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- World's confidence in US leadership under Trump at new low, poll finds
- China oil spill: warning over seafood contamination
- Embattled Schulz tries to sell coalition deal to sceptical SPD
- Delhi to put CCTV in classrooms for parents to monitor children
- Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid'
- China testing facial-recognition surveillance system in Xinjiang – report
- Norway aims for all short-haul flights to be 100% electric by 2040
- Trump accuses Russia of violating sanctions to aid North Korea
- Buses for Apple employees attacked with pellet guns, company suspects
- Steve Bannon to meet with Mueller’s investigators instead of testifying
- Czech government resigns as PM fights corruption allegations
- Puigdemont tweets video mixing clips of Spanish PM and Hitler
- Nigeria: two Americans and two Canadians kidnapped in ambush
- Islamists banned their music. Now Timbuktu is singing again
- UK gales fell trees and disrupt travel
- Tillerson: US military to maintain open-ended presence in Syria – video
- The boss, the boyfriend and the FBI: the Italian woman in the eye of the Trump-Russia inquiry
- Canada's use of lengthy solitary confinement in jails is unconstitutional – judge
- Australia Day: Tony Abbott says British settlement 'a very good thing'
- Were sex traffickers to blame for the unsolved death of Silvana Beqiraj? | Julie Bindel
- The refugee who ran at the Olympics: 'You can change the world' | Anthony Harwood
- Emmanuel Macron: a modern master of the diplomatic gesture
- The Bayeux tapestry shows Britain’s birth as a European nation | John Lichfield
- Divers discover world's longest flooded cave – video
- Rokhaya Diallo: 'En tant que femme noire, ma liberté d’expression n’avait pas de valeur' – vidéo
- Rokhaya Diallo: 'As a black woman, my freedom of speech didn't have value'
- 'I would call that torture': police chief on California captivity case – video
| World's confidence in US leadership under Trump at new low, poll finds Posted: 17 Jan 2018 10:00 PM PST
Global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, and the country now ranks below China in worldwide approval ratings, according to a new Gallup poll. The survey of opinion in 134 countries showed a record collapse in approval for the US role in the world, from 48% under Obama to 30% after one year of Donald Trump – the lowest level Gallup has recorded since beginning its global leadership poll over a decade ago. Continue reading... |
| China oil spill: warning over seafood contamination Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:07 AM PST Scientists say consumers should be wary of buying any seafood that may have passed through the area until the toxic impact of the spill has been assessed Consumers in Japan, China and South Korea should be wary of buying seafood until governments in the region have monitored and released details about the toxic impact of the Sanchi oil spill, scientists have warned. The worst oil ship disaster in decades has so far produced two visible plumes covering almost 100 square kilometres on the surface of the East China Sea, but maritime disaster experts say this is just the tip of the iceberg and millions of fish are likely to have been contaminated by carcinogens. Continue reading... |
| Embattled Schulz tries to sell coalition deal to sceptical SPD Posted: 17 Jan 2018 06:35 AM PST Germany's oldest party riven over whether to back talks with Angela Merkel's conservatives Leading Social Democrats in Germany are engaged in a fierce battle of wills ahead of a crunch vote on Sunday over whether to endorse in-depth coalition negotiations with Angela Merkel's conservatives. The party has become the focal point of a tense political drama almost four months after an inconclusive election left Germany in a state of limbo. If delegates at a special conference on Sunday vote against a grand coalition, Germany will be heading either for new elections or a minority government, neither of which is a popular choice and will leave Merkel's political future hanging by a thread. Continue reading... |
| Delhi to put CCTV in classrooms for parents to monitor children Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:18 AM PST Move follows crimes including murder of boy aged seven and alleged rape of five-year-old girl The Delhi government has announced it will install CCTV cameras in every classroom in the region and give parents access to the feed through a mobile phone app. The plan comes after several high-profile crimes at schools in and around the area including the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl by a member of staff in September and the murder of a seven-year-old boy at a private school in Gurgaon during the same month. Continue reading... |
| Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid' Posted: 18 Jan 2018 01:21 AM PST Latest find on Cyclades' Keros includes evidence of metal-working and suggests the beginnings of an urban centre, say archaeologists More than 4,000 years ago builders carved out the entire surface of a naturally pyramid-shaped promontory on the Greek island of Keros. They shaped it into terraces covered with 1,000 tonnes of specially imported gleaming white stone to give it the appearance of a giant stepped pyramid rising from the Aegean: the most imposing manmade structure in all the Cyclades archipelago. But beneath the surface of the terraces lay undiscovered feats of engineering and craftsmanship to rival the structure's impressive exterior. Archaeologists from three different countries involved in an ongoing excavation have found evidence of a complex of drainage tunnels – constructed 1,000 years before the famous indoor plumbing of the Mycenaean palace of Knossos on Crete – and traces of sophisticated metalworking. Continue reading... |
| China testing facial-recognition surveillance system in Xinjiang – report Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:16 AM PST System alerts authorities when suspects on watchlist stray from their home or workplace Chinese surveillance chiefs are testing a facial-recognition system that alerts authorities when targets stray more than 300 metres from their home or workplace, as part of a surveillance push that critics say has transformed the country's western fringes into a high-tech police state. Authorities in Xinjiang, a border region that is home to China's largely Muslim Uighur minority, have been experimenting with the "alert project" since early 2017, according to Bloomberg. Continue reading... |
| Norway aims for all short-haul flights to be 100% electric by 2040 Posted: 17 Jan 2018 04:45 PM PST It already has more electric cars than any other country in the world and also has shipping projects underway All of Norway's short-haul airliners should be entirely electric by 2040, the country's airport operator said on Wednesday, cementing the Nordic nation's role as a pioneer in the field of electric transport. Avinor, the public operator of Norwegian airports, "aims to be the first in the world" to make the switch to electric air transport, chief executive Dag Falk-Petersen said. Continue reading... |
| Trump accuses Russia of violating sanctions to aid North Korea Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:59 AM PST The president said 'Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea' in an interview, adding that talks with Kim Jong-un may not be useful Donald Trump has said that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting "closer every day" to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States. "Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea," Trump said during an Oval Office interview with Reuters. "What China is helping us with, Russia is denting. In other words, Russia is making up for some of what China is doing." Continue reading... |
| Buses for Apple employees attacked with pellet guns, company suspects Posted: 17 Jan 2018 12:11 PM PST Corporate buses, which ferry workers from San Francisco to its Silicon Valley headquarters, have become symbols of gentrification At least five buses used to transport Apple employees to the company's headquarters have had their windows smashed by what is suspected to be pellet guns during the last week. The first window was shattered on the evening of Friday 12 January, as the shuttle bus travelled from the company campus back into San Francisco. Three more were hit on Tuesday morning, followed by another suspected attack on Tuesday evening, according to an email sent to Apple staff and seen by the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Steve Bannon to meet with Mueller’s investigators instead of testifying Posted: 17 Jan 2018 01:02 PM PST Bannon is expected to be interviewed by prosecutors instead of testifying before a grand jury, after he received a subpoena Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will meet with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators, according to a person familiar with the decision. Bannon is expected to be interviewed by prosecutors instead of testifying before a grand jury. He is expected to cooperate with the special counsel, said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations. It is unclear when the interview will occur. Continue reading... |
| Czech government resigns as PM fights corruption allegations Posted: 17 Jan 2018 07:13 AM PST Reaction to no-confidence vote deepens political crisis after Andrej Babiš was accused of abusing EU subsidy scheme The Czech Republic's minority government has resigned, plunging the country into deeper political turmoil, as its recently installed prime minister, Andrej Babiš, fights allegations that he abused an EU subsidy programme a decade ago. Wednesday's resignation – a month after Babiš' appointment – came a day after the government resoundingly lost a vote of confidence it had to win to stay in office. Continue reading... |
