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- JFK files: government releases classified assassination documents – as it happened
- Democrats push bill to stop a Trump pre-emptive strike on North Korea
- Spain poised to strip Catalan government of powers over independence push
- Syria regime responsible for gas attack on rebel-held town, UN finds
- Pope discusses life's biggest questions with International Space Station crew
- Former Argentina president denies bombing cover-up plot in court
- Ashley Judd tells how she bargained to escape Harvey Weinstein's hotel room
- Manus Island closure: PNG's notorious police mobile squad to be deployed
- Scott Brown: more complaints surface over behaviour of US ambassador to New Zealand
- Indonesia fireworks factory explosions kill at least 47 people
- JFK files reveal FBI warning on Oswald and Soviets' missile fears
- Tunisia's reconciliation act dismissed by activists as 'amnesty of the corrupt'
- Victoria in the spotlight: Seychelles' Creole capital giddy with rapid growth
- British couple given lengthy jail terms for child sexual abuse
- Catalonia’s independence movement is not just a problem for Spain | Simon Jenkins
- Canada indigenous women were coerced into sterilisations, lawsuit says
- Bookseller Gui Minhai 'half free' after being detained in China for two years
- Turmoil ahead as Larissa Waters and Fiona Nash plan for comeback
- Abortion stories: from backstreet to legalisation – video
- Revealed: Dalai Lama’s ‘personal emissary’ suspended over corruption claims
- Brazil rapper scores hit with I Killed the President – but Temer clings on for now
- New Zealand may tighten law that allows mega wealthy to buy citizenship
- Friday briefing: JFK files – the truth is out there
- Xi Jinping Thought to be taught in China's universities
- Beyond Catalonia: pro-independence movements in Europe
- Iceland set for second snap election in a year after series of scandals
- US lawmakers investigate firm's contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power
- Venom, myth and medicine: India fights its reputation as world snakebite capital | Nupur Roopa
- Tanzania illegally detains human rights lawyers for 'promoting homosexuality'
- Mining company accused over deadly police crackdown in Sierra Leone
- Tracking Trump: president gives himself top marks for military bereavement calls
- Ashley Judd says a ‘deal’ helped her flee from Harvey Weinstein – video
- Catalan president says he will not call snap election – video
- US police officer chases rabbit down road – video
- Kenya elections: police and protesters clash over contested rerun – video
- Stone-throwing and selfies: Kenyan election rerun and protests - in pictures
| JFK files: government releases classified assassination documents – as it happened Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:32 PM PDT
We're wrapping up this live blog now. Read our latest news story here: Related: New JFK files reveal FBI warning on Oswald and Soviets' missile fears Related: JFK documents: what we have learned so far
We'd like your help too. The JFK files will be published online here. If you're reading through the documents and you spot an interesting fact or snippet you think we've missed, it would be great if you could let us know. We've set up a form here for contributions. Continue reading... |
| Democrats push bill to stop a Trump pre-emptive strike on North Korea Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:06 AM PDT
Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at preventing Donald Trump from launching a pre-emptive attack on North Korea, as concerns grew about the administration's failure to explore talks with Pyongyang. Related: Military action over North Korea 'worst possible option', says UK diplomat Continue reading... |
| Spain poised to strip Catalan government of powers over independence push Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:28 PM PDT Senate in Madrid set to vote on imposing direct rule after Catalan government refuses to abandon drive for independence Spanish lawmakers are poised to adopt extraordinary measures to seize control of some of Catalonia's autonomous powers in an attempt to frustrate the region's bid for independence, which has plunged the country into one of its worst political crises since Spain's return to democracy four decades ago. The senate, where the prime minister Mariano Rajoy's People's party (PP) holds a majority, is scheduled to meet from 10am local time on Friday to vote on steps to depose Catalonia's secessionist government before the week is out, after the region held a disputed independence referendum on 1 October. Continue reading... |
| Syria regime responsible for gas attack on rebel-held town, UN finds Posted: 26 Oct 2017 03:08 PM PDT Bashar al-Assad's forces were behind sarin attack on Khan Sheikhun that killed more than 87, UN says, as US reaffirms Syria's president's rule must end Bashar al-Assad's forces are responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, UN investigators have said, as the United States renewed its warning that the Syrian president has no role in the country's future. The expert panel's report and tough remarks by the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, overshadowed the announcement that UN-sponsored peace talks will resume next month. Continue reading... |
