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- Syria and Russia accuse Israel of missile attack on Assad airbase
- Hungary's Viktor Orbán secures another term with resounding win
- German police foil alleged plot to attack Berlin half-marathon
- 'Every parent's nightmare': Canada in grief after 15 die in hockey team bus crash
- Florida school shooting survivors release 'cathartic' memorial magazine
- Indian runaway train takes 1,000 passengers on engineless journey
- Chief ICC lawyer calls for end to violence along Gaza border
- Hackers warn Iran: 'Don't mess with our elections'
- EPA chief Scott Pruitt faces renewed pressure despite Trump's support
- Irish novelist warns of Brexit-style revolt against elite on abortion vote
- Indigenous people are being displaced again – by gentrification | Jack Latimore
- The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way?
- Australian Cities Week: what it is and how you can get involved
- What awaits England fans at the World Cup in Russia?
- Two-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Coventry
- Markets higher as Trump calms trade war fears - business live
- Jerome Ave: inside one of New York City's last working class areas - in pictures
- Canada bus crash: father finds son standing amid 'devastating sight'
- Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard's eligibility under scrutiny
- Coalition told to rewrite foreign donations bill in unanimous report
- 'I was terrified': fears over child mental health in post-quake Papua New Guinea
- Viktor Orbán: re-election of Hungary’s anti-immigrant leader is major challenge for EU
- Syria will see US price for chemical attack as worth paying | Patrick Wintour
- Denmark demolition goes wrong as silo falls wrong way - video
- Canada: hundreds gather at hockey arena to mourn 15 people killed in bus crash – video
- Train rolls backwards for miles without engine in India – video
- Former Brazil president Lula turns himself in after two-day standoff - video
- Smoke billows from 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York – video report
| Syria and Russia accuse Israel of missile attack on Assad airbase Posted: 09 Apr 2018 01:12 AM PDT Russian military says Israeli F-15 war planes carried out strikes from Lebanese airspace Israeli war planes have bombed a Syrian regime airbase east of the city of Homs, the Russian and Syrian militaries have said. The Russian military said that two Israeli F-15 jets carried out the strikes from Lebanese airspace, and that Syrian air defence systems shot down five of eight missiles fired. Asked about the Russian statement, an Israeli military spokesman said he had no immediate comment. |
| Hungary's Viktor Orbán secures another term with resounding win Posted: 08 Apr 2018 03:55 PM PDT Orbán and his Fidesz party projected to take 133 seats with 93% of votes counted, after a heavily anti-migration campaign Hungary's anti-migration prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has secured a third consecutive term in office after his Fidesz party won a resounding victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday. Related: Viktor Orbán: re-election of Hungary's anti-immigrant leader is major challenge for EU Continue reading... |
| German police foil alleged plot to attack Berlin half-marathon Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:35 AM PDT Six people held over what police say was plan to attack spectators and runners with knives Six people have been detained in connection with what police and prosecutors allege was a plan to carry out an extremist attack on Berlin's half-marathon. "There were isolated indications that those arrested, aged between 18 and 21 years, were participating in the preparation of a crime in connection with this event," prosecutors and police wrote in a joint statement. Berlin police tweeted that six people were detained in cooperation with the city prosecutor's office. Continue reading... |
| 'Every parent's nightmare': Canada in grief after 15 die in hockey team bus crash Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:20 PM PDT Cause of collision between Humboldt Broncos' bus and truck remains unknown as PM Justin Trudeau says 'entire country is in shock' Canada has been plunged into "shock and mourning" after 15 people died and more than a dozen were injured in a "nightmare" collision between a bus carrying a junior hockey team and a semi-trailer. The royal Canadian mounted police said 29 people, including the driver, were on the Humboldt Broncos team bus when the crash occurred late on Friday afternoon on a rural highway some 200km (124 miles) north-east of Saskatoon in the province of Saskatchewan. Continue reading... |
| Florida school shooting survivors release 'cathartic' memorial magazine Posted: 08 Apr 2018 02:10 PM PDT Eagle Eye supervisor says writers of profiles of 17 teens and teachers who died 'wanted to capture the essence of who each person was' Jaime Guttenberg dancing. Swim captain Nicholas Dworet mid-stroke in the pool. Peter Wang in his JROTC uniform, standing proud in front of the American flag. Related: Florida school shooting survivors march on unfazed by personal attacks Continue reading... |
