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- Harvey Weinstein: English actor says alleged sexual assault ruined film career
- California fires: deadliest week in history kills 31 as blaze rages on
- EU withdrawal bill debate postponed as Brexit talks hit buffers
- Father of disabled Iraqi boy who died in Italy speaks of flaws in migration system
- Trump to rebuke Iran but won't call for sanctions that threaten nuclear deal
- Penguin disaster as just two chicks survive from colony of 40,000
- Sally Jones was fleeing Raqqa as Isis's capital fell
- Vets warn that 'extreme breeding' could harm horses
- Briton facing jail in Dubai for touching man's hip hopes to be home soon
- Mass hysteria may explain 'sonic attacks' in Cuba, say top neurologists
- New airplane biofuels plan would 'destroy rainforests', warn campaigners
- Canadian American family rescued after five years as captives in Afghanistan
- Top UN official to leave Myanmar amid criticism of handling of Rohingya issue
- Unesco: Israel joins US in quitting UN heritage agency over 'anti-Israel bias'
- Trump warns it's 'possible' the US will drop out of Nafta
- Astronomers find half of the missing matter in the universe
- Writers step in to defend author accused of plagiarism in New York Times
- Democrats propose ban on high-capacity magazines in wake of Las Vegas attack
- Yemen's cholera outbreak now the worst in history as millionth case looms
- Kingsman and the temple of doom: Cambodia bans spy flick
- 6,000 complaints ... then the quake: the scandal behind Mexico City's 225 dead
- World must wake up to crackdown in Cambodia, says exiled opposition politician
- British-American family split across Atlantic after Home Office error
- Flynn ally sought help from 'dark web' in covert Clinton email investigation
- 'Loudspeaker for the youth': Sudan tunes in to a new wavelength as sanctions lift
- Three killed in skydiving accident at Mission Beach, Queensland
- Hong Kong could ban Chris Patten, city's leader says
- I am Catalan: 'Political parties are like something from a horror novel' – video
- Philippines president Duterte threatens to expel EU ambassadors in 24 hours
- Friday briefing: Movie industry 'didn't want to know about Weinstein'
- US conservatives join campaign to stop gay marriage in Romania
- China's WeChat app translates 'black foreigner' to N-word
- New Zealand election result 'held hostage' by anonymous board of minor party
- Cleaning the dead: the afterlife rituals of the Torajan people
- Mystery surrounds deaths of Hindu villagers in Myanmar mass graves
- Is the targeting of Isis member Sally Jones legally justified?
- Trump signs executive order to weaken Obamacare – video
- Trump: It's 'possible' the US will drop out of Nafta – video
- Unesco expresses deep regret at US decision to leave organisation – video
- 'I'm just glad my family is OK': residents return to burnt houses in California – video
| Harvey Weinstein: English actor says alleged sexual assault ruined film career Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:24 PM PDT Exclusive: Sophie Dix says encounter at the Savoy hotel when she was 22 was 'the single most damaging thing that's happened in my life' An English actor who was on the brink of a career in the British film industry in the 1990s has told how her trajectory was "massively cut down" after an alleged sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein in a London hotel. Sophie Dix claimed the Hollywood mogul performed an unwelcome sexual act in her presence after she was invited up his room at the Savoy hotel "to watch some rushes" – a film production term for unprocessed footage from a day's filming. Continue reading... |
| California fires: deadliest week in history kills 31 as blaze rages on Posted: 12 Oct 2017 06:36 PM PDT Reports of hundreds missing after fourth day of devastation, as historic wildfires reduce homes and bodies to 'ash and bones' Northern California's wildfires have now killed 31 people, making this the deadliest week of wildfires in state history. Sonoma County sheriff Robert Giordano said Thursday night that two more people have been confirmed dead there. That raises the statewide death total from 29 to 31. The Oakland Hills fire of 1991 killed 29 people by itself. Continue reading... |
| EU withdrawal bill debate postponed as Brexit talks hit buffers Posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:59 PM PDT Lack of progress in Brussels negotations and Labour threat to derail legislation mean Commons discussion will not take place next week Ministers have been forced to postpone next week's debate on the EU withdrawal bill on a chaotic day that saw Michel Barnier warn of a "disturbing deadlock" in the divorce talks in Brussels and a growing whispering campaign against the chancellor in Westminster. Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the House of Commons, told MPs the key piece of Brexit legislation would not be debated next week, as they had planned, as the government struggles to respond to a deluge of hostile amendments. Continue reading... |
