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- India floods: Mumbai building collapses as monsoon rains wreak havoc
- Houston flooding: Texas chemical plant 'poised to explode' – live
- Angela Merkel faces protests in Germany's nationalist heartlands
- Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserve
- Disneyland apologises for banning boy from Princess experience
- Felix Sater: the enigmatic businessman at the heart of the Trump-Russia inquiry
- Victory for Assad looks increasingly likely as world loses interest in Syria
- Houthi rebels detain activist who brought Yemen war to outside world
- Ireland should consider 'Irexit' to avoid Brexit damage, says academic
- Defense secretary quickly contradicts Trump over North Korea diplomacy
- Donald Trump makes policy pledge to senator investigating son's Russia meeting
- Google-funded thinktank fired scholar over criticism of tech firm
- Taj Mahal is Muslim tomb not Hindu temple, Indian court told
- Volcanic eruptions triggered global warming 56m years ago, study reveals
- John Smelcer dropped from YA award amid 'concerns' over integrity
- Thieves bore into cellar from Paris catacombs to steal €250,000 of wine
- Police search for Lancashire businessman missing in Barbados
- Pepe the Frog cartoonist forces withdrawal of 'alt-right' children's book
- US lines up North Korea expert as ambassador to Seoul
- Parasite architecture: inside the self-built studio hanging under a bridge in Valencia
- The last Nazi hunters
- Man throws 70 lit fireworks into Liverpool pizza takeaway
- Tories unlikely to let May lead them into next election, says former party chair - Politics live
- The pre-teen superstars stopping disease in Iraqi refugee camps
- UK government unveils £200m in aid to help fight Boko Haram in Nigeria
- In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won't be the last
- Canada introduces gender-neutral 'X' option on passports
- Japan remains committed to UK after Brexit, Abe tells May
- Australian security agencies may not have approved tighter citizenship laws
- 'You are a danger to civilisation': gay politicians share their experiences
- From hope to hate: how the early internet fed the far right
- Search for victims after Mumbai building collapses amid floods – video report
- New arrivals update: how is Germany coping with its refugee influx?
- Thursday briefing: South Asia battles flood calamity
- 'The ladies’ loos are the worst': why customers hate Luton airport
- Germany turns refugees into mental health counsellors for their peers
- Hong Kong activists fear Chinese anthem law is latest curb on freedom
- Russia's bridge link with Crimea moves nearer to completion
- Duterte’s war on drugs leaves tragic legacy for Filipino families – in pictures
- Day of the Disappeared: remembering victims of the Bosnian war – in pictures
- 'The world is a horrible place to be a woman': Brazilian writer launches sexual violence campaign
- Yemen conflict: human rights groups urge inquiry into Saudi coalition abuses
- China has 'most responsibility' to rein in North Korea, says Turnbull – video
- Human chain saves man trapped in vehicle by Texas floods – video
- ‘It's very, very, very unsanitary’: Houston shelter is flooded – video
| India floods: Mumbai building collapses as monsoon rains wreak havoc Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:12 AM PDT Flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh has left parts of cities underwater with storm moving on to Pakistan, lashing the port of Karachi At least seven people are dead and as many as 40 feared trapped after a building collapsed in Mumbai, India's financial capital, as monsoon downpours continue to cause havoc across South Asia. The four-storey residential building gave way on Thursday morning in the densely populated area of Bhendi Bazaar, after heavy rains turned roads into rivers. Continue reading... |
| Houston flooding: Texas chemical plant 'poised to explode' – live Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:35 PM PDT More bodies are discovered as Harvey's floodwaters start dropping, while Texas says close to 50,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed
The fire will happen. It will resemble a gasoline fire. It will be explosive and intense in nature … As the temperature rises, the natural state of these materials will decompose. A white smoke will result, and that will catch fire. So the fire is imminent. The question is when.
