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- Russia's 'humanitarian pause' comes into effect in eastern Ghouta
- How formula milk firms target mothers who can least afford it
- Comcast challenges Murdoch with £22bn bid for Sky
- Trump renews attack on Florida deputy: 'I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon'
- Sridevi Kapoor: Bollywood star 'drowned in bath'
- EU finance head: we will regulate bitcoin if risks are not tackled
- North Atlantic right whales may face extinction after no new births recorded
- Austrian broadcaster launches libel suit against vice-chancellor
- General Franco's summer palace caught up in ownership row
- Fifth Briton dies after Grand Canyon helicopter crash
- Brussels to make public transport free on high air pollution days
- Vatican releases rare papal vestments for Met fashion exhibition
- Merkel wins CDU party's backing for German coalition deal
- Weinstein film studio expected to file for bankruptcy
- From periods to pregnancy – the sexual health crisis for Calais refugees
- Waltham Forest and Brent named first London boroughs of culture
- EU citizens are only Brexit collateral now. It’s heartbreaking for us | Tanja Bueltmann
- Vodafone to track users in Ghana to halt spread of epidemics
- Housing official says she was replaced for rejecting Carson's costly office redecoration
- Brazil military's growing role in crime crackdown fuels fears among poor
- Xi Jinping: what is behind the Chinese president’s power grab?
- Labor prepared to revoke Adani coalmine licence if elected, says Cousins
- ‘SOS’: the rainforest distress call carved into Sumatra's oil palms | Kate Lamb
- Aid agencies 'complicit in exploitation of most vulnerable', says Mordaunt
- 'It was like an explosion': the fatal rubbish landslide in Mozambique | Shaun Swingler
- So-called ceasefire in Syria has barely led to a lull | Martin Chulov
- 'A real miracle': Florida student with multiple gunshot wounds speaks of recovery – video
- Melania Trump: Florida school shooting survivors 'deserve a voice' – video
- 'I'd run in even if I didn't have a weapon', says Trump about Florida shooting – video
- Snow hits England – in pictures
- 'This country has been violated': Trump's wall ignites tensions in Arizona – video
| Russia's 'humanitarian pause' comes into effect in eastern Ghouta Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:07 AM PST First daily truce in rebel-held Syrian enclave follows days of artillery attacks and airstrikes A five-hour truce has begun in the Syrian rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta to allow people to escape the area being targeted in a fierce offensive by Syria's Moscow-backed government. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ordered the daily "humanitarian pause" in fighting from 9am to 2pm (7am to 12pm GMT) to let civilians leave the area, where government bombardment has killed hundreds since 18 February. Continue reading... |
| How formula milk firms target mothers who can least afford it Posted: 26 Feb 2018 04:01 PM PST Guardian/Save the Children investigation in deprived areas of Philippines finds companies flouting international code Formula milk companies are continuing to use aggressive, clandestine and often illegal methods to target mothers in the poorest parts of the world to encourage them to choose powdered milk over breastfeeding, a new investigation shows. A Guardian/Save the Children investigation in some of the most deprived areas of the Philippines found that Nestlé and three other companies were offering doctors, midwives and local health workers free trips to lavish conferences, meals, tickets to shows and the cinema and even gambling chips, earning their loyalty. This is a clear violation of Philippine law. Continue reading... |
| Comcast challenges Murdoch with £22bn bid for Sky Posted: 27 Feb 2018 01:34 AM PST US cable TV giant outbids 21st Century Fox's existing offer for broadcasting group Comcast is attempting to gatecrash Rupert Murdoch's takeover of Sky, submitting a rival offer to the UK broadcaster's shareholders worth about £22bn. The media and telecoms company, which owns NBC Universal and is the largest cable operator in the US, said its all-cash offer of £12.50 per share offered Sky shareholders a 16% premium on the offer from Murdoch's 21st Century Fox. Continue reading... |
| Trump renews attack on Florida deputy: 'I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon' Posted: 26 Feb 2018 11:04 PM PST The president renewed his criticism of officers outside the Florida school, while speaking to lawmakers who returned to session Monday Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of an armed sheriff's deputy who failed to enter a high school in Parkland, Florida, during a mass shooting this month, saying he would have run into the building even if he did not possess a weapon. Related: NRA and Donald Trump appear to part ways over raising age to buy rifle Continue reading... |
| Sridevi Kapoor: Bollywood star 'drowned in bath' Posted: 26 Feb 2018 06:10 AM PST Authorities say cause of 54-year-old star's death was 'drowning following loss of consciousness' Indian actor Sridevi Kapoor drowned in her hotel bath after losing consciousness, Dubai police have said. The 54-year-old, who for years was one of Bollywood's top stars, died late on Saturday while in Dubai for her nephew's wedding. Continue reading... |
