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- Turkey election: Erdoğan strikes combative tone in victory speech
- Trump stokes immigration chaos with call for summary deportations
- Jamaican murder police investigate deaths of retired British couple
- Dozens injured by explosion at apartment block in west Germany
- Zimbabwe opposition fears crackdown after election rally bombing
- Migration is threat to EU free travel area, says Italian prime minister
- Tit-for-tat tariff battle could spark downturn in global economy – BIS
- European leaders urged to guarantee safe ports for migrants
- Police say 86 people killed after weekend violence in Nigeria
- You're on your own, US tells Syrian rebels, as Assad goes on offensive
- Fraudsters ‘turning Dubai into the new Costa del Crime’
- Bristol police arrest two after man dies in suspected burglary
- Nine EU states to sign off on joint military intervention force
- The children working the tobacco fields. 'I wanted to be a nurse'
- Staten Island Republican primary: a battle to prove who's Trump's true ally
- As Mexico election nears, candidates show no sound plans to stem violence
- Search for boys missing in flooded cave in Thailand continues
- Banking inquiry hears Rural Bank underpaid interest and overcharged fees
- 'This scheme is a lifesaver': India's drive to provide cheap drugs | Amrit Dhillon
- Turkey elections Q&A: was the vote free and fair?
- Victory propels Erdoğan into elite club of strongman leaders
- Historical Florentine football – in pictures
- Erdoğan vows to tackle terrorism in election victory speech - video
- New York City's 49th LGBT pride march – in pictures
- Turkey goes to the polls: President Erdoğan and opposition leader İnce battle for power
- Saudi women put themselves in the driving seat as ban ends - video
- Zsa Zsa the English bulldog wins world’s ugliest dog competition - in pictures
- Saudi prince Alwaleed driven by daughter as driving ban lifted - video
| Turkey election: Erdoğan strikes combative tone in victory speech Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:29 PM PDT Win confirmed with 97.7% of vote counted, as opposition vow to continue struggle Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has addressed thousands of supporters in Ankara after being declared the victor in Turkey's presidential election, saying democracy was the winner and that Turkey was "an example for the rest of the world". "We have received the message that has been given to us in the ballot boxes," he said, speaking from the balcony of the AK party's headquarters in Ankara, to a large crowd of cheering and flag-waving supporters. "We will fight even more with the strength you provided us with this election." Continue reading... |
| Trump stokes immigration chaos with call for summary deportations Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:33 AM PDT
Donald Trump called on Sunday for the US to abandon its judicial system and summarily deport people who enter the country. Related: 'All I hear is my daughter, crying': a Salvadoran father's plight after separation at border Continue reading... |
| Jamaican murder police investigate deaths of retired British couple Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT Family of Charlie and Gayle Anderson, aged 74 and 71, are 'completely devastated' Jamaican police have opened a double murder investigation after the bodies of a retired British couple were found by officers in their home in Mount Pleasant, in the island's Portland parish. Charlie and Gayle Anderson,aged 74 and 71, had recently retired to the Caribbean island from Manchester, their family said. |
| Dozens injured by explosion at apartment block in west Germany Posted: 24 Jun 2018 08:48 AM PDT Four people thought badly hurt after unexplained blast in city of Wuppertal Twenty-five people have been injured, four of them severely, when an explosion destroyed an apartment building in the western German city of Wuppertal, police have said. Police said the explosion rocked the several-storey building shortly before midnight on Saturday with a large bang, scaring people in surrounding homes so much they ran out into the street in a panic. The detonation was so severe it destroyed the building's attic and the top three floors, the German news agency DPA reported. Continue reading... |
| Zimbabwe opposition fears crackdown after election rally bombing Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:29 AM PDT Eight injured in explosion at Bulawayo stadium after speech by Emmerson Mnangagwa Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe fear the bombing of a ruling party election rally on Saturday will serve as a pretext for a wide-ranging crackdown by the government or the military in the southern African state. The attack at the White City stadium in Bulawayo apparently targeted the president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Continue reading... |
| Migration is threat to EU free travel area, says Italian prime minister Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:02 PM PDT Giuseppe Conte presents 10-point plan to solve migration crisis at emergency summit Italy has warned the future of the EU's border-free travel zone is at stake as it sought to ease the pressure on Mediterranean countries arising from hosting refugees and migrants. Italy's prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, was speaking at a mini-EU summit in Brussels, where he said a plan from his government presented at the summit represented a paradigm shift in dealing with migration. But his ambitious move to change what he called obsolete EU rules that govern who is responsible for asylum claimants is likely to encounter opposition from other countries. Continue reading... |
| Tit-for-tat tariff battle could spark downturn in global economy – BIS Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:47 AM PDT Warning comes as Donald Trump steps up war of words with key trading allies An escalation of protectionist measures could spark a fresh downturn just as the global economy is picking itself up after the last one, the international body that represents the world's central banks has warned. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said there were already signs that "the ratcheting up of rhetoric" was weighing on investment. It comes as Donald Trump steps up hostility with some of the US's key trading partners and allies, raising fears of a full-blown trade war. Continue reading... |
