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- Catalonia: Madrid warns of Puigdemont jailing as thousands rally for unity
- 'An insult to women': Roman Polanski retrospective causes outrage
- Babylon Berlin: lavish German crime drama tipped to be global hit
- Iraqi Kurdish leader to step down over fallout from independence poll
- Virginia church relocates memorials to George Washington and Robert E Lee
- Militants who killed 23 at Mogadishu hotel used intelligence service ID cards
- Iceland election: centre-right parties lose majority
- Mexican anger over corruption deepens – but will politicians change their ways?
- Crunch day for Spain as Catalonia returns to work under direct rule
- Delhi’s secret ring railway line – in pictures
- Kevin Spacey apologises after being accused of sexual advance on 14-year-old actor
- Rescued sailors make it ashore after five-month ordeal
- 'We are all Catalonia' march brings thousands out on Barcelona's streets
- Two teenage boys arrested in Yorkshire over alleged terror plot
- Britain can deal with its Isis returnees. But not by killing them | Richard Barrett
- How Europe exported its refugee crisis to north Africa
- Russia inquiry: Donald Trump sends barrage of angry tweets as charges reported
- Queensland election: LNP leader targets 'disenchanted' One Nation voters
- Lynx escapes from Welsh wildlife park
- Monday briefing: Westminster staff need protection from own MPs
- Hong Kong universities a new battleground in independence debate
- Hitler joined Nazis only after another far-right group shunned him
- Country diary: where the youngest rock is in the hardest place
- Japan will entertain Donald Trump with Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer
- Libyan path to Europe turns into dead end for desperate migrants
- Calling an election will by no means resolve the Catalan conundrum
- New $400m army to fight human traffickers and terrorists faces UN moment of truth
- South Sudan's homeless haunted by the ghosts of Juba's secret shantytown | Sam Mednick
- Research breakthrough raises hope of predicting future Ebola outbreaks
- Amid the Weinstein culture shift, what can good men do?
- Russia investigation leaks ‘absolutely against the law’, says Christie – video
- Hundreds of thousands rally in support of Spanish unity in Barcelona – video
| Catalonia: Madrid warns of Puigdemont jailing as thousands rally for unity Posted: 29 Oct 2017 08:34 AM PDT Warning that deposed Catalan president could be jailed within two months comes as huge protest held against independence The Spanish government has said the deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, could be jailed within the next two months over his part in the regional parliament's unilateral declaration of independence. The warning came on Sunday afternoon as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Barcelona to call for Spanish unity two days after some Catalan MPs voted for independence and the Spanish government assumed control of the region. Continue reading... |
| 'An insult to women': Roman Polanski retrospective causes outrage Posted: 27 Oct 2017 05:36 PM PDT French activists say it is 'indecent' to honour director, who is wanted in US for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old-girl French feminists have voiced outrage over a planned retrospective of the films of director Roman Polanski, who has been accused of several sexual assaults, calling it "an insult" to women following the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The retrospective is being organised by the Cinémathèque Française, a major Paris-based film archive that is partly funded by the state. Continue reading... |
| Babylon Berlin: lavish German crime drama tipped to be global hit Posted: 29 Oct 2017 05:38 AM PDT Series set in Weimar Republic is most expensive made in Germany and has been praised for its political significance A lavish 16-part TV series set between the two world wars is being tipped as the first big-budget German production that could become a global TV blockbuster. Babylon Berlin, a period drama set in the Weimar Republic replete with crime, corruption, sex and decadence, cost €38m (£33m) to make and is the most expensive TV series filmed in Germany. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi Kurdish leader to step down over fallout from independence poll Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:19 AM PDT President of autonomous region Masoud Barzani informs parliament as disputed territory is lost to Baghdad forces Masoud Barzani is to step down as Kurdish president after the contentious independence referendum he called backfired spectacularly, with the Kurds of northern Iraq stripped of a third of their territory and facing continuing attacks by Baghdad. The veteran Kurdish leader told a parliamentary sitting in Erbil on Sunday that he would not re-contest the presidency and asked for his powers to be dispersed. His decision comes six weeks after the poll, which returned a 93% yes vote but immediately prompted recriminations from neighbouring states and a rival political bloc. Continue reading... |
| Virginia church relocates memorials to George Washington and Robert E Lee Posted: 29 Oct 2017 11:29 AM PDT Leaders of Alexandria's Christ Church say plaques may be 'obstacle to identity as a welcoming church' amid national conversation about symbols of slavery A historic Virginia church is relocating two plaques in its sanctuary honoring George Washington and the Confederate general Robert E Lee, who both worshipped there. Leaders of Christ Church in Alexandria sent a letter to congregation members on Thursday, explaining the decision. It said the leaders decided the plaques, which have hung either side of the altar since 1870, were creating a distraction and "may create an obstacle to our identity as a welcoming church". Continue reading... |
