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- Trump to meet Putin for first time after accusing Russia of testing west's will
- March for Turkey's jailed judges highlights purge on dissidents
- Liu Xiaobo's friends plead with Chinese authorities to visit to dying dissident
- Cyprus reunification talks collapse amid angry scenes
- El Salvador teen rape victim sentenced to 30 years in prison after stillbirth
- At least 28 dead after brutal gang fight in Mexico prison
- Oh Vienna: world heritage status threatened by high-rise
- Pacific Bauxite accused of tricking Solomon Islanders over mining rights
- ESA unveils third mission to Mercury to investigate water ice and volcanoes
- Bill Cosby retrial begins in November on charges he sexually assaulted woman
- Activists challenge 'unsafe' US-Canada pact that prompts refugees to flee by foot
- US government ethics chief resigns, with parting shot at Trump
- Exceptionally rare 'pale tiger' photographed in the wild
- Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal
- Professional distance runner outpaces two bears while training in Maine woods
- Spanish police find mummified body of woman missing for years
- G20 summit: Trump and Putin to meet as world leaders gather in Hamburg - live coverage
- Markets on edge ahead of US jobs report and UK trade data – business live
- Three men gored at San Fermín bull run in Pamplona
- Charlie Gard: fresh hope as US hospital offers to send experimental drug to UK
- Divided Luanda: life inside a city fuelled by inequality – in pictures
- Qatar crisis: four Arab states vow fresh economic and political sanctions
- Trump's Hollywood star: fans polish it while haters take the piss
- Colombia's peace deal means Farc fighters can finally have babies – video
- Perth man who shoved pie in Qantas boss Alan Joyce's face pleads guilty
- Philippines police push for Muslim ID cards as counter-terrorism measure
- Friday briefing: Trump and Putin enter arena in Hamburg
- Hymns and hope as Lions fans await the greatest All Black test
- Australia must protect high-speed rail corridor on east coast, government told
- 'Going global': China exports soft power with first large-scale university in Malaysia
- Malcolm Turnbull clarifies sanctions threat against China over North Korea
- Riot police clash with G20 demonstrators in Hamburg – video
- G20 protests: police fire water cannon into anti-capitalist rally
- The Guardian view on Trump and Putin: mind games and the risk of a misstep | Editorial
- Truths revealed by the case of Bijan Ebrahimi | Letters
- 'A sign to the Trumps, Erdoğans and Putins': Hamburg residents on the G20 protests
- Activist who accused Bahrain security forces of sexual assault is rearrested
- Qatar Airways gets out from under US laptop ban on Middle East carriers
- Syrians return to live in ravaged Aleppo – in pictures
- US-based Asia Society accused of kowtowing to China over Hong Kong activist
- Clerical abuse survivors step up call for accountability
- Britain First supporter calls for Merkel to be shot for refugee policy
- How have Pride events changed over the years?
- Garry Kasparov returns to chess for US tournament
- G20 summit could mark end of the US as global leader, but what's next?