The US coast guard says it rescued more than 940 people from floodwaters across the greater Houston metro area on Wednesday. That takes the total rescued by the agency since Harvey struck to more than 4,500 people – and 113 pets. Continue reading... |
| Angela Merkel faces protests in Germany's nationalist heartlands Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:00 PM PDT Local media report 'scary situations' amid pre-election campaigning in areas where rightwing populists are gaining ground Angela Merkel has faced fierce protests on the campaign trail for next month's federal elections in Germany, calling into question her strategy of actively targeting regions of the country where rightwing populists have been gathering support. Germany's first east German chancellor has been heckled and jeered, and her aides physically assaulted, while campaigning in the part of the country she grew up in. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserve Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:35 AM PDT Judge says president Michel Temer went beyond his authority in issuing decree to dissolve Renca, after fury from activists A Brazilian court has blocked an attempt by the president, Michel Temer, to open up swaths of the Amazon forest to mining companies after an outcry by environmental campaigners and climate activists. The federal judge Rolando Valcir Spanholo said the president went beyond his authority in issuing a decree to abolish Renca, an area of 46,000 sq km (17,760 sq miles) that has been protected since 1984. Continue reading... |
| Disneyland apologises for banning boy from Princess experience Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:55 AM PDT The three-year-old was told he could not take part in the make-up and hair-styling session, because he is male Disneyland Paris has apologised after barring a three-year-old from participating in its "Princess for a Day" experience because he is not a girl. Hayley McLean-Glass said she asked if she would be able to book the treat as a Christmas present for her son, Noah, who is a "superfan" of the Disney film Frozen and loves to dress up as Elsa, one of its lead characters. Continue reading... |
| Felix Sater: the enigmatic businessman at the heart of the Trump-Russia inquiry Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT The Moscow-born former Trump associate's name emerged in leaked emails – and he tells the Guardian to expect 'many more stories' about him to come Felix Sater, a Moscow-born businessman now at the centre of the Trump-Russia affair, says he lives by a simple code: "Screw me once, shame on you; screw me twice, shame on me for letting it happen." As the Trump presidency finds itself increasingly hemmed in by an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, and as key protagonists hire their own lawyers and reportedly make their own arrangements with prosecutors, they are words likely to become ever more relevant to those caught in the whirlpool. Continue reading... |
| Victory for Assad looks increasingly likely as world loses interest in Syria Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT States that were until recently committed to toppling the Syrian leader are now resigned to him staying In recent months, as supplies of aid, money and weapons to Syria's opposition have dwindled, it had clung to the hope that ongoing international political support would prevent an outright victory for Bashar al-Assad and his backers. Not any more. An announcement earlier this week by Jordan – one of the opposition's most robust supporters – that "bilateral ties with Damascus are going in the right direction" has, for many, marked a death knell for the opposition cause. Continue reading... |
| Houthi rebels detain activist who brought Yemen war to outside world Posted: 30 Aug 2017 08:13 AM PDT Hisham al-Omeisy, a prominent political analyst who has been critical of both sides in the civil war, is being held incommunicado One of Yemen's most prominent political analysts and activists is being held incommunicado, without access to a lawyer or his family, after he was detained in Sana'a by the Houthi rebels that control the city. Hisham al-Omeisy has been a rare on-the-ground commentator during Yemen's civil war, and has been critical of both sides in his outspoken Twitter posts. Continue reading... |
| Ireland should consider 'Irexit' to avoid Brexit damage, says academic Posted: 30 Aug 2017 04:41 AM PDT Economist Ray Kinsella says Ireland's interests are tied up with UK's and it risks being left marginalised if it stays in EU Ireland should seriously consider exiting the EU to avoid being left marginalised and economically damaged by Brexit, a leading academic in Dublin has said. The economist Ray Kinsella said the country was too peripheral to the economic bloc's core interests and Brussels could not be trusted to look after Ireland's interests. Continue reading... |
