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- Hurricane Harvey claims second victim in Texas as threat of flooding rises
- Spain attacks: thousands march through Barcelona in show of defiance
- Martin Schulz: social justice, no nukes ... and no match for Angela Merkel
- Hunger eats away at Venezuela’s soul as its people struggle to survive
- Macron heads for autumn showdown with unions in push to transform labour laws
- Top diver’s death casts long shadow over deep beauty of the Blue Hole
- Floyd Mayweather to earn at least $100m from Conor McGregor fight
- Donald Trump pardons Joe Arpaio, former sheriff convicted in racial profiling case
- Coalition to cut income support for 100 asylum seekers in Australia
- 'Good riddance': progressives hail exit of hardline Trump aide Sebastian Gorka
- Rightwing group protests cancellation as San Francisco blocks rally venues
- Ten killed in Kashmir clashes as Indian forces regain control of police camp
- Two men charged over M1 motorway crash that killed eight people
- From the Observer archive: this week in 1968
- For one night only: Gaza’s first proper cinema screening in three decades
- Rhinoceros horn online auction: few buyers after outraged protests
- ‘Would you kill my mother for me?’: a dark case of abuse and revenge
- 'Trying to look tough': Shorten blasts PM over cuts to asylum seeker support
- George Lincoln Rockwell, father of American Nazis, still in vogue for some
- Almost 100 dead and thousands evacuated as violence flares in Myanmar
- Japan to seek Brexit reassurances from Theresa May
- Spain attacks: King Felipe joins thousands on anti-terrorism march
- Is there a strategy to Donald Trump's attacks on Republican politicians?
- Hurricane Harvey captured by space station cameras – video
| Hurricane Harvey claims second victim in Texas as threat of flooding rises Posted: 26 Aug 2017 10:39 PM PDT The strongest hurricane to hit US in 13 years kills at least two and batters the Texas coastline before moving inland, bringing fears of disastrous floods Hurricane Harvey has killed a second person in Texas as the strongest hurricane to hit the US in 13 years continued to bring torrential rain, and with it the risk of catastrophic flooding to Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city. The second fatality was a woman who died after she drove into flooded streets on Houston's west side late on Saturday. It appeared she got out of her vehicle in high waters and her body was found a short distance away by neighbours, said emergency authorities. Continue reading... |
| Spain attacks: thousands march through Barcelona in show of defiance Posted: 26 Aug 2017 12:46 PM PDT King Felipe VI, Spanish PM and Catalonian president join emergency service workers to show no tinc por – I am not afraid – after terror attacks Hundreds of thousands of people marched down Barcelona's broad Passeig de Gràcia this afternoon behind the slogan no tinc por (I am not afraid), in a show of defiance after last week's terror attacks that left 15 people dead and over 100 injured in Barcelona and Cambrils. The protest, the largest in the city since some two million protested against the Iraq war in 2003, was called by the city council and the Catalan government. Ada Colau, the Barcelona mayor, called on people to "fill the streets to overflowing" and to show unity in the face of threats of further attacks on Spain from so-called Islamic State. Continue reading... |
| Martin Schulz: social justice, no nukes ... and no match for Angela Merkel Posted: 26 Aug 2017 04:03 PM PDT German elections are one month away, but the man who promised a centre-left revival is lagging ever further behind the chancellor At the end of a speech in which Martin Schulz had summarised social democracy's birth after the industrial revolution, evoked his party's heroic lone stand against Hitler in 1933 and brought Kaiserslautern's Fruchthalle concert hall to its feet with a rousing attack on contemporary rightwing populism, it took a gift from his hosts to drag the man challenging Angela Merkel for the top spot in Europe's biggest economy back down to earth. The party branch of Schulz's Social Democrats (SPD) presented their candidate for chancellor with a figurine of local hero Fritz Walter, who had captained Germany to their comeback victory in the 1954 World Cup final. "Walter knew a thing or two about coming from behind," said the local councillor, with all the enthusiasm he could muster. Continue reading... |
| Hunger eats away at Venezuela’s soul as its people struggle to survive Posted: 26 Aug 2017 04:05 PM PDT The Maduro regime denies its once oil-rich country is in crisis. But on the streets the desperation cannot be hidden Hunger is gnawing at Venezuela, where a government that claims to rule for the poorest has left most of its 31 million people short of food, many desperately so. As night falls over Caracas, and most of the city's residents lock their doors against its ever more violent streets, Adriana Velásquez gets ready for work, heading out into an uncertain darkness as she has done since hunger forced her into the only job she could find at 14. She was introduced to her brothel madam by a friend more than two years ago after her mother, a single parent, was fired and the two ran out of food. "It was really hard, but we were going to bed without eating," said the teenager, whose name has been changed to protect her. Continue reading... |
