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- Iran-Iraq earthquake: death toll rises to 335
- 'Only God can save us': Yemeni children starve as aid is held at border
- Assad regime's starve or surrender strategy 'a crime against humanity'
- Ex-intelligence chiefs: Trump is being played by Putin and US is in 'peril'
- EU planning for collapse of Brexit talks, says Michel Barnier
- UK woman held in Iran jail 'angry and in tears' at Boris Johnson remarks
- #MeToo: thousands march in LA as sexual misconduct allegations continue
- Iraqi forces find mass graves of people they say were killed by Isis
- Viable pipe bomb left close to Omagh Remembrance Day ceremony, police say
- Mariano Rajoy urges Catalan voters to pull back from 'the havoc of separatism'
- Richard Dreyfuss denies exposing himself to writer in 1987
- I'm free to return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia, says Saad Hariri
- 'Dose as small as a grain of sand can kill you': alarm after Canada carfentanil bust
- Catalan independence: EU experts detect rise in pro-Kremlin false claims
- Jailed Briton's husband appeals to UK ministers not to 'muddy' situation
- Philippines' Duterte sings love song for Trump: 'You are the light'
- New Delhi gay parade – in pictures
- Sí, seniors: the Chilean city with grand plans to be the best place to grow old
- Africa has been failed by westernisation. It must cast off its subservience | Chigozie Obioma
- 'Not a problem to us': Texas family who lost eight in shooting find hope in faith
- Citizenship fracas ensnares Jacqui Lambie as Turnbull defends leadership
- 7.8 magnitude quake interrupts live TV interview – video
- Duterte sings for Trump: ‘You are the light’ – video
- Beyond Mamma Mia! Hollywood courted as Greece vies for slice of movie millions
- Wrangling Russia: the American cowboys heading east - video
- Bob Geldof hands back Freedom of Dublin in Aung San Suu Kyi protest
- Monday briefing: Boris and the 'Orwellian' Brexit manual
- Indonesia museum removes 'Hitler selfie' display after protests
- Two years on from Paris attacks, suspect Salah Abdeslam remains silent
- Akshay Kumar: Toilet isn't a dirty word – my latest film made me love the loo | Akshay Kumar
- Fairtrade Kenyan roses project audited amid corruption fears
- A tale of two Trumps: Duterte hosts US leader in the Philippines
- Anti-Trump protests erupt on the streets of Manila - video
| Iran-Iraq earthquake: death toll rises to 335 Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:50 AM PST Rescuers battle to find survivors trapped under collapsed buildings after the 7.3 magnitude quake A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake has rocked the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing more than 328 people in Iran and seven in Iraq and injuring thousands more. Iran's semi-official Isna news agency raised the death toll to 328 on Monday morning, after a quake struck the country's western provinces at 9.20pm local time on Sunday. Local officials said the death toll would rise as search and rescue teams reached remote areas. Continue reading... |
| 'Only God can save us': Yemeni children starve as aid is held at border Posted: 12 Nov 2017 11:55 AM PST Iona Craig reports from Yemen where aid agencies cannot get vital shipments into the war-torn country already gripped by cholera outbreak Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and appears lifeless in a hospital in Yemen's western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less than one and a half stone, and is one of hundreds of thousands of children in the country suffering from acute malnutrition. Seven million people are on on the brink of famine in war-torn Yemen, which was already in the grip of the world's worst cholera outbreak when coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia tightened its blockade on the country last week, stemming vital aid flows. Continue reading... |
| Assad regime's starve or surrender strategy 'a crime against humanity' Posted: 12 Nov 2017 04:01 PM PST Amnesty report examining sieges and evacuation deals published weeks after images of starving baby in Ghouta brought plight of trapped Syrians into focus Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in Syria have committed crimes against humanity through their "starve or surrender" strategy and sieges that have devastated areas controlled by the opposition, a report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International has concluded. The report, to be released on Monday, examines four "reconciliation" deals between the Assad regime and the opposition in Aleppo, Homs and Darayya as well as an agreement that included four besieged towns, two by the government and two by the rebels, and which led to the displacement of tens of thousands of civilians after years-long sieges and indiscriminate bombardment. Continue reading... |
| Ex-intelligence chiefs: Trump is being played by Putin and US is in 'peril' Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:59 AM PST
