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- Egyptian warplanes strike 'terrorist' targets after mosque attack kills 235
- British aid worker shot dead in Nigeria after singing Amazing Grace
- Hindu activists threaten to torch UK cinemas in Bollywood film row
- Tiger shot dead in Paris after escaping from circus
- Flags, passion and anger: reporting from a divided Spain
- Chinese bike share graveyard a monument to industry's 'arrogance'
- Weinstein inquiry: police departments likely to join forces, experts say
- Twelve dead in Georgia hotel fire, say officials
- Bangladesh PM claims 'forced disappearances take place in UK and US'
- France: Macron nods to the left with cabinet mini-shuffle
- Ireland on the edge of turmoil just as a steady hand is needed most
- Germany’s SPD is ready for talks to end coalition deadlock
- Honduran president makes contentious bid for second term
- New York woman shot dead with pistol by hunter who thought she was a deer
- Amazon tribe saves plant lore with ‘healing forests’ and encyclopedia
- Oxford Street panic began with fight at tube station, suggest police
- Australia raises doubts over post-Brexit plans for EU food import quotas
- Tracking Trump: turkey pardons and teeing off with Tiger Woods
- Queensland election 2017: Labor pulls ahead as Malcolm Roberts defeated in Ipswich – politics live
- 'I like the rain': the only Syrian family in a Welsh village
- Italian women's footballers aim for where men failed – a place in the World Cup
- Sinai attack needs to be a turning point in Egypt's war on terror
- EU anti-propaganda unit gets €1m a year to counter Russian fake news
- 'Politics is still a man’s game': can Nepal's elections finally bring stability?
- Rules of war 'need urgent review' as civilian deaths hit record high
- Emmerson Mnangagwa promises democratic elections for Zimbabwe - video
- North Korean defector has nightmares about returning, says surgeon – video report
| Egyptian warplanes strike 'terrorist' targets after mosque attack kills 235 Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:09 PM PST Scores more wounded when al-Rawdah mosque in north Sinai was bombed and fleeing worshippers were gunned down Egypt's military has responded with air strikes directed at "terrorist" locations and vehicles after at least 235 people were killed and scores more injured in a bomb and gun assault on a mosque in the north Sinai. In the deadliest attack in the country in recent memory, a bomb ripped through the al-Rawdah mosque as Friday prayers were finishing, before militants in four off-road vehicles approached and opened fire on worshippers. Some witnesses said they had seen around 20 attackers. Continue reading... |
| British aid worker shot dead in Nigeria after singing Amazing Grace Posted: 25 Nov 2017 01:38 AM PST Fellow missionaries describe how Ian Squire was gunned down in front of group by men who had kidnapped them in Delta state A British charity worker kidnapped and held to ransom in Nigeria was shot dead moments after playing Amazing Grace on the guitar to a group of missionary medics, it has emerged. The final moments of the life of Ian Squire were described by his fellow Christian missionaries David and Shirley Donovan, who were held alongside Squire and Alanna Carson after being abducted in the southern Delta state. |
| Hindu activists threaten to torch UK cinemas in Bollywood film row Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST Indian release of Padmavati, about 14th-century queen, postponed after protests and death threats against cast and director British film distributors are reconsidering the release of a Bollywood blockbuster after its production sparked threats, violence and protest in India over the belief that it insults a legendary 14th-century Hindu queen. Related: The poisonous dispute over Indian film Padmavati mustn't spill over into the UK | Sunny Malik Continue reading... |
| Tiger shot dead in Paris after escaping from circus Posted: 24 Nov 2017 07:16 PM PST Police tweet that 'all danger is over' after tiger was killed by owner near Eiffel Tower some time after it escaped A circus tiger has been shot dead by its owner after escaping into the streets of Paris, affecting public transport and bringing emergency services rushing to the area. Firefighters were called shortly before 4pm by people who saw the 200kg animal wandering around the 15th arrondissement in the south-west of the French capital near the office of France Televisions. Continue reading... |
| Flags, passion and anger: reporting from a divided Spain Posted: 25 Nov 2017 12:17 AM PST In a little more than a year as Madrid correspondent I have reported on terrorism and Brexit: but nothing has shaken Spain like the upheaval in Catalonia At 7.50am on 1 October, a car tore down a narrow street in Barcelona's gothic quarter, scattering the crowd that had been waiting in the dark and drizzle outside the Cervantes primary school for almost three hours. The panic – this was only six weeks after August's atrocities – soon gave way to elation, and the screams to cheers. The car, it transpired, was delivering ballot boxes, their arrival greeted with rapture and perhaps even a touch of disbelief. Continue reading... |
