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- Palestinians to reject meeting with Trump as anger over Jerusalem rises
- Boris Johnson begins Iran talks over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- A million take to Paris streets for Johnny Hallyday's funeral
- Iraq formally declares end to fight against Islamic State
- Separatists squabble as ‘healing’ election leaves Catalonia even more divided
- Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats in China
- 'Maybe Putin is right': Roy Moore remark on same-sex marriage resurfaces
- At last, it’s the real thing as Italy’s skiers delight in white after years of fake snow
- Argentina deports British journalist ahead of WTO conference
- Trump attacks 'vicious, fake news CNN' after correction to WikiLeaks email story
- 'Soul-crushing' video of starving polar bear exposes climate crisis, experts say
- Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-year-old tombs in Luxor
- California governor scans wildfire damage and blasts Trump for Paris climate pullout
- Atlanta man dies and thousands lose power as snowfall hits US south
- Israeli airstrikes kill two in Gaza as fallout from Trump decision continues
- Laureates gather in Stockholm for 2017 Nobel prize ceremony
- I have witnessed two intifadas. Trump’s stance on Israel may ignite a third | Raja Shehadeh
- Princes announce Ian Rank-Broadley will sculpt new Diana statue
- ‘Collaborators and traitors’: Russia goes to war with Winter Olympics ban
- Trump Jerusalem move 'a dangerous violation' of international law, says Arab League
- Dying to get clean: is ibogaine the answer to heroin addiction?
- San Francisco sours on rampant delivery robots: 'Not every innovation is great'
- Arrest of Rio drug kingpin brings fear of power grab – and further violence
- Aftershocks detected after North Korea nuclear test moved Earth's crust
- Coalition MPs attack AGL decision to shut Liddell coal power station
- More snow to fall across UK with travel disruption expected
- Cameroon MP injured by flying debris in parliament amid anglophone crisis
- How Uruguay made legal highs work
- All Iraqi lands have been liberated from Isis, says Haider al-Abadi – video
- 'Maybe Putin is right': Roy Moore speaks to the Guardian – video
| Palestinians to reject meeting with Trump as anger over Jerusalem rises Posted: 09 Dec 2017 01:24 PM PST As the Gaza death toll mounts, France and Turkey want the US president to change his mind over recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is expected to reject an invitation to meet Donald Trump in Washington, amid a strong emerging consensus among key advisers that there are "no conditions" for dialogue following the US president's formal recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The issue of how best to respond to Trump's announcement is at the centre of a series of emergency meetings of senior Palestinian leaders, which began on Saturday. They are expected to conclude early next week with a rare meeting of the PLO central council, and have already concluded that Abbas should not meet vice president Mike Pence when he visits Israel and Palestine just before Christmas. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson begins Iran talks over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:41 PM PST Imprisonment of British-Iranian mother is crucial issue facing foreign secretary as he meets counterpart in Tehran Boris Johnson made a "frank and constructive" start to his sensitive first trip to Tehran, where he will meet President Hassan Rouhani as he lobbies for the release of a jailed British-Iranian. The foreign secretary's visit comes as concerns grow about US president Donald Trump's hostility to the landmark nuclear deal with Tehran, and deepening regional tensions, including over the Syrian war and Iran's role in the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Continue reading... |
| A million take to Paris streets for Johnny Hallyday's funeral Posted: 09 Dec 2017 07:38 AM PST French president makes emotional address calling for 'people's tribute', as singer's body is driven through capital on final journey To the blast of electric guitars, the revving of Harley-Davidsons, applause and tears, France bade an emotional farewell to 74-year-old Johnny Hallyday, France's rock and roll "national hero" on Saturday. The centre of Paris ground to a halt as the wave of national grief that had overwhelmed the country following the death of the singer, known as the French Elvis, on Wednesday morning finally broke. |
| Iraq formally declares end to fight against Islamic State Posted: 09 Dec 2017 06:10 AM PST Extremist group driven from all Iraqi territory, says prime minister, but surviving militants could launch guerrilla war Iraq has formally declared its fight against Islamic State over after three years of heavy combat, although surviving militants are widely expected to launch a guerrilla war. Isis has been driven from all the territory it once held inside Iraq, the prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced in Baghdad on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Separatists squabble as ‘healing’ election leaves Catalonia even more divided Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:02 PM PST The regional poll on 21 December that was meant to restore normality is achieving the opposite They are the elections that many believe could shape Spain's future by paving the way for Catalan independence. But divisions are emerging among the separatists – and the leader of the leftwing party ahead in the polls is floundering as she comes under scrutiny. As campaigning for the 21 December elections reaches a climax, political leaders are ignoring their traditional focus on issues such as the economy and have turned this month's contest into a race between two blocs – secessionists and constitutionalists. Continue reading... |
| Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats in China Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:05 PM PST Genetic source found for disease that killed 750 round the world Scientists have pinpointed a population of virus-infected bats, which they have linked to the mysterious outbreak of Sars disease 15 years ago. Hundreds died as the virus spread around the globe but its source was never traced. Now, after years of searching across China, where the disease first emerged, researchers reported a few days ago that they had found a remote cave in Yunnan province, which is home to horseshoe bats that carry a strain of a particular virus known as a coronavirus. This strain has all the genetic building blocks of the type that triggered the global outbreak of Sars in 2002. Continue reading... |
| 'Maybe Putin is right': Roy Moore remark on same-sex marriage resurfaces Posted: 09 Dec 2017 08:33 AM PST Moore, who leads Democrat Doug Jones in the polls before Tuesday's Senate election in Alabama, spoke to Guardian reporter Paul Lewis in August As election day in Alabama draws near, a video of controversial Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore telling a Guardian reporter "maybe Putin is right" to condemn same-sex marriage has been widely shared online. Related: 'An untimely visit': Trump avoids protest at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Continue reading... |
| At last, it’s the real thing as Italy’s skiers delight in white after years of fake snow Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:01 PM PST Dolomites resorts have had to rely on snow machines since the 1980s, but now nature has finally done the job No challenge appears insurmountable for the people who live among the dramatic and sublime peaks of the Italian Dolomites. Before a cableway was installed at Perca, a commune close to the village of Brunico in the Puster valley district, Günther Auer and his childhood friends would scale the mountain by foot to slide back down on their wooden sledges. They might not have reached as far as the 2,275-metre plateau of Plan de Corones (Kronplatz in German), which today involves an aerial gondola ride of almost 30 minutes, but back in the 1960s they were more or less guaranteed plenty of snow. "You never saw green or brown areas, it was all white," said Auer, who has been a ski instructor for more than 40 years. Continue reading... |
| Argentina deports British journalist ahead of WTO conference Posted: 09 Dec 2017 11:00 AM PST Sally Burch included on list of 63 journalists and NGO officials banned from December meeting over 'security concerns' A British journalist has been deported from Argentina after the government included her in a list of 63 people who are prohibited from attending the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference, which takes place in Buenos Aires on 10-13 December. At the capital's Ezeiza international airport, shortly before being placed by authorities on a flight back to Ecuador, where she lives, Sally Burch said: "I'm a British journalist and I'm being rejected entry to Argentina." Continue reading... |
| Trump attacks 'vicious, fake news CNN' after correction to WikiLeaks email story Posted: 09 Dec 2017 10:07 AM PST
Donald Trump on Saturday fired more shots in his offensive against CNN, after the network was forced to correct an exclusive report that had seemed to implicate his administration in a scandal involving the release of leaked documents. Related: CNN forced to climb down over Trump-WikiLeaks email report Continue reading... |
| 'Soul-crushing' video of starving polar bear exposes climate crisis, experts say Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:27 PM PST Footage from Canada's Arctic shows emaciated animal seeking food in scene that left researchers 'pushing through their tears' Video footage captured in Canada's Arctic has offered a devastating look at the impact climate change is having on polar bears in the region, showing an emaciated bear clinging to life as it scrounged for food on iceless land. Continue reading... |
| Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-year-old tombs in Luxor Posted: 09 Dec 2017 10:15 AM PST Country hopes find will boost tourism industry, which has been suffering since 2011 uprising Egypt has announced the discovery of two small tombs in the southern city of Luxor dating back about 3,500 years, a find the government hopes will help revive the country's ailing tourism sector. The tombs, located on the west bank of the Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history. Continue reading... |
| California governor scans wildfire damage and blasts Trump for Paris climate pullout Posted: 09 Dec 2017 02:21 PM PST
California governor Jerry Brown on Saturday saw for himself the "existential consequences" of huge and deadly wildfires in the state. Related: 'It was an inferno': southern Californians left dumbstruck by week of wildfire hell Continue reading... |
| Atlanta man dies and thousands lose power as snowfall hits US south Posted: 09 Dec 2017 01:58 PM PST
One man died in Atlanta on Friday night as a winter storm shrouded the south in snow, prompting power outages, cancelled flights and travel disruption in a region unused to such weather. Related: 'It was an inferno': southern Californians left dumbstruck by week of wildfire hell Continue reading... |
