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- Trump under fire for failure to condemn far right following Charlottesville death
- In limbo for 70 years, stateless West Pakistani families bear scars of partition
- Survivors recall how traffickers with AK47s forced dozens into sea off Yemen
- Crimea – the big budget Russian blockbuster the world will never see
- Norfolk man is charged with murdering dog walker
- What does Brexit mean for people with disabilities?
- The battle for Raqqa – in pictures
- Burkina Faso: at least 17 dead in attack on restaurant
- Trump's failure to condemn Virginia neo-Nazis is shocking but not surprising
- British Museum exhibition to showcase communist currencies
- Manus Island detention centre demolition must stop – detainees' lawyers
- Barnaby Joyce's future is under a cloud, constitution experts say
- From the archive: how the Guardian reported the partition of India 70 years ago
- Trump trade investigation will 'poison' relations with China, media warns
- Monday briefing: Trump fights for his alt-right
- New Zealand government plans army bootcamps for worst young offenders
- Flags and parades in India and Pakistan for 70th anniversary celebrations
- Japanese economy posts longest expansion in more than a decade
- Japan fears the once distant threat of North Korean missiles is becoming real | Justin McCurry
- 'We are jobless because of fish poisoning': Vietnamese fishermen battle for justice
- Fairtrade chief defends cocoa sourcing scheme with Cadbury owner
- The Guardian view on Donald Trump and racism: a moral failure that shames America | Editorial
- How Charlottesville became the symbolic prize of the far right | Edward Helmore and Lois Beckett
- How Trump’s paranoid White House sees ‘deep state’ enemies on all sides
- Charlottesville rally organiser chased off by crowd at press conference – video
- Anti-racist rallies across the United States – in pictures
- Mo Farah riding high and a rally against racism: 14 unmissable images
| Trump under fire for failure to condemn far right following Charlottesville death Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:09 PM PDT Republicans and Democrats say president's words on apparent deliberate killing of protester should have been much harsher Politicians from all sides have rounded on Donald Trump for failing explicitly to condemn white supremacy groups or use the term domestic terrorism after a woman was killed when a car smashed into anti-racism protesters at the weekend. The US Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the death. On Saturday the president condemned hatred and violence "on many sides" in his remarks, but did not directly single out the white supremacists, whose attempt to hold a major rally in Charlottesville, Virginia resulted in the governor, Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, calling a state of emergency. Disorder including clashes with counterprotesters left more than 30 injured. Continue reading... |
| In limbo for 70 years, stateless West Pakistani families bear scars of partition Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:33 PM PDT The descendants of thousands of people who fled their homes during the British retreat from India in 1947 are still denied welfare in autonomous Indian state Flags and parades on both sides of border mark 70th anniversary of independence The scrubby lowlands of Jammu are stuck between the Himalayas and the dusty plains of Punjab, and home to 19,000 families stuck in time. West Pakistan no longer exists on world maps, but in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, clustered in poor villages along the Tawi river, there are still West Pakistanis. Like at least 14 million others, they fled their homes during the hasty British retreat from India in 1947, when the division of the subcontinent into one Hindu-majority country and another Muslim-dominated triggered religious violence. Continue reading... |
| Survivors recall how traffickers with AK47s forced dozens into sea off Yemen Posted: 13 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT At least 51 confirmed dead as survivors tell the Guardian of beatings and threats of shooting if they did not comply Traffickers used beatings and the threat of shooting to force more than 100 refugees, including children who could not swim, to jump into heavy seas off the coast of Yemen last week, survivors have said. At least 50 people were killed. The incident is the latest in a series in which hundreds, possibly thousands of refugees have died. Survivors contacted in Yemen told the Guardian that crewmembers armed with AK47s told around 120 men, women and children that they would not be able to land them on beaches in Yemen and forced them to jump into the water while still at least 1km offshore at dawn on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Crimea – the big budget Russian blockbuster the world will never see Posted: 13 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT Film depicting Vladimir Putin's 2014 annexing of Crimea from Ukraine will only be shown in Russia and Belarus "This is the kind of decision that is only taken once a century," says a voice on the trailer for Crimea, a high-budget Russian film that dramatises the 2014 Russian takeover of the peninsula. Continue reading... |
