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- Ex- Trump aide Flynn investigated over plot to kidnap Turkish dissident – report
- Man rams car into students outside French college
- Louis CK responds to sexual misconduct allegations: 'These stories are true'
- Lebanese leaders step up demands for return of Saad Hariri
- Al Gore: 'I tried my best' but Trump can't be educated on climate change
- Data firm that worked for Trump asked WikiLeaks to share hacked emails
- Greek terrorist's prison parole sparks global outrage
- Chile activists burn bus to protest Pope's visit to contested indigenous land
- Four charged for heckling Grace Mugabe at rally in Zimbabwe
- Canada naked kidnap case: suspects drank mystery 'trippy tea', relative says
- Hyderabad police round up homeless people before Ivanka Trump visit
- Nuclear accident sends 'harmless' radioactive cloud over Europe
- Mexico drug cartel's grip on politicians and police revealed in Texas court files
- Philippines president says he once stabbed someone to death
- US switches focus of its Bonn event from clean energy to fossil fuels
- HSBC shut down accounts linked to Gupta scandal
- Turbulence continues for Airbus as one of first A380s exits service
- Astronomers discover a giant world – but is it a planet?
- Escaped Lynx is killed over growing public safety fears
- After a year of Trump, good news for Europe – he doesn’t care about us | Natalie Nougayrède
- Husband of UK woman held in Egypt 'has evidence to prove her innocence'
- Roy Moore says he doesn't know woman who made sexual assault claims
- On the run from the law, a polygamist patriarch builds a secret world
- Vietnam braced for second storm after devastating impact of Typhoon Damrey
- Queensland election: LNP preferences One Nation before Labor in 50 seats
- Italian prosecutors wiretap Guardian journalist Lorenzo Tondo
- Israel's leadership talks up another war with Hezbollah in Lebanon | Peter Beaumont
- Trans-Pacific trade pact revived despite Trump withdrawal
- George Blake: Russian spies must save world from nuclear hell
- Qatar World Cup bosses offer no explanation for British worker's death
- China faces historic corruption battle, new graft buster says
- Foreign Office attempts to repair Boris Johnson damage with Iran
- French police cordon off area after man rams car into students – video
- Terrorism makes it harder to get aid money to people in crisis | Daniel Hanna
- Rohingya children close to starvation due to 'unimaginable' 'health crisis
- Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands at Apec – video
- Melania Trump visits pandas at Beijing zoo – video
| Ex- Trump aide Flynn investigated over plot to kidnap Turkish dissident – report Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:49 AM PST
Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is under investigation for involvement in an alleged plot to kidnap a Turkish dissident cleric living in the US and fly him to an island prison in Turkey in return for $15m, it was reported on Friday. Related: Flynn ally sought help from 'dark web' in covert Clinton email investigation Continue reading... |
| Man rams car into students outside French college Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:59 AM PST Three people injured after 28-year-old man known to police drives vehicle into group in Blagnac, near Toulouse A man has rammed his car into a group of students outside a French college near Toulouse, injuring three people. Police arrested the 28-year-old driver outside the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Blagnac. He was reported to be "known to police" but not on the Fiche S security-risk list. Continue reading... |
| Louis CK responds to sexual misconduct allegations: 'These stories are true' Posted: 10 Nov 2017 10:51 AM PST The comedian released a statement regarding the claims: 'The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly' Disgraced comedian Louis CK on Friday admitted to allegations of sexual misconduct that were made public against him on Thursday. Related: Louis CK: laughter ends as years of allegations dog comedy superstar Continue reading... |
| Lebanese leaders step up demands for return of Saad Hariri Posted: 10 Nov 2017 10:44 AM PST Diplomatic fallout from surprise resignation as PM while in Riyadh intensifies, with some claiming he quit under Saudi duress Lebanese leaders have stepped up demands for the return of Saad Hariri, insisting his resignation as prime minister in Riyadh last week was made under duress and that his Saudi hosts have limited his movements. Hariri's unexpected departure has placed Lebanon at the heart of an intensifying power tussle between Riyadh and Tehran, and has alarmed allies of the fragile state who are scrambling to contain a move they describe as destabilising and a threat to the regional order. |
| Al Gore: 'I tried my best' but Trump can't be educated on climate change Posted: 10 Nov 2017 11:18 AM PST At UN climate talks in Bonn, Gore is heading an unofficial group trying to stop climate change – in the face of scepticism from Trump administration officials Al Gore has accused Donald Trump of surrounding himself "with the absolute worst of climate deniers" and said he has given up attempting to persuade the president to reverse his dismantling of policies combatting global warming. However, both Gore, the former US vice-president, and Jerry Brown, governor of California, told the Guardian they were confident the US will regain its leadership position on climate change if Trump is defeated in the next presidential election. Continue reading... |