| Pope discusses life's biggest questions with International Space Station crew Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:53 AM PDT Pontiff becomes second pope to speak to astronauts orbiting the Earth with live streamed video call from the Vatican The Earth is a fragile thing that could even destroy itself, Pope Francis told astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, saying they had an opportunity to see the planet "from the eyes of God". The voice of Pope Francis was heard in the heavens when he made a 20-minute video call to six astronauts to talk about life's biggest questions – including their opinions on love, their sources of joy and how life without gravity changed their view of the world. Continue reading... |
| Former Argentina president denies bombing cover-up plot in court Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:50 PM PDT Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is accused of plotting to protect Iranians accused in 1994 Jewish center bombing that killed 85 Argentina's former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has appeared in court, where she denied covering up for Iranians accused of involvement in a 1994 bombing at a Buenos Aires Jewish center that left 85 people dead. Calling the case an "absurdity", Kirchner, who held office from 2007 until 2015, went on to attack the judge overseeing the case, which is based on charges first levelled two years ago by a federal prosecutor who was found dead in his home shortly before he was due to present his allegations publicly. Continue reading... |
| Ashley Judd tells how she bargained to escape Harvey Weinstein's hotel room Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:57 AM PDT American actor who was one of the first to publicly accuse the Hollywood mogul of sexual harassment describes 1997 encounter: 'I thought no meant no' Ashley Judd has spoken for the first time since she accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, saying she tried to bargain with the producer to escape his hotel room. The actress was one of the first high-profile women to make allegations against the mogul, opening the floodgates for more than 60 others to come forward. Continue reading... |
| Manus Island closure: PNG's notorious police mobile squad to be deployed Posted: 26 Oct 2017 04:35 PM PDT 700 men refusing to leave detention centre, with authorities warning the safety of refugees and staff is 'not to be taken for granted' Extra Papua New Guinean police and the notorious mobile squad will be brought in to Manus Island ahead of next week's forced closure of the immigration detention centre, with authorities warning people's safety is "not to be taken for granted". The increased security presence comes as Australia's plan to close the centre faces potential violent resistance from the island's community and as well as a court challenge. Continue reading... |
| Scott Brown: more complaints surface over behaviour of US ambassador to New Zealand Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:05 AM PDT US officials investigated Brown after he was accused of inappropriate behaviour at a party in Samoa and was alleged by one woman to have stared at her breasts It was a balmy 32 degrees when the US ambassador to New Zealand, Scott Brown, touched down in Apia, the capital of the South Pacific island nation of Samoa. Brown had flown in with his wife, Gail Huff, in July for a party to celebrate 50 years of the peace corps in the country. It was his inaugural visit to Samoa – of which he is also the official US representative – and one he was looking forward to. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia fireworks factory explosions kill at least 47 people Posted: 26 Oct 2017 03:11 AM PDT Dozens more injured in two blasts and fire at factory on outskirts of Jakarta that opened just two months ago Two explosions and a subsequent blaze at a fireworks factory on the western outskirts of Indonesia's capital have killed at least 47 people and injured dozens more, officials have said. TV news channels broadcast images of thick plumes of dark smoke billowing from a warehouse in the Tangerang district of Jakarta, an industrial and manufacturing hub on the island of Java. Continue reading... |
| JFK files reveal FBI warning on Oswald and Soviets' missile fears Posted: 27 Oct 2017 02:22 AM PDT Publication of nearly 3,000 documents sheds more light on response to assassination of US president – but so far no smoking gun The publication of nearly 3,000 previously classified files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963 reveals that the FBI had warned Dallas police about a threat to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, and claims that Soviet officials feared an "irresponsible" US general could launch a missile strike in the wake of the crisis. Related: JFK documents: what we have learned so far Continue reading... |
| Tunisia's reconciliation act dismissed by activists as 'amnesty of the corrupt' Posted: 27 Oct 2017 01:28 AM PDT Opposition groups fear Tunisian government's legislative olive branch to former officials of Ben Ali regime undermines accountability and justice Controversial legislation granting amnesty to Tunisian officials accused of corruption under toppled dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has been signed into law by the country's president. The legality of the act, which effectively amounts to a reprieve for pre-revolutionary officials who may have abetted acts of corruption under the old regime, was referred to Tunisia's temporary Constitutional Commission by opposition MPs after its stormy but successful passage through parliament on 13 September. Continue reading... |
