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- Two Palestinians shot dead and one critical in riots after Trump speech
- Islamist attack kills at least 15 UN peacekeepers and five soldiers in DRC
- Polish MPs pass judicial bills amid accusations of threat to democracy
- Ukrainian police recapture former Georgian president Saakashvili
- CNN forced to climb down over Trump-WikiLeaks email report
- Ashamed Brazilian clown to leave Congress in disgust at colleagues
- A crime against fashion? Why Montreal police donned colourful cargo pants
- When Harry met Meghan: it’s every Richard Curtis movie rolled into one
- We need to plan for Russia after Putin | Natalie Nougayrède
- Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband 'biting his nails' over Johnson Iran visit
- The end of prisons visits: US jails replace face-to-face contact with video calls
- Anti-Muslim train attack leaves Canadians wondering: why did just one man help?
- 'Mao did not say it': Australian PM's quote falls foul of China experts
- 'A really happy morning': first same-sex couples register intent to marry in Australia
- 'It was an inferno': southern Californians left dumbstruck by week of wildfire hell
- Perfect match: website gives academic refugees chance to connect
- Jacinda Ardern: Australia education policy penalising New Zealanders will backfire
- In a class of its own: New Zealand school with no students vows to stay open
- Modern slavery: call for independent commissioner to ask 'hard questions'
- Greens warn about Australia’s joint exercise with Saudi navy near Yemen
- UK government must sign UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons now | Letters
- Differing views on Jerusalem as a capital | Letters
- Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops in West Bank – video
- Women in sub-Saharan Africa forced into sex to pay hospital bills, study says
- The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect
- 'We want Roy Moore': Trump endorses controversial candidate at rally - video
- Gay man denied marriage license by Kentucky clerk is running to take her job - video
- Why are California’s wildfires so out of control? – video explainer
| Two Palestinians shot dead and one critical in riots after Trump speech Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:43 PM PST Palestinian worshippers and Israeli troops clash as Muslims protest against Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital Two Palestinians have been shot dead in Gaza by the Israeli army, the first people killed in clashes that began after Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank as worshippers throughout the Muslim world took to the streets after the weekly Friday midday prayers to vent their fury at Trump's decision. A third man was in a critical condition after being shot in the head during the clashes. Continue reading... |
| Islamist attack kills at least 15 UN peacekeepers and five soldiers in DRC Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:09 AM PST António Guterres, UN secretary general, described the attack by an Islamist extremist group as a 'war crime' Heavily armed militants have killed at least 15 peacekeepers and five soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in one of the worst attacks on United Nations personnel in recent memory. More than 50 peacekeepers were left wounded after fighters from a local Islamist extremist group overran a remote base in the east of the vast central African country after hours of confused fighting late on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Polish MPs pass judicial bills amid accusations of threat to democracy Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:58 AM PST Opponents see bills as an erosion of judicial independence under populist Law and Justice party The Polish parliament has approved government proposals to hand the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) effective control of judicial appointments and the supreme court, in a move seen by critics as an erosion of judicial independence. The government describes the plans as a necessary means to speed up the process of issuing judgments and to break what it describes as the grip of a "privileged caste" of lawyers and judges. But a coalition of civil society groups has warned that Poland will "definitively cease to be a democratic state of law" once the legislation is approved by the senate and the president, and becomes law. |
| Ukrainian police recapture former Georgian president Saakashvili Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:42 PM PST Opposition leader had been detained in Kiev on Tuesday but was freed by supporters Ukrainian police have recaptured the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who was freed from police custody by his supporters in dramatic scenes earlier this week. The development is the latest twist in a long feud between the Ukrainian authorities and Saakashvili, who has turned on his one-time patron President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of corruption and calling for his removal from office. Continue reading... |
| CNN forced to climb down over Trump-WikiLeaks email report Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:18 AM PST Network said Trump had received email that offered hacked WikiLeaks files – but CNN got date wrong and later admitted material was already in public sphere CNN was forced to climb down from a report Friday that an encryption key allowing access to hacked content had been emailed to Donald Trump and aides two months before the presidential election. Such a key had been emailed, the cable network said in a corrected report, but the material it gave access to was already in the public sphere, and not previously unseen as an initial CNN report suggested. Continue reading... |