| Data firm that worked for Trump asked WikiLeaks to share hacked emails Posted: 10 Nov 2017 03:08 PM PST Cambridge Analytica executive confirms firm asked Assange to share hacked emails related to Clinton – reportedly around time it started working for Trump The chief executive of Cambridge Analytica has confirmed that the UK data research firm contacted Julian Assange to ask WikiLeaks to share hacked emails related to Hillary Clinton at about the time it started working for the Trump campaign in summer 2016. Related: Julian Assange: I urged Trump Jr to publish Russia emails via WikiLeaks Continue reading... |
| Greek terrorist's prison parole sparks global outrage Posted: 10 Nov 2017 07:30 AM PST US expresses fears Dimitris Koufodinas of November 17 leftist group, who is serving 11 life sentences for murder, could abscond The US, UK and Turkey have condemned a decision by Greek authorities to grant 48 hours of freedom to a hitman in the notorious November 17 terrorist group, currently serving 11 life sentences for multiple murders. In a statement released late on Thursday, the US Department of State, expressed "serious concerns" that Dimitris Koufodinas could use the two-day parole to abscond. Continue reading... |
| Chile activists burn bus to protest Pope's visit to contested indigenous land Posted: 10 Nov 2017 12:17 PM PST The Araucania region, where activists burned a bus Friday, has long been a site of attempts by the Mapuche to reclaim land annexed by Chile in the late 1900s Hooded activists in Chile have burned a bus and scattered pamphlets in protest of an upcoming visit by Pope Francis to a southern region claimed by the Mapuche indigenous group as its ancestral territory. Police said on Friday that the arson attack took place in the Araucania region, about 370 miles (600 kilometers) south of the Chilean capital. The pamphlets read: "Fire to the churches. Pope Francis: You're not welcome to Araucania." Continue reading... |
| Four charged for heckling Grace Mugabe at rally in Zimbabwe Posted: 10 Nov 2017 05:32 AM PST Four people charged with undermining authority of President Robert Mugabe after his wife was jeered during speech Four people have appeared in court in Zimbabwe on charges of undermining the authority of President Robert Mugabe after his wife was heckled while addressing a rally, a state-owned newspaper reported. The Herald said the four were arrested after attending a ruling Zanu-PF party rally in the south-western city of Bulawayo where Grace Mugabe was jeered during a speech on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Canada naked kidnap case: suspects drank mystery 'trippy tea', relative says Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:49 AM PST After police arrested five nude adults for allegedly snatching a couple and baby, a relative blamed the bizarre event on 'some type of herbal drug or something' There's another trippy twist in a bizarre case of naked kidnapping that ended with a car crash and handcuffs in the Canadian cold. Three people are facing charges of kidnapping and resisting arrest after a couple and their baby were allegedly forced from their home near Edmonton and stuffed into a car full of naked people – which then collided with a pickup truck. |
| Hyderabad police round up homeless people before Ivanka Trump visit Posted: 10 Nov 2017 06:17 AM PST Indian city introduces ban on begging in run-up to business summit featuring daughter of US president Donald Trump Police in Hyderabad have banned begging and started rounding up homeless people before the start of a business summit featuring Ivanka Trump. Nearly 400 people in the southern Indian city were detained by police on Wednesday and lodged in a rehabilitation facility at Chanchalguda jail, according to the Indian Express. Continue reading... |
| Nuclear accident sends 'harmless' radioactive cloud over Europe Posted: 10 Nov 2017 03:07 AM PST French institute says pollution suggests release of nuclear material in Russia or Kazakhstan in September A cloud of radioactive pollution over Europe in recent weeks indicates that an accident happened in a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan in the last week of September, the French nuclear safety institute IRSN has said. The IRSN on Thursday ruled out an accident in a nuclear reactor, saying it was likely to be in a nuclear fuel treatment site or centre for radioactive medicine. There has been no impact on human health or the environment in Europe, it said. Continue reading... |
| Mexico drug cartel's grip on politicians and police revealed in Texas court files Posted: 10 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST Los Zetas pumped money into elections in the border state of Coahuila but the detailed testimonies have been met with official denial and public apathy The accusations made in three Texas courtrooms were staggering. Witness after witness described how a notorious drug cartel pumped money into Mexican electoral campaigns and paid off individual politicians and policemen in the border state of Coahuila to look the other way as hundreds of people were massacred or forcibly disappeared. The Texas court testimonies – gathered in a report released this week by the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law and Fray Juan de Larios Diocesan Human Rights Centre in Coahuila – give one of the most complete accounts so far of how organized crime has attempted to capture the institutions of democracy in Mexico's regions. Continue reading... |
