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- Kenyans queue for hours to vote amid fears of post-election violence
- US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal
- Soaring suicide and murder rates compound Middle East suffering
- Fishermen stop anti-migrant boat from docking in Tunisian port
- Man accused of abducting British model Chloe Ayling a 'fantasist'
- World's biggest bike parking garage opens in Utrecht – but Dutch dream of more
- Inside Zan TV: Afghanistan’s first all-female station
- Firefighters in Sicily accused of starting blazes for cash
- Two members of Pussy Riot detained in Russia for Oleg Sentsov protest
- Chávez loyalists hold firm amid chaos in Venezuela: 'We are doing things right'
- The spirit of steeltown: Elliott Erwitt's lost shots of Pittsburgh – in pictures
- Kandy in the spotlight: war behind it, Sri Lanka's second city sees a tourist boom
- Blocked in the Balkans: the refugees that Europe won't allow in
- Boy dies while playing on roof of abandoned building
- Russia and the US are jittery about spies. But facts are hard to come by | Robert Service
- 打压盗猎盗伐，别小看了旅游业的本事
- The conservatives turning against Donald Trump
- North Korea's nuclear threat at a 'new stage', warns Japan
- Greens move to refer Malcolm Roberts' Senate eligibility to high court
- Watch the trailer for Wolf Warriors 2 – video
- Flag-waving Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warriors 2 smashes cinema records
- Are you voting in Kenya's presidential election?
- Philippines president says US, Australia have 'toned down' human rights criticism
- Mass deportation of Chinese from Fiji in latest offshore crackdown by Beijing
- Tuesday briefing: London spy twist to Trump-Russia affair
- Pakistani Taliban starts magazine for would-be female jihadists
- Canary Island tourists warned to avoid toxic 'sea sawdust' algae
- How big brands including Sports Direct unwittingly used slave labour
- How an ancient well is bringing northern Namibia water – until funds dry up
- Murder, corruption and cattle barons in Kenya – video
- North Korea threatens 'thousands-fold' revenge on US – video
| Kenyans queue for hours to vote amid fears of post-election violence Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:50 PM PDT Result of tight contest between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga could be known by Wednesday morning Long queues formed outside polling stations across Kenya on Tuesday morning as fiercely contested presidential elections got under way following last-minute calls for calm from officials and politicians. Many voters had waited for hours in the rain to choose between the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been in power since 2013, or the veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga. The most recent polls did not indicate a clear winner. Continue reading... |
| US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:43 AM PDT Exclusive: series of emails show staff at Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service advised to reference 'weather extremes' instead Staff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference "weather extremes" instead. A series of emails obtained by the Guardian between staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a USDA unit that oversees farmers' land conservation, show that the incoming Trump administration has had a stark impact on the language used by some federal employees around climate change. Continue reading... |
| Soaring suicide and murder rates compound Middle East suffering Posted: 07 Aug 2017 09:30 AM PDT Research shows deaths due to violence such as homicide and sexual assault are rising much more steeply in the eastern Mediterranean region than elsewhere Violent acts including suicide, homicide and sexual assaults are increasing faster in the eastern Mediterranean region than in any other in the world, adding to the suffering of populations experiencing conflict and war. According to a huge body of work from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle, deaths due to self-harm increased by 100% to 30,000 in the past 25 years in the region, and those from interpersonal violence were up 152% to 35,000. Continue reading... |
