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- Kim Jong-un hailed victor in 'meeting of century' by North Korean media
- Paris incident ends with man arrested and hostages released
- Trade row: Trump doubles down on Trudeau as analysts warn of US impact
- French photographer at centre of Nobel row charged with rape
- EU to triple spending to €5bn a year targeting illegal migration
- Ireland to vote on removing blasphemy as an offence
- Macedonia agrees to new name after 27-year dispute with Greece
- Private funeral held for Avicii in Stockholm
- Lionel Shriver dropped from prize judges over diversity comments
- Vase found in French attic sells for £14.3m at auction
- Yahoo fined £250,000 for hack that impacted 515,000 UK accounts
- Football and fire-eating: in the stands with Luanda's most passionate fans – in pictures
- Solidarity of heirs on the Trump and Kim surreality show
- Windrush scandal: MPs call for urgent hardship fund for victims
- The EU v Italy’s new government: which will blink first?
- Yemen: Saudi-led coalition begins battle for vital port
- Trump: no 'expensive' war games during North Korea negotiations – video
- Mexicans can now vote using presidential candidates' nicknames
- William Tyrrell: search to focus on evidence of 'human intervention'
- ‘My body, my choice’: Argentina moves closer to legal abortion with key vote
- Raccoon finally reaches the summit of Minnesota's UBS building – video
- Migrants stranded at sea face long journey to Spanish port – video report
- When Trump met Kim: what happened at the Singapore summit – video highlights
- The action-movie style trailer Trump says he played to Kim - video
- 'We will be stopping the war games', Trump tells media – video
- Home is where the art is: Polish family life – in pictures
| Kim Jong-un hailed victor in 'meeting of century' by North Korean media Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:17 PM PDT Supreme leader credited with creating conditions for peace as South Korea and Japan voice security concerns North Korea has hailed Tuesday's summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un as marking the end to hostile relations with the US, with state media depicting the meeting as a diplomatic victory for its leader. Related: US to suspend military exercises with South Korea, Trump says Continue reading... |
| Paris incident ends with man arrested and hostages released Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:52 AM PDT Man claiming to have handgun and bomb asked to be put in contact with Iranian embassy A four-hour stand-off between an armed man who took hostages at a building in a northern district of Paris and police has ended without bloodshed. French special forces negotiated with the man, who claimed to have a handgun and a bomb and demanded to be put in contact with the Iranian embassy in Paris, throughout the siege. Continue reading... |
| Trade row: Trump doubles down on Trudeau as analysts warn of US impact Posted: 12 Jun 2018 12:25 PM PDT Trump's comments dash hopes of resolving US-Canada trade row, and may lead to economic hardships on both sides Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Justin Trudeau, warning that his stance on trade discussions was a "mistake" that would cost Canada "a lot of money". At a news conference on Tuesday after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump referred to the Canadian prime minister's pledge to proceed with retaliatory measures in response to Trump's move to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel. |
| French photographer at centre of Nobel row charged with rape Posted: 12 Jun 2018 04:33 AM PDT Jean-Claude Arnault faces six years in Swedish prison if found guilty The French photographer at the centre of allegations of sexual assault, which contributed to the postponement of this year's Nobel prize in literature, has been charged with two cases of rape by prosecutors in Stockholm. "He is both disturbed and resigned," his lawyer, Björn Hurtig, told Expressen. "He says this is totally wrong and he is completely innocent of the allegations." |
| EU to triple spending to €5bn a year targeting illegal migration Posted: 12 Jun 2018 09:56 AM PDT New border infrastructure including number plate recognition systems will be prioritised The EU will establish a 10,000-strong standing corp of guards to patrol its land and sea borders under plans that will see the bloc triple its spending to €5bn (£4.4bn) a year on targeting illegal migration into the bloc, it has announced. The building of new border infrastructure including scanners, automated number plate recognition systems, and mobile laboratories for sample analysis, will also be prioritised, along with the establishment of teams of sniffer dogs. Continue reading... |
| Ireland to vote on removing blasphemy as an offence Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:40 AM PDT Referendum will probably be held on the same day as the presidential election Ireland will hold a referendum in October to remove the offence of blasphemy from its constitution, Charlie Flanagan, the justice and equality minister, has said. Related: Why Ireland must get rid of its disgraceful blasphemy law Continue reading... |