| Victoria in the spotlight: Seychelles' Creole capital giddy with rapid growth Posted: 27 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT More than a pit stop between resorts, Mahé's tiny capital boasts lively history and vibrant architecture. But will its melting-pot mores survive a cash influx? The self-styled "Creole capital of the world" makes its play for the title this week celebrating its unique African, Malagasy, Indian, Chinese, French and British blend at a six-day festival. Whether the claim is correct, this provincial city of 27,000 – crammed on to reclaimed mangrove swamps and artificial islands on the main Seychelles island of Mahé – is one of the world's smallest capitals. Most tourists will know it as a sarong-shopping time killer between the airport – 8km to the south – and the harbour that ferries them to the Seychelles' other principal islands. |
| British couple given lengthy jail terms for child sexual abuse Posted: 27 Oct 2017 02:24 AM PDT Sarah Gotham and Craig Forbes sentenced to nine and eight years respectively after US paedophile gave evidence against them A British couple who abused a child and streamed the assaults live are beginning lengthy jail terms after a fellow paedophile who watched online in the US gave evidence against them. Sarah Gotham, 34, was jailed for nine years on Thursday, after a jury at Plymouth crown court convicted her of six counts of sexual assault between December 2012 and March 2013. Her co-accused, Craig Forbes, 36, who had earlier admitted three counts of sexual assault of a child, was jailed for eight years. Continue reading... |
| Catalonia’s independence movement is not just a problem for Spain | Simon Jenkins Posted: 27 Oct 2017 02:03 AM PDT Aversion to centralised power is destabilising states across Europe. The EU ignores this growing desire for regional autonomy at its own risk Catalonia is wrong. Madrid is right. There is a Spanish constitution which clearly lays down the sovereignty and integrity of the Spanish state. There is no provision for breaking away. Catalonia, despite its distinctive past, has long acquiesced in the Spanish constitution and has no legal right to become independent. On that point the law is clear. Related: Beyond Catalonia: pro-independence movements in Europe Continue reading... |
| Canada indigenous women were coerced into sterilisations, lawsuit says Posted: 27 Oct 2017 02:00 AM PDT Two women file class action suit after Saskatoon authorities admit several others have made claims of undergoing process without proper consent Two indigenous women in Canada have filed a class action lawsuit over allegations that they were coerced into undergoing sterilisation at a Saskatchewan hospital. The suit was launched after health authorities in the province admitted that several women had come forward with similar claims. The legal challenge, which still needs to be certified by a judge, centres on the idea of proper and informed consent – and whether this was obtained before the womenwere sterilised. Continue reading... |
| Bookseller Gui Minhai 'half free' after being detained in China for two years Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:43 PM PDT Hong Kong-based publisher who specialised in books about China's political elite vanished from Thailand in 2015 A Swedish bookseller who spent more than two years in custody after his suspected abduction by Chinese agents is now "half free", a friend has claimed, amid suspicions he is still being held under guard by security officials in eastern China. Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong-based publisher who specialised in books about China's political elite, mysteriously vanished from his Thai holiday home in October 2015. He later reappeared in mainland China where he was imprisoned on charges relating to a deadly drunk-driving incident more than a decade earlier. Continue reading... |
| Turmoil ahead as Larissa Waters and Fiona Nash plan for comeback Posted: 27 Oct 2017 02:18 AM PDT High court decision leaves the Greens as well as the Liberal and National parties facing tricky internal pressures The former Greens senator Larissa Waters could be back in Canberra within months, despite having had to resign because of her dual citizenship, under Greens internal processes that allow preselected candidates to take their place in the Senate before facing the voters. Andrew Bartlett is expected to replace Waters after Friday's adverse high court decision, but it is possible Waters could return via a casual vacancy if she is preselected late this year or early next year at the top of the Greens Queensland Senate ticket. Continue reading... |
| Abortion stories: from backstreet to legalisation – video Posted: 27 Oct 2017 12:26 AM PDT Women who had abortions either side of legalisation with the Abortion Act 1967 tell us their stories. From fears of dying in a stranger's kitchen to a safe medical procedure in the NHS, we hear how this change in the law has had a huge impact on women's healthcare in Britain – and what battles remain to be fought |