| Father of disabled Iraqi boy who died in Italy speaks of flaws in migration system Posted: 12 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT Adan Abdulrahman, 13, who had muscular dystrophy, died in hospital after his family struggled to find accommodation and had to sleep under a bridge The distraught father of a disabled 13-year-old Iraqi boy who died in northern Italy on Sunday has spoken of his anguish at flaws in Europe's migration system. Adan Abdulrahman, who had muscular dystrophy, died in hospital in the early hours of Sunday while recovering from a fall from his wheelchair. The cause has not been confirmed. He also had breathing difficulties and caught an infection in the days before he died. Continue reading... |
| Trump to rebuke Iran but won't call for sanctions that threaten nuclear deal Posted: 13 Oct 2017 02:00 AM PDT
Donald Trump is expected to disavow the Iran nuclear deal in a speech denouncing the government in Tehran, but he will not call for the US to abandon the agreement, according to officials briefed on the president's intentions. In his speech on Friday, Trump will unveil what he will describe as a new, tougher strategy against Iran, and blame his predecessor, Barack Obama, for the rise of Iranian influence across the Middle East. Continue reading... |
| Penguin disaster as just two chicks survive from colony of 40,000 Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:31 PM PDT 'Catastrophic breeding event' leads to demands for a marine protected area to be set up in East Antarctica A colony of about 40,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica has suffered a "catastrophic breeding event" – all but two chicks have died of starvation this year. It is the second time in just four years that such devastation – not previously seen in more than 50 years of observation – has been wrought on the population. The finding has prompted urgent calls for the establishment of a marine protected area in East Antarctica, at next week's meeting of 24 nations and the European Union at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart. Continue reading... |
| Sally Jones was fleeing Raqqa as Isis's capital fell Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:37 AM PDT Briton, thought to have been killed in a drone strike near the Syrian border, was part of an exodus of foreign fighters as Kurdish and Arab forces closed in In early June, the British Islamic State member Sally Jones joined an exodus of jihadists from Raqqa as Kurdish and Arab forces closed in on the once impregnable capital of the terror group's so-called caliphate. With her on the long march were foreigners and their families who had been based in Raqqa throughout Isis's meteoric rise and then bloody decline. Many had arrived at the height of its powers from mid-2014. Less than three years later they were engaged in an ignominious retreat. Continue reading... |
| Vets warn that 'extreme breeding' could harm horses Posted: 12 Oct 2017 02:51 PM PDT The El Rey Magnum is 'close to perfection', according to its breeders in Washington state Vets are warning that the "extreme breeding" of horses could harm their health and welfare after pictures emerged of a young Arabian horse with a drastically concave profile. Claimed to be already worth "several million dollars", El Rey Magnum is said to be "close to perfection" by its breeders at Orrion Farms, an Arabian horse specialist in Ellensburg, Washington state. But British vets and equine experts have told the Veterinary Record the nine-month-old colt represents "a worrying development," as its deformed skull could potentially cause breathing difficulties. The Guardian has been refused permission to publish pictures of the horse, but the creature can be viewed here. Continue reading... |
| Briton facing jail in Dubai for touching man's hip hopes to be home soon Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:33 AM PDT Complainant drops charge after Jamie Harron from Stirling put his hand on him to avoid spilling a drink in a crowded bar A Briton facing three years in jail in Dubai after touching a man's hip in a bar is hoping he may be home soon after his accuser dropped the complaint against him. Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested for public indecency after putting a hand on the man to avoid spilling a drink as he moved through a crowded bar, campaign group Detained in Dubai (DiD) said. The 27-year-old electrician from Stirling was facing a three-year jail sentence and has lost his job following the incident. But the businessman who made the complaint is understood to have dropped the complaint after realising the punishment Harron was facing. Continue reading... |
| Mass hysteria may explain 'sonic attacks' in Cuba, say top neurologists Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:20 AM PDT