| Militants who killed 23 at Mogadishu hotel used intelligence service ID cards Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:04 AM PDT Five attackers from Islamist al-Shabaab group stormed hotel in NISA uniforms after a truck bomb destroyed the front entrance Attackers who stormed a hotel in Mogadishu killing 23 people and wounding more than 30 on Saturday used identity cards from the country's intelligence service to gain access to the building. The five gunmen, from the Islamist al-Shabaab militant group, were dressed in intelligence service uniforms and did not draw suspicion as they entered the hotel in the centre of the Somali capital after a truck bomb demolished a well-defended front entrance. Continue reading... |
| Iceland election: centre-right parties lose majority Posted: 29 Oct 2017 03:56 AM PDT Independence party on course to remain largest in parliament but loses five of 21 seats, potentially paving way for left-leaning coalition Iceland's ruling centre-right parties have lost their majority after a tight election that could usher in only the second centre-left government in the country's history as an independent republic. With all votes counted after the Nordic island's second snap poll in a year, the conservative Independence party of the scandal-plagued outgoing prime minister, Bjarni Benediktsson, was on course to remain parliament's largest. Continue reading... |
| Mexican anger over corruption deepens – but will politicians change their ways? Posted: 29 Oct 2017 04:18 AM PDT The Institutional Revolutionary party claims it fired Santiago Nieto for discussing a case with the press, but Mexicans weary of government scandals are outraged Over the past year, Mexico's ruling party has been embroiled in a string of scandals, including accusations of wild overspending in regional election campaigns, systematic malfeasance by state governors and an attempt to gut a newly-created national mechanism to fight corruption. Related: Glossary of graft lays bare Mexico's lexicon of corruption Continue reading... |
| Crunch day for Spain as Catalonia returns to work under direct rule Posted: 30 Oct 2017 01:02 AM PDT Madrid's resolve faces crucial test as Catalan independence group calls for widespread campaign of civil disobedience Spain's control over Catalonia will be tested on Monday when politicians and civil servants return to work amid uncertainty over whether they will accept direct rule imposed by the central government to stop the region's independence bid. On Sunday, the Spanish government said the deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, could be jailed within the next two months over his part in the regional parliament's unilateral declaration of independence. |
| Delhi’s secret ring railway line – in pictures Posted: 30 Oct 2017 12:30 AM PDT Constructed in 1975 to bypass the crowded stations of Old Delhi, New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin, this line once used to be the lifeline of the capital Continue reading... |
| Kevin Spacey apologises after being accused of sexual advance on 14-year-old actor Posted: 30 Oct 2017 12:08 AM PDT Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp claimed he was left traumatised after Spacey lay on top of him during evening at actor's apartment 31 years ago Kevin Spacey has responded to allegations he made unwelcome sexual advances towards a 14-year-old actor, saying he did not remember the incident but if it did happen it was likely "deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour" for which he sincerely apologises. The Star Trek: Discovery star Anthony Rapp has accused Spacey of traumatising him after a party in New York in 1986. Continue reading... |
| Rescued sailors make it ashore after five-month ordeal Posted: 30 Oct 2017 12:06 AM PDT US women reveal they had to abandon towing attempt by Taiwanese vessel after it caused more damage to their stricken boat Two women from Hawaii who were adrift on a storm-battered sailboat in the Pacific for months set foot on solid ground Monday at a US Naval base in southern Japan. The USS Ashland rescued Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava and their two dogs about 1,450km (900 miles) south-east of Japan, and brought them to America's White Beach naval facility after waiting for a typhoon to pass. Continue reading... |
| 'We are all Catalonia' march brings thousands out on Barcelona's streets Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:48 AM PDT Pro-unity Spaniards from left and right demonstrate in Catalan capital against Carles Puigdemont's independence movement Dario Fernández Barbero headed into central Barcelona with one word for his fellow citizens, printed out in red and attached to his backpack: "Pau", meaning peace in Catalan. A sea of flags, Spanish, European and the official Catalan senyera banner – a rival to the pro-independence Estelada version – waved around him, but the 65-year-old said he wasn't comfortable with any of them. Continue reading... |
| Two teenage boys arrested in Yorkshire over alleged terror plot Posted: 30 Oct 2017 01:40 AM PDT Fourteen-year-olds held under Terrorism Act as police search several properties in North Yorkshire Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested by counter terrorism police on suspicion of plotting an attack from a market town in the north-east of England. The teenagers were being held on "suspicion of preparing for an act of terrorism" under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 after intense police activity in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, over the weekend. Continue reading... |
