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- Austria set to elect youngest EU leader in move to the right
- US special forces deaths in Niger lift veil on shadow war against Islamists in Sahel
- Bergen, where Jo Nesbø’s Snowman carried out his grisly work, refashions its image
- California wildfires jeopardize fate of family-run vineyards
- Hillary Clinton: Trump will provoke 'nuclear arms race' over North Korea
- Tony Blair: ‘We were wrong to boycott Hamas after its election win’
- 'He is failing': Donald Trump strikes out solo as friends worry and enemies circle
- How art is blooming amid the Gaza wasteland
- Husband of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, jailed in Iran, tells of strain of separation
- Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great
- Hillary Clinton: Brexit vote was precursor to US election defeat
- First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments
- Yanis Varoufakis: ‘I would like to live in a world where we’re all privileged’
- What did neolithic man eat after a hard day at Stonehenge? Sweet pork and rich cheese
- Saudi Aramco denies it is planning to shelve $2 trillion listing
- Catholic archbishop urges no vote, saying state should 'keep out of the bedroom'
- Justin Welby apologises to sexual abuse survivor for C of E failings
- Catalonia’s dreams of secession were incubated in a media cocoon
- Australia will 'not be cowed' by North Korea threats, minister says
- UK’s online terror policy could deepen support for Isis
- Trump juggernaut rolls on after White House generals avert disaster on Iran deal
- Beijing struggles to curb poverty and pollution while keeping its markets open to competition | Phillip Inman
- The week in patriarchy: we are reaching a turning point | Jessica Valenti
- Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast capital – video
- Bodycam footage shows woman's rescue from California wildfire - video
- 'There are good Muslims, there are bad Muslims and then there are pagans,' says Joshua Boyle - video
- Iran will not renegotiate nuclear deal, says Rouhani - video
| Austria set to elect youngest EU leader in move to the right Posted: 14 Oct 2017 09:59 PM PDT Sebastian Kurz has campaigned on a platform of being tough on migrants and easy on taxes Voting is under way in Austria in a snap election tipped to see conservative Sebastian Kurz, 31, become the European Union's youngest leader and form an alliance with the far right. A rightward shift in the wealthy EU member of 8.75 million people would be a fresh headache for Brussels, as it already struggles with Britain's decision to leave and the rise of nationalists in Germany, Hungary, Poland and elsewhere. Continue reading... |
| US special forces deaths in Niger lift veil on shadow war against Islamists in Sahel Posted: 15 Oct 2017 01:00 AM PDT Four American forces died in an attack blamed on a group led by Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, one of several extremist factions in the vast semi-desert area When four US special forces soldiers died in an ambush earlier this month in scrubby desert in western Niger, attention was suddenly focused on one of the most remote and chaotic war zones on the planet. The US troops had been embedded with a larger unit of Nigerien troops and were attacked as they left a meeting with local community leaders a few dozen kilometres from the remote town of Tongo Tongo. Continue reading... |
| Bergen, where Jo Nesbø’s Snowman carried out his grisly work, refashions its image Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT Michael Fassbender has been in town filming the Scandi-noir horror. Artist Jeremy Deller is there too, working on a very different project Bergen, with its protected historic waterfront and romantic, low-hanging mountain mists, is quite used to being packaged for foreign consumption. Long sold as "the gateway to the Norwegian fjords", the Viking port is an established stop-off for Nordic cruises and, since the recent international literary boom in Scandi-noir fiction, it also finds itself a big draw for fans of the bestselling crime genre. Some of its surrounding geographical features have become synonymous with gruesome fictional deaths, largely thanks to the enormously successful Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø. And Bergen's streets, with their processions of hooded quilted jackets, zipped against the rain, now say only one thing to most modern tourists: "murder". Continue reading... |
| California wildfires jeopardize fate of family-run vineyards Posted: 14 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT As fires continue to ravage California's premiere wine country – Napa and Sonoma – they threaten 100,000 acres of vineyards, many of them small businesses Will Bucklin always had "a pretty good vision of armageddon". The owner of Old Hill Ranch in Sonoma valley – one of the oldest vineyards in the region – had imagined and prepared for a day when there would be a wildfire. The fire department would arrive, and they would battle to save the property and its 40 acres of 100-year-old grape vines. "I should have been more creative with my imagination," Bucklin said this week, under a choking haze of smoke that blotted out the surrounding mountains. Smoke and flames continued to rise from pockets of his land and several buildings lay ruined. Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton: Trump will provoke 'nuclear arms race' over North Korea Posted: 15 Oct 2017 12:41 AM PDT Former secretary of state refuses to say if successor Tillerson should go, as she decries Trump approach to Iran nuclear deal Hillary Clinton has denounced Donald Trump's bellicose language toward North Korea, believing his verbal aggression has rattled American allies and will set off a nuclear arms race in the region. Related: 'He is failing': Trump strikes out solo as friends worry and enemies circle Continue reading... |
