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- North and South Korean leaders promise 'lasting peace' for peninsula
- Three dead and hundreds injured as Israeli troops open fire on Gaza border
- Trump and Merkel tried – and failed – to hide their differences in Washington
- US-EU operation deals blow to Isis propaganda machine
- Bill Cosby sexual assault victim Andrea Constand: 'Truth prevails'
- Al Gore warns worst of climate change will be felt by black and poor people
- Nine schoolchildren stabbed to death in northern China
- Republican-led House panel says no evidence Trump colluded with Russia
- Libyan general returns to Benghazi after death rumours
- Spanish prosecutors to appeal against Pamplona gang rape verdict
- Rotterdam reveals Brexit fears over port capacity – but says Dover has it worse
- Alfie Evans dies at Alder Hey hospital after withdrawal of life support
- The 20 photographs of the week
- ‘I was reunited with my long-lost family on Oprah’
- Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against Donald Trump's lawyer put on hold
- Largest known child sacrifice site discovered in Peru
- Australia sending plane to monitor North Korean ships' 'illicit trade'
- After six months of #MeToo, the burning question is: how soon can these guys come back?
- Canned in Kenya, set for Cannes: Rafiki falls foul of Nairobi film censors | Hannah Summers
- Police intervene as opening of Sierra Leone parliament is overtaken by chaos
- Nicaragua's toppling 'trees' strike ominous note for Daniel Ortega's rule
- Macron went mano a mano with Trump, but will he have anything to show for it?
- How Bill Cosby went from 'America's dad' to convicted sex offender
- Bonhomie on Korean peninsula puts pressure on bellicose Trump
- Donald Trump: US won't be played in North Korea talks – video
- Key moments from historic Korean summit – video report
| North and South Korean leaders promise 'lasting peace' for peninsula Posted: 27 Apr 2018 04:35 AM PDT Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in pledge denuclearisation and end to decades of hostility after summit The leaders of North and South Korea have promised after a landmark summit to bring "lasting peace" to the peninsula with a commitment to denuclearisation and to ending decades of hostilities. Speaking at the end of an extraordinary day that began with a lingering handshake across the demarcation line separating their countries, the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, issued a joint statement that was short on detail but offered cause for optimism as the world looks ahead to a summit between Kim and Donald Trump. Continue reading... |
| Three dead and hundreds injured as Israeli troops open fire on Gaza border Posted: 27 Apr 2018 10:22 AM PDT Action against Palestinian protesters flares hours after UN criticism of Israel Israeli troops have shot dead three protesters along the Gaza border, hours after the United Nations human rights chief criticised Israel for using "excessive force" against demonstrators. Soldiers have killed 41 Palestinians and wounded more than 5,000 others since Gaza residents began staging protests along the border fence on 30 March to demand the right of return for Palestinian refugees. Continue reading... |
| Trump and Merkel tried – and failed – to hide their differences in Washington Posted: 27 Apr 2018 01:59 PM PDT After the French president's warm visit, the frosty atmosphere was clear as the US and German leaders discussed Nato and Iran Donald Trump and Angela Merkel worked hard to present a united front on Friday but could not mask deep differences in substance and style. Although the two leaders stressed the US and Germany's close ties, their low-key meeting offered a stark contrast to the lavish state visit of French president Emmanuel Macron – and their body language was distinctly colder. Continue reading... |
| US-EU operation deals blow to Isis propaganda machine Posted: 27 Apr 2018 02:48 PM PDT Takedown hits outlets including Amaq, used to broadcast attack claims and spread propaganda European and US law enforcement teams have disabled the key communications channels of the Islamic State group in a coordinated operation involving agencies in eight countries, Europol has said. "With this groundbreaking operation, we have punched a big hole in the capability of [Isis] to spread propaganda online and radicalise young people in Europe," said Rob Wainwright, executive director of the European police agency. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby sexual assault victim Andrea Constand: 'Truth prevails' Posted: 27 Apr 2018 08:12 AM PDT
Andrea Constand, the woman Bill Cosby was convicted of sexually assaulting, said "truth prevails" on Friday, the morning after a verdict that could send the 80-year-old comedian to prison for the rest of his life. Related: How Bill Cosby went from 'America's dad' to convicted sex offender Continue reading... |
| Al Gore warns worst of climate change will be felt by black and poor people Posted: 27 Apr 2018 12:33 PM PDT Speaking at a memorial to the victims of lynching, the former vice-president warned of the disproportionate impacts of global warming Al Gore, the former US vice-president turned climate change advocate, has warned that the deepening crisis of global temperature and sea level rise – and the consequent spate of natural disasters in America – will increasingly affect black and poor people more than others. Speaking at the opening of a new national memorial and museum chronicling America's history of lynching and racial violence in Montgomery, Alabama, Gore said that the US could expect to see many more major disasters of the ilk of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria last summer. Continue reading... |
| Nine schoolchildren stabbed to death in northern China Posted: 27 Apr 2018 10:38 PM PDT Suspect arrested in Shaanxi province after attack in which 10 others were wounded Nine children have been stabbed to death and 10 others injured on their way home from school in northern China, in one of the deadliest such attacks in the country in recent years. The 28-year-old suspect, named only as Zhao from Zhaojiashan village, was arrested and the injured children were taken to hospital, Mizhi County's public security bureau in Shaanxi province said. Continue reading... |
