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- Fresh fears for newborn babies as Rohingyas’ plight worsens
- Hamas signals readiness to end Fatah feud and hold Palestinian elections
- Police arrest 32 protesters in St Louis after acquittal of Jason Stockley
- Syria: Russian airstrike wounds six US-backed fighters
- Catalonia divided as controversial poll on independence sparks conflict with Madrid
- Netflix scout for Narcos TV show found shot dead in Mexico
- White House denies US is planning to remain in Paris climate accord
- Hardline Israeli rabbis use tough checks on Jewish identity to block marriages
- Hurricane Irma leaves UK’s Caribbean tax havens relying on volunteers
- Bottoms up: onslaught against prosecco falls flat among fans on its home turf
- Envoy welcomes Russian idea for UN troops in eastern Ukraine
- 'Step right, step left': mercurial Trump leaves supporters reeling
- The eurozone strikes back – why Europe is booming again
- With Assad's fate secure, Russia sets its sights on Isis fighters in Syria
- Frustrated EU fears Britain is ‘heading for the Brexit rocks’
- Iraqi leader warns Kurds over independence referendum violence
- The eurozone may be back on its feet. But is Greece?
- Parsons Green tube bomb: police arrest second man
- Margrethe Vestager: ‘We are doing this because people are angry’
- 'Gay or paedophile?' Philippines Duterte attacks rights chief over drug war criticism
- Freedom of speech under attack by same-sex marriage, Bernardi warns – video
- ‘I can’t wait to work, but I’m not allowed to’: young refugees on living in limbo
- ‘Imagine having already lost your home, and now you’re awaiting another catastrophe’
- ‘If No wins the Catalan referendum we’ll shut up, if it’s Yes the conflict will continue‘
- Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide
| Fresh fears for newborn babies as Rohingyas’ plight worsens Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:44 PM PDT Aid agencies in camps are overwhelmed as family tragedies unfold on Myanmar's border More than 400 babies have been born in the no man's land between the borders of Bangladesh and Myanmar in the past 15 days as 400,000 Rohingya people have fled from the violence, house burnings and gunfire in Rakhine state. The Rohingya are trapped. Myanmar's military has blamed insurgents for the latest round of violence. The UN has called the situation a "humanitarian disaster" and aid agencies are overwhelmed. About 80% of those fleeing are women and children – and there are babies being born along the way. Continue reading... |
| Hamas signals readiness to end Fatah feud and hold Palestinian elections Posted: 16 Sep 2017 11:34 PM PDT Hamas says it is willing to dissolve its Gaza administration, 10 years after it fought a bloody war with Fatah Hamas has agreed to hold talks with the rival Fatah movement, dissolve the Gaza administrative committee and hold general elections in a deal to end their long-running feud in the Palestinian territories, the group said in a statement early on Sunday. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's western-backed Palestine Authority, which is controlled by Fatah, fought a war with Hamas over Gaza in 2007, which led to Hamas taking over. Continue reading... |
| Police arrest 32 protesters in St Louis after acquittal of Jason Stockley Posted: 16 Sep 2017 07:54 AM PDT Mostly peaceful demonstrations followed a not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer who shot and killed a black motorist St Louis police said 32 people had been arrested during demonstrations against the acquittal of a former police officer, who had been charged with murder in the 2011 fatal shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith. Ten law enforcement officers were injured in the mostly peaceful protests, which began after the not-guilty verdict was handed down by circuit judge Timothy Wilson on Friday morning. Continue reading... |
| Syria: Russian airstrike wounds six US-backed fighters Posted: 16 Sep 2017 07:17 PM PDT Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say raid occurred on eastern side of Euphrates River in area liberated from Isis A US-backed force in Syria said a Russian airstrike wounded six of its fighters on Saturday near the eastern city of Deir el-Zour while in southeast Syria, Syrian troops and their Iran-backed allies began a new offensive aiming to capture areas along the Iraq border under the cover of Russian airstrikes. The command of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement that Saturday's air raid occurred on the eastern side of the Euphrates River in the industrial area that was recently liberated from Isis. Continue reading... |
| Catalonia divided as controversial poll on independence sparks conflict with Madrid Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT As appeals for dialogue make no progress, Madrid turns to threats of police action In two weeks, Catalans will go to the polls to vote in a referendum on whether to secede from Spain and form an independent republic. Or will they? Ever since Carles Puigdemont's government called the referendum for 1 October, the central government in Madrid has been doing everything in its power to ensure that it does not happen. Madrid says the referendum is unconstitutional and so are the laws the Catalan parliament passed a week ago, which will in effect disconnect Catalonia from Spanish legislative and administrative control if the Yes vote prevails. Continue reading... |