| Defense secretary quickly contradicts Trump over North Korea diplomacy Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:33 AM PDT Minutes after president says 'talking is not the answer' to tensions with Pyongyang, James Mattis says diplomatic solutions never run out Donald Trump appeared to rule out contacts with the North Korean regime in the wake of its missile test over Japan on Wednesday, declaring: "Talking is not the answer." Minutes later, however, the defense secretary, James Mattis, flatly contradicted the president's blanket statement, telling reporters: "We're never out of diplomatic solutions." Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump makes policy pledge to senator investigating son's Russia meeting Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:13 PM PDT President promises federal support for ethanol to industry backer Chuck Grassley a day after reports that Trump Jr will meet with Grassley's committee
Donald Trump called a senior Republican senator from Iowa on Wednesday whose congressional committee is investigating his son, Donald Trump Jr, and promised him critical federal support for the biofuel ethanol, a key issue for the lawmaker. |
| Google-funded thinktank fired scholar over criticism of tech firm Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:56 AM PDT New America Foundation, which has received $21m from Google, dropped Open Markets initiative after senior fellow wrote blogpost praising EU fine An influential Washington thinktank that has received more than $21m in funding from Google and its chairman Eric Schmidt dropped a team of scholars after its leader wrote an article praising the European Union's decision to fine the tech giant. The New America Foundation is one of the leading left-leaning policy groups in the US and is led by Anne-Marie Slaughter, an author, foreign policy analyst and political scientist. In June, Barry Lynn, a senior fellow who led the thinktank's Open Markets initiative, wrote a blogpost praising the EU's decision to levy a record €2.42bn ($2.7bn) fine on Google for breaching antitrust rules and abusing its market dominance. "Google's market power is one of the most critical challenges for competition policymakers in the world today," Lynn wrote. Continue reading... |
| Taj Mahal is Muslim tomb not Hindu temple, Indian court told Posted: 30 Aug 2017 03:17 AM PDT Government archaeologists reject claim the structure was built by Hindus and that they should be allowed to worship there A court in India has heard testimony from government archaeologists that the Taj Mahal is a Muslim mausoleum built by a Mughal emperor to honour his dead wife – delivering an official riposte to claims it is a Hindu temple. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects monuments of national importance, had been ordered to give its view in response to a petition filed by six lawyers stating that the Unesco world heritage site in the city of Agra had originally been a temple called Tejo Mahalaya dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva. Continue reading... |
| Volcanic eruptions triggered global warming 56m years ago, study reveals Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:34 AM PDT Scientists say one of the most rapid periods of warming in Earth's history was due to gradual release of CO2, warning current levels of emissions were even higher A dramatic period of global warming 56 million years ago that saw temperatures climb by up to five degrees and triggered extinctions of marine organisms was down to volcanic eruptions, researchers have revealed, in a study they say offers insights into the scale and possible impact of global warming today. One of the most rapid periods of warming in Earth's history, the Palaeocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), occurred as Greenland pulled away from Europe. Continue reading... |
| John Smelcer dropped from YA award amid 'concerns' over integrity Posted: 30 Aug 2017 04:42 AM PDT PEN Center USA's young adult prize has withdrawn its shortlisting of Stealing Indians after a number of authors cast doubt on the writer's bona fides PEN Center USA has dropped John Smelcer's novel Stealing Indians from the shortlist for its young adult award, after Smelcer's integrity was publicly questioned by several writers, including Man Booker prize winner Marlon James. Smelcer's Stealing Indians was one of four titles in the running for the award. Telling the story of four Indian teenagers taken from their homes and sent to boarding schools in the 1950s, it was first published in 2016, but featured a quote on the cover from Chinua Achebe. ("A poignant story of colonisation and assimilation, something I know a little bit about. A masterpiece.") Achebe died in 2013. Continue reading... |
| Thieves bore into cellar from Paris catacombs to steal €250,000 of wine Posted: 30 Aug 2017 04:29 AM PDT Police say more than 300 bottles of vintage wine were carried out through vast tunnel network beneath French capital Thieves stole wine reportedly worth more than €250,000 (£230,000) after burrowing into a private cellar from the catacombs 20 metres below Paris. Police say more than 300 bottles of vintage wine were carried out through the underground network, which comprises more than 150 miles (250km) of tunnels running beneath the city. Continue reading... |
