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- Thousands march against Trump and family separations policy
- Syria: southern towns surrender to Assad forces after thousands flee homes
- Rudy Giuliani calls for Iran regime change at rally linked to extreme group
- M16 put questions to prisoner waterboarded 83 times by CIA
- Imran Khan starts race to lead Pakistan but can he please the ‘umpires’?
- Siege ends with man in custody over death of Queensland girl
- Trump claims Saudi Arabia has agreed to boost oil production amid turmoil
- US ambassador to Estonia resigns over Trump policies and provocations
- North Korea still secretly enriching uranium, say US officials
- Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black announce birth of their son
- Go-ahead given for merger of Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp
- Met Office issues first thunderstorm warning as heatwave continues
- Paris honours savoir-faire of fashion favourite Sonia Rykiel
- Film-maker defends use of footage shot by al-Qaida terrorists
- EU’s new refugee policy under fire as children stuck in limbo in Niger | Ruth Maclean
- Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists
- Mexico election: voters head to polls as leftist Amlo expected to cruise to victory
- Protesters stopped as Hong Kong marks China handover
- Celebrity chef Neil Perry denies Rockpool staff underpaid
- Signs from the Trump family separation protests – in pictures
- 'This is not our country': anti-Trump demonstrators stage protest rallies in the US
- MOMO-2 rocket explodes seconds after liftoff
- Minors separated from parents and detained at US border tell of anguish – video
- Meet DJ Switch, the 10-year-old drawing crowds in Ghana – video
| Thousands march against Trump and family separations policy Posted: 30 Jun 2018 01:56 PM PDT
Mass protests against Donald Trump and his immigration policies were held across the US on Saturday, in cities from Los Angeles to Boston and in state capitals and smaller towns between. Related: More than a dozen Ice agents call for agency to be disbanded Continue reading... |
| Syria: southern towns surrender to Assad forces after thousands flee homes Posted: 30 Jun 2018 01:23 PM PDT UN says fighting has driven 160,000 people towards borders with Jordan and Israeli-occupied Golan Heights Several southern Syrian towns have surrendered to the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, after more than a week of fierce attacks forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. The United Nations says fighting has driven 160,000 people from their homes, towards borders with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Both countries say they will not allow any Syrians to cross. Continue reading... |
| Rudy Giuliani calls for Iran regime change at rally linked to extreme group Posted: 30 Jun 2018 03:31 PM PDT Trump lawyer speaks at Paris event staged by MeK, once listed as terrorist organisation and widely seen as a personality cult Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, addressed a rally staged by an extreme Iranian opposition group in Paris on Saturday, calling for regime change in Tehran. Related: Repression in Iran is getting worse: Trump must share the blame | Simon Tisdall Continue reading... |
| M16 put questions to prisoner waterboarded 83 times by CIA Posted: 30 Jun 2018 07:45 AM PDT Damning evidence in UK parliamentary report finds security services had 'direct awareness' of Saudi prisoner being waterboarded and suffering other 'interrogation techniques' British intelligence officers put questions to a man despite knowing he had been subjected to appalling abuse, including being waterboarded 83 times, according to damning evidence contained in a UK parliamentary report published this week. In the years after 9/11, Abu Zubaydah was the only CIA prisoner who went through all 12 of the agency's "enhanced interrogation techniques", including being beaten, deprived of sleep and locked in a small box. Continue reading... |
| Imran Khan starts race to lead Pakistan but can he please the ‘umpires’? Posted: 30 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT In run-up to elections, the former cricketer has drawn wide support as well as claims he is complicit with the military Outside a samosa stall in Lahore, the home town of Imran Khan, a group of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters put down their forks to recall the glories of the 1992 Cricket World Cup, when the final wicket fell like a matchstick before the fast bowling of the team captain. "He was like a tiger," says Imran Raja, who remembers the final. "I watch it all the time on YouTube," chips in 21-year-old Hassan, mourning that he was not alive to see Khan lift the trophy. On 25 July, Pakistan holds a general election in which Khan, who founded the PTI in 1996 and goes by the nickname Captain, stands a good chance of a still more significant victory. Posters bearing the party logo, a bat and ball, deck the streets of Lahore. In language typical of a 65-year-old who has transferred boundless energy to the electoral field, Khan warned party workers "not to stop until the final ball" at a gathering in the city on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Siege ends with man in custody over death of Queensland girl Posted: 30 Jun 2018 11:10 AM PDT Suspect arrested after body of Larissa Beilby, 