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- Catalan parliament speaker appears in court on sedition charge
- Donald Trump calls on China to 'act faster' over North Korea threat
- Mugabe faces 'unprecedented' political threat as sacked deputy gathers support
- 'Any taboo has gone': Netherlands sees rise in demand for euthanasia
- Hillary Clinton to guest-edit December issue of Teen Vogue magazine
- Macron hails power of beauty as Louvre opens in Abu Dhabi
- Top ranks of US diplomacy 'depleted at dizzying speed' under Trump
- Cyprus dog deaths push animal abuse on to election agenda
- Anger rises in Lesbos over crowded refugee camps
- Breed like rabbits and reverse population decline, Poles urged
- Iran's president says Saudi Arabia behind 'hostility' in region
- Indian women still unprotected five years after gang-rape that rocked nation
- US politician who mocked Women’s March defeated by woman he inspired to run
- Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are wealthier than poorest half of US
- Boris Johnson agrees to meet husband of British mother jailed in Iran
- Paradise Papers: Oxford and Cambridge invested tens of millions offshore
- Europe's carmakers face 30% emission cuts target
- New film shines light on tiny Colombian island where English is the mother tongue
- 'If I'm stratum 3, that's who I am': inside Bogotá's social stratification system
- The restaurant kitchen where everyone has HIV: 'We want to challenge stigma'
- List of Newcastle sexual exploitation 'hotspots' leaks online
- Brexit talks: where are the negotiations up to?
- How Britain did Gaddafi’s dirty work
- 'Did you know I was coming?' Barack Obama jokes with would-be jurors at Chicago courthouse - video
- Seoul on a roll: art installation takes marble run to the next level
- Barnaby Joyce backs Malcolm Turnbull to win next election
- Thursday briefing: Truth catches up with don't-tell Patel
- Six weeks after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans still waiting for help from Fema
- Harassment and house arrest in China as Trump has 'beyond terrific' time
- Rajiv the nice and the nasty: profile of new Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi – archive, 1984
- ‘It will help future generations’: Muslim schools in north India set to modernise
- Priti Patel fallout erodes public trust and diminishes UK's stature, say critics
- 'I want the world to know': Tamil men accuse Sri Lanka of rape and torture
- Nigerian president sacks senior official amid claims of corruption
- Democrats mark anniversary of Trump's election with night of sweeping victories
- Democrats' victories in Virginia mark a key shift in American politics
- Chris Hurst, who lost his girlfriend to gun violence, beats NRA candidate in Virginia – video
- Danica Roem: who is America's second transgender state lawmaker? – video report
- Reconstructing Russia. Spirit of the past for the present | in pictures
- Democrat Ralph Northam's victory speech interrupted by protesters – video
| Catalan parliament speaker appears in court on sedition charge Posted: 09 Nov 2017 12:33 AM PST Carme Forcadell and five Catalan MPs appear before supreme court in Mardid over role in banned independence vote The speaker of the Catalan parliament and five of its members appeared before Spain's supreme court in Madrid on Thursday to answer charges of rebellion and sedition over their roles in staging a banned referendum on Catalonia's independence last month. The court will decide whether to remand Carme Forcadell and the five MPs in custody while the investigation continues or release them under certain conditions. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump calls on China to 'act faster' over North Korea threat Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:32 PM PST US president, speaking alongside Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, also said he did not blame rival economy 'for taking advantage' over trade relationship Donald Trump has urged President Xi Jinping of China to take fast and effective action to extinguish North Korea's nuclear "menace" after the US president was officially welcomed to Beijing with an explosion of military splendour and staged adulation. Speaking at the the Great Hall of the People, the ceremonial heart of Communist party rule, Trump lavished praise on his "warm and gracious" host and said he appreciated Xi's support for recent efforts to rein in Kim Jong-un's weapons programs. Continue reading... |
| Mugabe faces 'unprecedented' political threat as sacked deputy gathers support Posted: 09 Nov 2017 01:46 AM PST Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will return to lead Zimbabwe, after fleeing in wake of abrupt removal from post Robert Mugabe is facing his biggest political challenge in almost two decades as opposition to his authoritarian 37-year rule over Zimbabwe gathers strength around the vice-president he fired this week. Mugabe sacked his long-time ally Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday for showing "traits of disloyalty", abruptly removing a favourite to succeed the 93-year-old leader and boosting the likelihood of Grace Mugabe, the first lady, becoming his next deputy and and potential successor. Continue reading... |
