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- Orbán allies could use EU as cash register, MEPs say
- ANC expected to order Zuma to resign or face no-confidence vote
- 'It's humiliating': plight of Venezuelan middle class is pawn shops' gain
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf awarded $5m Ibrahim African leadership prize
- Angela Merkel defends 'painful' compromises that kept her in power
- Oxfam faces losing funding as crisis grows over abuse claims
- Cyclone Gita: Tonga declares state of emergency as storm strengthens
- Britons killed in Grand Canyon helicopter crash named
- Russian passenger plane crashes outside Moscow, killing 71
- House Democrats to 'clean up' Trump-Russia memo in bid for release
- Sweden tried to drop Assange extradition in 2013, CPS emails show
- Trump unveils infrastructure plan involving only $200bn of federal money
- Trump administration considering privatizing International Space Station
- Boris Johnson pushes Aung San Suu Kyi on Rohingya refugees
- 'Leave us alone': India's villagers rebel against urbanisation
- Poison pass: the man who became immune to snake venom
- Scottish man goes missing on brother's stag do in Hamburg
- Iranian academics demand answers over death of jailed activist
- Disconnect between US and South Korea grows amid rapprochement with North
- National MP says he was told Joyce relationship was over when he hired Campion
- Oxfam set for crisis talks with minister amid sexual abuse claims - Politics live
- Yoga for South African school children – in pictures
- 'Tunisia is finished': smugglers profit as downturn drives European exodus
- Debris from crashed Russian plane found 50 miles from Moscow – video
- Carnivals, surfers and nimble dogs: the day's best photos
- Penny Mordaunt on Oxfam: show moral leadership or lose funding – video
- The Paraty mud carnival in Brazil - in pictures
| Orbán allies could use EU as cash register, MEPs say Posted: 11 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST Hungarian PM's supporters are winning EU-funded contracts while facing little competition A European parliamentary watchdog has called for tougher scrutiny of EU spending in Hungary, as concern grows among MEPs and transparency campaigners that a class of oligarchs with ties to the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, could use the EU "as a cash register". Hungary is on course to receive €25bn (£22.2bn) from the EU in the seven years to 2021, making it one of the largest per-capita recipients of the bloc's economic development funds. |
| ANC expected to order Zuma to resign or face no-confidence vote Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:24 AM PST Special meeting convened after talks between president and Cyril Ramaphosa failed The executive body of South Africa's ruling party is expected to order Jacob Zuma to resign as president on Monday or face a no-confidence vote in parliament that he would almost certainly lose. A special meeting of the African National Congress's national executive committee was convened when it became clear that nearly five days of talks between Zuma and the deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who took over the leadership of the ANC in December, had failed. Continue reading... |
| 'It's humiliating': plight of Venezuelan middle class is pawn shops' gain Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST The country's economic crisis – inflation is set to reach 13,000% – means people are selling their jewelry to buy necessities Not so long ago, Nelly Osorio used to drive a newish car, drink a glass of whiskey every Friday night, and get a manicure at least once a month. But today she is waiting outside a pawnbroker's to sell off her jewelry. Like many members of Venezuela's dwindling middle class, Osorio, 60, has seen her life change drastically over the past two or three years. She still owns an apartment in the eastern part of the capital and as a chemical engineer, she earns 10 times the country's minimum wage (797,510 bolivars a month – about £2.40 at a black market exchange rate). But every day, she feels poorer. Continue reading... |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf awarded $5m Ibrahim African leadership prize Posted: 11 Feb 2018 06:35 PM PST Former Liberian president wins coveted prize which is only handed out if it is deemed a worthy candidate can be found A coveted $5m prize for leadership in Africa has been won by the former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The continent's first ever female head of state becomes only the fifth winner of the annual Ibrahim pPrize for achievement in African leadership since its launch in 2006, as it is only given out when there is deemed to be a worthy candidate. Continue reading... |
