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- Charlottesville: man charged with murder after car rams counter-protesters at far-right event
- Auschwitz survivor who was world's oldest man dies at 113
- Angela Merkel races ahead in polls with six weeks to go
- Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet
- Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 used by UK to boost weapon sales
- Motorcycle suicide bomber kills 15 people in Pakistan
- Trump's rhetoric on North Korea echoes loudly in void of US diplomacy
- Taylor Swift: judge dismisses DJ’s case against pop singer
- Rescue ship suspends work after 'threats by Libyan coastguard'
- Danny Glover and Bernie Sanders seek France's help after Nissan union vote
- Glorious Twelfth under fresh fire from protesters on moors and streets
- Hammond and Fox: Brexit transition would not be way to remain
- Alleged Islamic State recruiter Neil Prakash receiving consular help from Australia
- Tanzania’s ghost safari: how western aid contributed to the decline of a wildlife haven
- Donald Trump under fire after failing to denounce Virginia white supremacists
- In Brazilian city that needs tourists, favela attack on UK family takes heavy toll
- Jeremy Corbyn tells Trump and Kim to stop the 'war of rhetoric'
- Martin Place tent city 'mayor' says Sydney homeless people back on the street
- Virginia governor tells Nazis 'go home' and calls on Trump to fight hate speech – video
- Crucial test for Benedictine monks’ new leader as order faces sex abuse inquiry
- Learner drivers to be allowed on motorways before test
- Western museums try to forge deal with west Africa to return the Benin bronzes
- Donald Trump condemns violence 'on many sides' in Charlottesville – video
- Car drives into crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia – video
- Far-right rally descends into violence in Charlottesville – video
- Trump hopes North Korea ‘fully understands gravity of situation’ – video
| Charlottesville: man charged with murder after car rams counter-protesters at far-right event Posted: 12 Aug 2017 08:04 PM PDT 20-year-old James Fields of Ohio arrested on Saturday following attack at 'Unite the Right' gathering, and two police officers die in helicopter crash A man has been arrested and charged with murder after a car rammed into a group of people peacefully protesting against a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 19. In a separate incident, two police officers were killed when their helicopter crashed. Continue reading... |
| Auschwitz survivor who was world's oldest man dies at 113 Posted: 12 Aug 2017 10:54 AM PDT Israel Kristal, who was only member of his family to survive war, described as 'very hardworking' by grandson Israel Kristal, the world's oldest man who lived through both world wars and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, has passed away just a month short of his 114th birthday, his family have said. Related: Maximum human lifespan could far exceed 115 years – new research Continue reading... |
| Angela Merkel races ahead in polls with six weeks to go Posted: 12 Aug 2017 02:54 PM PDT Challenge from left's new saviour Martin Schulz fades among voters content with economic success Not long ago, he was seen as a bearer of hope, not just for his own party, Germany's Social Democrats, but for the whole of the embattled European left. He was nicknamed "Sankt Martin", the man who had the potential to topple Angela Merkel from her throne after almost 12 years and bring a wave of fresh ideas that would reinvigorate a political landscape turned staid by her long-term presence. Martin Schulz, 61, was even being looked to closely by Jeremy Corbyn's advisers at a time when the Labour leader was struggling to mobilise support. They marvelled at how he had burst on to Berlin's political stage and was inspiring a new generation of young voters, while encouraging those who had abandoned the party to return in their thousands. Continue reading... |
| Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet Posted: 12 Aug 2017 03:11 PM PDT This is in addition to 47 already known about and eruption would melt more ice in region affected by climate change Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth – two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica. The project, by Edinburgh University researchers, has revealed almost 100 volcanoes – with the highest as tall as the Eiger, which stands at almost 4,000 metres in Switzerland. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 used by UK to boost weapon sales Posted: 12 Aug 2017 02:42 PM PDT Thatcher government saw war on Saddam as an 'unparalleled opportunity' to sell arms, declassified secret memos reveal The British government saw Iraq's invasion of Kuwait as an "unparalleled opportunity" to sell arms to Gulf states, according to recently declassified secret documents. The memos, released by the National Archives, reveal how in the build-up to the 1990 Gulf war ministers and civil servants scrambled to ensure Britain's arms manufacturers could take advantage of the anticipated rise in orders for military hardware. Continue reading... |