| Police search for Lancashire businessman missing in Barbados Posted: 30 Aug 2017 06:20 AM PDT Steven Weare, 49-year-old director of Fylde Motor Company, was last seen a week ago in a Burger King car park near Bridgetown A British businessman has been missing for a week in Barbados. Steven Weare, 49, disappeared last Wednesday, sparking an island-wide hunt by the Royal Barbados police force. Continue reading... |
| Pepe the Frog cartoonist forces withdrawal of 'alt-right' children's book Posted: 30 Aug 2017 06:16 AM PDT Matt Furie, whose 'peaceful frog-dude' has been co-opted as a far-right meme, has stopped distribution of book that lawyers say espouses Islamophobia The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has taken legal action to force the author of a self-published children's book that uses the character to espouse "racist, Islamophobic and hate-filled themes" to give all of his profits to a Muslim advocacy organisation. Pepe, created by Matt Furie in the early 2000s as a "peaceful frog-dude" with the catchphrase "feels good man", was adopted as a symbol by supporters of the US "alt-right" last year. He has since been designated by the Anti-Defamation League as a hate symbol, but Furie has been attempting to end the association, even killing off the character in one comic strip and subsequently launching a Kickstarter to raise money to "save Pepe". Continue reading... |
| US lines up North Korea expert as ambassador to Seoul Posted: 30 Aug 2017 02:23 AM PDT Appointment of Victor Cha may signal White House believes putting pressure on China is key to preventing nuclear conflict An academic expert on North Korea is reported to be Donald Trump's pick for US ambassador to Seoul in what could be a sign the White House believes further pressure on China is the best diplomatic route to prevent a nuclear conflagration in the region. Victor Cha, a Korean-American, is a former director for Asian affairs on the White House national security council and served as deputy head of the US delegation in multilateral talks with North Korea over its nuclear programme during the Bush administration. Continue reading... |
| Parasite architecture: inside the self-built studio hanging under a bridge in Valencia Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:15 PM PDT Spanish designer Fernando Abellanas has built a workspace that clings to the underbelly of a major overpass, and slides on rollers from one side to the other Far from the madding crowds of Valencia in eastern Spain, Fernando Abellanas is enjoying the solitude of his unique new studio. But it's not the airy, light-filled glass and white walls affair you might expect for an architect: it's a purpose-built desk space that hangs in the underbelly of a major city overpass. On one "wall" – the concrete pillar that supports the highway above – a detachable structure of plywood boards and metal tubes serve as a desk, chair and shelves. Using the bridge's beams as rails, Abellanas' structure can slide on rollers from one side to the other. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:00 PM PDT Since 1958, a small department of Germany's government has sought to bring members of the Third Reich to trial. A handful of prosecutors are still tracking down Nazis, but the world's biggest cold-case investigation will soon be shut down. By Linda Kinstler The Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes is an austere, pale-yellow prison building nestled into the 18th-century city wall of Ludwigsburg in southwestern Germany. Once used by the Nazis to detain political prisoners, the building announces its contemporary tenants obliquely, with a small, silver sign. Entering the Central Office still feels like entering a jail; to gain access, one must pass through a white metal gate and then through a second secure doorway. Since it was created by the West German government in 1958, the Central Office's mission has been to deliver Nazis to justice. Every year, its six investigative "departments," each of which consists of a single prosecutor, scour the globe looking for members of the Third Reich. Chief prosecutor Jens Rommel, who heads the operation, is a sturdy, jovial 44-year-old with frameless glasses and a triangular goatee. The German press calls him a Nazi hunter, but Rommel doesn't like the term. "A hunter is looking for a trophy," he told me. "He has a rifle in his hand. I'm a prosecutor looking for murderers and I have criminal code in my hand." Continue reading... |
| Man throws 70 lit fireworks into Liverpool pizza takeaway Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:45 AM PDT Video shows staff running for cover in what is believed to be a revenge attack after a bullet in a pizza box was reported to police Police are investigating after a hooded man threw a box of 70 lit fireworks inside a takeaway in a suspected revenge attack. CCTV footage shows staff running for cover at Hello Pizza in Liverpool, before the fireworks exploded at about 9.30pm on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Tories unlikely to let May lead them into next election, says former party chair - Politics live Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:04 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May's press conference in Japan and the David Davis/Michel Barnier press conference at the end of the Brexit talks