| Angela Merkel defends 'painful' compromises that kept her in power Posted: 11 Feb 2018 02:25 PM PST German chancellor denies her authority is on the wane after concessions made to coalition partner Angela Merkel has defended "painful" concessions she made to the Social Democrats (SPD) to win a fourth term as German chancellor and said criticism from conservatives was not a sign her authority was waning. Asked whether she was planning to groom a successor to lead the Christian Democrats (CDU) in the next election, Merkel said she wanted a younger generation from her party to fill ministerial posts in a renewed coalition with the SPD. Continue reading... |
| Oxfam faces losing funding as crisis grows over abuse claims Posted: 11 Feb 2018 12:33 PM PST Government threatens to end funding unless charity demonstrates 'moral leadership' over Haiti sex misconduct claims Oxfam was scrambling on Sunday night to contain a growing crisis over claims of sexual misconduct by aid workers before a crunch meeting on Monday that could see the charity stripped of its government funding. Related: The Oxfam row is no reason to cut foreign aid | Matthew d'Ancona Continue reading... |
| Cyclone Gita: Tonga declares state of emergency as storm strengthens Posted: 11 Feb 2018 06:34 PM PST The category four storm has already caused widespread damage in neighbouring Samoa and American Samoa and is due to hit Tonga at night The island nation of Tonga has declared a state of emergency as it braces for the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Gita, which is bearing down on the island nation after causing widespread damage in neighbouring Samoa and American Samoa. The Tongan government declared a state of emergency on Monday morning to allow its 100,000 inhabitants to prepare for the category four storm. Gita is expected to intensify into a category five storm in the coming hours, and is heading for Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia later in the week. Continue reading... |
| Britons killed in Grand Canyon helicopter crash named Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:19 AM PST Becky Dobson, Jason Hill and Stuart Hill died in accident, with four others taken to hospital The three Britons killed when a helicopter crashed into the Grand Canyon have been named as Becky Dobson, 27, Jason Hill, 32, and Stuart Hill, 30. The three died in the crash on Saturday evening, US media reported, while three other Britons – Ellie Milward, 29, Jonathan Udall, 32, and Jennifer Barham, 39 – and the American pilot, Scott Booth, were airlifted to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Continue reading... |
| Russian passenger plane crashes outside Moscow, killing 71 Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:39 AM PST Saratov Airlines flight 6W703 crashes after take off from Domodedovo airport, leaving no survivors More than 70 people died when a Russian passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Sunday, officials say. Saratov Airlines flight 6W703 was heading to Orsk, a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, when it went down near the town of Argunovo, about 50 miles south-east of Moscow. Witnesses said the plane, an Antonov An-148 aircraft, was in flames as it fell from the sky. Continue reading... |
| House Democrats to 'clean up' Trump-Russia memo in bid for release Posted: 11 Feb 2018 12:14 PM PST Democrats are prepared to black out parts of memo Trump blocked, which tries to counter GOP allegations of surveillance excesses Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are prepared to black out parts of their memo about the FBI's Russia investigation to ensure there is no harmful spilling of secrets, then try again to get Donald Trump to let it come out. Related: Trump blocks Democrats' rebuttal to Nunes memo, citing national security Continue reading... |
| Sweden tried to drop Assange extradition in 2013, CPS emails show Posted: 11 Feb 2018 09:20 AM PST UK prosecutors tried to dissuade Swedish counterparts from doing so, exchange shows Swedish prosecutors attempted to drop extradition proceedings against Julian Assange as early as 2013, according to a confidential exchange of emails with the Crown Prosecution Service seen by the Guardian. The sequence of messages also appears to challenge statements by the CPS that the case was not live at the time emails were deleted by prosecutors, according to supporters of the WikiLeaks founder. Continue reading... |
| Trump unveils infrastructure plan involving only $200bn of federal money Posted: 11 Feb 2018 02:13 PM PST Long-awaited proposal relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding Donald Trump on Monday will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan. It is a $1.5tn proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding. Continue reading... |
