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- Trump threatens to cut US aid to Palestinians
- North Korea reopens hotline with South hours after Trump nuclear button boast
- World's awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings
- Filipino adventurers use ancient technology to recreate historic voyage
- 'Act of treason': Fujimori pardon reopens wounds for victims of Peru's state terror
- Israel to tell African migrants: leave or face indefinite imprisonment
- At least nine deaths from cold as vast area of US gripped by Arctic chill
- Australian charged in Cambodia with locking up three women and demanding sex
- Peru: at least 46 dead after bus plunges off cliff on 'Devil's Curve' highway
- David Attenborough: I'll retire if my work becomes substandard
- Two members of Germany's far-right party investigated by state prosecutor
- YouTube star Logan Paul apologises for film of man's body in Japan
- Deaths and detentions as Cameroon cracks down on anglophone activists
- Storm Eleanor: power cuts and 100mph gusts – live updates
- UK construction growth disappoints while FTSE 100 slips despite positive Next update- live
- Life on the Congo river: boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in pictures
- Donald Trump boasts that his nuclear button is bigger than Kim Jong-un's
- Joshua Boyle, former Taliban hostage, arrested for sexual assault
- South Australian bakery salmonella outbreak climbs to 35 as nine hospitalised
- 'Worrying' clampdown on human rights: UN condemns Saudi Arabia
- Why Trump’s funding threat to Palestinians is even more dangerous than Jerusalem move
- Trump roars back from holiday break with typically divisive tweets
- South Korea offers to hold talks with North – video
- Dozens die in violent clashes across Iran - video
- Dubai adds the world's largest picture-frame to its skyline - video
| Trump threatens to cut US aid to Palestinians Posted: 03 Jan 2018 01:24 AM PST President says US gets 'no appreciation or respect' from Palestinian Authority after it recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his conflict with the Palestinian leadership, threatening to cut funding for the Palestinian Authority unless it recommences peace talks. The president's comments came after the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said during a media conference the US would cut funds to UNRWA, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, unless the Palestinian Authority went back to the negotiating table. Continue reading... |
| North Korea reopens hotline with South hours after Trump nuclear button boast Posted: 03 Jan 2018 01:14 AM PST Move raises hopes of diplomatic thaw after Kim Jong-un said he would consider sending athletes to Winter Olympics North Korea has reopened a vital line of communication with South Korea, raising hopes of a diplomatic thaw days after Kim Jong-un said he would consider sending his country's athletes to next month's Winter Olympics, to be held just south of the border. Hours after Donald Trump again baited the North Korean leader on Twitter – this time with a boast about the size and efficacy of his nuclear button – Pyongyang said it would resume communications at the truce village of Panmunjom at 6.30am GMT on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| World's awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings Posted: 02 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST With no appetite for humanitarian intervention and no support for a powerful ICC, there is unlikely to be justice in Myanmar or elsewhere A stark warning from the UN in mid-December that genocide may be taking place in Myanmar has been met by an awkward silence around the world, indicating a limited appetite for forceful humanitarian intervention, even in the most extreme cases. The persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority is beginning to resemble the plight of the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994, albeit on a smaller scale. After failing to stop the Rwanda slaughter, when up to 1 million people died, the international community vowed it would never happen again. Now, it seems, the nightmare is back. |
| Filipino adventurers use ancient technology to recreate historic voyage Posted: 02 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST Seafarers to retrace sultan's 600-mile journey across South China Sea in boats constructed using techniques from AD320 Fierce monsoons and razor-edged reefs have proved deadly for Filipino seafarers for centuries, but there are more modern dangers lurking in the ocean for a crew of adventurers planning to sail the 600 miles to China in boats constructed with techniques that date to AD320. "My greatest fear is to sail at night, because you can be run over by big ships," said Arturo Valdez, 69, who is leading the mission. Without advanced navigation equipment, the only way his team will spot oil tankers is with their eyes. "We cannot even be seen on their radar because we are made of wood." Continue reading... |
| 'Act of treason': Fujimori pardon reopens wounds for victims of Peru's state terror Posted: 03 Jan 2018 12:01 AM PST A humanitarian pardon for Peru's former strongman, Alberto Fujimori, has prompted outrage as many demand justice for the lives his regime destroyed In the darkest days of Peru's civil war, Melissa Alfaro hoped to transform her country through journalism. At 23, she got her first full-time job at the left-leaning weekly Cambio, but her dreams were cut short as the Peruvian state under then-president Alberto Fujimori fought terror with terror. Alfaro was returning to the magazine's office after a morning covering congress on Thursday, 10 October 1991, when she stopped off to pick up the mail from the porter. Moments later her colleagues heard an explosion. |