- Men deny us equality, not the Qur'an: a female Islamic judge in India speaks out
- Trump's Warsaw speech pits western world against barbarians at the gates
- Trump handshake ignored by Poland's first lady – video
- Trump: 'Russia and others may have interfered in US elections' – video
- Trump: there will be consequences for North Korea’s ‘very, very bad behaviour’ – video
| Trump to meet Putin for first time after accusing Russia of testing west's will Posted: 06 Jul 2017 09:30 PM PDT US and Russian presidents prepare for debut encounter on sidelines of G20 summit amid friction over North Korea and Syria World leaders gather in Hamburg for G20 summit - live Donald Trump goes into his much-anticipated first encounter with Vladimir Putin on Friday against an inauspicious backdrop, after accusing Russia of acting as a destabilising force determined to test the will of the west. The two men are to meet on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, where they are likely to clash over North Korea's successful ballistic missile test and Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons. |
| March for Turkey's jailed judges highlights purge on dissidents Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:00 PM PDT Erdoğan accused of crippling democracy with hundreds from judiciary, media and civil service still detained after coup attempt Nesrin Şimşek remembers in vivid detail the moment she was released from prison and was reunited with her infant son. "I cried for a month after I saw my baby again," recalled the former Turkish judge. "He had given up breastfeeding while I was in jail, and in every dream I saw my child, and I was trying to give him milk." Related: Turkey coup attempt: who were the plotters and why did it fail? Continue reading... |
| Liu Xiaobo's friends plead with Chinese authorities to visit to dying dissident Posted: 07 Jul 2017 01:39 AM PDT Petition launched by friends of democracy activist, who has liver cancer, urges Beijing to allow visit on humanitarian grounds Friends of China's most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, have issued a plea to Chinese authorities to be allowed one final audience with the dying activist. The Chinese democracy campaigner, who was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer in May after more than seven years in prison, appears to be nearing the end of his life. Family friends and doctors said on Thursday the 61-year-old's condition had worsened and he was close to death. |
| Cyprus reunification talks collapse amid angry scenes Posted: 07 Jul 2017 12:56 AM PDT UN chief António Guterres says he is 'very sorry' as he announces no agreement reached in the early hours of the morning Marathon talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus collapsed in the early hours of Friday, the UN secretary general has said after a stormy final session. "I'm very sorry to tell you that despite the very strong commitment and engagement of all the delegations and different parties ... the conference on Cyprus was closed without an agreement being reached," António Guterres told a news conference. Continue reading... |
| El Salvador teen rape victim sentenced to 30 years in prison after stillbirth Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:46 AM PDT A high school student was convicted on the grounds that failing to seek antenatal care amounted to murder, after giving birth in a bathroom in 2016 A teenage rape victim in El Salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder after having a stillbirth, the latest in a long line of failures of justice against pregnant women in the Central American country. Related: El Salvador: where women are thrown into jail for losing a baby | Jonathan Watts Continue reading... |
| At least 28 dead after brutal gang fight in Mexico prison Posted: 06 Jul 2017 03:03 PM PDT Outbreak of violence in Acapulco, one of the worst in recent years, comes during visit by US homeland security secretary John Kelly At least 28 prisoners were killed in a brutal prison fight on Thursday in the Mexican Pacific resort of Acapulco, in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country's troubled penal system in recent years. Acapulco is the biggest city in Guerrero, one of Mexico's most lawless states and a center of opium poppy production that has been a major concern to US officials. Continue reading... |
| Oh Vienna: world heritage status threatened by high-rise Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:56 AM PDT City's beautiful Baroque centre now on Unesco's at-risk list over plans to build 66-metre high tower near the Stadtpark The centre of Vienna, with its grand Baroque buildings, monuments and gardens, has been added to the Unesco list of sites in danger because of a high-rise project that the UN body says will undermine the area's historic value. The project, still in development, is set to extend over an area of 6,500 sq metres (70,000 sq ft) just south of the famous 19th-century Stadtpark. Continue reading... |
| Pacific Bauxite accused of tricking Solomon Islanders over mining rights Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:00 AM PDT The Australian mining company denies any impropriety and says landowners are keen to find out if there are mineral resources on their land An Australian mining company is embroiled in a standoff with landowners in the Solomon Islands over allegations it coerced, bullied and tricked communities into signing over prospecting rights to their land. A government has been overthrown and local landowners have taken to blocking the roads with stones, and even reportedly confronting miners with bows and arrows, to thwart prospecting on their island of Nendo, in Temotu, the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. Continue reading... |