| Fishermen stop anti-migrant boat from docking in Tunisian port Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:03 AM PDT C-star, chartered by far-right activists, reportedly low on supplies after being prevented from landing at Zarzis Tunisian fishermen have prevented a ship chartered by far-right anti-immigration activists from putting into port, forcing the vessel to head further along the north African country's coast in search of reportedly much-needed supplies. Flying a Mongolian flag and manned by members of the extremist French-based Generation Identity group, the C-Star was was turned away from Zarzis harbour on Sunday night and is thought likely to try to dock at Sfax or Gabès on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Man accused of abducting British model Chloe Ayling a 'fantasist' Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:21 AM PDT Pole Lukasz Pawel Herba told Italian police he belonged to gang called Black Death and then that he had leukaemia, say local media The man accused of working with an international crime gang to kidnap a British model and sell her into slavery in an auction on the dark web has been described by Italian police as a fantasist. Lukasz Pawel Herba, 30, is alleged to have attacked Chloe Ayling when she went to Milan for a photoshoot last month. The 20-year-old told police she was drugged and held against her will. Upon her release six days later, she said she was told a gang called "Black Death" had been behind her abduction. Continue reading... |
| World's biggest bike parking garage opens in Utrecht – but Dutch dream of more Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:15 AM PDT Space under train station in Utrecht, where 40% of visitors arrive on two wheels, will eventually have room for 12,500 bikes In any other country, the opening of what will become the world's largest bicycle parking garage – with space for 6,000 cycles initially, and another 6,500 by the end of next year – would be heralded as a great success. The 17,100 sq metre space under Utrecht's central station will soon knock the current title-holder, under Kasai underground station in Tokyo, off its perch. Continue reading... |
| Inside Zan TV: Afghanistan’s first all-female station Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:41 AM PDT The channel employs 50 women to create its daily mix of news, politics and lifestyle shows. In a country still recovering from Taliban rule, Zan's team are transforming attitudes – and ratings are soaring After a city-wide billboard campaign featuring a group of young women standing with arms folded, the women's media network Zan TV launched in Kabul, Afghanistan, three months ago, with a panel discussion about the right to vote and a Facebook cover photo that read: "We mirror you all". Zan, meaning "women" in Arabic, is the first TV station in Afghanistan to be made for and run entirely by women. It's a radical initiative for a country where the television industry is run solely by men and where just 16 years ago, journalism and even access to education for women were banned. "We want women to have an active role in politics and society," says Nasrine Nawa, 26, Zan's director of news programming. "We're empowering them to lead independent lives outside the home." Nawa's mission is to train the next generation of female Afghan journalists. Fifty women aged 17 to 28 work for Zan; half are qualified, half are learning on the job. "Many trained journalists are jobless because most TV stations won't employ women, so we do. We also want to train young women who might not have access to education because of where they live or their family," says Nawa. Zan also employs 10 men to train women in operating cameras and editing film. It posts jobs on its Facebook page, which had an average of 8,000 likes a day in May. Continue reading... |
| Firefighters in Sicily accused of starting blazes for cash Posted: 07 Aug 2017 06:31 AM PDT Fifteen volunteers held on suspicion of lighting or reporting non-existent wildfires in Italian region in bonus payments scam Fifteen volunteer firefighters have been arrested in Sicily on suspicion of starting wildfires and reporting non-existent blazes so they could earn €10 (£9) an hour for putting them out. Police in Ragusa province, in the south of the Mediterranean island, said the fire department became suspicious when it emerged that the auxiliary brigade had responded to 120 incidents compared with just 40 tackled by other volunteer teams over the same period. Continue reading... |
| Two members of Pussy Riot detained in Russia for Oleg Sentsov protest Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:11 AM PDT Feminist punk group members Olga Borisova and Maria Alyokhina were held for several hours after protesting against the imprisonment of Ukrainian film-maker Sentsov Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, known for their vociferous protests against the Russian establishment, were briefly detained on Monday by police in Yakutsk in eastern Siberia. Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova were arrested following a protest they made against the imprisonment of film-maker Oleg Sentsov – the pair unfurled a "Free Sentsov" banner on a road bridge, along with plumes of coloured smoke. They were held in a police station, then faced a court hearing for holding an unauthorised protest. Continue reading... |