| Indian runaway train takes 1,000 passengers on engineless journey Posted: 08 Apr 2018 08:45 AM PDT Twenty two carriages roll out of control for seven miles in Odisha state before being stopped by rocks placed on track India's railway ministry said a "ghastly" accident had narrowly been avoided after 22 passenger carriages carrying about 1,000 people became detached from a train engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped. The runaway carriages rolled for seven miles in the north-eastern state of Odisha before being brought to a shuddering halt by rocks placed on the tracks by railway staff. Continue reading... |
| Chief ICC lawyer calls for end to violence along Gaza border Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:38 AM PDT Lead prosecutor warns attacks affecting civilians could be unlawful under international criminal court treaty The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has called for an end to violence in Gaza after hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of a Palestinian journalist shot beside Israel's security fence. Yasser Murtaja, a 31-year-old photographer, was wearing a clearly marked press vest as he reported on a mass demonstration along the Gaza border, in Khuzaa, on 6 April when he was shot. The area was engulfed in thick black smoke from tyres that had been set on fire. Continue reading... |
| Hackers warn Iran: 'Don't mess with our elections' Posted: 07 Apr 2018 04:41 PM PDT Iranian IT minister says warning that displayed US flag was part of attack that also affected Europe, India and the US Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centres in Iran, where they left the image of a US flag on screens along with a warning: "Don't mess with our elections", the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday. "The attack apparently affected 200,000 router switches across the world in a widespread attack, including 3,500 switches in our country," the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology said in a statement carried by Iran's official news agency IRNA. Continue reading... |
| EPA chief Scott Pruitt faces renewed pressure despite Trump's support Posted: 08 Apr 2018 05:10 AM PDT Controversy for Pruitt mounts over rent deal linked to an energy sector lobbyist and spending of public money on a security detail Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt remained under pressure on Sunday over his use of public money and a rental arrangement linked to an energy sector lobbyist – despite Donald Trump's tweeted support. "While security spending was somewhat more than his predecessor," the president wrote on Saturday night, "Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA. Record clean Air & Water while saving USA Billions of Dollars." Continue reading... |
| Irish novelist warns of Brexit-style revolt against elite on abortion vote Posted: 07 Apr 2018 04:04 PM PDT As referendum day nears, Patrick McCabe says Dublin media liberals could pay for snobbery towards rural Ireland One of Ireland's most critically acclaimed novelists has warned that the country's referendum on abortion in May could be a "Brexit/Trump" moment for Ireland, exposing similar divisions between rural voters and city-dwellers. Patrick McCabe, the author of bestsellers The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, both made into feature films, said there was a danger that sections of the "metropolitan media in Dublin" could alienate voters in rural constituencies and help usher in a no vote against abortion reform. Continue reading... |
| Indigenous people are being displaced again – by gentrification | Jack Latimore Posted: 08 Apr 2018 11:30 PM PDT Soaring rents are destroying the communities Aboriginal people have painstakingly built in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. It all feels very familiar Walking into the inner-city Brisbane suburb of West End one morning, I witnessed a group of Aboriginal "parkies" being moved on from a corner of the main road. "So nothing's really changed for blackfullas in Brisbane," I thought as I continued along Boundary Street, named for the city's racist 19th-century policies of urban segregation. Related: Australian Cities Week: what it is and how you can get involved Continue reading... |
| The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way? Posted: 08 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT Plonking an Apple store in Melbourne's biggest civic square has caused a long-simmering debate about the future of Australia's most progressive city to boil over In Melbourne's Federation Square, people are sitting on the steps, eating lunch among the pigeons under a sky that threatens drizzle. The cascading crazy paving and interlocking sandstone facades supposedly, in the architects' vision at least, represent the desert heart of Australia. Across the road, a banner hangs from the walls of St Paul's Cathedral: "Let's fully welcome refugees." Melissa, an academic, walks out of the Koorie Heritage Trust, housed in the Yarra building on the square's south side. It is due to be demolished to make room for a "flagship" Apple store, under plans announced by the state government a few months ago out of the blue and without public consultation. Continue reading... |
| Australian Cities Week: what it is and how you can get involved Posted: 08 Apr 2018 04:01 PM PDT In collaboration with Guardian Australia, Guardian Cities is devoting a week to exploring Australian cities – and we want to hear from you