| Netflix scout for Narcos TV show found shot dead in Mexico Posted: 16 Sep 2017 10:29 PM PDT Company confirms death of location manager Carlos Muñoz Portal in Temascalapa in central Mexico A location manager working for the Netflix series Narcos has been killed while searching for places to film when the show moves from Colombia to Mexico for its fourth season. Carlos Muñoz Portal, 37, had worked for many years finding locations for US film and television productions working in Mexico. Continue reading... |
| White House denies US is planning to remain in Paris climate accord Posted: 16 Sep 2017 03:23 PM PDT Trump administration dismisses claim by EU official that US has offered to re-engage with the deal The White House has denied reports that it planned to stay in the Paris climate agreement, saying its position on leaving was unchanged, and that it would only stay in if it got more "favourable" terms. The Trump administration was forced to make a statement on Saturday after reports emerged as ministers from more than 30 countries held talks in Montreal this weekend preparing for the upcoming United Nations climate summit in November. Continue reading... |
| Hardline Israeli rabbis use tough checks on Jewish identity to block marriages Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT An ultra-orthodox religious court is infringing human rights by demanding Israelis prove their Jewish status, critics say Reut T, a 28-year-old Israeli secretary, regards herself as a traditional and observant Jew, attending synagogue each week. So having her Jewishness questioned when she wanted to marry was shocking and humiliating. The news, delivered in a summons to a rabbinical court, came out of the blue. Not only could she not be married by the rabbinate, she was told, but her very status as Jewish was being questioned, in a case now being challenged before Israel's supreme court. Continue reading... |
| Hurricane Irma leaves UK’s Caribbean tax havens relying on volunteers Posted: 16 Sep 2017 12:48 PM PDT Vulnerable 'wealthy' islands are struggling to restore sanitation and power and say they need more aid Heavy rainfall, mosquito infestations and flooding are bringing fresh misery to beleaguered survivors of Hurricane Irma, a week on from the storm which brought devastation to the Caribbean last week. But while the British government continues to face criticism for what some see as a slow reaction to the plight of its overseas territories, a volunteer-led response is now under way in locations such as the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Continue reading... |
| Bottoms up: onslaught against prosecco falls flat among fans on its home turf Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT Some Italians fear the sparkling wine has become a victim of its own success It's aperitivo time in Treviso, a city in the heart of the Italian prosecco-making region of Veneto, and some of those gathered in the bars are still smarting over recent criticism of their esteemed sparkling wine. "It's not true that it's bad for your teeth," said Mariolina Ticcò, flashing a confident grin while swirling a glass of her favourite pre-dinner drink. Continue reading... |
| Envoy welcomes Russian idea for UN troops in eastern Ukraine Posted: 16 Sep 2017 11:31 AM PDT Suggestion by Putin offers more options for resolving conflict in the region, says Kurt Volker Russia's apparent backing for the possible deployment of UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine gives negotiators more ideas with which to seek a resolution to the separatist conflict, the US envoy to the Ukraine peace talks has said. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, last week floated the idea of deploying UN troops to eastern Ukraine in a call with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, suggesting the UN mission could protect observers from the international monitoring mission undertaken by regional security watchdog OSCE. Continue reading... |
| 'Step right, step left': mercurial Trump leaves supporters reeling Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:30 AM PDT As Trump turned to Democrats for a second time in two weeks, Republicans were left stunned while his base howled in anger. What is his strategy? "He likes us," Chuck Schumer said. "He likes me, anyway." The Democratic minority leader, talking with glee to his Republican counterpart Mitch McConnell, was caught by a live microphone on the Senate floor. Schumer continued: "Here's what I told him: I said, 'Mr President, you're much better off if you can sometimes step right and sometimes step left. If you have to step just in one direction, you're boxed.' He gets that." Continue reading... |
