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- Kenyan police flood streets as country braces for election violence
- North Korea vows 'thousands-fold' revenge on US over sanctions
- The strange case of Fox News, Trump and the death of young Democrat Seth Rich
- Asylum seeker found dead on Manus Island
- Ban alcohol from supermarkets, urges New Zealand medical authority
- Venezuela government and rebellious soldiers each claim victory in base attack
- Germany accuses Vietnam of abducting businessman from Berlin
- Mike Pence dismisses New York Times story about 2020 presidential run
- Trump 'not discussing' firing Mueller as Russia pressure mounts – Conway
- Insurgents kill up to 50 Afghan villagers in northern province
- Emmanuel Macron under fire for plan to give wife 'first lady' role
- Israeli government moves to impose ban on al-Jazeera news network
- Minneapolis Somali mosque explosion 'an act of terrorism', says governor
- Briton missing for three days in Australian outback found
- ‘Children say it feels like home’: the mobile library for refugees in Greece
- Marriage equality: Liberal party room votes to stick with plebiscite – politics live
- From Baidoa, Somalia: 'We have no hope'
- Tez Ilyas: 'When comics talk about religion, it's not very funny'
- The UN vote against North Korea shows the system working – for once | Mary Dejevsky
- Predicted Waterloo rail chaos fails to materialise
- UK house price growth hits four year low, and German factory output falls - business live
- Chicago will sue Trump administration over sanctuary cities grant threat
- Monday briefing: Trump dragged into fake news scandal
- Trump challenging China on trade would spark 'very aggressive' response, expert predicts
- British woman shot after family stray into Brazil favela
- 'We are powerless': UN Syria investigator Carla del Ponte quits over lack of political backing
- Hong Kong closes busy beaches after palm oil spill clogs coast
- It’s better to forget this kind of remembering | Letters
- Venezuelan group declare rebellion against President Nicolás Maduro – video
- US ambassador to UN: North Korea sanctions toughest in a generation – video
- Korean peninsula reaching critical phase, says China’s foreign minister – video
| Kenyan police flood streets as country braces for election violence Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:09 AM PDT Tuesday's poll pits incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta against veteran challenger Raila Odinga An estimated 180,000 police officers and members of the security forces are being deployed across Kenya as the country prepares to vote on Tuesday in a fiercely contested presidential election. Voters will either return the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been in power since 2013, or elect the veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga. Recent opinion polls have not indicated any clear leader in the campaign and turnout will be a key factor. Continue reading... |
| North Korea vows 'thousands-fold' revenge on US over sanctions Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:28 AM PDT Warning follows tough UN measures after the country's recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests North Korea has vowed to exact "thousands-fold" revenge against the US after the UN imposed new sanctions in response to the regime's recent tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, meanwhile, said Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes "pose a grave and growing direct threat" and vowed to apply "maximum pressure" on the regime. Continue reading... |
| The strange case of Fox News, Trump and the death of young Democrat Seth Rich Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:09 PM PDT The revelation that Fox News made contact with the White House over a false and malicious story could spell trouble for the network – and the president In the early hours of Sunday 10 July 2016, Seth Rich, a 27-year-old digital campaigner with the Democratic National Committee, was walking home after a long night at his favorite Washington sports bar, Lou's City. He was in no hurry, chatting for more than two hours on the phone to his girlfriend. At 4.19am, he told her he was almost at his door and had to go. Seconds later, gunshots rang out. A minute after that, police arrived to find Rich lying on the ground just a block from his apartment, still alive but fading fast, with two bullet wounds in his back. He died in hospital a few hours later. Continue reading... |
| Asylum seeker found dead on Manus Island Posted: 06 Aug 2017 08:00 PM PDT Circumstances of the man's death are contested by other refugees on the island after his body was found in forest near the East Lorengau transit centre An asylum seeker has been found dead on Manus Island. The man's body was found in a forest area near the East Lorengau refugee transit centre, where he was being held. Continue reading... |
| Ban alcohol from supermarkets, urges New Zealand medical authority Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:07 PM PDT Selling wine and beer next to food 'normalises' a dangerous drug and should be sold at specific outlets The New Zealand Medical Association has called for a ban on selling alcohol in supermarkets, saying that having it next to groceries and food normalises a dangerous drug. Wine and beer have been widely available in most supermarkets around the country since 1990, although spirits can be bought only in bars and off-licences. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela government and rebellious soldiers each claim victory in base attack Posted: 06 Aug 2017 03:46 PM PDT
A small group of men staged a pre-dawn assault on an army base in Venezuela on Sunday, making off with weapons and declaring themselves in rebellion against the beleaguered government of President Nicolás Maduro. Related: 'Here there is a chance': Venezuela crisis triggers exodus to Colombia Continue reading... |