| Revealed: Dalai Lama’s ‘personal emissary’ suspended over corruption claims Posted: 27 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT Tibetan monk who is gatekeeper to the Dalai Lama in the US strongly denies allegations he demanded improper payments For more than 15 years, Tenzin Dhonden has stood between the Dalai Lama and multitudes of US philanthropists, celebrities, scholars and officials eager for even an instant in the revered Buddhist leader's presence. In his red and saffron robes and gleaming bald pate, the smiling Tibetan monk, widely known as Lama Tenzin, has introduced himself as the Dalai Lama's "personal emissary for peace". Yet the monk has now been suspended as secretary and trustee of the Dalai Lama Trust, a charitable organization chaired by the Dalai Lama, pending an investigation into allegations from a prominent Seattle-based technology entrepreneur who claims that, between 2005 and 2008, the monk abused his role to extract unjustified payments from him. Continue reading... |
| Brazil rapper scores hit with I Killed the President – but Temer clings on for now Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:30 PM PDT The president will probably remain in office until new elections next year, but the deals he made to ensure his survival have appalled many Brazilians In the week that Brazil's deeply unpopular president, Michel Temer, survived a congressional vote that could have seen him face criminal charges of racketeering and obstruction of justice, a rap video called I'm Happy (I Killed The President) 2 has become a viral hit. The song by Gabriel o Pensador ("Gabriel the Thinker"), 43 – a rewrite of an earlier hit the rapper released 24 years ago, during the impeachment of then president Fernando Collor – has been watched more than 3m times on YouTube. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand may tighten law that allows mega wealthy to buy citizenship Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:03 PM PDT Housing minister says legislation that paved the way for Peter Thiel to become a New Zealander will come under scrutiny New Zealand's new Labour government will reconsider legislation that allows wealthy foreigners to effectively buy citizenship, the housing minister has said. In an interview with the Guardian about the housing shortage in New Zealand, Phil Twyford said the law that allowed Trump donor and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel to become a citizen and buy a bolt hole in the South Island would come under scrutiny. Continue reading... |
| Friday briefing: JFK files – the truth is out there Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:35 PM PDT US archives releases trove of documents on John F Kennedy assassination … why the ultra-rich are worried … and afternoon heart surgery has better results Hello – it's Warren Murray with today's news in bite-sized but nonetheless satisfying chunks. Continue reading... |
| Xi Jinping Thought to be taught in China's universities Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:29 PM PDT Two university departments dedicated to the president's philosophy have been created while 'study groups' are being promoted across the country Earnestly, resolutely, purposefully, consciously, conscientiously and, above all, constantly. That is how China's 89 million Communist party cadres are now expected to study and implement the thoughts of their leader, Xi Jinping, after his political ponderings were enshrined in its constitution earlier this week. Continue reading... |
| Beyond Catalonia: pro-independence movements in Europe Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT Nationhood and autonomy are issues that transcend north-east Spain, with others wanting to redraw the map of Europe Continue reading... |
| Iceland set for second snap election in a year after series of scandals Posted: 26 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT PM Bjarni Benediktsson called poll after government fell over alleged cover-up of father's effort to help child sex offender Iceland heads into its second snap parliamentary election in less than a year on Saturday with the financial crash that brought the country to its knees nearly a decade ago still playing out in its politics. The island's economy is thriving again, thanks mainly to an unprecedented tourism boom, but some of its top politicians have been hit by a succession of financial and ethical scandals that have badly dented voters' trust. Continue reading... |
| US lawmakers investigate firm's contract to help restore Puerto Rico's power Posted: 26 Oct 2017 07:12 PM PDT Multiple congressional committees seek information on $300m deal awarded to Whitefish Energy Holdings, tiny company in interior secretary's hometown Multiple congressional committees are investigating a $300m contract awarded to a small Montana company in the hometown of the interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, that was tapped to help restore Puerto Rico's damaged power grid. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority awarded the contract to tiny Whitefish Energy Holdings to restore transmission and distribution lines damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Maria. The two-year-old company had just two full-time employees when the storm hit last month. Continue reading... |