| Tony Blair: ‘We were wrong to boycott Hamas after its election win’ Posted: 14 Oct 2017 12:01 PM PDT Former prime minister says international community should have tried to pull militant Islamic faction 'into a dialogue' over its refusal to recognise Israel Tony Blair has said for the first time that he and other world leaders were wrong to yield to Israeli pressure to impose an immediate boycott of Hamas after the Islamic faction won Palestinian elections in 2006. As prime minister at the time, Blair offered strong support for the decision – driven by the George W Bush White House – to halt aid to, and cut off relations with, the newly elected Hamas-led Palestinian Authority unless it agreed to recognise Israel, renounce violence and abide by previous agreements between its Fatah predecessors and Israel. The ultimatum was rejected by Hamas. The elections were judged free and fair by international monitors. Continue reading... |
| 'He is failing': Donald Trump strikes out solo as friends worry and enemies circle Posted: 15 Oct 2017 12:11 AM PDT As a report says he hates 'everybody at the White House', the president has taken his own radical steps on Iran and healthcare Donald Trump's decision to go it alone with rapid fire announcements on healthcare and Iran reflects his boiling frustration with the limits of presidential power, analysts say. The US president made a brazen move on Thursday night to halt payments to insurers under Barack Obama's healthcare law. Democrats accused him of a "temper tantrum" and spiteful attempt to sabotage legislation he promised but failed to replace. Less than 24 hours later, he condemned the "fanatical" government of Iran as he decertified his predecessor's nuclear deal, defying his own cabinet and disquieting European allies. Continue reading... |
| How art is blooming amid the Gaza wasteland Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:04 PM PDT From film festivals to Shakespeare, the Palestinian enclave is producing top class culture. In this extract from his new book, Donald Macintyre meets some of the strip's artists A handsome poster of James Barry's 18th-century painting King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia advertised a video performance by school students in the Nuseirat refugee camp, an overcrowded and impoverished sprawl in the middle of the Gaza Strip. True, Cordelia's (very modest) decolletage had been Photoshopped to leave an orange blur, but this was the only concession to the socially conservative sensibilities of Hamas, at whose education ministry's cultural centre the show was taking place. Continue reading... |
| Husband of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, jailed in Iran, tells of strain of separation Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT In his first newspaper interview since learning his wife Nazanin could face 16 years in an Iranian prison on 'crazy' new charges, Richard Ratcliffe speaks of being denied the chance to visit her or their three-year-old daughter Richard Ratcliffe is recalling the moment, last Sunday, he discovered his wife Nazanin could face an additional 16 years in an Iranian prison on fresh charges of attempting to overthrow the Islamic Republic. "I was really shocked. Different Iranian officials had been signalling she'd be eligible for early release next month." Sometimes, he says, it's hard to understand what's going on. Then he corrects himself: "Actually, it's always hard to understand what's going on. But everything that's happened has clearly had a political timing to it." Continue reading... |
| Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great Posted: 14 Oct 2017 01:00 PM PDT The Communist party prepares to hail mid-point of Xi Jinping's 10-year term. But what do people make of their leader? Like most residents of the sun-kissed fishing village of Tanmen, Huang Jie will never forget the day China's "chairman of everything" came to town. It was the afternoon of 8 April 2013 – just a few months after Xi Jinping had taken power – and he was using one of his first presidential trips to pay a morale-boosting visit to the sailors on the frontline of Beijing's quest to control the South China Sea. "He was just over there," reminisced Huang, the 45-year-old owner of a harbour-side equipment shop, motioning excitedly into the street to where Xi's motorcade passed by. "The window was half open and he looked out at us and smiled. When he waved, it was as if it was in slow motion – he didn't say a single word, but I felt so excited." Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton: Brexit vote was precursor to US election defeat Posted: 14 Oct 2017 06:57 AM PDT Former secretary of state tells Andrew Marr false claims of EU referendum campaign prepared the ground for Donald Trump win Hillary Clinton has said the vote for Brexit, and specifically the false claims made in the EU referendum campaign, were a forerunner of her defeat to Donald Trump in last year's US presidential election. During an interview for BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, she said: "Looking at the Brexit vote now, it was a precursor to some extent of what happened to us in the United States." Continue reading... |
| First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments Posted: 15 Oct 2017 02:00 AM PDT Queen Victoria promised an annuity to each indigenous person around Lake Huron to use their territory. Now a legal case seeks to bring that treaty up to date When the fur-trader-turned-politician William Benjamin Robinson pulled up to the shores of the river that links Lake Superior and Lake Huron in 1850, his mission was clear: he was to gain access to as much of the vast territory around him as possible. Acting on behalf of Queen Victoria, Robinson soon launched into formal negotiations with the indigenous people who lived in what would later become north-eastern Ontario in Canada. Continue reading... |
