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- Barcelona attack: five suspects killed in Cambrils in second terrorist attack – latest updates
- Nature of Las Ramblas attack provides harsh lessons in fight against terror
- Revealed: how British American Tobacco exploited war zones to sell cigarettes
- Saudis in talks over alliance to rebuild Iraq and 'return it to the Arab fold'
- New Yorker and Economist covers slam Trump's defence of white supremacists
- Kuwait's inferno: how will the world's hottest city survive climate change?
- Trump: Confederate statue removals 'rip apart' American history
- 'I hate him': Martin Shkreli court transcript reveals struggle for impartial jurors
- Leading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania
- Johnny Cash’s children condemn Charlottesville far-right protester in Cash T-shirt
- A letter to China: Hong Kong's democrats should be honoured
- Hong Kong urged to free jailed pro-democracy protesters in open letter
- Iran reformist leader Mehdi Karroubi ends hunger strike
- Barcelona van attack - a visual guide
- Fallon apologises to family of soldier killed in Land Rover in Iraq
- Reports of Khaled Sharrouf's death 'reliable', defence minister says
- Climate change will likely wreck their livelihoods – but they still don't buy the science
- The end of empire and an India worth celebrating | Letters
- Labor questions if Joyce and Nash can make legally valid decisions as ministers
- Cambrils: five terror suspects killed as second attack follows Las Ramblas
- What we know so far about the Barcelona and Cambrils terror attacks
- Seven-year-old Australian boy missing after Barcelona attack
- Spanish attacks: how the world's papers reacted
- Friday briefing: Spain – five terror suspects killed as second attack follows Barcelona
- UK's £2m support for Egypt security projects branded ‘deeply disturbing’
- Brazilian supreme court upholds land rights of indigenous people
- Two arrested as Spanish police link van attack with Alcanar explosion – video
- Five dead after gunfire erupts on the streets in the Spanish city Cambrils – video
- Spanish prime minister says Barcelona has been hit by 'jihadi terrorism' – video
- Van strikes crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas – video report
- Aftermath of attack on Las Ramblas – in pictures
- Long-lost diamond ring found wrapped around carrot – video report
| Barcelona attack: five suspects killed in Cambrils in second terrorist attack – latest updates Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:04 AM PDT Hours after van killed 13 people and injured 100 in Las Ramblas, seaside town hit by second vehicle attack, leaving seven wounded
The broadcaster RTVE has published an image of the 17-year-old Las Ramblas suspect Moussa Oukabir. Buscan a Moussa Oukabir como presunto autor del atentado de Las Ramblas https://t.co/4GyspDu3Rg pic.twitter.com/VRGRgjclpf
Police investigating the cell behind the attack are working on the theory that the numerous butane gas bottles at the site of the explosion in Alcanar on Wednesday were to be used in a bomb attack in Barcelona. An explosion occurred while they were being prepared as bombs, police assume. Continue reading... |
| Nature of Las Ramblas attack provides harsh lessons in fight against terror Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:38 PM PDT The attack on tourists in Barcelona followed a now familiar pattern and shows the indiscriminate nature of today's terrorists The apparent terrorist attack in Barcelona underlines three harsh lessons learned by security services – and the general public – over recent months and years. The first is that the use of vehicles as weapons is now an established tactic by extremists, one of the dozen or so employed in the last two decades that should be considered a standard part of the terrorist arsenal. In the last 13 months there have been similar attacks in France, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: how British American Tobacco exploited war zones to sell cigarettes Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:00 AM PDT Documents show how the world's largest publicly traded tobacco company pursued growth and profit amid instability in African and Middle East countries British American Tobacco (BAT) has promoted sales of its cigarettes in some of the most fragile, war-torn and unstable countries of Africa and the Middle East, documents seen by the Guardian show. Continue reading... |
| Saudis in talks over alliance to rebuild Iraq and 'return it to the Arab fold' Posted: 17 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT Pact would give Saudi Arabia a leading role in rebuilding war-torn country, and allow it to shepherd Iraq away from its rival Iran Iraq and Saudi Arabia are negotiating a new alliance that would give Riyadh a leading role in rebuilding Iraq's war-torn towns and cities, while bolstering Baghdad's credentials across the region. Meetings between senior officials on both sides over the past six months have focused on shepherding Iraq away from its powerful neighbour and Saudi Arabia's long-time rival, Iran, whose influence over Iraqi affairs has grown sharply since the 2003 ousting of Saddam Hussein. Continue reading... |
