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- Children killed as train and school bus collide in southern France
- Bitter divisions over migration threaten show of unity at EU summit
- US regulator scraps net neutrality rules that protect open internet
- Russia could cut off internet to Nato countries, British military chief warns
- Delhi high court takes up lawsuit into Adani Group fraud allegations
- Nasa find first alien solar system with as many planets as our own
- 'Golden opportunity' lost as Syrian peace talks collapse
- Rupert Murdoch reshapes media empire with $66bn Disney deal
- Collusion, Kremlin control … and cows: Putin glides through annual Q&A
- Nelson Mandela’s family voice dismay at funeral corruption claims
- Bollywood sexual harassment: minister for women writes to film-makers
- Stranded migrants rescued from rocks off Turkey in dramatic operation
- Scotland Yard carrying out 'urgent assessment' after rape trial collapses
- EU leaders arrive at summit to discuss Brexit progress - Politics Live
- Iran opens first museum dedicated to female artist
- Nigerian man jailed for role in global email scams
- Former Apprentice star on leaving Trump's White House: 'I've seen things that made me uncomfortable'
- Nephews of Venezuela's first lady sentenced to prison for cocaine plot
- Boris Johnson swigs can of peach juice from Fukushima
- The child abuse royal commission didn't flinch. Can Australia show the same courage? | David Marr
- Six men sentenced to death in India for Dalit 'honour' killing
- Life on the California border: the specter of deportation never goes away
- Aerial footage of cold lava spewing from Mount Agung in Bali – video
- California's Thomas wildfire enters its second week – in pictures
- Several children killed after bus collides with train in France – video report
- Roy Moore still refuses to concede defeat in fiery statement – video
- People stranded on rocks rescued by Turkish coastguards - video
| Children killed as train and school bus collide in southern France Posted: 14 Dec 2017 11:10 AM PST
A train has ploughed into a school bus at a crossing in southern France, killing at least four children and injuring more than 20 others, nine critically. Most of the victims were reported to be aged between 13 and 17. Continue reading... |
| Bitter divisions over migration threaten show of unity at EU summit Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:04 AM PST Germany and Italy criticise proposal by European council president, Donald Tusk, who described refugee quotas as 'divisive' Divisions over migration marred a show of unity at an EU summit on Thursday, after Germany and Italy hit back at plans that could spell the end of mandatory refugee quotas. Germany, Italy and the Netherlands have led criticism of a proposal from the European council president, Donald Tusk, who has described refugee quotas as "divisive and ineffective". Continue reading... |
| US regulator scraps net neutrality rules that protect open internet Posted: 14 Dec 2017 05:36 PM PST
The US's top media regulator voted to end rules protecting an open internet on Thursday, a move critics warn will hand control of the future of the web to cable and telecoms companies. At a packed meeting of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, the watchdog's commissioners voted three to two to dismantle the "net neutrality" rules that prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from charging websites more for delivering certain services or blocking others should they, for example, compete with services the cable company also offers. Continue reading... |
| Russia could cut off internet to Nato countries, British military chief warns Posted: 14 Dec 2017 11:10 AM PST Air Chief Marshall Peach says Russian ships have been spotted close to Atlantic cables that carry communications between Europe and the US Russia could pose a major threat to the UK and other Nato nations by cutting underwater cables essential for international commerce and the internet, the chief of the British defence staff, Sir Stuart Peach, has warned. Russian ships have been regularly spotted close to the Atlantic cables that carry communications between the US and Europe and elsewhere around the world. Continue reading... |
| Delhi high court takes up lawsuit into Adani Group fraud allegations Posted: 14 Dec 2017 04:51 PM PST Indian government ordered to respond to claims energy firms conspired to siphon money from state and defraud consumers Delhi's high court has taken up a lawsuit calling for an investigation into allegations that Adani Group and other energy companies engaged in fraud that raised power prices for Indian consumers. The court has ordered the Indian government and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to respond before 7 February to the lawsuit, which claims that several mining groups inflated coal and equipment prices to siphon money from India. Continue reading... |