| Germany accuses Vietnam of abducting businessman from Berlin Posted: 06 Aug 2017 03:53 PM PDT Vietnam's spy chief has been expelled from Germany, which was processing Trinh Xuan Thanh's asylum claim after 3.3bn dong went missing from state oil company In broad daylight, witnessed by joggers and dog walkers, a former oil executive is plucked from a central Berlin park by armed men and bundled into the back of a car. Days later he appears on state television in his native Vietnam confessing he had in fact chosen to come home in order to face justice for his wrongdoings. The story could well be the plot of a cold war thriller. Except that the German government has said it has "no doubt" that Trinh Xuan Thanh, 51, was abducted by intelligence agents just a few days ago. They have demanded an explanation from the Vietnamese government in Hanoi for the brazen act, as well as summoning its ambassador to the foreign ministry in Berlin and expelling its spy chief, who has been labelled persona non grata. Continue reading... |
| Mike Pence dismisses New York Times story about 2020 presidential run Posted: 06 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT
The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has denounced a New York Times article that suggested he is considering running for president in 2020 as "disgraceful and offensive". Related: White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump Continue reading... |
| Trump 'not discussing' firing Mueller as Russia pressure mounts – Conway Posted: 06 Aug 2017 11:41 AM PDT
Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway refused on Sunday to say if Donald Trump will commit to not firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating links between Trump aides and Russia who has empanelled a grand jury in Washington. Related: White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump Continue reading... |
| Insurgents kill up to 50 Afghan villagers in northern province Posted: 06 Aug 2017 11:16 AM PDT Unidentified militants, reported to be Taliban and Isis, kill up to 50 men, women and children in 'brutal attack' on village Insurgents have attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, according to officials. The militants attacked a security outpost in the Mirza Olang area of Sayaad district overnight, torching 30 houses, Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron under fire for plan to give wife 'first lady' role Posted: 06 Aug 2017 09:45 AM PDT French president facing people's revolt over proposal to give Brigitte Macron an office, staff and allowance from public purse The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is facing a people's revolt against plans to give his wife an official "first lady" role. More than 150,000 people have signed a petition against the move that would give Brigitte Macron an office, staff and an allowance from the public purse. |
| Israeli government moves to impose ban on al-Jazeera news network Posted: 06 Aug 2017 07:48 AM PDT Reporters have press cards revoked and cable and satellite broadcasters asked to block transmission of Qatar-based network Israel has moved to ban al-Jazeera from operating in the country and in the occupied territories, joining a boycott by Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia which have all accused the network of sponsoring terrorism. The communications minister, Ayoob Kara, said press cards for al-Jazeera reporters would be revoked. His announcement follows a vow the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made in July to close the Jerusalem office of the Qatari state-funded news network. Continue reading... |
| Minneapolis Somali mosque explosion 'an act of terrorism', says governor Posted: 06 Aug 2017 01:09 PM PDT
Governor Mark Dayton, who joined other public officials and community leaders for a meeting at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis on Sunday, described the bombing attack at the mosque on Saturday as "so wretched" and "not Minnesota". Related: The Muslim Americans leading the push to 'stand up and be leaders' in politics Continue reading... |
| Briton missing for three days in Australian outback found Posted: 06 Aug 2017 08:35 AM PDT Mother of Anthony Collis, 32, praises emergency services after finding son in bushland near Canning stock route A Briton who sparked a major search operation after going missing three days ago in the Australian outback has been found, police have said. Anthony Collis, 32, was driving to Darwin along the Canning stock route (CSR) when he became separated from his travelling companion on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| ‘Children say it feels like home’: the mobile library for refugees in Greece Posted: 06 Aug 2017 09:00 AM PDT Realising that people who have fled their homes need more than just food and shelter, a pair of volunteers decided to requisition a minivan and turn it into something that would help enrich lives While volunteering in refugee camps in Greece, Laura Samira Naude and Esther ten Zijthoff realised that the people they met needed more than food and shelter: they wanted to study, to work for their future and to find a sense of purpose. Naude and Zijthoff were determined to provide a quiet space, amid the upheaval and uncertainty, where people could use their time rather than just fill it. The pair decided to launch Education Community Hope and Opportunity (Echo) and open a library on wheels. Friends in London and Belgium did the fundraising and fitted out an old minibus with shelves and computer points for internet access, then drove it to Greece. The two then appealed for books in Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, French, Greek and English, slowly filling the shelves and finally opening in November. They now have about 1,300 books – including some in storage because they don't fit into the van – and welcome an average of 115 readers a week. So far, they have loaned out 904 books. "We have also lost many books along the way, as they inevitably go missing, and sometimes, especially with language-learning books, we let people keep them and then make copies to keep up with the demand," says Zijthoff. Continue reading... |
| Marriage equality: Liberal party room votes to stick with plebiscite – politics live Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:35 AM PDT A special meeting called by Malcolm Turnbull to resolve the party's policy on same sex marriage is continuing but early reports suggest the Coalition will stick to Tony Abbott's plebiscite policy. Follow developments live...
