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- Zimbabwe army takes control of Harare but denies coup against Mugabe – live
- Australia's PM wants marriage equality by Christmas after 'overwhelming' vote
- Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal
- California shooting: four dead and at least one child wounded at school
- North Korea 'sentences Trump to death' for insulting Kim Jong-un
- US Holocaust Museum says evidence of genocide against Rohingya in Myanmar
- US military leaders would reject illegal order for nuclear strike, senators told
- Charity and the chocolate factory: New Zealanders raise $2m to save industry
- Officials raise Iran-Iraq earthquake death toll to at least 530
- EU's policy of helping Libya intercept migrants is 'inhuman', says UN
- Russia's 'irrefutable evidence' of US help for Isis appears to be video game still
- Global insurance plan aims to defuse potential climate damage 'bombshell'
- North Koreans fired 40 rounds at defecting soldier, South Korea says
- Rodrigo Duterte calls Justin Trudeau's questions about war on drugs an 'insult'
- Italy's football fans react: 'They don't deserve to go to the World Cup'
- Sandy Hook families argue in court gun companies 'courted' shooter
- Netanyahus allegedly demanded free cigars and champagne from associates
- Macron finds elitist tag hard to shake, but he has the upper hand
- More rape and torture victims being held at Yarl's Wood, report says
- Daily Telegraph 'Brexit mutineers' front page has backfired, say MPs
- Let’s get the politics out of Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case. It’s a humanitarian issue | Peter Westmacott
- No 'lost tribes' or aliens: what ancient DNA reveals about American prehistory
- British explorer Benedict Allen missing in Papua New Guinea
- LGBT politician weeps with joy at Australia's same-sex marriage vote – video
- A swarm of motorbikes, then heavy fire: testimony sheds new light on Niger attack
- What's your reaction to the Zimbabwe crisis?
- Military urges calm in Zimbabwe after it seizes key sites in capital
- Wednesday briefing: Brexit – blame the Russians?
- North Korea and China announce visit by Xi Jinping envoy
- Mugabe is 'safe and sound' Zimbabwe's army says – video
- Israel's new Sinai settlement – archive, 15 November 1975
- 'The situation has moved to another level': Zimbabwe army statement in full
- Aung San Suu Kyi complicit in Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar, MPs told
- ‘Catastrophic’ Iraq law could legalise marriage for children as young as nine
- 'When they began slaughtering us we ran for our lives': Rohingya trapped inside Myanmar | Alex Crawford
- The gun numbers: just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms
- Fifth Roy Moore accuser speaks out – video report
| Zimbabwe army takes control of Harare but denies coup against Mugabe – live Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:19 AM PST Announcement by military on state broadcaster says President Robert Mugabe and family are safe but army is 'targeting criminals around him'
Britain must support Zimbabwe in changing from the "nasty dictatorship" of Robert Mugabe to a democracy, if that is what its people want, a British former Africa minister has told the Press Association. James Duddridge said the Zimbabwean president should be given a "soft landing" outside the country to allow a "less bloody" transition. But he stressed any interim government must only be in place for a relatively brief period. I intend to try to catch the Speaker's eye and raise a question at Prime Minister's Questions to ask what economic and physical support we can give, because the civil institutions of Zimbabwe have progressively over the last 40 years been ripped apart. And I would hope that the UK has a plan to deal with this type of scenario to flood in extra political support, diplomatic support, but also crucially economic support to allow that country to prosper.