| Ashamed Brazilian clown to leave Congress in disgust at colleagues Posted: 08 Dec 2017 02:41 AM PST Tiririca lambasts fellow congressmen and women for widespread graft and laziness in speech ending seven-year political career A clown who has twice been elected to Brazil's Congress under the slogan "It can't get any worse" has said he is too embarrassed by his fellowpoliticians to run again. Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, known as Tiririca, this week has said he is ashamed of his colleagues – more than half of whom are reportedly under investigation for corruption – and will not run again in 2018. Continue reading... |
| A crime against fashion? Why Montreal police donned colourful cargo pants Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:43 AM PST Forbidden from striking, officers in Montreal's 4,600-strong police force wore non-regulation colourful cargo pants, checkered clown trousers and animal-print leggings in their three-year fight over pensions. They won a 20% pay rise At the intersection of Saint Catherine Street and Stanley Street in downtown Montreal, it was hard to miss the group of police officers, standing outside the station, watching for jaywalkers. But the first thing you noticed was not the badges or the guns, but their fluorescent camouflage-print trousers. This was not the official uniform of Montreal's 4,600-person strong police force, the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal, or SPVM. Since July 2014 most officers have worn colourful trousers in protest against stagnant pay and proposed cuts to their pensions, over which they had been locked in a lengthy dispute with city hall. They said that since they had no right to strike, wearing camo-print trousers was the only way to express their unhappiness. Continue reading... |
| When Harry met Meghan: it’s every Richard Curtis movie rolled into one Posted: 09 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST Stop me if you've heard this one before: a charming English posho wants to find love, but British girls just don't come up to snuff Now that we are in the holiday season, it feels entirely apt that the whole world is captivated by the most Richard Curtis storyline of all time, gazumping even Love Actually. Stop me if you've heard this one before: a charming English posho wants to find love, but British girls just don't come up to snuff. Then along comes a glamorous American actress: she teaches him to share his feelings, he teaches her the value of real things, like roast chicken dinners with one's friends from Eton. Ignoring the stuffy naysayers, he declares that he loves her, the country cheers and end credits roll. I speak, of course, of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. And while I don't have proof that Harry proposed in the rain, if he did I'm betting that Meghan didn't notice. (July 1, 2016) Continue reading... |
| We need to plan for Russia after Putin | Natalie Nougayrède Posted: 08 Dec 2017 10:00 PM PST The president says he'll stand again. But as the fall of the Soviet Union showed, the unexpected can happen Vladimir Putin has announced he will be running for re-election next March. He has no serious challengers. Another six-year term lies ahead. None of this is a surprise, but it raises the question of where Russia is heading, and how to deal with it. Related: Dubious polls and murky media: the truth behind Vladimir Putin's popularity | Maxim Trudolyubov Continue reading... |
| Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband 'biting his nails' over Johnson Iran visit Posted: 08 Dec 2017 04:01 PM PST Anxious Richard Ratcliffe hopes his wife Nazanin could be home for Christmas following foreign secretary's intervention The husband of a British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail sentence in Tehran said he was "waiting on tenterhooks and biting his nails" as the UK foreign secretary arrives in the Iranian capital for a rare visit billed as his best chance to lobby for her release. Boris Johnson, who was due to make his first visit to Tehran on Saturday for a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said before his trip that he hoped it would be "constructive" and that he was going to discuss a series of crucial issues, including the conflict in Yemen. Continue reading... |
| The end of prisons visits: US jails replace face-to-face contact with video calls Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:01 AM PST It's been described as 'Skype for the jailed' and is being sold as safer and more convenient. But it begs the question: are in-person visits a human right? One sunny day in October, at the Jefferson Parish correctional center just across the river from downtown New Orleans, Tiffany Burns, 34, was visiting her boyfriend. The pair had been dating for almost two years and were still giggly in love when a late July knock on the door sent him away. Scooped up by the police after being accused of robbing a suburban bank at gunpoint, Chrishon Brown, 37, was sent to the correctional center while his case worked its way through the court. Continue reading... |
| Anti-Muslim train attack leaves Canadians wondering: why did just one man help? Posted: 09 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST When a man allegedly assaulted Noor Fadel, 18, on a busy train, most passengers remained silent – raising concern over the 'bystander effect' After a 46-year-old man was charged with assaulting a Muslim teenager on a busy commuter train in Vancouver, Canadians are asking why just one person stepped in to help her. Noor Fadel, 18, was speaking to a friend on the phone as she headed home from work on Monday. "All of a sudden you just hear some dude start saying these words," Fadel told CKNW 980. "I wasn't paying attention to him until he actually got up. He had a very aggressive look on his face." Continue reading... |