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Liberal MP Craig Kelly told Guardian Australia debate in the party room was respectful and he said it was important that the government stick with its election commitment for a plebiscite. Kelly said there was a sense in debate "the [government's] Senate negotiating team should be given wider latitude" to attempt to get the plebiscite policy through the Senate. Continue reading... |
| From Baidoa, Somalia: 'We have no hope' Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:17 AM PDT The worst drought in 40 years has a cruel grip on Somalia. A struggling young government and militant violence have compounded to bring crisis to 6.7 million lives. The town of Baidoa is facing some of the harshest conditions. Surrounded by territory controlled by al-Shabaab militants and amid ongoing attacks, 160,000 people have had to leave their farms and are surviving in camps where hunger, thirst and cholera await them All photographs by Peter Caton/Mercy Corps Continue reading... |
| Tez Ilyas: 'When comics talk about religion, it's not very funny' Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:31 AM PDT His show Made in Britain debunked myths about Muslims in the UK. As he returns to Edinburgh, Tez Ilyas talks about the cut and thrust of panel shows and why the fringe is like a freshers' week for standups Hi, Tez. This is your third standup show. What's it all about? Related: Tez Ilyas review – clever comedy about British National Pakistani life Continue reading... |
| The UN vote against North Korea shows the system working – for once | Mary Dejevsky Posted: 06 Aug 2017 08:55 AM PDT The fact that Russia and China voted with the US to pass security council resolution 2371 offers a rare glimmer of hope It is not every day that the UN security council passes a resolution unanimously. But that is what happened on Saturday, when it approved resolution 2371, which provides for much tougher sanctions against North Korea, including a ban on it selling coal, iron and lead. Related: Let's try and understand North Korea's actions: it sees the world as its enemy | Gabrielle Rifkind Continue reading... |
| Predicted Waterloo rail chaos fails to materialise Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:24 AM PDT Commuters report relatively smooth journeys to London as major engineering work begins at UK's busiest train station Predicted travel chaos due to engineering work at the UK's busiest train station got off to a muted start on Monday as commuters reported relatively normal journeys to work. Workers heading for London had been told to expect reduced services on the first working day since platforms one to nine at Waterloo were closed on Saturday to allow work to take place until 28 August. Continue reading... |
| UK house price growth hits four year low, and German factory output falls - business live Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:07 AM PDT All the day's economic and financial news, including the latest German production and UK house price data
Newsflash: Investor morale across the eurozone has dipped, as expectations for the future weaken. The Sentix investor confidence index dropped to 27.7 this month, down from 28.3 and slightly below expectations. EU Sentix Index. pic.twitter.com/slMX7bfVBM The economy is going through a zenith https://t.co/72BgP0SIpQ sentix #economic #index #leading indicator pic.twitter.com/g4ajaicCbJ
Jeremy Duncombe, director of the Legal & General Mortgage Club, is concerned that UK house prices are still unaffordable for many people, despite the recent slowdown. "Year-on-year house prices continue to creep upwards, in spite of political and economic headwinds. With prices still rising, first-time buyers are now on average having to save for over 11 years to save enough just for a deposit, and for those who are unable to save, they face staying in Generation Rent indefinitely. "The UK's property market is in a steady but decisive slowdown mode. Only the lack of properties for sale is preventing the market from deteriorating more quickly. "The speed of price growth has slowed substantially, and at a national level average prices are still flatlining rather than falling. "But what growth there is is meandering and listless, with prices being propped up by record low levels of supply. Continue reading... |
| Chicago will sue Trump administration over sanctuary cities grant threat Posted: 06 Aug 2017 01:47 PM PDT
Chicago will sue the Trump administration on Monday, over threats to withhold public safety grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Sunday. Related: Migrant deaths at US-Mexico border increase 17% this year, UN figures show Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: Trump dragged into fake news scandal Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:30 PM PDT President linked to conspiracies around death of Democrat staffer Seth Rich … British tourist shot in Brazilian slum … 'Meat-loving' sea lice strike in Australia Good morning. I'm Martin Farrer and these are the top stories today. Continue reading... |