| New Yorker and Economist covers slam Trump's defence of white supremacists Posted: 17 Aug 2017 09:29 PM PDT Magazines show Trump blowing wind into a Ku Klux Klan sail and shouting through a KKK megaphone The cover pages of the New Yorker and Economist have criticised President Donald Trump's defence of a white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. In an editorial, the Economist said Trump is "politically inept, morally barren and temperamentally unfit for office". |
| Kuwait's inferno: how will the world's hottest city survive climate change? Posted: 17 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Malls and office complexes continue to spring up in Kuwait City, built by migrants often working illegally in soaring temperatures. But as oil and water reserves dwindle, the energy-guzzling citystate heads for an existential crisis It is 9am and the temperature in Kuwait City is 45C and rising, but already people working outside. A row of litter-pickers are already hard at work along a coastal highway, their entire bodies covered to protect them from the sun. Outside one of the city's many malls, valets hover beside the air-conditioned entrance, while two men in white hats huddle wearily next to their ice cream stands. Other city residents are luckier. They can avoid the outdoors altogether, escaping the inferno by sheltering in malls, cars and office buildings, where temperatures are kept polar-cold. Continue reading... |
| Trump: Confederate statue removals 'rip apart' American history Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:38 AM PDT
Donald Trump on Thursday lamented the removal of "beautiful statues and monuments" commemorating the Confederacy, saying that he was "sad" to see America's history and culture "ripped apart" by efforts to take down the memorials. Trump finds himself increasingly isolated after defending the white supremacists who led a march on Saturday to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia. Continue reading... |
| 'I hate him': Martin Shkreli court transcript reveals struggle for impartial jurors Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:42 AM PDT In choosing a jury for entrepreneur's fraud trial, the court dealt with anger over his treatment of the Wu-Tang Clan and concerns that he looked like 'a snake' Don't disrespect the Wu-Tang Clan – not if you want a fair trial. The transcripts for jury interviews from the trial of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who became "America's most hated man", are out – and they show that finding 12 good men (and women) was no easy task. Shkreli was convicted of fraud earlier this month after deceiving investors in two failed hedge funds. But the perpetually smirking "pharma bro" is best known for hiking the price of a drug used by people with Aids by 5,000% and for buying the only copy of a 2014 Wu-Tang Clan album, then refusing to let people listen to the whole thing. Continue reading... |
| Leading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania Posted: 17 Aug 2017 09:56 AM PDT Wayne Lotter had received numerous death threats while battling international ivory-trafficking networks The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania. Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki district of the city of Dar es Salaam. The wildlife conservationist was being driven from the airport to his hotel when his taxi was stopped by another vehicle. Two men, one armed with a gun opened his car door and shot him. Continue reading... |
| Johnny Cash’s children condemn Charlottesville far-right protester in Cash T-shirt Posted: 17 Aug 2017 09:30 AM PDT Late musician's family write an open letter to demand the 'Cash name be kept far away from destructive and hateful ideology' The family of Johnny Cash have said they were "sickened by the association" with a Charlottesville right wing protester photographed wearing a T-shirt with the musician's name emblazoned on it during this weekend's violent marches in Virginia. Continue reading... |
| A letter to China: Hong Kong's democrats should be honoured Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:05 AM PDT An open letter from political figures around the world calls on Beijing to free three jailed pro-democracy activists The decision by the courts in Hong Kong to sentence three courageous, principled young men to jail yesterday is an outrageous miscarriage of justice, a death knell for Hong Kong's rule of law and basic human rights, and a severe blow to the principles of "one country, two systems" on which Hong Kong was returned to China 20 years ago. Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law helped lead the umbrella movement in Hong Kong in 2014 – one of the most peaceful and restrained movements of public protest the world has ever seen. Joshua Wong and Nathan Law have already served the penalties imposed by a court a year ago. Joshua Wong served 80 hours of community service and Nathan Law 120 hours. Alex Chow received a three-week suspended prison sentence a year ago. Yet the Hong Kong government decided to reopen the case and seek tougher punishments. Yesterday the court of appeal jailed Joshua Wong for six months, Alex Chow for seven months and Nathan Law for eight months. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong urged to free jailed pro-democracy protesters in open letter Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT Political figures from the UK, US and around the world call for release of three jailed umbrella movement activists Prominent political and legal figures around the world have condemned the "outrageously unjust" imprisonment of three of Hong Kong's best-known pro-democracy activists, calling on China to immediately free the "political prisoners". Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow – three leaders of 2014's umbrella movement demonstrations – were jailed for between six and eight months on Thursday for their involvement in an "unlawful assembly" at the start of that historic 79-day civil disobedience campaign. |
| Iran reformist leader Mehdi Karroubi ends hunger strike Posted: 18 Aug 2017 01:50 AM PDT Opposition figurehead who has been under house arrest since 2011 resumes eating after government withdraws agents from his home Iran's opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under house arrest for six years, has ended a hunger strike after the government agreed to remove intelligence agents from his home. However, Karroubi's demand to be tried for his supposed crimes appears no closer to being granted. He has never been charged with any offence since being placed under house arrest in 2011. Continue reading... |
| Barcelona van attack - a visual guide Posted: 18 Aug 2017 01:50 AM PDT Maps and graphics show how atrocity in tourist district of Catalan city unfolded, killing 13 people and injuring at least 50 Continue reading... |
| Fallon apologises to family of soldier killed in Land Rover in Iraq Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:46 AM PDT Defence secretary says sorry to family of Phillip Hewett for delay in introducing better-protected vehicles The defence secretary has apologised to the mother of a British soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb while travelling in a Snatch Land Rover for delays in replacing the lightly armoured vehicle. In the letter to Sue Smith seen by the BBC, Michael Fallon said bringing better protected vehicles into service "could have saved lives". |
| Reports of Khaled Sharrouf's death 'reliable', defence minister says Posted: 18 Aug 2017 01:59 AM PDT Marise Payne says Australia has power to 'red flag' coalition attacks but declines to comment further on death of Sharrouf's two sons in the airstrike The defence minister, Marise Payne, says she has received reliable reports that Australia's most wanted terrorist, Khaled Sharrouf, was killed last week. But she would not say if Australia played an operational role in the airstrike – on an Islamic State stronghold in Syria – that also caused the deaths of Sharrouf's two sons, Abdullah, 12 and Zarqawi, 11. Continue reading... |
| Climate change will likely wreck their livelihoods – but they still don't buy the science Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT The small Louisiana town of Cameron could be the first in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels – and yet locals, 90% of whom voted for Trump, still aren't convinced about climate change In 50 years, the region near where I grew up, Cameron Parish in south-west Louisiana, will likely be no more. Or rather, it will exist, but it may be underwater, according to the newly published calculations of the Louisiana government. Coastal land loss is on the upswing, and with each hurricane that sweeps over the region, the timeline is picking up speed. As a result, Cameron, the principal town in this 6,800-person parish (as counties are called in Louisiana), could be the first town in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels and flooding. So it's here one would expect to feel the greatest sense of alarm over climate change and its consequences. Continue reading... |
| The end of empire and an India worth celebrating | Letters Posted: 17 Aug 2017 11:18 AM PDT Chris Birch remembers the British empire's scramble to destroy its records as colonial rule came to a close, and Nitin Mehta lists the achievements of India since partition There has been a lot written this week about the 70th anniversary of Britain's hasty retreat from India in 1947 (Editorial, 15 August), but I've seen nothing about the burning by the British government of documents recording the details of British colonial rule. According to Colonial Office papers in the National Archives at Kew, west London, "The press greatly enjoyed themselves with the pall of smoke which hung over Delhi during the mass destruction of documents." The same thing happened all over the British empire, and