| Chávez loyalists hold firm amid chaos in Venezuela: 'We are doing things right' Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT In 1992, Ruben Ávila helped lead the Venezuelan revolutionary's coup attempt. In a rare interview he defends Nicolás Maduro and the course Chávez set Ruben Ávila – an idealist raised on Marxist theory and stern military discipline – proudly followed the call of army paratrooper Hugo Chávez when he launched a coup d'etat in 1992 to try to oust a president they considered illegitimate. It was Ávila who led the assault on the presidential palace, boldly driving a small tank up the steps, in an incident which provided an iconic image of the ultimately failed coup attempt against president Carlos Andrés Pérez. Continue reading... |
| The spirit of steeltown: Elliott Erwitt's lost shots of Pittsburgh – in pictures Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Years before he found fame as a Magnum photographer, Elliott Erwitt was commissioned to document the city of Pittsburgh. Many of the images he took as a 22-year-old lay forgotten for decades, but have now been compiled in a book
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| Kandy in the spotlight: war behind it, Sri Lanka's second city sees a tourist boom Posted: 07 Aug 2017 04:00 AM PDT The cultural capital of Kandy – controversial location for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – survived Sri Lanka's civil war relatively intact. Now it's thriving, thanks in no small part to an infamous relic: one of the Buddha's teeth On a hill directly above Kandy there is a statue of Buddha in a seated posture, palms on his lap, signifying meditation. This is far from the most important shrine in this Buddhist-majority city, or indeed an unusual sight in Sri Lanka – the country is peppered with polished white or golden statues that are visible from afar, distinctive amid vegetation. Nonetheless, its proximity to Kandy makes it a good point from which to contemplate the city – and a highly Instagrammable one. On a scorching spring afternoon, western tourists snapped photos under the indifferent eye of Buddhist monks, while one could hear distant religious chants mixed with the sounds of 90s European dance hits at a party – a scene that pretty much represents the vertiginous change happening in Sri Lanka which, less than a decade after the traumatic civil war ended, is experiencing a tourism boom. Continue reading... |
| Blocked in the Balkans: the refugees that Europe won't allow in Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:00 PM PDT Many of Serbia's 7,600 refugees had hoped to live elsewhere in the EU but are trying to adapt to life in the Balkans When the Faqirzada family set out for a future in Europe, they did not imagine it like this. As far as they were concerned, Europe meant Germany: their oldest son was already at university in Munich, and they would surely join him in the country. The five – two parents and three teenage children – followed the same route through the Balkans that brought about 1 million people into the EU in 2015-16. But then borders began shutting. Continue reading... |
| Boy dies while playing on roof of abandoned building Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:01 AM PDT Police issue warning after 12-year-old fell through roof panel of disused building on Lancaster industrial estate A 12-year-old boy has died after falling through a roof in a disused building on an industrial estate in Lancashire. The boy, who has not been named, fell through a corrugated roof panel on the building in Lune industrial estate, Lancaster, while playing with friends on Monday night, Lancashire police said. Continue reading... |
| Russia and the US are jittery about spies. But facts are hard to come by | Robert Service Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT Amid the allegations swirling around Washington sits a private company called the Kaspersky Lab. But beyond that, nothing is clear Does the west have reason to worry that the Russian authorities have penetrated its communications networks and used the information for malign purposes? Declarations by US intelligence agencies in 2016 suggested that the case is clearcut. Russia stands charged with systematic malpractice, including the manipulation of American public opinion in favour of Donald Trump's campaign for the presidency. The US Senate reacted with a bill on economic sanctions, supported overwhelmingly, which the president felt obliged to sign in the interests of "national unity". Events are beginning to overwhelm even him on the Russian question. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2017 01:56 AM PDT 当野生动植物的存亡关系到当地居民切身利益时，他们就会成为野生动植物的最佳保护者，约翰·斯坎伦写到。 随着全球游客人数不断增长，旅行者们钟情于探索地方文化和观赏野生动植物，寻求更为丰富、更新奇的个人体验，以野生动植物为基础的旅游业正在全球范围内迅速升温。而这也促使我几年前决定从法律事业的苦海中暂时抽身，申请了6个月的无薪假期，和妹妹一起背上行囊走上了南美之旅。欣赏亚马逊雨林、伊瓜苏瀑布、马丘比丘等地的自然美景，了解保护这些美景的当地人，改变了我的一生。 联合国世界旅游组织估计，全球7%的旅游与野生动植物旅游相关，并以每年3%的速度增长，而且增长率在世界遗产地等地区还要高得多。世界自然基金会的一份报告显示，全球自然遗产中有93%支持娱乐和旅游活动，91%提供就业机会。据说在伯利兹城，超过50%的人口以珊瑚礁相关的旅游和渔业为生。 Continue reading... |