Here is a summary of the main points from Grant Shapps' interview about Theresa May on the Today programme earlier. I think that is probably the case. The truth is, we ran a very poor election. And you can't just brush that under the table, pretend it didn't happen, not least because we went from having a workable majority to no majority at all ... I think colleagues may well be surprised by this interview last night and I think it is too early to be talking about going on and on, as Margaret Thatcher once said. Let's get some progress for the British people first, I think that's the priority. We've got this massive Brexit thing coming up. She's got 18 months. I think, speaking to colleagues - I must have had conversations with about 50 or so colleagues during the summer - and the overwhelming feeling is, she's there, she has a job to do, we've got this massive Brexit deal to sort out. And then let's see what the performance looks like. I would have thought that that is the common sense approach. In a week where we've been talking about boardroom responsibility, the person at the top must take responsibility. And you have to see what the performance is like. The party will decide your future not you - former Tory Chairman @grantshapps tells Theresa May @BBCr4today
This is from Sky's Lewis Goodall. Senior Tory MP tells me: "My concern is that Theresa May actually believes what she has said. She is delusional." Continue reading... |
| The pre-teen superstars stopping disease in Iraqi refugee camps Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:00 AM PDT Junior health workers are raising awareness about handwashing and drinking clean water to prevent diseases like polio, typhoid, measles and cholera In the 45-degree heat and billowing dust of Kapartu camp in northern Iraq, staying neat and tidy presents a challenge, but there is one group of people who are always immaculately turned out and easily identifiable as humanitarians: a collection of children aged 11 to 13 who take great pride in their roles as junior health workers (JHWs). Smartly dressed in clean black T-shirts, black caps, and with lanyards round their necks, these children help fight the spread of infection, promote healthy habits and humanitarian ideals. "I like wearing it, and my friends also like me wearing it," says Hyatt, who is unsure of her age but thinks she is 12. "They wish they could dress like me and be a junior health worker." Continue reading... |
| UK government unveils £200m in aid to help fight Boko Haram in Nigeria Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:23 AM PDT International development secretary Priti Patel announced the five-year care package on a visit to Nigeria with foreign secretary Boris Johnson The UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, and international development secretary Priti Patel have travelled to the heart of the Boko Haram uprising in Nigeria to show solidarity with the fight to bring the jihadists under control. In their first joint visit, the two ministers travelled to Maiduguri, the capital of the north-east state of Borno, which suffered the worst killings by the Islamist terrorist group, including attacks at the university campus. Continue reading... |
| In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won't be the last Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:47 AM PDT From the US to India and China, human impact on the climate is likely to have made droughts and storms more severe – and the trend is only set to continue The 17tn US gallons of rain (roughly 26m Olympic swimming pools) dumped on Texas by Hurricane Harvey has set a new high for a tropical system in the US, but it is unlikely to last long as rising man-made emissions push the global climate deeper into uncharted territory. Images of flooded streets in Texas are mirrored by scenes of inundated communities in India and Bangladesh, the recent mudslides in Sierra Leone and last month's deadly overflow of a Yangtze tributary in China. In part, these calamities are seasonal. In part, the impact depends on local factors. But scientists tell us such extremes are likely to become more common and more devastating as a result of rising global temperatures and increasingly intense rainfall. Continue reading... |
| Canada introduces gender-neutral 'X' option on passports Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:05 PM PDT LGBT groups welcome change as positive step for rights of non-binary, intersex and transgender people Canadians are able to identify as gender neutral on their passports from Thursday under changes that have been enthusiastically welcomed by rights campaigners. Canada becomes the first country in the Americas to allow its citizens to use an "X" category, joining those in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Malta, New Zealand and Pakistan. India, Ireland and Nepal are among the countries that provide various third-options. Continue reading... |