| Nasa find first alien solar system with as many planets as our own Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:37 AM PST Kepler scientists team up with Google AI specialists to detect eighth planet orbiting distant star Scientists on Nasa's Kepler mission have spotted an eighth planet around a distant star, making it the first alien solar system known to host as many planets as our own. The newfound world orbits a star named Kepler 90 which is larger and hotter than the sun and lies 2,500 light years from Earth in the constellation of Draco. |
| 'Golden opportunity' lost as Syrian peace talks collapse Posted: 14 Dec 2017 12:28 PM PST UN special envoy blasts Bashar al-Assad, who is 'unwilling to meet anyone with a different opinion' UN-sponsored talks in Geneva designed to end the Syrian civil war have collapsed, with a deflated special envoy Staffan de Mistura admitting "a golden big opportunity" had been missed. He largely blamed the Syria government delegation for setting preconditions on holding direct talks with the opposition, saying it would be difficult for any future talks sponsor to make progress "if the government is not willing to meet anyone who has a different opinion". Continue reading... |
| Rupert Murdoch reshapes media empire with $66bn Disney deal Posted: 14 Dec 2017 04:40 AM PST Sale of 21st Century Fox assets includes stakes in Sky in the UK and Hollywood film studio as tycoon focuses on Fox News and newspapers Rupert Murdoch has begun the breakup of his global media empire, announcing a $66bn (£50bn) deal with Disney to sell assets including his Hollywood film studio and a controlling stake in Sky. Disney is buying the bulk of Murdoch's 21st Century Fox media and entertainment business, in a significant strategic withdrawal for the Australian-born mogul after 60 years of deal-making and expansion from newspapers into film and TV. Continue reading... |
| Collusion, Kremlin control … and cows: Putin glides through annual Q&A Posted: 14 Dec 2017 08:18 AM PST 'This is not a discussion,' Russian president reminds one questioner during marathon press conference in Moscow Vladimir Putin has dismissed allegations of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's election campaign team as "invented" during his annual press conference in Moscow. "It was all invented by people opposed to Trump to make him seem illegitimate," the Russian president said on Thursday, in response to a question about repeated contacts between members of the US president's campaign and Russian officials or proxies. Continue reading... |
| Nelson Mandela’s family voice dismay at funeral corruption claims Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:26 AM PST South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog alleges £16m intended for memorial events in 2013 was stolen and misspent by officials Nelson Mandela's family have expressed "indignation and dismay" at allegations that officials stole and misspent more than £16m intended for memorial events after the anti-apartheid leader's death in 2013. South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog said last week it had found evidence that millions of dollars disappeared during preparations for Mandela's memorial and funeral. Continue reading... |
| Bollywood sexual harassment: minister for women writes to film-makers Posted: 14 Dec 2017 03:25 AM PST Producers and actors are asked to provide safer work environment, a day after actors' accounts of harassment emerge India's minister for women has written to leading Bollywood film-makers asking them to crack down on sexual exploitation in the industry after several actors went public with allegations of harassment and assault. Maneka Gandhi wrote to at least 25 prominent producers and actors urging them to "provide a safe, secure and inclusive work environment for women" in line with national laws against sexual harassment. Continue reading... |
| Stranded migrants rescued from rocks off Turkey in dramatic operation Posted: 14 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST Footage shows rescue personnel airlifting child as people wait next to partially deflated rubber dinghy on Aegean coast The Turkish coastguard has mounted a dramatic rescue operation in the Aegean Sea, saving 51 people who became stranded on rocks as they attempted to cross to Greece. Authorities intervened after receiving an emergency call at 1.12am local time. The coastguard said the rescue operation could only begin in daylight due to the rocky area and bad sea conditions. Helicopters dropped food and blankets in the night. Continue reading... |
