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- US warns of military option if North Korea nuclear and missile tests continue
- 'I've got what it takes': will Jacinda Ardern be New Zealand's next prime minister?
- 'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding as Myanmar takes over aid efforts in Rakhine state
- Harry Dean Stanton, cult American actor, dies aged 91
- 'Alarm bells we cannot ignore': world hunger rising for first time this century
- Chelsea Manning hung up phone on Harvard dean who delivered fellowship snub
- Row over sexual abuse letter brings down Iceland’s government
- Istanbul biennial hires provocative curators, but where's the political art?
- Entire city police force sacked in Philippines after murder claims
- Tensions simmer in St Louis after white officer acquitted of killing black motorist
- Flint water crisis: expert says lead levels normal but warns against celebration
- Mocaa, Cape Town: grain silo reborn as Africa's answer to Tate Modern
- The 20 photographs of the week
- How photography became the hottest new investment choice
- How the Guardian reported the arrival and devastation of Hurricane Irma
- Ousted Pakistani prime minister’s daughter fights for family legacy
- 'Four Lions factor': how terrorist incompetence is saving lives
- London tube bombing: terror threat at critical as hunt for bomber continues - live updates
- Boris Johnson: we will still claw back £350m a week after Brexit
- Juggalos and Trump backers to descend on Washington – at the same time
- Brazilian navy searches for British woman missing in Amazon
- US must stop North Korea threats, says China, as Kim Jong-un aims for military 'equilibrium'
- Police brought in after marriage equality survey forms put up for sale online
- Istanbul's Hobbit House: recycled refuge where children are in charge
- Pakistan man sentenced to death for ridiculing Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp
- RAF helicopter crash in Kabul 'partly caused by surveillance balloon'
- Fatbergs, flag-waving and a fancy probiotic | Brief letters
- Latest North Korea missile test ends South's talk of engagement
| US warns of military option if North Korea nuclear and missile tests continue Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:51 PM PDT UN ambassador and national security adviser float possibility if new sanctions fail: 'We have been kicking the can down the road and we're out of road' The US has warned it could revert to military options if new sanctions fail to curb North Korean missile and nuclear tests, after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in two weeks. The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, and the national security advisor, HR McMaster, told reporters that the latest set of UN sanctions – imposed earlier this week after North Korea's sixth nuclear test – would need time to take effect, but they suggested that after that, the US would consider military action. Continue reading... |
| 'I've got what it takes': will Jacinda Ardern be New Zealand's next prime minister? Posted: 15 Sep 2017 01:00 PM PDT A week before the election, Labour's leader talks to the Guardian about immigration, sexism and how she would handle Trump It is a week before the New Zealand election and the Labour leader, Jacinda Ardern, is raising her voice above the cacophony at the Tahunanui community centre in the coastal town of Nelson where a crowd has come to meet the 37-year-old woman hailed as the latest saviour of the left. Just weeks ago her prominence on the general election campaign trail was unthinkable. Ardern, then deputy leader, had declared that every colleague would have to be hit by a bus before she would step up as the "designated survivor". Continue reading... |
| 'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding as Myanmar takes over aid efforts in Rakhine state Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:11 AM PDT Officials fear aid blockade could become permanent in region where Rohingya Muslims have reportedly been massacred by soldiers The Myanmar government has taken control of aid operations in the country's crisis-hit Rakhine state, as reports continue of massacres and "ethnic cleansing" by soldiers on the Muslim population there. Senior officials and Human Rights Watch have told the Guardian they believe the move could become permanent, ending vital food and health programmes run by international agencies. Already there is an aid blockade on UN agencies that workers say is having a severe impact on malnourished children. Continue reading... |
| Harry Dean Stanton, cult American actor, dies aged 91 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT Prolific character actor, who appeared in scores of films including Paris, Texas, Alien, Repo Man and The Straight Story, died in an LA hospital on Friday Harry Dean Stanton, the veteran American actor who ballasted generations of independent and cult films, has died aged 91. The subject of the late critic Roger Ebert's "Stanton Walsh Rule" – "No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad" – Stanton was famed for his ability to project his hangdog, laconic charm into minor roles, which ensured he worked continuously for over six decades. Directors who cast him include David Lynch, Sam Peckinpah, Ridley Scott, Alex Cox and Wim Wenders, but he was never nominated for an Oscar or any of the other principal acting awards. Related: Harry Dean Stanton: 'Life? It's one big phantasmagoria' Continue reading... |