| 'Any taboo has gone': Netherlands sees rise in demand for euthanasia Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Demand has soared since 2002 law that made it legal, fuelled by postwar generation with clear idea on how to shape their lives, and deaths The number of people euthanised in the Netherlands this year is set to exceed 7,000 – a 67% rise from five years ago – in what has been described by the director of the country's only specialist clinic as the end of "a taboo" on killing patients who want to die. In 2012, 4,188 people were euthanised by doctors in the country, all of whom met the criteria laid down under the 2002 law that made it legal: a voluntary and well considered request in the context of unbearable suffering from which there is no prospect of improvement, or alternative remedy. Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton to guest-edit December issue of Teen Vogue magazine Posted: 09 Nov 2017 02:44 AM PST Tributes to daughter Chelsea, a letter to her teenage self and a salute to young female activists to feature in Clinton-themed issue Hillary Clinton will guest-edit one of the last print editions of Teen Vogue, the magazine has announced. On the anniversary of her election loss to Donald Trump, Clinton announced she would edit the Volume IV issue of Teen Vogue, which will include pieces about her childhood best friend, Betsy Ebeling, and her daughter, Chelsea. Continue reading... |
| Macron hails power of beauty as Louvre opens in Abu Dhabi Posted: 08 Nov 2017 11:47 AM PST French president visits new Louvre museum in United Arab Emirates amid heightened tensions in Middle East The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has hailed the new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi as an example of how beauty can "fight against the discourses of hatred", as the oil-rich capital of the United Arab Emirates inaugurated its elaborate new cultural showpiece at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East. Related: Louvre Abu Dhabi: Jean Nouvel's spectacular palace of culture shimmers in the desert Continue reading... |
| Top ranks of US diplomacy 'depleted at dizzying speed' under Trump Posted: 08 Nov 2017 01:01 PM PST Barbara Stephenson, head of foreign service association, says US has lost more than half its career ambassadors since Donald Trump took office The US has lost more than half its career ambassadors and a significant proportion of other senior diplomats since Donald Trump took office, the head of the foreign service association has said. Related: Democrats perturbed by Trump's threat of pre-emptive North Korea strike Continue reading... |
| Cyprus dog deaths push animal abuse on to election agenda Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Three months before presidential ballot, growing outrage over treatment of animals is forcing politicians to act A public outcry over cases of horrific abuse against dogs has pushed animal rights to the forefront of the political agenda in Cyprus, three months before presidential elections. There was outrage over the summer when nine dogs belonging to a family of hunters were burned alive in cages they were never allowed to leave. Continue reading... |
| Anger rises in Lesbos over crowded refugee camps Posted: 08 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST Lesbos mayor accuses Greek government of allowing island to become a giant prison camp A surge in refugee arrivals has led to soaring tensions on Greece's outlying Aegean islands, with Lesbos's mayor accusing the government in Athens of allowing it to become a giant prison camp. Boycotting celebrations on Wednesday marking the 105th anniversary of Lesbos's liberation from Ottoman Turkish rule, local officials gave the leftist-led coalition in Athens an ultimatum: either it took immediate action to decongest the island or risked mass protests from an increasingly unruly population. Continue reading... |
| Breed like rabbits and reverse population decline, Poles urged Posted: 08 Nov 2017 06:27 PM PST Health ministry releases video praising the healthy lifestyle and reproduction of rabbits to encourage couples to have more children The Polish government is encouraging citizens to go forth and multiply – like rabbits. The health ministry of Poland, which has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, has put out a short video praising rabbits for producing a lot of offspring. Continue reading... |