Two former US intelligence chiefs have said Donald Trump poses "a peril" to the US because he is vulnerable to being "played" by Russia, after the president said on Saturday he believed Vladimir Putin's denials of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Related: Trump says he'd never call Kim 'short and fat' in response to 'old' barb Continue reading... |
| EU planning for collapse of Brexit talks, says Michel Barnier Posted: 12 Nov 2017 05:43 AM PST Chief negotiator says no-deal scenario is not Brussels' preferred option, but everyone needs to plan for it The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said the bloc is drawing up contingency plans for the possible collapse of Britain's departure talks. Barnier, who last week gave the UK a two-week deadline to provide greater clarity on the financial settlement it was prepared to offer as part of the divorce deal, told France's Journal du Dimanche newspaper the failure of the talks was not his preferred option. Continue reading... |
| UK woman held in Iran jail 'angry and in tears' at Boris Johnson remarks Posted: 12 Nov 2017 11:54 AM PST Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she has health concerns and 'lumps have been found in her breasts' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was brought to tears of shock and anger by Boris Johnson's inaccurate comments about the reasons for her visit to Tehran and the Iranian authorities' use of them to justify her imprisonment, her husband said on Sunday. In a description of a phone call with his wife, Richard Ratcliffe said that lumps had been found in her breasts that required an ultrasound scan, that her state of mind had deteriorated, and that she was now "on the verge of a nervous breakdown". He said that she felt violated by the lies the Iranian establishment had told about her activities, but also hit out at Johnson for attempting to avoid addressing the issue. "She expressed anger at the Guards, but also at the foreign secretary, that it had become such a shambles," Ratcliffe said. Continue reading... |
| #MeToo: thousands march in LA as sexual misconduct allegations continue Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:38 AM PST
Thousands of people marched in Los Angeles on Sunday in support of victims of sexual assault and harassment, inspired by a social media campaign that has exposed the extent of such abuse in everyday life. The #MeToo march along Sunset Boulevard was due to culminate in a rally on on Sunday night and follows a relentless series of accusations by men and women who say they were victimised by high-powered figures in the entertainment industry. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi forces find mass graves of people they say were killed by Isis Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:42 AM PST Bodies of civilians and soldiers found near Hawija, a town retaken from Islamic State in early October Iraqi security forces have found mass graves that could contain up to 400 bodies in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group, an Iraqi official has said. The bodies of civilians and security forces were found in an abandoned base near Hawija, a northern town retaken in early October, the Kirkuk governor, Rakan Saed, said on Sunday. He did not say when authorities would start exhuming the bodies. Continue reading... |
| Viable pipe bomb left close to Omagh Remembrance Day ceremony, police say Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:50 AM PST PSNI says device was attempt to disrupt memorial in town where 29 people were killed by Real IRA bomb in 1998 Police have confirmed that a device left close to a Remembrance Sunday commemoration in Omagh was a viable pipe bomb. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the bomb was an attempt to disrupt Poppy Day in the County Tyrone town, which was the site of the deadliest atrocity of the 30-year Troubles. |
| Mariano Rajoy urges Catalan voters to pull back from 'the havoc of separatism' Posted: 12 Nov 2017 07:31 AM PST On his first visit to Barcelona since imposing direct rule, the Spanish prime minister asked the 'silent majority' to speak in December's elections The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has said elections in Catalonia will help the region recover from "the havoc of separatism", during his first visit to Barcelona since Madrid imposed direct rule. Rajoy visited the Catalan capital to show support for his party's campaign ahead of regional elections next month, and was given a rapturous reception by more than a thousand party members waving Spanish and Catalan flags. Continue reading... |
| Richard Dreyfuss denies exposing himself to writer in 1987 Posted: 12 Nov 2017 07:30 AM PST
The actor Richard Dreyfuss has denied exposing himself to a female writer helping him with a TV script in the 1980s. Related: George Takei responds to accusation he sexually assaulted a young actor Continue reading... |
