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- Trump-Kim summit: president says US 'will be stopping the war games' – live
- Italian minister declares victory as Spain accepts rescue boat
- Paraguay is first country in Americas to eliminate malaria in 45 years
- UN seeks urgent ceasefire to stop UAE assault on Yemeni port
- Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years
- United Airlines flight diverted to Ireland after 'bomb message' found onboard
- Japan: man freed after 45 years on death row could go back to jail
- Astronomers find source of stars' mysterious microwaves
- Trump administration moves to end asylum for victims of domestic abuse and gangs – reports
- Missing US air force officer found in California after 35 years
- Chile sexual abuse scandal: pope accepts resignations of bishops
- Bitcoin price plunges after cryptocurrency exchange is hacked
- Parisian mayor launches 'rat map' to tackle rodent menace
- Could Berlin's Tegel airport be reborn as a nightclub?
- Copenhagenize your city: the case for urban cycling in 12 graphs
- Football in Crimea: the club split in two by Russia's invasion
- Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore face MPs - live
- Stranded migrants to be taken to Spain, says French charity
- Israel to top up Sea of Galilee after years of drought
- Widows in CAR: 'I was kicked out of our house by his parents'
- 'Do we look handsome and thin?' Trump asks reporters during lunch with Kim – video
- Colombians who once fled war now forced to run from catastrophic flooding
- Shorten wants more aged care spending but won't back royal commission
- Toxic and untaxed: perils of global trade in bootleg liquor exposed
- What have Trump and Kim signed? We read between the lines
- A meeting of equals: what we learned from the Trump and Kim handshake
- Italy's coalition on collision course with EU after migration standoff
- Q&A: how damaging was Donald Trump’s G7 blow-up?
- 'A scene from a sci-fi movie': what Kim told Trump about their meeting - video
- Kim and Trump sign joint agreement at close of Singapore summit - video
- Dennis Rodman gives emotional interview during North Korea summit– video
- The best photos from Kim and Trump's Singapore summit
- Moment Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump share historic handshake - video
- Motorcades take Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to meeting – video
| Trump-Kim summit: president says US 'will be stopping the war games' – live Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:23 AM PDT Donald Trump offers Kim Jong-un security guarantees in document signed by the two leaders
Trump ends the press conference by saying the summit has been a very important event in world history. "But I want to get it completed, because if we don't get the ball over the goal line, it doesn't mean enough," he says. Trump says he now needs a rest but will get back to work soon.
China is a great country, with a great leader, Trump says. He may be calling President Xi before he lands back in the US, Trump says. Asked about South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, Trump says: "He's a very, very fine gentleman, also a friend of mine. He'll be very happy. I've already sent word to him about what happened." Continue reading... |
| Italian minister declares victory as Spain accepts rescue boat Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:22 AM PDT Matteo Salvini, who refused to let ship carrying 629 refugees and migrants to dock, says: 'We have opened a front in Brussels' Matteo Salvini, Italy's far-right interior minister, has declared victory after a standoff over the fate of 629 people on a humanitarian rescue boat prompted Spain to agree to accept them. The impasse, after the populist and far-right government in Italy refused to allow the MS Aquarius to dock over the weekend, suggested that Europe could face a humanitarian crisis this summer as it comes to grips with the new Italian government's hardline approach to refugees and migrants. |
| Paraguay is first country in Americas to eliminate malaria in 45 years Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:53 AM PDT Celebrating first country in Americas to eliminate disease since Cuba, WHO head says: 'Success story shows what is possible' Paraguay is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, making it the first country in the Americas in 45 years to have wiped out the deadly disease which is back on the rise globally. Nearly half a million people – most of them babies and children in Africa – died in 2016 from mosquito-borne malaria, while at least 216 million were infected, an increase of 5% over 2015, WHO said. Continue reading... |
| UN seeks urgent ceasefire to stop UAE assault on Yemeni port Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:45 PM PDT Saudi-led coalition says capturing Hodeidah will close off arms shipments to Houthis The United Arab Emirates has given the UN less than 48 hours to try to negotiate a Houthi ceasefire at the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeidah before it mounts an attack on the port through which the bulk of food, medicine and gas to the rest of Yemen is distributed. Urgent British-led efforts at the UN were under way to dissuade the United Arab Emirates and the Saudis from pressing ahead with the attack – or at least to give undertakings that it will not seek to starve Hodeidah into submission. Aid agencies have warned that an attack would have catastrophic consequences. Continue reading... |
| Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:13 PM PDT Demise of four out of 13 of the ancient landmarks linked to climate change by researchers Some of Africa's oldest and biggest baobab trees have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, according to researchers. The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and in some cases as wide as a bus is long, may have fallen victim to climate change, the team speculated. Continue reading... |