| 'Alarm bells we cannot ignore': world hunger rising for first time this century Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:30 AM PDT UN agencies warn conflict and climate change are undermining food security, causing chronic undernourishment and threatening to reverse years of progress The number of hungry people in the world has increased for the first time since the turn of the century, sparking concern that conflict and climate change could be reversing years of progress. In 2016, the number of chronically undernourished people reached 815 million, up 38 million from the previous year. The increase is due largely to the proliferation of violence and climate-related shocks, according to the state of food insecurity and nutrition in 2017, a report produced by five UN agencies. Continue reading... |
| Chelsea Manning hung up phone on Harvard dean who delivered fellowship snub Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:40 AM PDT
Chelsea Manning, the former US soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of state secrets and served seven years in military prison, abruptly terminated a phone call with the dean of the Harvard Kennedy school in an expression of her dismay at his decision to revoke her visiting fellowship in the face of severe pressure from the CIA. Related: Harvard rescinds Chelsea Manning's visiting fellowship after CIA chief protests Continue reading... |
| Row over sexual abuse letter brings down Iceland’s government Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:15 AM PDT Country is facing second snap election in a year after party in ruling coalition quits over alleged cover-up involving PM's father Iceland will face its second snap election in a year after one of the three parties in its ruling coalition said it was quitting because of a "serious breach of trust" over the alleged cover-up of a scandal involving the prime minister's father. The Bright Future party said on its Facebook page that it had "decided to terminate cooperation with the government", effectively bringing down Bjarni Benediktsson's administration barely nine months after it was formed. Continue reading... |
| Istanbul biennial hires provocative curators, but where's the political art? Posted: 15 Sep 2017 04:43 AM PDT Scandinavian duo Elmgreen and Dragset say biennial offers a nuanced perspective on the country, but Turkish artists admit need to censor their work In recent years the Istanbul biennial has grappled with subjects such as the city's anti-authoritarian protests in Gezi Park in 2013 and Europe's migration crisis. In 2009 the biennial's manifesto said "politically neutral art is a means of policing the art world". The 15th edition of Turkey's most important contemporary art event, which opens on Saturday, is curated by the celebrated Scandinavian subversives Elmgreen and Dragset, and takes as its theme "what makes a good neighbour". Continue reading... |
| Entire city police force sacked in Philippines after murder claims Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT Move follows allegations that some of 1,200-strong Caloocan city force were involved in killings of three teenagers An entire city police force in the Philippines has been sacked after some of its members were suspected in the killings of three teenagers, with others seen on surveillance cameras robbing a house. Related: 'Please stop!' Brutal killing of a student in Philippines drug war sparks nationwide anger Continue reading... |
| Tensions simmer in St Louis after white officer acquitted of killing black motorist Posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:57 PM PDT
Tensions were growing between protesters and police in St Louis Friday afternoon after a judge acquitted a former officer of murder in the 2011 shooting death of a black motorist. By mid-afternoon some officers were changing into riot gear amid scattered reports of bottles and rocks being launched at police and reporters by demonstrators, although by mid-afternoon the protests remained mostly peaceful. Continue reading... |
| Flint water crisis: expert says lead levels normal but warns against celebration Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:33 AM PDT Virginia Tech researcher who has tested city's water supply says people should continue using water filters – and 'crisis of confidence' in government remains An expert who has warned about dangerous lead levels in Flint, Michigan's drinking water declared on Friday a qualified end to the crisis. Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards made the announcement at a news conference two years to the day after he stood in front of Flint's city hall with residents and other researchers to highlight a serious lead contamination problem in the financially struggling industrial city's water supply. Continue reading... |
| Mocaa, Cape Town: grain silo reborn as Africa's answer to Tate Modern Posted: 16 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT Thomas Heatherwick pulls off an awesome act of architectural mutilation – just don't mention the luxury hotel upstairs Twinkling like rows of cut-glass decanters in a well-stocked drinks cabinet, the faceted windows atop Cape Town's new contemporary art museum rise as a crystal beacon above a motley jumble of wharves, warehouses and shopping malls. The windows shine out from the crown of a majestic concrete grain silo that has stood here since the 1920s, once the tallest building in sub-Saharan Africa, now reborn as the continent's answer to Tate Modern, which opens next week. Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 16 Sep 2017 01:23 AM PDT The aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar, the London underground explosion and the acquittal of a former officer in the murder of Anthony Lamar – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| How photography became the hottest new investment choice Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:00 PM PDT The rich are shunning paintings while prices for photographs are soaring, but is it an investment that works for everyone? The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the world's great galleries. Visitors flock to see Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and Grant Wood's American Gothic, two of the most recognisable images in modern American art. But what has stunned art collectors is that a photograph of visitors to the Art Institute, taken in 1990 by Thomas Struth, fetched more at auction than any other photograph last year, selling for $777,088. And it's not even the only one in existence – Struth produced 10 prints. As bankers to the wealthy Coutts revealed in a recent report, Old Masters have fallen from favour, with prices down 40% from their peak a decade ago. Oriental carpets and rugs are completely out of fashion, with prices back to where they were in 2005. Even the boom in classic cars has stalled, with Ferrari prices in reverse by 10% last year. But Coutts said photography has emerged as the hottest new investment for the very well-off. Photos by Gilbert and George, Robert Mapplethorpe and Andreas Gursky all fetched more than $400,000 at auctions in 2016. Continue reading... |
| How the Guardian reported the arrival and devastation of Hurricane Irma Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:00 PM PDT Journalists on three continents, using words, pictures and video, worked round the clock to capture the hurricane's power, writes the deputy editor of Guardian US Sometimes major global events happen suddenly and without warning, testing the agility, authority and accuracy of a news operation. Other times, we can watch them building from a distance until they fill our entire field of vision, hoping that the plans we put in place actually come together in the moment. Hurricane Irma, barrelling through the Caribbean at upwards of 185mph arrived with plenty of warning, but still, no less unpredictability. Continue reading... |
| Ousted Pakistani prime minister’s daughter fights for family legacy Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT Maryam Nawaz is campaigning for the election of her mother, Kulsoom Nawaz, in father's former Lahore constituency Watching her campaign, one would think Maryam Nawaz was running for election. In fact, she is canvassing for her parents, defending the legacy of her father, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's recently ousted prime minister, and fighting for the election of her mother, who has been picked to succeed him in parliament. |
| 'Four Lions factor': how terrorist incompetence is saving lives Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:47 AM PDT Not for the first time it seems that a terror attack - this time in Parsons Green - could have been much worse but for a malfunctioning device Witness accounts of the "fireball" on a tube train at Parsons Green in London and the images of the bomb apparently responsible suggest an improvised explosive device that did not function as intended. Metropolitan police sources said the device only partially exploded, and initial examination of the device led explosives experts to conclude it was "viable", meaning it was meant to explode more fully. |
| London tube bombing: terror threat at critical as hunt for bomber continues - live updates Posted: 16 Sep 2017 01:46 AM PDT Rolling coverage as the hunt for bomber who attempted to bring carnage to a London rush-hour tube train continues • Full report
A potential network of terror plotters behind the Parsons Green bombing is being hunted by police as the country braced for a further attack, PA reports. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the country's most senior counterterrorism officer, suggested on Friday night that more than one suspect could have been involved in the attempt to kill commuters in a tube carriage. He said police were "chasing down suspects".
Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the latest developments in the investigation and response to yesterday's botched terrorist attack on a tube train in west London. Twenty-nine people were injured when the a bomb made out of a bucket partially detonated on the westbound District line train at Parsons Green station at 8.20am on Friday morning. It was the UK's fifth terrorist attack in less than six months. |
| Boris Johnson: we will still claw back £350m a week after Brexit Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:49 AM PDT Foreign secretary revives Vote Leave's controversial campaign message, insisting cash should go to NHS Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain will still claw back £350m a week after leaving the EU, with much of that money preferably being spent on the NHS, as he warned critics of Brexit against treating 17.4 million voters as fools. The foreign secretary repeated the controversial claim of the Vote Leave campaign in a 4,000-word article for the Daily Telegraph, in which he claimed that exiting the EU could be a catalyst for reforming the country's tax system. Continue reading... |