| Britain can deal with its Isis returnees. But not by killing them | Richard Barrett Posted: 29 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT The values of justice and tolerance are our greatest source of resilience. If we abandon them, we are more vulnerable, not less The British pride themselves on their resilience to terrorism. We like to identify with the man who went back to pay his bill the morning after the attack at London Bridge last June; or the crowds of concert-goers who refused to be intimidated by the Manchester bombing in May. We express our outrage and carry on. Other countries do the same. It took just 24 hours before Somalis began to rebuild after the enormous truck bomb that shattered buildings and killed over 350 people in Mogadishu earlier this month. The streets of Barcelona are now thronged with crowds demonstrating in favour or against Catalan independence, undeterred by the terrorist attack there in August. Continue reading... |
| How Europe exported its refugee crisis to north Africa Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT Fewer people are crossing the Mediterranean, but a nightmarish bottleneck has been created instead Something happened to the deadly migrant trail into Europe in 2017. It dried up. Not completely, but palpably. In the high summer, peak time for traffic across the Mediterranean, numbers fell by as much as 70%. This was no random occurrence. Even before the mass arrival of more than a million migrants and refugees into Europe in 2015, European policymakers had been desperately seeking solutions that would not just deal with those already here, but prevent more from coming. Continue reading... |
| Russia inquiry: Donald Trump sends barrage of angry tweets as charges reported Posted: 30 Oct 2017 02:13 AM PDT
Donald Trump sent an extraordinary fusillade of angry tweets about the investigation into possible ties between his election campaign and Russia, amid reports that the special counsel leading the inquiry could make its first arrests as soon as Monday. Trump, in a series of tweets on Sunday referencing what he called "phony Trump/Russia 'collusion' which doesn't exist", accused Democrats of a "witch hunt" and "evil politics", before adding that Republicans were "fighting back like never before". Continue reading... |
| Queensland election: LNP leader targets 'disenchanted' One Nation voters Posted: 30 Oct 2017 01:17 AM PDT Opposition leader Tim Nicholls focuses on jobs growth in seats at risk of falling to Pauline Hanson's party The Queensland opposition leader, Tim Nicholls, has swiftly taken to the hustings in One Nation heartland, appealing to disenchanted voters to back him at the 25 November election. After initially releasing an economic policy in the marginal Logan seat of Springwood, the Liberal National party leader headed to the electorate that Pauline Hanson almost grabbed at the last state election. Continue reading... |
| Lynx escapes from Welsh wildlife park Posted: 30 Oct 2017 02:08 AM PDT Police say Lilith, a Eurasian lynx, would not attack humans but may feed on pets or livestock Police have taken to helicopters in a hunt for a lynx which has escaped from a wildlife park in Wales. The young female Eurasian lynx, which is about twice the size of a domestic cat, is missing from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Ceredigion. Its owners said the creature, which is called Lillith, did not pose a danger to humans but urged members of the public to avoid getting too close. Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: Westminster staff need protection from own MPs Posted: 29 Oct 2017 11:28 PM PDT More harassment accounts expected ... Spacey sorry for alleged advances on 14-year-old ... YouTube star to sing for Trump Good morning to you all, Graham Russell here with today's news, views and sports. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong universities a new battleground in independence debate Posted: 29 Oct 2017 11:10 PM PDT Students at universities in Hong Kong fear basic freedoms are under attack from China's creeping influence When a handful of students decided to express an opinion on a university campus bulletin board in Hong Kong, they never imagined the backlash that would follow. What began with a few posters emblazoned with a radical idea, that Hong Kong should split with China and become independent, eventually engulfed the entire political and academic establishment in the latest clash over shrinking freedoms in the semi-autonomous city. Continue reading... |
| Hitler joined Nazis only after another far-right group shunned him Posted: 29 Oct 2017 11:00 PM PDT Professor suggests history could have taken different path if Hitler had not been rejected by German Socialist party Adolf Hitler only joined the Nazis after being rejected by another political party, a leading historian has learned. Thomas Weber, a professor of history at the University of Aberdeen, unearthed a previously unpublished document that reveals that in 1919 the newly formed German Socialist party shunned Hitler, telling him that it did not want him in the party or writing for its paper. Continue reading... |
| Country diary: where the youngest rock is in the hardest place Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:30 PM PDT Fionn Choire, Isle of Skye Hulking rock shapes tilt blackly like primed guillotine blades. Mountaineering here is dangerous Gabbro is youthful rock. Barely born, on a timeline started by British geology's eldest foundations. But it is impressive, expressive rock. The coarser the grain, the slower the cooling of the magmatic paste that birthed it explosively, then insipidly, from the sea floor, at a time when dinosaurs still walked. When your nose is against it you smell the tang of rust and feel its surface worry your skin. Some of Britain's most recent geology was layered by water and compressed over time, and crumbles with fragility; but gabbro was spat from the earth and cooled hard and dark. High on Skye's Cuillin Ridge, it interrupts the horizon with a fearful signature, frilled and switch-blade sharp. Continue reading... |