Senior neurologists have suggested that a spate of mysterious ailments among US diplomats in Cuba – which has caused a diplomat rift between the two countries – could have been caused by a form of "mass hysteria" rather than sonic attacks. The unexplained incidents have prompted the US to withdraw most of its embassy staff from Havana and expel the majority of Cuban diplomats from Washington. Continue reading... |
| New airplane biofuels plan would 'destroy rainforests', warn campaigners Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:17 AM PDT Plan to accelerate production of biofuels for passenger planes would lead to clearing of rainforests to produce 'vast' amount of necessary crops A new plan to accelerate production of biofuels for passenger planes has drawn stinging criticism from environmentalists who argue that most of the world's rainforests might have to be cleared to produce the necessary crops. Aviation is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, with an 8% leap reported in Europe last year and a global fourfold increase in CO2 pollution expected by 2050. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Canadian American family rescued after five years as captives in Afghanistan Posted: 12 Oct 2017 05:48 AM PDT
Nearly five years to the day after they were captured by militants linked to the Taliban, an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children – all of whom were born in captivity – have been rescued, bringing an end to an ordeal the couple described as a "Kafkaesque nightmare". Pakistani troops, operating on intelligence provided by the United States, rescued Caitlan Coleman, her husband Joshua Boyle and their children after locating them in the mountainous Kurram Valley region that borders Afghanistan. Continue reading... |
| Top UN official to leave Myanmar amid criticism of handling of Rohingya issue Posted: 12 Oct 2017 09:10 AM PDT Renata Lok-Dessallien accused of focusing on good relations with government rather than human rights for persecuted people The United Nations' most senior official in Myanmar is to leave the country at the end of the month, her office has said, amid allegations the world body failed to promote the rights of persecuted Rohingya people. Renata Lok-Dessallien, the UN resident coordinator since January 2014, would take on "another assignment at headquarters", the statement said without elaborating. Continue reading... |
| Unesco: Israel joins US in quitting UN heritage agency over 'anti-Israel bias' Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:22 AM PDT Trump administration has been preparing for a withdrawal from world heritage body for months, which Israeli PM praises as 'brave and moral decision' The United States has formally notified the UN's world heritage body Unesco that it is withdrawing its membership of the organisation citing "continuing anti-Israel bias". The announcement by the Trump administration was followed a few hours later by news that Israel was also planning to quit the financially struggling cultural and educational agency. Continue reading... |
| Trump warns it's 'possible' the US will drop out of Nafta Posted: 12 Oct 2017 09:08 AM PDT 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement in peril as Trump meets with Justin Trudeau: 'If we can't make a deal, it'll be terminated and that will be fine' The North American Free Trade Agreement could be on the verge of disintegration after coming under sustained attack from Donald Trump, a longtime critic of the three-nation deal. In comments made at the White House with Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, ahead of the start of fourth round of talks, Trump warned it was "possible" that the US would drop out of the 1994 deal. Continue reading... |
| Astronomers find half of the missing matter in the universe Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:38 AM PDT Scientists produce indirect evidence of gaseous filaments and sheets known as Whims linking clusters of galaxies in the cosmic web It is one of cosmology's more perplexing problems: that up to 90% of the ordinary matter in the universe appears to have gone missing. Now astronomers have detected about half of this missing content for the first time, in a discovery that could resolve a long-standing paradox. Continue reading... |
| Writers step in to defend author accused of plagiarism in New York Times Posted: 12 Oct 2017 08:41 AM PDT Jill Bialosky's Poetry Will Save Your Life was charged with extensive use of others' writing, but peers say accidental repetitions 'were not egregious theft' More than 70 authors, including Pulitzer prize winners Jennifer Egan and Louise Glück, have come to the defence of the editor and poet Jill Bialosky after she was accused of plagiarism, saying that Bialosky's "inadvertent repetition of biographical boilerplate was not an egregious theft intentionally performed". A scathing review of Bialosky's memoir, Poetry Will Save Your Life, by the poet William Logan in the Tourniquet Review last week accused her of having "plagiarised numerous passages from Wikipedia and the websites of the Academy of American Poets and the Poetry Foundation" when writing biographical details of poets including Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Dickinson and Robert Lowell. Continue reading... |