| Macron heads for autumn showdown with unions in push to transform labour laws Posted: 26 Aug 2017 12:30 PM PDT With threats of strikes and street protests the stakes could hardly be higher for a president under pressure The unions are threatening national strikes and blockades. A growing number of critics are warning that France is a "powder keg" waiting to blow. After an unconvincing summer, in which his popularity has plummeted, crunch time for Emmanuel Macron has arrived. The new French president is facing the prospect of a September standoff in the streets over his controversial plans to revamp the labour laws. Related: Bof! Why Emmanuel Macron is already tanking in the polls Continue reading... |
| Top diver’s death casts long shadow over deep beauty of the Blue Hole Posted: 26 Aug 2017 04:05 PM PDT The 'underwater cathedral' at the edge of the Red Sea is arguably the most perilous diving spot in the world – even for experts such as Dublin-born Stephen Keenan. What lies behind its fearsome reputation? In the bars and cafes of Dahab this summer, one recurring observation has been made among the diving fraternity, a core constituency in this Egyptian coastal resort. "If it could happen to Steve, it could happen to anyone." Last month, Stephen Keenan, aged 39 and from Dublin, drowned while overseeing a dive by the freediving world record holder Alessia Zecchini. While attempting to cross "the arch" of the Red Sea's notorious Blue Hole using only a single breath, the 25-year-old Italian became disoriented. Keenan rushed to her aid and guided her to the surface. She made it out unharmed but he blacked out and was found floating face down some distance away. Continue reading... |
| Floyd Mayweather to earn at least $100m from Conor McGregor fight Posted: 26 Aug 2017 07:22 AM PDT
Floyd Mayweather will earn a minimum of $100m for Saturday's junior middleweight boxing match with UFC champion Conor McGregor at the T-Mobile Arena, matching the career-high guarantee he made for his 2015 megafight with Manny Pacquiao. Related: Time to doff your cap because the last laugh will be Floyd Mayweather's Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump pardons Joe Arpaio, former sheriff convicted in racial profiling case Posted: 26 Aug 2017 09:33 AM PDT Presidential pardon of controversial Arizona lawman, convicted for defying judge's order to stop racially profiling Latinos, decried as 'endorsing racism' Donald Trump on Friday pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio, the hardline Arizona lawman who was convicted of contempt of court in July for defying a judge's order to stop racially profiling Latinos. Related: The five most controversial acts of clemency by US presidents Continue reading... |
| Coalition to cut income support for 100 asylum seekers in Australia Posted: 26 Aug 2017 05:12 PM PDT Asylum seekers to lose $200 a fortnight in benefits, given three weeks to find own accommodation and told to make arrangements to quit the country The government will cut income and accommodation support for up to 100 asylum seekers who have been transferred to Australia from offshore detention for medical reasons, leaked documents show. The group will be issued on Monday with what's called a "final departure Bridging E Visa" that cuts the $200 a fortnight that they had been receiving and gives them three weeks to find their own place to live. Continue reading... |
| 'Good riddance': progressives hail exit of hardline Trump aide Sebastian Gorka Posted: 26 Aug 2017 08:53 AM PDT Activists hoped the Trump adviser, known for his illiberal views on immigration and terrorism, would follow fellow Breitbarter Steve Bannon out the door Progressive groups have welcomed the departure from the White House of national security aide Sebastian Gorka. One Muslim organisation proclaimed: "Good riddance." Gorka's hardline views on immigration and terrorism were a source of discord inside the Trump administration and beyond. On Friday night, he told the Associated Press he had quit. An unnamed administration official, however, said Gorka did not resign but "no longer works at the White House". Continue reading... |
| Rightwing group protests cancellation as San Francisco blocks rally venues Posted: 26 Aug 2017 03:54 PM PDT Event planned for shadow of Golden Gate Bridge and then Alamo Square park dwindles into suburban press conference under leftwing and city opposition A planned rightwing rally in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge that was downgraded to a news conference at a small park fizzled out further on Saturday, after San Francisco police swarmed the park and city workers erected a fence around it. Related: Party poopers: rightwing rally cancelled in San Francisco amid dog poo protest Continue reading... |
