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- Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence
- Kenya set to hold controversial election rerun as ballot papers arrive
- What now for Japan after Abe's landslide election victory?
- Cub Scout kicked out of group after grilling Colorado Republican on guns
- Northern Italy regions overwhelmingly vote for greater autonomy
- Niger is Trump's Benghazi, says congresswoman Frederica Wilson
- Shinzo Abe secures strong mandate in Japan's general election
- Anti-establishment billionaire Andrej Babiš to be named Czech PM
- China ‘compulsorily doped’ athletes in 1980s and 90s, claims whistleblower
- Dublin ramps up bid to lure post-Brexit European Medical Agency
- Jimmy Carter says he is willing to go to North Korea on peace mission
- Robert Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador after outcry
- Trump's secretive voter fraud panel is keeping own members in the dark
- Élysée puddle: Macron's dog Nemo filmed urinating in president's office
- Tributes paid to British woman killed in French boat accident
- Five things Trump could do right now to ease the opioid crisis
- 'Fear is a fact of life': the rooftop view of Jerusalem
- Concerns grow for 15-year-old boy missing in London
- ‘My baby went to sleep and didn't wake up’: young lives lost to Ghana's silent killer
- Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli – review
- Car dealer Pendragon joins ranks of UK firms issuing profit warnings – business live
- Hobart DJ accused of headbutting Tony Abbott faces new charge
- Monday briefing: the week Catalonia may go it alone
- Nobel peace prize winners urge Australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons
- How the Catalan crisis could send shockwaves across Europe
- Unknown local wins Venice marathon after favourites take wrong turn
- Malta: thousands rally to demand justice for murdered journalist
- Waiting for the tide to turn: Kiribati's fight for survival
- Calais: hundreds of migrants remain a year after razing of camp
- Australian teacher shot dead in Kenya may have been targeted, lawyer says
- Cherif Bassiouni obituary
- Macron's dog relieves himself near fireplace at Élysée Palace – video
- Spanish foreign minister defends police actions after Catalan referendum - video
- Catalan president says his people will not accept direct rule from Madrid - video
- Protests in Barcelona against suspension of Catalan autonomy – in pictures
| Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:16 AM PDT Move comes after imposition of direct rule by Madrid – described by Carles Puigdemont as worst attack on institutions since Franco The Catalan parliament will meet over the coming days to agree its response to the Spanish government's unprecedented decision to impose direct rule as speculation mounts that the regional president, Carles Puigdemont, is planning to press ahead with a unilateral declaration of independence. On Saturday night, Puigdemont described Madrid's move as the worst attack on Catalonia's institutions since General Franco's dictatorship and accused the Spanish government of "slamming the door" on his appeals for dialogue to resolve the country's worst political crisis since its return to democracy 40 years ago. Continue reading... |
| Kenya set to hold controversial election rerun as ballot papers arrive Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT Despite threatened opposition boycott and widespread doubt over logistics, Kenyans look likely to go to the polls again on Thursday Ballot papers for Kenya's presidential election next week have begun arriving in the country, in a sign that the troubled poll will probably go ahead. The final batch of papers is scheduled to arrive from Dubai on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before Kenyans vote for a second time in less than three months to elect a president. Continue reading... |
| What now for Japan after Abe's landslide election victory? Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:23 PM PDT Experts give their views on where Japan is headed after a sweeping win for the incumbent prime minister
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| Cub Scout kicked out of group after grilling Colorado Republican on guns Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:09 AM PDT
A Cub Scout was kicked out of his group after he questioned a Colorado Republican lawmaker about gun control and contentious comments she made about African Americans. The story, which spread via social media, represents another political flashpoint for the Boy Scouts of America, of which the Cub Scouts is a part. The organisation faced harsh criticism this summer, after President Donald Trump used a speech at its national jamboree to rail against "fake news" and Barack Obama, boast about beating Hillary Clinton and reminisce about his hedonistic life in New York. Continue reading... |
| Northern Italy regions overwhelmingly vote for greater autonomy Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:11 PM PDT Voters in Veneto, which includes Venice, and Lombardy, home to Milan, back further devolution from Rome, say regional leaders Two of Italy's wealthiest northern regions on Sunday voted overwhelmingly in favour of greater autonomy in the latest example of the powerful centrifugal forces reshaping European politics. Voters in the Veneto region that includes Venice, and Lombardy, home to Milan, backed more powers being devolved from Rome in votes that took place against the backdrop of the crisis created by Catalonia's push for independence. Continue reading... |
| Niger is Trump's Benghazi, says congresswoman Frederica Wilson Posted: 22 Oct 2017 01:53 PM PDT