| 'Mao did not say it': Australian PM's quote falls foul of China experts Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:20 PM PST Malcolm Turnbull said Mao founded China using the phrase 'the Chinese people have stood up', a widely held view that might not be entirely correct Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull dusted off his Mandarin and doffed his hat to Chairman Mao on Saturday as he hit back at Chinese meddling in his country's politics. Related: Turnbull says Australia will 'stand up' to China as foreign influence row heats up Continue reading... |
| 'A really happy morning': first same-sex couples register intent to marry in Australia Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:35 PM PST Registry of births, deaths, and marriages in Sydney puts on extra staff to help same-sex couples lodge their notice It has been four years since Daniel proposed to Daniel on a lantern-lit cliffside in Bali. The pair had been inseparable since they met three years earlier, when they found each other on a night out and fell instantly in love. Continue reading... |
| 'It was an inferno': southern Californians left dumbstruck by week of wildfire hell Posted: 09 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST Residents of the picturesque town of Ojai and nearby Ventura describe their horror at the pace and ferocity of wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area When the firestorm ravaging southern California came to the idyllic mountain farmland of the upper Ojai valley, 90 minutes' drive northwest of Los Angeles, Deon de Wet thought he was ready. He had thick firemen's hoses with brass nozzles set up around his property, a farmhouse which doubles as a yoga studio and healing centre. He was dressed in a thick coat and winter muffler which he doused with water so he could withstand intense heat, if necessary, to defend the home that he and his wife have enjoyed for the past nine years. Continue reading... |
| Perfect match: website gives academic refugees chance to connect Posted: 09 Dec 2017 12:00 AM PST German professor Carmen Bachmann used template of a dating site to allow users to network with other people in their field When a record number of asylum seekers and refugees arrived in Germany two years ago, Carmen Bachmann was one of many in the country who felt compelled to help the newcomers settle in. She did not rush down to greet them with welcome signs or pledge to volunteer at refugee camps. Instead Bachmann, 41, a Leipzig University professor, turned into something of a matchmaker. She created a website, Chance for Science, to connect refugee academics with German counterparts across a broad range of disciplines. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern: Australia education policy penalising New Zealanders will backfire Posted: 08 Dec 2017 11:24 PM PST New Zealand PM calls for fairer treatment during first meeting with Labor counterpart Bill Shorten New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has urged Australia to give its citizens "equitable treatment" in higher education, while meeting opposition leader Bill Shorten for the first time since her election. Ardern and Shorten met in Auckland on Saturday, and spoke to the media briefly about the treatment of New Zealanders in Australia. Continue reading... |
| In a class of its own: New Zealand school with no students vows to stay open Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:31 PM PST Tuturumuri school is surviving on savings in case any parents want to give their children the highest staff-to-student ratio in the country A school in a rural New Zealand that has no students has pledged to stay open for as long as possible in case a new pupil wants to enrol. Tuturumuri school in Wairarapa in the North Island has been without any children for the last term and has no new children scheduled to start in the new year. Continue reading... |
| Modern slavery: call for independent commissioner to ask 'hard questions' Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:41 PM PST Slavery inquiry report says Australia's visa regime for foreign workers should be 'urgently reviewed' to prevent exploitation An independent anti-slavery commissioner would "ask the hard questions" on slave labour in Australia, campaigners say, while urging the federal government to act on the recommendations of a broad-ranging inquiry. The inquiry report, titled Hidden in Plain Sight and tabled before parliament on Thursday, also said Australia's visa regime for foreign workers – including working holidaymakers, seasonal workers, skilled (457) visa holders, and international students – should be "urgently reviewed" to prevent those workers being exploited, underpaid or forced to work in dangerous conditions. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Greens warn about Australia’s joint exercise with Saudi navy near Yemen Posted: 08 Dec 2017 01:00 PM PST Whish-Wilson says operation was planned rather than occurring 'opportunistically' as Marise Payne has described A controversial Australian naval exercise conducted with Saudi Arabia's navy in the midst of the blockade of Yemen may be the beginning of more joint exercises between the two militaries, the Greens have warned. Documents relating to a joint training exercise conducted on 14 August linked to Operation Manitou, a longstanding joint military operation in the Middle East, show the exercise was planned rather than occurring "opportunistically", as Australia's defence minister had claimed, the Greens say. Continue reading... |