| Israel to tell African migrants: leave or face indefinite imprisonment Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:47 AM PST Rights groups condemn plan to return those who entered Israel illegally and who do not have a refugee application pending Israel is set to inform thousands of Africans who entered the country illegally that they have three months to leave or face indefinite imprisonment. The decision, opposed by rights groups, follows months of speculation over the future of both the migrants and the Holot detention facility in the Negev desert, which the government says it intends to close. Continue reading... |
| At least nine deaths from cold as vast area of US gripped by Arctic chill Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:31 AM PST
Dangerously cold temperatures across the US have been blamed for at least nine deaths. The plunge in temperature has wreaked havoc in some places, freezing a water tower in Iowa, halting ferry service in New York and leading officials to open warming centers even in the deep south. Related: Trump's call for some 'good old global warming' ridiculed by climate experts Continue reading... |
| Australian charged in Cambodia with locking up three women and demanding sex Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:03 PM PST Cambodian police allege James Bernard King refused to let the women and two children leave the house, resulting in two-hour stand-off with police An Australian man in Cambodia has been arrested and charged for allegedly locking up his girlfriend, her younger sister and her niece and then demanding sex. James Bernard King, 69, was arrested on 28 December in the coastal town of Sihanoukville, Cambodian police said in a media statement. Continue reading... |
| Peru: at least 46 dead after bus plunges off cliff on 'Devil's Curve' highway Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:25 PM PST Bus carrying 57 passengers to Lima, many returning home from the New Year's holiday, was struck by tractor on treacherous stretch of coastal highway At least 46 people have been killed when a bus fell down a cliff onto a rocky beach along a narrow stretch of highway known as the "Devil's Curve", Peruvian police and fire officials said. The bus was carrying 57 passengers to Peru's capital when it was struck by a tractor trailer shortly before noon and plunged down the slope, said Claudia Espinoza from Peru's voluntary firefighter brigade on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| David Attenborough: I'll retire if my work becomes substandard Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:01 PM PST In rare comments on subject of retirement, Blue Planet II narrator says physical problems could also force him to quit Sir David Attenborough has said he will retire from broadcasting if he feels his work has become substandard or if he can longer walk up and down stairs. The 91-year-old, who narrated the UK's most watched television programme of 2017, Blue Planet II, said his schedule for 2018 was already looking "pretty full" but he would stop working if he felt his commentary had lost its way. Continue reading... |
| Two members of Germany's far-right party investigated by state prosecutor Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:46 AM PST Beatrix von Storch's tweet calling Muslim men 'gang-raping' and 'barbaric' backed up by AfD MP Alice Weidel Two delegates of Germany's far-right party are being investigated by Germany's state prosecutor over possible incitement to hatred, after one of them accused Cologne police who had tweeted a new year message in Arabic of appeasing "barbaric, gang-raping Muslim hordes of men". Beatrix von Storch, the deputy leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), was also temporarily suspended from Twitter and Facebook as a new law forcing social media companies to remove hate speech came into force in Germany on 1 January. Continue reading... |
| YouTube star Logan Paul apologises for film of man's body in Japan Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:57 AM PST Outcry after American posts video in which he jokes with friends over apparent suicide victim they came across in forest The celebrity YouTuber Logan Paul has apologised after sparking outrage by posting a video showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan. The 22-year-old American, who has 15 million subscribers on YouTube, was labelled "disrespectful" and "disgusting" after he joked with his friends about discovering the body in Aokigahara forest, a notorious suicide spot at the base of Mount Fuji. Continue reading... |
| Deaths and detentions as Cameroon cracks down on anglophone activists Posted: 02 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST Dozens die and hundreds jailed in unrest after calls for English to be used in regions' schools and courtrooms Felix Agbor Nkongho looked over his shoulder at a secluded Yaoundé cafe. As a leader of Cameroon's growing anglophone rights movement, he had reason to be on his guard. A month previously he had been in prison in the capital, waiting to be tried under the country's new anti-terrorism laws. A prominent lawyer and activist, if convicted Agbor Nkongho would have faced the death penalty for his part in organising peaceful protests. The arrest of anglophone activists was part of the Cameroonian government's attempt to quash discontent emanating from its English-speaking regions. Continue reading... |
| Storm Eleanor: power cuts and 100mph gusts – live updates Posted: 03 Jan 2018 01:32 AM PST
The Met Office has satellite imagery of how the storm passed over the UK.
