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- South Korea holds live-fire drills and warns of more launches by North
- Myanmar blocks all UN aid to civilians at heart of Rohingya crisis
- Rouhanicare: Iranian president's unsung domestic success
- Aeroflot gender discrimination case reaches court in Moscow
- Merkel clashes with Schulz in TV debate as her rival hopes to claw back support
- In Houston, wayward alligators look to return home, too
- White House threatened with subpoena over draft letter from Trump to Comey
- Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan, dies aged 67
- 'A beautiful moment': Blind college football player makes winning debut
- Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day
- 'Preserve rule of law': Obama's inauguration letter to Trump revealed
- Toddler rescued after falling into 50-metre well in China – in pictures
- Is Elon Musk's plan for a road network beneath LA more than a pipe dream?
- Man charged with kidnapping over missing nine-year-old girl in Alps
- End 'macho' Brexit posturing, Anna Soubry urges May
- Firefighters tackle Burbank's La Tuna fire - in pictures
- Police cuts and crime rise 'affecting senior officers' mental health'
- A two-headed turtle and Andrew Flintoff as Elvis: today's unmissable photos
- Trump to end Daca 'Dreamers' program with six-month delay – reports
- Michel Temer is a legitimate president – and he’s putting Brazil back on its feet | Letters
- Red Centre Nats: man critical after burning fuel sprays into crowd at Alice Springs drag-racing
- South Korea launches ballistic missiles in simulated attack on North Korea - video
- Workplace sexism survey shows 'disturbing' gap in male and female perception
- Monday briefing: South Korea simulates missile attack on North
- China is angry, but what can it do about North Korea?
- Malala tells Aung San Suu Kyi 'world is waiting' for her to act over Rohingya violence
- Cambodia Daily shuts with 'dictatorship' parting shot at prime minister Hun Sen
- 'We'd rather die than lose': villagers in Indonesia fight for a land rights revolution
- John Lewis and Habitat withdraw granite worktops over slavery concerns
- North Korea bomb: Trump’s trade threat to China not seen as credible
- Did North Korea just test a hydrogen bomb? | Ian Sample
- North Korea's latest nuclear test reflects failure of Trump's bellicose rhetoric
- 'Massive military response': Mattis weighs options on North Korea – video
- North Korea claims successful nuclear test – video report
| South Korea holds live-fire drills and warns of more launches by North Posted: 04 Sep 2017 02:01 AM PDT Military responds to North Korean nuclear test with show of force and new missile deployment Follow the latest developments live South Korea has carried out a simulated attack on North Korea's nuclear test site in a huge show of force in response to Pyongyang's detonation of what it claims is a hydrogen bomb. Seoul has also approved the complete deployment of a US anti-missile system in another sign that it intends to address North Korean provocations with reminders of its own military firepower, while keeping the door open to dialogue. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar blocks all UN aid to civilians at heart of Rohingya crisis Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:09 PM PDT Exclusive: Military offensive against insurgents leaves thousands stranded without life-saving supplies Myanmar has blocked all United Nations aid agencies from delivering vital supplies of food, water and medicine to thousands of desperate civilians at the centre of a bloody military campaign in Myanmar, the Guardian has learned. The world body halted distributions in northern Rakhine state after militants attacked government forces on 25 August and the army responded with a counteroffensive that has killed hundreds. |
| Rouhanicare: Iranian president's unsung domestic success Posted: 03 Sep 2017 09:00 PM PDT Healthcare plan has given coverage to millions previous unable to afford a doctor, but concern remains about long-term costs When Ali's father-in-law had a stroke in the Iranian city of Shiraz last year, the 67-year-old shopkeeper was rushed to Namazi hospital, where he received treatment for 20 days, including six days in intensive care. While his father-in-law recovered, Ali turned his mind to how he would pay for the care. He borrowed money to build up a 100m rials (£2,000) reserve. But when he picked up the bill, it amounted to just 5.8m rials (£116). Continue reading... |
| Aeroflot gender discrimination case reaches court in Moscow Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:00 PM PDT Flight attendants claim airline's campaign to use younger, more attractive staff is latest example of Russia's 'war against women' Two Aeroflot flight attendants are to have their gender discrimination claims against the airline heard in court in Moscow this week in the first case of its kind to involve a major, state-controlled Russian company. The two women, both in their 40s, are suing after the Russian carrier photographed and measured all flight attendants and, their claim argues, took those women who were a Russian size 48 (a UK size 14) or larger off the much coveted – and better paid – long-haul international flights. They are among hundreds of female Aeroflot employees who say they've been discriminated against. Continue reading... |