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson on Sunday demanded an apology from Donald Trump's White House for false statements made about her by senior officials, as the president continued to attack the Florida Democrat. Related: White House under fire for suggesting general's remarks should not be questioned Continue reading... |
| Shinzo Abe secures strong mandate in Japan's general election Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:33 AM PDT Japanese prime minister's hard line on North Korea helped him to crush opposition parties, according to exit polls Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has secured a strong mandate for his hard line against North Korea and room to push for revision of the country's pacifist constitution after his party crushed untested opposition parties in Sunday's general election. Abe's Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito were on course to win 311 seats, keeping its two-thirds "supermajority" in the 465-member lower house, an exit poll by TBS television showed. Some other broadcasters had the ruling bloc slightly below the two-thirds mark. Continue reading... |
| Anti-establishment billionaire Andrej Babiš to be named Czech PM Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:12 AM PDT Babiš's ANO took largest share of vote in election but may struggle to find coalition partners as leader faces fraud allegations The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has said he will name Andrej Babiš as prime minister, but the tycoon leader of the anti-establishment ANO party may struggle to find coalition partners despite his emphatic election win. ANO won 29.6% of the vote in the election on Friday and Saturday, nearly three times as much as its closest rival, but many parties expressed reluctance about forming a coalition with it while Babiš fights off fraud charges, or rejected the idea outright. Continue reading... |
| China ‘compulsorily doped’ athletes in 1980s and 90s, claims whistleblower Posted: 22 Oct 2017 01:06 PM PDT • Former China Olympic doctor alleges systematic doping in all sports • 'More than 10,000 athletes' were affected, says Xue Yinxian A former doctor for the Chinese Olympic team has revealed that more than 10,000 of the country's athletes were involved in a systematic doping programme across all sports – and that every one of China's medals in major tournaments in the 1980s and 90s came from performance‑enhancing drugs. Xue Yinxian, a 79-year-old Chinese whistleblower who is seeking political asylum in Germany, also claimed that athletes aged as young as 11 were introduced to the compulsory doping scheme – which existed in football, athletics, swimming, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, diving, gymnastics and weightlifting – and that anyone who spoke against the system now sits in jail. Continue reading... |
| Dublin ramps up bid to lure post-Brexit European Medical Agency Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:36 AM PDT Ireland's industrial development agency joins campaign to place EMA alongside republic's burgeoning pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors Ireland's development agency is seeking to bolster Dublin's credentials as the post-Brexit home for the European Medical Agency (EMA) when it relocates from London. The Industrial Development Authority has rejected reports that Dublin is losing out in the European-wide race. |
| Jimmy Carter says he is willing to go to North Korea on peace mission Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:57 PM PDT
In an interview marked by conciliatory remarks regarding Donald Trump and his administration, Jimmy Carter said he was willing to travel to North Korea in an attempt to soften tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. Related: North Korea: CIA director says regime nearly capable of nuclear attack Continue reading... |
| Robert Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador after outcry Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:18 AM PDT World Health Organization chief says he has listened to concerns over appointment of Zimbabwean president The World Health Organization has removed the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, as a goodwill ambassador following outrage among donors and rights groups at his appointment. The WHO's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who made the appointment at a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uruguay on Wednesday, said in a statement that he had listened to those expressing concerns. Continue reading... |
| Trump's secretive voter fraud panel is keeping own members in the dark Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:51 AM PDT
Donald Trump's advisory commission on election integrity has integrity questions of its own – with some of its own members raising concerns about its secretive operations. Related: America's shameful history of voter suppression Continue reading... |
| Élysée puddle: Macron's dog Nemo filmed urinating in president's office Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:41 AM PDT 'Does that happen often?' junior minister asks French leader after labrador-griffon cross relieves himself against a fireplace Like other French presidents before him, Emmanuel Macron knows the value of a photogenic dog at the Élysée Palace. His black labrador-griffon cross, Nemo, is the first French presidential pet to come from a rescue centre, and since his arrival this summer he has been photographed in the gardens and even standing to attention on the palace steps to welcome Niger's president, Mahamadou Issoufou. But two-year-old Nemo brought a whole new meaning to the term presidential leaks this weekend when he cocked his leg for a long and abundant wee against an ornamental fireplace in Macron's gilded office during a filmed meeting between the president and junior ministers. Continue reading... |
