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- Exit polls point to landslide vote to relax Irish abortion laws
- 'Sant Antoni brings life': Barcelona celebrates £70m market revamp
- Tim Dowling: Oprah and I turned up too early for the royal wedding
- Irish abortion referendum: exit polls predict landslide for yes as count begins – live
- The 20 photographs of the week
- Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’
- 'Immigration killed her': Guatemalan woman shot dead by US Border Patrol
- China shows little appetite for lifting of family size limit
- National Australia Bank apologises after outage affects customers
- Belgian police who shot dead two-year-old 'want to justify' tragedy, says lawyer
- Lava from Kilauea volcano oozes down Hawaii street – timelapse video
- Mesmerising swarm of endangered jellyfish discovered in China - video
- People go to the polls in Ireland's abortion vote – in pictures
- Irish people living abroad return home to vote in abortion referendum – video
| Exit polls point to landslide vote to relax Irish abortion laws Posted: 25 May 2018 06:35 PM PDT Two surveys for Irish Times and RTÉ indicate clear victory for yes campaign Ireland has voted by a landslide to lift the ban on abortion that had been enshrined in its constitution for three decades, the first exit polls from a historic referendum suggest. If confirmed at Saturday's count, the shock result – three years after Ireland became the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote – would underline the speed and scale of change in a country that is still majority Catholic. Continue reading... |
| 'Sant Antoni brings life': Barcelona celebrates £70m market revamp Posted: 26 May 2018 12:00 AM PDT The return of a 135-year-old market is part of a citywide plan to revive local communities, but some worry the tourist hordes will soon arrive Thousands of residents of the traditionally working class Barcelona neighbourhood of Sant Antoni thronged their local market this week as it reopened after a nine-year, €80m (£70.1m) refit. The celebrations continue over the weekend with live music, dancers from China and Bangladesh and poetry readings. "It doesn't surprise me that so many people came on the opening day," says Pere Escofet, standing at his brand new cheese and charcuterie stall. "This market is very symbolic and there was a lot of expectation." Continue reading... |
| Tim Dowling: Oprah and I turned up too early for the royal wedding Posted: 25 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT 'Still,' I say, to no one. 'Nice day for it.' My wife is on holiday in Spain, riding horses with a friend. I've been on my own for about 24 hours, and I have already started talking to myself. With no one in the room to look up occasionally and say, "What are you going on about now?", my exterior monologue has become a ceaseless narration. The dog thinks I'm talking to the dog. The dog is wrong. On Saturday morning I find myself alone in front of the TV, watching preliminary coverage of the royal wedding. I find it particularly compelling because absolutely nothing is happening. There are still almost two hours to go before kick-off. Continue reading... |
| Irish abortion referendum: exit polls predict landslide for yes as count begins – live Posted: 26 May 2018 01:50 AM PDT Follow live as votes are counted in Ireland's referendum on the eighth amendment
The expected result in the Irish referendum is likely to put significant pressure on politicians in Northern Ireland to review its highly restrictive regime, reports Harriet Sherwood. If the repeal of the eighth amendment is confirmed and followed by legislation to permit abortion on request up to the 12th week of pregnancy, Northern Ireland will be the only place in the UK and Ireland – and most of Europe – where terminations are outlawed bar in the most exceptional circumstances. Based on the exit poll, a historic & great day for Ireland, & a hopeful one for Northern Ireland. That hope must be met. #HomeToVote stories are a powerful and moving testimony as to why this had to happen and that understanding & empathy exists between generations. #trustwomen Wonderful news, if true. And a powerful message to Northern Ireland. We need change across the whole island of Ireland. https://t.co/VTTdPmlUDj
One of the key cases influencing the debate on abortion in Ireland was that of the Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died of sepsis in a hospital in Galway after being denied an abortion during a protracted miscarriage. Her husband, Praveen Halappanavar, claimed she requested a termination but was refused because the baby's heart was still beating. Flowers and tributes were left at the Dublin mural of Savita Halappanavar, who died in 2012 in an Irish hospital after she was denied an abortion while suffering the complications of a septic miscarriage. "I'm so sorry. My vote was for you," one note reads. #8thRef pic.twitter.com/b5DRnfZFs9 Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 26 May 2018 12:44 AM PDT Demonstrations in Gaza, the eruptions of Kilauea volcano, the royal wedding in Windsor and Harvey Weinstein in court – the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’ Posted: 26 May 2018 12:59 AM PDT The former first daughter on privilege, female leadership, dealing with critics, and how Trump 'degrades what it means to be American' When the American media describe Chelsea Clinton as royalty, they refer