| Yanis Varoufakis: ‘I would like to live in a world where we’re all privileged’ Posted: 15 Oct 2017 01:00 AM PDT Greece's former finance minister on talking politics with his 12-year-old daughter, Europe's capitalist crisis, and his fears for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange The economist Yanis Varoufakis was the finance minister in Greece for six tumultuous months in 2015, before resigning from the Syriza government. Last year he launched the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). He is also the author of several books. His latest is Talking to My Daughter About the Economy. Your new book, explaining the history and iniquity of capitalism, is addressed to your 12-year-old daughter, Xenia. What did she think of it? |
| What did neolithic man eat after a hard day at Stonehenge? Sweet pork and rich cheese Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT Analysis of bones and pottery fragments shows special foods were consumed in feasts at the ancient site Britons' Stone Age ancestors possessed some unexpected talents, scientists have discovered. On top of their prowess in constructing great monoliths such as Stonehenge, they were also adept at staging first-rate parties. Roast sweetened pork consumed with a range of rich dairy products including cheese and butter appear to have been commonplace at feasts – according to an English Heritage exhibition, Feeding Stonehenge, which will open this week at the stone circle's visitor centre. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Aramco denies it is planning to shelve $2 trillion listing Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:42 PM PDT The kingdom's oil company dismisses reports it could drop huge international float in favour of private stake sales Saudi Aramco has dismissed reports that it is considering shelving plans for the world's biggest ever flotation, with the state-owned oil company saying the $2tn (£1.5tn) listing was on track for next year. Amid concerns about the feasibility of such a huge international listing, the company was favouring a private stake sale to foreign governments, including China, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Catholic archbishop urges no vote, saying state should 'keep out of the bedroom' Posted: 14 Oct 2017 09:23 PM PDT Sydney's Anthony Fisher warns same-sex marriage will create discrimination against religious believers and says government 'has no business telling us who we should love' Religious believers would be vulnerable to discrimination suits and some could lose their jobs, promotions, businesses and political careers if same-sex marriage is legalised, the Catholic archbishop of Sydney says. Anthony Fisher supported the no vote in the same-sex marriage postal survey during his homily at mass on Sunday, telling worshippers the government should "keep out of the friendship business and out of the bedroom". Continue reading... |
| Justin Welby apologises to sexual abuse survivor for C of E failings Posted: 15 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT Archbishop of Canterbury writes personal letter to survivor known as Gilo for his office's failure to respond to 17 letters The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has personally apologised to a sexual abuse survivor for his office's failure to respond to 17 letters seeking help and redress. Three bishops have also urged the Church of England's insurance company to review its settlement with the survivor, saying they are "very concerned about the way in which the claim was handled at the time". |
| Catalonia’s dreams of secession were incubated in a media cocoon Posted: 14 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT The most pro-independence areas have depended for years on Catalan-language TV and radio that does not reflect the complex reality of Barcelona We know what happens first when coup leaders strike. They take control of the state TV and radio station. We know what the SNP would have done if they'd won their referendum. Set up a Scottish Broadcasting Corporation on the grave of the BBC. So here's one additional factor to note after Spain's tumultuous week. Catalonia has had its own television and radio services since 1983, delivering Catalan-only language programmes and – guess what? – paid for by the same government that declared quasi independence a few days ago. Continue reading... |
| Australia will 'not be cowed' by North Korea threats, minister says Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:25 PM PDT North Korea warns Australia 'will not be able to avoid a disaster' if it continues to 'zealously' support US's stance against Pyongyang North Korea has issued its latest threat against Australia for its relationship with the US and South Korea, but a Turnbull government minister said the nation would "not be cowed" by the rogue state. North Korean state media reported Australia was "showing dangerous moves of zealously joining the frenzied political and military provocations of the US against DPRK", warning against it. Continue reading... |
| UK’s online terror policy could deepen support for Isis Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT Amber Rudd's moves to crack down on radical propaganda may backfire, former Foreign Office expert warns The home secretary, Amber Rudd, risks radicalising impressionable minds if she pursues her plan to impose 15-year prison sentences on people who view terrorist content online, a former head of counter-terrorism at the Foreign Office has warned. Britain's overpopulated prisons have proved a "breeding ground for terror", according to Sir Ivor Roberts, who also suggested that the proposal would be ruinously expensive for the Treasury. Continue reading... |