| Juggalos and Trump backers to descend on Washington – at the same time Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:00 AM PDT Capital poised for busy weekend, with thousands of Insane Clown Posse fans protesting FBI treatment while president's supporters plan 'mother of all rallies' Washington DC's national mall will be filled with clowns and Donald Trump supporters on Saturday, when fans of the band Insane Clown Posse gather to protest the FBI, and fans of the president gather to celebrate the commander-in-chief. Thousands of Juggalos – the name given to fans of Insane Clown Posse – are expected to descend on the capital as they attempt to change the FBI's designation of Juggalos as a "gang", which they say has led to discrimination from police and employers. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian navy searches for British woman missing in Amazon Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:08 PM PDT Unnamed 43-year-old woman was canoeing on the Solimões River in the Amazon A 43-year-old British woman has been reported missing while canoeing on the Solimões River in the Amazon, the Brazilian navy said on Friday. The unnamed woman is said to have fired an emergency locator, according to Brazil's 9th naval district command. Continue reading... |
| US must stop North Korea threats, says China, as Kim Jong-un aims for military 'equilibrium' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 06:39 PM PDT Chinese ambassador says America needs to do 'much more' to achieve cooperation as Kim Jong-un speaks of goal of equalling US military might The United States must stop threatening North Korea's leader if a peaceful solution to the nuclear crisis is to be found, China's ambassador to Washington has said, as Kim Jong-un reiterated his country's aim to reach military "equilibrium" with the US. Cui Tiankai told reporters in Washington: "They [the US] should refrain from issuing more threats. They should do more to find effective ways to resume dialogue and negotiation." Continue reading... |
| Police brought in after marriage equality survey forms put up for sale online Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:26 PM PDT Australian Bureau of Statistics says there is no policy on how to deal with sale of survey forms and has referred cases to police The Australian Bureau of Statistics is in discussion with Australian federal police after it emerged marriage equality postal votes were being put up for sale online. The concerns were raised in the past week as the ABS began sending ballots out to people for the upcoming marriage equality postal survey, and one appeared on eBay with a starting bid of $1,500. Continue reading... |
| Istanbul's Hobbit House: recycled refuge where children are in charge Posted: 15 Sep 2017 11:00 PM PDT Turkish couple Murat and Sinem Asilcan set up centre as a place for young people, many of them from Syria, to eat and read Hidden in the back streets of old Istanbul, the Hobbit House is no ordinary children's centre. For a start, the children are in charge. Secondly, many are refugees from the war in Syria. Thirdly, the entire three-storey building has been renovated using recycled material. "Here they protect the children from the bad hearts outside," says seven-year-old Perevan, president for the month. |
| Pakistan man sentenced to death for ridiculing Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp Posted: 15 Sep 2017 08:27 PM PDT Nadeem James was accused by a friend of sharing anti-Islamic material on messaging app last year A Christian man has been sentenced to death for blasphemy by a court in eastern Pakistan after a close friend accused him of sharing material making fun of Islam, the defendant's lawyer said on Friday. Related: Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook Continue reading... |
| RAF helicopter crash in Kabul 'partly caused by surveillance balloon' Posted: 15 Sep 2017 10:30 AM PDT Afghan soldiers playing football on landing site also contributed to helicopter's crash in 2015 that killed five, coroner rules A surveillance balloon and Afghan soldiers playing football contributed to an RAF helicopter crash that killed five in 2015 in Kabul, a coroner in Oxfordshire has ruled. Two Britons, Flt Lt Geraint Roberts and Flt Lt Alan Scott, were among the dead. Two others were American and the fifth, Gordon Emin, French. Five others were also injured. |
| Fatbergs, flag-waving and a fancy probiotic | Brief letters Posted: 15 Sep 2017 09:33 AM PDT Parsons Green terror attack | Last Night of the Proms | Fat in London sewers | Non-alcoholic drinks I watched police vehicles rushing to Parsons Green underground station to try to protect us from people intent on pursuing their interests with bombs. And I remembered that only days ago, at the massive arms bazaar in London's Docklands, that same police force had arrested around a hundred of those of us intent on nonviolently resisting the lucrative business of supplying people intent on pursuing their interests with bombs (Report, 11 September). Funny old world. • As well as the abundant supply of EU flags on show at the Last Night of the Proms (Get real, Farage tells EU flag-waving prommers, 11 September), presumably it was also no coincidence that Nina Stemme sang of Poor Jenny who "in 27 languages couldn't say no". And, as if anyone had missed the point, "Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies" was missing from Henry Wood's Fantasia. |
| Latest North Korea missile test ends South's talk of engagement Posted: 15 Sep 2017 03:21 AM PDT South Korean president's new stance, that 'dialogue is impossible', will be welcomed by Japan, US and UK North Korea's latest missile launch may be the latest in a long line, and widely predicted, but familiarity is not reassuring. The 2,300-mile (3,700km) flight of the missile – further than any missile tested by the regime – over Japan only serves to sharpen the policy choices facing the rest of the world. The most immediate diplomatic impact, apart from another call for an emergency meeting of the UN security council, is that Pyongyang's decision has put paid to South Korea's lingering interest in reviving talks with its northern neighbours. Continue reading... |
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