| Democrats propose ban on high-capacity magazines in wake of Las Vegas attack Posted: 12 Oct 2017 09:01 AM PDT
Democrats are planning to introduce legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines in the wake of the Las Vegas attack that left at least 59 people dead and nearly 500 more injured. The proposed ban on the transfer, importation, or possession of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition follows separate legislation to ban "bump stocks", the novelty device that Stephen Paddock appears to have used to make semi-automatic rifles mimic the rapid fire of a fully automatic weapon. Continue reading... |
| Yemen's cholera outbreak now the worst in history as millionth case looms Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:34 AM PDT Experts predict fastest-spreading cholera epidemic since records began will affect at least 1 million people by turn of year, including at least 600,000 children The cholera epidemic in Yemen has become the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in modern history, with a million cases expected by the end of the year and at least 600,000 children likely to be affected. The World Health Organization has reported more than 815,000 suspected cases of the disease in Yemen and 2,156 deaths. About 4,000 suspected cases are being reported daily, more than half of which are among children under 18. Children under five account for a quarter of all cases. Continue reading... |
| Kingsman and the temple of doom: Cambodia bans spy flick Posted: 13 Oct 2017 02:39 AM PDT Culture ministry chief condemns Hollywood sequel for use of building resembling Ta Prohm as drug lord's hideout Hollywood's light-hearted spy blockbuster Kingsman: the Golden Circle has been banned in Cambodia due to a scene that portrays the country and one of its famous temples as a hotbed of crime, an official said on Friday. The action-comedy sequel follows a fictional British spy organisation that joins forces with an American counterpart to search for a drug lord's hideout, which turns out to be a jungle-ringed temple in Cambodia. Continue reading... |
| 6,000 complaints ... then the quake: the scandal behind Mexico City's 225 dead Posted: 13 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT Before the earthquake, Mexico City residents lodged thousands of complaints about construction violations. Many of the buildings in question collapsed Many of the buildings that collapsed in the earthquake that killed 225 people in Mexico City last month were the subject of citizen complaints about safety, a Guardian investigation can reveal. Since 2012, the residents of Mexico City have lodged nearly 6,000 complaints about construction project violations, with no public record of how many were followed up. Continue reading... |
| World must wake up to crackdown in Cambodia, says exiled opposition politician Posted: 12 Oct 2017 08:50 PM PDT Democracy 'dipping fast into a big hole', says Mu Sochua, after prime minister Hun Sen consolidates grip on power by banning opponents and closing media A senior Cambodian opposition figure has called for the world to wake up to a calculated campaign by long-time prime minister Hun Sen to batter the remnants of its democracy ahead of elections next year. "Democracy in Cambodia is dipping really fast into a big hole. There is no time to wait or waste," said Mu Sochua from Berlin. After the Cambodian opposition leader, Kem Sokha, was arrested last month, Mu Sochua, his deputy in the Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRP), fled to Germany. Continue reading... |
| British-American family split across Atlantic after Home Office error Posted: 13 Oct 2017 02:02 AM PDT Rajesh Westerberg, an American with an English wife and two British children, has returned to US while appeal is processed The Home Office is urgently reviewing the case of a British-American family hit by costs of £45,000 and split between different sides of the Atlantic after it refused to reverse a visa decision based on a misinterpretation of its own rules. Rajesh Westerberg, the American husband of an English wife and the father of two British citizens, has a master's degree and a job offer of full-time employment with the Welsh National Opera. Continue reading... |
| Flynn ally sought help from 'dark web' in covert Clinton email investigation Posted: 13 Oct 2017 02:30 AM PDT Barbara Ledeen, a staffer on the committee looking into Trump's Russia ties and a friend of Mike Flynn, tried to launch her own investigation into Clinton's emails A close associate of Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arranged a covert investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state, and through intermediaries turned to a person with knowledge of the "dark web" for help. Related: Michael Flynn 'promoted US-Russian nuclear project from White House' Continue reading... |