The Guardian's Africa correspondent, Jason Burke, reports that one of Zimbabwe's best known activists - a pastor called Evan Marawire - just spoke to followers on social media. Marawire has been jailed and prosecuted since launching the #thisflag movement last year, which led to major protests. He neither directly condemned, nor condoned the military takeover. But he said developments were "the culmination of the work that citizens have been doing". Continue reading... |
| Australia's PM wants marriage equality by Christmas after 'overwhelming' vote Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST Crowds cheer results of postal survey after divisive three-month campaign, with 61.6% saying yes to same-sex marriage The Australian parliament must commit to deliver marriage equality by Christmas, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has said after an "unequivocal, overwhelming" vote of 61.6% in favour of same-sex marriage in an unprecedented national postal survey. As nationwide celebrations heralded a result that will give enormous momentum to a final push to achieve the historic social reform, Turnbull moved to head off attempts from conservatives in his ruling Liberal-National Coalition to frustrate or delay the legislative process. Continue reading... |
| Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal Posted: 14 Nov 2017 12:23 PM PST Cases were among 10 where Moore, as Alabama's top judge, dissented from court's majority view and sided with alleged offenders, Guardian review finds Roy Moore challenged the scope of an Alabama law that protects rape victims while serving as the most senior judge on the state's highest court, according to a review of records. Related: Calls for Roy Moore to 'step aside' grow after sexual misconduct allegations Continue reading... |
| California shooting: four dead and at least one child wounded at school Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:19 PM PST Attacker fired shots at multiple sites in the state's rural north, including Tehama elementary school, before police killed him, authorities say A gunman in California fired at random victims on Tuesday, killing four people at multiple locations and injuring at least one child at an elementary school, police said. Related: Stories of loss, love and hope: six firsthand accounts from some of America's worst mass shootings Continue reading... |
| North Korea 'sentences Trump to death' for insulting Kim Jong-un Posted: 14 Nov 2017 10:54 PM PST Regime-run newspaper says US president is 'hideous criminal' after he said North was a 'cruel dictatorship' and Kim 'short and fat' North Korea's state media has criticised Donald Trump for insulting leader Kim Jong-Un, saying the US president deserved the death penalty and calling him a coward for cancelling a visit to the inter-Korean border. An editorial in the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun focused its anger on Trump's visit to South Korea last week, during which he denounced the North's "cruel dictatorship" in a speech to legislators in Seoul. Continue reading... |
| US Holocaust Museum says evidence of genocide against Rohingya in Myanmar Posted: 14 Nov 2017 03:47 PM PST Year-long report into atrocities accuses security forces of 'unprecedented and systematic' campaign of violence against Muslim population The United States Holocaust Museum says there is "mounting evidence" of genocide in Myanmar, after a year-long investigation with Southeast Asia rights group Fortify Rights into atrocities against persecuted Rohingya Muslims. Related: Massacre at Tula Toli: Rohingya recall horror of Myanmar army attack Continue reading... |
| US military leaders would reject illegal order for nuclear strike, senators told Posted: 14 Nov 2017 02:52 PM PST As senators raise concerns about 'unstable' Donald Trump's decision-making, former commander says military is 'not obligated to follow illegal orders' US military commanders would refuse to carry out a presidential order to carry out a nuclear first strike that they thought was illegal, senators were told on Tuesday. Related: The 'nuclear football' - the deadly briefcase that never leaves the president's side Continue reading... |
| Charity and the chocolate factory: New Zealanders raise $2m to save industry Posted: 14 Nov 2017 05:25 PM PST Donors receive 20% off chocolate for life after teaming up with a small local chocolate producer to employ staff laid off from Cadbury factory New Zealanders have donated $2m in just over 24 hours to keep the century-old tradition of chocolate-making alive in Dunedin. Mondalez International announced in February it planned to close its 80-year-old Dunedin Cadbury factory in 2018, putting 350 employees out of work and shifting production to larger Australian plants. Continue reading... |
| Officials raise Iran-Iraq earthquake death toll to at least 530 Posted: 14 Nov 2017 07:21 AM PST Iran declares national day of mourning and newspapers publish front pages in Kurdish to show solidarity with affected region Iranian officials have raised the death toll from Sunday's earthquake of 7.3 magnitude on its border with Iraq to at least 530, making it the deadliest in the world this year. The country's president, Hassan Rouhani, travelled on Tuesday to Kermanshah, the area hardest hit by the earthquake, which was felt hundreds of miles away in both Tehran and Baghdad. Continue reading... |
| EU's policy of helping Libya intercept migrants is 'inhuman', says UN Posted: 14 Nov 2017 10:16 AM PST Human rights chief calls suffering of people detained in Libyan prisons 'an outrage to the conscience of humanity' The EU policy of helping Libyan authorities intercept people trying to cross the Mediterranean and return them to prisons is "inhuman", the UN has said. "The suffering of migrants detained in Libya is an outrage to the conscience of humanity," said the UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, in a statement issued on Tuesday. "The European Union's policy of assisting the Libyan coastguard to intercept and return migrants in the Mediterranean [is] inhuman." Continue reading... |