| Motorcycle suicide bomber kills 15 people in Pakistan Posted: 12 Aug 2017 12:39 PM PDT Twenty-five people wounded after 25kg bomb detonates in Quetta amid celebrations for forthcoming independence day A suicide bomber on a motorcycle has targeted a military truck with a bomb killing eight soldiers and seven civilians in the south-western city of Quetta, Pakistani officials have said. Kabeer Khan, an explosives expert who examined the site, said after collecting forensic evidence that it was a suicide attack and that the attacker had been carrying 25kg of "incendiary explosives" on a motorcycle that he had rammed into the military truck. Continue reading... |
| Trump's rhetoric on North Korea echoes loudly in void of US diplomacy Posted: 12 Aug 2017 06:37 AM PDT The US president refuses to dial down the war of words with Pyongyang despite his state department being in no fit state to deal with the crisis It took more than seven months for the Trump administration to encounter its first real foreign crisis, and when it came, it was largely self-inflicted. The challenge posed by the North Korean regime's nuclear weapons programme had been festering for more than a decade but it was Donald Trump who turned it into a global emergency with a few words. The president took his own staff unawares when he went off script on Tuesday to vow "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if the Pyongyang regime made further threats against the US. Continue reading... |
| Taylor Swift: judge dismisses DJ’s case against pop singer Posted: 12 Aug 2017 09:31 AM PDT Judge rules David Mueller failed to prove Taylor Swift personally set out to have him fired after 2013 photo opportunity A judge on Friday threw out a Denver radio host's case against Taylor Swift in a trial that delved into their duelling lawsuits over whether he groped her during a backstage meet-and-greet and whether she and her team ruined his career. US District Judge William Martinez determined that the pop star could not be held liable because David Mueller failed to prove that she personally set out to have him fired after the 2013 photo op. His identical allegations against Swift's mother and her radio liaison will go to jurors for a verdict. Continue reading... |
| Rescue ship suspends work after 'threats by Libyan coastguard' Posted: 12 Aug 2017 11:37 AM PDT Doctors Without Borders told by Italian authorities that increasing aggression by Libyan ships poses a security risk Doctors Without Borders has said that it is temporarily suspending the activity of its rescue ship owing to alleged threats from Libya. The Libyan coastguard has increasingly become more aggressive in patrolling the waters off its coasts where human traffickers launch boats crowded with migrants desperate to reach Europe. The humanitarian group said the rescue coordination centre operated by Italy's coastguard had informed it on Friday that the Libyan threats pose a security risk. The group added that Libyan authorities declared their own rescue area, extending into international waters, the same day. Continue reading... |
| Danny Glover and Bernie Sanders seek France's help after Nissan union vote Posted: 12 Aug 2017 07:22 AM PDT After United Auto Workers' defeat in effort to unionize Mississippi plant, actor and senator turn to government with stake in Nissan-allied Renault The actor Danny Glover and Senator Bernie Sanders are preparing to lobby the French government for help in the heated attempt to unionize a Nissan car plant in Mississippi. The United Auto Workers suffered a historic defeat of the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, this month after a long campaign marred by allegations of bribery and intimidation. Continue reading... |
| Glorious Twelfth under fresh fire from protesters on moors and streets Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:05 PM PDT New momentum for anti-hunting lobby as thousands march in London to warn of threat to wildlife The start of Britain's grouse shooting season has been overshadowed by wildlife protection protests, marking the growing confidence of animal rights supporters that they are about to make their biggest breakthrough since the hunting ban in 2004. As the countryside echoed to the sound of gunfire on the Glorious Twelfth, opponents took part in a protest ramble on Ilkley Moor, the site of the only shoot still taking place on public land. In central London, thousands of marchers were told by speakers including the BBC presenter Chris Packham that the days of the West Yorkshire shoot were numbered, with Bradford council under unprecedented pressure not to renew the lease next year. Continue reading... |
| Hammond and Fox: Brexit transition would not be way to remain Posted: 12 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Two ministers say a transition would be time-limited and Brexit means leaving single market and customs union Philip Hammond, the chancellor, and the international trade secretary, Liam Fox, have come together to declare that a post-Brexit transition would not be a "back door" to Britain remaining in the EU. After a summer of cabinet feuding Hammond, who favours a "softer" pro-business Brexit, and Fox, a hardline Brexiter, said that they agreed there should not be "cliff-edge" break when Britain leaves the EU in March 2019. Continue reading... |
