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- US and South Korea to stage huge military exercise despite North Korea crisis
- Syria: US-led coalition accused of failing to avoid civilian deaths
- Number of migrants arriving in Italy from Libya falls by half in July
- At least 55 people feared drowned off Yemen after being forced from boat
- Iraq sends workers home as 'ungodly' heat grips Middle East
- 'No cooking in the kitchen': disbelief at Amsterdam rental flat rules
- Tourism industry funds research trip to most damaged part of Great Barrier Reef
- South African held hostage by al-Qaida in Mali tells of his ordeal
- Nepal outlaws custom of exiling women during their periods
- Kenya election monitors urge losing candidates to accept poll results
- Canadian pastor freed by North Korea 'has been flown to Japan'
- Contaminated eggs scare grows as UK supermarkets pull products
- Sunderland house hit by gas explosion
- Two cabinet ministers 'interested in new anti-Brexit party idea'
- The student sex 'scandal' that laid bare Egypt’s population problem | Ruth Michaelson
- Trump on North Korea: maybe 'fire and fury' wasn't tough enough threat
- UK criticised over sales of military equipment to Venezuela
- Victorian MP Khalil Eideh accused of hiding visits to Syria prior to US entry attempt
- Life at 'the tip of the spear': defiant Guam refuses to cower to Kim
- Friday briefing: Trump ‘maybe wasn’t tough enough’ on Kim
- Cassie Sainsbury hopeful she will be cleared on drug mule charges, her lawyer says
- 'Sonic attack': Canadian diplomat in Cuba also suffered hearing damage
- South China Sea: Chinese military tells US ship 10 times to turn around
- Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of refugees in Calais revealed
- Freed al-Qaida hostage speaks out after his release – video
- The ANC needs to develop a proper political philosophy | Letters
- Bridge International Academies are neither ineffective nor unsustainable | Letters
- Trump says his North Korea comments 'may not be tough enough' – video
- Migrant boat lands on Spanish beach – video
| US and South Korea to stage huge military exercise despite North Korea crisis Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:37 AM PDT Tens of thousands of troops to take part in joint drill this month, while war of words between Kim and Trump remains dangerously unpredictable US and South Korean militaries will go ahead with massive sea, land and air exercises later this month, despite a spiralling situation in which North Korea has threatened to fire missiles towards a US Pacific territory. The annual joint exercises, named Ulchi-Freedom Guardian, have long been planned for 21-31 August, but now come at a time when both Washington and Pyongyang are on heightened alert, raising the spectre of a mishap or overreaction. Continue reading... |
| Syria: US-led coalition accused of failing to avoid civilian deaths Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:40 AM PDT Hundreds of Raqqa residents reportedly killed by airstrikes on Isis stronghold amid changes in targeting policy under Trump Concerns are mounting over the civilian cost of the US-led coalition's campaign to reclaim Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa, with reports of airstrikes killing and wounding hundreds of Syrians. The coalition's targeting policy was reportedly loosened under President Trump, including delegating battlefield decisions to field commanders. |
| Number of migrants arriving in Italy from Libya falls by half in July Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT More forceful action by Libyan navy and EU-funded boats credited with reducing migration to Italy to 11,500 last month The Italian government has hailed a fall of more than 50% in the number of migrants from Libya reaching its coastline in July as a potential turning point made possible by tougher actions against smugglers operating in the Mediterranean. Related: Italy impounds NGO rescue ship and sends navy patrol boat to Libya Continue reading... |
| At least 55 people feared drowned off Yemen after being forced from boat Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:41 AM PDT Scores missing after smuggler pushes migrants into sea in second such incident in two days, UN agency says At least 55 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of Yemen after being forced from a migrant boat by smugglers in the second such incident in two days, the UN migration agency has said. Five bodies were recovered during an International Organisation for Migration (IOM) beach patrol in Shabwa province, and about 50 more people were missing. Continue reading... |
| Iraq sends workers home as 'ungodly' heat grips Middle East Posted: 10 Aug 2017 08:47 AM PDT Power networks struggle in Baghdad and building work halted in Riyadh, while high humidity affects coastal cities While Europe does battle with a heatwave named Lucifer, the Middle East is enduring a summer so brutal that even those accustomed to Baghdad's searing August are labelling it "ungodly". As temperatures rose towards 51C on Thursday, Iraq's government declared a mandatory holiday, allowing civic servants to shelter at home. Continue reading... |