| The eurozone strikes back – why Europe is booming again Posted: 16 Sep 2017 08:00 AM PDT Structural reforms since financial crisis are slowly but surely starting to bear fruit, with the lowest unemployment since 2009 and production ratcheted up It was a story few predicted: the eurozone is growing faster than the United States. When Jean-Claude Juncker gave his annual state of the union speech on Wednesday last week, Europe's booming economy was near the top of his list. Ten years since the crisis struck, "Europe's economy is finally bouncing back," the European commission president told MEPs. Detailing the economic resurgence, but also referring to the EU's newfound unity after Britain's vote to leave, Juncker declared: "the wind is back in Europe's sails". In fact, growth in the 19-country eurozone has quietly outshone the US for the last two years. The latest annualised growth numbers show the single currency bloc growing at 2.3%, compared with 2.2% for the world's largest economy. Eurozone unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since 2009, while factories are humming again, with production up 3.2% on last year. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| With Assad's fate secure, Russia sets its sights on Isis fighters in Syria Posted: 16 Sep 2017 06:31 AM PDT Russian commander says defeat of Islamic State is imminent after Syrian forces recapture strategic town of Okeirbat The head of the Russian army in Syria has said the defeat of Islamic State in the country is imminent during a visit to a strategically located town recently recaptured from Isis by forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad. "All the conditions are in place for the final stage of defeating Isis in Syria," said Lt Gen Alexander Lapin, standing amid heavy security outside the building of a former Isis sharia court, adorned with the extremist group's black-and-white logo. "I can promise you that no Isis terrorist will ever set foot in this town again." Continue reading... |
| Frustrated EU fears Britain is ‘heading for the Brexit rocks’ Posted: 16 Sep 2017 01:43 PM PDT The view from Europe: Boris Johnson's contribution to debate has not improved mood of EU negotiators On Wednesday afternoon, with Jean Claude Juncker's state of the union speech calling for swifter, deeper integration still ringing in their ears, a gaggle of political leaders in the European parliament met in a room opposite the chamber in Strasbourg. In the appositely named Salle de Margaret Thatcher, Guy Verhofstadt, the colourful former Belgian prime minister who is coordinating MEPs' response to Brexit, discussed with colleagues from the pro-European political parties on the parliament's Brexit steering group how they should respond to the seeming stalemate in the Brexit negotiations. The latest draft of a parliamentary resolution was discussed, lamenting the failure of the talks to develop on the key opening issues – citizens' rights, the Irish border and the financial settlement. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi leader warns Kurds over independence referendum violence Posted: 16 Sep 2017 10:25 AM PDT Haider al-Abadi prepared to intervene militarily if Iraq's population is 'threatened by the use of force outside the law' The Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, says he is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region's planned independence referendum results in violence. In an interview with the Associated Press on Saturday, Al-Abadi said if the Iraqi population was "threatened by the use of force outside the law, then we will intervene militarily". Continue reading... |
| The eurozone may be back on its feet. But is Greece? Posted: 16 Sep 2017 08:00 AM PDT Jean-Claude Juncker believes Europe is starting to recover at last. But the picture from the union's most fallible economy is very mixed Is the eurozone on the mend? Jean-Claude Juncker certainly thinks so. The EU president was upbeat in Brussels last week as he gave his annual state-of-the-union address, proclaiming that "the wind is back in Europe's sails". Juncker's optimism appeared to match the view from Greece, the currency bloc's problem child. In Athens only the previous week, the visiting French president, Emmanuel Macron, had been even more enthusiastic, declaring against the backdrop of the Acropolis that Greece's prolonged crisis was over, and that therefore Europe's was too. Continue reading... |
| Parsons Green tube bomb: police arrest second man Posted: 17 Sep 2017 12:30 AM PDT Suspect, 21, was arrested in Hounslow, west London, at 11.50pm on Saturday, the Met's counter-terrorism command said A second man has been arrested by detectives investigating the terrorist attack that injured 30 people on a London Underground train on Friday. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, at about 11.50pm on Saturday in connection with the explosion at Parsons Green station, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading... |