| Russia's 'irrefutable evidence' of US help for Isis appears to be video game still Posted: 14 Nov 2017 08:20 AM PST The Russian defence ministry used social media to claim US connivance in Syria – using screenshot from AC-130 Gunship Simulator, online sleuths say Russia's defence ministry has tried to pass off what appear to be stills from a mobile phone military simulation game as "irrefutable evidence" of cooperation between US forces and Islamic State militants in Syria. The photographs were appended to social media posts from the ministry's official accounts posted on Tuesday morning, which accused the Americans of providing air cover for an Isis convoy with the aim of using Isis fighters to further US interests. Continue reading... |
| Global insurance plan aims to defuse potential climate damage 'bombshell' Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:07 AM PST A scheme unveiled at the UN climate summit aims to help protect 400 million poor people from extreme weather by 2020 - but not everyone is convinced "I was wondering if it was a dream," said Walter Edwin, who sells honey from more than 50 beehives in Dennery on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. He had just received a phone call telling him to go to the bank for an automatic insurance payout following the major hurricane that struck in 2014. Continue reading... |
| North Koreans fired 40 rounds at defecting soldier, South Korea says Posted: 14 Nov 2017 08:26 AM PST Soldier treated for five gunshot wounds but not in life-threatening condition after first shooting on border in more than 30 years North Korean soldiers fired about 40 rounds at a comrade fleeing into South Korea and hit him five times, the south's military has said. Related: Soldier shot by North Korean guards as he defects to South Continue reading... |
| Rodrigo Duterte calls Justin Trudeau's questions about war on drugs an 'insult' Posted: 14 Nov 2017 10:37 AM PST
The Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, attacked Canada's Justin Trudeau at the end of a summit of Asian and western nations for raising questions about his war on drugs, a topic skirted by other leaders, including Donald Trump. Related: Rodrigo Duterte: the president warlord of the Philippines | Observer profile Continue reading... |
| Italy's football fans react: 'They don't deserve to go to the World Cup' Posted: 14 Nov 2017 05:56 AM PST Disappointed supporters put on a brave face after the national side fails to book its place at the World Cup finals in Russia "The truth is nobody has cried," said Marcello Mencarelli, an Italian football fan, after the national side crashed out of qualification for the World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years. "In fact, most people are happy they'll be staying at home," he insisted. "For two years, they've been playing badly, so they don't deserve to go to the World Cup." Continue reading... |
| Sandy Hook families argue in court gun companies 'courted' shooter Posted: 14 Nov 2017 02:08 PM PST Family members of Newtown victims say gun companies' macho advertising for AR-15-style rifles helped draw Adam Lanza to 'the weapon he needed' A lawyer for the family members of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting argued gun companies were negligent to market a dangerous military-style weapon to civilians in court on Tuesday. Related: Stories of loss, love and hope: six firsthand accounts from some of America's worst mass shootings Continue reading... |
| Netanyahus allegedly demanded free cigars and champagne from associates Posted: 14 Nov 2017 05:02 AM PST Assistant to James Packer and Arnon Milchan reportedly tells police Israeli PM and wife routinely called to request favours The Australian casino owner James Packer and the Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan probably never imagined they would be running a free drinks delivery service for the Israeli prime minister and his wife. But when Sara Netanyahu called an assistant of the two men to say the drinks had run out, it was the signal for Packer and Milchan to renew the supplies of champagne, courtesy of their own wallets and a private driver, according to alleged testimony in an investigation into sleaze claims against Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading... |
| Macron finds elitist tag hard to shake, but he has the upper hand Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Much of France is sceptical, but a divided opposition makes the president's aim of disrupting traditional politics easier Sipping coffee at dawn near the French parliament, Adrien Taquet pondered his friend Emmanuel Macron's first six months as president. Just as the centrist, pro-business French leader prefers the word "transformation" to the loaded word "reform" – which has always sparked political rows in France – Taquet said the pace of "structural change" in France was so "staggering", it might seem hard to follow. "As soon as we finish one thing, there are already another two things on the table," he smiled. He reeled off three major legislative changes: a law to clean up politics including banning MPs from hiring family members, flagship reforms to loosen France's complex labour code, making it easier to hire and fire – the biggest change in employment law in 50 years – and controversial anti-terror legislation that allowed Macron to end France's two-year state of emergency by writing hardline special policing powers into law. |
| More rape and torture victims being held at Yarl's Wood, report says Posted: 14 Nov 2017 04:01 PM PST Chief inspector of prisons expresses concern that Home Office refused to accept rape came within legal definition of torture Increasing numbers of women are being detained at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre despite professional evidence that they are victims of torture, rape and trafficking, according to a report by the chief inspector of prisons. Peter Clarke said he was concerned to find during an official inspection of the privately run detention centre in Bedfordshire that in two cases, the Home Office had refused, without explanation, to accept that rape came within the legal definition of torture. Continue reading... |