| Iran's president says Saudi Arabia behind 'hostility' in region Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:11 AM PST Hassan Rouhani says Riyadh is interfering in Yemen and Lebanon, and its allies, US and Israel, dominate to 'plunder oil and wealth' Iran's president has waded into the growing dispute between his country and Saudi Arabia by accusing Riyadh of sowing hostility in Yemen, strengthening Islamic State, and orchestrating the "unprecedented" resignation of the Lebanese prime minister. Hassan Rouhani's response came a day after the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, accused Iran of "direct military aggression" by supplying missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen. Tehran ferociously denied the charge. Continue reading... |
| Indian women still unprotected five years after gang-rape that rocked nation Posted: 08 Nov 2017 07:53 AM PST Report finds willingness to report sexual offences has grown but women often harassed by police or bullied into silence Complaining to police about her gang-rape was the beginning of a new nightmare for Kajal. Officers detained the young woman from Madhya Pradesh state in central India. They beat her with a stick, she says, until she agreed to drop the charges. She was abandoned by her husband and threatened by the accused men. Continue reading... |
| US politician who mocked Women’s March defeated by woman he inspired to run Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:12 AM PST New Jersey freeholder John Carman asked whether protest 'would be over in time for them to cook dinner' – but on Tuesday he was forced to eat his words A New Jersey politician who shared a meme on Facebook during January's Women's March in Washington asking whether the protest would be "over in time for them to cook dinner" has been forced to eat his words. A woman who was angered by Republican John Carman's remarks defeated him on Tuesday as he tried to win a second term as an Atlantic County freeholder. Continue reading... |
| Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are wealthier than poorest half of US Posted: 08 Nov 2017 03:01 PM PST Institute for Policy Studies warns of a 'moral crisis' and says Trump tax change proposals will exacerbate disparities The three richest people in the US – Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett – own as much wealth as the bottom half of the US population, or 160 million people. Analysis of the wealth of America's richest people found that Gates, Bezos and Buffett were sitting on a combined $248.5bn (£190bn) fortune. The Institute for Policy Studies said the growing gap between rich and poor had created a "moral crisis". Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson agrees to meet husband of British mother jailed in Iran Posted: 08 Nov 2017 03:40 PM PST Move follows foreign secretary's misleading statement about the work of British mother jailed for espionage in Iran Boris Johnson has said he is prepared to meet for the first time the husband of the British-Iranian woman serving a five-year prison sentence for espionage in Iran. Speaking to reporters in Washington after talks on the Iran nuclear deal, the foreign secretary said he hoped to meet Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, before he visits Iran in the next few weeks. Continue reading... |
| Paradise Papers: Oxford and Cambridge invested tens of millions offshore Posted: 08 Nov 2017 10:00 AM PST Funds invested in by the universities include a joint venture to develop oil exploration and deep-sea drilling The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and nearly half of all Oxbridge colleges, have secretly invested tens of millions of pounds in offshore funds, including in a joint venture to develop oil exploration and deep-sea drilling, leaked documents from the Paradise Papers reveal. The files show that both universities have committed significant funds to multibillion-dollar private equity partnerships based in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven popular with American and British hedge funds. Continue reading... |
| Europe's carmakers face 30% emission cuts target Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:32 AM PST New proposals to limit CO2 from passenger cars and vans by 2030 would meet climate goals, but campaigners say regulations fall short The European commission has unveiled new proposals for limits on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and vans, which would compel manufacturers to cut emissions from their vehicles by nearly a third from 2030. But the proposals will not require manufacturers to make a fixed quota of their fleet run on electricity, as some campaigners had hoped. Continue reading... |