| Norfolk man is charged with murdering dog walker Posted: 14 Aug 2017 12:14 AM PDT Alexander Palmer to appear in court over death of Peter Wrighton, 83, who was repeatedly stabbed in the head and neck A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death as he walked his dogs in west Norfolk. Peter Wrighton, from Banham, was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and head. His body was found on 5 August near the village of East Harling, in a woodland area that was used by hikers and cyclists and close to a holiday caravan park. Continue reading... |
| What does Brexit mean for people with disabilities? Posted: 14 Aug 2017 01:44 AM PDT Disability rights currently safeguarded by EU legislation may be under threat, while grant funding could be withdrawn without replacement The European Union (EU) has been influential in the development of disability rights legislation in the UK. There is now a very real danger that Brexit will result in a dismantling of human rights currently safeguarded by the European court of human rights, as well as the withdrawal of much-needed financial support from European structural and investment funds. Continue reading... |
| The battle for Raqqa – in pictures Posted: 14 Aug 2017 12:54 AM PDT The final phase of the campaign to reclaim Islamic State's de facto capital was launched two months ago by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – a confederation dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Arab auxiliary militia – and backed by a US-led coalition Continue reading... |
| Burkina Faso: at least 17 dead in attack on restaurant Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:49 PM PDT Islamist extremists are suspected of opening fire on diners at a Turkish eaterie popular with foreigners in the capital Ouagadougou At least 17 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants at a restaurant popular with foreigners in the capital of Burkina Faso. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault on Sunday night in Ouagadougou. On Monday security forces exchanged heavy fire with attackers who were believed to be holding hostages. Continue reading... |
| Trump's failure to condemn Virginia neo-Nazis is shocking but not surprising Posted: 14 Aug 2017 12:06 AM PDT The president's refusal to properly condemn the attack in Charlottesville is consistent with past comments and a divisive campaign that stoked hatred After the deadly violence involving white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Donald Trump's failure to find the right response, Barack Obama stepped into the void with an assist from South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela: "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." Trump's tepid response, so stark in contrast to his predecessor's handling of tragedies such as the Sandy Hook school and Charleston church shootings, is arguably the low point of his short presidency to date. It is likely to dominate journalists' questions at his next public appearance, expected in Washington DC on Monday. Continue reading... |
| British Museum exhibition to showcase communist currencies Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Museum will mark 100th anniversary of Russian Revolution, with posters, medals and banknotes carrying 'glorious designs' They are banknotes that show cheerful farm workers, enthusiastic soldiers and committed intellectuals as well as foundries, factories, fields, dams, lorries, railways and guns – and they are as aesthetically pleasing as any of the world's currencies, a new exhibition hopes to show. The British Museum is to mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution by staging its first exhibition on communist currency. Continue reading... |
| Manus Island detention centre demolition must stop – detainees' lawyers Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:51 PM PDT PNG supreme court told work to dismantle centre breaches constitutional rights of refugees and asylum seekers The demolition of the Manus Island detention centre must stop immediately, lawyers for the detainees have told Papua New Guinea's supreme court. Work to dismantle to centre, including the shutdown of power and water, breached the constitutional rights of refugees and asylum seekers, the court heard. Continue reading... |
| Barnaby Joyce's future is under a cloud, constitution experts say Posted: 14 Aug 2017 02:05 AM PDT Malcolm Turnbull's confidence the high court will rule deputy PM eligible to sit in parliament labelled 'somewhat optimistic' • Barnaby Joyce a New Zealand citizen? That's heart-stopping territory for the Coalition Constitutional law experts say Barnaby Joyce's future is under a cloud, despite Malcolm Turnbull declaring on Monday that the high court would find the deputy prime minister was eligible to sit in parliament. Under heavy political fire from Labor in question time after the New Zealand government confirmed Joyce was a dual citizen, the prime minister insisted the government had no doubt the high court would tick the deputy prime minister's eligibility to be an MP. Continue reading... |