Australia's cities face challenges as distinct as their characters, but one is consistent across all of them: change. The nation of nearly 25 million has one of the highest rates of population growth of any OECD country, overwhelmingly focused on its cities – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in particular. Such rapid expansion presents opportunities; the question is, are Australian cities ready to seize them? Continue reading... |
| What awaits England fans at the World Cup in Russia? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT Memories of violence at Euro 2016 are still fresh – but do fans and experts believe the hooligan threat is real? In a Moscow pub decorated with British football memorabilia, a Russian supporter of local side CSKA was happy last week to reassure English fans planning to travel to this summer's World Cup. Konstantin, or Kostya for short, says he doubts there will be violence because the toughest Russian hooligans have already lost their taste for fighting England supporters. "It's like being a mountain climber," said Kostya, a member of one of the Russian capital's prominent CSKA "firms", after recalling how a group of Russian fans smashed through a contingent of English fans in Marseille in June 2016, using extreme violence. "Once you've reached the summit, you don't do it again. There's no point in beating them again. So they don't have to be afraid to come to Russia, nothing's going to happen." Continue reading... |
| Two-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Coventry Posted: 09 Apr 2018 01:40 AM PDT Toddler died of his injuries in hospital, where his mother remains in a critical condition A two-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in Coventry, police have said. The toddler and his mother were struck by a Volkswagen Bora at about 9pm on Sunday. He died of his injuries in hospital, while his mother, 32, sustained multiple fractures and remains in a critical condition, West Midlands police said. Continue reading... |
| Markets higher as Trump calms trade war fears - business live Posted: 09 Apr 2018 01:38 AM PDT Investors hope for talks to resolve trade dispute, while new figures on UK housing show better than expected performance in March
Here's a bit of gloom from the eurozone. Consumer sentiment fell in April for the third month in a row, due to concerns about a possible trade war between the US and China and a slowdown in global growth. Even though the current situation is still rated as excellent...the prospects for the future have become massively gloomier. The customs disputes, fuelled by US president Donald Trump, are leaving their traces.
Elsewhere in the FCA's annual business plan, the watchdog says it's going to be looking closely at high-cost credit this year. Rent-to-own, home credit, catalogue credit and debt management advice is falling into its crosshairs. The FCA's renewed focus on high-cost credit comes at a time of booming growth in wider consumer credit, back to levels unseen since the financial crisis. And as interest rates rise. It warns even gradually rising rates could hurt those in high levels of debt. Continue reading... |
| Jerome Ave: inside one of New York City's last working class areas - in pictures Posted: 08 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT Photographs have gone on display from a project documenting and celebrating the workers and tradespeople of Jerome Avenue, in the Bronx, where many people still make a living in small shops and factories. The city is considering a plan to rezone two miles along the street, which has already led to the raising of rents The Bronx Photo League, a project of the Bronx Documentary Center, is committed to documenting social issues and change in the borough. The Jerome Avenue exhibition is at the Urban Justice Center, Manhattan, until 15 August 2018 Continue reading... |
| Canada bus crash: father finds son standing amid 'devastating sight' Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:08 PM PDT Crash that left 15 people dead and more than a dozen injured plunges hockey-crazed Canada into shock and mourning When Myles Shumlanski picked up his phone late on Friday afternoon, his son's voice – frantic and hysterical – rang through the line. "The bus was in an accident," Nick Shumlanski screamed. The younger Shumlanski, who is 20, had been on the Humboldt Broncos team bus as the junior hockey team headed to a high-stakes playoff game against the Nipawin Hawks in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Continue reading... |
| Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard's eligibility under scrutiny Posted: 09 Apr 2018 01:41 AM PDT No official objection lodged against Kiwi athlete, but other teams at Commonwealth Games said they felt it was unfair New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard went into the women's +90kg finals at the Commonwealth Games as favourite, expected not only to win but also perhaps break records. She finished the first half 7kg ahead of Samoa's Feagaiga Stowers, but her efforts ended after she injured her elbow striving for a lift of 132kg. Continue reading... |
