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- French supermarket siege: gendarme dies after taking place of hostage
- Ceasefire deal agreed in Syria's eastern Ghouta
- Spanish court remands Catalan presidential candidate in custody
- Martín Vizcarra sworn in as Peru's new president as embattled Kuczynski exits
- Trump reluctantly signs $1.3tn spending bill despite veto threat
- Parkland teachers faced an impossible choice: 'Do I hold the door open, or close it?'
- 'It's priceless': how a store of rhino semen could save the species
- At least 10 EU nations to expel Russian diplomats in spy row
- Trump offered me cash after sex, says former Playboy model Karen McDougal
- Nerve agent was used in 1995 murder, claims former Soviet scientist
- 'He has fallen a hero': French gendarme who replaced hostage dies
- Egypt expels British journalist, raising fears for press ahead of election
- Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity
- March for our Lives protests planned for 800 places across the world
- North and South Korea schedule talks at Panmunjom within days
- Tropical Cyclone Nora: Queensland on alert for destructive winds
- Eradicating poverty would dramatically reduce TB cases, study finds
- Bombs away: John Bolton's most hawkish views on Iran, Iraq and North Korea
- 'A lot of things I'm unhappy about': Trump reluctantly signs spending bill – video
- 'You have the power to change America': Parkland students interview Bernie Sanders – video
| French supermarket siege: gendarme dies after taking place of hostage Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:37 PM PDT Number of victims rises to four with death in hospital of Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame following attacks in Carcassonne, southern France A gendarme who exchanged himself for a hostage during the French supermarket siege has died, bringing the number of victims to four. Police shot dead the attacker after a series of attacks claimed by Islamic State in Carcassonne, southern France, that culminated in the three-hour hostage-taking. The attacker, named as Redouane Lakdim, 25, was born in Morocco and lived in Carcassonne. He was known to police for petty crimes and drug-dealing. The state prosecutor François Molins said he had been under surveillance in 2016 and 2017 for his "radicalism and proximity to Salafist movements" but had showed no signs he was going to carry out an attack. Continue reading... |
| Ceasefire deal agreed in Syria's eastern Ghouta Posted: 23 Mar 2018 09:58 AM PDT Thousands of civilians and fighters will be evacuated under Russian guarantees or remain and accept Bashar al-Assad's regime A ceasefire deal that will allow the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians and fighters under Russian guarantees has been reached in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta. The agreement, which was confirmed by the spokesman of the second-largest rebel group in the area, will allow civilians and fighters to either leave for northern Syria or remain in their homes and reconcile with the regime of Bashar al-Assad, with guarantees from Moscow that they will not be prosecuted for opposition activities. Continue reading... |
| Spanish court remands Catalan presidential candidate in custody Posted: 23 Mar 2018 03:50 AM PDT Judge says 13 Catalan leaders, including Jordi Turull and Carles Puigdemont, will be charged with rebellion
On Friday morning, Judge Pablo Llarena announced that 13 senior Catalan leaders – including Turull and the deposed regional president, Carles Puigdemont – would be charged with rebellion over their roles in last year's unilateral referendum and subsequent declaration of independence. Continue reading... |
| Martín Vizcarra sworn in as Peru's new president as embattled Kuczynski exits Posted: 23 Mar 2018 01:04 PM PDT
A low-profile former regional governor has been sworn in as Peru's president after his predecessor became the latest of the country's leaders to resign amid corruption scandals and public repudiation. Related: Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal Continue reading... |
| Trump reluctantly signs $1.3tn spending bill despite veto threat Posted: 23 Mar 2018 11:17 AM PDT US president said he would sign bill to avert shutdown of the federal government because of the need to strengthen the military Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had reluctantly signed Congress's $1.3tn spending bill, despite a threat he made hours earlier to veto the budget and shut down the federal government. Related: Senate passes $1.3tn budget bill as Republican leaders rush to avert shutdown Continue reading... |
| Parkland teachers faced an impossible choice: 'Do I hold the door open, or close it?' Posted: 22 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT US teachers receive routine training on what to do when a gunman attacks – but chaos during the Florida shooting threw procedure into disarray With the crack of bullets still ringing around the corridors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, Mary Trizzino unlocked the door to her classroom to see who else she could save. The 65-year-old mathematics teacher already had five students cowering inside her room, and she knew that opening her door was breaking protocol. "But I just got such a deep feeling I was needed," she said. Continue reading... |
| 'It's priceless': how a store of rhino semen could save the species Posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:57 AM PDT Prof Thomas Hildebrandt has been collecting the samples with colleagues for about 15 years For over 20 years, Thomas Hildebrandt has harboured a dream: to save the northern white rhinoceros, the world's rarest large mammal. On Monday the scientist received the devastating news that Sudan, the last male of the species, had been put down in his northern Kenyan home, aged 45. Hildebrandt's office is full of pictures of him, on which he points out the species' unique pearl-like skin, furry ears, huge feet for tackling swamps, and horns capable of lifting two tons. Continue reading... |
| At least 10 EU nations to expel Russian diplomats in spy row Posted: 23 Mar 2018 09:04 AM PDT Emmanuel Macron condemns 'attack on European sovereignty' as EU leaders back Theresa May Russian intelligence agents and diplomats across the European Union will be expelled next week in response to the use of a nerve agent in Salisbury, described by Emmanuel Macron as an "attack on European sovereignty". At least 10 EU member states will order Russian officials to leave, with the number of countries answering the UK's call for action expected to rise in the coming weeks. Continue reading... |
| Trump offered me cash after sex, says former Playboy model Karen McDougal Posted: 23 Mar 2018 12:17 AM PDT McDougal tells CNN she had sex with Donald Trump 'dozens of times' during a year-long affair, including at his family home in Trump Tower A former Playboy model has given her first televised account of the affair that she alleges she sustained with Donald Trump for almost a year, beginning just three months after the birth of his and Melania's son Barron. Related: Samantha Bee on Trump and Mueller: 'The Saturday Night Massacre turned into an 11-week bender' Continue reading... |