| Trump challenging China on trade would spark 'very aggressive' response, expert predicts Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:17 PM PDT Taking on Beijing in areas such as intellectual property rights could lead to 'a downward spiral' in relations Moves by Donald Trump to confront China on trade would elicit a "very aggressive" response, a former top US trade negotiator has predicted, as Beijing said an upcoming visit from the US president would help "map out" the next half century of ties between the world's top two economies. There has been speculation since last week that Trump – who is due to travel to China this year – is preparing to launch a potentially incendiary investigation into its alleged abuse of intellectual property rights. |
| British woman shot after family stray into Brazil favela Posted: 06 Aug 2017 08:45 PM PDT Family car with three children inside is fired on west of Rio after apparently misunderstanding drug gang's orders A British woman has been shot at a holiday hotspot near Rio after her family mistakenly drove into a favela, Brazilian media have reported. The woman was hit twice in the abdomen, newspaper O Globo said, when the car she was in with her husband and three children was fired upon. The rest of the family were unhurt in Sunday's incident. Continue reading... |
| 'We are powerless': UN Syria investigator Carla del Ponte quits over lack of political backing Posted: 06 Aug 2017 06:10 PM PDT Swiss former attorney general investigating Syria atrocities says: 'I have no power as long as the security council does nothing' A member of the UN commission of inquiry on Syria said on Sunday she was quitting because a lack of political backing from the security council had made the job impossible, according to reports. Carla del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia, told a panel discussion on the sidelines of the Locarno film festival she had already prepared her letter of resignation, said Swiss national news agency SDA. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong closes busy beaches after palm oil spill clogs coast Posted: 06 Aug 2017 05:35 PM PDT 'White, oily substance' arising from ship collision lines the shores amid increasing concerns about pollution and rubbish Ten busy Hong Kong beaches were closed on Sunday after palm oil spilled from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters. Photographs showed styrofoam-like clumps lining the shores, while the waters at a fishing village popular with tourists were seen covered in oil and rubbish. Continue reading... |
| It’s better to forget this kind of remembering | Letters Posted: 06 Aug 2017 10:23 AM PDT Certain types of remembrance merely reinforce destructive prejudices and stereotypes, argues Jim Grozier Two recent letters (31 July, 2 August) have speculated on what might have happened if the events of 100 years ago had turned out differently. While these may be interesting questions, they are not value-free: we are supposed to identify with the British of 1917, and be horrified by the prospect of a victory by the Germans, despite the fact that a German victory would almost certainly have meant no Nazi regime and no Holocaust. For me, identifying with either of those two murderous parties is equally unthinkable. Remembering, inasmuch as it involves identifying with a particular community in the past, is the real villain here: it has led to numerous past and ongoing conflicts, as Simon Jenkins pointed out so eloquently in these pages a few weeks ago (Opinion, 22 June). • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Venezuelan group declare rebellion against President Nicolás Maduro – video Posted: 06 Aug 2017 08:54 AM PDT A small group of Venezuelans dressed in military fatigues, some armed with assault rifles, declare an uprising against President Nicolás Maduro. The video was released on the same day as a "terrorist" attack at a military base near the city of Valencia controlled by troops loyal to the government. Continue reading... |
| US ambassador to UN: North Korea sanctions toughest in a generation – video Posted: 06 Aug 2017 07:36 AM PDT Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has described the new economic sanctions placed on North Korea as the toughest in a generation. Haley told fellow member states that despite important steps, however, the problem was far from being solved Continue reading... |
| Korean peninsula reaching critical phase, says China’s foreign minister – video Posted: 06 Aug 2017 03:34 AM PDT Wang Yi issues warning after imposition of fresh UN sanctions against Pyongyang and says North Korea must not provoke the international community, following a meeting with his counterpart in Manila Continue reading... |
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