| Tributes paid to British woman killed in French boat accident Posted: 23 Oct 2017 12:21 AM PDT Victim, understood to be Jess Wilkes, 27, was flung from boat as it travelled on Rhone river near city of Avignon on Saturday night Tributes have been paid to a British mother killed in a boat accident in southern France. The victim, understood to be Jess Wilkes, 27, was flung from the craft as it travelled on the Rhone near the city of Avignon on Saturday night. Continue reading... |
| Five things Trump could do right now to ease the opioid crisis Posted: 23 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT The Trump administration is poised to declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency – yet far too few people are receiving treatment for their addiction With an estimated 142 Americans now dying every day from drug overdoses, the Trump administration is poised to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. Two-thirds of those deaths are accounted for by prescription painkillers such as Percocet and OxyContin and the street drugs heroin and fentanyl. The number of opioid pills prescribed in the US has quadrupled since 1999, as has the number of opioid overdoses, the interim report of the presidential commission on combating drug addiction and the opioid crisis noted in July. Yet "there has not been an overall change in the amount of pain Americans have reported in that period", the commission wrote, and far too few people receive any treatment for their addiction. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Fear is a fact of life': the rooftop view of Jerusalem Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:15 PM PDT For its Season of Culture, the ancient capital has thrown open its rooftops to encourage residents to see beyond their blinkered boundaries. But the reality is a city where the divides are growing deeper The rooftops of Jerusalem can be deceptive. From up here, the domes and towers of the hundreds of churches, mosques and synagogues glimmer on the skyline in what seems like peaceful coexistence; the neighbourhoods below come together in a unified sprawl. But down below, it is a city defined by barriers. They may not be as tangible as the towering security wall that divides Israel and the Palestinian territories a few miles east, but they are just as divisive and inviolable. Living side by side in Jerusalem are communities who exist with no interaction with one another – kept apart by fear, nationalism and religion. Continue reading... |
| Concerns grow for 15-year-old boy missing in London Posted: 23 Oct 2017 12:38 AM PDT Benjamin Moorcroft from Shrewsbury, described by police as 'particularly vulnerable', has been missing for 36 hours Concerns are growing for the welfare of a vulnerable 15-year-old boy who has been missing in London for 36 hours. Benjamin Moorcroft, from Shrewsbury, was last seen by his family at around 8pm on Saturday in the Floral Street area of Covent Garden. Continue reading... |
| ‘My baby went to sleep and didn't wake up’: young lives lost to Ghana's silent killer Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT Malnutrition prevents almost a fifth of children in Ghana from growing properly. The problem is particularly acute in Bentum, Apprah and Nyanyano, rural communities with scant medical facilities, where pregnant women rarely get the right food and mothers have nowhere to turn All photographs by UBELONG There is no war or famine in Ghana, and the economy is growing, yet malnutrition remains a silent killer that accounts for one-third of all child deaths in the country. Although mortality rates are slowly starting to come down across the west African country, Ghana is struggling with high levels of stunting, a condition caused by chronic lack of nutrition in pregnancy and early childhood that permanently affects a baby's mental and physical development. |
| Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli – review Posted: 22 Oct 2017 03:00 AM PDT These devastating essays document the terrifying experiences of unaccompanied Mexican children crossing the US border In 2012, the Mexican writer Luiselli caused a sensation with her haunting debut novel, Faces in the Crowd, in which her unhappy protagonist craved "narrative order." In this sobering essay, based on Luiselli's experience as an interpreter for undocumented Mexican children crossing into the US, the phrase "narrative order" reappears, this time to describe what's lacking in their chaotic stories. Trauma, exhaustion, youth and mistrust make it difficult to make sense of the children's experiences as she tries to help them fill out the intake questionnaires and piece together a defence against deportation. Most have lost friends and relatives; 80% of girls and women have been raped (US civilian vigilantes and private ranch owners are known to "go out to hunt" undocumented migrants). In this compelling, devastating book, Luiselli documents the huge injustices done to the children by both the American and Mexican governments, and by the public who treat them as "illegal aliens", rather than as what they truly are: refugees of war. Continue reading... |
| Car dealer Pendragon joins ranks of UK firms issuing profit warnings – business live Posted: 23 Oct 2017 01:04 AM PDT Shares in British car dealership Pendragon plunge after it warns that demand for new cars in the UK is sliding
Shares in Inchcape, a rival car dealership,have fallen by 4% in early trading. That shows that traders believe Pendragon's woes are part of a wider malaise in the UK economy.