| Puigdemont tweets video mixing clips of Spanish PM and Hitler Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:42 AM PST Source close to deposed Catalan leader says he wasn't making comparison between Spanish PM and Nazism A group representing Spain's Jewish communities has criticised a video tweeted by the ousted Catalan president that features images of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, along with archive footage of Hitler and Franco. Shortly before Catalonia's regional parliament convened to elect a new speaker on Wednesday, Carles Puigdemont renewed his attack on the Spanish authorities for sacking his government after it staged an independence referendum last October. Continue reading... |
| Nigeria: two Americans and two Canadians kidnapped in ambush Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:28 AM PST
Two Americans and two Canadians have been kidnapped in an ambush in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, in the latest abduction targeting foreigners. State police spokesman Mukhtar Aliyu said that "unknown armed men" seized the four on the road to Abuja at 7pm local time on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Islamists banned their music. Now Timbuktu is singing again Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST In 2012, jihadists took over the Malian city. After liberation, the threat is far from over – but artists are getting back on stage Gold jewellery glinting, robes changing from blue to green under the lights, the diva of Timbuktu sang of Allah, salt mines and camels. Her audience sat silently around a courtyard, watching, listening, giving nothing away. Then, as she began Sourgou, her haunting Tuareg song, two men who could no longer contain their joy leapt on stage with her. They began to dance, crowns of charms around their heads, streaming turbans following their swooping movements. |
| UK gales fell trees and disrupt travel Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:51 AM PST Gusts of 70mph-plus recorded in parts of England, and more snow falls in north and Scotland Severe gales with gusts of more than 70mph have hit much of the UK, felling scores of trees and causing widespread travel disruption. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for very strong winds for most of England. A separate yellow warning for snow and ice in western Scotland and Northern Ireland has been extended to cover northern England. Continue reading... |
| Tillerson: US military to maintain open-ended presence in Syria – video Posted: 17 Jan 2018 07:29 PM PST The US signalled an open-ended military presence in Syria as part of a broader strategy to prevent Islamic State's resurgence, pave the way for the eventual departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and curtail Iran's influence. Continue reading... |
| The boss, the boyfriend and the FBI: the Italian woman in the eye of the Trump-Russia inquiry Posted: 18 Jan 2018 01:27 AM PST Simona Mangiante, the girlfriend of ex-Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, also worked for a mysterious Russia-linked Maltese professor. No wonder Robert Mueller's investigation came knocking Simona Mangiante never expected that a flirtation that began on LinkedIn would lead to a subpoena to appear before federal agents working for Robert Mueller, the US special counsel leading an investigation into Donald Trump and the Kremlin. But the knock on her door arrived last October, on the day that Mangiante's boyfriend, George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Under the terms of his plea deal, Papadopoulos also agreed to cooperate in the ongoing criminal investigation. Continue reading... |
| Canada's use of lengthy solitary confinement in jails is unconstitutional – judge Posted: 17 Jan 2018 05:18 PM PST Campaigners hope the judgment will end the controversial practice under which some inmates have been kept alone for four years Canada's use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons is unconstitutional, a judge has said in a ruling that could end the controversial practice unless Ottawa appeals the decision. Related: Margaret Atwood faces feminist backlash on social media over #MeToo Continue reading... |
| Australia Day: Tony Abbott says British settlement 'a very good thing' Posted: 18 Jan 2018 12:00 AM PST Former prime minister says Australia must not give in to 'carping self-criticism' as Malcolm Turnbull visits Japan British settlement was a "very good thing" although not "good immediately for everyone", Tony Abbott has said. With Malcolm Turnbull in Japan meeting with his counterpart, Shinzo Abe, to discuss North Korea, security and trade, the former prime minister weighed in on the debate about moving Australia Day and praised Donald Trump's efforts in North Korea. Continue reading... |
| Were sex traffickers to blame for the unsolved death of Silvana Beqiraj? | Julie Bindel Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:00 PM PST Silvana Beqiraj left rural Albania for France, only to be found dead in a canal four years later. Now her family want answers On a bright autumn day in September 2014, the body of a woman was hauled from the Lunel canal, a stretch of water that crosses a flat, marshy area of Montpellier. French police at first assumed she had drowned. There were no signs of injury, but her nakedness was a cause for concern. The body was that of Silvana Beqiraj, an Albanian. Silvana was originally from Ndërmenas, a village in the district of Fier, an industrial town 100km from the Albanian capital, Tirana. A divorced mother of two, she had migrated to France four years earlier, leaving her young children with her parents. Another Albanian woman, Bukurie Elmazi, also from Fier, had moved to France with Silvana in 2011, having persuaded her to migrate for "better opportunities", according to Silvana's family. Elmazi identified the body. Continue reading... |