| The conservatives turning against Donald Trump Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT After 200 days of Trump's presidency, his awkward marriage of convenience with Republicans has increasingly come under severe stress More Republicans will turn against Donald Trump and his politics of populism, a GOP senator and leading critic of the president has predicted, as the Guardian surveys the conservative landscape 200 days into the Trump presidency. Jeff Flake of Arizona was among 17 conservative politicians, activists, officials and pundits interviewed over two months, revealing that while the president has given rightwing fringe groups a seat at the table, his alliance with his own party remains highly precarious. Continue reading... |
| North Korea's nuclear threat at a 'new stage', warns Japan Posted: 08 Aug 2017 01:55 AM PDT Defence paper said it was possible that the regime was able to miniaturise a nuclear warhead to load it on to a missile Japan has warned that the threat from North Korean nuclear weapons has reached a "new stage" now that it appears to have developed an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland. In its defence white paper, Japan's government said Pyongyang's weapons programme had "advanced considerably," adding that it was possible that the regime had acquired the ability to miniaturise nuclear warheads. Continue reading... |
| Greens move to refer Malcolm Roberts' Senate eligibility to high court Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:06 AM PDT Richard Di Natale says he will ask the Senate to get the court to consider the One Nation senator's citizenship status The Senate could refer the eligibility of One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts to the high court as early as Wednesday, after the senator's repeated refusal to release his personal documents. But the Greens' attempt to audit the citizenship status of every MP in parliament will be quashed, because the Coalition and Labor refuse to support it. Continue reading... |
| Watch the trailer for Wolf Warriors 2 – video Posted: 08 Aug 2017 01:32 AM PDT Watch the trailer for Wolf Warriors 2, the sequel to the Chinese box-office hit Wolf Warriors. Wolf Warriors 2 stars Wu Jing as action hero Leng Feng, who finds himself in an unnamed African country trying to live a peaceful life, only to be forced to return to his old ways as a soldier Continue reading... |
| Flag-waving Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warriors 2 smashes cinema records Posted: 08 Aug 2017 12:58 AM PDT Tale of special forces in African war zone has ridden a wave of patriotic fervour with its stunts, soldiers and western baddies A flag-waving Chinese action film depicting the country's soldiers saving war-ravaged Africans from western baddies has become China's all-time top box-office earner, headlining a summer of patriotic cinematic fare. The wildly popular Wolf Warriors 2 boasts the ominous tagline "whoever offends China will be hunted down no matter how far away they are", and millions of Chinese cinemagoers have lapped it up since the movie's release less than two weeks ago. Continue reading... |
| Are you voting in Kenya's presidential election? Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT If you're voting in Kenya's presidential election, we'd like you to share your hopes and experiences Voters are heading to the polls in what promises to be a very close race between incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga. Recent opinion polls have not indicated any clear leader between the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been in power since 2013, or elect the veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga. Continue reading... |
| Philippines president says US, Australia have 'toned down' human rights criticism Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:52 PM PDT Rodrigo Duterte claims issue of thousands of drug war deaths was mentioned 'only in passing' in meetings with Rex Tillerson and Julie Bishop The US and Australia have "considerably toned down" criticism of a drug war in the Philippines in which thousands have been killed, according to the country's president, Rodrigo Duterte. During meetings at the presidential palace in Manila, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson and Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop raised the issue of human rights "only in passing", Duterte said. Continue reading... |
