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- Jared Kushner has access to top secret intelligence withdrawn
- North Korea sent Syria missile and chemical weapon items, says UN report
- Ce*sored! China bans letter N (briefly) from internet as Xi Jinping extends grip on power
- Arctic warming: scientists alarmed by 'crazy' temperature rises
- Afghan president offers to recognise Taliban to end war
- Kosovo: Top war crimes prosecutor forced to leave amid US state department inertia
- Papua New Guinea: at least 16 dead after strongest ever earthquake hits
- Price panic triggers run on toilet paper in Taiwan
- Japan unveils Tokyo 2020 Olympics superhero mascots
- Qatar stadium where UK worker died was 'downright dangerous'
- Indonesia: Christians flogged in public for playing banned children's game
- German court rules cities can ban diesel cars to tackle pollution
- What would the ultimate child-friendly city look like?
- Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks plundered off Indonesia
- UK weather: 'beast from the east' batters Britain for second day – live updates
- World’s oldest art is in Africa, not Europe | Letters
- Chile student protest leaders send support to Florida gun campaigners
- British woman jailed for 28 years for 'bucket list' murder in Australia
- Queer Britain museum 'an overdue resource'
- Wednesday briefing: Ex-Trump aide makes plea deal in Russia inquiry
- 'Aid staff would pay more': sex workers in Haiti speak out
- Why we're psychologically hardwired to blame the victim
- Putin concludes 'no price to pay’ for Russia cyber attacks, says NSA chief – video
- 'The left is creating a crisis': conservative activists respond to Florida shooting
| Jared Kushner has access to top secret intelligence withdrawn Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:59 PM PST
Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded, according to reports on Tuesday, leaving the senior adviser and son-in-law to Donald Trump without direct access to top secret intelligence and sensitive documents that include the president's daily brief. Kushner and the aides previously held what is known as Top Secret/SCI-level clearances, which provided them with unfettered access to classified information and some of the country's most guarded secrets. Continue reading... |
| North Korea sent Syria missile and chemical weapon items, says UN report Posted: 28 Feb 2018 12:44 AM PST Leaked sanctions panel paper says 40 items sent that could be used in arms programmes North Korea sent Syria more than 40 items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programmes in the five years from 2012-17, a leaked UN report has said. The panel of experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea said its investigations into Pyongyang's transfer of prohibited ballistic missile, conventional arms and dual use goods found the previously unreported shipments. Continue reading... |
| Ce*sored! China bans letter N (briefly) from internet as Xi Jinping extends grip on power Posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:11 PM PST Amid fallout from the decision to allow Xi to be president for life, censors also crack down on letters, phrases and George Orwell's Animal Farm It is the 14th letter in the English alphabet and, in Scrabble, the springboard for more than 600 8-letter words. But for the Communist party of China it is also a subversive and intolerable character that was this week banished from the internet as Chinese censors battled to silence criticism of Xi Jinping's bid to set himself up as ruler for life. Continue reading... |
| Arctic warming: scientists alarmed by 'crazy' temperature rises Posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:15 AM PST Record warmth in the Arctic this month could yet prove to be a freak occurrence, but experts warn the warming event is unprecedented An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change. Although it could yet prove to be a freak event, the primary concern is that global warming is eroding the polar vortex, the powerful winds that once insulated the frozen north. Continue reading... |
| Afghan president offers to recognise Taliban to end war Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:55 PM PST Ashraf Ghani proposes ceasefire and release of prisoners as part of possible pact with militants The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, has offered to recognise the Taliban as a legitimate political group as part of a process that he said could lead to talks to end more than 16 years of war. The offer, made on Wednesday at the start of an international conference aimed at creating a platform for peace discussions, is the latest signal from the western-backed government and the Taliban of greater willingness to consider dialogue. Continue reading... |
| Kosovo: Top war crimes prosecutor forced to leave amid US state department inertia Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:45 PM PST David Schwendiman said he is being made to leave the job at a critical stage of the tribunal's work with no designated successor The chief prosecutor of a war crimes court for Kosovo has said he is being made to leave the job at a critical stage of the tribunal's work with no designated successor – largely due to inertia in the US state department. David Schwendiman said he had been asking the state department for more than a year to make a decision about the future of the position at the Hague-based court. But he heard only a fortnight ago that he had to leave by April, leaving virtually no time to find a replacement. Continue reading... |
| Papua New Guinea: at least 16 dead after strongest ever earthquake hits Posted: 27 Feb 2018 05:53 PM PST Authorities are still trying to assess the extent of the damage to remote highland regions of the country after massive quake The impoverished Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea has been devastated by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that has claimed at least 16 lives and brought the heartland of the country to its knees. The earthquake, the strongest ever to hit the country, struck the Southern Highlands, Hela Province and the Western Highlands region early on Monday morning, but the extent of the devastation took days to emerge because of the area's remoteness. Continue reading... |