| Japan remains committed to UK after Brexit, Abe tells May Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:12 AM PDT But Japanese PM and head of carmaker Aston Martin warn 'transparency and predictability' needed during exit process The Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has promised Theresa May his country will remain committed to the UK after Brexit, but said businesses need "transparency and predictability" during the process of leaving the EU. A similar warning was delivered to May by the head of the British carmaker Aston Martin, who was also attending the Tokyo trade event at which Abe spoke, as part of a UK business delegation travelling with the prime minister. |
| Australian security agencies may not have approved tighter citizenship laws Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:18 AM PDT Immigration department officials unable to confirm whether Asio or AFP raised the need for Peter Dutton's proposed changes Immigration officials have been unable to say whether they gained security agency backing for tighter citizenship laws before Peter Dutton announced the controversial overhaul. The officials told a Senate inquiry in Brisbane they could not confirm whether the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) or the Australian federal police raised a need for the proposed changes, or were consulted specifically about them before they were unveiled in April. Continue reading... |
| 'You are a danger to civilisation': gay politicians share their experiences Posted: 31 Aug 2017 02:05 AM PDT Foreign minister Alan Duncan and Kezia Dugdale, former Scottish Labour party leader, among LGBT MPs speaking in documentary for BBC MPs from across the political spectrum have spoken about their experiences as gay politicians, including Scottish secretary David Mundell, who said he believed he would have been forced to resign from the cabinet had he come out 20 years ago. Speaking in a documentary about the experiences of LGBT MPs, foreign minister Alan Duncan said he believed his sexuality had been seen as a barrier to his promotion by Tory whips, when he came out as the first openly gay Conservative MP in 2002. Continue reading... |
| From hope to hate: how the early internet fed the far right Posted: 31 Aug 2017 01:00 AM PDT The beginning of the internet was full of hope: limitless information would make us wiser, kinder, less bigoted. So when did hate get a foothold? Back in 1990, the American lawyer and author Mike Godwin proposed a law of early internet behaviour: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." In short, the more you talk online, the more likely you'll be nasty. "Godwin's Law" was in fact only half the story: it turns out talking online didn't only make people think their opponents were Nazis. Some of them actually had become Nazis. Continue reading... |
| Search for victims after Mumbai building collapses amid floods – video report Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:47 AM PDT Rescue workers in Mumbai are searching for people feared trapped beneath a collapsed building following two days of torrential rain in India's commercial hub. At least 1,200 people have died across south-east Asia as a result of flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, and millions of people are estimated to have been affected Continue reading... |
| New arrivals update: how is Germany coping with its refugee influx? Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:26 AM PDT The latest from the Guardian's project, including an investigation into how Germany is faring after opening its doors Two years ago, Germany was turned upside down by the biggest movement of refugees since the second world war. How would it cope? Would Germans, with their famed efficiency, rise to the challenge? And what of those who had finally made it to safety – what future awaited them? Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: South Asia battles flood calamity Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:39 PM PDT Monsoon rains swamp parts of India, Bangladesh and Nepal … Trump's friendly call to Donald Jr's Senate interrogator … and, 20 years today since Diana died Greetings, it's Warren Murray with the news to get you out of the starting blocks. Continue reading... |
| 'The ladies’ loos are the worst': why customers hate Luton airport Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:00 PM PDT Noise, mess, dodgy signage, rude staff: the list of complaints from dissatisfied passengers goes on and on It's not just the late August drizzle, extortionate prices and £2.10 shuttle ride to the train station that await travellers at Luton airport. It's also the dawning realisation that they have arrived at the worst airport in Britain. A survey by Which? has given Luton a customer satisfaction score of just of 29% – the lowest in the history of the annual survey. Continue reading... |
| Germany turns refugees into mental health counsellors for their peers Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:00 PM PDT Project counters lack of mental health care by helping migrants to teach coping skills and offering asylum seekers a listening ear On the top floor of a former US army barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany, a Somali refugee called Abdi Mohamed is standing in front of a colourful chart which says: "Stress: Causes, Signs and Coping Strategies". Mohamed is running a small group therapy session, together with Parisa Moayedi, a colleague from Iran. "What do you feel when you get stressed?" Mohamed asks two recently arrived asylum seekers from Somalia. |