| Alleged Islamic State recruiter Neil Prakash receiving consular help from Australia Posted: 12 Aug 2017 08:09 PM PDT Coalition says 'basic' assistance being given due to hopes alleged conspirator will share intelligence on terrorist group Australia is giving consular help to the alleged senior Islamic State recruiter and conspirator Neil Prakash, with hopes he will share intelligence on the terrorist group, a federal minister has said. Australia's most wanted man, who has been held in Turkey on terrorism charges since his arrest last October, has received "basic" assistance from consular officials, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has confirmed. Continue reading... |
| Tanzania’s ghost safari: how western aid contributed to the decline of a wildlife haven Posted: 12 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Lions, elephants and hippos have vanished from Kilombero valley after UK and US-funded projects helped turn a once-thriving habitat into farmland, teak, and sugar plantations The long road from Dar es Salaam brings you through sparsely wooded hills and fields to the narrow northern neck of the Kilombero valley. There's a bend in the road, then the land opens out, suddenly, in front of you. Along the west side lie the steep-faced Udzungwa mountains, one of the last pristine rainforests in Tanzania. The Kilombero river runs through the red soils of the valley, flooding in November or December and subsiding by June. Down the longer eastern flank rise the Mahenge mountains, and beyond them, invisible, unfurls the vast territory of the Selous game reserve, one of the largest remaining chunks of African wilderness. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump under fire after failing to denounce Virginia white supremacists Posted: 13 Aug 2017 12:08 AM PDT President laments 'hatred, bigotry and violence from many sides' but senior Republicans and Democrats demand condemnation of far-right extremists Donald Trump has faced bipartisan criticism after failing to explicitly condemn the role of white supremacists in clashes with counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, that culminated in a car running into a crowd, killing at least one person. The president said he condemned "hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" on Saturday. He then repeated the phrase "on many sides" for emphasis. A White House spokesperson later amplified the president's remarks, telling the Guardian: "The president was condemning hatred, bigotry and violence from all sources and all sides. There was violence between protesters and counter-protesters today." Continue reading... |
| In Brazilian city that needs tourists, favela attack on UK family takes heavy toll Posted: 12 Aug 2017 02:57 PM PDT Residents of Angra dos Reis condemn the link between state corruption, joblessness and rising violence The flowery graffiti on the wall of the narrow lane that leads into this quiet rural community reads "Welcome to Água Santa" and "good vibes". The name means holy water. But when the Dixon family from Bromley, south-east London, turned off the main highway around 4.30pm last Sunday afternoon, it turned into hell. The Dixons – Eloise and Maxwell and their three young daughters – were looking for a rest and a restaurant on the long drive from Rio de Janeiro to Paraty, a colonial tourist town farther down Rio state's "Green Coast". They were nine miles from the port of Angra dos Reis, and had no idea that armed men were manning a drug sales point on the stone steps that climb steeply up a narrow alley that faces the graffiti. Continue reading... |
| Jeremy Corbyn tells Trump and Kim to stop the 'war of rhetoric' Posted: 13 Aug 2017 12:41 AM PDT Labour leader also urges Theresa May to keep British armed forces out of any military action over North Korea crisis Jeremy Corbyn has called on the US president, Donald Trump, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to "wind down the war of rhetoric". The world leaders have been engaged in a war of words, with Trump threatening to rain "fire and fury" on the communist state after Pyongyang said it was "carefully examining" a plan to hit Guam with missiles. Continue reading... |
| Martin Place tent city 'mayor' says Sydney homeless people back on the street Posted: 13 Aug 2017 12:50 AM PDT Lanz Priestley says 12 from the group of about 60 sleeping rough again in Sydney's central business district The man known as the "mayor of Martin Place" says a dozen residents of Sydney's disbanded tent city have ended up back on the streets two days after the homeless community packed up. Lanz Priestley said the group numbered about 60 when it voluntarily left the heart of Sydney on Friday amid a political stand-off between the City of Sydney council and the New South Wales government. Continue reading... |