| Scotland Yard carrying out 'urgent assessment' after rape trial collapses Posted: 14 Dec 2017 07:58 PM PST Met officers failed to disclose messages between complainant and her friends – which cast doubt on the case – until the trial was about to close Scotland Yard is carrying out an "urgent assessment" after a rape prosecution collapsed due to the late disclosure of evidence that undermined the case. The trial of Liam Allan, 22, was halted at Croydon crown court on Thursday and the judge called for a review of disclosure of evidence by the Metropolitan police, as well as an inquiry at the Crown Prosecution Service, the Times reported. Continue reading... |
| EU leaders arrive at summit to discuss Brexit progress - Politics Live Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST The EU27 is expected to agree a joint proposal from the UK and the European Commission to move on to discussions about Britain's future outside the bloc
Here is Daniel Boffey's story containing more reaction to Theresa May's speech last night and details of what is expected today: Related: Brexit talks can move on to phase two, EU expected to say
The round table on article 50 is due to commence shortly (at 10am). Talks about #Brexit transition period should begin in January, a cheerful-looking @MichelBarnier tells me as we chat during the European Council. #Barnierbantz episode 57. pic.twitter.com/7ymA7tBred Continue reading... |
| Iran opens first museum dedicated to female artist Posted: 15 Dec 2017 02:00 AM PST Museum to display works by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, who gained international acclaim during years of exile Iran has opened its first museum dedicated to a solo female artist – Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, who has received widespread international attention during decades of exile. The nonagenarian doyenne of Iranian art and friend of Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, had her first US solo museum exhibition at the Guggenheim in New York in 2015. Continue reading... |
| Nigerian man jailed for role in global email scams Posted: 14 Dec 2017 07:24 PM PST David Chukwuneke Adindu tricked victims into wiring more than $25m into bank accounts he opened in China A Nigerian man has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison by a US judge after he pleaded guilty to taking part in email scams to defraud thousands of victims around the world of millions of dollars, US prosecutors said. David Chukwuneke Adindu, 30, was sentenced by District Judge Paul Crotty in Manhattan. Continue reading... |
| Former Apprentice star on leaving Trump's White House: 'I've seen things that made me uncomfortable' Posted: 14 Dec 2017 11:21 PM PST Omarosa Manigault-Newman denies reports she had been fired from her post as an assistant to Donald Trump, and says she has 'a profound story' to share Former Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault-Newman said she had felt uncomfortable and upset in the White House as its most high-profile African American woman, as she denied reports she had been fired from her post as an assistant to Donald Trump. She also hinted strongly that she had revealing and potentially damaging stories to share from her time in the Trump administration. Continue reading... |
| Nephews of Venezuela's first lady sentenced to prison for cocaine plot Posted: 14 Dec 2017 02:56 PM PST Judge says two 'narconephews' were 'perhaps not the most astute drug dealers' when sentencing them to 18 years for conspiring to import cocaine into US Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady have been sentenced to 18 years in prison following their convictions in New York on drug conspiracy charges. The US district judge Paul Crotty sentenced the two men, Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, 32, and Efraín Antonio Campo Flores, 31, at a hearing in federal court in Manhattan. The two are cousins, both nephews of Cilia Flores, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's wife. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson swigs can of peach juice from Fukushima Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:19 PM PST Foreign secretary drinks down gift from Japan's foreign minister in attempt to show food and drink from region is safe after triple nuclear meltdown "Yum." That was foreign secretary Boris Johnson's verdict on a can of peach juice from Fukushima – a gift from his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono – during their meeting in London this week. The moment, captured by Kono on his smartphone, was intended to prove that food and drink from Fukushima is safe, almost seven years after the triple nuclear meltdown. Continue reading... |