not to her popularity but to her ubiquity. Her very first home was the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas; the family home she left for university 18 years later was the White House. Ordinarily, it's only young royals who grow up in lavish official residences and the pitiless media spotlight, a permanent presence in our consciousness. It is a uniquely strange and unenviable version of celebrity that stole Clinton's anonymity before she was old enough to spell it. When we meet there is, therefore, a disconcerting sense of deja vu. Everything begins exactly as one might expect. On the previous day there had been the pre-interview call from one of her handlers, who was ostensibly warm and yet conveyed an impression of wary control, leaving me worried about how far I'd be allowed to stray from the subject of Clinton's new book. The interview takes place at the Clinton Foundation, a vast but discreetly unadvertised expanse of midtown Manhattan office space populated by serious-looking people and elegantly adorned by African-inspired artwork chosen by Clinton's father. Clinton is waiting in the glass boardroom; the interview starts precisely on schedule, to the second. Continue reading... |
| 'Immigration killed her': Guatemalan woman shot dead by US Border Patrol Posted: 25 May 2018 03:17 PM PDT Claudia Patricia Gómez Gonzáles, 20, died on Wednesday after she was shot in the head by an agent in Rio Bravo, Texas A Guatemalan woman shot dead by a border patrol agent in Texas has been named as Claudia Patricia Gómez Gonzáles by local media outlets which reported that she travelled to the US in the hope of finding work to pay for her education. Gómez, a 20-year-old Maya-Mam indigenous woman, died on Wednesday after she was shot in the head by an agent in the border town Rio Bravo, Texas. Continue reading... |
| China shows little appetite for lifting of family size limit Posted: 26 May 2018 01:00 AM PDT Experts say change is unlikely to have big impact on country's demographic direction Liu Wen, a public servant in China's north-western Qinghai province, remembers the night before she went back to work after taking three months off to care for her newborn son. She was anxious. "I kept telling myself don't worry, relax, have a good night's sleep and a fresh start tomorrow." Her husband, a doctor, was on a night shift, so she was alone. At about 1am, her son started to cry. While holding him, she also burst into tears. "He was crying and I was crying," she said. At that point, Liu decided she would never have another child. "Thank you, family planning. One is definitely enough," she said. Continue reading... |
| National Australia Bank apologises after outage affects customers Posted: 25 May 2018 09:10 PM PDT Many unable to access accounts after NAB's online, mobile, Eftpos and ATM services hit • Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noon Services were slowly being restored to National Australia Bank customers after a countrywide outage to its online, mobile, Eftpos and ATM services left them unable to access their accounts on Saturday. The outage began about 7.50am AEST. Continue reading... |
| Belgian police who shot dead two-year-old 'want to justify' tragedy, says lawyer Posted: 25 May 2018 03:35 AM PDT Solicitor acting for parents of Mawda Shawri raises questions over shifting nature of official response to fatal shooting Police in Belgium who have admitted that one of their officers was responsible for firing the shot that killed a two-year-old Iraqi Kurd girl last week have been accused of mishandling the investigation into her death. A day after the officer responsible for the shooting appeared before an investigating judge, and with more details about the incident emerging, the solicitor acting for the grieving parents of Mawda Shawri told the Guardian he had grave concerns over how the case was being handled. Continue reading... |
| Lava from Kilauea volcano oozes down Hawaii street – timelapse video Posted: 25 May 2018 10:27 PM PDT Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano flows down a street during the night, igniting whatever it touches. Some 2,200 acres (890 hectares) of land have been torched by lava since 3 May and the number of homes and other structures destroyed has leapt from 50 to 82. Continue reading... |
| Mesmerising swarm of endangered jellyfish discovered in China - video Posted: 25 May 2018 01:09 PM PDT More than 100 craspedacusta jellyfish, a rare species under China's top-level state protection, have been found in the pond of a museum in south-west China's Yunnan Province. They were first discovered by staff of the Lijiashan Bronze Museum in Jiangchuan District. The craspedacusta jellyfish are believed to have existed for at least 600m years. Continue reading... |
| People go to the polls in Ireland's abortion vote – in pictures Posted: 25 May 2018 09:23 AM PDT Irish citizens travelled from all over the world to vote in the landmark referendum on liberalising the country's strict abortion laws Continue reading... |
| Irish people living abroad return home to vote in abortion referendum – video Posted: 25 May 2018 04:38 AM PDT As the people of Ireland cast their vote on whether or not to repeal an abortion law that is among the most restrictive in Europe, Irish voters living abroad have been returning from around the world to participate in this historic referendum |
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