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- Charlottesville: Trump reverts to blaming both sides including 'violent alt-left'
- IMF warns China over 'dangerous' growth in debt
- US faces critical moment to negotiate with North Korea, experts warn
- Brazilian police identify those involved in favela shooting of UK tourist
- Sierra Leone mudslide: president calls for urgent help as search continues
- Bolivia approves highway through Amazon biodiversity hotspot
- Iran freezes assets of BBC Persian staff in crackdown on journalists
- Falling oak tree kills religious festivalgoers on Madeira
- Grace Mugabe's whereabouts unknown after alleged assault in South Africa
- EasyJet could swoop for parts of Air Berlin as it goes into administration
- Swiss hotel accused of antisemitism over signs singling out Jews
- Modi tells India: 'Resolve used to oust Britain 70 years ago can end terrorism'
- After Azadi: man behind Iran's freedom tower on how his life unravelled
- UK government rejects EU claim that its Brexit customs plan is 'fantasy'
- Obama's anti-racism tweet after Charlottesville is most liked ever on Twitter
- Rail passengers face second day of delays after Waterloo derailment
- Khaled Sharrouf, Australian Isis terrorist, killed in Syria – reports
- Republicans denounce bigotry after Trump's latest Charlottesville remarks
- Rare Canadian oriole to fly thousands of miles back home – on passenger jet
- The guilty secret: Chinese crime writer arrested for four cold-case murders
- Yarra council stripped of citizenship ceremony powers after Australia Day changes
- Australian companies could be forced to report on how they combat slavery
- MH370: satellite images show 'probably man-made' objects floating in sea
- Indian and Chinese troops clash in disputed Himalayan border region
- Wednesday briefing: Trump's words of comfort for Nazis
- Philippines police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs
- Australian father and son electrocuted while repairing pool in Thailand
- Women suicide bombers kill 27 in north-east Nigeria
- Iran says it could quit nuclear deal if US keeps adding sanctions
- Floods and devastation in India, Nepal and Bangladesh – in pictures
- Steve Bannon is 'not a racist', says Trump – video
- India celebrates Independence Day – in pictures
- How Donald Trump emboldened the US far right – video explainer
- Hundreds feared dead in Sierra Leone after mudslides – video report
- Confederate statues removed across southern US states – in pictures
- Heather Heyer gave her heart, soul and now life, says her mother – video
| Charlottesville: Trump reverts to blaming both sides including 'violent alt-left' Posted: 16 Aug 2017 12:17 AM PDT US president defends far-right marchers and equates Confederate generals with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
Donald Trump has once again defended far-right protesters at the Charlottesville rally, saying they were not all neo-Nazis and white supremacists and laying the blame for the violence equally on what he called the "alt-left". The remarks – made during a rowdy press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York – were Trump's latest switch in stance since Saturday, when the civil rights activist Heather Heyer died after a white nationalist allegedly drove his car into a crowd in the Virginian city. Continue reading... |
| IMF warns China over 'dangerous' growth in debt Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:37 AM PDT Washington-based fund says pursuit of growth at any cost risks sharp slowdown or financial crisis China's credit-fuelled economic strategy has been branded as dangerous by the International Monetary Fund in a strongly-worded statement warning that its approach risks financial turmoil. The IMF used its annual health check on the world's second biggest economy to stress that faster expansion in 2017 was coming at the cost of a jump in private sector debt and an increasing use of complex financial instruments. Continue reading... |
| US faces critical moment to negotiate with North Korea, experts warn Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:01 PM PDT Analysts say the latest statement by Kim Jong-un, signally a pause on Guam strike, gives the US a brief window to end the tense standoff The latest statement by Kim Jong-un signalling a pause in Pyongyang's war of words with Washington has given the US a window of a few days to negotiate a way of defusing a dangerous standoff, experts said on Tuesday. Many longstanding observers of the North Korean regime expressed concern that the US could misinterpret the message that it sent on Monday when Kim said he would "watch a little more" how the US acted in the region before deciding whether to go ahead with a plan to launch missiles over Japan aimed at the seas around the US territory of Guam. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian police identify those involved in favela shooting of UK tourist Posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:24 AM PDT Investigating officer says warrants issued for four men and two boys after Eloise Dixon was shot twice near Angra dos Reis Brazilian police say they have identified those responsible for shooting Eloise Dixon, the British tourist who was wounded by two bullets when her family's rented car entered a poor community west of Rio de Janiero and came under fire from members of a drug gang. "We already have the dynamic of what happened," the investigating officer, Bruno Gilaberte, said on Tuesday. Arrest warrants have been issued for four men and two boys. One suspect is already in custody. Continue reading... |
| Sierra Leone mudslide: president calls for urgent help as search continues Posted: 16 Aug 2017 12:34 AM PDT Hundreds feared dead, thousands still missing and many more left homeless after mud engulfs houses near the capital, Freetown Sierra Leone's president has appealed for urgent help to support the thousands of people affected by a devastating mudslide on the outskirts of the country's capital. A national emergency has been declared after the city suffered heavy flooding, thought to be the worst in Africa over the past two decades. Freetown's mayor, Sam Gibson, said 270 corpses had been recovered and were "being prepared for burial", while the chief coroner told Reuters that nearly 400 bodies had been found. Estimates of the numbers missing vary: the Red Cross reported that 600 people have not been traced, while the country's interior minister has said thousands are unaccounted for. Continue reading... |
| Bolivia approves highway through Amazon biodiversity hotspot Posted: 15 Aug 2017 05:26 AM PDT National park which is home to thousands of indigenous people loses protected status to allow for construction of 190-mile road Bolivia has given the go ahead to a controversial highway which would cut through an Amazon biodiversity hotspot almost the size of Jamaica and home to 14,000 mostly indigenous people. President Evo Morales enacted the new law opening the way for the 190-mile (300km) road through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park, known as Tipnis, its Spanish acronym . The road will divide the park in two and strip it of the protections won in 2011 when a national march by thousands of protesters ended in clashes with the police and forced the government to change its position. Continue reading... |
| Iran freezes assets of BBC Persian staff in crackdown on journalists Posted: 15 Aug 2017 07:00 AM PDT Broadcaster condemns Tehran's block on Iranian employees' financial transactions after re-election of Hassan Rouhani The BBC has criticised Iran for imposing an asset freeze on staff at its London-based Persian-service, the latest crackdown against the corporation's Iranian employees. Tehran's judicial authorities have issued a court order listing more than 150 BBC Persian journalists and former contributors, preventing them from conducting financial transactions or selling properties in their homeland because of their affiliation with the British media organisation. Continue reading... |
| Falling oak tree kills religious festivalgoers on Madeira Posted: 15 Aug 2017 10:00 AM PDT Fall of 200-year-old tree kills at least 12 and injures scores during Celebration of Our Lady of the Mount festival near Funchal At least 12 people have been killed after a 200-year-old oak tree fell into a crowd at a religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira. A government official said 52 others were injured when the tree fell outside a church in the hills above the capital of Funchal on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Grace Mugabe's whereabouts unknown after alleged assault in South Africa Posted: 15 Aug 2017 04:15 PM PDT First lady alleged to have attacked 20-year-old Gabriella Engels in Johannesburg hotel, but failed to turn herself in Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly returned home from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to police in Johannesburg to face accusations of assaulting a model in a hotel room. A senior Zimbabwean government official said late on Tuesday that she had returned to the capital Harare, although there was no comment from the wife of president Robert Mugabe, 93, who has ruled the country since 1980. Continue reading... |
| EasyJet could swoop for parts of Air Berlin as it goes into administration Posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:43 AM PDT Lufthansa in talks to take over most of competitor after investor Etihad pulls its financing EasyJet could spread its wings in Germany as it emerged as a potential buyer for parts of Air Berlin, which filed for administration on Tuesday. The German government has provided an emergency €150m (£137m) loan to Air Berlin to enable it to keep flying its schedules. |