Storm Eleanor has also been lashing the Normandy coast in northern France. #tempête #StormEleanor #Eleanor #Bernieres #Calvados #Normandie #Normandy pic.twitter.com/PzHf2DQuft Continue reading... |
| UK construction growth disappoints while FTSE 100 slips despite positive Next update- live Posted: 03 Jan 2018 01:43 AM PST UK building figures show first slowdown since September, while German jobs data beats forecasts and Next Christmas trading is better than expected
Tim Moore, associate director at IHS Markit and author of the IHS Markit/CIPS Construction PMI said: The UK construction sector achieved a moderate expansion of business activity at the end of 2017, although the recovery remained uneven and slowed overall since November. Construction companies indicated that another strong contribution from house building helped to offset subdued civil engineering activity and reduced volumes of commercial work. Total new orders picked up at the fastest pace for seven months in December, which provides a positive signal for construction workloads in the short-term. Resilient demand and forthcoming project starts also led to greater job creation and the strongest increase in input buying for two years.
Here's IHS Markit's chief business economist: UK #construction #PMI at 52.2 in Dec, down from 53.1 in December UK #construction #PMI shows builders reliant on house building as civil engineering stagnates and commercial construction declines. https://t.co/X3s2kkOat9 pic.twitter.com/ekd4wJ9ilQ Downturn in commercial #construction in recent months points to falling business investment in fixed assets, linked in turn to historically low business confidence & heightened uncertainty, according to December #PMI pic.twitter.com/1WU8fPTYC1 Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Life on the Congo river: boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in pictures Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:00 PM PST In remote areas down the river from Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Tshopo province, the incidence of maternal and infant mortality is extremely high as preventable diseases are not treated. Now a programme training health workers aims to make vital medical care more accessible Photographs by Kate Holt Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump boasts that his nuclear button is bigger than Kim Jong-un's Posted: 02 Jan 2018 11:58 PM PST President intervenes with provocative tweet after North Korea leader said his own launch button was always 'on my desk' Donald Trump has taunted North Korea's leader about the size of his nuclear arsenal after his UN envoy, Nikki Haley, dismissed the value of proposed high-level talks between Pyongyang and Seoul. The US president used Kim Jong-un's New Year's Day speech as the basis for his latest provocative tweet against the leader, whom he has previously referred to as "little rocket man", saying the "nuclear button" in Washington is "much bigger and more powerful" than Kim's – "and my button works!". Continue reading... |
| Joshua Boyle, former Taliban hostage, arrested for sexual assault Posted: 03 Jan 2018 12:43 AM PST Canadian, 34, who was rescued with wife and children after nearly five years, is also charged with forcible confinement and making death threats Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man held hostage by Taliban-linked militants for nearly five years, has been arrested in Ottawa and is facing more than a dozen charges including sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering death threats. Boyle was rescued in late 2017 in Pakistan, along with his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, and their three young children, all of whom were born in captivity. The couple had been abducted while travelling through a mountainous region of Afghanistan. Coleman was more than six months pregnant at the time. Continue reading... |
| South Australian bakery salmonella outbreak climbs to 35 as nine hospitalised Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:53 PM PST Toddler among Gawler South bakery customers infected after eating products containing chicken and other fillings Confirmed cases of salmonella, linked to a South Australian bakery, have climbed to 35 with more expected as tests continue. SA Health says nine people, including two children, have been hospitalised after eating products from the Gawler South bakery, which has two outlets in Gawler, about 40km north of central Adelaide. Continue reading... |