| Price panic triggers run on toilet paper in Taiwan Posted: 27 Feb 2018 05:05 PM PST Authorities call for calm as supermarket shelves are wiped clean following speculation of imminent increases Taiwan's premier has called for calm following a desperate run on toilet paper on the island, sparked by speculation of imminent price hikes. Shelves usually stacked with toilet paper, kitchen paper and boxed tissues stood empty in many hypermarkets and supermarkets as residents stockpiled supplies. Continue reading... |
| Japan unveils Tokyo 2020 Olympics superhero mascots Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:10 PM PST The Olympic and Paralympic mascots don't yet have names but are said to 'respect each other' and are 'very good friends' One has an athletic figure and a strong sense of justice. The other is a cherry blossom-inspired superhero. Meet the new Olympic and Paralympic mascots that the Tokyo 2020 organisers hope will whip up enthusiasm for the Games – and drive merchandise sales. |
| Qatar stadium where UK worker died was 'downright dangerous' Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:38 AM PST British coroner says Zac Cox given substandard equipment by managers at World Cup venue The only western construction worker killed in the building of World Cup stadiums in Qatar was provided with substandard equipment by managers who should have known the risks of a "downright dangerous" environment, a British coroner has said. Zac Cox, 40, died in January 2017 after he fell 40 metres (131ft) from rigging when a catwalk he was helping to install at the Khalifa stadium in Doha collapsed. The accident occurred after lever hoist equipment failed, causing part of the platform on which Cox and a colleague were working to fall. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia: Christians flogged in public for playing banned children's game Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:09 PM PST The pair were among five people – including a couple whipped or showing affection in public – who were lashed with a rattan stick Two Indonesian Christians were publicly flogged in conservative Aceh province Tuesday for playing a children's entertainment game seen as violating Islamic law. Hundreds of onlookers ridiculed and took pictures of the pair were who were among five people – including a couple whipped two dozen times each for showing affection in public – who were lashed with a rattan stick. Continue reading... |
| German court rules cities can ban diesel cars to tackle pollution Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:34 AM PST Landmark ruling could cause traffic chaos and dramatically hit the value of diesel vehicles Millions of heavily polluting vehicles could eventually disappear from roads across Germany after its top administrative court ruled that cities have the right to ban diesel motors in an effort to improve deadly air quality levels. Tuesday's historic decision potentially affects an estimated 12m vehicles and has delivered a heavy blow to Europe's largest car market, while being celebrated by environmental campaigners. Continue reading... |
| What would the ultimate child-friendly city look like? Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:30 PM PST The reality for many urban children is too much time spent indoors playing on smartphones – but a few cities are fighting the tide with innovative ways to keep kids healthy, sociable – and outdoors Imagine you are 10 years old. You live in a medium-sized city and want to visit your best friend, a five-minute walk away, so you can go to the park, another 10 minutes' walk. The problem is, there's a big, dangerous road between you and your friend, and another between them and the park. You ask your parents if you can walk, they say no, and they are too busy to take you there themselves. Perhaps you SnapChat your friend instead, perhaps you play a video game on the sofa. You've lost out on exercise and time outside, interacting with your neighbourhood and, of course, play time with your friend. Continue reading... |
| Lost bones, a mass grave and war wrecks plundered off Indonesia Posted: 27 Feb 2018 04:41 PM PST Indonesian scrap metal workers tell of finding and discarding body parts after second world war battleships were wrenched from sea bed • Indonesian cemetery dug up in search for bones of British and Dutch sailors They knew about the bones: the arm and leg bones, the occasional skull, a few teeth still jutting out. As the welders cut through the mangled steel of the old ships that had been brought their way, they came across the human remains mixed in with sea-rusted bullets, the odd pistol, rifles, helmets and jumbo-sized boots. Continue reading... |
| UK weather: 'beast from the east' batters Britain for second day – live updates Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:11 AM PST Hundreds of schools are still closed, Met Office has issued amber warnings for parts of Scotland and north-east England – and the weather is set to worsen
The A46 Lincoln bypass is looking pretty beastly. Hope for motorists stuck on A46 Lincoln bypass as this snow plough attempts to clear Northbound carriageway. #beastfromtheeast pic.twitter.com/19KYpMDk6Z Snow plough has arrived at A46 Riseholm please be patient we will endeavour to have rd reopened when safe pic.twitter.com/j3y55Enzzp
There is currently severe disruption on the rail network. Problems include: the closure of the west coast main line between Carlisle and Scotland; a broken down train on the Heathrow Express; delays or suspensions to all services to and from Glasgow; more suspensions of services in East Anglia; and disruption between Manchester and south Wales. ⚠️#VTUPDATE Due to the extreme weather, the route between Carlisle and Scotland is closed with no trains, or replacement buses, running. Alternative rail routes between England and Scotland are also severely disrupted. ❄️ No service in either direction due to a broken down train, services between terminals are expected to resume shortly #hexupdates Due to the severity of the weather conditions at #GlasgowCentral, all ScotRail services to and from the station will be subject to delay or will be suspended. ^CT #BeastFromTheEast pic.twitter.com/mC77tfjYXJ #UKSnow - Wintry weather affecting Greater Anglia services https://t.co/AGsOGGhYwn pic.twitter.com/uWwCavudDm Disruption to Arriva Trains Wales services between Manchester and South Wales until the end of the day #Shrewsbury Customer advice can be found here: https://t.co/RmkqQp855S Continue reading... |