| Daily Telegraph 'Brexit mutineers' front page has backfired, say MPs Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:17 AM PST Paper was accused of 'blatant bullying' over article but Tory rebels pictured have claimed label as a badge of honour A Daily Telegraph front page vilifying 15 Conservative MPs as a band of "Brexit mutineers" appeared to backfire on Wednesday as the newspaper was accused of bullying and the rebels claimed the description as a badge of honour. The MPs were pictured smiling on the front of the Telegraph after they indicated they would vote against Theresa May's efforts to fix the date of Brexit on 29 March 2019. Continue reading... |
| Let’s get the politics out of Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case. It’s a humanitarian issue | Peter Westmacott Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST Boris Johnson and Michael Gove haven't helped her plight. But Britain and Iran have more in common than many people realise, and share many values • Peter Westmacott was British ambassador to the US from 2012 to 2016 Britain's relations with Iran have always been complex, in part because we used to meddle so much in that country's domestic affairs. Early in the 20th century we divided the country into spheres of influence with Russia. After the first world war we helped put Reza Shah Pahlavi on the throne and then replaced him with his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1941. Twelve years later Britain enlisted US support in getting rid of the democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq. Related: Officials raise Iran-Iraq earthquake death toll to at least 530 Continue reading... |
| No 'lost tribes' or aliens: what ancient DNA reveals about American prehistory Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST New genetics research settles questions about the peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador – and helps highlight what genetics can't tell us Genetics research has transformed our understanding of human history, particularly in the Americas. The focus of the majority of high profile ancient DNA papers in recent years has been on addressing early events in the initial peopling of the Americas. This research has provided details of this early history that we couldn't access though the archeological record. Collectively, genetics studies have shown us that the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas are descended from a group that diverged from its Siberian ancestors beginning sometime around 23,000 years before present and remained isolated in Beringia (the region of land that once connected Siberia and North America) for an extended period of time. When the glaciers covering North America melted enough to make the Pacific coast navigable, southward travel became possible, and patterned genetic diversity across North and South America reflects these early movements. Continue reading... |
| British explorer Benedict Allen missing in Papua New Guinea Posted: 15 Nov 2017 12:16 AM PST Writer and documentary-maker has failed to return from trip to visit remote tribe he last spent time with 30 years ago A British explorer is missing in Papua New Guinea, having failed to return by the expected date after setting off to find a remote tribe he last visited three decades ago. Benedict Allen, 57, who has recorded programmes for the BBC and written books on exploration, was on a journey to locate the Yaifo, one of the few remaining tribes in the world who have no contact with outsiders. Continue reading... |
| LGBT politician weeps with joy at Australia's same-sex marriage vote – video Posted: 15 Nov 2017 01:32 AM PST Penny Wong breaks down after hearing the result of the voluntary same-sex marriage survey, in which 61.6% of people voted yes. The participation rate was 79.5% and the result prompted nationwide celebrations Continue reading... |
| A swarm of motorbikes, then heavy fire: testimony sheds new light on Niger attack Posted: 15 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST According to locals, ambushed US special forces faced overwhelming, sustained attack from militants – and Nigerien authorities failed to react when alerted New details of the attack in which four US special forces and four Nigerien soldiers were killed by militants suggest that they fought alone against a far superior force for hours – despite repeated calls for help by local villagers. Testimony collected by the Guardian suggests that soldiers ambushed in Niger last month faced an overwhelming and coordinated attack – but one that might have been cut short if Nigerien authorities had reacted as soon as they were called. |
| What's your reaction to the Zimbabwe crisis? Posted: 15 Nov 2017 01:35 AM PST If you're in Zimbabwe, or are a Zimbabwean national, we'd like you to share your thoughts on the political situation The military in Zimbabwe has taken control of the country to "target criminals" around the president, Robert Mugabe. We'd like you to share your reaction to the crisis. After seizing state TV, army spokesman Maj Gen SB Moyo announced it was targeting people close to Mr Mugabe who had caused "social and economic suffering", saying Mugabe and his family were "safe and sound and their security is guaranteed". Continue reading... |
| Military urges calm in Zimbabwe after it seizes key sites in capital Posted: 15 Nov 2017 12:32 AM PST Military spokesman says President Robert Mugabe and his family were 'safe and sound and their security is guaranteed' The military in Zimbabwe says it has temporarily taken control of the country to "target criminals" around the president, Robert Mugabe, amid high tension and reports of explosions in Harare. Soldiers have sealed access to parliament, government offices and courts in the capital, residents said. Access to the president's official residence was also blocked by troops. Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Brexit – blame the Russians? Posted: 14 Nov 2017 10:22 PM PST Fake Twitter posts sought to influence referendum … apparent coup under way in Zimbabwe … and Australians say 'yes' to marriage equality Hello, it's Warren Murray unpacking things for you this morning. Continue reading... |