| The refugee who ran at the Olympics: 'You can change the world' | Anthony Harwood Posted: 17 Jan 2018 04:51 AM PST Refugee-turned-Olympian Yiech Pur Biel is on a mission to give displaced kids a sporting chance Being a refugee, says Olympic runner Yiech Pur Biel, doesn't mean you are nothing. Biel, a survivor of the Sudanese civil war who ran at the Games in Rio, is now leading a drive to improve sports facilities in refugee camps around the world and raise Olympic aspirations. Biel was 10 when his family's grass house in Sudan was burned to the ground. Left to fend for himself in the bush, he survived on fruit and leaves before finally reaching a refugee camp in Kenya, where he learned how to run competitively. |
| Emmanuel Macron: a modern master of the diplomatic gesture Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:27 AM PST Bayeux tapestry loan is latest example of use of symbolism to raise France's global profile Ever since the Norman era, the fine art of the meaningful gift has been at the heart of statecraft. Historically, they have ranged from a menagerie of exotic animals to fabulous jewels, but Emmanuel Macron – by first offering the Chinese a horse called Vesuvius, and now offering the British the loan of the Bayeux tapestry – has revealed himself this month as the modern master of the diplomatic gesture. Continue reading... |
| The Bayeux tapestry shows Britain’s birth as a European nation | John Lichfield Posted: 17 Jan 2018 07:11 AM PST Macron's loan isn't some 'Gallic joke' about the last time we were invaded; it's a portrait of how intimately linked we are to the continent As a British-born, adopted Norman, I am delighted that the Bayeux tapestry may be going on a short holiday to Britain after 952 years. The tapestry (actually an embroidery) is a remarkable and remarkably modern piece of art. It is often described as the "first strip cartoon" and the "first movie storyboard". Less frequently observed is the fact that it preceded television 24-hour news channels by nine centuries in its neat use of scroll bars to provide extra information above and below the main action. Related: Emmanuel Macron agrees to loan Bayeux Tapestry to Britain Continue reading... |
| Divers discover world's longest flooded cave – video Posted: 17 Jan 2018 10:01 AM PST A group of divers has connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to be the world's largest flooded cave, a discovery that could shed light on the ancient Maya civilisation. The Yucatán peninsula is studded with monumental relics of the Maya people, whose cities drew on an extensive network of sinkholes known as cenotes. Some cenotes had religious significance to the Maya, whose descendants remain in the region • World's longest underwater cave system discovered in Mexico by divers Continue reading... |
| Rokhaya Diallo: 'En tant que femme noire, ma liberté d’expression n’avait pas de valeur' – vidéo Posted: 17 Jan 2018 08:48 AM PST Journaliste et militante française, Rokhaya Diallo a été nommée au Conseil National Numérique (CNNum) à la fin de l'année dernière. Certaines de ses déclarations sur le racisme institutionnel et Charlie Hebdo ont suscité une polémique, qui a amené le gouvernement à céder aux demandes pour son éviction du conseil. Dans cet entretien avec Iman Amrani, elle revient sur le sujet et donne son sentiment sur Emmanuel Macron et la liberté d'expression. Continue reading... |
| Rokhaya Diallo: 'As a black woman, my freedom of speech didn't have value' Posted: 17 Jan 2018 05:04 AM PST Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist and activist who was appointed to the CNNum, the national digital council at the end of last year. Her appointment sparked controversy due to some of her opinions about state racism and Charlie Hebdo, and the French government bowed to pressure to remove her from the board. She speaks with Iman Amrani about what happened, how she feels President Emmanuel Macron, and freedom of speech Une version de la vidéo en français peut être visionnée ici Continue reading... |
| 'I would call that torture': police chief on California captivity case – video Posted: 17 Jan 2018 03:16 AM PST Police in California are investigating claims two parents tortured their 13 children. 'I wish I could come to you today with information that would explain why this happened,' said Capt Greg Fellows of the Riverside county sheriff's department on Tuesday. 'If you can imagine being 17 years old and appearing to be a 10-year-old, being chained to a bed, being malnourished, and injuries associated with that, I would call that torture' Continue reading... |
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