| New film shines light on tiny Colombian island where English is the mother tongue Posted: 09 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST Bad Lucky Goat is the first film ever written and produced in San Andres-Providencia creole, a variant of Caribbean English spoken on an island of 5,000 Old Providence is a tiny fleck of volcanic rock in the Caribbean, once settled by Puritans, pirates and African slaves and now home to just 5,000 people. |
| 'If I'm stratum 3, that's who I am': inside Bogotá's social stratification system Posted: 08 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST Every district in Colombia's capital is rated 1 to 6 for affluence, and its services subsidised accordingly. But is a laudable idea creating division and stigma? "It's good quality for the price," says Carlos Jiménez, a construction worker, as he sips his coffee and leans against the polished counter in Tostao', a coffee shop in Bogotá's bustling working-class district of Tunjuelito. Despite being one of the world's biggest coffee producers, Colombia has traditionally exported its best beans, and the few chains that do sell it are expensive; Colombians have instead developed a taste for tinto, a sweet brew made out of leftover beans. |
| The restaurant kitchen where everyone has HIV: 'We want to challenge stigma' Posted: 08 Nov 2017 04:22 AM PST A Toronto pop-up is the first of its kind anywhere, and was born out of a recent poll suggesting many still fear sharing food with someone HIV positive Until recently, few of the chefs had ever set foot in a restaurant kitchen. Now they were slicing up hunks of skirt steak and gently coaxing pomegranate seeds out of their peels as they readied an elaborate four-course dinner for more than 100 patrons. The 14-person team was working to open June's, a unique pop-up restaurant in Toronto that is the world's first eatery in which all of the kitchen staff are HIV positive. Continue reading... |
| List of Newcastle sexual exploitation 'hotspots' leaks online Posted: 09 Nov 2017 02:45 AM PST Police contacting businesses named in social services document over fears data could be used by paedophiles A list of sexual exploitation "hotspots" in Newcastle compiled by social services has leaked online, prompting fears that the data could be used by paedophiles to target vulnerable young people. The document, seen by the Guardian, names branches of various national chain restaurants and takeaways, as well as metro stations and gyms in Newcastle. Continue reading... |
| Brexit talks: where are the negotiations up to? Posted: 09 Nov 2017 12:41 AM PST Theresa May's speech in Florence aimed, it seemed, to revive stalled Brexit negotiations. We review progress in the talks so far, and assess what progress has been made Continue reading... |
| How Britain did Gaddafi’s dirty work Posted: 08 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST Secret papers show how far MI6 went to please Libya's ruthless intelligence agents – including helping to kidnap the dictator's enemies. By Ian Cobain Five days after 9/11, early on a Sunday evening, a small group of senior CIA officers drove from their headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to the British embassy at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington DC, in order to brief MI6 on the agency's planned response to the attacks. Leading the delegation was Cofer Black, head of the CIA's counter-terrorist centre. Black was still wearing the same suit he had put on five days earlier, and looked shattered: he had been working day and night to draw up a cogent plan to protect his country from any further attacks. Continue reading... |
| 'Did you know I was coming?' Barack Obama jokes with would-be jurors at Chicago courthouse - video Posted: 09 Nov 2017 01:18 AM PST The former US president's appearance at the courthouse created quite a stir. He was photographed outside by people who had heard on the news that he would be coming to court, and in the lobby he chatted and joked as he signed copies of a book before being dismissed from jury service |
| Seoul on a roll: art installation takes marble run to the next level Posted: 09 Nov 2017 02:14 AM PST Loop, built in a gallery on a mountainside in the South Korean capital, uses 400 metres of track and 100,000 marbles They are one of the oldest symbols of child's play – found in the ashes of Pompeii, in the tombs of ancient Egypt and in Native American tribes. But while millennial children may have left them to gather dust, a new installation is asking people young and old to reconnect with the simple joy of marbles. In the Gana Art centre gallery on a mountainside in Seoul, South Korea's bustling capital, Snarkitecture co-founders Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham have built Loop, one of their most complex works to date involving 400 metres of metal track down which 100,000 glistening white marbles will constantly roll. Continue reading... |