| Mass deportation of Chinese from Fiji in latest offshore crackdown by Beijing Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:47 PM PDT Fijian and Chinese law enforcement agencies arrest 77 in joint operation similar to others carried out in Indonesia and Cambodia Fiji has deported 77 Chinese nationals accused of running a phone and online scam targeting victims in mainland China, the latest in a series of overseas crackdowns orchestrated by Beijing. The mass arrest and expulsion was part of a month-long operation involving both Fijian and Chinese law enforcement agencies, and echoes similar joint operations carried out in Indonesia and Cambodia last week. Continue reading... |
| Tuesday briefing: London spy twist to Trump-Russia affair Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:35 PM PDT Republicans accused over secretive bid to contact dossier author … Britain has some of Europe's lowest broadband speeds … and another snake in the grass Hello, it's Warren Murray bringing you the news this morning. Continue reading... |
| Pakistani Taliban starts magazine for would-be female jihadists Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:00 PM PDT Editorial urges women to invite 'like-minded' sisters to secret gatherings and to learn how to use weapons and grenades The Pakistani Taliban have published the first edition of a magazine aimed at convincing women to join them and practise jihad. The inaugural front cover of Sunnat-i-Khaula – which translates as "The Way of Khaula" and refers to a 7th-century female Muslim warrior – shows a woman veiled from head to toe. Continue reading... |
| Canary Island tourists warned to avoid toxic 'sea sawdust' algae Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:34 PM PDT Global warming helping spread of micro-algae, forcing the closure of several beaches including popular Teresitas at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tourists have been warned to avoid blooms of toxic micro-algae that have been proliferating in hot weather in the sea off Spain's Canary Islands. Tenerife in particular is awash with visitors at this time of year but some of those having a dip in the Atlantic ocean have come out scratching themselves after brushing up against the tiny algae. Continue reading... |
| How big brands including Sports Direct unwittingly used slave labour Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT Convictions over the exploitation of migrant workers – sent to work at the sportswear company as well as for suppliers of major supermarkets – reveal how slavery is flourishing in modern Britain Sports Direct has been named in three separate modern slavery trials in Nottinghamshire courts within six months this year, all relating to Polish migrants sent to work through recruitment agencies at the corporation's warehouse in Shirebrook. The courts convicted members of three separate criminal groups for modern slavery, after hearing that they had sent migrants to work through agencies that supplied labour to the headquarters of the sportswear company. Some migrants were also sent through an agency to work for a leading vegetable producer, which supplies – directly or indirectly – nearly all the UK's major supermarkets. Continue reading... |
| How an ancient well is bringing northern Namibia water – until funds dry up Posted: 07 Aug 2017 04:53 AM PDT A vast acquifer could quench the region's thirst for hundreds of years, but investment is in short supply in this drought-prone nation When water first flowed from the new community pump in Eenhana this spring, some locals were slow to celebrate. Groundwater has a tainted reputation in this fast-developing, northern Namibian town. Many people in the area still rely on hand-dug wells that double up as watering holes for cattle. "It was not like those wild west movies, where they strike oil and Stetsons are thrown in the air," says Martin Quinger, a groundwater hydrologist, "but once the news spread there was a huge amount of excitement that the whole area will flourish and bloom." Continue reading... |
| Murder, corruption and cattle barons in Kenya – video Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:47 AM PDT The Guardian investigates the causes behind the murder of Tristan Voorspuy, a former British army officer shot on his ranch by nomadic herders in March. The central Kenyan county of Laikipia has become the epicentre of a bloody conflict between pastoralists from the north and farmers whose land they have invaded. A severe drought aggravated by climate change is partly to blame, but so is political manoeuvering before general elections on 8 August. Continue reading... |
| North Korea threatens 'thousands-fold' revenge on US – video Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:41 AM PDT Pyongyang threatens to launch 'thousands-fold' revenge on the US in response to tough UN sanctions imposed after its intercontinental ballistic missile launches. The UN security council unanimously approved new sanctions two days ago to punish North Korea, including a ban on coal and other exports worth more than $1bn (£766m) Continue reading... |
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