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- Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth
- 'This isn't a guns situation,' says Trump after Texas church shooting
- Al-Waleed bin Talal: billionaire Saudi prince at centre of corruption purge
- Pentagon: only ground invasion can destroy North Korean nuclear program
- Carles Puigdemont bailed pending Brussels ruling
- British woman held in Egypt for carrying painkillers 'made mistake'
- Reaction around the world to release of Paradise Papers – live
- Fishy business: Trump and Abe dump fish food into precious koi carp pond
- Glastonbury Dragons' Samhain Wild Hunt festival – in pictures
- How India’s battle with climate change could determine all of our fates
- London to Brighton veteran car rally – in pictures
- Manus refugee who reached Canada last week says deaths are 'very likely'
- Hitler's holiday camp: how the sprawling resort of Prora met a truly modern fate
- Gerrymander 5K: run highlights absurdity of Republican redistricting
- The Soviet 70s: how Russians made pools of light in the totalitarian darkness | Angus Roxburgh
- Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 – review
- 'Absolutely shocking': Niger Delta oil spills linked with infant deaths
- Trump and Abe dump fish food into precious koi carp pond – video
- Born in 1896 and still going: meet the world's oldest man (probably)
- A new species of great ape: a family member we must urgently fight to save | Jules Howard
- Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move
- World's most unusual commutes: share your pictures and stories
- Monday briefing: From Queen to Bono, leak exposes tax secrets
- They know the risks and still they come: why young Africans chase the European dream
- Revolution, what revolution? Russians show little interest in 1917 centenary
- Corbyn defends promotion of MP accused of inappropriate behaviour
- Royal purge sends shockwaves through Saudi Arabia's elites
- Brussels prosecutor: Carles Puigdemont has turned himself in to police – video
- Carles Puigdemont: what will the Belgian authorities do next?
- Saudi arrests show crown prince is a risk-taker with a zeal for reform
- Trump on Texas shooting: 'This isn't a guns situation' – video
- Dozens attend vigil for victims of the First Baptist church shooting – video
- Donald Trump: 'We stand strong' after Texas church shooting – video
- White male in his 20s kills dozens at Sutherland Springs church – video
- Tears and prayers after church mass shooting in Texas – video
| Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth Posted: 05 Nov 2017 12:36 PM PST Files from offshore law firm show financial dealings of the Queen, big multinationals and members of Donald Trump's cabinet The world's biggest businesses, heads of state and global figures in politics, entertainment and sport who have sheltered their wealth in secretive tax havens are being revealed this week in a major new investigation into Britain's offshore empires. The details come from a leak of 13.4m files that expose the global environments in which tax abuses can thrive – and the complex and seemingly artificial ways the wealthiest corporations can legally protect their wealth. Continue reading... |
| 'This isn't a guns situation,' says Trump after Texas church shooting Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:21 AM PST US president says mental health of perpetrator, not gun ownership, to blame for mass shooting in which 26 people died
Asked during a press conference in Tokyo what policies he would support to tackle mass shootings in the US, the president said: "I think that mental health is a problem here. Based on preliminary reports, this was a very deranged individual with a lot of problems over a very long period of time. Continue reading... |
| Al-Waleed bin Talal: billionaire Saudi prince at centre of corruption purge Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:12 AM PST From Apple to NewsCorp, the high profile Saudi royal who sued Forbes for underestimating his wealth has investments in top corporations across the globe The highest profile arrest in Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption purge is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a multibillionaire with huge investments in western firms. Prince Al-Waleed, 62 and one of the world's richest men, has become one of the most familiar – and progressive – faces of Saudi in western media. While he has the lifestyle, jets, yacht and palace of a stereotypical Saudi billionaire, he has burnished a different image with interventions such as backing rights for Saudi women and denouncing President Trump on Twitter. Continue reading... |
| Pentagon: only ground invasion can destroy North Korean nuclear program Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:01 AM PST
After a top Pentagon official said the only way to destroy North Korea's nuclear weapons program would be through a ground invasion, a senior Senate Democrat urged the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, to "stay the course" and achieve a diplomatic solution to the crisis, in spite of President Donald Trump's unpredictable behaviour and threats of military action. Related: Donald Trump warns 'dictators' as Japan visit launches Asia tour Continue reading... |