| Chinese bike share graveyard a monument to industry's 'arrogance' Posted: 24 Nov 2017 07:50 PM PST Future of dockless bicycles under a cloud amid concerns there are too many bikes and not enough demand At first glance the photos vaguely resemble a painting. On closer inspection it might be a giant sculpture or some other art project. But in reality it is a mangled pile of bicycles covering an area roughly the size of a football pitch, and so high that cranes are need to reach the top; cast-offs from the boom and bust of China's bike sharing industry. Just two days after China's number three bike sharing company went bankrupt, a photographer in the south-eastern city of Xiamen captured a bicycle graveyard where thousands have been laid to rest. The pile clearly contains thousands of bikes from each of the top three companies, Mobike, Ofo and the now-defunct Bluegogo. Continue reading... |
| Weinstein inquiry: police departments likely to join forces, experts say Posted: 24 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST Authorities in New York, London and Los Angeles are pursuing criminal cases against film producer facing a flood of sexual misconduct accusations Detectives in several cities investigating Harvey Weinstein for sex crimes are likely to be collaborating as they build evidence and assess whether the film producer can be arrested and charged, experts believe. Investigators in New York, London and Los Angeles have opened criminal cases against Weinstein in the last six weeks, as the disgraced producer faces lawsuits on both sides of the Atlantic following a flood of accusations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading... |
| Twelve dead in Georgia hotel fire, say officials Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:29 PM PST At least 12 people died and a dozen were injured as a fire ripped through an upmarket hotel in Batumi, Georgia At least 12 people died and a dozen were injured on Friday as a fire ripped through an upmarket hotel in Georgia's Black Sea resort city of Batumi, officials said. "Twelve people died of carbon monoxide intoxication" at the 22-storey Leogrand hotel, the regional health minister Zaal Mikeladze told journalists. Continue reading... |
| Bangladesh PM claims 'forced disappearances take place in UK and US' Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Sheikh Hasina appears to conflate media reports on missing persons data with forced disappearances Bangladesh's prime minister has claimed that forced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by security forces in the country also occur in Britain and the US, saying "275,000 British citizens disappeared" in the UK each year. Human rights groups and the United Nations have both recently sounded warnings about the growing number of secret, allegedly state-sanctioned, abductions in Bangladesh. Continue reading... |
| France: Macron nods to the left with cabinet mini-shuffle Posted: 24 Nov 2017 08:23 PM PST Socialist appointed to budget post after grumblings that president was favouring the rich President Emmanuel Macron has named a Socialist lawmaker to a top budget post as part of a cabinet shuffle following grumblings from some on the left who accuse his centrist government of favouring the rich. The moves were prompted by the nomination of Macron's ultra-loyal government spokesman, Christophe Castaner, as head of his Republic on the Move party last Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Ireland on the edge of turmoil just as a steady hand is needed most Posted: 24 Nov 2017 02:32 PM PST Fianna Fáil's threat to coalition's future could weaken Ireland's position as it goes into a critical phase of Brexit negotiations. The timing of Ireland's Fianna Fáil party's decision to pull the trigger on the coalition government couldn't be worse in terms of the nation's post-Brexit future – and many will agree that it shows Westminster politicians do not have the monopoly on putting personal ambitions before country. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin insists he does not want a general election and will save the government if it gets its scalp – the resignation of the taoiseach's deputy, Frances Fitzgerald. Continue reading... |
| Germany’s SPD is ready for talks to end coalition deadlock Posted: 24 Nov 2017 05:14 AM PST But party leader Martin Schulz, who is opposed to alliance with Merkel's CDU, wants members to be polled on the issue Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany's Social Democratic party, has said he will not stand in the way of his party forming a "grand coalition" with Angela Merkel's conservatives, signalling a potential end to a lengthy deadlock over the formation of a new German government. Schulz, who has persistently expressed his opposition to the continuation of a leftwing-conservative alliance, insisting German voters clearly showed their opposition to it at elections on 24 September when they gave the SPD its worst result since the second world war, has said he wants party members to be polled on the issue first. Continue reading... |