| ESA unveils third mission to Mercury to investigate water ice and volcanoes Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:57 AM PDT BepiColombo spacecraft will also attempt to explain why the solar system's smallest planet appears to be shrinking The BepiColombo spacecraft, which will become the third probe to visit Mercury, has been unveiled ahead of a mission that will tackle some of the deepest mysteries of our solar system. The spacecraft, scheduled to launch in October 2018, will investigate the existence of water ice at Mercury's poles and its volcanoes, and attempt to explain the surprising discovery that the solar system's smallest planet appears to be shrinking. Mercury remains the most elusive of the solar system's inner planets, partly due to the challenges involved in building a spacecraft robust enough to withstand the "pizza oven" conditions at the planet. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby retrial begins in November on charges he sexually assaulted woman Posted: 06 Jul 2017 05:01 PM PDT Disgraced comedian is accused of giving a woman he met three pills that knocked her out before sexually assaulting her at his home in 2004 Bill Cosby will be re-tried in November on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago, after a Pennsylvania jury deadlocked on the question after deliberating for six days. Cosby, who turns 80 in July, was ordered Thursday to be ready for trial on 6 November. He is accused of giving a woman he met three pills that knocked her out before sexually assaulting her at his home near Philadelphia. Cosby did not testify at the trial but in a deposition in the woman's civil suit called the encounter consensual. Continue reading... |
| Activists challenge 'unsafe' US-Canada pact that prompts refugees to flee by foot Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:23 PM PDT Refugee advocates aim to strike down Safe Third Country Agreement, which they say encourages migrants to take long, risky routes to enter Canada Refugee advocates are taking legal action in the hope of striking down a longstanding pact between Canada and the US that has prompted thousands of asylum seekers to brave freezing temperatures, fields of waist-deep snow and icy rivers to cross into Canada by foot. Related: US immigrants make sub-zero trek for slim chance at asylum in Canada Continue reading... |
| US government ethics chief resigns, with parting shot at Trump Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:15 AM PDT Walter Shaub, head of the independent Office of Government Ethics, pens resignation letter with reminder: 'Public service is a public trust' The top ethics watchdog in the federal government announced his resignation on Thursday, taking a parting shot at Donald Trump as he did so. Walter Shaub, head of the independent Office of Government Ethics (OGE), said in his resignation letter to Trump that he would step down in mid-July, six months before the end of his term, in order to take a job at the Campaign Legal Center, a not-for-profit good-government group. Continue reading... |
| Exceptionally rare 'pale tiger' photographed in the wild Posted: 06 Jul 2017 06:44 AM PDT Animal spotted by photographer in jungles of southern India may be the fairest known tiger living outside captivity A rare "pale tiger", whose fur conservationists say could be the fairest of any in the wild, has been photographed in southern India. "It is the palest tiger I have ever seen on the record or heard about in literature," said Belinda Wright, the founder of the Wildlife Protection Society of India. Continue reading... |
| Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal Posted: 06 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT Discovery has major implications for hunt for alien life on the red planet as it means any evidence is likely to be buried deep underground The chances of anything coming from Mars have taken a downward turn with the finding that the surface of the red planet contains a "toxic cocktail" of chemicals that can wipe out living organisms. Experiments with compounds found in the Martian soil show that they are turned into potent bactericides by the ultraviolet light that bathes the planet, effectively sterilising the upper layers of the dusty landscape. Continue reading... |
| Professional distance runner outpaces two bears while training in Maine woods Posted: 06 Jul 2017 01:41 PM PDT
A professional runner from Kenya says he had to outrun two charging bears while training in the woods of Maine. Moninda Marube went for a run early Wednesday on a nature trail near his home in Auburn. The Lewiston Sun Journal reported he ran into two black bears just after passing a vacant house near Auburn Lake. Continue reading... |
| Spanish police find mummified body of woman missing for years Posted: 06 Jul 2017 12:31 PM PDT
The mummified body of a woman in her 50s has been found in her apartment in a town in northern Spain where her neighbours had not seen her for at least four years. Officers found the "mummified body of a woman inside the apartment she rented in Culleredo", a town of around 30,000 in the north-western region of Galicia, a spokesman for Spain's Guardia Civil police force said on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| G20 summit: Trump and Putin to meet as world leaders gather in Hamburg - live coverage Posted: 07 Jul 2017 01:42 AM PDT Follow the latest developments from Hamburg at the 12th meeting of the leaders of the world's major economies Trump to meet Putin after accusing Russia of testing west's will
Philip Oltermann has been out and about surveying the remains of last night's violent anti-globalisation and anti-capitalism protests in Hamburg: Some of the more aggressive protesters moved into the wealthier districts of Hamburg after the march ended around midnight. Windows of banks on a shopping street in the Othmarschen district were either smashed up or sprayed with "No G20" slogans this morning. On the Elbchaussee, a picturesque road along the river dotted with villas, there were at least nine burnt-out cars and charred remains of melted plastic on the tarmac. Ariane Striemeier-Gellsen, the owner of a burnt-out Saab, said she had just got her children to get ready for school when around 30 masked protesters starting throwing bottles and Molotov cocktails on the street outside, at shortly before 8 am. "The car's insured, but it has a nostalgic value", she said. "If it had survived another year it would have been vintage". She said it had taken fire services 45 minutes to arrive on the scene.