| Japan will entertain Donald Trump with Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:22 PM PDT Tokyo says informal events chosen to reflect US president's strong relationship with Shinzo Abe Having already arranged a round of golf against one of the world's best players, Donald Trump's Japanese hosts have hired the singer behind the online pop sensation of 2016 to entertain the president during his Asia tour. Piko Taro, whose infuriatingly catchy Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen (PPAP) became a viral hit, will sing for Trump and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, at a dinner in Tokyo on Monday next week, according to reports. Continue reading... |
| Libyan path to Europe turns into dead end for desperate migrants Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT Violence and sexual assault is rife at detention centres across northern Libya, where many African migrants who dreamed of better lives are resigned to returning home In the humanitarian horror that Libya has become, the migrant detention centre at Abu Salim is by no means the worst. Migrant centres in this country, packed with thousands of people seized on the trafficking routes that criss-cross Libya, have become renowned for forced labour, beatings, torture and rape. Continue reading... |
| Calling an election will by no means resolve the Catalan conundrum Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT Madrid's tactics put Catalonia's separatists in a fix, but they could backfire by handing the independence movement a clear win When Catalans vote for a new regional government on 21 December, truncheon-wielding riot police should be absent and the results will clearly be valid, but the Spanish prime minister's decision to call a snap election, combined with the imposition of direct rule, does not magically resolve the problem. Related: Catalonia: Madrid warns of Puigdemont jailing as thousands rally for unity Continue reading... |
| New $400m army to fight human traffickers and terrorists faces UN moment of truth Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:00 PM PDT Plan for 5-nation force in the Sahel strongly backed by France and Italy but funding resisted by Trump administration Unprecedented plans to combat human trafficking and terrorism across the Sahel and into Libya will face a major credibility test on Monday when the UN decides whether to back a new proposed five-nation joint security force across the region. The 5,000-strong army costing $400m in the first year is designed to end growing insecurity, a driving force of migration, and combat endemic people-smuggling that has since 2014 seen 30,000 killed in the Sahara and an estimated 10,000 drowned in the central Mediterranean. Continue reading... |
| South Sudan's homeless haunted by the ghosts of Juba's secret shantytown | Sam Mednick Posted: 30 Oct 2017 12:00 AM PDT Thousands of people in South Sudan's capital live in a graveyard concealed behind a wall, their desperate plight unseen by agencies and ignored by officials Shielding her eyes with one arm, the frail, 50-year-old Rose Juan glances at the tombstone outside her makeshift house. "I see ghosts in my dreams," she says. For half a decade, the mother of five has been living among the dead. Time hasn't eased the eeriness that engulfs her home. Juan is one of thousands of homeless people in South Sudan's capital, Juba. With nowhere to go, she has been forced to take up residence in the city's graveyard. "Sometimes men, women and children greet me and ask: 'Why are you living on top of us?'" said Juan of the ghosts that haunt her sleep. Continue reading... |
| Research breakthrough raises hope of predicting future Ebola outbreaks Posted: 29 Oct 2017 05:01 PM PDT Scientists optimistic of creating early-warning system after identifying two-year gap between clearance of forests inhabited by fruit bats and emergence of virus Scientists studying links between the Ebola virus and deforestation have made a breakthrough that could lead to the development of an early warning system for outbreaks. Existing research into how the disease could be spread from animals to humans found Ebola hotspots matched deforestation patterns in west Africa. Continue reading... |
| Amid the Weinstein culture shift, what can good men do? Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:44 AM PDT Men who say they're on our side against the abusers should act now, not after the accusations roll in. I want them to think about what they must do Snowballing harassment allegations against powerful men continued this week, especially in the media, and showed no signs of slowing. Related: After Weinstein, the floodgates have opened on outing bad men | Jessica Valenti Continue reading... |
| Russia investigation leaks ‘absolutely against the law’, says Christie – video Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:16 AM PDT New Jersey governor Chris Christie appears on CBS News's Face the Nation to respond to reports that the first arrests in Robert Mueller's investigation are imminent. Christie, a former federal prosecutor, says the alleged leaking of Mueller's grand jury activity is illegal and that 'the president is not under investigation' Continue reading... |
| Hundreds of thousands rally in support of Spanish unity in Barcelona – video Posted: 29 Oct 2017 09:29 AM PDT Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to a rally in Barcelona on Sunday in support of Catalonia remaining part of Spain. It comes after the Catalan parliament voted to declare independence, prompting the central Spanish government to take direct control of the region Continue reading... |
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