| Israeli airstrikes kill two in Gaza as fallout from Trump decision continues Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:05 AM PST Palestinian leaders hold emergency meetings to decide response to US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital Israeli airstrikes killed two members of Hamas in Gaza in the early hours of Saturday after missiles were fired at Israel, one of which the community of Sderot, Israeli military sources said. The peace process has been at death's door since the former secretary of state John Kerry's peace mission ended in failure in 2014. But the international community – apart from the US – is united in saying recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is disastrous for any hopes of reviving meaningful talks. The status of Jerusalem is one of the pivotal issues that diplomats and peacemakers have said must be agreed between the two parties in negotiations. Continue reading... |
| Laureates gather in Stockholm for 2017 Nobel prize ceremony Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:30 AM PST On Sunday the King of Sweden will present Nobel winners with their awards, amid criticism that this year's science prizes lacked diversity The 2017 Nobel laureates will be presented with their awards by the King of Sweden during a ceremony in Stockholm on Sunday. The laureates include three American physicists who were recognised for their contributions to the first observations of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime that were anticipated by Albert Einstein a century ago. Another trio of American scientists won this year's Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their discoveries of the biology that underpins circadian rhythms. Continue reading... |
| I have witnessed two intifadas. Trump’s stance on Israel may ignite a third | Raja Shehadeh Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:05 PM PST In recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the US president has hindered the prospect of peace in the region The relish with which Donald Trump signed the declaration recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel left me with a sense of cold resignation at the obduracy of the man. He was almost gleeful; the power he now wields enables him with the stroke of a pen to bring about historical changes to our suffering world. But I was neither surprised nor angry – those emotions having long since been spent. I have lived under Israel's occupation for 50 years and listened to many empty declarations while witnessing the Jewish settlements expand, destroying our beautiful landscape and rendering us Palestinians strangers in our own land. Israel has never had to be concerned about the formal positions that the US observed, which considered it an occupier of the territories, including East Jerusalem, it has held since 1967, nor by the oft-repeated position that the Israeli settlements are illegal. This was because these formal positions were never followed by any implementation on the part of the US. Continue reading... |
| Princes announce Ian Rank-Broadley will sculpt new Diana statue Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:34 PM PST The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry have selected artist behind the Queen's portrait which appears on UK coins
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry revealed in January that they had commissioned the statue of their mother, 20 years on from her death. Continue reading... |
| ‘Collaborators and traitors’: Russia goes to war with Winter Olympics ban Posted: 10 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST The outraged Russian reaction to the IOC's decision has been fuelled by comparisons with the great national triumph in the second world war On sulphurous television chat shows this week, Russian athletes considering competing under a neutral flag at the upcoming Winter Olympics were compared to wartime collaborators and traitors. The second world war was evoked repeatedly. "Try telling them that the flag isn't important," wrote one Kremlin-friendly journalist on Twitter, alongside a photograph of Red Army soldiers lifting the Soviet flag above the Reichstag in 1945. Related: Proxy battles by the US and Russia are taking sport back to the 1930s | Richard Williams Continue reading... |
| Trump Jerusalem move 'a dangerous violation' of international law, says Arab League Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:47 PM PST Foreign ministers says US president's decision threatens to send the region into 'violence and chaos' Arab foreign ministers have called Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital a "dangerous violation of international law" that had no legal impact and was "void". The Arab League urged the United States to abandon an announcement it said would increase unrest in the region. "The decision has no legal effect ... it deepens tension, ignites anger and threatens to plunge region into more violence and chaos," the Arab League said early on Sunday after an emergency session attended by all its members in Cairo. Continue reading... |
| Dying to get clean: is ibogaine the answer to heroin addiction? Posted: 10 Dec 2017 12:00 AM PST Ibogaine is a drug harvested from the roots of a plant found in Gabon. When all else fails, some heroin addicts have used it to conquer their cravings. But is it effective and are the serious risks it carries worth it? At the age of 12, Jay was smoking cigarettes and weed; by 16, he was snorting coke; two years later he was taking heroin and crack – but he says by the time he left university he was a "functional drug addict", able to get up in the morning, put a suit on, travel from his parents' home in north London to his job as a banker in the City. Then his marriage broke down; his health deteriorated; he got hooked on the powerful painkiller Tramadol following an unrelated operation on his stomach; and when doctors stopped that dose, he replaced it with heroin. Continue reading... |