Reports that Donald Trump has had trouble finding a hotel room in Hamburg because his team waited too long to book seem to be without foundation. In a report picked up by several international media, the local Hamburger Abendblatt said the US government wanted to book Trump into the Four Seasons hotel but it – and every other luxury hotel in Hamburg – was full. Speculation about this "has been rife for months, with varying rumours as to why he hadn't apparently found hotel accommodation in Hamburg - everything from security concerns to the hotel chains turning him down. There was even speculation he'd stay at the Adlon in Berlin, where Xi Jingping has been put up this week, because it was easier to safeguard him there, but that also appeared to be a flimsy rumour. Continue reading... |
| Markets on edge ahead of US jobs report and UK trade data – business live Posted: 07 Jul 2017 01:42 AM PDT All the day's economic and financial news, as share and bonds weaken ahead of the latest American employment figures
Newsflash! Britain's industrial production fell by 0.1% in May. That's a weaker performance that expected, and reinforces fears that the UK economy is faltering. In May 2017, total production was estimated to have decreased by 0.1% compared with April 2017, due to falls of 0.2% in manufacturing and 0.8% in energy supply; transport equipment provided the largest contribution to the manufacturing decrease, followed by food products, beverages and tobacco.
Here's Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist, on the 1% drop in house prices last month. "House prices have flattened over the past three months. Overall, prices in the three months to June were marginally lower than in the preceding three months. The annual rate of growth has fallen, to 2.6%; the lowest rate since May 2013. "Although employment levels continue to rise, household finances face increasing pressure as consumer prices grow faster than wages. This, combined the new stamp duty on buy to let and second homes in 2016, appears to have weakened housing demand in recent months. Continue reading... |
| Three men gored at San Fermín bull run in Pamplona Posted: 07 Jul 2017 01:41 AM PDT Two Americans and a Spaniard treated in hospital, with one undergoing surgery for serious head and leg wounds Two Americans and a Spaniard have been gored during the first running of the bulls of this year's San Fermín festival, medical officials in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona said. Related: Pamplona in the spotlight: violence mars the home of the bull run Continue reading... |
| Charlie Gard: fresh hope as US hospital offers to send experimental drug to UK Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:37 PM PDT New York hospital offers to treat critically ill 11-month-old boy with drug pending regulatory approval A US hospital has offered to ship an experimental drug to the UK to help treat critically ill Charlie Gard. New York Presbyterian hospital and Columbia University Irving medical center also offered to admit the 11-month-old if legal hurdles could be cleared. Continue reading... |
| Divided Luanda: life inside a city fuelled by inequality – in pictures Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:30 PM PDT Since 2002 Angola has enjoyed massive economic growth thanks to its oil. But in the capital, the stark divide between rich and poor is clear in the lines between gleaming new towers and derelict informal settlements Continue reading... |
| Qatar crisis: four Arab states vow fresh economic and political sanctions Posted: 06 Jul 2017 06:38 PM PDT Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain says initial list of 13 demands would be replaced with fresh measures The four Arab states leading the boycott against Qatar said late on Thursday that Doha's refusal of their demands was proof of its links to terrorist groups and that they would enact new measures against it. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain released a joint statement carried by their state media saying their initial list of 13 demands was now void and pledging new political, economic and legal steps against Qatar. Continue reading... |
| Trump's Hollywood star: fans polish it while haters take the piss Posted: 07 Jul 2017 01:00 AM PDT The Hollywood Walk of Fame has become a zero-sum battleground as Trump supporters clean up dirt, graffiti, beer and urine left behind by angry citizens Steve Gonzales cast a wary eye around the boulevard as he got down on his hands and knees to scrub Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "The last time I did this a guy dressed up as Darth Vader spat on me," he said, dabbing water and soap on the star. "I've seen people pee on it. Pour beer on it. It's disgusting. It's a health hazard." Continue reading... |