| Ten killed in Kashmir clashes as Indian forces regain control of police camp Posted: 26 Aug 2017 10:08 AM PDT Gunbattle in Pulwama in southern Kashmir lasted hours, with eight policemen and two fighters dying in conflict Indian security forces in the Kashmir Valley shot dead two militants after an hours-long gun battle to regain control of a government compound in which eight policemen were also killed, the state's top police official has said. The shootout started after the militants stormed into the police camp in Pulwama, a town in southern Kashmir, early on Saturday, SP Vaid, the director general of Jammu and Kashmir police, told reporters in Srinagar. A search of the camp was continuing, he said, with all the militants believed to have been killed. Continue reading... |
| Two men charged over M1 motorway crash that killed eight people Posted: 27 Aug 2017 01:59 AM PDT Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaf charged with eight counts each of causing death by dangerous driving Two men have been charged over a crash on the M1 that left eight people dead and three more fighting for their lives in hospital. Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaf were charged with eight counts each of causing death by dangerous driving and four each of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Masierak was charged with eight more counts of causing death by careless driving while over the drink-drive limit. Continue reading... |
| From the Observer archive: this week in 1968 Posted: 26 Aug 2017 04:05 PM PDT Soviet troops occupy Czechoslovakia The Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia was not only a crime; it was a blunder of historic proportions. It is still too early to strike a final balance, as one bewildering rumour succeeds another.But one thing is certain. By sending in their troops the Russian leaders confessed their political bankruptcy and revealed the weakness of the entire Soviet system. They have, at the same time, increased that weakness. By occupying Czechoslovakia they have, in effect, announced that the Soviet system is so vulnerable that it cannot allow free speech and so brittle that it dare not permit experiment. The Soviet action demands condemnation: but just to condemn is an inadequate reaction. For this risks treating the Soviet behaviour as an aberration. But this is precisely what it is not. The Soviet invasion falls into a familiar pattern: the Pavlovian reaction of all intensely conservative and autocratic regimes faced with a challenge to their authority and a demand for change. It was in this way that Metternich's Austria reacted to the forces of nineteenth-century nationalism; it was in this way, too, that Tsarist Russia reacted to the demands for social change. Continue reading... |
| For one night only: Gaza’s first proper cinema screening in three decades Posted: 26 Aug 2017 05:27 PM PDT About 300 people attended, with men and women not segregated, to see a film about Palestinians in Israeli prisons Several hundred Gazans went to the cinema on Saturday for the first time in more than 30 years, albeit for one night only. The long-abandoned Samer cinema in Gaza City, the oldest in the strip but closed for decades, hosted a special screening of a film about Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Continue reading... |
| Rhinoceros horn online auction: few buyers after outraged protests Posted: 26 Aug 2017 06:24 PM PDT Controversial three-day South African sale condemned by conservationists, but seller says it was 'successful' South Africa's first online auction of rhinoceros horn – held amid outrage from conservationists – attracted fewer buyers than anticipated, lawyers for the organiser said on Saturday. John Hume, owner of the world's largest rhinoceros farm, organised the controversial three-day selloff which ended on Friday. Continue reading... |
| ‘Would you kill my mother for me?’: a dark case of abuse and revenge Posted: 27 Aug 2017 12:30 AM PDT Dee Dee Blanchard forced her healthy daughter Gypsy to use a wheelchair and fabricated endless medical emergencies for her. Then Gypsy found a boyfriend, and made a grisly plan to escape her mother and start a new life. Erin Lee Carr tells a deeply disturbing story of Munchausen by proxy and murder I have four VHS tapes in a large ziplock bag. They are family home movies, but not of my family. The label of one tape reads simply "Gypsy". A little girl appears in the centre of the frame, her eyes are large and brown, her hair almost white blonde. She is gazing up at the camera, asking for Mama. Born in Louisiana in 1991, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was raised solely by her mother, who was known by family and friends as Dee Dee. When the baby was three months old, Dee Dee told doctors that she didn't seem to be breathing properly. Gypsy was diagnosed with sleep apnoea and given breathing apparatus. Dee Dee was convinced that something else was wrong. When Gypsy was seven, Dee Dee met with her extended family and told them the bad news. The little girl had a chromosomal disorder and her range of motion was limited so using a wheelchair would be a necessity. After that, the health troubles seemed endless. A feeding tube was put in when Gypsy's weight was too low. When she was diagnosed with epilepsy, the doctors prescribed the drug Tegretol, which made her teeth crumble from inside her mouth. Gypsy's grandparents wondered to each other if their granddaughter would even make it to adulthood. Continue reading... |