| EU finance head: we will regulate bitcoin if risks are not tackled Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:52 AM PST Valdis Dombrovskis calls for global response to rise of cryptocurrencies at industry roundtable The European Union has warned that it will regulate cryptocurrencies if the risks exposed by the meteoric rise of bitcoin and its ilk are not addressed. The boom and bust of cryptocurrencies has seen some investors make millions where others have suffered heavy losses. Bitcoin, which now trades at about $9,000 (£8,000) a token but recently dropped to less than $6,000, leads the pack, rising nearly 2,000% to just under $20,000 in 2017, fuelling a global investment craze. Continue reading... |
| North Atlantic right whales may face extinction after no new births recorded Posted: 26 Feb 2018 01:04 PM PST Declining fertility and rising mortality, exacerbated by fishing industry, prompts experts to warn whales could be extinct by 2040 The dwindling North Atlantic right whale population is on track to finish its breeding season without any new births, prompting experts to warn again that without human intervention, the species will face extinction. Scientists observing the whale community off the US east coast have not recorded a single mother-calf pair this winter. Last year saw a record number of deaths in the population. Threats to the whales include entanglement in lobster fishing ropes and an increasing struggle to find food in abnormally warm waters. Continue reading... |
| Austrian broadcaster launches libel suit against vice-chancellor Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:56 PM PST ORF station took action after rightwinger Heinz-Christian Strache accused it of lying Austrian public broadcaster ORF has taken the highly unusual step of filing a lawsuit against the deputy head of the government after he accused it and its star news presenter of lying. Vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, who heads the far-right Freedom party, has long accused the broadcaster of leftwing bias. He has said he plans to ensure it must report more objectively and scrap the licence fee that funds it. Continue reading... |
| General Franco's summer palace caught up in ownership row Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:12 AM PST Local authority wants to block heir's sale and create monument to Spanish dictators' victims The Galician manor where Francisco Franco spent his summers fishing and shooting is at the centre of an ownership battle after the Spanish dictator's heirs put the property up for sale for €8m (£7m). The Pazo de Meirás, which was built in the late 19th century, was bought by public subscription and handed to Franco in 1938 as a gift from the people of A Coruña. Continue reading... |
| Fifth Briton dies after Grand Canyon helicopter crash Posted: 26 Feb 2018 02:16 PM PST Newlywed Ellie Udall, 29, succumbed to her injuries just days after her husband Jonathan Newlywed Ellie Udall has become the fifth Briton to die following a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon, passing away just days after her husband. The 29-year-old died in hospital after failing to regain consciousness, the Foreign Office said, just over two weeks after the accident at the Arizona tourist attraction. Continue reading... |
| Brussels to make public transport free on high air pollution days Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:11 AM PST The new rules will also see car speed limits cut and wood-burning stoves banned in a drive to improve air quality in the city Brussels has moved to make the city's public transport and bike share system free on the smoggiest days in a bid to drive down pollution levels and meet EU air quality directives. After two consecutive days of high particulate matter (PM) levels – defined as surpassing an average of 51-70 micrograms per cubic metre of air – buses, trams and metros would have to open their doors completely free, under new city council rules. Continue reading... |
| Vatican releases rare papal vestments for Met fashion exhibition Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:19 AM PST Theme of this year's exhibition, supported by Anna Wintour, may prove most controversial yet Spanning 25 different galleries, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's forthcoming costume institute exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, can expect to see the most ambitious exhibit the institution has ever taken on, revealed its curator Andrew Bolton on Monday at a press conference in Rome. Continue reading... |
| Merkel wins CDU party's backing for German coalition deal Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:05 AM PST Delegates vote overwhelmingly for renewing alliance with SPD Angela Merkel has moved closer to a fourth term as German chancellor after her CDU party voted overwhelmingly in favour of renewing a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD). At a special party conference in Berlin on Monday, Merkel also introduced her choice of new cabinet members, demonstrating a younger, more female team than at any time during 12 years in office. CDU delegates elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, tipped as Merkel's successor, as CDU general secretary. Continue reading... |
| Weinstein film studio expected to file for bankruptcy Posted: 26 Feb 2018 04:48 AM PST Last-ditch talks to sell the Weinstein Company for $500m have collapsed, says board Harvey Weinstein's film and TV production company is to file for bankruptcy after the sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed the beleaguered firm scuppered a last-ditch $500m (£356m) deal to save the business. The company's board said it would have to file for bankruptcy protection following the collapse of revived talks to sell to an investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, a former official in Barack Obama's administration. It branded the takeover proposal as "illusory". Continue reading... |