| From the archive: how the Guardian reported the partition of India 70 years ago Posted: 14 Aug 2017 01:50 AM PDT The end of British rule saw the country divided into two independent states - Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan 1940 Indian nationalists Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru as well as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the All-India Muslim League, demand India's independence. March 1940 Gandhi seeks a unified India after the British Raj is dismantled. Jinnah favours partition of India into Muslim and Hindu states. Continue reading... |
| Trump trade investigation will 'poison' relations with China, media warns Posted: 13 Aug 2017 10:44 PM PDT The president is expected to order the probe despite the risk of angering Beijing amid the North Korea nuclear standoff Donald Trump's decision to order an investigation into allegedly unfair Chinese trade practices will "poison" relations between the two countries, a state-run newspaper has said. Trump is expected to issue the order on Monday to determine whether to investigate Chinese trade practices that force US firms operating in China to turn over intellectual property, senior administration officials said on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: Trump fights for his alt-right Posted: 13 Aug 2017 10:28 PM PDT President fails to criticise white supremacists … thousands of at-risk children left without help … flight arrests for drunkenness soar Good morning, Graham Russell here with the news to start your week. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand government plans army bootcamps for worst young offenders Posted: 13 Aug 2017 09:47 PM PDT With six weeks to go before the general election, the ruling National party floats idea for military-style discipline The New Zealand government has announced a crackdown on the country's worst juvenile offenders with around 150 children to be sent on a year-long military bootcamp aimed at tackling violent and recurrent offenders. With six weeks to go before the general election, the National party says if re-elected it will tackle the country's most serious young offenders by sending them to train alongside soldiers at a bootcamp run by the army. It will also hold "negligent parents to account" by issuing spot-fines of NZ$200 if their children aged 14 and under are found wandering the streets unsupervised between the hours of 12-5am. Continue reading... |
| Flags and parades in India and Pakistan for 70th anniversary celebrations Posted: 13 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT Tensions in India over patriotic oath for children and order for Islamic schools to film independence day ceremonies National flags are being hawked at traffic lights, the Indian parliament has been illuminated, and monkey traps have been installed around Delhi monuments as India prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its independence. Above Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, this weekend, air force jets left a multicoloured trail as they rehearsed for the largest air show in the country's history on Monday, when it celebrates its own creation in 1947. Continue reading... |
| Japanese economy posts longest expansion in more than a decade Posted: 13 Aug 2017 07:23 PM PDT Good news for Shinzo Abe as consumer spending and capital investment ahead of the Tokyo Olympics fires growth of 1% in the latest quarter The Japanese economy has recorded its longest economic expansion in more than a decade after official data showed that it grew at 1% in the last quarter. Recording its sixth straight quarter of growth, the economy blew past market expectations with a 0.6% rise in the April-June period, according to figures from the cabinet office on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Japan fears the once distant threat of North Korean missiles is becoming real | Justin McCurry Posted: 13 Aug 2017 06:52 PM PDT As the Kim v Trump war of words escalates, towns across Japan are preparing for what, until recently, felt like a faraway nuisance As sirens pierce the air in Sakata, a town on Japan's north-west coast, primary school children rush from the playground to the safety of the gymnasium. Other residents crouch behind walls or lie down in rice fields, while the public address system urges them to take cover. More accustomed to the dangers of earthquakes and tsunami, Japan's people are now having to address a new, manmade threat: North Korean missiles. Continue reading... |
| 'We are jobless because of fish poisoning': Vietnamese fishermen battle for justice Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT A year after Vietnam's worst environmental disaster, lives remain ruined while the government cracks down on protesters seeking compensation "We used to eat the meat of the pig, but now all we have to eat is the skin" – the Vietnamese saying neatly encapsulates the predicament facing the country's fishermen, says Nguyen Viet Thieu. "Before the marine disaster happened, I could earn up to 15m Vietnamese dongs [£500]," reflects Nguyen. "But after, I didn't sell any fish at all. I was sick of my profession." Continue reading... |