| Carles Puigdemont bailed pending Brussels ruling Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:47 PM PST Ousted president of Catalonia and four former ministers await decision on extradition to Spain after 10-hour hearing A Belgian judge has released the ousted Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, and four of his ministers on bail after a hearing lasting more than 10 hours. Puigdemont, who faces charges of misuse of public funds, disobedience and breach of trust relating to the secessionist campaign, turned himself in to Belgian police earlier on Sunday. |
| British woman held in Egypt for carrying painkillers 'made mistake' Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:17 AM PST Laura Plummer's brother says she made 'an innocent, honest mistake' when she brought tramadol pills into country for her husband's back pain The brother of the British woman detained in Egypt for bringing nearly 300 tramadol pills into the country has said that it was "an innocent, honest mistake". Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested after 290 tramadol tablets and some naproxen for her Egyptian husband's sore back were found in her suitcase. Continue reading... |
| Reaction around the world to release of Paradise Papers – live Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:32 AM PST Massive leak of secret documents shared with Guardian and other news organisations shows how world's biggest businesses and leading politicians have sheltered their wealth in tax havens • Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth • Explainer: what are the Paradise Papers and what do they tell us? • Australian tax office poised to investigate schemes revealed by Paradise Papers
May was asked by the Guardian's Jessica Elgot to commit to publish registers of who owns offshore companies and trusts, and to a public inquiry on aggressive tax avoidance. She did neither. The prime minister claimed changes have already been made to ensure greater transparency. She said: "We have been continuing the work that David Cameron started, and he started it not just for the UK but on an international stage as well and that's important. So we have seen more revenues coming to HMRC over the last few years - since 2010, £160bn extra that they have been able to raise ... there is already work to be done to ensure that we see greater transparency our dependencies and British overseas territories and we continue to work with them. HMRC is already able to see more information about the ownership of shell companies for example, so that they can ensure that people are paying their tax. We want people to pay the tax that is due."
Theresa May was challenged by the Guardian to commit to tackle aggressive tax avoidance after her speech to the CBI conference in Greenwich. The prime minister replied: "We want people to pay the tax that is due." Continue reading... |
| Fishy business: Trump and Abe dump fish food into precious koi carp pond Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:24 AM PST US president and Japanese host give fish a large feast on second day of former's five-nation tour of Asia Donald Trump and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, have taken a forceful approach to feeding fish on the second day of the US president's five-nation tour of Asia. Standing beside a pond brimming with colourful koi carp in the Akasaka palace in Tokyo, the two men began spooning out fish food before appearing to lose patience and emptying their wooden containers with a shake. Continue reading... |
| Glastonbury Dragons' Samhain Wild Hunt festival – in pictures Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST The Celtic festival of Samhain, which was later adopted by Christians and became Halloween, is a very important date in the Pagan calendar as it marks the division of the year between the lighter half (summer) and the darker half (winter). Pagans believed that at Samhain the division between this world and the otherworld was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through. Continue reading... |
| How India’s battle with climate change could determine all of our fates Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:36 AM PST India's population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet "It's a lucky charm," says Rajesh, pointing to the solar-powered battery in his window that he has smeared with turmeric as a blessing. "It has changed our life." He lives in Rajghat, a village on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states, and until very recently was one of the 240 million Indians who live without electricity. In the poverty that results, Rajghat has become a village of bachelors, with just two weddings in 20 years. Continue reading... |
| London to Brighton veteran car rally – in pictures Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:34 AM PST Over 400 vehicles made before 1905 take part in the annual run from London to Brighton to commemorate the Emancipation Run of November 1896, which celebrated the raising of the speed limit from 4mph to 14 mph Continue reading... |
| Manus refugee who reached Canada last week says deaths are 'very likely' Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:30 AM PST Amir Taghinia flew to British Columbia last week, thanks to a group of private sponsors, after nearly four years on Manus A refugee who was detained on Manus Island has left to begin a new life in Canada, through a group of private citizens who sponsored his freedom. Amir Taghinia, a refugee from Iran, flew to Coquitlam, British Columbia last week, after nearly four years on Manus Island. Continue reading... |