| From periods to pregnancy – the sexual health crisis for Calais refugees Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:06 AM PST Female volunteers for Gynaecology Without Borders are providing urgent care for women in need 'Dilva, 25, is seven months pregnant. Her blood group is Rh(D)- but her foetus' is Rh(D)+. Her antibodies are attacking her foetus' red blood cells. The baby has severe anaemia," Edwige Prel is briefing her colleague Yohanna Depierre, who is driving an ambulance down the motorway to Grande-Synthe, a commune in the third-largest suburb of Dunkirk, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Prel and Depierre are both midwives who have given up 14 days of annual leave to volunteer for Gynaecology Without Borders (known as Gynécologie Sans Frontières, GSF). Founded in 1995, the French non-profit organisation provides emergency medical aid to women affected by conflict, epidemics and natural disasters. GSF's midwives and gynaecologists have worked on missions across the world, from Afghanistan and Bangladesh to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and, since 2015, in the Pas-de-Calais, France. Continue reading... |
| Waltham Forest and Brent named first London boroughs of culture Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST Two boroughs will each receive £1.35m in project inspired by European capital of culture scheme Waltham Forest and Brent have been named as the first London boroughs of culture, each receiving £1.35m of funding. The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, announced the two winners on Tuesday morning, which were chosen from the 22 London boroughs that submitted a bid. Ten boroughs did not enter the competition. Continue reading... |
| EU citizens are only Brexit collateral now. It’s heartbreaking for us | Tanja Bueltmann Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST Tory headliners cheered a fall in net migration from Europe, despite it causing harm – while we remain ignored, in limbo There are many Brexit realities – not that you would know from the way that the government avoids addressing them. One that stands out is the speed at which goalposts are moved, and new demands are made by hardline Brexiters. Every move, every new demand more reckless and harmful than the last. The lure to push for more and more has become the Brexit hardliners' raison d'être. Whatever we may once have considered as common understandings in British political culture and public debate has been eroded by lies and impossible demands that translate into click-bait headlines, distracting from the real issues. Continue reading... |
| Vodafone to track users in Ghana to halt spread of epidemics Posted: 26 Feb 2018 05:41 AM PST Company will have to be careful it does not breach people's anonymity, says data expert Vodafone is partnering with the government of Ghana to share the movements of its customers to help track and contain the spread of epidemics such as the Ebola virus. The charitable arm of the mobile phone company said it would provide real-time tracking data from its 8.7 million customers in Ghana, which could provide invaluable information on population movements during an outbreak. Continue reading... |
| Housing official says she was replaced for rejecting Carson's costly office redecoration Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST Department's ex-chief administrative officer says she was replaced by a Trump appointee and told '$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair' A senior career official in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has alleged that she was demoted and replaced with a Donald Trump appointee after refusing to break the law by funding an expensive redecoration of Ben Carson's office. Related: Trump at CPAC: the invasion of the body snatchers is complete Continue reading... |
| Brazil military's growing role in crime crackdown fuels fears among poor Posted: 27 Feb 2018 12:01 AM PST Amid questions over government involvement in an incident that left eight dead, some say things are only getting worse: 'The people who should be protecting us are killing us' Police with automatic rifles slung around their necks stood behind an armoured car near the entrance of the Salgueiro favela, a half-hour drive from Rio across the Guanabara Bay. Nearby, Joelma Milanes, 38, cried as she recalled the night last November when she and her husband found her son Márcio Sabino, 21, lying dead with several others after a police and army operation. Continue reading... |
| Xi Jinping: what is behind the Chinese president’s power grab? Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:05 AM PST Xi wants to be his country's 'unrivalled helmsman' but what does this mean for China and the rest of the world? What's Xi up to? By moving to abolish presidential term limits this week, Xi Jinping has obliterated any lingering doubts over his desire to remain China's "unrivalled helmsman" for many years to come. |