| Merkel clashes with Schulz in TV debate as her rival hopes to claw back support Posted: 03 Sep 2017 01:05 PM PDT Chancellor forced onto defensive over migration and growing inequality but Social Democrat leader struggled to differentiate his policies from Merkel's Angela Merkel clashed with her Social Democrat rival Martin Schulz on Sunday night in a lively television debate widely seen as the last opportunity for the Social Democrats (SPD) to claw back support before the general election in three weeks' time. The latest polls show Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and her partners in Bavaria's CSU leading by between 15 and 17 points over the SPD. Continue reading... |
| In Houston, wayward alligators look to return home, too Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:42 AM PDT As floodwaters in Houston recede, residents returning to their homes are finding reptilian neighbors have set up camp in unexpected places Humans were not the only animals displaced by Hurricane Harvey's epic flooding in south Texas and Louisiana. Now, as the waters recede, returning residents are finding neighbors from the animal kingdom in unexpected places. On Friday, Brian Foster returned to his Lake Houston, Texas, home on Friday to find a 9ft-alligator in the living room. A Harris County Precinct 4 Constable tweeted a photo of the reptile, which was shortly afterwards collected by wildlife control officers. Continue reading... |
| White House threatened with subpoena over draft letter from Trump to Comey Posted: 03 Sep 2017 02:15 PM PDT Adam Schiff of the House intelligence committee accuses Trump of being dishonest about his business interests in Russia A leading member of a congressional intelligence committee is threatening to subpoena the White House in order to obtain a draft letter that Donald Trump reportedly wanted to send to James Comey when he fired him as FBI chief. The move comes amid growing questions over whether the president tried to obstruct justice and has misled people about his business interests in Russia. Continue reading... |
| Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan, dies aged 67 Posted: 03 Sep 2017 06:53 PM PDT The band were revered for their jazz-tinged music and cynical lyrics, and enjoyed hits including Rikki Don't Lose That Number Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the influential band Steely Dan, died on Sunday aged 67, according to his website, which did not disclose the cause of death. Becker was lead guitarist of the sophisticated, jazz-flavoured band, which he formed with Donald Fagen, the keyboardist and lead vocalist, when the pair were at Bard College in New York. Continue reading... |
| 'A beautiful moment': Blind college football player makes winning debut Posted: 03 Sep 2017 06:08 AM PDT
Jake Olson first imagined this moment long before he lost his vision to cancer eight years ago. The blind long snapper's team-mates guided him onto the field. They lined him up over the ball. The referee blew the whistle. And Olson's snap – a pass between his legs to help set up a kick – was straight and true. "It turned out to be a beautiful moment," Olson said. Continue reading... |
| Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:06 AM PDT Country wants to reclaim physical activity in age when young people are focused on computers, says government spokeswoman Air pollution levels have plunged in cities across Bolivia as the country marked a nationwide car-free day in which all non-emergency vehicles were banned from city streets. As Bolivia's middle-class population has increased over the past 10 years so has the number of cars clogging city streets. The car-free event started 18 years ago in Cochabamba, one of Latin America's five most polluted cities, and has gradually taken root across the country. By 2011, it had become so popular that Bolivia's legislature declared a yearly "Day of the Pedestrian and Cyclist in Defence of Mother Earth". Continue reading... |
| 'Preserve rule of law': Obama's inauguration letter to Trump revealed Posted: 04 Sep 2017 12:25 AM PDT Former president left letter for Trump in which he urged his successor to uphold the rule of law and separation of powers Barack Obama warned Donald Trump to uphold the rule of law and not undermine the "international order" in a newly revealed letter from the 44th US president to his successor. The former president gave Trump three key pieces of advice in a letter he left in the Oval Office when he departed the White House. The letter was published on Sunday by CNN. Continue reading... |
