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- March for Our Lives : thousands join anti-gun protests around the world
- Leaked: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory
- Gendarme who swapped place with hostages hailed a hero in France
- Rights groups vow to fight Trump's 'transphobia masquerading as policy'
- Canada: how a pipeline engineer got arrested in anti-pipeline protests
- Passengers stranded in Stuttgart as pilot found drunk before takeoff
- Tumblr says Russia used it for fake news during 2016 election
- Stormy Daniels: porn star primed to tell all about alleged Trump affair
- Kremlin denies claim Sergei Skripal asked Putin for pardon
- Western Australia volunteers rescue five whales after mass-stranding event
- Anton Yelchin's family settle Jeep lawsuit over Star Trek actor's death
- ‘My crew saved 218 migrants from drowning – so why are we the enemy?’
- Police probe claim of illegal hunting by Quantock Staghounds
- The big picture: Romany children in Slovakia
- The Observer view on the danger John Bolton poses to world peace | Observer editorial
- Hinch welcomes Coalition's paedophile crackdown as tax talks continue
- ‘Sense of duty’ sees Somali refugees head home
- Oligarchs, courtiers and roubles move through the City
- When the media tries too hard to 'appeal to both sides', integrity is lost | Jessica Valenti
- What I learned from my fight to remove Confederate monuments | Mitch Landrieu
- March for Our Lives: five of the most powerful speeches – video
- Martin Luther King Jr's granddaughter, 9, leads chants at anti-gun rally - video
- Emma Gonzalez's powerful March for Our Lives speech in full - video
- Gun violence protests around the world – in pictures
- Crowds gather in Washington for March for Our Lives protest – video
| March for Our Lives : thousands join anti-gun protests around the world Posted: 25 Mar 2018 01:48 AM PDT
Related: 'We want our voices to be heard': March for Our Lives protesters in their own words Hundreds of thousands of students joined the pro-gun control March for Our Lives rallies across the US in one of the largest expressions of popular opposition in the modern era. Continue reading... |
| Leaked: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory Posted: 23 Mar 2018 05:53 AM PDT Exclusive: Former employee explains how presentation showed techniques used to target voters The blueprint for how Cambridge Analytica claimed to have won the White House for Donald Trump by using Google, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube is revealed for the first time in an internal company document obtained by the Guardian. The 27-page presentation was produced by the Cambridge Analytica officials who worked most closely on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading... |
| Gendarme who swapped place with hostages hailed a hero in France Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:46 PM PDT Tributes pour in for Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame who died of injuries after walking into siege in Trèbes Even by the high standards of duty and self-sacrifice expected of professional soldiers and police officers the world over, the courage of Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame was extraordinary. By offering to swap places with hostages held by a terrorist gunman who had already killed three people and had declared his allegiance to Islamic State (Isis), the decorated officer would have known he was almost certainly walking to his death. Continue reading... |
| Rights groups vow to fight Trump's 'transphobia masquerading as policy' Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:43 AM PDT White House announces formal ban on transgender people serving in the military, following up on Trump's controversial policy pledge After Donald Trump's order late on Friday supporting a ban on transgender troops except under "limited circumstances", gender rights groups said they would "vigorously defend" existing legal injunctions on the implementation of the exclusionary measures. Related: White House announces ban on transgender people serving in military Continue reading... |
| Canada: how a pipeline engineer got arrested in anti-pipeline protests Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:00 AM PDT Two federal MPs among more than 100 people arrested challenging 1,000km line One of Romilly Cavanaugh's first jobs was an environmental engineering position at the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which carries crude and refined oil across western Canada. Two decades later, Cavanaugh was arrested for blocking the entrance of a facility belonging to her former employer, as part of a wider protest against plans to expand a pipeline snaking from Alberta's oil sands to the Pacific coast. Continue reading... |
| Passengers stranded in Stuttgart as pilot found drunk before takeoff Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:12 AM PDT Copilot on TAP Air Portugal flight to Lisbon said to be 'reeking of alcohol and walking unsteadily' More than 100 passengers have been stranded at Stuttgart airport after a co-pilot was found drunk in the cockpit just before takeoff. The airline, TAP Air Portugal, apologised after having to cancel the flight "due to the pilot's incapacity". Continue reading... |
| Tumblr says Russia used it for fake news during 2016 election Posted: 23 Mar 2018 07:01 PM PDT Site unmasks 84 accounts used by 13 people linked to Russia's 'troll farm', the Internet Research Agency, and says law enforcement has been notified The blogging platform Tumblr has unmasked 84 accounts that it says were used by a shadowy Russian internet group to spread disinformation during the 2016 US election campaign. Tumblr said it uncovered the scheme in late 2017, helping an investigation that led to the indictment in February of 13 individuals linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA). Continue reading... |