| Honduran president makes contentious bid for second term Posted: 24 Nov 2017 10:15 AM PST Polls put Juan Orlando Hernández ahead in election campaign held under shadow of alleged corruption and crime Allegations of election fraud, tyranny, drug trafficking and interference by communist provocateurs will cast a long shadow over Hondurans when they head to the polls on Sunday for a vote that threatens to plunge the volatile Central American country into fresh political turmoil. Juan Orlando Hernández, the pro-business, pro-militarisation president representing the rightwing National party, is using a contentious 2016 court ruling to justify his bid for a second term in power, despite the constitution prohibiting re-election of sitting or former leaders. Continue reading... |
| New York woman shot dead with pistol by hunter who thought she was a deer Posted: 24 Nov 2017 08:10 AM PST
A 43-year-old woman walking her dogs in a field in western New York was accidentally shot dead by a hunter who thought she was a deer, authorities said. The Chautauqua County sheriff's office said Rosemary Billquist, of Sherman, took her dogs for a walk in her home town near the Pennsylvania border around 5.30pm on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Amazon tribe saves plant lore with ‘healing forests’ and encyclopedia Posted: 24 Nov 2017 04:40 AM PST In a bid to safeguard knowledge the Matsés in Peru have been planting "medicinal agroforestry" plots and written a 1,044-page two-volume book. The seven indigenous Matsés elders were slowly meandering through the forest. They were explaining how different trees and plants are used for medicinal purposes, exchanging stories about how they had acquired their extraordinary knowledge and put it to good use. There were memories of an encounter with a jaguar and someone's father struck by some kind of pain in the eye - "not conjunctivitis!" - while claims were made for successfully treating women haemorrhaging, snake-bite, a swollen leg and constipation. The forest we were in was actually more of a garden - or "healing forest" or "medicinal agroforestry" plot - planted late last year by six young Matsés men under the expert guidance of elder Arturo Tumi Nëcca Potsad. "There are all types [of trees and plants] here," Arturo told the Guardian, holding a spear made of peach palm and looking about him. "About 100 types, 3,000 plants." Continue reading... |
| Oxford Street panic began with fight at tube station, suggest police Posted: 25 Nov 2017 02:07 AM PST Visitors to London West End ran and hid, two tube stations were closed and armed police raced to scene after incident An altercation between two men appears to have triggered the outbreak of mass panic in London on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, leading to people fleeing in fear, armed police being deployed and a section of the West End being evacuated. British Transport Police issued a CCTV appeal for information about two men believed to be involved in a fight in Oxford Circus tube station on Friday afternoon as part of their inquiries into the cause of the panic. Continue reading... |
| Australia raises doubts over post-Brexit plans for EU food import quotas Posted: 25 Nov 2017 02:07 AM PST Australia's trade minister says UK's plan to share quotas for goods on low or zero tariffs with EU will hurt choice available to exporters Plans by the UK and European Union to share quotas for cheap food imports after Brexit have come under fire from Australia. Restrictions on how many products can be imported into the EU on favourable rates are set across the bloc and concerns have been raised internationally that exporters could take a financial hit when the UK quits. Continue reading... |
| Tracking Trump: turkey pardons and teeing off with Tiger Woods Posted: 24 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST In another busy week, the president feuds with LaVar Ball, defends Roy Moore, and faces ominous news in the Russia inquiry – but finds time for golf
Faced with a quiet moment, Donald Trump tends to stir up a spat with a sports star or a celebrity, seemingly in order to open new fronts in America's "culture wars" and reassure his base about which side he's on. When it comes to sports, Trump's targets are often African American, and he pursued a few such targets this week. Continue reading... |
| Queensland election 2017: Labor pulls ahead as Malcolm Roberts defeated in Ipswich – politics live Posted: 25 Nov 2017 02:30 AM PST One Nation former senator fails in bid for state seat as early count turns in Labor's favour – follow election night live as the results come in
Jubilation at Labor HQ – Jessica Pugh has claimed victory in the LNP held seat of Mount Ommaney. People are losing their minds, and not just because the seafood extender is back.