| Republican-led House panel says no evidence Trump colluded with Russia Posted: 27 Apr 2018 09:37 AM PDT
The Republican-led House intelligence committee on Friday officially declared the end of its Russia investigation, saying in its final report that it found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election. Related: Trump says Comey is 'either very sick or very dumb' as memo row continues Continue reading... |
| Libyan general returns to Benghazi after death rumours Posted: 27 Apr 2018 07:41 AM PDT Khalifa Haftar orders assault on Islamist-controlled areas after return from Paris hospital Defying reports of an incapacitating stroke and even his death, the Libyan strongman Gen Khalifa Haftar has returned to the country from a hospital in Paris and ordered a military assault on Islamist-controlled areas. Numerous sources has reported that Haftar, 75, had either died or had a stroke of such severity that his public career was at an end, prompting speculation that his chief backers – the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and France – were locked in secret discussions over a successor likely to play a decisive role in Libya's future. Continue reading... |
| Spanish prosecutors to appeal against Pamplona gang rape verdict Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:18 AM PDT Five men were found guilty of lesser offence of sexual abuse against teenager during festival Spanish prosecutors are to appeal against the verdict in the case of five men who were cleared of the gang rape of a woman during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona and convicted of the lesser offence of sexual abuse. News of the appeal came shortly before the Spanish government announced that it would re-examine the country's sexual offences legislation to establish whether such crimes were adequately defined and categorised. Continue reading... |
| Rotterdam reveals Brexit fears over port capacity – but says Dover has it worse Posted: 27 Apr 2018 04:58 AM PDT Dutch delay spending on new port facilities amid hope of British U-turn on customs union Officials at the port of Rotterdam, the largest in Europe, are stalling on investments in Brexit infrastructure amid renewed hope that Theresa May will make a U-turn after the local elections on the UK leaving the customs union. EU officials, however, have warned that global trade rules will stand in the way of a UK "fudge" on the customs union issue. Continue reading... |
| Alfie Evans dies at Alder Hey hospital after withdrawal of life support Posted: 28 Apr 2018 01:23 AM PDT Parents of boy with rare degenerative brain disease say they are heartbroken after his death in hospital A 23-month-old boy with a rare degenerative brain disease, who was at the centre of a protracted legal battle, has died, his parents have said. Alfie Evans died at Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool in the early hours of Saturday morning. Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 28 Apr 2018 12:11 AM PDT The Korean summit, the Bill Cosby verdict, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and demonstrations in Gaza – the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| ‘I was reunited with my long-lost family on Oprah’ Posted: 27 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT Clemantine Wamariya was separated from her family in the Rwandan genocide; 12 years later she was invited to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show... I t was an event that could easily have passed in an emotional blur: the moment Clemantine Wamariya was reunited with the family she'd last seen 12 years earlier, and had for a long time feared were dead. Instead, she can recall every second: the moment she threw herself into her father's arms, before clinging to her mother and, in a gesture of disbelief and gratitude, raising an arm to the heavens. The reason everything is still so clear 12 years on is because the reunion took place on television, and she has rewatched it many times. "I thought in that moment I'd died," Clemantine says. "You hear about how you're united with the people you love in heaven, and I thought, this must be heaven. I was so happy, but I was also scared: had I died?" Continue reading... |
| Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against Donald Trump's lawyer put on hold Posted: 27 Apr 2018 08:29 PM PDT Criminal proceedings against Michael Cohen following FBI raids leads judge to postpone porn actor's lawsuit by three months The lawsuit brought by Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen has been put on hold for three months. District judge James Otero made the order on Friday, saying Cohen's constitutional rights could be endangered if the lawsuit by the adult film actor proceeds while the US president's lawyer is under criminal investigation. |
| Largest known child sacrifice site discovered in Peru Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:46 PM PDT Researchers believe the 140 children were sacrificed 550 years ago by the Chimú civilisation as floods ravaged the coastline Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world's largest single case of child sacrifice. The burial site, known as Las Llamas, contains the skeletons of 140 children who were aged between five and 14 when they were ritually sacrificed during a ceremony about 550 years ago, archaeologists said on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Australia sending plane to monitor North Korean ships' 'illicit trade' Posted: 27 Apr 2018 11:33 PM PDT P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft will look for ship-to-ship transfers of goods prohibited under UN sanctions • Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noon Australia will send a military plane to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of UN sanctions. The surveillance aircraft is bound for a US facility in Japan alongside Canadian military planes to monitor Pyongyang's vessels on the high seas. Continue reading... |