| I'm free to return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia, says Saad Hariri Posted: 12 Nov 2017 05:17 AM PST Amid Lebanese concern for his welfare, 'resigned' PM appears on TV to say he is not being held in Riyadh against his will Saad Hariri has pledged he will return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia "very soon," in his first television interview since his shock resignation as prime minister eight days ago. Related: The Guardian view on Lebanon: great power rivalry in a tiny state | Editorial Continue reading... |
| 'Dose as small as a grain of sand can kill you': alarm after Canada carfentanil bust Posted: 12 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST Discovery of 42kg of opioid, described as 100 times more toxic than fentanyl, in Toronto home throws spotlight on dangerous and poorly understood drug It was a carbon monoxide alarm that brought the Canadian authorities to the house in Liatris Drive, a quiet residential street lined with manicured gardens. As firefighters checked over the house to ensure its inhabitants were safe, something else caught their eye: kilograms of a mysterious powder sitting in the basement. Soon afterwards, the police arrived at the house in Pickering, near Toronto, with a search warrant. They seized 33 identical handguns – and 53kg of the unidentified white and yellow powder. Continue reading... |
| Catalan independence: EU experts detect rise in pro-Kremlin false claims Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:58 AM PST Officials at fake news debunking East Stratcom unit saw upsurge in false information published in Russian and Spanish about independence referendum The European Union's counter-propaganda unit has detected an upsurge in pro-Kremlin disinformation and false claims about the political crisis in Catalonia. In the run-up and aftermath of the bitterly-contested Catalan independence referendum, EU officials have seen an increase in false information published in Russian and Spanish. Continue reading... |
| Jailed Briton's husband appeals to UK ministers not to 'muddy' situation Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:46 AM PST Foreign Office urged to remind ministers that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran on holiday when when was arrested The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman held in jail in Iran, has written to the government asking ministers be reminded she was in the country on holiday after Michael Gove said he did not know why she was there. "I wrote to the Foreign Office and said, listen, can you please remind cabinet ministers the government's position is that the government has no doubt that Nazanin was there on holiday," Richard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Philippines' Duterte sings love song for Trump: 'You are the light' Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:07 AM PST President performs surprise turn at a summit dinner in Manila, explaining it was ordered by the US leader President Rodrigo Duterte crooned a hit Filipino love song at a dinner in Manila for leaders from across Asia, explaining later that it was "on the orders of Donald Trump". The US president and Duterte were among 19 leaders at a gala in the Philippines capital on Sunday ahead of the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit. At one point Duterte took the microphone to sing "Ikaw" (You), in a duet with local pop diva Pilita Corrales. Continue reading... |
| New Delhi gay parade – in pictures Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST Hundreds of members of the LGBT community marched through the Indian capital for the annual Delhi Queer Pride Parade. This Pride represents a milestone 10 years of collective struggle against all forms of shame, stigma, transphobia, homophobia and socio-economic hierarchy Continue reading... |
| Sí, seniors: the Chilean city with grand plans to be the best place to grow old Posted: 12 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST Promising supervised flats, nursing homes and levelled streets, Valdivia's Gerontological Hub project is tackling Chile's ageing crisis head-on. Can it offset the country's shockingly low privatised pensions? Imagine a city that allows you to live your final years with grace and dignity. Where, if you're alone and facing challenges but still physically and mentally independent, you can move into an apartment complex with a supervisor to provide support and organise workshops and gatherings in a community room. Where there's an affordable transport system adapted to your needs, along with well-lit and maintained streets that won't cause falls, as well as extended crossing times at traffic lights, roofs over the pavements to shelter you from the rain and attractive plazas and parks offering exercise equipment. If your health is impaired, you can receive home visits from caregivers, priority healthcare at clinics and hospitals, and access to rehabilitation centres. Where there are flexible opportunities to re-enter the labour market if your pension isn't enough. And if you can't care for yourself and have no support network, there are well-equipped and staffed nursing homes. |