| Macedonia agrees to new name after 27-year dispute with Greece Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:04 AM PDT Greek and Macedonian PMs settle on the name Republic of North Macedonia It has taken more than 25 years, divided two nations and been cause for protests great and small, but on Tuesday Greece and Macedonia finally declared peace. After countless rounds of UN-mediated talks, the two Balkan neighbours announced that they had agreed to end the row over what to call the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Continue reading... |
| Private funeral held for Avicii in Stockholm Posted: 12 Jun 2018 05:41 AM PDT Ceremony for Swedish DJ, 28, attended by only his family and closest friends The funeral of the Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, one of the biggest stars in electronic dance music, took place in a private ceremony in Stockholm last week, his publicist has said. The musician, whose real name was Tim Bergling, "was buried [on] Friday at the Skogskyrkogården cemetery in Stockholm", Ebba Lindqvist said on Tuesday. "Only his family and closest friends were present." Continue reading... |
| Lionel Shriver dropped from prize judges over diversity comments Posted: 12 Jun 2018 08:50 AM PDT Mslexia says that the author's recent comments would 'alienate the women we are trying to support' and she will no longer sit on its award jury Lionel Shriver has been dropped from the judging panel for a writing competition run by magazine Mslexia, after the author slammed publisher Penguin Random House for its diversity and inclusion policies. Debbie Taylor, editorial director and founder of Mslexia, said that Shriver's comments in a piece for the Spectator magazine were "not consistent with Mslexia's ethos and mission" and would "alienate the very women we are trying to support". Consequently, Shriver would no longer be a judge on their annual short story competition, she said. Continue reading... |
| Vase found in French attic sells for £14.3m at auction Posted: 12 Jun 2018 09:15 AM PDT Imperial 18th-century Qianlong vase sets record for Chinese porcelain sold at auction in France An 18th century vase discovered in an attic has fetched €16.2m (£14.3m) in France. The recently discovered treasure from imperial China sparked a 25-minute bidding war at Sotheby's. Continue reading... |
| Yahoo fined £250,000 for hack that impacted 515,000 UK accounts Posted: 12 Jun 2018 07:53 AM PDT ICO says firm 'failed to prevent' 2014 Russia-sponsored hack after 500m accounts compromised Yahoo has been fined £250,000 over a hack from 2014 that affected more than 515,000 UK email accounts co-branded with Sky, the Information Commissioner's Office has announced. The personal data of 500m user accounts worldwide was compromised during a state-sponsored cyber attack in 2014, which was only revealed in 2016. The stolen data included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, passwords and encrypted security questions and answers, the ICO said on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Football and fire-eating: in the stands with Luanda's most passionate fans – in pictures Posted: 12 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT On a visit to Angola, Guardian photographer Sean Smith captured images of devoted Kabuscorp fans during a derby against the capital's other top club, Petro Atlético de Luanda Continue reading... |
| Solidarity of heirs on the Trump and Kim surreality show Posted: 12 Jun 2018 09:49 AM PDT The US president seemed to identify with Kim Jong-un's backstory, taking over the family business at a young age The Singapore summit was destined for success. Donald Trump had predicted as much on waking at the Shangri-La hotel, and by his own account the president was not disappointed. Trump had primed the world for a triumph. Like a dawn artillery barrage, softening up enemy lines and setting conditions for victory, Trump had fired off a string of tweets at 6am hitting out at his critics, the naysayers, and promising his followers: "We will be fine!" Continue reading... |
| Windrush scandal: MPs call for urgent hardship fund for victims Posted: 13 Jun 2018 02:31 AM PDT Home affairs select committee urges financial help for people wrongly targeted and and left destitute The government must urgently set up a hardship fund to help victims of the Windrush scandal who have fallen into financial difficulty, MPs have said. Members of the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK from 1948, as well as their children, have been wrongly targeted and in some cases left destitute by Theresa May's "hostile environment" policies, which require employers, NHS staff, private landlords and other bodies to demand evidence of people's citizenship or immigration status. Continue reading... |
| The EU v Italy’s new government: which will blink first? Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT Populist parties' ambitious fiscal plans have put them on a collision course with Brussels The majority of Italians want two things: new political leadership and the euro. The question is whether they can have both. The point about new leadership is uncontroversial. The country's two ruling populist parties, the League and the Five Star Movement (M5S), together commanded 50% of the vote in the 4 March general election, and, as a result, have majorities in both houses of parliament. Their majorities may be slim, but the election, in which the main centre-right and centre-left parties eked out just 33%, was a resounding repudiation of the status quo. Continue reading... |