| UK government must sign UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons now | Letters Posted: 08 Dec 2017 11:06 AM PST As Ican prepares to accept the Nobel peace prize for its work on focusing the world's attention on the damage that nuclear weapons do, it is imperative that the UK government commits to a world free of them, say the 17 signatories to a letter to the Guardian The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) will receive the Nobel peace prize in Oslo on Saturday for focusing the world's attention on the damage that nuclear weapons do, and for its work to persuade states to negotiate the UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, whose adoption the majority of the world's states have supported. Nuclear weapons cause indiscriminate death, unimaginable, long-lasting suffering and irreparable environmental damage. No responsible state with respect for human life can justify retaining them. However, the UK government has not only refused to sign the treaty, but has remained actively hostile to it – despite the government's stated commitment to a world free from nuclear weapons. There are no safe hands for unsafe weapons. As UK partners of Ican, we call on the government to work towards joining this treaty as soon as possible. • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Differing views on Jerusalem as a capital | Letters Posted: 08 Dec 2017 11:05 AM PST Palestinian claims to Jerusalem as their capital have no basis in fact or history, says Joshua Rowe. Trump and Netanyahu know the west's response is all wind and fury, says Christopher Sterling. It's hard to argue with Israel's assertion that Trump is simply acknowledging the reality, says Leon Rosselson I refer to your numerous frenzied articles about the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. How brave and courageous of President Trump to confirm the Jerusalem Embassy Act passed by Congress in 1995. Jerusalem has been the capital of a Jewish state for some 3,000 years so such a recognition is long overdue. Indeed, it was President Obama who declared Jerusalem the "eternal capital of the Jewish people". While the city is holy to all faiths and this is something Israel respects (something the Arabs never did when they had control of the old city between 1948 and 1967), Palestinian claims to Jerusalem as their capital have no basis in fact or history. There has never been a Palestinian entity or nation in history, let alone a Palestinian capital city. Continue reading... |
| Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops in West Bank – video Posted: 08 Dec 2017 09:42 AM PST Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Friday during protests against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. In Gaza, two Palestinians were shot dead and one protester was seriously injured. The clashes erupted as Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, prepared for 24 hours of urgent consultations with other Palestinian factions, including Hamas, which were expected to conclude with the cutting of ties with US peace negotiators and the cancellation of a planned visit by the US vice-president, Mike Pence, later this month • Palestinians shot dead in Gaza as protesters clash with Israeli troops in West Bank Continue reading... |
| Women in sub-Saharan Africa forced into sex to pay hospital bills, study says Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:12 AM PST Patients too poor to settle medical debts are chained to drainpipes, starved and abused in health centres across parts of Africa and Asia, report reveals Hospitals are detaining hundreds of thousands of people against their will every year – many of them mothers and their newborn babies – simply because they are too poor to pay their medical bills, a study has found. The practice, which is widespread across parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, sees patients chained to drainpipes, starved and abused, and forced to perform sexual acts in exchange for cash to pay off their bills, according to the paper published by Chatham House this week. |
| The surprising factors driving murder rates: income inequality and respect Posted: 08 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST Inequality predicts homicide rates 'better than any other variable', says an expert – and it is linked to a highly developed concern for one's own status A 17-year-old boy shoots a 15-year-old stranger to death, apparently believing that the victim had given him a dirty look. A Chicago man stabs his stepfather in a fight over whether his entry into his parents' house without knocking was disrespectful. A San Francisco UPS employee guns down three of his co-workers, then turns his weapon on himself, seemingly as a response to minor slights. These killings may seem unrelated – but they are only a few recent examples of the kind of crime that demonstrates a surprising link between homicide and inequality. Continue reading... |
| 'We want Roy Moore': Trump endorses controversial candidate at rally - video Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:41 PM PST Donald Trump endorses Senate candidate Roy Moore at a Florida rally, warning that rival Doug Jones is a 'liberal Democrat' who would be 'completely controlled' by Democrat party leaders. 'So get out and vote for Roy Moore,' Trump tells the cheering crowd Continue reading... |
| Gay man denied marriage license by Kentucky clerk is running to take her job - video Posted: 08 Dec 2017 08:18 AM PST Kim Davis, the town clerk of Rowan county in Kentucky, hit the headlines when she was briefly jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licences. Now, one of the people she refused to license, Prof David Ermold, is standing for election against her in 2018. As part of the democratic process, the two came face to face at Rowan county courthouse for Ermold to register his candidacy. After shaking hands with Ermold, Davis said: 'May the best candidate win.' US clerk Kim Davis faces gay man she would not let marry in election Continue reading... |
| Why are California’s wildfires so out of control? – video explainer Posted: 08 Dec 2017 06:18 AM PST The state of California has faced a number of powerful wildfires this year, some of them covering thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of homes. Fire services are struggling to bring them under control. But what's making them so ferocious? Continue reading... |
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