| Trump juggernaut rolls on after White House generals avert disaster on Iran deal Posted: 14 Oct 2017 04:03 PM PDT Lobbying limited Trump's decision on Iran, but there are concerns about who else might influence the president – and how Donald Trump's unilateral decision to renege on the 2015 UN-approved nuclear deal with Iran was roundly condemned on Saturday by friends and foes alike. Britain joined France and Germany in declaring continued support for the agreement as written. Iran was backed by China and Russia in deploring Trump's move as unwarranted and dangerously destabilising. That Trump does not much care what others think has been plain all along. But what looks on the outside like a diplomatic disaster could have been much worse. Trump had been widely expected to withdraw from the deal completely, demand harsh sanctions, and take other steps to demonise Iran as the world's leading "terrorist state". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 Oct 2017 01:00 PM PDT Party leaders have allowed a massive state and private sector borrowing binge that the IMF sees as a threat to China's stability There is a steel toboggan run offering rides down the side of the Great Wall of China that would fail the UK's most basic health and safety tests. It could be a metaphor for the Chinese economy if, as many people believe, Communist party leaders allow a credit bubble to run out of control in a desperate attempt to maintain an electrifying 7% growth rate. The Chinese are not alone when they turn a blind eye to excessive borrowing. Most nations depend on large and growing amounts of borrowing to fund everything from investment to the most basic services. In China's case much of the debt is being used to offset the transition from a state that manufactures iron, steel and cheap electronics, textiles and consumer goods to one that embraces hi-tech industries attuned to environmental concerns. This creates millions of losers in traditional smoke-stack industries, lots of them in the north and west of the country. Continue reading... |
| The week in patriarchy: we are reaching a turning point | Jessica Valenti Posted: 14 Oct 2017 07:20 AM PDT Perhaps that's optimistic of me, but I really do feel like there's something in the air writes Jessica Valenti in her weekly newsletter As more women come out with their stories of abuse and harassment by Harvey Weinstein, it's hard not to feel overwhelmed and discouraged. As someone who writes about rape and harassment quite frequently, even I was shook to the core after listening to the audio of Weinstein trying to bully a woman into his hotel room. The way he vacillated between yelling and shaming, trying to strong-arm her into joining him but then then playing on women's desire to please by claiming she was making him embarrassed - it was seemed so practiced and easy for him, it was almost eerie. Continue reading... |
| Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast capital – video Posted: 14 Oct 2017 09:21 AM PDT At least four people were killed when a cargo plane plunged into the sea near Abidjan international airport. The wreckage of the plane, which was carrying 10 people, was swept onto a beach where rescuers started treating survivors on the sand. The four people killed were Moldovan,and four French nationals and two Moldovans were injured. The crash occurred during a storm. Abidjan's airport is in a heavily populated area, but there were no apparent victims on the ground Continue reading... |
| Bodycam footage shows woman's rescue from California wildfire - video Posted: 14 Oct 2017 07:50 AM PDT Bodycam footage from a Sonoma County police officer shows the rescue of a woman in Santa Rosa. Thirty-five fatalities have been recorded so far, making it the deadliest week in California wildfire history. The death toll could rise further as search-and-rescue teams are deployed to sift through the remains of 3,500 burned buildings. Hundreds of missing persons reports have been resolved, but stories continue to emerge of people who did not make it out alive 'Just ash and bones': California wildfire survivors mourn loved ones Continue reading... |
| 'There are good Muslims, there are bad Muslims and then there are pagans,' says Joshua Boyle - video Posted: 14 Oct 2017 07:47 AM PDT Joshua Boyle speaks about being held hostage with his family for five years by Taliban-linked militants. He says his wife was raped by the militants and his newborn child was killed. There has, however, been some confusion and questions about events following his release along with Caitlan Coleman and their three children Canadian held in Afghanistan says child was killed and wife raped in captivity Continue reading... |
| Iran will not renegotiate nuclear deal, says Rouhani - video Posted: 14 Oct 2017 03:46 AM PDT Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, has said that Iran will not renegotiate the nuclear deal following Donald Trump's speech. He added that Trump's decision to decertify the deal would isolate the United States, as other signatories of the accord remained committed to it. Rouhani said Tehran would double its efforts to expand the country's defence capabilities, including the country's ballistic missile programme despite the US calls to suspend it. While Trump did not pull the United States out of the agreement, he gave Congress 60 days to decide whether to reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under the pact
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