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- Syria latest: Theresa May calls strikes 'right and legal' – live updates
- Vladimir Putin calls US-led Syria strikes an 'act of aggression'
- 'Slime ball': Trump attacks Comey after new book likens president to mafia boss
- Google loses landmark 'right to be forgotten' case
- One Palestinian killed and hundreds injured in Gaza protests
- Syria crisis has brought cold war back with a vengeance – UN
- Russia tested nerve agent on door handles before Skripal attack, UK dossier claims
- Indian court orders arrest of politician for gang-rape
- Apple threatens leakers with criminal action in leaked memo – report
- US envoy to Vietnam quit in protest at Trump plan to deport thousands of refugees
- Canada mosque shooter says he was motivated by Trudeau welcoming refugees
- Trump family firm wants ban on release of any correspondence with Cohen
- Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebels have been killed, president says
- Johnny Hallyday: court freezes assets in inheritance dispute
- Surf, sand and sunset skylines: Australian cities on Instagram
- How much is an hour worth? The war over the minimum wage
- Jackson and Olding to leave Ulster rugby after rape acquittal
- West Virginia protests and strikes remind us: 'redneck'
- Australia agrees to bring in unwell refugee girl from Nauru
- Sydney bushfire: more than 100 firefighters battle blaze in south-west
- UN agency chief under pressure to quit over handling of sexual assault inquiry
- Limited US action suggests conflict unlikely to escalate
- The key points from James Comey's explosive book
- Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes
- Missile attack on Syria – in pictures
- Amateur footage shows missiles falling over Damascus as airstrikes begin – video
- 'A strong deterrent': Trump announces strikes on Syria – video
- Firing Comey one of Trump's 'greatest achievements', says White House – video
- Trump and Comey’s hate-hate relationship – video explainer
| Syria latest: Theresa May calls strikes 'right and legal' – live updates Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:28 AM PDT US, UK and France take part in strikes on targets associated with chemical weapons in the wake of gas attack on Douma
Guardian associate editor has written a comment piece on the Syrian airstrikes. He writes Enough to show they are serious. Not enough for it to get out of control. That, in essence, seems to be the initial lesson of the missile attacks launched on Syria this morning by the US, France and Britain. Related: The Syria strikes show the west is serious about chemical weapons | Martin Kettle
French defence ministry sources said France fired 12 missiles in coordinated air and sea strikes. First, cruise missiles were fired from frigates in the Mediterranean, and then, 20 minutes later missiles were fired from several French fighter jets which had taken off from airbases in France and were now back at base. Continue reading... |
| Vladimir Putin calls US-led Syria strikes an 'act of aggression' Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:10 AM PDT Russia says it will convene emergency session of UN security council in response to attack Vladimir Putin has condemned US-led military strikes in Syria as an "act of aggression" and said Russia would convene an emergency session of the UN security council over the attack. In a statement released by the Kremlin, the Russian president denied evidence of a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma and said the strike would "have a destructive effect on the entire system of international relations". Continue reading... |
| 'Slime ball': Trump attacks Comey after new book likens president to mafia boss Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:32 AM PDT After Comey's A Higher Loyalty said the president was 'untethered to truth', Trump tweets: 'James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR' Donald Trump declared James Comey "a weak and untruthful slime ball" on Friday in response to a new book, in which the former director of the FBI caricatures him as a mafia don, and claimed: "It was my great honor to fire James Comey!" Related: James Comey: high-profile former FBI chief with a reputation for integrity Continue reading... |
| Google loses landmark 'right to be forgotten' case Posted: 13 Apr 2018 06:39 AM PDT Businessman wins legal action to force removal of search results about past conviction A businessman has won his legal action to remove search results about a criminal conviction in a landmark "right to be forgotten" case that could have wide-ranging repercussions. The ruling was made by Mr Justice Warby in London on Friday. The judge rejected a similar claim brought by a second businessman who was jailed for a more serious offence. Continue reading... |
| One Palestinian killed and hundreds injured in Gaza protests Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:24 AM PDT More than 360 wounded by bullets and tear gas, in the third week of demonstrations Israeli forces stationed on the Gaza frontier have killed one person and wounded hundreds of Palestinians, who were demonstrating for the third week in a row. Health officials in Gaza said 363 people were injured by live ammunition and tear gas inhalation, although they did not provide a breakdown. They said a Gazan journalist was in a serious condition after being shot in the abdomen. Continue reading... |