| Barnaby Joyce backs Malcolm Turnbull to win next election Posted: 09 Nov 2017 01:29 AM PST Former deputy PM offers an embattled leader his support and says it's time Labor provided citizenship evidence Barnaby Joyce has declared Malcolm Turnbull can win the next election for the Coalition, because he is delivering for regional Australia, and people in the bush think Bill Shorten's approach is "sneaky". Joyce on Thursday night dug in vehemently behind Turnbull, who is under acute political pressure courtesy of the escalating citizenship crisis, and has been under attack from internal detractors, with the latest blue-on-blue attack a cabinet leak about the government's internal deliberations about the proposed disclosure regime ensuring parliamentarians meet the constitutional requirements. Continue reading... |
| Thursday briefing: Truth catches up with don't-tell Patel Posted: 08 Nov 2017 10:34 PM PST Development secretary forced to resign over Israeli talks … scientist save boy's life with skin grown in laboratory … and why Britain cosied up to Gaddafi Hello – it's Warren Murray with the news you need to know. Continue reading... |
| Six weeks after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans still waiting for help from Fema Posted: 08 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST Federal agency still hobbled by lack of electricity and reliable cell and internet service – stopping Puerto Ricans from getting the help they desperately need Online aid forms that can't be filled out because there's no internet. Follow-up calls missed because cellphones can't get a signal. Federal officials who can't speak Spanish and leave families waiting for weeks. More than six weeks after Hurricane Maria, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) is still hobbled by the lack of electricity and reliable cell and internet service – stopping Puerto Ricans from accessing assistance they desperately need. Continue reading... |
| Harassment and house arrest in China as Trump has 'beyond terrific' time Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:04 PM PST Human rights defenders and their families placed under heavy surveillance by Xi Jinping's agents as US president is feted On day one of Donald Trump's "state visit-plus" to China he was treated to a tour of the Forbidden City, a night at the opera and an intimate dinner with President Xi Jinping. "Beyond terrific," he boasted. Related: 'He'll tweet whatever he wants': Trump tour hits China Continue reading... |
| Rajiv the nice and the nasty: profile of new Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi – archive, 1984 Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST 9 November 1984 Rajiv came to power after his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated. As new Prime Minister of India he has no shortage of problems. First, and most urgent of all, he has to keep the peace First the bad news: Rajiv Gandhi's record in public life does not suggest that he is the man for the job. As general secretary of the Congress (Indira) Party he has a long and impressive list of failures, the most notable being the selection of candidates for Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, both of which Mrs Gandhi lost badly. While his genial nature - he is popularly known as Mr Nice - makes a welcome change from the brashness of his late younger brother, Sanjay, critics maintain that this all too cultivated amicability is a facade to cover up his relentless ambition and is completely alien to the requirements of Indian politics. Related: Mrs Gandhi India's premier: archive, 20 January 1966 Continue reading... |
| ‘It will help future generations’: Muslim schools in north India set to modernise Posted: 08 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST English, maths and science to be taught alongside traditional Islamic theology in Uttar Pradesh as state government seeks to improve students' job prospects Muslim faith schools in Uttar Pradesh will be required to teach English, maths and science subjects to secondary-school level in an attempt to equip students more effectively for the modern world, the Indian government has said. The move was announced by Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, state minority welfare minister for Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), which won a landslide victory in India's most populous state earlier this year. Continue reading... |
| Priti Patel fallout erodes public trust and diminishes UK's stature, say critics Posted: 08 Nov 2017 11:19 AM PST Aid experts fear furore over departed development secretary's secret trip to Israel could reverse progress on helping world's poor and dent British influence abroad The furore over Priti Patel's secret trip to Israel, which has culminated with her resignation, has reignited questions over the future of the Department for International Development and sparked wider concerns within the aid community. The former international development secretary's unravelling, misleading and contradictory account of her August trip, and her breach of protocol in failing to declare meetings with foreign politicians in advance, came amid a turf war between DfID and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office over aid expenditure. |