| Philippines president says he once stabbed someone to death Posted: 10 Nov 2017 01:56 AM PST Rodrigo Duterte claims he killed a person as a teenager, in defiant speech to promote his drug war before summit of world leaders The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has said he stabbed a person to death as a teenager, in a defiant speech to promote his drug war ahead of a summit of world leaders in Manila. Speaking to the local Filipino community in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Thursday, Duterte also threatened to slap a UN rights rapporteur if he met her, and used obscene language to hit back at critics of his deadly drugs crackdown. Continue reading... |
| US switches focus of its Bonn event from clean energy to fossil fuels Posted: 10 Nov 2017 08:41 AM PST One of US's only public events, originally billed as promoting clean energy, has since been changed to favour coal and nuclear power The US has changed the focus of one of its few public events at the Bonn climate talks to emphasise coal and nuclear power, in a sign of the Trump administration's goals at the talks. An event next Monday, opening the second week of the ongoing UN negotiations, was originally billed as promoting clean energy. However, it has since been changed to emphasise coal and nuclear power. Continue reading... |
| HSBC shut down accounts linked to Gupta scandal Posted: 10 Nov 2017 11:39 AM PST Bank admits concerns for the first time about its potential ties to growing South Africa scandal after closing accounts held by 'front companies' HSBC has revealed that it closed accounts linked to South Africa's Gupta family corruption investigation, admitting for the first time concerns about its potential ties to the snowballing scandal. The bank said it had also flagged up its worries to the financial crime expert who has overseen its money-laundering controls since it was fined a record $1.9bn in 2012 for processing cash for Mexican drug lords and terrorists. Continue reading... |
| Turbulence continues for Airbus as one of first A380s exits service Posted: 10 Nov 2017 11:57 AM PST Superjumbo launched in 2007 to be parked at remote French airport – but hotly anticipated major order could end woe One of the first A380s to take to the skies a decade ago will be taken out of service in a remote French airport next week, as the manufacturer Airbus hopes for a major order to allay doubts over its superjumbo's long-term future. An A380 launched by Singapore Airlines in 2007 will be parked at Tarbes airport in the Pyrenees by its owner, a German aircraft leasing company. According to Bloomberg, the firm will rent out the plane's engines while it searches for an operator to take over from Singapore Airlines, raising the possibility that an aircraft that costs $432m straight off the production line could be scrapped. Continue reading... |
| Astronomers discover a giant world – but is it a planet? Posted: 10 Nov 2017 06:15 AM PST A recently-discovered giant world lies right on the boundary between being a star and a planet – and that could answer some big questions 'When is a planet not a planet?' is a lot more than the beginning of a poor joke at a drunken astronomers' Christmas party (but we laughed nonetheless). It is actually a serious question that cuts to the heart of our ignorance about how celestial objects form. The discovery of a giant planet 22,000 light years away may now help shine some light on this particularly knotty problem. The planet is called OGLE-2016-BLG-1190. It was found on June 2016 by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (Ogle), a Polish astronomical project run by the University of Warsaw. Continue reading... |
| Escaped Lynx is killed over growing public safety fears Posted: 11 Nov 2017 12:41 AM PST Eurasian lynx named Lillith, which went missing from Welsh zoo on 29 October, is destroyed after straying into populated area Lillith is no more. After being on the run for nearly two weeks after escaping from a zoo in Wales, the Eurasian lynx has been destroyed after straying into a populated area. The female, which was about twice the size of a domestic cat, had been missing from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Ceredigion since 29 October. Continue reading... |
| After a year of Trump, good news for Europe – he doesn’t care about us | Natalie Nougayrède Posted: 10 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST In the absence of true engagement by the US president, Europe's leaders have the chance to redefine their relationship with the White House One year on, what has been the impact of Donald Trump on Europe? How have governments reacted to him? Though the scenario once feared of a populist tidal wave unleashed on the continent by Trump's victory in the US did not materialise, it would be naive to think Europe's problems have disappeared. Still, much has changed in that year. Remember how, on the day of Trump's election, the leader of the French far-right, Marine Le Pen, tweeted elatedly: "Congratulations to the American people, free!" Florian Philippot, one of her close aides, cast the US political earthquake as a portent for liberal Europe: "Their world is crumbling," he said. "Ours is being built." One year on, not only has Le Pen suffered defeat at the ballot box, but she now finds herself struggling: her party split, her credibility in shambles. Continue reading... |