| After six months of #MeToo, the burning question is: how soon can these guys come back? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 01:00 AM PDT Months are like dog years for men, so four months on the sidelines for a man is definitely the same as decades of groping for a woman Gosh, remember the #MeToo movement? That was exciting, wasn't it? All that talk about how nothing was ever going to be the same again. No longer would men get away with sexually exploiting women, and powerful men who once seemed untopplable were duly toppled. Red lines, everyone said, had been drawn. And six months on from the beginning of this movement, there's only one question, really, that is being asked: how soon can these guys come back? "Several powerful men, in several industries, have had their worlds kicked out from under them as the #MeToo movement has gathered momentum… Is a comeback possible?" an article in the New York Times recently asked about the American chef Mario Batali. Yes, the poor men! Those accusations really came out of nowhere for them. It might be worth interjecting at this point that Batali, a popular and powerful media figure in America, is alleged to have sexually harassed women for decades. But the allegations came out in December, and it's April now, and we all know months are like dog years for men, and so four months on the sidelines for a man is definitely the same as decades of groping for women. Continue reading... |
| Canned in Kenya, set for Cannes: Rafiki falls foul of Nairobi film censors | Hannah Summers Posted: 27 Apr 2018 08:36 AM PDT Wanuri Kahiu's drama banned for 'promoting lesbianism' despite becoming first Kenyan film to earn showing at Cannes It is a coming-of-age tale of two girls, the daughters of political opponents, who fall in love and find their identity and dreams compromised by a conservative society. Bringing their story to the screen has proved a triumph for director Wanuri Kahiu, who made history last week after it was announced that Rafiki would be the first Kenyan film to feature at the Cannes film festival, which begins in May. Continue reading... |
| Police intervene as opening of Sierra Leone parliament is overtaken by chaos Posted: 27 Apr 2018 05:46 AM PDT Police use force as members of ousted All People's Congress party are removed from parliament after defying high court injunctions Julius Maada Bio's fledgling tenure as president of Sierra Leone was punctuated by renewed controversy after police forcibly removed members of the opposition from the opening session of the new parliament. A week of mounting tensions in Freetown culminated on Wednesday with officers escorting 16 members of the All People's Congress party from the chamber for disruptive behaviour. Continue reading... |
| Nicaragua's toppling 'trees' strike ominous note for Daniel Ortega's rule Posted: 28 Apr 2018 12:30 AM PDT The metal sculptures were meant to beautify cityscapes but for protesters they came to symbolise a revolutionary who lost touch When protesters flooded the streets of Managua this week, their anger found an unusual target: a garish metal forest of 17-metre (56ft) sculptures known as the Árboles de la Vida. The multimillion-dollar art project – inspired by the work of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt – was reputedly inflicted upon Nicaragua's capital and other cities by first lady Rosario Murillo in an attempt at civic beautification. |
| Macron went mano a mano with Trump, but will he have anything to show for it? Posted: 27 Apr 2018 04:47 PM PDT There was no doubt the French president's proactive approach earned him political points, but the outcome on issues such as the Iran deal still hangs in the balance One of Donald Trump's contributions to international diplomacy has been to make it more of a contact sport. Planning how to deal with his aggressive handshakes has become as much a part of preparing for a Trump summit as memorising the talking points. Related: The art of the feel: why Trump is master of the awkward greeting Continue reading... |
| How Bill Cosby went from 'America's dad' to convicted sex offender Posted: 27 Apr 2018 08:59 AM PDT Before his dramatic downfall, culminating in a guilty verdict, Cosby seemed to be at the peak of what had been an extraordinary public life Bill Cosby came very close to cementing his legacy as America's sweater-clad father figure and no-nonsense moral voice for the ages. Related: Bill Cosby found guilty in sexual assault trial in milestone for #MeToo era Continue reading... |
| Bonhomie on Korean peninsula puts pressure on bellicose Trump Posted: 27 Apr 2018 04:51 AM PDT Moon and Kim's evident mutual goodwill contrasts sharply with Trump's aggressive stance The joint declaration by Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, the fruit of Friday's unexpectedly warm, fraternal summit, represents a big political and diplomatic triumph for both Korean leaders. It will gratify China's government too, and relieve people around the world worried about nuclear war. But it could be a big problem for Donald Trump. The measures announced at the end of a day of talks will be enthusiastically welcomed by Koreans on both sides of the border. They included denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, a possible peace treaty, military confidence-building measures, regular bilateral summits and increased people-to-people contacts. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump: US won't be played in North Korea talks – video Posted: 27 Apr 2018 01:26 PM PDT Donald Trump says the US will 'not be played' when engaging in talks with North Korea. The US president said he was hopeful of making a deal with Kim Jong-un but, under previous administrations, the US had 'been played beautifully like a fiddle' Continue reading... |
| Key moments from historic Korean summit – video report Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:46 AM PDT The North Korean and South Korean leaders have agreed to a 'new era of peace', 65 years after the armistice. At Kim Jong-un's beckoning, Moon Jae-in briefly stepped across a demarcation line into the North, in a highly symbolic moment Continue reading... |
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