| Africa has been failed by westernisation. It must cast off its subservience | Chigozie Obioma Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:50 AM PST The continent's elites have to reject the notion that being 'modern' and 'civilised' means aping the west One of the greatest ironies in the history of the collapse of any civilisation must be the initial interaction between Africans and Europeans. The Igbos in the east of Nigeria, for instance, initially saw the Europeans as madmen of strange appearance and ill-formed ideologies. On banking, the Igbos wondered how an adult in his right mind could hand over his possessions for others to keep for him. By the end of the 19th century, the "madman" had overturned their civilisation, and they had adopted his. The irony is especially relevant in these times when, given the relative failures of most former western colonies, there have been renewed calls for recolonialisation. In September, American professor Bruce Gilley wrote an essay arguing for a recolonialisation of some states, replicating colonial governance of the past "as far as possible" and even building new colonies from scratch. Continue reading... |
| 'Not a problem to us': Texas family who lost eight in shooting find hope in faith Posted: 12 Nov 2017 11:42 AM PST As church holds first service since attack, Joe and Claryce Holcombe say 'it's not long' until they are reunited with three generations of descendants Joe Holcombe and his wife, Claryce, lost eight members of their family in the Texas church shooting last Sunday, including their son, grandchildren, a granddaughter-in-law who was pregnant and a great-granddaughter who was still a toddler. But before the church held its first service since the attack, they were serene. Related: Video of Texas church shooting said to show methodical killing of victims Continue reading... |
| Citizenship fracas ensnares Jacqui Lambie as Turnbull defends leadership Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST PM appeals for calm as parliament braces for potential resignation of Tasmanian senator over dual citizenship concerns Malcolm Turnbull has declared he can lead the Coalition to the next federal election because he is capable of sorting out contentious issues such as same-sex marriage and energy, as parliament braces for the potential resignation of Jacqui Lambie over dual citizenship concerns. Turnbull made a public appeal for calm when he faced travelling reporters in the Philippines on Monday, after being asked whether he was concerned this trip could be his last international meeting, and what message he would send to doubters in Coalition ranks. Continue reading... |
| 7.8 magnitude quake interrupts live TV interview – video Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:40 AM PST A TV interview is interrupted by a powerful earthquake which shook the Iran-Iraq border region on Sunday evening, killing at least 300 people. A Rudaw TV reporter, based in Erbil, was conducting a live interview with a guest in Sulaymaniyah when both were interrupted by the quake. The guest, who was visibly shaken by the tremors, could be seen abandoning the interview Iran-Iraq earthquake: death toll rises to 328 Continue reading... |
| Duterte sings for Trump: ‘You are the light’ – video Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:14 AM PST The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, sang to Donald Trump on Sunday at the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) gala dinner in Manila. Duterte sang a classic song called Ikaw, saying afterward that Trump had requested he perform the song • 'You are the light': Philippine Duterte sings love song for Trump Continue reading... |
| Beyond Mamma Mia! Hollywood courted as Greece vies for slice of movie millions Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:05 AM PST Despite the success of Abba movie and The Big Blue, film-makers have failed to flock to Greece. The PM wants to change that Nikos Giannopoulos still vividly recalls the excitement that swept the people of Amorgos when French film-makers arrived to make The Big Blue three decades ago. "Everyone wanted to be a part of it," says Giannopoulos, the movie's executive producer, as he takes in the remote island's dramatic landscape. Continue reading... |
| Wrangling Russia: the American cowboys heading east - video Posted: 13 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST Miratorg is the largest single holder of black Angus cattle in the world; handling 500,000 heads of cattle on 65 farms across Russia. In 2011, the company began recruiting American cowboys to help restart a national beef industry that had been destroyed during the Soviet era Continue reading... |