was even given a cynical name: Operation Legacy. In Trinidad, where I was at school, the governor was urged to hurry up with the weeding of documents as "it is a long job that needs doing thoroughly and it would perhaps be a little unfortunate to celebrate Independence Day with smoke". The Colonial Office had been helpful, even advising the governor: "You may like to know that, as an alternative to fire, it is permissible to pack documents in well-weighted crates and sink them in current-free water at the maximum practicable distance from the shore." Thus were historians deprived of much valuable source material, as the British government made sure that the full story of British colonial rule over so much of the globe would never be told. • In the article titled Partition, 70 years on (Review, 5 August) your contributors failed to acknowledge a single Indian achievement. India is a relative place of calm. Tens of millions of people from different faiths and ethnic background go about their lives with no fear. Many have achieved the highest positions in Indian society. This is a country where persecuted Zoroastrians, Bahá'Ãs, Tibetans and many others have found a safe home; that embraced mother Theresa and gave her the highest honour; where Jewish people have lived for 2,000 years and never faced any persecution. India's education system has produced people who now dominate Nasa and the Silicon Valley in US. Some Indian educational institutions are among the best in the world. India is a world leader in IT, it has a multibillion-dollar space commerce business, launching satellites for many countries. It is one of the few countries to have designed a super computer. There are 56 Indian companies featured in the Forbes 2000 list of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. Midnight's children have achieved a lot. |
| Labor questions if Joyce and Nash can make legally valid decisions as ministers Posted: 18 Aug 2017 01:47 AM PDT As Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash face high court cases over citizenship, the constitution says parliamentarians cannot be ministers if not validly elected Labor has opened a new front in the Turnbull government's citizenship crisis, raising the prospect that ministers may be unable to validly execute their ministerial duties under the constitution while there is a question about whether they have been validly elected. Stephen Jones, the shadow minister for regional communications, wrote to the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, on Friday, demanding that he ask the deputy Nationals leader, Fiona Nash, to stand aside while her case is before the high court. Continue reading... |
| Cambrils: five terror suspects killed as second attack follows Las Ramblas Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:56 AM PDT Spanish police link Barcelona van atrocity with car rampage in town of Cambrils and earlier explosion in Alcanar that destroyed a house Barcelona van attack – latest updates Five suspected terrorists have been shot dead by Spanish police in the coastal town of Cambrils, south-west of Barcelona, after they drove into pedestrians as part of what appeared to be the country's second terror attack in a day. Some of the suspects, who were travelling in an Audi A3, wore what appeared to be explosive belts, later found to be fake. The attack came hours after a van mowed down shoppers and tourists in Barcelona's famous Las Ramblas district, killing 13 and wounding about 100. Continue reading... |
| What we know so far about the Barcelona and Cambrils terror attacks Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:48 AM PDT The key details that have emerged after what appears to have been the second terrorist attack in Spain in 24 hours Five suspected terrorists have been shot dead by police in the Spanish coastal town of Cambrils, south-west of Barcelona, after they drove into pedestrians as part of what appeared to be the country's second terrorist attack in the space of 24 hours. Here's what we we know so far: Continue reading... |
| Seven-year-old Australian boy missing after Barcelona attack Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:44 AM PDT Grandfather says Julian Cadman became separated from his mother, who is in a serious condition in hospital after being caught up in deadly attack • Barcelona attack: five suspects killed in Cambrils in second terrorist attack – latest updates A seven-year-old boy who became separated from his mother is missing after the Barcelona terror attack, his Australian family say. Sydney man Tony Cadman has posted on Facebook that his grandson Julian Cadman is missing and the boy's mum Jom is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Continue reading... |