| Hitler's holiday camp: how the sprawling resort of Prora met a truly modern fate Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST Having stood for decades as a relic of Nazi hubris, the immense site of the 'Strength Through Joy' camp at Prora is being redeveloped and will soon serve its original purpose – housing holidaymakers "You'd have thought there would have been a big hall or something," declares an disappointed American voice on leaving the Prora Documentation Centre, a museum on the edge of a half-disused, half-renovated holiday camp in north-east Germany. What he was hoping for, in the largest single surviving remnant of the Third Reich, is some hint of the past. But there is little of that here today. The Third Reich destroyed many cities, but it never built one. It began some – notably the industrial city of Wolfsburg – and it planned many others. But mostly, its ideas about what they called the Volksgeimenschaft ("people's community") went unrealised. With one exception: the Strength Through Joy (Kraft Durch Freude) resort of Prora, on the Isle of Rügen. Continue reading... |
| Gerrymander 5K: run highlights absurdity of Republican redistricting Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:00 AM PST Event in Asheville, North Carolina saw runners zigzag the boundaries of two districts that were redrawn in order to seize control of a liberal enclave Runners taking part in a 5km race in a small city in North Carolina on Saturday afternoon could have been forgiven for feeling dizzy, as they followed a zigzag course that took them, literally, all around the houses. The event was intended as a live demonstration of the absurdity and insidiousness of the way voting boundaries have been redrawn – or gerrymandered – in Asheville, a liberal town at the western end of the state. Continue reading... |
| The Soviet 70s: how Russians made pools of light in the totalitarian darkness | Angus Roxburgh Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:00 AM PST On the centenary of the revolution, my memories are of people defying the regime around the kicthen table, with a togetherness missing in western lives As the world commemorates the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the focus is rightly on the horrors of the regime it ushered in. Russians, and their captive nations, suffered a century of almost inconceivable pain. Tens of millions perished in the revolution and civil war, in the forced collectivisation of farming, the terror of the 1930s, and the second world war. Then came the postwar repressions, and finally the tumult of the end of communism and the bewildering attempts to introduce capitalism and democracy. Russians should be forgiven for being traumatised by their recent history. Continue reading... |
| Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 – review Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:30 AM PST Ian Black brings a fresh perspective to one of the most closely studied conflicts on Earth, unpacking its complexities with clarity and candour In 2015 a BBC2 documentary, Children of the Gaza War, brought a flurry of complaints. One of the Palestinian children interviewed said in Arabic that "the Jews" are killing Palestinians. However, the English subtitles translated this as "Israel is massacring us". Many Jewish and Israel-supporting viewers accused the BBC of intentionally downplaying Palestinian antisemitism. The documentary's maker, Lyse Doucet, stood by the subtitle, saying: "We talked to people in Gaza, we talked to translators. When [the children] say 'Jews', they mean 'Israelis'. We felt it was a better translation of it." Israel has existed around Gaza for nearly 70 years and children there are still calling their Israeli neighbours Jews. Ian Black opens his excellent new history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, Enemies and Neighbours, with a note on terminology titled Language Matters. He points out that in colloquial Arabic used by the Palestinians, Israelis are still often called "Yahud" – Jews. On the other hand, while until 1948, the year of Israel's establishment, the term "Palestinians" usually referred to all inhabitants of Palestine, including Jews, it only gradually came to be used to describe one side in the conflict. Only in recent decades have Israelis started to differentiate their next-door neighbours from the rest of the neighbourhood, calling them "Palestinians" instead of the more amorphous "Arabs". Words matter. They are the building blocks of the contradicting narratives each side has continued telling themselves, and the world. Continue reading... |
| 'Absolutely shocking': Niger Delta oil spills linked with infant deaths Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST Babies in Nigeria at double the risk of dying before they reach a month old if mothers lived near the scene of an oil spill before conceiving, study shows Babies in Nigeria are twice as likely to die in the first month of life if their mothers were living near an oil spill before falling pregnant, researchers have found. A new study, the first to link environmental pollution with newborn and child mortality rates in the Niger Delta, shows that oil spills occurring within 10km of a mother's place of residence doubled neonatal mortality rates and impaired the health of her surviving children. |