| Stormy Daniels: porn star primed to tell all about alleged Trump affair Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT The adult star who flirted with a Senate run goes public on Sunday night in an interview that could increase the pressure on the president Stormy Daniels got her start in politics the same way most people get a used dresser – from a post on Craigslist. "Seeking a female candidate to challenge David Vitter in the Republican primary for the United States Senate in 2010. We are looking for a candidate with a history in some aspect of the adult entertainment industry," read the ad placed in 2008. Continue reading... |
| Kremlin denies claim Sergei Skripal asked Putin for pardon Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:28 AM PDT Friend of poisoned ex-spy says he asked Russian president for permission to visit his family The Kremlin has denied a claim that the poisoned former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal wrote to Vladimir Putin asking to be pardoned and to be allowed to visit his home country. The former Russian intelligence officer, who came to Britain in 2010 as part of a spy swap, regretted being a double agent and wanted to visit his family, his friend Vladimir Timoshkov told the BBC. Continue reading... |
| Western Australia volunteers rescue five whales after mass-stranding event Posted: 23 Mar 2018 06:40 PM PDT The surviving mammals have been moved to deeper waters but there's still a risk they could be beached again Volunteers have helped rescue five of the 150 short-finned pilot whales that became stranded on a beach in Western Australia. The whales were freed by authorities at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth, with the help of vets and more than 100 volunteers. Continue reading... |
| Anton Yelchin's family settle Jeep lawsuit over Star Trek actor's death Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:02 AM PDT Case against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles followed fatal 2016 accident when star's own Grand Cherokee rolled on to him The family of the late Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles over the rollaway crash of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed the up-and-coming actor. The actor, known for roles in Star Trek and Green Room, died in June 2016 after his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled on to him at his home in Los Angeles. The car was under recall for problems with the gear shifter. Continue reading... |
| ‘My crew saved 218 migrants from drowning – so why are we the enemy?’ Posted: 24 Mar 2018 01:01 PM PDT Captain Marc Reig's ship is stuck in a Sicilian port, and a hostage to Italy's resurgent right, as charities become a target for their role in rescuing refugees Captain Marc Reig does not look like a man at the centre of a storm. But that is what he is, despite the fact that his ship, the migrant-rescue boat the Open Arms, is safely moored in the pretty port of Pozzallo in southern Sicily, its peace disturbed only by the waves gently lapping against its hull. When the ship, operated by the Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms, lifted 218 desperate migrants from the leaky raft on which they had been trying to cross the rough seas of the Mediterranean last week, it seemed like a routine operation. In the last three years, more than 5,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean onboard the ship run by the NGO, which patrols an area outside Libyan waters. But what happened next was anything but routine. As the ship docked in Pozzallo, dozens of police closed in. Continue reading... |
| Police probe claim of illegal hunting by Quantock Staghounds Posted: 24 Mar 2018 05:05 PM PDT League Against Cruel Sports says it has presented evidence to police of deer being chased by dogs Police are investigating allegations of illegal deer hunting in south-west England, following claims that a traditional hunt has been chasing stags with packs of hounds. Investigators from the League Against Cruel Sports have passed a file to police with evidence they say shows that the Quantock Staghounds have broken the law. Continue reading... |
| The big picture: Romany children in Slovakia Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:30 AM PDT Åke Ericson captures an exuberant moment amid growing intolerance in an image from his book Non Grata Any documentary photographer who chooses the Roma as a subject must inevitably work in the shadow of the great Josef Koudelka, whose 1975 book Gypsies is now recognised as one of the great photo essays of the 20th century. Time has imbued Koudelka's often intimate images with an even more poetic quality, and the decade in which he made them is now viewed as a relatively benign period in their long history by the Roma themselves. Much has changed since. This photograph was taken by the Swedish photographer Åke Ericson in the Luník IX settlement in Košice, Slovakia, in 2013, and shows a young Romany boy, Juraj Mizigor, performing a backflip for his friends beneath a rundown tower block. It is a study in resilience and resourcefulness as well as exuberance. The fact that it is in black and white, unintentionally or otherwise, links it to older images of the Roma from decades past, suggesting their long history of persecution and displacement. Continue reading... |
| The Observer view on the danger John Bolton poses to world peace | Observer editorial Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:00 PM PDT The arch-hawk's advocacy of pre-emptive military action suits Donald Trump's nationalist agenda but it could spell disaster John Bolton, Donald Trump's latest choice as national security adviser, belongs to a band of Washington armchair warriors who are rarely happier than when sending other people's children to die in foreign wars. Like his former Iraq comrades-in-arms, George W Bush and Dick Cheney, and his bellicose new White House boss, Bolton avoided military service in Vietnam as a young man. But he is no peacenik. Far from it. Bolton the conservative arch-hawk has become infamous over the years as a reckless advocate of pre-emptive, interventionist military action in pursuit of what he perceives to be America's interests. The Observer is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, founded in 1791. It is published by Guardian News & Media and is editorially independent. |