I've been banging this drum a bit, but this is a particularly hard election to call because of the rise of minor parties by my count, it's not currently clear which two parties will come in the top two in 24 seats - which means the indicative preference count may not be selecting the correct candidates. This list should shorten through the night, but there will be a handful of seats which cannot be decided tonight. Continue reading... |
| 'I like the rain': the only Syrian family in a Welsh village Posted: 25 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST Four months after arriving in the UK under a community sponsorship scheme, one family is settling in and going native Nestling in the green hills of Pembrokeshire, the small market town of Narberth feels worlds away from the hustle and bustle of Damascus where the Batak family used to live. But thanks to the kindness of a determined band of townsfolk, a seven-strong family of Syrian refugees who fled their homeland with nothing but the clothes they were wearing, have found respite in the depths of rural south-west Wales. Continue reading... |
| Italian women's footballers aim for where men failed – a place in the World Cup Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:01 PM PST After years of being ignored in Italy, the national women's team face the prospect of a place in the 2019 World Cup – while the men sit at home There are two hard truths in Italian football; first, that the men's national team, four times world champions, are virtually guaranteed a spot in the World Cup every four years. And second, that not much has been expected from the women's team, who last earned a place among the best of the best in 1999. This year, all of that is being turned on its head. The Azzurri failed to earn their chance in Russia next year after being eliminated by Sweden earlier this month – a defeat that stunned the nation and elicited comparisons to the end of days. |
| Sinai attack needs to be a turning point in Egypt's war on terror Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Isis insurgents in Egypt have established a potent capability despite the continual efforts of the authorities to destroy them Egypt's restive northern Sinai province, where at least 235 people were killed and scores more injured in a bomb and gun assault on a mosque on Friday, has been under a state of emergency since October 2014, when Islamist militants killed more than 30 soldiers in one operation. More than three years of fighting has failed to crush an insurgency waged by the local Islamic State affiliate, Wilayat al-Sinai (the Governorate of Sinai), which is also blamed for bombing attacks on churches in Cairo and other cities, killing dozens of Christians. It had also carried out the previous deadliest attack in Sinai when it downed a Russian passenger jet carrying tourists back from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in 2015, killing 224 people. Continue reading... |
| EU anti-propaganda unit gets €1m a year to counter Russian fake news Posted: 24 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST East Stratcom taskforce will be funded from EU budget for first time after summit highlights threat from 'cyber-attacks and fake news' The EU is stepping up its campaign to counter disinformation and fake news from Russia by spending more than €1m a year on its specialist anti-propaganda unit. For the first time since the team was set up in 2015, the East Stratcom taskforce will have money from the EU budget, rather than relying on contributions from EU member states or squeezing other budget lines. The unit has been granted €1.1m (£980,000) a year from the EU budget for 2018-20, according to a source familiar with the team's work. |
| 'Politics is still a man’s game': can Nepal's elections finally bring stability? Posted: 24 Nov 2017 06:02 AM PST The tortuous journey from Hindu monarchy to secular republic has entailed 26 governments in 27 years, with Sunday's elections exposing further political rifts Voters in Nepal go to the polls on Sunday hoping to bring an end to the chronic political instability reflected in the rise and fall of 26 governments in the past 27 years. No government has completed a full term since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1990, and most have lasted less than 12 months, due to constant political turmoil marked by shaky coalitions and backroom deals. Continue reading... |
| Rules of war 'need urgent review' as civilian deaths hit record high Posted: 24 Nov 2017 05:06 AM PST Germany and Austria urge UN member states to tackle 'devastating harm' caused by airstrikes and bombs in urban areas The record number of civilians killed or injured by explosive weapons in worldwide conflicts last year has prompted calls for UN member states to conduct an urgent review of military rules of engagement. Germany and Austria have urged states to prevent and reduce the "devastating harm" to civilians from airstrikes and bombs in urban areas. Continue reading... |
| Emmerson Mnangagwa promises democratic elections for Zimbabwe - video Posted: 24 Nov 2017 05:18 AM PST Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, acknowledges Robert Mugabe's contribution to the nation and promises democratic elections in 2018 in his inaugural speech on Friday Continue reading... |
| North Korean defector has nightmares about returning, says surgeon – video report Posted: 24 Nov 2017 03:05 AM PST North Korea's latest defector, a young soldier known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who has nightmares about being returned to the north, says his surgeon John Cook-Jong Lee. Video of Oh's escape, released this week, shows him stumbling over the border and South Korean troops dragging him unconscious through undergrowth • North Korean defector a 'nice guy' who likes watching CSI – surgeon Continue reading... |
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