| North Korea and China announce visit by Xi Jinping envoy Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:38 PM PST Unclear if illegal nuclear programme is on the agenda after Donald Trump asked Chinese president to put pressure on neighbour A senior Chinese diplomat will visit North Korea from Friday as a special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing has said, without revealing whether it is about North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. China has pushed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis but in recent months has had only limited high-level exchanges with North Korea. The last time China's special envoy for North Korea visited the country was in February 2016. Continue reading... |
| Mugabe is 'safe and sound' Zimbabwe's army says – video Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:21 PM PST Zimbabwe army spokesman Maj Gen SB Moyo has addressed the nation after taking control of the state broadcaster. Moyo said President Mugabe was 'safe and sound' and the army was only targeting 'criminals' around him. He insisted this was not a military takeover of the country but a move to avoid violent conflict Continue reading... |
| Israel's new Sinai settlement – archive, 15 November 1975 Posted: 14 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST 15 November 1975 Eric Silver on Yamit, the town built on sand where the first Jewish settlers have started to move in "Please don't call us pioneers," the kindergarten teacher from Tel-Aviv begged. "Pioneering means suffering, and we didn't come here to suffer." |
| 'The situation has moved to another level': Zimbabwe army statement in full Posted: 14 Nov 2017 08:07 PM PST Military spokesman Maj Gen SB Moyo has addressed the nation after troops took over the state broadcaster ZBC. Read his statement in full "Good morning Zimbabwe. Fellow Zimbabweans. Following the address we made on 13 November 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and the Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our country has moved to another level. Continue reading... |
| Aung San Suu Kyi complicit in Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar, MPs told Posted: 14 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST Rights groups urge UK government and international community to consider Nobel laureate 'part of the problem' over atrocities in Rakhine state Aung San Suu Kyi is implicated in the "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, UK MPs heard on Tuesday. Giving evidence before a parliamentary committee, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Burma Campaign UK and other rights groups urged the government and the international community to see the Nobel laureate as "part of the problem". They said the bloody military crackdown in Rakhine state had left "thousands" of Rohingya Muslims dead, with others subjected to "appalling rape", and 600,000 people driven from their homes. Continue reading... |
| ‘Catastrophic’ Iraq law could legalise marriage for children as young as nine Posted: 14 Nov 2017 05:47 AM PST Activists warn that proposal to amend legislation would set women's rights back 50 years, allowing Muslim clerics to decide on marriage contracts A new law that could legalise marriage for children as young as nine in Iraq would be "catastrophic", setting back women's rights by half a century, activists said. The proposal, an amendment to Iraq's personal status law, would allow clerics of Muslim sects to govern marriage contracts. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 Nov 2017 04:12 AM PST Alex Crawford of Sky News reports from Rakhine state on the fleeing Rohingya Muslims unable to get to Bangladesh and stranded on Dang Khali Saur beach, desperate for food and water It's the sound of the wailing that is most haunting. It's a deep, soulful, pit-of-your-being, howling hurt. And it follows us as we're swept along by this moving, wretched mass of humanity. These are the Rohingya Muslims who are unable to flee the violence being unleashed against them by travelling overland to Bangladesh because of the distances involved; the certainty of running into Myanmar soldiers and having to navigate landmines. They've run in the only other direction they could – towards the beaches of Maungdaw district in Rakhine state, until they reached water and could go no further. We've travelled in a traditional Bangladeshi fishing boat to Dang Khali Saur beach, now home to what's believed to be the largest number of stranded Rohingya in Rakhine. Here, the bulk of the atrocities by the Myanmar military have been taking place. Continue reading... |
| The gun numbers: just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms Posted: 14 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST Facts show owning more than 40 guns is actually fairly common in the United States, and violence falls most heavily on the country's poorest neighborhoods Related: It's time to end America's gun violence epidemic. Help us change the conversation You've heard the statistics before: Americans have more guns per head than any nation on earth – along with gun violence rates that are dramatically higher than other rich, developed countries. Continue reading... |
| Fifth Roy Moore accuser speaks out – video report Posted: 14 Nov 2017 07:33 AM PST Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct by a fifth woman. Beverly Young Nelson says Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16, after he offered her a lift. Moore denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated. Moore is a Republican candidate running for a special election in Alabama next month • Roy Moore: new woman comes forward, claiming sexual assault when she was 16 |
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