The City of London is most unimpressed by Pendragon's recent performance, says retail analyst Nick Bubb: The profit warning from the normally bullish Pendragon group will go down like a lead balloon in the City today and put pressure on the other Motor dealers… Continue reading... |
| Hobart DJ accused of headbutting Tony Abbott faces new charge Posted: 23 Oct 2017 12:55 AM PDT Astro Labe, 38, is charged with causing harm to a commonwealth official – which carries maximum penalty of 10 years' jail A Hobart DJ and self-confessed anarchist and Tony Abbott-hater, accused of headbutting the former prime minister, faces a new charge which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail. |
| Monday briefing: the week Catalonia may go it alone Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:43 PM PDT Crisis could bolster movements across Europe ... May 'begged' Juncker at Brexit dinner ... Tardis gets a bit crowded Good morning to you all, Graham Russell bringing you the key news headlines today. Continue reading... |
| Nobel peace prize winners urge Australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:04 PM PDT International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says global nonproliferation regime has failed and weapons pose 'an existential threat' to humanity The winner of the 2017 Nobel peace prize, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, has written an open letter to Malcolm Turnbull urging the Australian government to sign the nascent global treaty to outlaw nuclear weapons. Ican, founded in Melbourne in 2007, was last month named as the 2017 Nobel peace laureate for its "groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition" of all nuclear weapons. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How the Catalan crisis could send shockwaves across Europe Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT Mariano Rajoy has played a tough hand well, but Carles Puigdemont could yet emerge a champion of European renewal The battle for Catalonia just got personal. Until now the main protagonists, Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan president, and Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister, have avoided a head-on clash. All that changed at the weekend after the Madrid government decided to impose direct rule. Within minutes, insults were flying, with the opposing sides accusing each other of totalitarianism and rebellion. Puigdemont had deliberately provoked the secession crisis, Rajoy claimed. The problem was, he lacked the stature to handle such a delicate situation. "This would probably never have happened if a different person with similar ideas had been in charge," Rajoy said. In vowing to sack the Catalan leader, he noticeably declined to rule out charging him with sedition and locking him up. Continue reading... |
| Unknown local wins Venice marathon after favourites take wrong turn Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:24 PM PDT Eyob Faniel wins Venice marathon after bizarre incident in which leading runners followed a motorcycle off course Italian Eyob Faniel won the Venice marathon on Sunday after a bizarre incident in which the leading six runners took a wrong turn. Favorites Abdulahl Dawud, Gilbert Kipleting Chumba, Kipkemei Mutai and David Kiprono Metto were among the leading group 25km (16 miles) into the race when the motorcycle guiding the runners took a wrong turn. The six leaders covered several hundred metres before being made aware of the error and turning back. They lost about two minutes. Continue reading... |
| Malta: thousands rally to demand justice for murdered journalist Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:41 PM PDT Anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bombing last week Thousands of people flocked to a rally on Sunday to demand justice for murdered Maltese journalist and anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia. Crowds packed roads in the capital Valletta as the "national demonstration for justice" began in honour of the 53-year-old, killed in a car bombing on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Waiting for the tide to turn: Kiribati's fight for survival Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:18 PM PDT The 33 islands of Kiribati, a remote and low-lying nation in the Pacific Ocean, are under threat from climate change. But the islanders have not given up hope Kiribati is one of the most isolated countries in the world. As you fly in to the main island of South Tarawa, located less than 100 kms from the equator, a precariously thin strip of sand and green materialises out of the ocean. On one side, a narrow reef offers some protection to the inhabitants and their land – at low tide, at least. On the other side, a shallow lagoon reaches kilometres out to sea. The 33 islands of Kiribati – pronounced "Kiribass" – are extremely shallow; the highest point is just two metres above sea level. Looking out of the aeroplane window, there is no depth to the scene – sea dissolves seamlessly into sky, a paint palette of every blue Continue reading... |