| Virginia governor tells Nazis 'go home' and calls on Trump to fight hate speech – video Posted: 12 Aug 2017 07:44 PM PDT After white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Governor Terry McAuliffe tells far-right demonstrators and neo-Nazis to 'go home and never come back'. McAuliffe said he spoke with President Trump and implored him to help 'stop the hate speech, stop the rhetoric in this country, we have got to bring people together'. The governor was speaking in response to a violent incident at a far-right counter protest in which a man allegedly drove his car into demonstrators, killing one and injuring 19 Continue reading... |
| Crucial test for Benedictine monks’ new leader as order faces sex abuse inquiry Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:05 PM PDT Radio show regular Christopher Jamison takes over as abbot president at a time when the Catholic order is under intense scrutiny He has been an abbot, an author, a TV star and a radio breakfast show regular and has been described as the country's most influential Benedictine monk since Cardinal Basil Hume. Now Christopher Jamison is to attempt his most important role: saviour of the reputation of his monastic order. At the start of August the monks of the English Benedictine Congregation – an association of 13 Roman Catholic communities of monks and nuns – elected Jamison as their leader. His installation as abbot president came just days after Professor Alexis Jay confirmed that the public inquiry she is chairing into child sexual abuse in England and Wales would focus its hearings during October and November on scandals at Benedictine schools and monasteries. The choice of Jamison was almost certainly no coincidence. Continue reading... |
| Learner drivers to be allowed on motorways before test Posted: 12 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT Starting next year, novices will be allowed on to Britain's fastest roads – but only with qualified instuctors, and only in dual-control cars Learner drivers are finally going to be allowed to have lessons on motorways after a government consultation, which itself followed years of pressure from road safety groups over what they argued was a long-running safety omission. While motorways are the safest type of road to travel on, the bar on learners using them meant they tended to be tackled for the first time by newly qualified drivers who would often be alone in the car. Post-test motorway courses are available to teach the specific skills needed for driving on them, but government research found that only a very small percentage of new drivers were taking these. Continue reading... |
| Western museums try to forge deal with west Africa to return the Benin bronzes Posted: 12 Aug 2017 01:25 PM PDT British Museum and other European institutions seek way to create a permanent exhibition of looted artefacts in Nigeria A bronze sculpture of a cockerel that adorned a Cambridge University dining room is among a huge haul of looted antiquities that may now be returned to west Africa. The British Museum will take part in a European summit to discuss the return of art seized from the Benin kingdom, now part of southern Nigeria, by a British punitive expedition in 1897 as "reparations" after it defied the British empire by imposing customs duties. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump condemns violence 'on many sides' in Charlottesville – video Posted: 12 Aug 2017 08:59 PM PDT Trump says hatred and bigotry 'on many sides' must stop in wake of the violent protests in Virginia Continue reading... |
| Car drives into crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia – video Posted: 12 Aug 2017 01:38 PM PDT WARNING: Graphic video – some viewers may find this footage distressing. Video footage appears to show the moment a car runs into a crowd of people in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday. Authorities attended the scene and at least one person received medical treatment immediately after the incident, according to reports Continue reading... |
| Far-right rally descends into violence in Charlottesville – video Posted: 12 Aug 2017 07:35 AM PDT WARNING: Some viewers may find this footage distressing. Hundreds of far-right demonstrators wielding torches and chanting 'you will not replace us' march on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Friday night. The 'alt-right' protesters surround a small group of counter-protesters who had linked arms around a statue of Thomas Jefferson Continue reading... |
| Trump hopes North Korea ‘fully understands gravity of situation’ – video Posted: 12 Aug 2017 02:41 AM PDT US president says Kim Jong-un would regret any hostile acts against US territory or allies. Speaking at his golf resort in New Jersey, Trump was responding to questions from the media about his tweet claiming US military options were 'locked and loaded' for use if Pyongyang 'acted unwisely' Continue reading... |
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