| Trump and Abe dump fish food into precious koi carp pond – video Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:03 AM PST Donald Trump and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzō Abe, feed fish on the second day of the US president's five-nation tour of Asia. Standing beside a pond brimming with colourful koi carp in the Akasaka palace in Tokyo, the two men upended their wooden containers and dumped the entire contents of fish food into the pond Continue reading... |
| Born in 1896 and still going: meet the world's oldest man (probably) Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST 'Don Celino' is 121, according to his Chilean ID card. That makes him four years older than the Guinness-listed oldest person When Marta Ramírez agreed at age 63 to take in a destitute nonagenarian, she didn't see it as a long-term imposition. The man's house had burned down, he had no one else and he looked frail. |
| A new species of great ape: a family member we must urgently fight to save | Jules Howard Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST No sooner has the Tapanuli orangutan been discovered than it's facing extinction. The indifference of humans – the one thriving great ape – is the culprit If I could be a fly on the wall at any point in the history of science, it would be to watch the young(ish) Charles Darwin – long before his ideas on our shared ancestry with apes were published – enter the orangutan enclosure at London Zoo in 1838. Within the enclosure there resided Jenny, a young and playful orangutan acquired by the British empire. Darwin went to sit with Jenny and observe her; in his hand was a mirror. Related: New species of orangutan discovered in Sumatra – and is already endangered Continue reading... |
| Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST Employers are using a range of technologies to monitor their staff's web-browsing patterns, keystrokes, social media posts and even private messaging apps How can an employer make sure its remote workers aren't slacking off on the job? In the case of talent management company Crossover, the answer is to take photos of them every 10 minutes through their webcam. The pictures are taken by Crossover's productivity tool, WorkSmart, and combined with screenshots of their workstations along with other data including app use and keystrokes to come up with a "focus score" and an "intensity score" that can be used to assess the value of freelancers. Continue reading... |
| World's most unusual commutes: share your pictures and stories Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST Swim, hike or kitesurf to work? We want to hear from readers around the world whose daily commute is out of the ordinary – share your stories and pictures via GuardianWitness A strong coffee and a good book is, for many people, all that's required to get through the journey to work. But for those who prefer to beat the rush hour by swimming, kitesurfing or paragliding to the office, the daily commute can be a little more demanding and a lot more fun. Do you avoid traffic jams and packed trains by commuting on horseback or climbing into a canoe? We want to hear from those intrepid readers around the world who opt for more unusual means to get to work – such as Benjamin David, who swims 1.2 miles (2km) down the Isar in Munich everyday. Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: From Queen to Bono, leak exposes tax secrets Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:10 PM PST Paradise Papers detailing offshore schemes of global elite provoke angry reaction … 26 shot dead at church in Texas … Seventh Tory MP faces probe Good morning and welcome to the Monday briefing. I'm Martin Farrer and these are top stories this morning. Continue reading... |
| They know the risks and still they come: why young Africans chase the European dream Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST The journey from the Gambia is full of hardship and often ends in death, but many people in Africa's smallest country see no alternative When the news filtered back to the Gambia that another of its sons had died after an epic odyssey to Europe, the response was not as you might expect. There was grief and mourning, of course, at the passing of Sleiman Danso. Continue reading... |
| Revolution, what revolution? Russians show little interest in 1917 centenary Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Results of revolution led by Lenin are criticised as 'ambiguous' by Putin in what is seen as an effort to downplay revolution as political tool "Lenin lived! Lenin lives! Lenin will live on!" An excited orator cried out Mayakovsky's line from the stage at St Petersburg's vast October Concert Hall on Friday night, and brought rapturous applause from the nearly 4,000-strong audience, most of whom had red ribbons pinned to their lapels. |
| Corbyn defends promotion of MP accused of inappropriate behaviour Posted: 05 Nov 2017 10:46 AM PST Labour leader says he thought it was reasonable to make Kelvin Hopkins a shadow minister despite him having been reprimanded Jeremy Corbyn has defended promoting Kelvin Hopkins to his shadow cabinet after the Labour MP had been reprimanded over claims of inappropriate behaviour, saying that as far as he knew, "the case had been closed". With a series of allegations faced by some Labour MPs, as well as a number of Conservatives, Corbyn has been under pressure to explain why he made Hopkins shadow culture secretary in 2016 after complaints from a party activist. Continue reading... |