| The child abuse royal commission didn't flinch. Can Australia show the same courage? | David Marr Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:16 AM PST The commissioners' immense work now needs all the help it can get to overcome the religious establishment It's huge. Don't believe anyone who tells you they've already absorbed its lessons. Digesting the 17 volumes of the report of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse is a work in progress for the nation. It's going to take time. Journalists and economists are given a head start on the Australian federal budget each year: a few hours' lockup to help them get on top of the budget before it's delivered. We – survivors, bishops, lawyers and journalists – should have been locked up with this for a week. |
| Six men sentenced to death in India for Dalit 'honour' killing Posted: 14 Dec 2017 10:00 PM PST Shankar, 22, was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu by a gang of men including his wife's father, because they did not approve of him marrying above his caste Six men have been sentenced to death in India for the "honour" killing of a Dalit man who had married a woman from a higher caste. Among those sentenced was the woman's father. A seventh man was sentenced to life in prison and another man was given five years at the hearing in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The convictions were the toughest recorded for such a killing in the state. Continue reading... |
| Life on the California border: the specter of deportation never goes away Posted: 14 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST As Dreamers, we face constant uncertainty about our fate. But we also have faith in people of conscience to defeat the worst of what Trump has proposed I was born in Mexico City, but I have lived just a few miles north of the Mexican border in San Diego for nearly 20 years. Yet the area between the part of the city where I was raised and the country I was born in is nearly off-limits to my family and I because of our immigration status. Driving to the mall in San Ysidro (in the southernmost part of San Diego) or visiting the nearby city of Chula Vista for my mom's job was always a risk because of Border Patrol presence. Continue reading... |
| Aerial footage of cold lava spewing from Mount Agung in Bali – video Posted: 15 Dec 2017 12:49 AM PST Cold lava was seen forming around the crater of Mount Agung, Indonesia's tallest volcano, in drone footage taken by the country's Volcano and Disaster Mitigation Agency. Cold lava flows, known as lahar, were expected to increase after the country issued its highest-level warning over the volcano's activity. The 9,800-ft (3,000-metre) volcano, which is capable of very violent eruptions, had shown a marked increase in activity in the last few weeks, stoking fears of a repeat eruption like the one in 1963 that killed more than 1,000 people Continue reading... |
| California's Thomas wildfire enters its second week – in pictures Posted: 14 Dec 2017 11:00 PM PST Thomas fire, the largest of the blazes burning in southern California, has engulfed more than 900 buildings, including at least 700 homes, since it broke out on 4 December. The fifth biggest wildfire in state history, Thomas has forced thousands of people to flee the area. Officials are warning that the threat could increase if unpredictable winds rise Continue reading... |
| Several children killed after bus collides with train in France – video report Posted: 14 Dec 2017 02:23 PM PST At least four children have been killed and almost 20 others injured after a school bus collided with a train at a crossing in southern France on Thursday. The cause of the collision is not yet known Continue reading... |
| Roy Moore still refuses to concede defeat in fiery statement – video Posted: 14 Dec 2017 07:20 AM PST Republican candidate Roy Moore still refuses to concede defeat after a bitter fight with Democrat Doug Jones, who won the Alabama Senate seat. Moore's campaign drew national attention and split the Republican party after allegations of sexual misconduct. Donald Trump had endorsed Moore in the special election and the loss was a stunning upset for him and fellow Republicans, narrowing their Senate majority to 51-49 Continue reading... |
| People stranded on rocks rescued by Turkish coastguards - video Posted: 14 Dec 2017 03:21 AM PST Turkish coastguards have mounted a dramatic rescue operation in the Aegean Sea, saving 68 people who became stranded on rocks as they attempted to seek refuge in Europe. Footage from the rescue operation showed coastguards airlifting a child as others waited on the rocks next to a partially deflated rubber dinghy. The state-run Anadolu agency has not yet identified the nationality of the people rescued but said they had been picked up from an outcrop near the coastal city of Izmir. Turkish coastguards rescue 68 people stranded on rocks |
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