| Spanish attacks: how the world's papers reacted Posted: 17 Aug 2017 10:48 PM PDT Newspapers condemn the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils as 'evil' perpetrated by 'bastards' Newspapers in Spain and around the world have reacted in horror to events in Barcelona and elsewhere in Catalonia, where 13 civilians and five suspected terrorists were killed in separate incidents, and more than 100 were injured. Many national broadsheets and tabloids focused on the attack in Barcelona's Las Ramblas area, where a white van veered into pedestrians in the crowded tourist street just after 5pm on Thursday, killing 13 people. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Spain – five terror suspects killed as second attack follows Barcelona Posted: 17 Aug 2017 10:33 PM PDT Police shootout in town of Cambrils after 13 died in Las Ramblas van atrocity … earlier house explosion in Alcanar linked to wider plot Hello – Warren Murray here on a morning dominated by terror attacks in Spain. Continue reading... |
| UK's £2m support for Egypt security projects branded ‘deeply disturbing’ Posted: 17 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Transparency campaigners highlight alleged human rights abuses in Egypt as controversial conflict, stability and security fund comes under scrutiny again The government is facing questions over transparency after almost £2 million in aid and defence funding was given to security projects in Egypt, including support for policing, the criminal justice system and the treatment of juvenile detainees. The news comes with Egypt's security forces under fire from human rights groups for routine disappearances, the torture of detainees, and the jailing of political opponents and journalists. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian supreme court upholds land rights of indigenous people Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:47 AM PDT Land rights activists applaud rejection of case brought by Brazilian state that claimed it was due compensation for award of territory to native inhabitants The Brazilian supreme court has ruled in favour of two tribes in a case that is being hailed as a significant victory for indigenous land rights. The unanimous decision – which went against the state of Mato Grosso do Sul – settled a dispute over land traditionally occupied by indigenous people and ordered the authorities to respect the demarcation of land. Continue reading... |
| Two arrested as Spanish police link van attack with Alcanar explosion – video Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:07 PM PDT Police commissioner Josep Lluis Trapero says two people have been arrested who are suspected of direct links to the Barcelona van attack and an earlier explosion at a flat 200km away in Alcanar in which one person was killed and several injured. Neither of the detainees was the driver of the van in Thursday's atrocity, he said. The arrests took place in the northern Catalan town of Ripoll and in Alcanar. The incidents in Barcelona and Alcanar are being linked to the killing by police of four terror suspects in Cambrils, 120km from Barcelona. Continue reading... |
| Five dead after gunfire erupts on the streets in the Spanish city Cambrils – video Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:40 PM PDT People take cover as approximately eight shots ring out in the town of Cambrils, about 120km from Barcelona early on Friday. Catalan police later confirmed that officers shot dead four alleged 'perpetrators' and injured one more during the counter-terror raids there. It follows the deaths of at least 13 people in a van attack in Barcelona. Continue reading... |
| Spanish prime minister says Barcelona has been hit by 'jihadi terrorism' – video Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:30 PM PDT The Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy says his country stands in solidarity with Barcelona, which he says has been hit by 'jihadi terrorism'. Rajoy made his comments after a van veered onto a pavement in a busy pedestrian zone in Barcelona's Las Ramblas district, killing 13 people and injuring many more. • Barcelona attack – latest updates Continue reading... |
| Van strikes crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas – video report Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:42 PM PDT Thirteen people are dead and at least 50 injured after a van rammed into a crowded street in Barcelona on Thursday. A large white Fiat van veered off the road in Las Ramblas into a crowd of people. Spanish police confirmed they were treating it as a terrorist attack Continue reading... |
| Aftermath of attack on Las Ramblas – in pictures Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:55 PM PDT Images from the scene of deadly rampage that left at least 13 dead and many more injured in Barcelona Continue reading... |
| Long-lost diamond ring found wrapped around carrot – video report Posted: 17 Aug 2017 07:37 AM PDT A Canadian woman who lost her engagement ring 13 years ago while weeding her garden on the family farm is wearing it proudly again after her daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground attached to a misshapen carrot. Mary Grams, 84, says she never told her husband, Norman, that she lost the ring Continue reading... |
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