| Toddler rescued after falling into 50-metre well in China – in pictures Posted: 03 Sep 2017 09:00 AM PDT Firefighters and excavators dig to rescue a 20-month-old boy who fell into a well in Xi'an, Shaanxi province Continue reading... |
| Is Elon Musk's plan for a road network beneath LA more than a pipe dream? Posted: 04 Sep 2017 02:13 AM PDT Cities attract wild ideas, from Qinhuangdao's straddling bus to London's bike lanes in the sky. As Musk's Boring Company starts tunnelling, could his plans for underground roads and Hyperloop trains prove the doubters wrong? In early August, the city council of Hawthorne, California, held a special meeting. It had set aside this time to discuss a major construction project proposed by a high profile company based there in the sprawling Los Angeles basin. The company was Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, the rocket-building offshoot of the electric car company Tesla, run by the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. SpaceX had recently spun off another entity, this one aimed at disrupting the tunnel boring business, cheekily named the Boring Company – and it needed the City of Hawthorne's cooperation. Continue reading... |
| Man charged with kidnapping over missing nine-year-old girl in Alps Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:26 AM PDT 34-year-old was at wedding where Maëlys de Araujo disappeared from in the early hours of 27 August A man has been charged with kidnapping and placed in provisional detention in connection with the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl during a wedding in the French Alps. Maëlys de Araujo was last seen in the early hours of Sunday 27 August at a community hall where the wedding was held in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, a village 30 miles (50km) north of Grenoble. Continue reading... |
| End 'macho' Brexit posturing, Anna Soubry urges May Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:02 AM PDT Former minister says it is the job of backbenchers to scrutinise the repeal bill which is due to be debated on Thursday The government's "bullish" and "macho" approach to Brexit should not stop Conservative backbenchers from tabling amendments to the crucial repeal bill, a leading Tory remainer has said. Former minister Anna Soubry said that Theresa May must put an end to a governmental attitude that suggests that scrutinising the bill, which will transfer EU law into UK law, would be "weird" or "treacherous". Continue reading... |
| Firefighters tackle Burbank's La Tuna fire - in pictures Posted: 03 Sep 2017 11:59 PM PDT More than 5,000 acres (2.023 hectares) have burned in the intense brush fire in California forcing people from their homes, shutting down an interstate and sending massive plumes of smoke in the air, according to the Los Angeles fire department Continue reading... |
| Police cuts and crime rise 'affecting senior officers' mental health' Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:40 AM PDT Half of superintendents in England and Wales show signs of anxiety, as forces rely on fewer officers working longer hours Police are facing a "perfect storm" of staff cuts, new threats and a rise in crime, with many now feeling overworked and showing symptoms of mental ill health, according to a senior officer. Ch Supt Gavin Thomas, the president of the Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales, said a confluence of pressures was leaving forces reliant on fewer officers working longer hours. Continue reading... |
| A two-headed turtle and Andrew Flintoff as Elvis: today's unmissable photos Posted: 03 Sep 2017 05:27 AM PDT A selection of the day's best images including wildfires in California and a marathon in a Norwegian national park Continue reading... |
| Trump to end Daca 'Dreamers' program with six-month delay – reports Posted: 04 Sep 2017 12:52 AM PDT President will end Obama program giving work permits to illegal immigrants, sources say, but Congress will now be given time to draft replacement law Donald Trump has decided to scrap a program giving work permits to people who came to the United States illegally as children but will give Congress up to six months to find a legislative alternative, according to reports. Related: Asylum once defined America. Now, it stands imperiled | Roger Ekrich Continue reading... |
| Michel Temer is a legitimate president – and he’s putting Brazil back on its feet | Letters Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:37 AM PDT Critics of Brazil's president are wrong, writes Eduardo dos Santos, Brazilian ambassador to the UK. He is overseeing a social and economic renaissance In 2014, Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer were elected together, respectively, as president and vice-president of Brazil. As a result of the constitutional process that led to the impeachment of Rousseff, approved by the national congress with the scrutiny of the federal supreme court, Temer took over as president. To say, therefore, that his government is illegitimate (Letters, 31 August) is not only untrue, but also reveals a misjudgment of the Brazilian political system. Under the rule of law, our democratic and republican institutions have proved once again their resilience in the face of a very serious crisis. It is also incorrect to argue that Temer is reversing social programmes. On the contrary, his government is putting the country back on track after the tremendous fiscal, economic and social crises created in the previous years, which led to the worst recession and unemployment rate the country has ever endured. Now economic growth is back on the rise, jobs are being recovered and new opportunities for trade and investment are being generated. |