| Nerve agent was used in 1995 murder, claims former Soviet scientist Posted: 23 Mar 2018 11:33 AM PDT Vladimir Uglev, developer of Soviet-era chemical weapons, contradicts Russian denials at existence of novichok nerve agents A developer of Soviet-era nerve agents related to the one used against former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has told the Guardian that a similar poison was used in the murder of a Russian businessman in the 1990s. The remarks by Vladimir Uglev, a Soviet chemical weapons scientist, contradict official Russian denials that the country had any chemical weapons programme tied to the name novichok, with the formal codename foliant. |
| 'He has fallen a hero': French gendarme who replaced hostage dies Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:14 AM PDT Arnaud Beltrame dies of injuries day after being shot in throat during Trèbes supermarket siege The French gendarme who was shot after he swapped places with a hostage being held by a terrorist gunman has died. The interior minister, Gérard Collomb, announced the death of Lt ColArnaud Beltrame shortly before 6am (French time) on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Egypt expels British journalist, raising fears for press ahead of election Posted: 23 Mar 2018 06:58 PM PDT Arrest and deportation of Bel Trew, a correspondent for the Times, is the latest incident in an unprecedented crackdown Egyptian authorities threatened a British journalist with a military trial and expelled her from the country with no stated cause, in advance of the country's upcoming presidential election. Bel Trew, a journalist with the Times, was arrested on 20 February while reporting in Shubra, a working-class neighbourhood of Cairo, and taken to a police station. Hours later, she was driven to Cairo international airport and forced to board a flight for London. Continue reading... |
| Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT Schoolgirl Leah Sharibu would not renounce her faith despite friends begging her to pretend to accept Islam The only Christian girl among the Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month could have been freed along with her schoolmates but refused to renounce her faith, according to her mother. Leah Sharibu refused to accept Islam, resisting the entreaties of her classmates to pretend to do so, her parents learned from snatched conversation with her friends. Continue reading... |
| March for our Lives protests planned for 800 places across the world Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT Demonstrators in Washington, London, Tokyo and elsewhere will demand US Congress pass sweeping change on gun control Hundreds of thousands of marchers are expected to descend on Washington DC on Saturday for a landmark gun control rally as calls for reform reach a fever pitch following the Parkland school shooting last month. March for Our Lives events led by young people in over 800 locations around the world – including London, Sydney, Tokyo, Mumbai, plus hundreds of places in the US – will also take place as demonstrators demand that the US Congress, for decades dormant on gun control, pass sweeping legislative change. Continue reading... |
| North and South Korea schedule talks at Panmunjom within days Posted: 23 Mar 2018 09:42 PM PDT Senior officials will meet on 29 March to plan April summit between Kim Jong-un and President Moon Jae-in, while Trump-Kim meeting remains on agenda The two Koreas are to hold high-level talks on 29 March to prepare for an April summit between both countries' leaders, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in. South Korea has announced that its unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon will lead a delegation to the border village of Panmunjom, where they will meet Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North's agency for inter-Korean affairs. Officials will discuss the date and specific agendas of the April summit. |
| Tropical Cyclone Nora: Queensland on alert for destructive winds Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT Cape York community warned of dangerous storm tides even as category three storm weakens slightly Cape York communities are on high alert ahead of Tropical Cyclone Nora, which developed into a category three on Friday night, but weakened slightly on Saturday afternoon. Warnings were in place for all Queensland areas from Karumba to Mapoon, including Weipa and Mornington Island, as it moved southeast at close to 18km/h. Continue reading... |
| Eradicating poverty would dramatically reduce TB cases, study finds Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:00 AM PDT Preventative measures, like poverty reduction, could be just as effective in tackling the disease as drugs and vaccines Programmes to tackle poverty could be just as effective in the fight against tuberculosis as medicines and vaccines, research has found. Eradicating extreme poverty would lead to an 84% reduction in TB cases by 2035, according to a report published to coincide with World Tuberculosis Day on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Bombs away: John Bolton's most hawkish views on Iran, Iraq and North Korea Posted: 23 Mar 2018 11:53 AM PDT A hawk among hawks, Bolton has advocated for pre-emptive strikes against North Korea and Iran, and pushed anti-immigration rhetoric Fifteen years ago to the week, the US began its invasion and occupation of Iraq. Among the war's many architects and cheerleaders was John Bolton, at the time a senior adviser to George W Bush on issues of arms control and international security. And while many early invasion supporters have, in the clear view of hindsight, conceded that the decade-plus long odyssey was at least misguided, Bolton has reached no such conclusion. Related: Democrats attack Trump's choice John Bolton as 'reckless partisan' Continue reading... |
| 'A lot of things I'm unhappy about': Trump reluctantly signs spending bill – video Posted: 23 Mar 2018 01:47 PM PDT President Trump has reluctantly signed a $1.3tn spending bill despite claims of a potential veto hours before. Trump said that there was 'a lot of things I'm unhappy about' but did so in order to strengthen US military Continue reading... |
| 'You have the power to change America': Parkland students interview Bernie Sanders – video Posted: 23 Mar 2018 02:40 AM PDT Rebecca Schneid and Dara Rosen, two student journalists from the Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead, interview the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and ask him whether he thinks Donald Trump has the courage to take on the NRA. Students from the the Eagle Eye, Stoneman Douglas high school's newspaper, are guest-editing the Guardian's US site before a protest against gun violence on Saturday Continue reading... |
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