| Colombia's peace deal means Farc fighters can finally have babies – video Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT Since the Farc signed an accord with the government in December 2016, women and couples in the guerrilla army are now free to become parents. Female members, who make up about a third of the fighters, had been banned from conceiving since the conflict began in 1964. Many women had illegal abortions, were obliged to use birth control or were forced to send their babies to relatives while fighting continued Continue reading... |
| Perth man who shoved pie in Qantas boss Alan Joyce's face pleads guilty Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:57 PM PDT Tony Overheu planned the attack in May as a political statement against the chief executive's support for same-sex marriage, a court is told The Perth man who shoved a lemon meringue pie into the face of the Qantas boss, Alan Joyce, while he delivered a speech has pleaded guilty to four charges, including assault. Tony Overheu, 67, planned the 9 May attack on Joyce in front of 500 people in advance as a political statement to protest against "high-ranking" people speaking out on social issues, such as the Qantas chief executive's support for same-sex marriage, the Perth magistrates court heard. Continue reading... |
| Philippines police push for Muslim ID cards as counter-terrorism measure Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:41 PM PDT Authorities in Central Luzon call for policy after Muslims blamed for failing to prevent Islamist conflict in the south Police from a region in the majority-Christian Philippines are considering issuing mandatory identification cards to thousands of Muslims living there – a proposal Human Rights Watch condemned as "collective punishment". Authorities in Central Luzon, a region north of the capital, were quoted in local media as saying the policy was a counter-terrorism measure after Islamist militants took over a city hundreds of kilometres to the south on the island of Mindanao. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Trump and Putin enter arena in Hamburg Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:33 PM PDT First encounter between presidents as G20 begins amid protests … moment of truth for the Lions … and employers call for Britain to stay in common market Good morning, it's Warren Murray with the stories to start the day. Continue reading... |
| Hymns and hope as Lions fans await the greatest All Black test Posted: 06 Jul 2017 09:17 PM PDT Around 25,000 British and Irish fans have arrived in Auckland, staying in campervans and hotels, amid huge hype of an extraordinary rugby showdown Over the past six weeks, members of the Lions four nations choir have sung in blustery southerlies, skin-blistering sun, and over the sneezes and coughs of New Zealand kids in the middle of winter. Thursday night, though, was their greatest challenge – being buffeted by horizontal rain as members of their rugby squad marched by in handsome maroon blazers, flanked by wives and girlfriends in dresses and heels. Continue reading... |
| Australia must protect high-speed rail corridor on east coast, government told Posted: 06 Jul 2017 07:15 PM PDT Urban sprawl threatens 'critical' link, and protection and early acquisition could save $10.8bn, says Infrastructure Australia Australia must protect a high-speed rail corridor along the east coast before it is usurped by urban sprawl, the country's infrastructure adviser warns. Demanding action to protect vital corridors including the introduction of a national framework, Infrastructure Australia has described the rail pathway as the most urgent priority. Continue reading... |
| 'Going global': China exports soft power with first large-scale university in Malaysia Posted: 06 Jul 2017 05:29 PM PDT Beijing's push for overseas influence extends to the education sector, with the opening of Xiamen University outside Kuala Lumpur Near the classrooms at the original Xiamen University in China, there is a pleasant hill and lake. So, when the government-owned institution set out to build the first ever large-scale international branch of a Chinese university, an hour outside of Kuala Lumpur, they found a hill and built a lake. "We would like to keep some aspects of our parent university, because it is part of the tradition and culture," said Wang Ruifang, president of Xiamen University Malaysia. "We would like to give our students space to think." Continue reading... |