| United Airlines flight diverted to Ireland after 'bomb message' found onboard Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:14 AM PDT Flight UA 971 from Rome to Chicago landed at Shannon airport as passengers face searches and, reportedly, handwriting checks A United Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago has been diverted to Shannon airport in Ireland, after "a message" was discovered on board, Irish police said. The message referred to a bomb on the plane, a source with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters. Continue reading... |
| Japan: man freed after 45 years on death row could go back to jail Posted: 11 Jun 2018 07:02 AM PDT Tokyo high court rules against 2014 decision that conviction of Iwao Hakamada was unsafe A Japanese man who was freed in 2014 after spending 45 years on death row could be sent back to prison after a court overturned the decision to grant him a retrial. Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to hang in 1968 for the murders two years earlier of a company president, his wife and their two children in Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan. A district court in Shizuoka freed him in 2014 and ordered a retrial, saying police may have fabricated evidence, but the Tokyo high court on Monday ruled against it. Continue reading... |
| Astronomers find source of stars' mysterious microwaves Posted: 11 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT For 20 years scientists have wondered what creates the curious streams of radiation in the Milky Way Mysterious streams of microwaves that come from far across the galaxy have been traced to immense clouds of spinning diamonds that swirl around newly-born stars. Astronomers have been stumped by the strange waves since they were first spotted more than 20 years ago, but now appear to have solved the puzzle after training US and Australian telescopes on rings of dust that circle stars about 500 light years from Earth. Continue reading... |
| Trump administration moves to end asylum for victims of domestic abuse and gangs – reports Posted: 11 Jun 2018 01:48 PM PDT Planned directive to immigration judges marks dramatic shift likely to affect tens of thousands of migrants Donald Trump's administration announced on Monday that it would order US immigration courts to stop granting asylum to victims of domestic abuse and gang violence who come to the country seeking safety. Related: Honduran border crosser separated from family kills himself in Texas jail Continue reading... |
| Missing US air force officer found in California after 35 years Posted: 11 Jun 2018 10:19 AM PDT Capt William Howard Hughes, who had top security clearance, charged with desertion after arrest For more than three decades, federal authorities wondered what had happened to William Howard Hughes Jr, an air force officer with top secret clearance who vanished in 1983. For more than three decades, he avoided detection. That ended last week when agents from the US air force office of special investigations apprehended Hughes in California, where he had been living since he disappeared. Continue reading... |
| Chile sexual abuse scandal: pope accepts resignations of bishops Posted: 11 Jun 2018 06:29 AM PDT Pontiff says victims of Father Fernando Karadima will 'never again' be ignored Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of a Chilean bishop he robustly defended earlier this year despite claims of a cover-up of clerical sexual abuse, a move that later forced the pontiff into making a public apology. Related: Pennsylvania abuse survivor calls on Pope Francis to intervene Continue reading... |
| Bitcoin price plunges after cryptocurrency exchange is hacked Posted: 11 Jun 2018 07:06 AM PDT Security fears rise as South Korea's Coincheck loses about £28m of virtual currency There has been a sharp drop in the price of bitcoin and other virtual currencies after South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail was hacked over the weekend. A tweet from Coinrail confirming the cyber-attack sent the price of bitcoin tumbling 10% on Sunday to two-month lows. Continue reading... |
| Parisian mayor launches 'rat map' to tackle rodent menace Posted: 11 Jun 2018 05:17 AM PDT City Hall accused of failing to address growing problem of infestation in French capital Rémy the rat, star of the hit film Ratatouille, set in Paris, may have given rodents a good name, but not with the city's residents. Now a mayor in one of the French capital's arrondissements has launched an interactive map to show how rats have infested his district. Continue reading... |
| Could Berlin's Tegel airport be reborn as a nightclub? Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:15 PM PDT Tegel airport is being eyed up as a new venue – but plans are meeting with ambivalence as clubbers see their subculture becoming more mainstream Berlin's clubbing scene has long taken a creative approach to issues of space, setting events in former power stations, drained swimming pools and public toilets. Now its main airport is joining the list of alternative venues. With Tegel airport set to close following the long-awaited opening of Berlin Brandenburg airport, currently scheduled for October 2020, plans are already being made for the next chapter in its history. Last month Berlin's culture minister, Klaus Lederer, and Lutz Leichsenring of the Club Commission joined project planners for a tour of Tegel to imagine it reborn as a nightclub. Continue reading... |