| Trump administration considering privatizing International Space Station Posted: 11 Feb 2018 10:39 AM PST Documents show a plan to cease funding for the orbiting lab by 2024 and pitches running ISS 'as part of a future commercial platform' The Trump administration is considering turning the International Space Station over to private enterprise, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post, and ceasing to fund the orbiting lab by 2024. While the plan doesn't not recommend "deorbiting" the 1990s-vintage space station, which is currently contracted to Boeing and costs Nasa more than $3bn a year, the Nasa documents say "it is possible that industry could continue to operate certain elements or capabilities of the ISS as part of a future commercial platform". Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson pushes Aung San Suu Kyi on Rohingya refugees Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:09 AM PST Foreign secretary tells de facto Myanmar leader refugees must return under UN supervision Boris Johnson has told Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi the UN refugee agency must be allowed to supervise the return of Rohingya refugees, saying it was clear many were terrified to return home. The UK's foreign secretary told reporters the charred homes of devastated Rohingya villages were like nothing he had seen before in his life, after visiting refugee camps in Bangladesh and northern Rakhine state in Myanmar. Continue reading... |
| 'Leave us alone': India's villagers rebel against urbanisation Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:30 PM PST Gujarat, one of the fastest urbanising states in India, seems to be doing so against the wishes of its people As you move west from the crowded old neighbourhoods of inner-city Ahmedabad, the roads broaden, buildings rise taller and BMWs line the streets. Old-timers here remember watching these wealthy, modern neighbourhoods engulf the countryside – the lush fields of wheat and corn that are now gone. Those who live in villages on the city's fringes today fear that the same will happen to them. Continue reading... |
| Poison pass: the man who became immune to snake venom Posted: 11 Feb 2018 12:00 AM PST Rock singer Steve Ludwin has been injecting himself with snake venom for 30 years. In a strange twist, his bizarre habit could now save thousands of lives. His former partner Britt Collins tells his outlandish story Sometime in 2006, when my ex-boyfriend failed to show up for dinner, I assumed something was wrong or perhaps he'd forgotten. About a week later, calling to apologise, he told me he'd had an overdose, accidentally injecting a lethal cocktail of venom from three snakes. A lot has been written about Steve Ludwin, widely known as the man who injects snake venom, and lately his life has turned into a non-stop frenzy of international journalists and film crews revelling in the seeming sheer insanity of it. Steve was once my great love; an animal lover, vegan and musician who wrote songs for Placebo and Ash, and played the Reading festival with Nirvana. In between tours and recordings he dabbled with snake venom. In his latest incarnation as a self-taught snake expert, moulding himself into the role of a lifetime, he appears as a kind of living specimen and star in a short film at the Natural History Museum's new exhibition, Venom: Killer and Cure. Continue reading... |
| Scottish man goes missing on brother's stag do in Hamburg Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:29 AM PST Liam Colgan from Inverness has not been seen since 1.30am on Saturday in Reeperbahn area The family and friends of a Scottish man who went missing during his brother's stag do in Hamburg are growing increasingly concerned for his safety. Liam Colgan, 29, from Inverness, has not been seen since about 1.30am on Saturday when he was out celebrating his brother Eamonn's wedding, for which he is to be the best man. Continue reading... |
| Iranian academics demand answers over death of jailed activist Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:49 AM PST President Hassan Rouhani urged to investigate alleged suicide of Kavous Seyed Emami Leading academics in Iran have written to the country's president, Hassan Rouhani, to demand answers after a renowned environmentalist allegedly killed himself in prison. The family of Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, a professor at Imam Sadegh University and founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, was told on Saturday that he had killed himself in prison two weeks after his arrest. Continue reading... |