| Coalition told to rewrite foreign donations bill in unanimous report Posted: 09 Apr 2018 01:25 AM PDT Joint standing committee on electoral matters says Turnbull government should remove contentious elements of bill The Turnbull government should rewrite its foreign donations bill to narrow the definition of political expenditure and make it less likely to harm advocacy by civil society groups, the electoral committee has recommended. In a unanimous report released on Monday, the joint standing committee on electoral matters sought to preserve the consensus to ban foreign political donations by calling on the government to strip out more contentious elements of the electoral funding and disclosure bill. Continue reading... |
| 'I was terrified': fears over child mental health in post-quake Papua New Guinea Posted: 09 Apr 2018 12:17 AM PDT Close to 25,000 under 18s suffering psychological damage in chaos and violence following catastrophic tremors, says World Health Organization As many as 25,000 children in Papua New Guinea are in desperate need of psychological support following a series of devastating earthquakes, warned the World Health Organization. The PNG government estimates 270,000 people are in need of urgent assistance, including 125,000 children. Of these, 15% to 20% need psychological help, the WHO said. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake on 26 February was followed by almost 200 aftershock tremors in the last 40 days. Some of these have reached a magnitude of 6.5. Continue reading... |
| Viktor Orbán: re-election of Hungary’s anti-immigrant leader is major challenge for EU Posted: 08 Apr 2018 05:14 PM PDT Brussels now confronting a country at the heart of the continent that is making an exit from the bloc's liberal values, but continuing to pick up the cheques It's a safe bet that few in Brussels are celebrating Viktor Orbán's resounding win. Elected for a fourth term, Hungary's anti-immigrant nationalist leader poses a profound challenge for the European Union. Related: Hungary's Viktor Orbán secures another term with resounding win Continue reading... |
| Syria will see US price for chemical attack as worth paying | Patrick Wintour Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:43 AM PDT Whether Trump opts for single retaliatory act or wider response, Assad will think he is winning Donald Trump's Twitter warning that a big, albeit unspecified, price will be paid for Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians in Douma points to some form of punitive military strike being launched by western forces. The tweet is all the more remarkable for containing some of Trump's first direct criticism of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, and his role in protecting Assad. Continue reading... |
| Denmark demolition goes wrong as silo falls wrong way - video Posted: 08 Apr 2018 11:56 PM PDT A 53-metre high silo crashed into a cultural centre after a demolition in Denmark caused the building to fall the wrong way. Onlookers cheered at the detonation in the town of Vordingborg but it soon became apparent something had gone wrong as the tower toppled towards the waterfront library and music school Continue reading... |
| Canada: hundreds gather at hockey arena to mourn 15 people killed in bus crash – video Posted: 08 Apr 2018 08:58 PM PDT A hockey arena became the epicentre of grief for a small Canadian town on Sunday, as friends, relatives and those that housed the young hockey players gathered to mourn 15 people killed after a truck slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team. Continue reading... |
| Train rolls backwards for miles without engine in India – video Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:37 AM PDT A passenger train with 22 carriages carrying about 1,000 people became detached from its engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped, said India's railway ministry. The runaway carriages rolled for seven miles in the eastern state of Odisha before being brought to a shuddering halt by rocks placed on the tracks by railway staff. Authorities believe that brakes normally applied when carriages are detached or attached to an engine were either incorrectly used or overlooked altogether. Continue reading... |
| Former Brazil president Lula turns himself in after two-day standoff - video Posted: 08 Apr 2018 06:11 AM PDT Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has handed himself in to police after spending two nights at the metalworkers' union headquarters in São Paulo in defiance of an arrest warrant. He was carried on the shoulders of supporters shouting 'Free Lula!' before being flown to the southern city of Curitiba, where he will begin serving a 12-year sentence for corruption. Lula begins prison sentence in Brazil after giving himself up to police Continue reading... |
| Smoke billows from 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York – video report Posted: 08 Apr 2018 02:56 AM PDT One man died and six firefighters were injured after an apartment caught fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York. The victim, Todd Brassner, was found unresponsive in his apartment and was pronounced dead in hospital, police said. Officials have not yet released information about the cause of the fire Trump Tower fire: man, 67, dies in blaze on 50th floor Continue reading... |
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