| Margrethe Vestager: ‘We are doing this because people are angry’ Posted: 17 Sep 2017 01:15 AM PDT She's the woman who took on Google and Apple and Starbucks… The European competition commissioner – and inspiration for the Borgen TV series – discusses her fight for fairness against powerful corporate interests In the unhinged 18 months since the EU referendum was called, I've listened to and made many arguments about the folly and hubris of Brexit, but I've never encountered any argument quite as compelling as the simple presence of Margrethe Vestager. I met Vestager (pronounced Vest-ayer) in her office on the 10th floor of the curvy cross-shaped Berlaymont building in Brussels, home of the European Commission. The office is light and bright, with a desk facing a window, which spans the length of the room. There are modernist paintings on the wall beside a wooden stepladder ("If a woman wants to go places she should bring her own ladder", she likes to say) and, on a low table, a white cast of a human hand with an upraised middle finger – an ironic gift from a Danish trade union. For the last two and a half years, this has been one of the few offices in the world in which billionaires fear to tread. As European commissioner for competition, Vestager regulates commercial activity across the EU and, with her team of 900 investigators she has, since she arrived in the post in 2014, apparently been conducting an experiment in what a new world order – or at least a freer and fairer globalised market – might look like. The daughter of two Lutheran pastors from the flat and marshy Danish coast of Jutland, she tries to work with a simple liberal philosophy in mind: "Politics should give all people opportunities and enable them to make free choices." Continue reading... |
| 'Gay or paedophile?' Philippines Duterte attacks rights chief over drug war criticism Posted: 16 Sep 2017 06:31 PM PDT Rodrigo Duterte also accuses Chito Gascon of being a spokesman for the opposition and criticised his scrutiny of police anti-drug activities Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday asked the head of the country's Commission on Human Rights (CHR) if he was a paedophile for focusing on the killing of teenagers in the government's bloody war on drugs. Duterte also suggested to lawmakers using CHR's proposed 678 million pesos budget to buy the police body cameras if they do not want to restore funding for the agency, which he has clashed with repeatedly over his anti-drugs campaign. Continue reading... |
| Freedom of speech under attack by same-sex marriage, Bernardi warns – video Posted: 16 Sep 2017 07:55 PM PDT Speaking at the national launch for the no campaign, the Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi warns of 'weaponised' anti-discrimination laws and 'legal warfare' against supporters of traditional marriage if the Marriage Act is changed to include same-sex couples. 'You can imagine ... the barrage of abuse and insults because you're starting to question what your children will be taught in schools or you dare not to recognise a couple as a married couple because they happen to be of the same gender,' Bernardi tells a Sydney crowd Continue reading... |
| ‘I can’t wait to work, but I’m not allowed to’: young refugees on living in limbo Posted: 17 Sep 2017 12:29 AM PDT A new exhibition, Claiming a New Place on Earth, gives a voice to some of the young people who fled war, poverty and persecution and are now coming of age in the UK What is it like to grow up in an Afghan village with no water or electricity, then to find yourself alone in London at 18, not speaking a word of English? How does it feel to have to wait for life to begin because you can't get a driving licence, go to university or find a job until you get your papers? Thousands of teenagers arrive in the UK every year seeking asylum, some with family members, many on their own. Many have missed out on an education and are scarred by war and having to flee their home countries. In the UK, they must navigate complex systems to get the support they need. Yet these are also young people with talent, pride, aspirations and dreams. Continue reading... |
| ‘Imagine having already lost your home, and now you’re awaiting another catastrophe’ Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT An Anguilla Radio reporter who described the onslaught of Irma last week shares her diary of the storm and its aftermath I woke at 3am this morning. I prepared a bucket bath. Being from the countryside in Dominica I did not always have the privilege of running water indoors, so this was not something uncommon for me. On Anguilla, with only a few salt ponds, no river and no running water, even a bucket bath from a water tank is now a luxury. Continue reading... |
| ‘If No wins the Catalan referendum we’ll shut up, if it’s Yes the conflict will continue‘ Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT |
| Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide Posted: 16 Sep 2017 04:05 PM PDT Major survey reveals that it's atheists who perpetuate the conflict between religious belief and science The biblical account of creation and the fate of Adam and Eve, progenitors of the human race, continues to inspire artists and writers. But according to a groundbreaking new survey, it is also at the heart of a deep misunderstanding between religious and non-religious Britons. A YouGov poll, commissioned by Newman University in Birmingham, has found that 72% of atheists polled believe that someone who is religious would not accept evolutionary science. In fact, only 19% of religious respondents in the poll rejected Darwinian thinking in favour of a literal reading of the Book of Genesis. Continue reading... |
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