| Copenhagenize your city: the case for urban cycling in 12 graphs Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT Danish-Canadian urban designer Mikael Colville-Andersen busts some common myths and shows how the bicycle has the potential to transform cities around the world
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| Football in Crimea: the club split in two by Russia's invasion Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:07 AM PDT Former champions Tavria are now two struggling teams: one in mainland Ukraine, and one in Russian-annexed Crimea When Russia won the right to host this year's World Cup in 2010, Tavria Simferopol were in Ukraine's top division. The club's "ultras" – hardcore fans – sang patriotic songs, and nursed fond memories of Tavria's biggest triumph: when the club won independent Ukraine's first Premier League title in 1992. Eight years later, as the World Cup gets under way, there are two teams called Tavria: one still plays in Simferopol, the capital of Russian-annexed Crimea, and one plays across the newly drawn border in mainland Ukraine. Continue reading... |
| Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore face MPs - live Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:28 AM PDT Key players from the Leave.EU campaign answer questions about Brexit and Russia. Follow the latest developments
Hello, and welcome to the Guardian's live blog of today's digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) committee hearing. What once began as an inquiry into fake news seems to have metamorphosed into the main investigative body the country has for asking tough questions about digital electioneering. Being grilled by Damian Collins and colleagues today are Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, erstwhile of Leave.EU. |
| Stranded migrants to be taken to Spain, says French charity Posted: 12 Jun 2018 12:42 AM PDT Move follows offer by Spanish PM to allow rescue ship Aquarius to dock in Valencia Hundreds of migrants stranded on board the Aquarius rescue vessel in the Mediterranean will be transferred to Italian ships and taken to Spain, the French charity SOS Mediterranée has said. The 629 migrants, including pregnant women and children, were saved by SOS Mediterranée on Saturday, but the Aquarius was caught in a dramatic standoff over the weekend in which Italy and Malta refused to allow it to dock. Continue reading... |
| Israel to top up Sea of Galilee after years of drought Posted: 11 Jun 2018 05:35 PM PDT Inland lake where Christians believe Jesus walked on water has reached its lowest level in a century The shrinking Sea of Galilee, the inland lake where Christians believe Jesus walked on water, is to be topped up with desalinated seawater. A plan given Israeli cabinet approval will pump 100 million cubic metres of water annually by 2022 into the lake in the Galilee region, said Yechezkel Lifshitz, from the country's energy and water ministry. Continue reading... |
| Widows in CAR: 'I was kicked out of our house by his parents' Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT If a man dies in the Central African Republic, his wife is at risk of being evicted from their home by his relatives Marie Noélla Sambelle was with her husband Gilbert Yalivenda for more than two decades. They had six children and saved for years to build a home of their own. But in 2014 Yalivenda was shot dead by Seleka rebels. His family seized the couple's house and other possessions. "After my husband was killed, I was kicked out of our house by his parents," says Sambelle. "The parents of my husband said 'all this property, it is not for you. It belongs to the members of our family'." |
| 'Do we look handsome and thin?' Trump asks reporters during lunch with Kim – video Posted: 12 Jun 2018 01:48 AM PDT Kim Jong-un appears to react stony-faced after the US president jokes with the media during a working lunch in Singapore, where the two leaders met for a historic summit on North Korea and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula Continue reading... |
| Colombians who once fled war now forced to run from catastrophic flooding Posted: 12 Jun 2018 12:00 AM PDT Following a peace deal with rebels, another conflict threatens residents: a massive dam project that has displaced thousands It is nearly 20 years since Eva Celdi Higuita was forced to run from her home on the banks of the river Cauca in western Colombia by leftwing rebels. Now, she has been forced to flee the same patch of land once more, after floods caused by a massive new dam project left her home underwater. Continue reading... |
| Shorten wants more aged care spending but won't back royal commission Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:01 AM PDT Labor leader names staff, care of vulnerable people and dementia as reform priorities Bill Shorten says Labor will make aged care "a central national issue" and more spending is needed to address critical issues, but he remains unconvinced a royal commission into the sector is warranted. Speaking in South Australia, where some of the most high-profile cases of aged care abuse have occurred, Shorten said he would caucus with his colleagues, but identified several key priorities for reform. Continue reading... |
| Toxic and untaxed: perils of global trade in bootleg liquor exposed Posted: 11 Jun 2018 08:59 AM PDT Up to half of all alcoholic drinks consumed in Africa and Latin America are illicit, often with fatal consequences Up to half of all alcoholic drinks consumed in countries across Africa and Latin America are illicit – more than double previous estimates – according to new analysis. Methanol, mortuary formaldehyde and battery acid were among a cocktail of toxic ingredients found in unregulated drinks, according to the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (Iard). Continue reading... |