| Swiss hotel accused of antisemitism over signs singling out Jews Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:12 AM PDT Israel asks Swiss government to condemn Paradies hotel after notices on swimming pool and kitchen use are put on Facebook Israel has lodged official complaints after a hotel in Switzerland posted signs telling Jewish guests to shower before using the pool and restricted their access to a kitchen freezer. The Paradies apartment hotel in the Alpine village of Arosa, in eastern Switzerland, has been accused of antisemitism after a guest posted to Facebook a picture of a notice near the hotel pool. Continue reading... |
| Modi tells India: 'Resolve used to oust Britain 70 years ago can end terrorism' Posted: 15 Aug 2017 05:46 PM PDT Prime minister calls on nation to build future free of violence amid celebrations commemorating end of colonial rule India has marked the 70th anniversary of its independence with a military parade and a prime ministerial address from Narendra Modi on corruption, Kashmir and violence in the name of cows. Indians filled the streets around the Red Fort in old Delhi and monuments in the city's newer imperial quarter as the nation of 1.3 billion celebrated the anniversary of the day in 1947 when India threw off British colonial rule and the union flag was lowered across the country. Continue reading... |
| After Azadi: man behind Iran's freedom tower on how his life unravelled Posted: 15 Aug 2017 05:31 AM PDT Hossein Amanat was forced to flee country after being put on a death list and says his children have never seen the monument In 1966, a 24-year-old architect who had just graduated from Tehran University hesitantly entered a competition to design a monument to mark the 2,500-year celebration of the founding of the Persian empire. In hindsight, it was a competition of a lifetime, organised by the shah of Iran, who envisioned that the monument would act as his memorial tower, or Shahyad. Continue reading... |
| UK government rejects EU claim that its Brexit customs plan is 'fantasy' Posted: 16 Aug 2017 01:54 AM PDT Northern Ireland secretary says proposals are realistic as Theresa May insists UK will work to maintain 'special ties' with Ireland The UK government has dismissed claims that its plans for a new customs relationship with the EU are a "fantasy" as it restated its opposition to the reintroduction of checks at the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, said the government's plans to minimise customs checks with the EU after Brexit were realistic and that Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's lead Brexit negotiator, was wrong to describe them as unworkable. Continue reading... |
| Obama's anti-racism tweet after Charlottesville is most liked ever on Twitter Posted: 16 Aug 2017 01:47 AM PDT More than 3 million people have endorsed the tweet, which quoted Nelson Mandela, after far-right rally in which woman was killed A tweet by Barack Obama condemning racism in the aftermath of a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has become the most liked tweet ever, with more than 3 million social media users so far endorsing the sentiment. The tweet, quoting the late South African president Nelson Mandela, read: "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion." Continue reading... |
| Rail passengers face second day of delays after Waterloo derailment Posted: 16 Aug 2017 02:02 AM PDT Improvement works, points failure and derailment at London's busiest station continue to cause widespread disruption A second day of rush-hour problems on Britain's rail network has compounded the disruption caused by large-scale upgrade works – 24 hours after commuters learned of the biggest fare increases in recent years. Passengers face delays on trains travelling across the Pennines and up to the north-east of England. Services to and from some of London's busiest stations were also affected. Continue reading... |
| Khaled Sharrouf, Australian Isis terrorist, killed in Syria – reports Posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:42 PM PDT Officials reportedly confirm Sharrouf and two sons were killed in a coalition air strike while driving near Raqqa on 11 August Islamic State terrorist Khaled Sharrouf and his two sons have been killed in Syria, media reports say. The ABC and the Australian reported government officials as confirming Sharrouf – who fled Australia in 2013 to join extremist forces – and his sons Abdullah and Zarqawi were killed in a coalition air strike while driving near Raqqa on 11 August. Continue reading... |
| Republicans denounce bigotry after Trump's latest Charlottesville remarks Posted: 16 Aug 2017 02:14 AM PDT Reactions to president's controversial press conference split party into those willing to condemn Trump by name and those who would not