| European leaders urged to guarantee safe ports for migrants Posted: 24 Jun 2018 04:20 AM PDT Charities warn that political standoff is costing lives as Italy refuses entry to another ship Charities operating search-and-rescue missions in the Mediterranean have called on European leaders to urgently guarantee safe ports for migrants and refugees, warning the political standoff is already costing lives. As EU leaders met on Sunday for an emergency summit on migration, a week after 630 people rescued by the Aquarius ship arrived in Spain having been turned away by Italy and Malta, the fate of another vessel remained in limbo. Continue reading... |
| Police say 86 people killed after weekend violence in Nigeria Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:58 PM PDT Local government imposes curfew following apparently retaliatory attacks Eighty-six people have been killed in attacks by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in restive central Nigeria, police have said. Sunday's discovery in the Barkin Ladi area of Plateau state came after days of violence apparently sparked by an attack by ethnic Berom farmers on Fulani herders on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| You're on your own, US tells Syrian rebels, as Assad goes on offensive Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:47 PM PDT Russian jets make first foray into south-west as government ramps up campaign to regain strategic area The US has warned Syrian rebels in the south-west of the country they should not expect military support to help them resist a major government offensive. The message from Washington comes as Russian jets struck an opposition-held town on Sunday in the first air cover provided by Moscow to an expanding Syrian army offensive in the strategic area bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Continue reading... |
| Fraudsters ‘turning Dubai into the new Costa del Crime’ Posted: 23 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT Emirate being used to hide millions in tax, say UK investigators Fraudsters involved in scams costing the Treasury almost £100m have bought a string of luxury apartments in Dubai – now considered to have replaced Spain's Costa Del Crime as the place to launder money – a major leak of a secret Dubai property database has revealed. The list of purchasers will be studied closely by British investigators, who have been chasing the missing millions the fraudsters owe the UK and other European countries. All the men are accused of being involved in so-called carousel fraud, which is estimated to have cost the UK £16.5bn in tax revenues between 2005 and 2016. Continue reading... |
| Bristol police arrest two after man dies in suspected burglary Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:51 AM PDT Two other men left with life-threatening injuries as police launch murder inquiry One man has died and two others have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after reports of an aggravated burglary in Bristol, police have said. Avon and Somerset police said officers were called to a property in the city just after 1am on Monday and found several people had been assaulted. Continue reading... |
| Nine EU states to sign off on joint military intervention force Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:41 AM PDT Initiative is backed by the UK which will be allowed to participate after Brexit Nine EU member states are set to sign off on the establishment of a joint European military intervention force, an initiative which has won the backing of the UK as it seeks to maintain defence ties after Brexit. Spearheaded by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, the European force will be designed to deploy and coordinate forces rapidly to deal with crises around the world. Continue reading... |
| The children working the tobacco fields. 'I wanted to be a nurse' Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT Children in poor families in Malawi work the fields, impacting schooling, amid signs of a growing international crisis Continue reading... |
| Staten Island Republican primary: a battle to prove who's Trump's true ally Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT Michael Grimm and Dan Donovan will fight to gain votes from Trump fans in Greater New York's only conservative stronghold New York spawned Donald Trump, but since his rise to the presidency the city has come to feel like an independent state, a world away from the obsessions of the man in the Oval Office. Related: Trump and family sued by New York attorney general over alleged charity violations Continue reading... |
| As Mexico election nears, candidates show no sound plans to stem violence Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT Experts say not one of the candidates has a detailed strategy to pacify a country that has suffered more than 200,000 murders since 2007 When Arnoldo Cuéllar kicked off his reporting career in Guanajuato in the mid-1980s, mass graves, decapitations and political assassinations were not part of his patch. "It was a calm place back then," reminisced the 57-year-old Mexican journalist. |
| Search for boys missing in flooded cave in Thailand continues Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:36 AM PDT Officials believe 12 boys and coach who disappeared nearly two days ago are still alive Attempts to find 12 boys and their football coach missing in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand for nearly two days have failed, but officials said they believed they were still alive. The boys, aged 11-15, are understood to have entered the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province with their coach late on Saturday afternoon. A mother reported her son had not returned from football practice that day, prompting the search. Continue reading... |