| Fairtrade chief defends cocoa sourcing scheme with Cadbury owner Posted: 13 Aug 2017 09:55 AM PDT Michael Gidney insists monitoring will ensure farmers are not worse off under Cocoa Life partnership with Mondelēz The chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation has defended a controversial partnership with Cadbury owner Mondelēz and the creation of a rival sustainable cocoa sourcing scheme. In his first public comments since it was announced that Cadbury's Green & Black's range is launching a new chocolate bar that is neither Fairtrade nor organic, Michael Gidney said it was important that consumers understood how large-scale ethical sourcing could help cocoa farmers - among the poorest in the world - and that the new model could be a template for the future. Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Donald Trump and racism: a moral failure that shames America | Editorial Posted: 13 Aug 2017 11:32 AM PDT No previous US president of modern times would have failed to condemn his country's white nationalists. This one did As George W Bush's speechwriter put it this weekend, it is one of the "difficult but primary duties" of a political leader to speak for a nation in traumatic times. A space shuttle explodes, a school student goes on a shooting spree, a terrorist flies a plane into a building, a hurricane floods a city. When such things happen, Michael Gerson wrote in the Washington Post, "It falls to the president to express something of the nation's soul." Yet if Donald Trump's words about the violent white extremist mobilisation in Virginia on Saturday – which an under-pressure White House was desperately trying to clarify on Sunday – are an expression of its soul, America may be on the road to perdition. The original United States of America was built on white supremacy. The US constitution of 1787 treated black slaves as equivalent to three-fifths of a free white and gave no rights at all to Native Americans, who were regarded as belonging to their own nations. After the civil war, Jim Crow laws enforced segregation across the defeated south and comprehensively disfranchised African Americans for nearly a century. Writing Mein Kampf in the 1920s, Adolf Hitler praised America's institutional racism as a model from which Nazi Germany could learn. Only in the postwar period, and then slowly and incompletely, was meaningful racial equality pursued by the land of the free. Continue reading... |
| How Charlottesville became the symbolic prize of the far right | Edward Helmore and Lois Beckett Posted: 13 Aug 2017 04:26 AM PDT The white supremacists Donald Trump is loath to criticise made city's plan to remove a Confederate statue their rallying point Eight years ago, as the nation's first black president took office, pundits debated whether Barack Obama's election marked the rise of a "post-racial America". On Saturday, hundreds of American neo-Nazis and white nationalists clashed with anti-fascist demonstrators in the streets of a liberal university town, sending the city into chaos as the governor declared a state of emergency. The white nationalists had planned to rally around a statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee, which Charlottesville, Virginia, had decided to remove from a public park. Continue reading... |
| How Trump’s paranoid White House sees ‘deep state’ enemies on all sides Posted: 13 Aug 2017 04:00 AM PDT Internal document shows the 'alt-right' Steve Bannon wing of the administration's fervent belief that America is at risk from 'the Opposition' – a cabal of bankers, globalists, the media and even Republican leaders An extraordinary memo by a former national security official contains a list of Donald Trump's perceived enemies within, offering an insight into paranoia gripping the White House. The author, Rich Higgins, was ousted last month by the national security adviser, HR McMaster. But the president reportedly saw the memo when it was passed to him by his son, Donald Trump Jr, and was said to be "furious" at Higgins's forced departure. Continue reading... |
| Charlottesville rally organiser chased off by crowd at press conference – video Posted: 13 Aug 2017 06:59 PM PDT Jason Kessler tried to hold a news conference a day after a peaceful protester was run over by a car driven by a far-right supporter who had attended the blogger's rally. But booing from a large crowd forced him to stop and he had to be escorted away by state troopers Continue reading... |
| Anti-racist rallies across the United States – in pictures Posted: 13 Aug 2017 04:50 PM PDT Anti-white supremacy rallies were held in several cities in response to a car ploughing into a group of activists who were preparing to march in opposition to a white nationalist rally. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed in the incident and two police officers were also killed when a helicopter they were using to monitor the rally crashed Continue reading... |
| Mo Farah riding high and a rally against racism: 14 unmissable images Posted: 13 Aug 2017 08:12 AM PDT Photo highlights from around the world, including Sir Mo Farah on the London Eye and a California protest Continue reading... |
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