| Hong Kong activists fear Chinese anthem law is latest curb on freedom Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:56 PM PDT Imposing prison sentence for disrespecting the March of the Volunteers is a sign of creeping influence, campaigners say Imagine singing God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols, and then being sentenced to 15 days in prison. That could become a reality in Hong Kong, where new laws may criminalise disrespecting the Chinese national anthem, the latest sign of Beijing's creeping influence in the former British colony. Related: My week in Lucky House: the horror of Hong Kong's coffin homes Continue reading... |
| Russia's bridge link with Crimea moves nearer to completion Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT Installation of railway arch above Kerch Strait is key phase in Kremlin's plan to integrate peninsula seized from Ukraine Russian engineers have completed a key phase of a bridge that will link the annexed Crimea peninsula to mainland Russia. A huge 6,000-tonne railway arch was hauled into place 35 metres (115ft) above the sea, in an operation involving hundreds of workers. Continue reading... |
| Duterte’s war on drugs leaves tragic legacy for Filipino families – in pictures Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Since Rodrigo Duterte became president last year, his brutal campaign against drugs has claimed thousands of lives. Human rights groups say he is guilty of crimes against humanity, yet that is scant comfort to those mourning loved ones All photographs: James Whitlow Delano/Funded by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Continue reading... |
| Day of the Disappeared: remembering victims of the Bosnian war – in pictures Posted: 30 Aug 2017 07:00 AM PDT Families are still searching for 12,000 missing relatives from the 1990s war in the western Balkans. Photographer Armin Smailovic followed one man, the only survivor of a 1992 massacre in which he lost his mother, brothers and sister All photographs: Armin Smailovic Continue reading... |
| 'The world is a horrible place to be a woman': Brazilian writer launches sexual violence campaign Posted: 30 Aug 2017 06:00 AM PDT Blogger and activist Clara Averbuck, who says she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver in São Paulo, is using social media to take arms against abuse A Brazilian feminist writer and activist who says she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver in São Paulo has launched an online campaign after writing and posting about the attack. Clara Averbuck's Twitter drive is the latest in a series of digital protests that Brazilian feminists have used to denounce violence against women. |
| Yemen conflict: human rights groups urge inquiry into Saudi coalition abuses Posted: 30 Aug 2017 04:57 AM PDT Letter to UN human rights council from coalition of 62 organisations calls for investigation of airstrikes that have destroyed schools, hospitals and homes Human rights groups have urged the UN to establish an independent inquiry into abuses during the Yemen conflict, which has spiralled into the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The UN human rights council has verified the deaths of more than 5,000 civilians since the outbreak of war in March 2015, although the actual number is likely to be significantly higher. The conflict has devastated Yemen's infrastructure and economy, leaving at least 8,719 people wounded, 7 million on the brink of famine, and an estimated 540,000 suffering from cholera. Continue reading... |
| China has 'most responsibility' to rein in North Korea, says Turnbull – video Posted: 30 Aug 2017 07:21 PM PDT Speaking to the media in Sydney, the Australian prime minister says China has the greatest leverage over the North Korean regime and with that leverage comes great responsibility. Turnbull says he believes further economic sanctions will need to be imposed on North Korea, because the alternative, a full-blown conflict on the peninsula, is shocking Continue reading... |
| Human chain saves man trapped in vehicle by Texas floods – video Posted: 30 Aug 2017 02:48 PM PDT A chain of people works together to save an old man who had become trapped in his car in Texas on Wednesday. A driver named Stephanie Mata was travelling past when she noticed the group of people, who did not have a rope, working together to save the man. Continue reading... |
| ‘It's very, very, very unsanitary’: Houston shelter is flooded – video Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:43 AM PDT Beulah Johnson, an evacuee, films the inside of a shelter in Houston that has been overwhelmed by water in the wake of tropical storm Harvey, forcing about 100 weary people to retreat to bleacher seats with their belongings. Marcus McLellan of Jefferson County sheriff's office said on Wednesday that the Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur had been inundated overnight, owing to rainfall and an overflowing canal nearby Continue reading... |
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