Senior Republicans have lambasted Donald Trump after he once again drew a moral equivalency between the far right and counter-demonstrators during the deadly violence in Charlottesville on Saturday. But some elected Republican officials responded to an extraordinary press conference in Trump Tower on Tuesday night by denouncing bigotry, in signs of a possible rift in the party. Continue reading... |
| Rare Canadian oriole to fly thousands of miles back home – on passenger jet Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:25 AM PDT
Nearly two years ago, she was spotted perched on an apple tree in Ontario – thousands of miles from her natural habitat – capturing the attention of birdwatchers across Canada. Now a Bullock's oriole who ended up in the Ottawa area is set to finally fly home to western North America – in the passenger cabin of an Air Canada flight. Continue reading... |
| The guilty secret: Chinese crime writer arrested for four cold-case murders Posted: 16 Aug 2017 12:57 AM PDT Liu Yongbiao had talked of plans for book about killer author who evades capture but police say he is now a suspect in multiple decades-old murders In the introduction to his novel The Guilty Secret, Chinese writer Liu Yongbiao revealed he had already started work on a follow-up he hoped would prove a literary sensation: a suspense-filled, cold-case detective drama about a ravishing female author who evades capture despite committing a string of grisly murders. He would call it The Beautiful Writer who Killed. |
| Yarra council stripped of citizenship ceremony powers after Australia Day changes Posted: 16 Aug 2017 01:22 AM PDT Malcolm Turnbull says council 'out of step with Australian values' after it votes to stop referring to 26 January as Australia Day Yarra city council in Melbourne has been stripped of the power to hold citizenship ceremonies by the federal government because it voted unanimously to stop referring to 26 January as Australia Day and to stop holding a citizenship ceremony on that day. #Yarra Council has tonight voted unanimously to change the way it marks January 26, from 2018 onwards: https://t.co/6Hw2nyE9U4 Continue reading... |
| Australian companies could be forced to report on how they combat slavery Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:45 PM PDT Federal government announces plans to make large companies report annually on measures they are taking to ensure their supply chains are free of exploitation Large companies operating in Australia will be forced to publicly detail every year what they are doing to combat modern slavery, under a new proposal from the federal government. The justice minister, Michael Keenan, announced plans on Wednesday to impose a legal requirement for companies with a turnover larger than $100m to publicly file a modern slavery report every year. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MH370: satellite images show 'probably man-made' objects floating in sea Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:42 PM PDT Drift analysis of debris reveals new coordinates for potential impact location Australia has released satellite images it says show 12 "probably man-made" objects floating in the sea near the suspected crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Taken two weeks after MH370 disappeared on 8 March 2014, the photos were analysed by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). Its researchers used drift modelling of the debris to suggest a new potential location for the crash site — a 5,000 sq km (1930 sq miles) area just north of the former search zone. Continue reading... |
| Indian and Chinese troops clash in disputed Himalayan border region Posted: 15 Aug 2017 10:45 PM PDT Tension has been high in mountain region of Ladakh and skirmishes come as both countries face off in other areas along Line of Actual Control Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said, exacerbating tensions during a months-long standoff between the two armies. Chinese troops threw stones at Indian soldiers near Pangong Lake, a major tourist attraction in the picturesque mountain region of Ladakh on Tuesday, an Indian defence official said. Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Trump's words of comfort for Nazis Posted: 15 Aug 2017 10:32 PM PDT 'Alt-left' also to blame for Charlottesville, says president … Daniel Craig back to play James Bond … and best jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Hello – it's Warren Murray with the news you need to start the day. Continue reading... |
| Philippines police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs Posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:47 PM PDT Raids near Manila result in single largest death toll in one night of operations in ongoing campaign that has killed thousands Philippine police have killed 32 people in a series of raids near the capital Manila in the bloodiest night of president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Related: Philippines secret death squads: officer claims police teams behind wave of killings Continue reading... |