| Red Centre Nats: man critical after burning fuel sprays into crowd at Alice Springs drag-racing Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:32 AM PDT Twelve spectators injured when competition car at Red Centre Nats sent lit fuel flying into the crowd A man is in a critical condition and 11 others were also injured after a competition car did a burnout at a drag-racing event in Alice Springs, sending burning fuel spraying over crowds of onlookers. Twelve people were burned when the car at the Red CentreNATS event on Sunday sent the lit fuel flying during the burnout with vision showing flames being thrown out over fans. Continue reading... |
| South Korea launches ballistic missiles in simulated attack on North Korea - video Posted: 04 Sep 2017 12:00 AM PDT South Korea has responded to Sunday's nuclear test by North Korea with a huge show of military force and moves to boost its ability to counter missile attacks from its neighbour. The army and air force drills, held at an undisclosed location on Monday morning, involved launching ballistic missiles in a simulated strike against North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site – the scene of Sunday's controlled detonation of what Pyongyang claimed was a powerful hydrogen bomb capable of being loaded on to an intercontinental ballistic missile. Continue reading... |
| Workplace sexism survey shows 'disturbing' gap in male and female perception Posted: 03 Sep 2017 11:00 PM PDT Young Women's Trust survey finds almost half of female HR directors think their workplaces are sexist compared with a quarter of men Almost half of female HR directors and decision-makers think their workplaces are sexist, compared with only a quarter of men in the same position, according to research from the Young Women's Trust. The survey also found one in eight large employers admit sexual harassment in their companies goes unreported, while one in 10 were aware of formal sexual harassment complaints, according to a YouGov survey of 800 HR decision-makers about women's experiences at work. |
| Monday briefing: South Korea simulates missile attack on North Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:42 PM PDT Seoul risks angering China and Russia in increasingly tense Korean standoff … Police custody report promises shake-up … McDonald's staff go on strike Good morning and welcome to the Guardian's daily briefing. I'm Martin Farrer and these are the stories making waves this Monday morning. Continue reading... |
| China is angry, but what can it do about North Korea? Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:15 PM PDT Xi Jinping has few options to bring Kim Jong-un into line but he also has to contend with the unpredictable Donald Trump On Friday afternoon, the eve of North Korea's most powerful ever nuclear test, China's football-loving president received a gift from the world's greatest ever player. "Good luck," read the handwritten message from Pelé on a canary yellow Brazil jersey handed to Xi Jinping by his South American counterpart, Michel Temer. |
| Malala tells Aung San Suu Kyi 'world is waiting' for her to act over Rohingya violence Posted: 03 Sep 2017 09:46 PM PDT The youngest ever Nobel peace prize winner urges her fellow laureate to stop 'shameful' treatment of the Muslim minority in Myanmar Malala Yousafzai has called on Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the "tragic and shameful" treatment of the Myanmar's Rohingya people following violence that has left hundreds dead. In a statement on Twitter, the Nobel peace prize winner told her fellow laureate that the "world is waiting" for her to act over unrest that has seen tens of thousands of people flee into neighbouring Bangladesh. Continue reading... |
| Cambodia Daily shuts with 'dictatorship' parting shot at prime minister Hun Sen Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:32 PM PDT English-language newspaper had a reputation for breaking news about sensitive topics such as corruption and environmental issues One of Cambodia's most stridently independent newspapers, the Cambodia Daily, published its last edition on Monday with the headline "Descent Into Outright Dictatorship" as it closed amid a crackdown on critics of prime minister Hun Sen. The English-language paper had been given a deadline of one month to pay $6.3m in years of back taxes, which the publication disputed and described as "astronomical". Continue reading... |