| Malcolm Turnbull clarifies sanctions threat against China over North Korea Posted: 06 Jul 2017 04:45 PM PDT PM says Australia backs penalties imposed by the UN and already supports sanctions on individual companies dealing with Pyongyang Malcolm Turnbull has clarified Barnaby Joyce's suggestion that Australia would have sympathy for imposing trade sanctions on China over its relations with North Korea, reiterating that longstanding sanctions are imposed under the United Nations. Speaking in Hamburg before the G20 summit, the prime minister said Australia already supported sanctions on individual companies dealing with North Korea over its continued nuclear weapons program. Continue reading... |
| Riot police clash with G20 demonstrators in Hamburg – video Posted: 06 Jul 2017 01:02 PM PDT German police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse anti-G20 demonstrators gathered in Hamburg on Thursday to protest against the G20 summit. Police said a group of black-clad demonstrators threw bottles and other objects at riot police causing the intervention G20: police and demonstrators clash at protest in Hamburg Continue reading... |
| G20 protests: police fire water cannon into anti-capitalist rally Posted: 06 Jul 2017 12:40 PM PDT Officers and protesters hurt after clashes at 12,000-strong 'Welcome to Hell' march in Hamburg World leaders gather in Hamburg for G20 summit - live German police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse anti-capitalist protesters after clashes with police broke out in Hamburg just as world leaders – including Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – started to arrive in Germany's second city for the G20 summit. Related: G20 summit: Trump and Putin to meet as world leaders gather in Hamburg - live coverage Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Trump and Putin: mind games and the risk of a misstep | Editorial Posted: 06 Jul 2017 12:02 PM PDT The US and Russian presidents are expected to hold their first meeting as leaders on Friday. Vladimir Putin is a master of detail and adept in manoeuvres. Donald Trump had better read his briefing notes Donald Trump is expected to hold his first meeting as US president with Vladimir Putin on Friday, at the G20 summit in Hamburg. On Thursday, visiting Poland, he expressed support for Nato's collective security guarantees and urged Russia to "cease its destabilising activities in Ukraine and elsewhere". Last month the US broadened sanctions against Russian companies and individuals. This will, to a degree, have reassured allies. But the message has come late, and will not dispel Mr Putin's hopes of capitalising on the growing gap between Mr Trump and the Europeans. The Russian president is an adept practitioner of mind games. He was schooled in them as a KGB counter-intelligence officer. With the international liberal order shaken by Mr Trump's ascendance, never has so much uncertainty hung over a high-level US-Russia encounter in the post-Soviet era. This reflects Mr Trump's unpredictability as much as Mr Putin's tactics: on the eve of the meeting, even Mr Trump's aides seemed to be in the dark as to what he would do or say. Continue reading... |
| Truths revealed by the case of Bijan Ebrahimi | Letters Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:38 AM PDT Jane Ghosh on the racism and deep divisions in her home city of Bristol, and Diana Neslen on the need for better funding for equality organisations The sad case of Bijan Ebrahimi ('Racism killed our brother. We will not be fobbed off', 6 July) illustrates two unpalatable facts about my city. First, that there is a definite hardcore of racism within the institutions of Bristol. Both the police and council officials treated him as a nuisance and preferred to believe the accounts of his thuggish neighbours. Second, that Bristol is not the so-cool vibrant place portrayed by the media (largely fuelled by students and ex-students living in and around Clifton). In fact, as the mayor has acknowledged in the past, it is a deeply divided city with areas of super-rich, others of multi-ethnic communities, and a huge swathe of deprived white working-class ex-council estates. It was to one of these that poor Mr Ebrahimi was sent to live. Why? As long as Bristol refuses to look at itself honestly, these things could happen again. • The torment suffered by Bijan Ebrahimi leaves a terrible wound on our body politic. A disabled lone refugee with a strong sense of dignity and trust in the authorities was manifestly let down by the very services that should have protected him. Continue reading... |