| Yemen: Saudi-led coalition begins battle for vital port Posted: 13 Jun 2018 02:40 AM PDT Heavy gunfire heard as exiled government says all peaceful means to remove Houthis from Hodeidah have been exhausted The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has launched an all-out assault on the rebel-held port of Hodeidah in a move that aid agencies warn will cut off vital humanitarian supply lines to millions and directly endanger the lives of up to 200,000 people living in the city. Coalition warplanes and warships on Wednesday pounded fortifications in the Houthi-controlled city to support ground operations by Yemeni and UAE troops massed on its south approaches. Continue reading... |
| Trump: no 'expensive' war games during North Korea negotiations – video Posted: 13 Jun 2018 12:29 AM PDT President says the US will not hold war games with South Korea while North Korea negotiates in good faith on denuclearisation. 'We're not going to be doing the war games as long as we're negotiating in good faith,' Trump told Fox News Continue reading... |
| Mexicans can now vote using presidential candidates' nicknames Posted: 13 Jun 2018 01:00 AM PDT Electoral body changes rules ahead of 1 July election, saying nicknames, initials or campaign slogans will count as valid When Mexican voters go to the polls on 1 July to pick a new president, they will able to choose between candidates including Richie Rich, Alligatorfish, and the Untamed One thanks to a ruling by the country's electoral institute. Voters will now be allowed to scribble a candidate's nickname, initials or campaign slogan anywhere on the ballot – rather than mark an X over their names – and have it count as valid. Continue reading... |
| William Tyrrell: search to focus on evidence of 'human intervention' Posted: 13 Jun 2018 12:36 AM PDT Chief inspector holds 'grave' fears for lost boy and says search is to obtain forensic evidence for a possible coronial inquest It was almost a year ago when detective chief inspector Gary Jubelin last spoke to the media on the third anniversary of the disappearance of William Tyrrell. At the time, Jubelin was defiant police were "not giving up" on the investigation into what happened to the three-year-old boy in the Spiderman suit who vanished from his grandmother's front yard on the New South Wales mid north coast in 2014. Continue reading... |
| ‘My body, my choice’: Argentina moves closer to legal abortion with key vote Posted: 12 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT The chamber of deputies is voting on a crucial bill that would legalise abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy Even as calls for women in Argentina to be given the legal right to abortion have grown louder on its cities' streets, a change in the law had seemed unlikely – until now. But a vote on abortion on Wednesday could transform Pope Francis's homeland from a country where women can go to jail for having an unlawful termination to one of Latin America's most progressive countries on reproductive rights. Continue reading... |
| Raccoon finally reaches the summit of Minnesota's UBS building – video Posted: 12 Jun 2018 08:08 PM PDT A daredevil raccoon finally reached the top of a high rise building in Minnesota. The creature was watched by thousands of people online as it spent hours scaling the facade of UBS Tower in Minnesota. Continue reading... |
| Migrants stranded at sea face long journey to Spanish port – video report Posted: 12 Jun 2018 02:20 PM PDT Migrants and refugees rescued off the coast off Libya at the weekend, face a long journey to the Spanish port of Valencia after the governments of Italy and Malta refused the aid ship Aquarius permission to dock. Despite pleas for them to be allowed to recuperate in the nearest port, those aboard the Aquarius are now being transferred to Italian coastguard and naval vessels to begin their journey Continue reading... |
| When Trump met Kim: what happened at the Singapore summit – video highlights Posted: 12 Jun 2018 06:56 AM PDT Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un lauded their historic meeting and the declaration they signed, but experts have since called the event a success in the barest possible terms. Trump did however announce a few hours later that the US would be suspending military exercises on the Korean peninsula until further notice Trump-Kim summit: live updates Continue reading... |
| The action-movie style trailer Trump says he played to Kim - video Posted: 12 Jun 2018 05:10 AM PDT Reporters were shown a video ahead of Donald Trump's press conference in Singapore, which the US president said he had played it to Kim Jong-un and his aides toward the end of their talks. It was made by Destiny Productions and was presented in Korean and English in the style of an action movie trailer Continue reading... |
| 'We will be stopping the war games', Trump tells media – video Posted: 12 Jun 2018 04:52 AM PDT After his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump said the US would no longer hold military exercises with South Korean forces, acknowledging that the war games have been provocative in the eyes of Pyongyang Continue reading... |
| Home is where the art is: Polish family life – in pictures Posted: 12 Jun 2018 03:19 AM PDT Family Values: Polish Photography Now is the UK's first exhibition focusing on photography from Poland and part of the Calvert 22 Foundation's season of events examining the country's visual culture and creative landscape. The exhibition is on until 22 July Continue reading... |
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