| 'No cooking in the kitchen': disbelief at Amsterdam rental flat rules Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:48 AM PDT Critics say ad for tiny €1,100 a month apartment highlights city's problem of sky-high prices for undeserving abodes Responses in Amsterdam, where property prices have been rocketing due to a crippling housing shortage, have ranged from astonished indignation to wry resignation. An estate agent has been caught offering for rent a 35 sq metre apartment, boasting its own "private kitchen", for €1,100 (£995) a month (or €1,000 not including bills). Continue reading... |
| Tourism industry funds research trip to most damaged part of Great Barrier Reef Posted: 10 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT Exclusive: Unprecedented scientific expedition funded by private tourism company is designed to unlock secrets of surviving coral A scientific research expedition funded by the tourism industry will undertake the first significant underwater study of remote northern sections of the Great Barrier Reef, which were severely damaged by recent coral bleaching. Nonprofit organisation Great Barrier Reef Legacy will launch a 21-day research trip on a 32-metre charter boat, offering at least 10 free spaces to scientists, including Charlie Veron, known as "the godfather of coral". Continue reading... |
| South African held hostage by al-Qaida in Mali tells of his ordeal Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:11 AM PDT Stephen McGown, who was longest held of the Timbuktu Three, reveals he converted to Islam during his six years in captivity A South African man who was held hostage by al-Qaida in Mali for almost six years said he converted to Islam to help cope with the ordeal. Stephen McGown, who also holds British citizenship, was set free at the end of July after being kidnapped in 2011 at a hostel in Timbuktu, where he had been staying while travelling across the Sahara on a motorbike. Continue reading... |
| Nepal outlaws custom of exiling women during their periods Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:22 AM PDT Campaigners welcome introduction of jail sentences and fines for isolating women during menstruation but warn education is needed to end stigma Nepal has passed a law criminalising the practice of banishing women to huts during their periods. The ancient Hindu tradition of Chhaupadi, whereby women are confined to animal sheds during menstruation to keep "impurity" out of the home, was banned by the supreme court in 2005. Continue reading... |
| Kenya election monitors urge losing candidates to accept poll results Posted: 10 Aug 2017 10:41 AM PDT Provisional results show incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta ahead, but opposition accuses officials of hiding Odinga victory International election observers have called on politicians defeated in Kenya's fiercely contested polls to concede gracefully without taking their struggle to the streets. The statements by delegations from the EU, the African Union and the US came as opposition groups accused electoral officials of hiding the true results of Tuesday's elections, which they said showed their leader, Raila Odinga, had won by 300,000 votes. Continue reading... |
| Canadian pastor freed by North Korea 'has been flown to Japan' Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:52 AM PDT News agency reports Hyeon Soo Lim arrived on rare flight from Pyongyang after his release from captivity on 'sick bail' Hyeon Soo Lim, the Canadian pastor freed by North Korea this week, is believed to have arrived in Japan on a rare flight from Pyongyang international airport. The flight was scheduled to leave the North Korean capital at 9.25am local time (0155 GMT) and was bound for the US air force base in Yokota, near Tokyo, according to NK News. Continue reading... |
| Contaminated eggs scare grows as UK supermarkets pull products Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:20 AM PDT Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Asda withdraw items as FSA says 700,000 contaminated eggs have reached Britain Four supermarkets have withdrawn products from their shelves as it emerged that 700,000 eggs from Dutch farms implicated in a contamination scare had been distributed to Britain. The Food Standards Agency said the number of contaminated eggs estimated to have reached the UK was far higher than the 21,000 first supposed, and that egg salads from Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda, sandwiches from Morrisons, and sandwich fillers from Waitrose had been withdrawn. Continue reading... |
| Sunderland house hit by gas explosion Posted: 11 Aug 2017 01:44 AM PDT Emergency services at scene after house extensively damaged by blast Emergency services have been called to a gas explosion at a house in Sunderland. Northumbria police gave few details other than to say the explosion happened at a private address in Rosslyn Avenue on Friday morning. Continue reading... |
| Two cabinet ministers 'interested in new anti-Brexit party idea' Posted: 11 Aug 2017 01:04 AM PDT James Chapman, ex-David Davis aide, says ministers contacted him after his tweets proposing centrist 'Democrats' party A former aide to David Davis and George Osborne claims two serving cabinet ministers have expressed interest in his idea of forming a centrist party aimed at blocking Brexit. James Chapman stepped up his online campaign for a proposed "Democrats" party he has been mounting while on holiday in Greece, saying Brexit signalled the demise of the Conservatives. Continue reading... |