| Syria crisis has brought cold war back with a vengeance – UN Posted: 13 Apr 2018 02:00 PM PDT Guterres warns of heightened tensions between Russia and west amid latest Skripal claims Relations between the west and Russia have deteriorated sharply amid concerns about a US-led military strike in the Middle East, prompting the United Nations secretary general to declare "the cold war is back with a vengeance". Adding to tensions on an extraordinary day of tit-for-tat exchanges, the UK published previously classified intelligence making fresh claims about the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, including that Russia had tested whether nerve agents could be applied to door handles. Continue reading... |
| Russia tested nerve agent on door handles before Skripal attack, UK dossier claims Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT Previously classified intelligence about poisoning of former Russian spy sent to Nato Russia had tested whether door handles could be used to deliver nerve agents and had targeted the email accounts of Sergei and Yulia Skripal since at least 2013, according to previously classified intelligence over the Salisbury attack that has been made public. The UK released the intelligence on Friday linking Russia to the attack on the former double agent and his daughter. Continue reading... |
| Indian court orders arrest of politician for gang-rape Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:48 AM PDT Outrage across country in protest at gang-rapes of two girls and death of father in police custody An Indian court has ordered the arrest of a ruling party politician accused of gang-raping a teenager and beating her father to death as protests spread over this case and another involving the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. The high court in Allahabad city on Friday ordered the arrest of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a member of the Uttar Pradesh state parliament with the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), after days of public outrage over the alleged crime, his defiant response and the apparent apathy of police. Continue reading... |
| Apple threatens leakers with criminal action in leaked memo – report Posted: 13 Apr 2018 02:38 PM PDT Company reportedly told employees it 'caught 29 leakers' last year and 12 were arrested, according to memo obtained by Bloomberg Apple reportedly warned employees in an internal memo that it "caught 29 leakers" last year and that 12 were arrested, adding that workers who disclose information to the media have "everything to lose". The memo about leaking, which was leaked to Bloomberg and published on Friday, threatened employees with criminal consequences and shines a harsh light on the Silicon Valley company's aggressive surveillance of its own employees and intensive investigative efforts to catch and punish leakers. Continue reading... |
| US envoy to Vietnam quit in protest at Trump plan to deport thousands of refugees Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:12 AM PDT Ted Osius says administration asked him to press Vietnam to accept the deportees, who had mostly fled to America after 1975 The former US ambassador to Vietnam has said he resigned last year in opposition to a Trump administration plan to deport more than 8,000 Vietnamese people, most of whom are refugees. Ted Osius, who worked in the US foreign services for 30 years, said the Trump administration asked him to press Vietnam's government to accept the deportees – who had mostly fled the country after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Continue reading... |
| Canada mosque shooter says he was motivated by Trudeau welcoming refugees Posted: 13 Apr 2018 12:19 PM PDT Alexandre Bissonnette, who pleaded guilty to killing six in Quebec attack, cites prime minister's comments following Trump's travel ban The man who shot and killed six men at a Canadian mosque told police that his attack was motivated by Justin Trudeau's message of welcome to refugees following Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty last month to six charges of first degree murder and now faces up to 150 years in prison for the attack in which 19 other people were injured. Continue reading... |
| Trump family firm wants ban on release of any correspondence with Cohen Posted: 13 Apr 2018 12:54 PM PDT
Donald Trump and his family business tried on Friday to stop the US justice department from viewing communications between them and their attorney Michael Cohen that were seized by the FBI as part of a criminal inquiry into Cohen. Trump joined an effort by Cohen to assert attorney-client privilege over records covering Cohen's representation of Trump over the past decade, setting up another extraordinary conflict between the president and his own justice department. Continue reading... |
| Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebels have been killed, president says Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:58 AM PDT Lenín Moreno offers reward for information about suspected killers and orders resumption of military operations on Colombian border Three Ecuadorian journalists who were abducted by dissident Colombian rebels have been murdered, Ecuador's president confirmed on Friday. Lenín Moreno offered a reward of $100,000 for information that leads to the capture of the rogue guerrilla leader known by the alias "Guacho", who is believed to be responsible for the abduction and murder of the journalists. Continue reading... |