| Husband of UK woman held in Egypt 'has evidence to prove her innocence' Posted: 11 Nov 2017 01:59 AM PST Omar Caboo says documents will prove Laura Plummer, being held for bringing illegal painkillers into country, is telling truth The husband of a British woman being held in Egypt on drug smuggling charges has reportedly produced evidence he believes could lead to her release. Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull, had been due to appear in court on Saturday before the delay was revealed. She was arrested at Hurghada airport on 9 October after 29 strips of the painkillers tramadol and naproxen were found in her suitcase. Continue reading... |
| Roy Moore says he doesn't know woman who made sexual assault claims Posted: 10 Nov 2017 03:59 PM PST As the Republican Senate nominee faces pressure to leave the race, he denies the allegations in an interview and claims he's the victim of a conspiracy Beleaguered Republican Roy Moore claimed on Friday he did not know the woman who has made underage sex allegations against him, as he faced renewed calls to step down from a crucial Senate race. As the GOP cut its funding for the Alabama Senate candidate – up for election in one month's time – two senators who had previously announced their endorsement of him, Mike Lee of Utah and Steve Daines of Montana pulled their support. |
| On the run from the law, a polygamist patriarch builds a secret world Posted: 10 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST Orson Black, wanted for assault on the minor girls who became his 'wives,' was arrested after two of his sons and a man were found dead near his Mexican ranch Rancho El Negro is a five-hectare property amid rolling fields of corn and cotton at the foothills of a lonely mountain outside the town of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc in the north Mexican state of Chihuahua. Neighbours – mostly members of the region's German-speaking Mennonite community – referred to the farm as "The Company" and had little to do with its owner. Continue reading... |
| Vietnam braced for second storm after devastating impact of Typhoon Damrey Posted: 10 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST As 400,000 people in coastal communities await emergency assistance after first deadly cyclone, aid workers warn Typhoon Kaikui will inflict further misery Almost 400,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance following a typhoon that has devastated some of the poorest communities in Vietnam, pummelling homes and destroying water supplies. Typhoon Damrey made landfall on 4 November in the country's south-central coastal region, with winds of 135km an hour. At least 100 people have died, according to Vietnam's disaster management authority. Continue reading... |
| Queensland election: LNP preferences One Nation before Labor in 50 seats Posted: 10 Nov 2017 10:53 PM PST Coalition denies overall deal with Pauline Hanson as her controversial policies continue to dominate the headlines The tight election race in Queensland has constricted further with the decision by the LNP to preference One Nation ahead of Labor in 50 seats across the state. As One Nation's controversial domestic violence policy and accusations about the safe schools program continued to dominate headlines, the LNP Continue reading... |
| Italian prosecutors wiretap Guardian journalist Lorenzo Tondo Posted: 10 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST Journalist working on case of refugee mistaken for people trafficker says transcripts are 'attack on investigative journalism' Italian prosecutors accused of mistaking a refugee for one of the world's most notorious people-smugglers have wiretapped the conversations of a reporter working for the Guardian who helped expose their alleged error. Documents produced in court on Friday show prosecutors in Sicily secretly recorded two conversations between the journalist, Lorenzo Tondo, and one of his sources, in apparent violation of his professional rights. Continue reading... |
| Israel's leadership talks up another war with Hezbollah in Lebanon | Peter Beaumont Posted: 10 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST Risk of conflict with Iranian-backed group given fresh impetus by Israeli, Saudi Arabian and US rhetoric against Tehran Israel's political and military leadership appears to have concluded that a conflict with Lebanon's Hezbollah is becoming increasingly likely, despite months of growing warnings that a third Lebanese war would be more dangerous and deadly than the last war in 2006. The mounting tensions on the northern border with Syria and Lebanon have increased in recent months as Israel has recognised its assumption that Hezbollah – a key ally fighting with the Assad regime – would be chewed up in a protracted Syrian conflict is badly mistaken as the war has turned rapidly in Bashar al-Assad's favour. Continue reading... |
| Trans-Pacific trade pact revived despite Trump withdrawal Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:51 PM PST Ministers meeting in Vietnam have agreed 'core elements' of the deal after hard lobbying by Australia and Japan Leading Pacific Rim nations have announced the salvaging of a trade pact that US president Donald Trump abandoned in one of his first acts in office. The remaining 11 countries, including Japan, Australia, Mexico and Malaysia, said they had revived the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, a multilateral agreement championed under the Obama administration. |