| Calais: hundreds of migrants remain a year after razing of camp Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:01 PM PDT Site now barren land with nowhere to shelter but Help Refugees charity has been forbidden from giving out tents Hundreds of refugees and migrants are believed to be in Calais and the surrounding area, a year after the refugee camp there was razed. It is thought between 700 and 800 people are gathered in France's northern port town, which continues to attract those hoping to start a new life in the UK. Continue reading... |
| Australian teacher shot dead in Kenya may have been targeted, lawyer says Posted: 22 Oct 2017 03:32 PM PDT Gabrielle Maina reported to have taken out a restraining order before the attack, which was thought to be a botched robbery The lawyer for the Australian teacher Gabrielle Maina shot dead in Nairobi has said she was in fear for her life before the attack and it is possible her killing was a targeted murder rather than a botched robbery. Maina's lawyer, George Kingori, said the teacher had been granted a restraining order in April against her estranged husband. The relationship between the pair had broken down and Maina was seeking custody of their two children, he said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:33 AM PDT Legal academic and human rights activist whose work led to the creation of two international criminal courts The Egyptian law professor Cherif Bassiouni, who has died aged 79, made an important contribution to the struggle for global justice and to the revival of the Nuremberg legacy. His work, both academic and in his UN reports from war zones, led to the creation of two international criminal courts. In 1992, he was appointed by the UN to chair a commission of experts to examine war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. His report delivered a searing verdict on the behaviour of all parties to the Balkan wars, but especially on the Serbs under Slobodan Milošević. It argued, in a novel development of the law of war, that through using rape as an instrument of ethnic cleansing, the Serb commanders were guilty of a crime against humanity. Continue reading... |
| Macron's dog relieves himself near fireplace at Élysée Palace – video Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:52 AM PDT The French president's two-year-old dog Nemo has been filmed cocking his leg against an ornate fireplace in his gilded office during a meeting with junior ministers. In the video, Nemo is seen relieving himself behind them as they discuss inner-city investment. 'I wondered what that noise was,' says the junior minister for ecology, Brune Poirson. 'Does that happen often?' asks Julien Denormandie, a junior minister and long-term Macron aide. Macron laughs and says: 'You have sparked a totally unusual behaviour in my dog.' Nemo is the first French presidential pet to come from a rescue centre Élysée puddle: Macron's dog Nemo filmed urinating in president's office Continue reading... |
| Spanish foreign minister defends police actions after Catalan referendum - video Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:29 AM PDT Alfonso Dastis defends the police as they tried to halt the referendum even though other members of the government have already apologised for the violent scenes witnessed as officers raided polling stations. Speaking on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show he says some of those images were fake Spain calls on Catalans to respect its decision to impose direct rule Continue reading... |
| Catalan president says his people will not accept direct rule from Madrid - video Posted: 22 Oct 2017 03:18 AM PDT Carles Puigdemont says Catalans will not accept the Spanish government's plans to impose direct rule on the region. He describes it as the worst attack on Catalonia's institutions since General Franco's 1939 to 1975 dictatorship, under which autonomy was dissolved. He says Mariano Rajoy's government is acting against the democratic will of the Catalan people by refusing all offers of dialogue, and that he will call for a session of the regional parliament to debate a response to the Spanish prime minister's plans. Police say 450,000 people took part in protests in Barcelona on Saturday Catalan separatists prepare for war of attrition against Madrid Continue reading... |
| Protests in Barcelona against suspension of Catalan autonomy – in pictures Posted: 22 Oct 2017 02:58 AM PDT Supporters of Catalan independence rallied on Saturday night to demand the release of the jailed secessionist leaders Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart after the Spanish government announced it would implement article 155 to impose direct rule from Madrid Continue reading... |
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