| World’s oldest art is in Africa, not Europe | Letters Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:21 AM PST Didn't you report 2002 that two tiny pieces of engraved ochre found in Blombos Cave in South Africa were the oldest works of art ever discovered, writes John Picton Given all the recent publicity about the attribution of European cave paintings to Neanderthal artists at an earlier date than expected for Homo sapiens (Neanderthals were artists 65,000 years ago, 23 February), it is a pity the Guardian does not recall its own previous headlines. In an article 16 years ago (World's first artwork found in Africa, 11 January 2002) you said: "Two tiny pieces of engraved ochre are the oldest works of art ever discovered, scientists say, showing the artist in mankind was awakened, in Africa at least 77,000 years ago. Found in Blombos Cave in South Africa, the pieces are carved with a pattern of crossed lines, showing that humans had a capacity for abstract thought, and use of symbols, tens of thousands of years before they spread from Africa to Europe." Homo sapiens was always ahead of the game! • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Chile student protest leaders send support to Florida gun campaigners Posted: 28 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST Four leaders of 2011 movement send letter to young US activists urging them to fight idea that only adults should make the decisions It began with a classroom walkout, grew into a nationwide protest movement led by high school and university students – and culminated in radical reforms previously dismissed as unthinkable. Six years later, the Chilean student leaders who overthrew the country's political establishment with street protests and legislative victories, have sent a message of support for the young Florida activists pushing for gun reform in the US. Continue reading... |
| British woman jailed for 28 years for 'bucket list' murder in Australia Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:01 AM PST Jemma Lilley boasted she had 'ticked off' crime by garrotting and stabbing autistic teenager A British woman who had an "obsession" with serial killers has been jailed for life for garrotting, stabbing and burying the body of an autistic teenager in Western Australia. Jemma Lilley, previously of Stamford, Lincolnshire, murdered 18-year-old Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth, burying him in a shallow grave in her garden and covering it with concrete and tiles. Continue reading... |
| Queer Britain museum 'an overdue resource' Posted: 28 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST Campaign calls for national museum to celebrate LGBTQ+ history and gather stories A campaign to create a new national museum, called Queer Britain, which would celebrate the richness and diversity of the nation's LGBTQ+ inheritance, is being launched in London today. "It is a necessary and long overdue resource," said Joe Galliano, a former editor of Gay Times, and leader of the campaign. "We don't underestimate the challenge, but artefacts and people's stories are being lost every day and we need to save them. Already many of the people – inevitably mainly men – who directly experienced the situation before the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967, are no longer with us." Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Ex-Trump aide makes plea deal in Russia inquiry Posted: 27 Feb 2018 10:32 PM PST Charges dropped against Rick Gates in return for aiding prosecutors … Beast from the East havoc continues … and, why rightwingers hate smelly armpits Hello – it's Warren Murray and despite the snow this service is running on schedule. Continue reading... |
| 'Aid staff would pay more': sex workers in Haiti speak out Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST On the streets of Port-au-Prince, women in the sex trade discuss the devastation of the 2010 quake – and remember the influx of clients who would offer five times what a local could Natasha stands alone on an unlit trash-strewn pavement at the side of the road to Pétion-Ville, the upmarket hillside suburb in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. "I'm here every night," she says, eyeing SUVs as they speed past on a sticky February evening. "I want to do something else, but there isn't anything … this is my only choice." The 31-year-old mother of three has been a sex worker in the city for nine years. Like almost everyone here, she lost relatives in the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the capital in January 2010. "My sister, nephew and cousin were all crushed by their own houses," she says, with a dead-eyed stare. "I was living in a different house, that's why me and my kids are still alive." Continue reading... |
| Why we're psychologically hardwired to blame the victim Posted: 27 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST We want the world to be fair: the good will be rewarded, the evil punished. As a result, we blame the victims of misfortune
"Why I stayed" is the title of the blog entry. In it, Jennifer Willoughby, the ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, lists abuses she says she endured, including being called a "fucking bitch", and being physically prevented from leaving the house. Continue reading... |
| Putin concludes 'no price to pay’ for Russia cyber attacks, says NSA chief – video Posted: 27 Feb 2018 02:23 PM PST Adm Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, tells lawmakers that Putin has concluded that Russia can pursue digital warfare against the US with impunity |
| 'The left is creating a crisis': conservative activists respond to Florida shooting Posted: 27 Feb 2018 07:12 AM PST CPAC – the annual conference for conservative activists, which is sponsored by the NRA – occurred less than two weeks after the Parkland school shooting. The Guardian spoke with attendees including Sebastian Gorka, Katie Hopkins and Mark Burns about gun ownership, Parkland conspiracy theories and policy reform in the wake of the massacre Continue reading... |
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