| 'A sign to the Trumps, Erdoğans and Putins': Hamburg residents on the G20 protests Posted: 06 Jul 2017 07:33 AM PDT Thousands are preparing to protest against world leaders at the G20 summit. We asked people why they are taking part Thousands of demonstrators, including anarchist groups and extremist elements, are expected to descend on Hamburg to voice their grievances against world leaders at the two-day G20 summit this week. But residents of Germany's second most populous city say they are using this unique opportunity to peacefully protest, and that the threat of violence and increased police presence is not a deterrent. "Protest is being demonised," says George Letts, a 52-year-old communications consultant from Hamburg. "It is very disturbing to know that some of the worst and most antidemocratic politicians will be coming to my city." Letts plans to take part in the protest on Saturday, where 100,000 people are expected to join in the "G20 not welcome" march, which promises to be peaceful. Continue reading... |
| Activist who accused Bahrain security forces of sexual assault is rearrested Posted: 06 Jul 2017 06:54 AM PDT Fears grow for Ebtisam al-Saegh, who was detained in raid following tweet criticising kingdom's ruler and security forces Bahrain has rearrested a prominent human rights advocate who has accused the country's security services of torturing and sexually assaulting her during her previous arrest in May. Ebtisam al-Saegh, who works for Salam for Human Rights and Democracy, was detained during a night-time raid on Monday by about 25 security officers after she tweeted criticism of the country's ruler and security forces, according to Amnesty International. Continue reading... |
| Qatar Airways gets out from under US laptop ban on Middle East carriers Posted: 06 Jul 2017 06:51 AM PDT Airline does not outline what its new procedures are that satisfied US homeland security authorities, amid diplomatic dispute with bordering countries Qatar Airways joined two other major long-haul Gulf carriers on Thursday in getting off a US ban on laptops and large electronics in airplane cabins, despite facing logistical challenges amid a diplomatic dispute with several Arab nations. Related: Laptop ban on planes came after plot to put explosives in iPad Continue reading... |
| Syrians return to live in ravaged Aleppo – in pictures Posted: 06 Jul 2017 06:01 AM PDT Six months after the end of the siege of east Aleppo many people are returning to districts that were partially or totally destroyed by fighting, according to the UN. The regional director of the UN's refugee agency says more than 200,000 people have registered and are now living in the formerly rebel-controlled east of the city Continue reading... |
| US-based Asia Society accused of kowtowing to China over Hong Kong activist Posted: 06 Jul 2017 04:20 AM PDT Congressman says New York charity 'has some explaining to do' after refusal to host event featuring democracy campaigner Joshua Wong A US congressman has accused the prominent New York-based charitable institute the Asia Society of kowtowing to China after it refused to host an event featuring the Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong. Wong had been due to appear last week at the launch of a book published by the local chapter of writers group PEN to mark 20 years since the UK handed Hong Kong back to China. Continue reading... |
| Clerical abuse survivors step up call for accountability Posted: 06 Jul 2017 04:17 AM PDT Demand comes after report accused senior Church of England figures of colluding to hide child sexual abuse Survivors of clerical sexual abuse in the Church of England are stepping up their campaign for accountability after a damning independent review last month which said senior Anglican figures had colluded to downplay criminal offences. Survivors have called for a body without links to the church to take over its safeguarding process, prompting an offer from Lambeth Palace to meet survivors to discuss their proposals. Continue reading... |
| Britain First supporter calls for Merkel to be shot for refugee policy Posted: 06 Jul 2017 04:07 AM PDT Footage of Marian Lukasik's comments at far-right group's rally in Birmingham has been viewed thousands of times A prominent Britain First supporter has advocated gunning down Angela Merkel because of Germany's policy of allowing Muslim refugees to settle in Europe. Marian Lukasik, a far-right activist, said the German chancellor should be shot "to pieces" after allowing Syrian and Iraqi people to enter Germany. Continue reading... |