| Hinch welcomes Coalition's paedophile crackdown as tax talks continue Posted: 24 Mar 2018 07:59 PM PDT Justice party senator's spokesman declines to say whether announcement linked to corporate tax negotiations A national centre to counter child exploitation and abuse will be created in the home affairs department with a $68.6m allocation in the 2018 budget. In a joint statement on Sunday the law enforcement minister, Angus Taylor, and the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, announced the new agency, which they said would create a hub of skills needed to disrupt, prevent and investigate exploitation. Continue reading... |
| ‘Sense of duty’ sees Somali refugees head home Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:05 PM PDT From Britain to Canada, people who have spent decades away are bringing their skills to rebuild their country Slapping a large piece of equipment wrapped in packing materials, Dr Mohamed Hussein Aden smiles: "The Swiss sent us this but unfortunately not with the instruction manual so we don't know how to use it. It's sat here for a good few years now. Shame really." The ceiling of the theatre is sagging and the operating table stained and split. It's a far cry from Harrow, north London, where Aden lived and worked before returning in 2012 to Somalia, from where he fled as a refugee in 1994. Now he is the director of Galkayo hospital, the main facility for the inhabitants of Somalia's third city and for those living for hundreds of miles around in the drought-hit countryside. Continue reading... |
| Oligarchs, courtiers and roubles move through the City Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:00 AM PDT Results from the likes of Globaltrans and RusHydro are due, and there is plenty of colour to go with the figures Smiley's People, John Le Carré's 1979 novel about a Soviet defector bumped off on Hampstead Heath by Moscow Central, is suddenly looking remarkably relevant. The narrative around the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury has some eerie similarities to the fictional assassination of the Gauloises-smoking Estonian émigré General Vladimir. Meanwhile, Le Carré's tale was a story about a retired spy returning to work, just as Kremlin-watchers in London speculate that MI6 did not need any intelligence to establish a motive for the Skripal poisoning: they simply needed to take a look at their current payroll. Continue reading... |
| When the media tries too hard to 'appeal to both sides', integrity is lost | Jessica Valenti Posted: 24 Mar 2018 07:00 AM PDT The Atlantic's attempt at representing a 'broad spectrum of views' indicates a serious moral crisis in mainstream media The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what's happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you're not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. Continue reading... |
| What I learned from my fight to remove Confederate monuments | Mitch Landrieu Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:00 AM PDT Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, on the removal of four Confederate monuments and what it means for the city's future Here I was, the mayor of New Orleans, in the midst of a building boom like no other, the city filled with million-dollar construction jobs, and I couldn't find anyone in town who would rent me a crane. The people of the city of New Orleans, through their elected government, had made the decision to take down four Confederate monuments – statues of Robert E Lee, Jefferson Davis and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, and a monument honoring the White League, a Reconstruction era organization of racial militants – and it wasn't sitting well with some of the powerful business interests in the state. Continue reading... |
| March for Our Lives: five of the most powerful speeches – video Posted: 24 Mar 2018 05:35 PM PDT At the March for Our Lives in Washington DC, Naomi Wadler, from Alexandria, Virginia, speaks with a fluency and eloquence that seems beyond her 11 years. Parkland student Emma Gonzalez holds the stage in Washington DC for six minutes and 20 seconds, much of that in silence - the amount of time it took a shooter to kill 17 people at her school in Florida last month. And Martin Luther King's nine-year-old granddaughter leads the rally in chants.
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| Martin Luther King Jr's granddaughter, 9, leads chants at anti-gun rally - video Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:35 PM PDT Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King, told the crowd at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington DC: "I have a dream that enough is enough. And that this should be a gun-free world, period." She then asked the crowd to repeat back her words: "Spread the word, have you heard? All across the nation. We are going to be a great generation." She led the chant three times, encouraging the crowd to repeat her words "so the whole world can hear". Continue reading... |
| Emma Gonzalez's powerful March for Our Lives speech in full - video Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:58 PM PDT Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez – who had been a leading voice immediately after the attack on her school – took to the stage in Washington DC for six minutes and 20 seconds, much of that in silence. She says it was the amount of time it took a shooter to kill 17 people at her school in Florida last month Continue reading... |
| Gun violence protests around the world – in pictures Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:03 AM PDT Thousands of protestors gather for the March for Our Lives rally in Washington and beyond, demanding for the reform of Americas firearms laws Continue reading... |
| Crowds gather in Washington for March for Our Lives protest – video Posted: 24 Mar 2018 08:35 AM PDT Thousands pour into Washington for the historic March for Our Lives protest led by survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school massacre. A group from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, where 17 students and staff were killed on 14 February, will be among the 500,000 people expected to march down Pennsylvania Avenue near the Capitol
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