| 'Loudspeaker for the youth': Sudan tunes in to a new wavelength as sanctions lift Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT The success of a western-style radio station in Sudan, where 60% of the population are under 24, offers a sign that young people are embracing the glimmer of hope offered by improved relations with the west A decade ago it was possible to count the number of radio stations in Sudan on one hand. The north African country was flush with oil money; its capital, Khartoum, was enjoying a property boom; and investors from China, India and the Gulf were flooding in. But for young Sudanese it had little going for it. "They were all just leaving the country," recalls Taha Elroubi. "All the smart kids wanted to get out of Sudan." Elroubi, a Sudanese-Iranian, himself left for the US during Sudan's troubled 1980s. First in Egypt, then in Britain and the US, he became a DJ and record producer, eventually returning in 2005 to a country that was almost unrecognisable to the one he knew as a young man. It was now autocratic, strictly conservative, and under US sanctions that aimed to dislodge the military regime of Omar al-Bashir, who would soon be wanted by the international criminal court for alleged genocide in Darfur. Pop music – along with western clothes, cinema and consumerism – had long gone, swept away by the Islamist "revolution of national salvation" which followed Bashir's coup d'etat in 1989. |
| Three killed in skydiving accident at Mission Beach, Queensland Posted: 13 Oct 2017 01:07 AM PDT A woman and two men have died after what police believe might have been a mid-air collision Three skydivers have died in North Queensland in what police said might have been the result of a mid-air mishap. Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 50s were found dead at at Mission Beach – several kilometres from the usual beach landing point – just after 3pm on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong could ban Chris Patten, city's leader says Posted: 13 Oct 2017 01:59 AM PDT Former governor writes to Carrie Lam after prominent British human rights activist is refused entry by Chinese authorities Hong Kong's last governor, Chris Patten, has written to the city's leader after she refused to confirm he would not be barred from the territory by Chinese authorities. During a Friday morning radio appearance, which came two days after a prominent British human rights activist was denied entry to the former British colony, Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, was repeatedly asked if Patten might also be turned away. Continue reading... |
| I am Catalan: 'Political parties are like something from a horror novel' – video Posted: 13 Oct 2017 01:38 AM PDT As the north-eastern Spanish region continues the debate over its independence, we are in Catalonia hearing from people worried that the mainstream media is not representing their views. The fifth and final video of the series looks at the perspective of Isabel Muñoz Mitjana, who thinks using fear to influence people's decision-making is wrong and just wants people to talk to each other |
| Philippines president Duterte threatens to expel EU ambassadors in 24 hours Posted: 13 Oct 2017 01:14 AM PDT Duterte claims Europe was trying to have his country expelled from the United Nations The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has threatened to expel European ambassadors within 24 hours, accusing their governments without citing evidence of plotting to have Manila expelled from the United Nations. Duterte signalled in a fiery speech he would not tolerate European criticism of his drug war, which has seen police kill at least 3,850 people since he took office 15 months ago and led rights groups to warn of a potential crime against humanity. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: Movie industry 'didn't want to know about Weinstein' Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:30 PM PDT English actor says director's sexual advances ruined her film career … government forced to postpone Brexit bill debate … and an audience with Pink Hello, it's Warren Murray with a briefing that will have to last you until Monday so we'd better make it count. Continue reading... |
| US conservatives join campaign to stop gay marriage in Romania Posted: 12 Oct 2017 10:30 PM PDT
A referendum on banning same-sex marriage has drawn international anti-gay marriage campaigners to Romania including Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples. Davis is on a nine-day tour of Romania before a referendum to be held before the end of the year on a proposed amendment to the country's constitution, which would rule out any possibility of legalising same-sex marriage. Continue reading... |