| Johnny Hallyday: court freezes assets in inheritance dispute Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:58 AM PDT French rocker's will, written in California, raises questions about applicability of US law The first chapter of a legal drama over the inheritance of French rock star Johnny Hallyday has ended with a French court ruling that gives each side a partial victory in a case that is tearing his family apart. Hallyday, whose given name was Jean-Philippe Smet, was dubbed the "French Elvis" for his glittery suits, pumping pelvis and repertoire of American hits belted out in French. He died, aged 74, of lung cancer in December at his sumptuous home outside Paris. Continue reading... |
| Surf, sand and sunset skylines: Australian cities on Instagram Posted: 13 Apr 2018 03:30 AM PDT Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, Canberra and Sydney have Instagram presences as distinct as their characters Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world, with a full 40% of its population living in either Melbourne or Sydney: large, sprawling, coastal cities with very different personalities. Factoring in the other state, territory and national capitals – Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Perth and Darwin – takes that share to two-thirds of the total population of nearly 25 million. Each of these cities has its own character, typically a result of its geography or weather. There's Perth, the westernmost city, closer to Bali than the east coast. Canberra, the flat, planned federal capital of fake lakes and roundabouts. Melbourne, with its changeable weather. Harbour-centric Sydney. Hobart, Australia's second-oldest city. Brisbane, split by the river. Darwin, the largest city of the Northern Territory, changing character from wet season to dry. Post-industrial Adelaide. Continue reading... |
| How much is an hour worth? The war over the minimum wage Posted: 12 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT Some economists say it should be raised. Others say it's already too high. But what if both sides are missing the point? By Peter C Baker No idea in economics provokes more furious argument than the minimum wage. Every time a government debates whether to raise the lowest amount it is legal to pay for an hour of labour, a bitter and emotional battle is sure to follow – rife with charges of ignorance, cruelty and ideological bias. In order to understand this fight, it is necessary to understand that every minimum-wage law is about more than just money. To dictate how much a company must pay its workers is to tinker with the beating heart of the employer-employee relationship, a central component of life under capitalism. This is why the dispute over these laws and their effects – which has raged for decades – is so acrimonious: it is ultimately a clash between competing visions of politics and economics. In the media, this debate almost always has two clearly defined sides. Those who support minimum-wage increases argue that when businesses are forced to pay a higher rate to workers on the lowest wages, those workers will earn more and have better lives as a result. Opponents of the minimum wage argue that increasing it will actually hurt low-wage workers: when labour becomes more expensive, they insist, businesses will purchase less of it. If minimum wages go up, some workers will lose their jobs, and others will lose hours in jobs they already have. Thanks to government intervention in the market, according to this argument, the workers struggling most will end up struggling even more. Continue reading... |
| Jackson and Olding to leave Ulster rugby after rape acquittal Posted: 13 Apr 2018 04:40 PM PDT Decision comes as protesters called for end to sexism after players cleared of assault Irish rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been told they will no longer play for Ulster or their country. Sources at Ulster rugby confirmed reports on Friday night that the pair who were at the centre of a high-profile trial in which they were cleared of rape have been informed of the decision. Continue reading... |
| West Virginia protests and strikes remind us: 'redneck' Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:00 AM PDT While the term divides us now, its history dates back to a time when mineworkers battled big coal – similar to teachers standing up for funding Recent waves of protests and strikes in West Virginia invoke the memory of a now notorious figure in American history: the redneck. To call someone a "redneck" now divides us, when the term was created to unite us. And this distortion only benefits rednecks' original enemies – corrupt politicians and big companies who don't care about a multiracial alliance of hardworking Americans. Continue reading... |
| Australia agrees to bring in unwell refugee girl from Nauru Posted: 13 Apr 2018 09:42 PM PDT Government agrees for girl to be moved for medical care just before court hearing takes place A young refugee girl held by Australia on Nauru, who is suffering acute mental health problems and has attempted suicide three times, will be moved to Australia for medical care as soon as Sunday, after the government agreed at the last minute to her transfer. Lawyers from Maurice Blackburn lodged an urgent application for the girl's transfer in the federal court on Friday night, citing a medical report dated 5 April from the government's medical contractor IHMS, warning that the girl was at serious risk of further attempts on her life. Continue reading... |