| Australian father and son electrocuted while repairing pool in Thailand Posted: 15 Aug 2017 08:24 PM PDT Bodies of Andrew Fenwick and his son Jason discovered after youngest son found crying by a guard at housing complex An Australian man and his 10-year-old son have been electrocuted while trying to repair a pool pump at their home in Thailand. The bodies of Andrew Fenwick, 66, and his son Jason were found near the pump in the storage room of the family's home in the Muang district of Rayong province southeast of Bangkok on Monday afternoon, local media reported. Continue reading... |
| Women suicide bombers kill 27 in north-east Nigeria Posted: 15 Aug 2017 06:59 PM PDT Attackers suspected of being linked to Boko Haram militants targeted a market and a refugee camp Three female suicide bombers have blown themselves up and killed 27 people in north-east Nigeria, according to local militia, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants. One bomber detonated her device on Tuesday at a market in Mandarari 25km from the city of Maiduguri while two more attackers targeted the gates to a nearby refugee camp, the officials said. Continue reading... |
| Iran says it could quit nuclear deal if US keeps adding sanctions Posted: 15 Aug 2017 05:37 PM PDT President Hassan Rouhani says Trump has shown the world that Washington is 'not a good partner' The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has warned that his country could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions. In a speech to parliament outlining plans for his new term, Rouhani also hit out at his US counterpart Donald Trump, saying he had shown the world that Washington was "not a good partner". Continue reading... |
| Floods and devastation in India, Nepal and Bangladesh – in pictures Posted: 15 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced across the region as rescue missions set up shelters and strive to get food and water to victims Nearly 250 people have died in the last few days as a result of flooding and landslides that have devastated parts of northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Millions of people have been displaced across the region, and 245 people are recorded to have been killed by collapsed buildings or by drowning. Continue reading... |
| Steve Bannon is 'not a racist', says Trump – video Posted: 15 Aug 2017 04:50 PM PDT The US president denies his chief strategist is a racist before adding 'we'll see what happens' after being asked if he had confidence in him. 'He's a good person and I think the press treats him frankly very unfairly', Trump said at a news conference at Trump Tower in New York City. Continue reading... |
| India celebrates Independence Day – in pictures Posted: 15 Aug 2017 10:33 AM PDT Indian Independence Day is celebrated each year on 15 August, and this year marks 70 years since British India was split into two nations – Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan – and millions of people were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history Continue reading... |
| How Donald Trump emboldened the US far right – video explainer Posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:08 AM PDT Donald Trump finally denounced far-right aggression and specific racist groups after a weekend of violence that left a woman dead in Charlottesville, Virginia. But violence and disorder between far-right and anti-fascist groups has been widespread across the US since his election as president |
| Hundreds feared dead in Sierra Leone after mudslides – video report Posted: 15 Aug 2017 07:02 AM PDT Sierra Leonean emergency services and aid agencies are working to find victims of the heavy mudslides and flooding which devastated areas around the country's capital Freetown on Monday. Thousands of people are still missing Continue reading... |
| Confederate statues removed across southern US states – in pictures Posted: 15 Aug 2017 04:38 AM PDT Confederate statues are being removed in several US states this year, and more cities are planning to destroy similar memorials after events in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the weekend Continue reading... |
| Heather Heyer gave her heart, soul and now life, says her mother – video Posted: 15 Aug 2017 04:01 AM PDT Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, says she is going to make her daughter's death stand for the values she fought for. Heyer was one of the hundreds of protesters who had gathered in Charlottesville to demonstrate against a gathering of white supremacists when she was fatally struck by a car which ploughed into the counter-protesters Continue reading... |
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