| George Blake: Russian spies must save world from nuclear hell Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST On the eve of his 95th birthday, former KGB double agent says SVR officers are heroes of modern battle between good and evil The KGB cold war double agent George Blake has hailed Russia's modern spies as the heroes of "a true battle between good and evil" and said they must save mankind from nuclear destruction. In an unexpected and slightly melodramatic statement on the eve of his 95th birthday, Blake said that officers of the Russian foreign intelligence service, the SVR, now have "the difficult and critical mission" of saving the world. Continue reading... |
| Qatar World Cup bosses offer no explanation for British worker's death Posted: 10 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Zac Cox's relatives have waited 10 months for official account of why he died in accident at Khalifa stadium A 10-month effort to find out how a Briton was killed while building Qatar's Khalifa stadium for the World Cup has been met with a wall of silence from the Qatari authorities and multinational building contractors, leaving his relatives distraught and angry. Zac Cox died in January after he fell 40 metres when his safety equipment failed. His family have been told that a report containing vital information about the circumstances of his death exists, but it has not been passed on to them or the British coroner investigating his death. Continue reading... |
| China faces historic corruption battle, new graft buster says Posted: 10 Nov 2017 07:55 PM PST Zhao Leji says Communist party faces being erased by history if it does not tackle corruption China must win its battle against corruption or face being erased by history, its new top graft buster said in an editorial on Saturday, underscoring the ruling Communist party's focus on eliminating corrupt behaviour. Zhao Leji, appointed to the new seven-member politburo standing committee last month and tasked to lead president Xi Jinping's signature war on corruption, wrote in the state-run People's Daily that failure would lead to the party's downfall. Continue reading... |
| Foreign Office attempts to repair Boris Johnson damage with Iran Posted: 10 Nov 2017 04:49 PM PST Measures under review as 'desperate' jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reported to have been kept in solitary confinement The Foreign Office is studying a package of measures to ease relations with Iran before a visit to Tehran by Boris Johnson that has been billed as the foreign secretary's chance to win the release of the jailed British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Related: Tories can take being hated. But not being laughed at | Gaby Hinsliff Continue reading... |
| French police cordon off area after man rams car into students – video Posted: 10 Nov 2017 03:03 PM PST French police sealed off an area of Blagnac, near Toulouse, on Friday evening after a man deliberately ran his car into a group of students outside a high school, injuring three people, two of them seriously, police sources said. The driver of the vehicle, a 28-year-old man who was known to police for committing minor offences, was arrested at the scene. |
| Terrorism makes it harder to get aid money to people in crisis | Daniel Hanna Posted: 10 Nov 2017 07:06 AM PST Rules intended to thwart terrorist groups that use charities as a front for their activities have also made it harder to move cash when lives are at stake In a crisis, money matters: for water, food and shelter, for people fleeing war or famine, or for medical supplies in dealing with an epidemic. Yet getting money to the frontline when people are suffering is becoming harder. The problem was highlighted when Ebola broke out in west Africa. Standard Chartered, for whom I work, handled cash transfers for many charities working in Sierra Leone as well as multilateral organisations like the UN. At the height of the crisis, Ebola infections were doubling every two weeks. Money needed to be moved quickly from central treasuries to aid workers on the ground. Continue reading... |
| Rohingya children close to starvation due to 'unimaginable' 'health crisis Posted: 10 Nov 2017 06:30 AM PST 'Rampant malnutrition' reported following Rohingya exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh as agencies warn shocking new figures may be tip of the iceberg One in four Rohingya children who recently fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar is now suffering from life-threatening malnutrition, with aid workers warning that refugees are "essentially starving" before they have even crossed the border. The preliminary findings of a joint nutrition assessment conducted in late October at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar show that severe acute malnutrition rates among child refugees under five have doubled since May, while nearly half of young children are also underweight and suffering from anaemia. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands at Apec – video Posted: 10 Nov 2017 08:02 AM PST US and Russian presidents greet each other at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit dinner in Vietnam on Friday, though the White House said there would be no formal meeting. Trump and Putin smiled and stood next to each other for the traditional group photograph then parted to sit at different parts of the table Continue reading... |
| Melania Trump visits pandas at Beijing zoo – video Posted: 10 Nov 2017 03:06 AM PST The US first lady spent time with a couple of China's most prominent diplomats on her last day in Beijing, the pandas Meng'er and Gu Gu. She was greeted by a group of schoolchildren waving miniature Chinese and American flags and handed out stuffed toy bald eagles to them. Melania Trump engages in panda diplomacy at Beijing zoo Continue reading... |
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