| Disconnect between US and South Korea grows amid rapprochement with North Posted: 11 Feb 2018 10:44 PM PST A thawing of tensions between the two Koreas exposes cracks in the alliance between Seoul and Washington South Korea has announced it will press ahead with improving ties with North Korea, arranging family reunions between those divided by the Korean war and seeking to cool military tensions, despite the US committing to a policy of "maximum pressure" on Kim Jong-un. The announcement from Seoul's unification ministry comes a day after a high-level North Korean delegation – including Kim's sister – concluded a visit to the South that culminated in an invitation from Kim Jong-un for his counterpart Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang. Continue reading... |
| National MP says he was told Joyce relationship was over when he hired Campion Posted: 12 Feb 2018 01:46 AM PST Former whip Damian Drum tells ABC he had heard 'rumours' of a relationship in July Former Nationals whip Damian Drum says he was aware of "rumours" of a relationship between Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion when he hired her as a political staffer last July, but he had been told the affair had ended. Drum told the ABC on Monday his then chief of staff had told him there was no longer "an ongoing affair" between Joyce, the Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, and Campion, his former staffer – and he had been more concerned "about the work that she was going to do for us" than her relationship status. Continue reading... |
| Oxfam set for crisis talks with minister amid sexual abuse claims - Politics live Posted: 12 Feb 2018 02:29 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including the international development secretary's meeting with Oxfam officials
Democratic Unionist sources are indicating the much-hyped deal between them and Sinn Fein, aimed at restoring power-sharing devolved government to Belfast, is far from done. This would mean Theresa May is taking something of a gamble today by coming to Northern Ireland in the expectation a positive result is going to come out of the talks.
Any deal to restore a power-sharing, cross-community government in Northern Ireland will either be made or broken on the issue of language. One of Sinn Fein's core demands has been the creation of an Irish Language Act to give Gaelic the same legal status as English. Continue reading... |
| Yoga for South African school children – in pictures Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST Yoga4Alex is an initiative offering free yoga classes to schoolchildren living in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra, with the goal of giving students the tools to cope with stress and anxiety, and to help them achieve focus in their schoolwork and everyday life Continue reading... |
| 'Tunisia is finished': smugglers profit as downturn drives European exodus Posted: 11 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST Growing unemployment, dwindling wages and tax hikes trigger rise in illegal migration and concerns over terrorism Ahmed Souissi describes himself as a civil society activist. In a country where almost every job is unionised, Souissi is the leader of the Union of Unemployed Graduates on the island of Kerkennah: the departure point for Tunisians heading – legally and illegally – to Europe. Souissi is now employed, but his union work continues. He has seen the illegal migration business take root and flourish on his island. He describes the old fishing boats – packed with desperate, predominantly young men from across the country – making their way out of the harbour in full view of the police and national guard, groups ostensibly charged with halting them. Continue reading... |
| Debris from crashed Russian plane found 50 miles from Moscow – video Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:59 AM PST Debris from the crashed Russian passenger plane is found in a snow-covered field near the town of Argunovo, about 50 miles (80km) south-east of Moscow. The plane was carrying 71 people, all of whom are believed to have died in the crash Continue reading... |
| Carnivals, surfers and nimble dogs: the day's best photos Posted: 11 Feb 2018 07:35 AM PST The Guardian's picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, with carnivals from Brazil to the Basque Country and New York fashion week Continue reading... |
| Penny Mordaunt on Oxfam: show moral leadership or lose funding – video Posted: 11 Feb 2018 05:07 AM PST International development secretary tells Andrew Marr that the government will stop funding Oxfam if the charity fails to show moral leadership following revelations about aid workers' apparent use of prostitutes in Haiti |
| The Paraty mud carnival in Brazil - in pictures Posted: 11 Feb 2018 03:53 AM PST Teenagers playing with mud started the Bloco da Lama in 1986 and it has since become an annual event in the city of Paraty. Hundreds of people wrestle, coat each other in mud and throw it around to the sound of samba and reggaeton at a carnival beach party. Clothes are optional, but mud is not Continue reading... |
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