| How have Pride events changed over the years? Posted: 06 Jul 2017 03:22 AM PDT Activist Peter Tatchell is calling for Pride in London to lose some of the rules and bureaucracy that have lessened its impact. What do you think? On Saturday tens of thousands will take to the streets for the Pride in London parade, marching, watching from the sidelines and generally revelling in celebration and solidarity. Related: I've marched in every Pride London since 1972. Today, it needs liberating | Peter Tatchell Continue reading... |
| Garry Kasparov returns to chess for US tournament Posted: 06 Jul 2017 03:15 AM PDT Former world champion to come out of 15-year retirement to compete against nine top players in Missouri Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov is coming out of retirement to play in a US tournament next month, organisers have said. Kasparov, who dominated chess for more than 15 years, will compete against nine top players in St Louis, Missouri. Continue reading... |
| G20 summit could mark end of the US as global leader, but what's next? Posted: 06 Jul 2017 02:43 AM PDT Unstable quartet of Trump, Putin, Xi and Merkel faces task of tackling crises that couldn't have come at worst time Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economic powers are about to gather in Hamburg for a two-day summit as they ponder whether they should still look to the US for global leadership. The summit, ostensibly about financial stability, could mark the moment of the US's formal abdication as the world's pre-eminent power. The task of leadership will be seen to be passed not to a single successor – a reluctant China is not ready – but to a new unstable quartet of Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Angela Merkel. |
| Men deny us equality, not the Qur'an: a female Islamic judge in India speaks out Posted: 06 Jul 2017 04:59 AM PDT One of the country's first group of women trained as kazis, Jahanara, is using her religious knowledge to help Muslims fight back against male domination "Do you want to take her back alive? Or do you want her corpse?" That's what Jahanara's husband asked her mother as he beat his wife 10 years ago. That night, Jahanara gave up on her brutal marriage and left her home and four children. Since then, her husband has refused to let her see the children, though they live in the same city, Jaipur. He has paid no alimony. He has refused to give her the 15 grammes of gold promised as part of the mandatory payment that Muslim men must make to their wives if the marriage ends. Her share in the marital home has also been denied her. Continue reading... |
| Trump's Warsaw speech pits western world against barbarians at the gates Posted: 06 Jul 2017 10:25 AM PDT Analysis: The president pledged support for Nato and issued a warning to Russia – then echoed Steve Bannon in warning of government's 'steady creep' Donald Trump used the word "civilisation" 10 times in his first speech in central Europe. The man who brought us "America first" has expanded his vision, to a clash of civilisations. Related: Trump says west is at risk, during nationalistic speech in Poland Continue reading... |
| Trump handshake ignored by Poland's first lady – video Posted: 06 Jul 2017 11:20 PM PDT President Donald Trump suffers what looks like another handshake gaffe in Warsaw, when Poland's first lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, opts to greet Melania first. Trump narrows his eyes after the brush-off. Trump delivered a speech in the city, saying that western civilisation was at risk. Continue reading... |
| Trump: 'Russia and others may have interfered in US elections' – video Posted: 06 Jul 2017 05:16 AM PDT The US president, Donald Trump, says he believes Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, but he also thinks 'other countries' may have done the same. Speaking in Warsaw on Thursday, Trump does not elaborate on which other countries and repeats his claims that Barack Obama knew what Russia was doing Continue reading... |
| Trump: there will be consequences for North Korea’s ‘very, very bad behaviour’ – video Posted: 06 Jul 2017 03:12 AM PDT The US president, Donald Trump, says the world must confront the threat from North Korea, and it is behaving in a 'very, very dangerous manner'. Speaking in Warsaw on Thursday, Trump said Washington was thinking about 'severe things' in response to North Korea's test-launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile Continue reading... |
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