| Bob Geldof hands back Freedom of Dublin in Aung San Suu Kyi protest Posted: 12 Nov 2017 11:50 PM PST Campaigner renounces honour rather than share it with Myanmar leader in protest over treatment of Rohingya Muslims Bob Geldof will return his Freedom of the City of Dublin on Monday in protest at the fact that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi also holds the accolade. The political activist and Boomtown Rats frontman said he would be a "hypocrite" to share honours with "one who has become at best an accomplice to murder and a handmaiden to genocide". Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: Boris and the 'Orwellian' Brexit manual Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:29 PM PST Ministers astonished at tone of letter to PM on hard Brexit … more than 200 die in Iran quake … Facebook bans robin redbreast Good morning to you all, it's Graham Russell here with the news at the start of the week. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia museum removes 'Hitler selfie' display after protests Posted: 12 Nov 2017 10:25 PM PST The museum in Yogyakarta initially said the waxwork of the Nazi dictator in front of a giant image of Auschwitz was 'fun' An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz death camp has removed the exhibit after protests. The marketing officer of the De Mata Trick Eye museum in Yogyakarta said the statue was removed on Friday night following an Associated Press story highlighting outrage from Jewish and rights groups. Continue reading... |
| Two years on from Paris attacks, suspect Salah Abdeslam remains silent Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST The 28-year-old played key role in bombings and shootings that killed 130, but has refused to talk to investigators Two years after the Paris terror attacks, the only surviving suspect is still refusing to talk to investigators about his role in the city-wide bombings and shootings that left 130 dead. Salah Abdeslam, France's most closely watched prisoner, played a key part in organising logistics for the terrorists, but his exact role remains a mystery, police admit. |
| Akshay Kumar: Toilet isn't a dirty word – my latest film made me love the loo | Akshay Kumar Posted: 12 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST The Bollywood star hopes that the story of Anita Narre, who shocked India by leaving her new husband because his home had no toilet, can inspire the country to tackle a sanitation crisis that blights the lives of millions We need to change our minds about toilets. A woman from a small village in rural India, Anita Narre, shocked the nation when she left her husband two days after her wedding. But it wasn't the speed of her decision that caused the astonishment; it was the reason. Outraged that her new home lacked a toilet, Narre refused to return until her husband built her one. Her story, which inspired my latest film, cuts to the very heart of one of the biggest crises facing my country today. It wasn't until I met Narre and other women like her that I understood the true scale of the issue. During my research for the film, I found out that half of India's population – 564 million people – defecate in the open because they lack access to a toilet. But I didn't know what this means for millions of women across the country. I had no idea about the fear these women experience every single time nature calls, or that so many women face assault and rape while going to the toilet outdoors. Continue reading... |
| Fairtrade Kenyan roses project audited amid corruption fears Posted: 12 Nov 2017 07:58 AM PST Supplier of cut flowers to UK supermarkets including Sainsbury's and Morrisons orders inquiry into distribution of funds A flagship Fairtrade project that produces roses for some of Britain's biggest supermarkets has been embroiled in a corruption investigation. Oserian, which supplies Sainsbury's, Morrisons, the Co-op and Aldi with cut flowers from Kenya, ordered a forensic audit into the way $1m (£760,000) of Fairtrade funds were distributed by community representatives amid allegations bribes had been paid for bursaries. Continue reading... |
| A tale of two Trumps: Duterte hosts US leader in the Philippines Posted: 12 Nov 2017 03:07 AM PST The presidents may find a lot in common, both having ridden waves of populism to beat their countries' political elite It's the final act of Donald Trump's marathon Asia tour and it could be the showstopper. Touching down in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday, the US president arrived in a country run by a man regularly described as the "Donald Trump of Asia" for his shock rise to power and volatile temperament. Continue reading... |
| Anti-Trump protests erupt on the streets of Manila - video Posted: 12 Nov 2017 06:34 AM PST Hundreds of activists and protesters marched towards the US embassy in Manila to protest against US militarism. They were blocked by police with riot shields as they chanted and held signs reading 'Dump Trump' and 'Down with US Imperialism'. The protesters fear the US president wants more military bases in the Philippines and will drag their country into the North Korea conflict. The protests were mostly peaceful but violent scuffles broke out as police blocked demonstrators from getting to the embassy. Trump will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit on the last leg of his 12-day Asian trip Continue reading... |
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