| Venom, myth and medicine: India fights its reputation as world snakebite capital | Nupur Roopa Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT The woman behind an initiative to reduce the 45,000 snakebite deaths that occur in India each year believes providing better medical facilities and using fact to combat fear can save lives In March last year, Jeetu Gujjar was walking home after dusk, along an unlit road towards Ballabhgadh village in Rajasthan. He stepped on something and felt a piercing pain. Reaching home, he saw blood oozing from his toes, and two clear fang marks. He had been bitten by one of Asia's most dangerous snakes, the Indian saw-scaled viper. Common and highly venomous, saw-scaled vipers live in close proximity to people and are feared for their high-speed strikes. Over the next three days, Gujjar's condition deteriorated, his body developing dark patches as blood poisoning took hold. All his helpless family could do was pray. Continue reading... |
| Tanzania illegally detains human rights lawyers for 'promoting homosexuality' Posted: 26 Oct 2017 06:34 AM PDT Tanzanian activists also among group of 13 people held without charge after organising meeting to discuss legality of state clampdown on gay community A group of human rights lawyers and activists who were researching a case against the Tanzanian government has been illegally detained after police accused them of "promoting homosexuality". Among those arrested were three lawyers from the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (Isla), a human rights legal organisation, and nine members of Community Health and Education Services and Advocacy (Chesa), a Tanzanian sex workers' rights organisation. The manager of the hotel where the arrest took place has also been detained. Continue reading... |
| Mining company accused over deadly police crackdown in Sierra Leone Posted: 26 Oct 2017 03:51 AM PDT High court hears evidence of Tonkolili Iron Ore Ltd's alleged complicity in killings, beatings and eviction of villagers by armed police in northern town An iron ore company once listed in London is accused of presiding over a deadly police crackdown in Sierra Leone, where villagers were arrested, beaten and killed. Evidence to be presented to the high court on Thursday will allege the company's involvement in the police operation. The multimillion pound case against Tonkolili Iron Ore Ltd, formerly a subsidiary of African Minerals Ltd, has been brought by London law firm Leigh Day on behalf of 41 people from Bumbuna, in the north of Sierra Leone. Continue reading... |
| Tracking Trump: president gives himself top marks for military bereavement calls Posted: 21 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT President claimed he 'called every family of someone who's died' as tensions flared with sergeant's relatives and later gave himself 10/10 on Puerto Rico
It was unclear exactly what Donald Trump hoped to achieve when he decided to cut a key element of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – subsidies to insurance companies to help them cover those on low incomes – except perhaps a sense of pure destructive joy in damaging something his predecessor built that Republicans in Congress seemed unable to dismantle. On Saturday, he, crowed that he had ended a "Dems windfall" for insurance companies. Continue reading... |
| Ashley Judd says a ‘deal’ helped her flee from Harvey Weinstein – video Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:29 PM PDT Actor Ashley Judd describes on ABC's Good Morning America how she escaped Harvey Weinstein's sexual advances by making a deal with him. As a rising actor two decades ago she said she had visited Weinstein's hotel suite for what she thought would be a business meeting, but then said he tried to coerce her, forcing her to escape by making a deal, saying she would submit after she won an Oscar Continue reading... |
| Catalan president says he will not call snap election – video Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:34 PM PDT Carles Puigdemont, the president of Catalonia, said on Thursday he had ruled out a snap election because he had not obtained enough guarantees from the Spanish government that the move would stop the imposition of direct rule on the region Continue reading... |
| US police officer chases rabbit down road – video Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:58 AM PDT A Massachusetts police officer attempts to catch a rabbit on the busy Zakim Bridge in central Boston on Wednesday. The officer tries to catch the rabbit in a box from his car, but the rabbit evades capture a number of times. Eventually it is caught with the help of another officer and taken to safety Continue reading... |
| Kenya elections: police and protesters clash over contested rerun – video Posted: 26 Oct 2017 07:53 AM PDT One man has been killed and three more injured in Kisumu, Kenya, as opposition supporters and police fought running battles on the day of the east African country's electoral rerun. There was unrest across the country after Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, called on people to boycott the election, with Nairobi and a number of other towns reporting unrest Kenya elections: police and opposition supporters clash Continue reading... |
| Stone-throwing and selfies: Kenyan election rerun and protests - in pictures Posted: 26 Oct 2017 05:20 AM PDT Kenyans went to the polls on Thursday in a presidential election rerun that has been boycotted by the main opposition leader, Raila Odinga, and began with a low turn-out at some polling stations. Police clashed with opposition protesters in parts of Nairobi and in the west of the country Continue reading... |
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