| Royal purge sends shockwaves through Saudi Arabia's elites Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:35 AM PST Move consolidates power of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he attempts to reform kingdom's economy and society Saudi Arabia's leadership has pulled off its boldest move yet to consolidate power around its young crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, arresting 11 senior princes, one of the country's richest men and scores of former ministers in what it billed as a corruption purge. The move sidelined at least 20 senior figures, among them outspoken billionaire, Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, sending shockwaves through the ranks of the kingdom's elites, who had long viewed senior royals as immune. Continue reading... |
| Brussels prosecutor: Carles Puigdemont has turned himself in to police – video Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:00 AM PST The Brussels prosecutor's spokesman Gilles Dejemeppe reports on Sunday that the ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and several of his ministers have turned themselves in to police. A European arrest warrant had been issued for all five Catalan politicians. They were due to attend a hearing later on Sunday • Carles Puigdemont turns himself in to Belgian police Continue reading... |
| Carles Puigdemont: what will the Belgian authorities do next? Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:24 AM PST Former Catalan president and his four ministers turned themselves in to the federal prosecutor on Sunday By 9.17am CET Monday morning – 24 hours after Carles Puigdemont and his four ministers handed themselves in to Belgium's federal public prosecutor – an investigating judge must decide whether to arrest the deposed president of Catalonia and his colleagues under Belgian law. The judge could then decide to release the politicians anyway, but with conditions. If an arrest warrant is issued by Monday morning, a file on the case will be submitted to the pretrial chamber of the court of first instance. Continue reading... |
| Saudi arrests show crown prince is a risk-taker with a zeal for reform Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:52 AM PST Mohammed bin Salman is confronting some of the kingdom's richest and most powerful men in his anti-corruption drive – but is he taking on too much too fast? No one doubted that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was a man in a hurry. But the Saudi royal's decision to arrest 11 princes, four ministers and dozens of former ministers shows he is a risk-taker on a scale the Middle East has rarely seen. The fact that the billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns the investment firm Kingdom Holding, was among the wave of late-night arrests (and is thought to be held in the luxurious confines of Riyadh's Ritz Carlton hotel) suggests MbS, as Salman is known colloquially, is willing to take on the kingdom's most powerful figures to implement his reforms and consolidate power. Continue reading... |
| Trump on Texas shooting: 'This isn't a guns situation' – video Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:41 AM PST The US president, Donald Trump, waved off a question about gun control after Sunday's deadly shooting at a Texas church, saying: 'This isn't a guns situation' and described the gunman as 'deranged' Continue reading... |
| Dozens attend vigil for victims of the First Baptist church shooting – video Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:43 PM PST Dozens of people holding candles attend a candlelight vigil across the street from the First Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where 26 people were killed on 5 November. A gunman carrying a military-style rifle with a ballistic vest strapped to his chest opened fire on parishioners during a church service Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump: 'We stand strong' after Texas church shooting – video Posted: 05 Nov 2017 05:49 PM PST US president Donald Trump responded from Japan to the church attack in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left at least 26 people dead, calling it 'this horrible crime'. Trump said: 'All of America is praying to God to help the wounded and the families of the victims. We will never ever leave their side.' Continue reading... |
| White male in his 20s kills dozens at Sutherland Springs church – video Posted: 05 Nov 2017 05:28 PM PST At a press conference, authorities in Texas have described how a young, white male gunman attacked a church in Sutherland Springs, killing 26 people and injuring at least 20. The lone suspect, wearing black tactical gear and a ballistic vest and carrying an assault rifle, opened fire after entering the First Baptist Church in Wilson County. Authorities said after the shooting the gunman was fired on by a local resident. He fled in his vehicle and was later found dead in neighbouring Guadalupe County. |
| Tears and prayers after church mass shooting in Texas – video Posted: 05 Nov 2017 02:56 PM PST Churchgoers weep following the killing of at least 20 people at a Baptist church in Texas by a gunman who opened fire during the Sunday service. The lone suspect was killed after a brief pursuit that crossed county lines into neighbouring Guadalupe County. Texas governor Greg Abbott called the shooting an 'evil act'. Continue reading... |
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