| San Francisco sours on rampant delivery robots: 'Not every innovation is great' Posted: 10 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST Lawmakers pass regulations to cut down on delivery robots as pedestrians tire of sharing sidewalks with 'aggressively entrepreneurial wet dreams' In something of a reversal for San Francisco, a city that has served as a petri dish for disruptive innovations in recent years, lawmakers this week passed strict regulations to reduce the number of delivery robots that technology startups have introduced to the city's sidewalks. "Not every innovation is all that great for society," said the San Francisco supervisor Norman Yee, who authored the legislation. "If we don't value our society, if we don't value getting the chance to go the store without being run over by a robot … what is happening?" Continue reading... |
| Arrest of Rio drug kingpin brings fear of power grab – and further violence Posted: 10 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST Rogério da Silva was caught in an operation involving 3,000 troops and police but residents of Rocinha, the favela he sought to control, remain on edge The high-profile arrest this week of Rio drug lord Rogério da Silva – known as Rogério 157 – was not celebrated in Rocinha, the favela he once fought to dominate. Related: Rio police hail arrest of drug kingpin in 3,000-strong favela operation Continue reading... |
| Aftershocks detected after North Korea nuclear test moved Earth's crust Posted: 09 Dec 2017 06:13 PM PST Tremors picked up on Saturday probably from regime's experiment in September, US Geological Survey says Two minor tremors detected on Saturday from North Korea were probably aftershocks from the country's massive nuclear test in early September, a US Geological Survey official said. The aftershocks were magnitude 2.9 and 2.4, said the USGS and Lassina Zerbo, executive secretary of the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Continue reading... |
| Coalition MPs attack AGL decision to shut Liddell coal power station Posted: 09 Dec 2017 09:42 PM PST Craig Kelly says decision will leave state 'at risk of blackouts' while Andrew Broad says equivalent reliability 'hard to believe' Coalition MPs have attacked AGL's decision to go ahead with the planned closure of the Liddell coal power station, arguing the alternative plan reduces base-load dispatchable power. The energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, denied it was politically embarrassing and reserved criticism until the Australian Energy Market Operator reported back, but MPs including the chairman of the government's backbench committee on the environment and energy, the Liberal MP Craig Kelly, wasted no time in attacking the plan. Continue reading... |
| More snow to fall across UK with travel disruption expected Posted: 10 Dec 2017 12:43 AM PST Flights suspended at Birmingham airport and roads affected in Wales, Midlands and northern and eastern England Large parts of the UK were hit by heavy snowfall on Sunday morning as temperatures dipped and the Met Office warned of widespread travel disruption. Continue reading... |
| Cameroon MP injured by flying debris in parliament amid anglophone crisis Posted: 09 Dec 2017 08:31 PM PST Budget debate disrupted by vuvuzela horns as resentment grows among English-speaking minority over discrimination A politician was hurt by an object thrown by another MP during chaotic scenes in Cameroon's parliament in which vuvuzela horns were blown to drown out a budget debate, sources said on Saturday. Related: Cameroon soldiers shoot independence activists dead Continue reading... |
| How Uruguay made legal highs work Posted: 09 Dec 2017 04:01 PM PST The South American country's move to full legalisation of cannabis has so far proved a success, especially for its 17,391 users Every afternoon a long queue of people gathers outside a tiny neighbourhood pharmacy in Montevideo. The shop is so small that they can only be let in one at a time. It's a slow process but the mostly young clients don't seem to mind. They stand outside or sit on doorsteps chatting in groups of twos and threes as they wait their turn in the warm southern spring. A chemist inside in a green medical coat asks them each to press their thumb on a fingerprint scanner. The electronic device is connected to a central government computer that will either authorise or deny the purchase of their allotted 10 weekly grams of legal marijuana. It is a state-controlled, high quality product guaranteed to provide excellent highs. Continue reading... |
| All Iraqi lands have been liberated from Isis, says Haider al-Abadi – video Posted: 09 Dec 2017 07:38 AM PST Iraq has formally declared its fight against Islamic State over after three years of heavy combat. Isis has been driven from all the territory it once held in the country, the prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced in Baghdad on Saturday, although surviving militants are widely expected to launch a guerrilla war Continue reading... |
| 'Maybe Putin is right': Roy Moore speaks to the Guardian – video Posted: 09 Dec 2017 05:04 AM PST In a conversation recorded this summer, Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks to Paul Lewis of the Guardian about the Ten Commandments, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Continue reading... |
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