| What have Trump and Kim signed? We read between the lines Posted: 12 Jun 2018 01:27 AM PDT Document hailed by US president as 'very comprehensive' does not go much further than existing denuclearisation agreement The wording of the document signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un on Tuesday falls some way short of the dramatic billing the president gave it at the end of the leaders' historic summit in Singapore. Trump described it as a "very comprehensive" agreement that would "take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world". Continue reading... |
| A meeting of equals: what we learned from the Trump and Kim handshake Posted: 11 Jun 2018 08:41 PM PDT Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un showed respect for each other from the moment they met at the Capella hotel Donald Trump has met the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in a highly choreographed setting in Singapore. Here are five things we learned from the first moments of the first ever meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. Related: Trump-Kim summit: meeting begins as US and North Korean leaders shake hands – live Continue reading... |
| Italy's coalition on collision course with EU after migration standoff Posted: 11 Jun 2018 07:23 AM PDT Matteo Salvini's hardline stance risks sparking crisis over EU asylum reforms International concern about Italy's new populist government has mostly focused on the challenge its plans for huge tax cuts and spending hikes might pose to the EU's budget rules, and the risk it might even leave the euro altogether. But the refusal by the interior minister, Matteo Salvini, this weekend to allow the Aquarius rescue ship carrying 629 migrants to dock in any Italian port makes it clear that the country's first big clash with the bloc will not be over the common currency, but migration. Continue reading... |
| Q&A: how damaging was Donald Trump’s G7 blow-up? Posted: 11 Jun 2018 06:52 AM PDT There is genuine alarm at US president – who behaved as if he had proof of a decades-long European heist The G7 is attended by the leaders of the seven main western economies, and has been seen as a chance for world leaders to discuss the chief diplomatic and economic issues of the day. Leaders from the US, France, Canada, Germany Japan, Italy and the UK attend. EU officials also attend, as do chiefs from multilateral bodies such as the IMF. Russia used to attend the event, but it was blackballed following the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Since its inception in 1975, its tone is supposed to be gentle – as much fireside chat as firefighting. A G7 shibboleth is support for free trade, and a rules-based world order. Continue reading... |
| 'A scene from a sci-fi movie': what Kim told Trump about their meeting - video Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:35 AM PDT Aware that the eyes of the world were on a moment that many people never expected to ever see, cameras caught the moment Kim Jong-un, through a translator, told Donald Trump that some people 'will think of this as a scene from a fantasy … science-fiction movie' Continue reading... |
| Kim and Trump sign joint agreement at close of Singapore summit - video Posted: 12 Jun 2018 12:36 AM PDT The US president Donald Trump and leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un sign a document together after their bilateral meeting in Singapore. Photographs of the document emerged online, showing that Kim committed to "complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" and Trump to providing "security guarantees" – a pledge secretary of state Mike Pompeo had suggested the US president would make on Monday.
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| Dennis Rodman gives emotional interview during North Korea summit– video Posted: 11 Jun 2018 11:03 PM PDT Dennis Rodman arrived in Singapore ahead of the summit between North Korea and the United States. The former NBA player is one of the few people who is friends with the leaders of both countries. During an interview with CNN, he became emotional while recounting the abuse he suffered in the US after he developed a friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Continue reading... |
| The best photos from Kim and Trump's Singapore summit Posted: 11 Jun 2018 08:36 PM PDT City state hosts historic meeting between the US president and North Korea's leader as the world watches on • Trump-Kim summit: meeting begins as US and North Korean leaders shake hands – live Continue reading... |
| Moment Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump share historic handshake - video Posted: 11 Jun 2018 06:59 PM PDT US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands at the Capella hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, the first meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. They greet each other warmly before the cameras and then head to a separate room. The US president says the two men are going to have a 'terrific relationship' and that the summit will be 'tremendously successful'. Kim replies through an interpreter: 'There were a lot of obstacles on the way here, but we overcame all of them.' |
| Motorcades take Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to meeting – video Posted: 11 Jun 2018 05:40 PM PDT US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un leave their hotels to travel to Sentosa Island where they will hold a one-on-one meeting. Follow the latest developments live here. Hours before the summit, Trump tweeted that his detractors had been proved wrong after he stopped North Korea firing missiles and secured the release of American hostages. "We will be fine!" he added. Continue reading... |
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