| 'We'd rather die than lose': villagers in Indonesia fight for a land rights revolution Posted: 03 Sep 2017 11:00 PM PDT A small community on the island of Sumatra is at the heart of a battle for traditional territories that could finally resolve the muddled and exploitative system of laws governing land ownership in Indonesia It is cold and late on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Huddled around a map, a group of elders are planning their battle strategy. In a milestone victory last year, they were promised rights to the land their village has controlled for generations, but today they have had bad news. The local inspector wants to slice off a piece of the forest where they harvest benzoin – a substance like frankincense – and give it to a large pulp company. They see this as a betrayal. The elders debate in a mix of languages – Batak and bahasa Indonesia – while sipping tea and planning how they will resume the fight the next day. For years now, almost every day has involved this kind of planning. Continue reading... |
| John Lewis and Habitat withdraw granite worktops over slavery concerns Posted: 03 Sep 2017 03:08 AM PDT Supply chains of high street retailers under scrutiny after investigators uncover evidence of human rights violations and child labour in Indian stone quarries John Lewis and Habitat have pulled a range of granite worktops from sale over concerns their supply chains may be tainted with slavery and child labour. Many other high-street businesses selling granite products such as kitchen worktops, tiles and tombstones are also likely to scrutinise their supply chains after investigators discovered that debt bondage, underage workers and unsafe, unhealthy working conditions are part and parcel of daily working life in Indian quarries. |
| North Korea bomb: Trump’s trade threat to China not seen as credible Posted: 03 Sep 2017 11:53 AM PDT The US imported $463bn worth of goods from China in 2016. Cutting off trade with Beijing would trigger a protectionist spiral leading to a global recession
Donald Trump huddled with his national security advisers on Sunday to try to decide on a response to North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test. Pyongyang said it had detonated a hydrogen bomb, using nuclear fusion as well as fission, and the seismic data suggested a blast that was ten times as big as any of its previous tests. Continue reading... |
| Did North Korea just test a hydrogen bomb? | Ian Sample Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:59 AM PDT Scepticism met North Korea's claims that last January's test involved an H-bomb. The latest one leaves less room for doubt North Korea's nuclear test created tremors around the world. Shockwaves were first picked up at a seismic station 230 miles away in Mudanjiang, China, where the needle sprang into action less than a minute after the blast. Seconds later, the tremors reached instruments in South Korea and Japan, and within 12 minutes had been detected in Canada, Australia and at the Eskdalemuir Observatory in Scotland. More than 130 stations recorded shockwaves, which after 20 minutes had reached as far as Argentina 12,000 miles from the test site. Continue reading... |
| North Korea's latest nuclear test reflects failure of Trump's bellicose rhetoric Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:42 AM PDT Ignoring Trump's warning that 'fire and fury' would befall North Korea, Kim Jong-un has conducted his most provocative ballistic missile test to date
Donald Trump responded to North Korea's sixth nuclear test by turning on one of Washington's closest allies in the region, South Korea, blaming it on Seoul's policy of "appeasement". Pyongyang's rhetoric and actions leading up to the test have been aimed at the US, however, and detonation of the most powerful nuclear device the regime has built so far reflects the failure of any remaining hope Trump might have had that his own bellicose rhetoric would work as a deterrent. Continue reading... |
| 'Massive military response': Mattis weighs options on North Korea – video Posted: 03 Sep 2017 06:27 PM PDT US defense secretary James Mattis makes a statement at the White House on a possible military response to the recent North Korea nuclear test, saying: 'We made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, South Korea and Japan, from any attack. And our commitment among the allies is ironclad: any threat to the United States or its territories, including Guam, or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming' Continue reading... |
| North Korea claims successful nuclear test – video report Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:45 AM PDT Pyongyang says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that can be loaded on to an intercontinental ballistic missile. Donald Trump condemns the test as 'very hostile', while the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, says it is unacceptable Continue reading... |
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