| The student sex 'scandal' that laid bare Egypt’s population problem | Ruth Michaelson Posted: 10 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT The furore caused by a student project on sex education highlights the attitudes that have hampered Egypt as it attempts to deal with overpopulation When a group of Egyptian university students submitted a magazine on sex education for their final-year assignment, they hardly imagined they would fail their course and spark a media backlash. Yet that is exactly what happened when the project, submitted to the media and mass communications department at Cairo's al-Azhar University, was rejected as unsuitable. Articles about the "scandal" appeared in the local media, and the students feared expulsion. Continue reading... |
| Trump on North Korea: maybe 'fire and fury' wasn't tough enough threat Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:23 AM PDT President warns country to 'get their act together', as adviser Sebastian Gorka rejects Rex Tillerson's attempt at reassurance Donald Trump has issued another provocative warning to North Korea, suggesting that his threat to unleash "fire and fury" on the country was not "tough enough". The US president told reporters that North Korea "better get their act together or they're going to be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world". Continue reading... |
| UK criticised over sales of military equipment to Venezuela Posted: 10 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Theresa May urged to suspend controlled export licences to Venezuelan government while violent clashes continue Britain has sold military equipment worth millions of pounds to Venezuela in the last decade, it has emerged, prompting calls for Theresa May to suspend controlled export licences while the country in is the grip of violent clashes between police and protesters. Government figures show military equipment was approved for sale from UK-based companies to Venezuela's armed forces as recently as September last year, despite the Foreign Office listing the country as "of concern" regarding human rights. Continue reading... |
| Victorian MP Khalil Eideh accused of hiding visits to Syria prior to US entry attempt Posted: 11 Aug 2017 12:09 AM PDT Eideh told reporters Trump's travel ban blocked him from entering US in July but News Corp reports he made family trips to Syria in April and July A Victorian state MP who was denied entry to the United States on an official visit last month has declined to comment on reports he misrepresented the number of times he had visited Syria in the past six months. Labor MP Khalil Eideh, who is the deputy president of the legislative council, was barred from travelling with a group of other Victorian MPs on an official trip to look at drug laws when he was barred from boarding a flight from Vancouver to Denver on 28 July. Continue reading... |
| Life at 'the tip of the spear': defiant Guam refuses to cower to Kim Posted: 10 Aug 2017 10:58 PM PDT Idyllic Pacific island relies on tourism and the US military to sustain it. When it comes to North Korea, islanders hope that peace wins over war White sand beaches, crystal clear water, sunny blue skies and palm trees. All the hallmarks of an island getaway perfect for ignoring the problems of the world – unless that island is Guam. This far-flung sliver of coral and greenery, which sits 9,700km from the US mainland, is in the crosshairs of North Korea. It has been singled out by Kim Jong-un for a quartet of ballistic missiles in a highly detailed battle plan meant to send a warning to his bombastic American equivalent, Donald Trump. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Trump ‘maybe wasn’t tough enough’ on Kim Posted: 10 Aug 2017 10:26 PM PDT North Korea 'had better get their act together' … tower blocks evacuated over fear of gas blast and collapse … and digesting clean eating's cult status Good morning – Warren Murray here, capping off a week of tirades and tensions with your Friday headlines. Continue reading... |
| Cassie Sainsbury hopeful she will be cleared on drug mule charges, her lawyer says Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:39 PM PDT After plea deal was rejected by judge, lawyer Orlando Herrán says the Australian woman's claim she acted under threat frees her from any guilt The Colombian lawyer for Australian drug mule Cassie Sainsbury is hopeful she may be declared not guilty after a judge rejected a plea deal that would have seen her serve six years in jail. Judge Sergio Leon rejected the deal at a hearing Wednesday after Sainsbury told the court in July that she had been coerced into trying to smuggle nearly six kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia. Continue reading... |
| 'Sonic attack': Canadian diplomat in Cuba also suffered hearing damage Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:33 PM PDT One or more Canadians affected after suspected use of sound weapon against US personnel in Havana led to expulsion of Cuban diplomats from Washington At least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba has been treated for hearing loss following disclosures that a group of American diplomats in Havana suffered severe hearing loss that US officials believe was caused by an advanced sonic device. Brianne Maxwell, Canadian government spokeswoman for global affairs, said officials "are aware of unusual symptoms affecting Canadian and US diplomatic personnel and their families in Havana. The government is actively working – including with US and Cuban authorities – to ascertain the cause." Continue reading... |