| Banking inquiry hears Rural Bank underpaid interest and overcharged fees Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:43 AM PDT Inquiry turns its focus to rural lending and is urged to investigate receivers' role The banking royal commission has heard revelations that Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's Rural Bank failed to investigate episodes of fraud and charged incorrect fees on overdrafts for farming customers. It has also heard claims receivers have driven a "massive destruction of value" across Australia's agricultural sector in recent years by repeatedly failing to sell repossessed farm assets for market value. Continue reading... |
| 'This scheme is a lifesaver': India's drive to provide cheap drugs | Amrit Dhillon Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT A project that makes affordable medicine available to India's poor is helping them avoid bills that might otherwise push them into destitution A taciturn, heavy-set man, Khawar Khan is not given to smiling. Only when he recalls the relief flooding the faces of customers after he has sold medicines at a twentieth of the cost in other chemists does he smile broadly. "An autorickshaw wallah broke down here. Medicines for his wife used to cost him a catastrophic 10,000 (£111) rupees a month, his entire monthly salary. I gave him a month's supply for 2,200 rupees. His relief was something to see," says Khan. |
| Turkey elections Q&A: was the vote free and fair? Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:28 AM PDT Erdoğan won outright majority but Amnesty says elections took place in a 'climate of fear' The country held presidential and parliamentary elections at the same time, under a new presidential system where the head of state will wield extraordinary powers and parliament's authority will be diminished. Continue reading... |
| Victory propels Erdoğan into elite club of strongman leaders Posted: 25 Jun 2018 12:39 AM PDT Unchecked dominance may mark beginning of new dark age for Turkish democracy Outright victory in the first round of Turkey's presidential elections has propelled Recep Tayyip Erdoğan into the foremost rank of global strongman leaders in the style of Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping and Egypt's Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. But his unchecked political dominance may mark the beginning of a new dark age for Turkish democracy. Erdoğan's triumphantly aggressive acceptance speech from the balcony of the Ankara headquarters of his neo-Islamist Justice and Development party (AKP) set an ominous tone. He vowed to continue to "fight decisively" against Turkey's enemies at home and abroad, as defined by him. Continue reading... |
| Historical Florentine football – in pictures Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:15 AM PDT Calcio storico fiorentino (historical Florentine football) is an early form of football that originated in 16th-century Italy. Once widely played, the sport is thought to have started in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. There it became known as the Florentine kick game or simply calcio; which is now also the name for association football in the Italian language Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan vows to tackle terrorism in election victory speech - video Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:06 AM PDT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tells thousands of supporters in Ankara that Turkey will fight all terrorist organisations, after being declared the victor in presidential elections. He began by apologising for being late, saying he had stopped to talk to the family of a child who was injured at an Istanbul rally where he had been speaking earlier. Continue reading... |
| New York City's 49th LGBT pride march – in pictures Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:31 PM PDT Sunday saw Manhattan host the 49th New York pride march, a procession of color on a winding route from 16th Street up to 29th Continue reading... |
| Turkey goes to the polls: President Erdoğan and opposition leader İnce battle for power Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:32 AM PDT Polling stations opened on 24 June for the more than 56 million people registered to vote for a new president and parliament in Turkey. It's the biggest ballot box challenge President Erdoğan has faced since his AK Party swept to power more than a decade and a half ago. But Muharrem İnce, the candidate of the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP), has galvanised Turkey's opposition with feisty performance at campaign rallies . Polls suggest Erdoğan may not decisively win the vote for president – potentially triggering a runoff on 8 July. Voters rally behind Erdoğan's rival as Turkey goes to the polls Continue reading... |
| Saudi women put themselves in the driving seat as ban ends - video Posted: 24 Jun 2018 04:22 AM PDT Saudi women get behind the wheel for the first time after the kingdom overturns the world's only ban on female motorists. The move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's wide-ranging efforts to modernise the conservative oil-rich state – but it has coincided with a crackdown on female activists long opposed the driving ban Saudi Arabian women celebrate as driving ban lifted Continue reading... |
| Zsa Zsa the English bulldog wins world’s ugliest dog competition - in pictures Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:35 AM PDT English Bulldog wins competition in Petaluma, near San Francisco, California. The winner is awarded $1,500, a trophy, and is flown to New York for media appearances Continue reading... |
| Saudi prince Alwaleed driven by daughter as driving ban lifted - video Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:06 AM PDT Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an early advocate of women driving, released a video of his daughter driving shortly after midnight on Sunday. 'Saudi Arabia has just entered the 21st century,' he told his granddaughters in the back seat. Women across Saudi Arabia took to the roads at midnight after the lifting of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the deeply conservative kingdom.
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