| Labor prepared to revoke Adani coalmine licence if elected, says Cousins Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:11 AM PST Former ACF head says Bill Shorten faced party resistance but assured him Labor would take a tough line on Queensland project Businessman and environmentalist Geoff Cousins says Bill Shorten gave him clear and repeated signals that Labor intended to harden its opposition to the controversial Adani coalmine, including promising to revoke the licence for the project if the ALP won the next federal election. Cousins, a former president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, who accompanied Shorten to north Queensland in January to explore the various policy options for the Adani project, used a television interview on Tuesday night to publicly blast him for a lack of leadership. Continue reading... |
| ‘SOS’: the rainforest distress call carved into Sumatra's oil palms | Kate Lamb Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:30 PM PST With his chainsaw-wielding crew, artist Ernest Zacharevic has emblazoned a cry for help across an oil palm plantation, highlighting Indonesia's deforestation Dramatically carved into the landscape of a Sumatran oil palm plantation that borders one of the world's most unique rainforests are three ominous letters: SOS. The message stretches half a kilometre alongside a snaking river; a bird's-eye view gives the eerie sense the land has been given voice, and is issuing a mayday. |
| Aid agencies 'complicit in exploitation of most vulnerable', says Mordaunt Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:57 AM PST International development secretary urges aid groups to deliver on promises, while Save the Children's head dismisses reports he was made to step aside from a review into handling of complaints The international development secretary said the "grotesque" sexual exploitation of the most vulnerable by aid workers was caused by Britain's failure in its duty to put aid beneficiaries first. The scandal has shown that aid organisations have become complicit in the exploitation of people they were supposed to help, Penny Mordaunt said. |
| 'It was like an explosion': the fatal rubbish landslide in Mozambique | Shaun Swingler Posted: 26 Feb 2018 03:50 AM PST Sixteen people died last week when heavy rains triggered a collapse on Maputo's landfill, leading to calls for the mayor's resignation, and exposing the grim realities of life in one of the poorest parts of the city Last Monday at 3am, rain pummelled Mozambique's capital. The country has a notorious wet season and in recent weeks many residents had complained of the high rainfall. In Hulene, an impoverished neighbourhood 10km from the city centre, lies the Hulene dump: a 17-hectare (42-acre) mountain of rubbish that towers 15 metres above the people who have made their homes on its fringes. |
| So-called ceasefire in Syria has barely led to a lull | Martin Chulov Posted: 26 Feb 2018 07:28 AM PST The UN has failed to prevent the suffering – or even slow it down. The wording of its resolution let Russia resume bombing within hours When a UN-backed Syrian ceasefire was announced on Saturday, residents of Ghouta again took cover, fearing that what would come next would be anything but peace. Nearly two days later, with more bodies dug from the ruins, more slain children wrapped in burial shrouds, Russian and Syrian warplanes still menacing the skies and claims of another chlorine attack, it's clear the so-called ceasefire has barely led to a lull. |
| 'A real miracle': Florida student with multiple gunshot wounds speaks of recovery – video Posted: 26 Feb 2018 01:55 PM PST Madeleine Wilford, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida, who was believed dead by first responders following the massacre earlier this month, speaks about her recovery from multiple gunshot wounds. Her father, David, described her experience as a 'real miracle' Continue reading... |
| Melania Trump: Florida school shooting survivors 'deserve a voice' – video Posted: 26 Feb 2018 11:13 AM PST In her first public address of 2018, Melania Trump praises children across the US 'using their voices to try to create change', following the Florida school shooting in which 17 people were killed. Speaking about the massacre for the first time, the first lady said of the child activists: 'They're our future and they deserve a voice' Continue reading... |
| 'I'd run in even if I didn't have a weapon', says Trump about Florida shooting – video Posted: 26 Feb 2018 10:33 AM PST Donald Trump lambasts the armed deputy who did not confront the Florida school shooter earlier this month, remarking that he would have run into the building even if he did not possess a weapon. Speaking to lawmakers at the White House on Monday, Trump repeated his call to arm school personnel to 'harden' schools Continue reading... |
| Snow hits England – in pictures Posted: 26 Feb 2018 08:44 AM PST Heavy snow has hit Britain with warnings of disruption to roads and public transport. Some parts of the country are set to feel colder than the Arctic Circle as freezing temperatures continue into the week ahead. Train services are expected to be cancelled or delayed as the snow sets in. Amber warnings of snow have been issued by the Met Office for north-east, central and south-eastern England on Tuesday, and eastern Scotland on Wednesday Continue reading... |
| 'This country has been violated': Trump's wall ignites tensions in Arizona – video Posted: 26 Feb 2018 02:45 AM PST As Donald Trump seeks congressional support for his border wall, the Guardian's Paul Lewis meets Joe Arpaio, the controversial Arizona sheriff recently pardoned by Trump, and other local Republicans who are enraged over what they describe as an 'invasion' from Mexico. But he discovers a very different view among the Tohono O'odham Nation, a Native American tribe with members on both sides of the border Continue reading... |
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