| 'I want the world to know': Tamil men accuse Sri Lanka of rape and torture Posted: 08 Nov 2017 06:35 AM PST Expert condemns 'egregious and perverted' sexual abuse after dozens of men claim they were seized, blindfolded and assaulted by security services Tamil men seeking asylum in Europe claim they were abducted, raped and tortured by government forces in Sri Lanka. Details of the abuse of more than 50 men, which one human rights expert has described as "the most egregious and perverted that I've ever seen", have been revealed by the Associated Press. Continue reading... |
| Nigerian president sacks senior official amid claims of corruption Posted: 08 Nov 2017 03:27 AM PST Babachir Lawal removed from office after allegations that humanitarian aid was illegally diverted to companies he set up Nigeria's highest ranking civil servant has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari following allegations that he diverted aid funds intended for the humanitarian crisis in the country's north-east. Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, was suspended in April amid allegations that contracts to administer projects in refugee camps and areas affected by the Boko Haram insurgency had been awarded to companies that he set up. Continue reading... |
| Democrats mark anniversary of Trump's election with night of sweeping victories Posted: 08 Nov 2017 11:03 AM PST Democrats seized governor's mansions in Virginia and New Jersey plus a host of other wins at county, city and state level but challenges remain before midterms Democrats were celebrating on Wednesday after winning big in governor, state legislative, county and mayors' races across the country on a night full of symbolism, a year to the day from Donald Trump's election as president. Their victories included three major elections – Virginia governor, New Jersey governor and New York City mayor – and the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislature. Continue reading... |
| Democrats' victories in Virginia mark a key shift in American politics Posted: 08 Nov 2017 03:17 AM PST Backlash against Donald Trump energised suburban voters for the party and helped spark a national trend Hillary Clinton was right about how Democrats could win major victories. On Tuesday night's evidence, it appears they just needed elections without her name on the ballot. Democrats won overwhelming victories in race after race across the country, but they enjoyed particular success in the type of high-income suburban areas that the Clinton campaign was convinced would be sufficiently repulsed by Donald Trump to overwhelmingly back her. Continue reading... |
| Chris Hurst, who lost his girlfriend to gun violence, beats NRA candidate in Virginia – video Posted: 08 Nov 2017 06:51 AM PST The victory of the Democrat and first-time politician, two days after a massacre at a Texas church left 26 dead, is hailed by gun control advocates as proof that progress on gun violence is possible. Hurst defeated the National Rifle Association-backed incumbent in a state house race in Virginia Continue reading... |
| Danica Roem: who is America's second transgender state lawmaker? – video report Posted: 08 Nov 2017 06:03 AM PST Democrat Danica Roem is the second transgender person to be elected to a US state legislature. A former award-winning journalist, Roem took 54% of the votes to defeat Republican Bob Marshall in Virginia. She will take up office in January. Her campaign had focused largely on infrastructure, especially a road called Route 28. Roem, who is also lead singer of thrash metal band Cab Ride Home, used her victory speech to decry discrimination Continue reading... |
| Reconstructing Russia. Spirit of the past for the present | in pictures Posted: 08 Nov 2017 04:45 AM PST This project brings together 14 of the characters involved in the reconstruction of various periods of Russian history: from the 9th century until the end of the second world war. For the present, and their favourite eras they picked up hashtags — keywords that most closely express the spirit of the time |
| Democrat Ralph Northam's victory speech interrupted by protesters – video Posted: 08 Nov 2017 03:34 AM PST Democrat Ralph Northam wins the governorship race for Virginia on Tuesday night, beating Republican Ed Gillespie. Northam's victory speech was briefly interrupted by protesters demonstrating against Northam's statement that he would vote against sanctuary cities in Virginia |
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