his brain cancer diagnosis to cast a vote Continue reading... |
| McCain calls for cooperation over healthcare: ‘We’re getting nothing done’ – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:29 PM PDT Senator John McCain speaks in the Senate on Tuesday following his return to vote on the healthcare bill. McCain, recently diagnosed with cancer, told both parties that cooperation would be necessary in the future. He also said he would not support the healthcare bill in its current form Continue reading... |
| Scaramucci: Trump ‘probably’ wants Sessions gone – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:35 PM PDT Donald Trump's new communications director says on Tuesday that the president is 'obviously frustrated' with Attorney General Jeff Sessions after Trump launched a series of Tweets rebuking his cabinet officer. During an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Anthony Scaramucci then replied 'you're probably right' when Hewitt said it was clear that Trump wants to fire Sessions Continue reading... |
| Republican effort to repeal Obamacare ‘a ruse’, says Chuck Schumer – video Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:53 AM PDT The Senate minority leader, speaking before Tuesday's vote on whether to proceed to debate on legislation to repeal the ACA, said the GOP bill will hurt millions of Americans. He also appealed to Republicans to work with the Democrats to build a better bill Continue reading... |
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