| China's WeChat app translates 'black foreigner' to N-word Posted: 12 Oct 2017 08:37 PM PDT Platform with 900 million users blames racial slur on an error in artificial intelligence software China's most popular chat app has apologised after its software used the N-word to translate a Chinese phrase that commonly means "black foreigner". WeChat, which has almost 900 million users, blamed the use of the racial slur on an error in the artificial intelligence software that translates between Chinese and English. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand election result 'held hostage' by anonymous board of minor party Posted: 12 Oct 2017 06:25 PM PDT Winston Peters, leader of NZ First that holds balance of power, says unelected board members will decide next week to support Labour or National Nearly three weeks after New Zealand's general election, the country is waiting for an anonymous, unelected board of individuals belonging to a minor party to make a decision on who forms the next government. Winston Peters, leader of the party holding the balance of power, has said the New Zealand First board – membership of which he will not reveal – will have the final say on which of the major parties he will go into coalition with. Continue reading... |
| Cleaning the dead: the afterlife rituals of the Torajan people Posted: 12 Oct 2017 04:23 PM PDT • WARNING: this gallery contains graphic images of dead bodies For the Torajan people of Indonesia, death is part of a spiritual journey: families keep the mummified remains of their deceased relatives in their homes for years – and traditionally invite them to join for lunch on a daily basis – before they are eventually buried. Even then, they are regularly exhumed to be cleaned and cared for Continue reading... |
| Mystery surrounds deaths of Hindu villagers in Myanmar mass graves Posted: 12 Oct 2017 05:41 AM PDT Government accused of 'dirty tricks' as Hindus who fled to Bangladesh say army was behind massacre, only to blame Rohingya militants once back in Myanmar Two weeks after the bodies of 45 men, women and children were unearthed in mass graves in Myanmar, the mystery over who carried out the massacre in a Hindu village has deepened. Myanmar government forces reported finding the skeletal remains in three large graves – a further 48 missing villagers are also presumed dead – and flew out journalists to the site. Continue reading... |
| Is the targeting of Isis member Sally Jones legally justified? Posted: 12 Oct 2017 07:39 AM PDT UK attorney general set out legal advice that allows such actions but strike raises question of whether UK is operating kill-list The targeting of Sally Jones, who is believed to have died in a CIA drone strike in Syria, fits neatly into a framework of legal justifications prepared by the government for such premeditated killings. Specific advance evidence of a terror plot threatening UK interests is not legally necessary before launching pre-emptive drone strikes against suspects overseas, the attorney general, Jeremy Wright QC, explained earlier this year. Continue reading... |
| Trump signs executive order to weaken Obamacare – video Posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:04 PM PDT Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to weaken Obamacare by making lower-premium plans more widely available. Trump is relying on the executive order because the Republican-controlled Congress has been unable to pass a plan to repeal and replace the Obama-era healthcare law • Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare Continue reading... |
| Trump: It's 'possible' the US will drop out of Nafta – video Posted: 12 Oct 2017 11:23 AM PDT Donald Trump welcomed Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, to the White House on Wednesday to begin a series of discussions on topics ranging from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) to shared defence aims. In the Oval Office, Trump said that it was possible a deal would not be reached between the US, Canada and Mexico, hinting that the US could drop out of agreement altogether Continue reading... |
| Unesco expresses deep regret at US decision to leave organisation – video Posted: 12 Oct 2017 09:19 AM PDT Unesco's director general, Irina Bokova, speaks to the press after Washington announced that it would be withdrawing from the organisation on Thursday. She noted that the US, which cited "continuing anti-Israel bias" and "mounting arrears" as the main reasons for its move, had been a founder member Continue reading... |
| 'I'm just glad my family is OK': residents return to burnt houses in California – video Posted: 12 Oct 2017 03:45 AM PDT Residents return to the charred remains of what used to be their homes in the neighbourhoods of Anaheim and Santa Rosa in California. The wildfire, one of 17 burning across the state, left a landscape of devastation in its wake. At least 21 people have died in the wildfires that swept northern California. Hundreds are still missing, though authorities say the number was inflated by the lack of cellphone service because of the fire California wildfire toll rises to 21 as evacuees return to a wasteland Continue reading... |
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