| 'Worrying' clampdown on human rights: UN condemns Saudi Arabia Posted: 02 Jan 2018 10:11 AM PST Calls for release of dozens of prominent figures imprisoned in wave of recent arrests as UN and human rights groups speak out against crackdown on dissent Saudi Arabia faces new calls to release the dozens of people detained since September in what has been condemned as a "worrying" clampdown on human rights. More than 60 prominent clerics, writers, academics, religious figures, journalists and activists are reported to have been detained in the kingdom in a wave of arrests that began in September. Continue reading... |
| Why Trump’s funding threat to Palestinians is even more dangerous than Jerusalem move Posted: 03 Jan 2018 01:06 AM PST The US president is treating the Middle East peace process like a Manhattan property deal that he can bully to the table Donald Trump's latest intervention in the Middle East peace process – one he has already upended by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital – looks like being his most chaotic move yet. After appointing his son-in-law Jared Kushner as regional adviser and naming the fiercely pro-settlement lawyer David Friedman as his ambassador to Israel, the US president has blundered from crisis to crisis in recent weeks. Continue reading... |
| Trump roars back from holiday break with typically divisive tweets Posted: 02 Jan 2018 04:37 PM PST Trump's first day in Washington of 2018 made it clear his resolutions don't include Twitter abstention, leaving Sarah Sanders to mop up the spills In another break from protocol under Barack Obama, the White House did not release a list of the books that Donald Trump took on holiday over Christmas. The 45th president is better known for golfing and tweeting than reading. On his first day back at the Resolute desk on Tuesday, Trump made clear his new year's resolutions do not include abstention from Twitter. Between 7.09am and 1.11pm he fired off 10 messages on topics including Iran, an aide to Hillary Clinton, tax cuts, North Korea, airline safety, the New York Times, Dreamers and veterans. Continue reading... |
| South Korea offers to hold talks with North – video Posted: 02 Jan 2018 05:16 PM PST South Korea's unification minister, Cho Myoung-gyon, has reaffirmed the country's offer to hold talks with North Korea. The United States has distanced itself from the proposal while North Korea continues to pursue its nuclear weapons program. Its UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, said: 'We don't think we need to smile and take a picture' Continue reading... |
| Dozens die in violent clashes across Iran - video Posted: 02 Jan 2018 07:06 AM PST Iran's supreme leader has blamed the Islamic republic's enemies for nationwide unrest, as authorities cracked down on protests with increasing intensity, leading to nine deaths overnight. Videos posted on social networks suggest riot police and protesters are becoming more confrontational. The protests began on Thursday when opponents of Iran's moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, gathered in the country's north-east to demonstrate over economic grievances Iran's enemies to blame for unrest, says supreme leader, as nine die overnight Continue reading... |
| Dubai adds the world's largest picture-frame to its skyline - video Posted: 02 Jan 2018 02:50 AM PST Dubai adds another superlative to the list this week: it can now admire all its world record-breaking trophies through the biggest picture frame on the planet. Rising 150 metres above Zabeel Park, the Dubai Frame has a 93-metre long viewing gallery at the top of the frame, where people can walk along a glass-floored walkway and enjoy views of the city. A neon-lit 'vortex' tunnel then transports visitors to an interactive exhibition on the future of Dubai, with augmented reality displays offering glimpses of the UAE 50 years from now Dubai Frame: UAE's latest surreal landmark frames a controversy Continue reading... |
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