| Sydney bushfire: more than 100 firefighters battle blaze in south-west Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:30 AM PDT Residents in Wattle Grove and Holsworthy military complex area told to shelter in place from fast-moving bushfire More than 140 fire fighters are battling an out of control blaze in Sydney's south-west. A NSW Rural Fire Service emergency warning was issued after 3.30pm on Saturday for the fast-moving bushfire in Wattle Grove, telling residents there and in Holsworthy military complex to shelter in place. Continue reading... |
| UN agency chief under pressure to quit over handling of sexual assault inquiry Posted: 13 Apr 2018 05:53 AM PDT Head of UNAids faces scrutiny after agency's 'deeply disturbing and tone-deaf' response to allegations about former deputy The director of UNAids, Michel Sidibé, is facing calls to resign over his handling of a recent sexual assault investigation. Three South African civil society groups have called for an independent inquiry into the agency's leadership, while the Aids Healthcare Foundation has written to António Guterres, the UN's secretary general, calling for Sidibé to stand down. The AFH is a non-profit organisation that provides HIV care to hundreds of thousands of people globally. Continue reading... |
| Limited US action suggests conflict unlikely to escalate Posted: 13 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT Analysis: overall aim, apart from sending a message to Assad, was to keep as far away as possible from Russian and Iranian positions The US-led operation against Syria, which included the contribution of four RAF Tornados, was a relatively limited one, a short, sharp attack against targets alleged to be linked to chemical weapons. It is intended as a one-off, with no further strikes planned unless Syrian president Bashar al-Assad conducts chemical attacks in the future. Continue reading... |
| The key points from James Comey's explosive book Posted: 13 Apr 2018 10:53 AM PDT The ex-FBI director sets out his contacts with Donald Trump in detail: from tanning goggles, to the Moscow hotel room, to his mafia vibe Former FBI director James Comey's book details his early career as a prosecutor, and his work at the justice department and FBI under George W Bush and Barack Obama. But the chapters on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the 2016 election have attracted most attention since the Guardian and others obtained copies of the book on Thursday. Here are the key points: Related: Trump attacks 'slime ball' Comey after new book likens president to mafia boss Continue reading... |
| Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:56 AM PDT Window opens for those who want to try to address the gaping absence of strategic thinking The delay in the mooted US-led strikes on Syria, caused in part by divisions between the White House and the Pentagon over the potential targets, has allowed a range of mediators to intervene in an attempt to avoid military conflict. The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in particular have been on the phone to Vladimir Putin trying to find a solution. On the basis of his conversations with Moscow and Washington, Erdoğan claimed on Friday that the situation was calming down, but he has given little indication of a scenario that may dissuade Donald Trump from sending cruise missiles into Syria. Continue reading... |
| Missile attack on Syria – in pictures Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:31 AM PDT US, UK and French forces launch missile strikes aimed at reducing the Syrian regime's chemical weapons facilities after last weekend's attack on the Damascus suburb of Douma Continue reading... |
| Amateur footage shows missiles falling over Damascus as airstrikes begin – video Posted: 13 Apr 2018 09:40 PM PDT Video posted by the Syrian Arab Army shows the skies over Damascus as US, British and French forces targeted Syria with airstrikes early on Saturday in response to a chemical attack that killed dozens of people last week. As the missiles arc through the night sky, the call to prayer can be heard ringing out over the city Continue reading... |
| 'A strong deterrent': Trump announces strikes on Syria – video Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:51 PM PDT US president Donald Trump announces military strikes targeting Syria's chemical weapons capabilities following the attack on Douma last week. "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States." Trump said Continue reading... |
| Firing Comey one of Trump's 'greatest achievements', says White House – video Posted: 13 Apr 2018 01:00 PM PDT The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, gave scathing remarks about the former FBI director James Comey on Friday. Sanders said that firing him was "one of the president's greatest achievements". She was speaking after Comey's book A Higher Loyalty gave a unique insight into working under Donald Trump Continue reading... |
| Trump and Comey’s hate-hate relationship – video explainer Posted: 13 Apr 2018 09:43 AM PDT Donald Trump fired the FBI director James Comey in May 2017, citing his handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal. He has since admitted Comey's refusal to suspend the FBI inquiry into the Trump campaign's purported links to Russia was a catalyst for the move. Now Comey has written a book that reveals the reality of working with the Trump administration Trump attacks 'slime ball' Comey after new book likens president to mafia boss Continue reading... |
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