| South China Sea: Chinese military tells US ship 10 times to turn around Posted: 10 Aug 2017 05:18 PM PDT Beijing 'displeased' after USS McCain sails close to the disputed Spratly Islands in a 'freedom of navigation' operation A US warship has sailed close to an artificial island created by China in the South China Sea as part of a "freedom of navigation" operation. The USS John S McCain destroyer sailed within six nautical miles of Mischief Reef, part of the disputed Spratly Islands south of the Paracel Islands. Continue reading... |
| Teargas, cold, no toilets: plight of refugees in Calais revealed Posted: 10 Aug 2017 11:38 AM PDT As woods in northern France once again house hundreds of people, many report police aggression and sparse supplies The woods around Calais and Dunkirk have once again become home to more than 1,000 refugees and migrants living in dire conditions without access to toilets, running water, showers or shelter. Police regularly confiscate sleeping bags, bedding and possessions, and refugees complain that CS spray is often used during early morning raids on people sleeping. Reports of police harassment of refugees have risen as officials from both towns attempt, without success, to stop refugees from settling in the area. Continue reading... |
| Freed al-Qaida hostage speaks out after his release – video Posted: 10 Aug 2017 11:24 AM PDT Stephen McGown, a South African man with British citizenship who was held hostage by al-Qaida in Mali for almost six years, says he was kidnapped because he was non-Muslim. McGown was set free at the end of July after being taken in 2011 at a hostel in Timbuktu Continue reading... |
| The ANC needs to develop a proper political philosophy | Letters Posted: 10 Aug 2017 11:09 AM PDT South Africa had its liberation decades ago. Now, like Northern Ireland, it needs a healthier electoral democracy, suggests Michael Meadowcroft There is a much more fundamental problem for the ANC (Zuma survives – but can the ANC have confidence in its future, 9 August) and it is one that bedevils every liberation movement that seeks to transform itself into a political party. By definition a liberation movement draws into its fold every organisation that seeks the overthrow of an authoritarian regime and thus encompasses bodies with a wide range of political philosophies. In South Africa the ANC included the Black Sash women's movement, the armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, trade unions such as Cosatu, the Saso student organisation, plus a number of other groups including the South African Communist party. Having achieved its aim of defeating apartheid, the ANC presented itself at the first free election in 1994 as a political party. Not surprisingly, given its successful image, it won the election with a large majority. It has continued to do so at each successive election, but at the price of increased tensions, breakaways and the fracturing of any coherent ideological basis for a governing programme. It has on occasion examined ways and means of moving to a more philosophical political identity, but every time an election approaches it shies away from narrowing its electoral appeal. Continue reading... |
| Bridge International Academies are neither ineffective nor unsustainable | Letters Posted: 10 Aug 2017 10:17 AM PDT Millions of parents rely on our schools, which offer a quality education to children in impoverished communities, says Sean Geraghty of Bridge International Academies In response to your story about Bridge International Academies (UK urged to stop funding 'ineffective and unsustainable' Bridge schools, 3 August), it is worth noting that those claiming to speak for civil society are largely unions and organisations that campaign against education reform and are avid protectors of the status quo. The authors neither acknowledge this nor refer to external evidence to substantiate their claims, referring only to reports previously funded by these same organisations. Those who seek to close down affordable schools often do not acknowledge – as the Department for International Development does in this article – that millions of parents rely on these schools. Continue reading... |
| Trump says his North Korea comments 'may not be tough enough' – video Posted: 10 Aug 2017 01:38 PM PDT The president on Thursday said his comments that North Korea would be 'met with fire and fury' may not have been tough enough. Speaking at his New Jersey golf club, Trump added that North Korea need to 'get their act together'
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| Migrant boat lands on Spanish beach – video Posted: 10 Aug 2017 05:19 AM PDT Dozens of people run from a rubber dinghy as it arrives on a Spanish beach. The footage was shot on Wednesday afternoon on a beach in Zahara de los Atunes near Cádiz, on the Strait of Gibraltar, 7.7 miles from the coast of north Africa Continue reading... |
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