| 'Trying to look tough': Shorten blasts PM over cuts to asylum seeker support Posted: 26 Aug 2017 11:56 PM PDT Government says 100 people affected were transferred from Manus or Nauru for medical reasons and should go back or return to country of origin Bill Shorten has taken aim at Malcolm Turnbull over a decision to cut support for asylum seekers transferred to Australia from offshore detention for medical reasons, declaring him a "weak prime minister trying to look tough". The Labor leader took to Facebook on Sunday to blast the proposal to cut income support worth $200 a fortnight, and force asylum seekers to find their own accommodation, characterising it as Turnbull's "weakest move yet". Continue reading... |
| George Lincoln Rockwell, father of American Nazis, still in vogue for some Posted: 27 Aug 2017 12:00 AM PDT A flamboyant, homophobic and antisemitic showman, Rockwell's theatrics and oratory find an echo in movements on the modern far right On 28 August 1963, the day Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on the national mall, an American Nazi arrived early. George Lincoln Rockwell, the media-savvy, pipe-smoking founder of the American Nazi Party, was blatantly racist, homophobic and antisemitic. Just 17 years after the US and its allies had defeated Nazi Germany, he had tried to hold a rally celebrating Hitler's birthday in New York. Continue reading... |
| Almost 100 dead and thousands evacuated as violence flares in Myanmar Posted: 26 Aug 2017 10:50 PM PDT Death toll rises as clashes between army and Rohingya continue for third day, while thousands flee across border to Bangladesh The Myanmar government has evacuated at least 4,000 non-Muslim villagers amid ongoing clashes in north-western Rakhine state, the government said, while thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled across the border to Bangladesh. The death toll from the violence that erupted on Friday with coordinated attacks by Rohingya insurgents has climbed to 98, including 80 insurgents and 12 members of the security forces, the government said. The clashes, the worst since at least October, have prompted the government to evacuate staff and thousands of non-Muslim villagers from the area. Continue reading... |
| Japan to seek Brexit reassurances from Theresa May Posted: 26 Aug 2017 01:00 PM PDT As the PM visits Tokyo, Japanese companies invested in the UK have voiced fears over single market access Theresa May is under pressure to reassure Japanese companies over the likely impact of Britain's exit from the European Union on their UK investments when she visits Tokyo this week. The prime minister will arrive on Wednesday on a three-day trip that is expected to include a meeting with Emperor Akihito and free-trade talks with her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe. Under EU rules, official free-trade negotiations cannot begin until after Britain has left the trading bloc. But the prospect of informal discussions will boost claims by May and other pro-Brexit politicians that exiting the EU will leave Britain better placed to trade freely with major economies such as Japan and China. Continue reading... |
| Spain attacks: King Felipe joins thousands on anti-terrorism march Posted: 26 Aug 2017 11:43 AM PDT More than half a million people march through Barcelona, a great many of them chanting 'I am not afraid' Hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona in a show of unity on Saturday evening, with chants of "I am not afraid", after two terrorist attacks in the Spanish region of Catalonia last week left 15 dead. The march was led by shopkeepers and residents of the city's central boulevard, Las Ramblas, where a van ploughed into pedestrians on 17 Aug, killing 13 and injuring over 100. Continue reading... |
| Is there a strategy to Donald Trump's attacks on Republican politicians? Posted: 26 Aug 2017 12:00 PM PDT Trump's shift from an adversary to his own party to an uneasy truce seems to have reverted – proof he either has a misguided plan, or is just thin-skinned If there was one thing a Republican candidate was not supposed to say in South Carolina, with its big military population, it was that George W Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In a primary debate in February last year, with Jeb Bush standing near him on stage, Donald Trump said it anyway. Related: Donald Trump pardons Joe Arpaio, former sheriff convicted in racial profiling case Continue reading... |
| Hurricane Harvey captured by space station cameras – video Posted: 26 Aug 2017 02:44 AM PDT Cameras outside the International Space Station capture views of Hurricane Harvey during a flyover on Friday. The hurricane has made landfall in Texas, and the National Hurricane Center says heavy rainfall will cause 'catastrophic flooding' Continue reading... |
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