16, from Brisbane was found in a barrel Police have charged a man with the murder of Brisbane teenager Larissa Bielby following a 28-hour siege on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Zlatko Sikorsky had been wanted since Wednesday over the disappearance of 16-year-old Bielby, after police found a body in a barrel hidden by a tarpaulin on the tray of a ute at Stapylton caravan park on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Trump claims Saudi Arabia has agreed to boost oil production amid turmoil Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:10 AM PDT Country does not confirm Trump's claim it will produce 'up to 2m barrels' amid concern over Iran and Venezuela Donald Trump said on Saturday he had received assurances from King Salman of Saudi Arabia that the kingdom would increase oil production "maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels", in response to turmoil in Iran and Venezuela. Saudi Arabia acknowledged the call took place, but mentioned no production targets. Continue reading... |
| US ambassador to Estonia resigns over Trump policies and provocations Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:55 AM PDT
The US ambassador to Estonia has announced his resignation, citing Donald's Trump's disparagement of the European Union and Nato and adding to a steady trickle of career diplomats leaving in protest against the president's policies. Related: North Korea still secretly enriching uranium, say US officials Continue reading... |
| North Korea still secretly enriching uranium, say US officials Posted: 29 Jun 2018 06:39 PM PDT Report cites 'unequivocal evidence they are trying to deceive the US' in blow to Donald Trump North Korea has increased its production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons at secret sites in recent months, contrary to Donald Trump's claims that it was "no longer a nuclear threat", according to a new report. NBC News quoted more than a dozen US officials familiar with the intelligence assessments. Coming soon after satellite images showed rapid improvements being made to a North Korean nuclear research facility at Yongbyon, the developments will make it harder for Trump to claim that his summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore this month was a success. Continue reading... |
| Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black announce birth of their son Posted: 30 Jun 2018 02:39 AM PDT Olympic world champion diver and film director husband become parents to Robert Ray The Olympic diver Tom Daley and his husband, Dustin Lance Black, have become parents to a baby boy. The couple announced the birth of Robert Ray in a brief statement printed in the Times newspaper on Saturday that read: "Black-Daley: On 27 June 2018 to Thomas Robert Daley and Dustin Lance Black, a son, Robert Ray." Continue reading... |
| Go-ahead given for merger of Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp Posted: 30 Jun 2018 01:43 AM PDT Synergies expected as German and Indian firms combine their European operations The German steel company Thyssenkrupp has agreed a merger of its European operations with Indian-owned Tata Steel. The deal signed on Friday will mean the European steel sector's biggest shake-up since the takeover of Arcelor by Mittal in 2006. Continue reading... |
| Met Office issues first thunderstorm warning as heatwave continues Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:14 AM PDT Parts of England and Wales could see torrential rain and hail, forecasters say The Met Office has issued its first ever weather warning for thunderstorms - with torrential showers and hail possible in south-west England and Wales. Forecasters said storms may develop and bring heavy rain, hail and lightning to those regions on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Paris honours savoir-faire of fashion favourite Sonia Rykiel Posted: 01 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT The 50th anniversary show distills the late designer's style, artistic heir Julie de Libran says Mention the name Sonia Rykiel and you think of the French designer's geometric red bob, striped knitwear (bras optional) but mostly, eminently wearable clothes. Rykiel the designer died almost two years ago, but for the past four years, her fashion house has been overseen by artistic director Julie de Libran. Now, as the brand celebrates its 50th anniversary, a collection showcasing 50 years of Rykiel's "savoir-faire" is launching this weekend in Paris at the start of couture fashion week. Continue reading... |
| Film-maker defends use of footage shot by al-Qaida terrorists Posted: 01 Jul 2018 02:17 AM PDT Path of Blood uses raw extracts from 500 hours of video seized at jihadist training camp A Bafta-winning film-maker has defended his decision to make a documentary using video footage taken by jihadist terrorists, saying the work humanises but does not glamorise. Path of Blood, which opens in cinemas next week, has no narrator or interviewees and relies solely on the raw footage filmed by the terrorists themselves as they plot to detonate car bombs in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. |
| EU’s new refugee policy under fire as children stuck in limbo in Niger | Ruth Maclean Posted: 30 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT Thousands of people are stranded in African processing camps because no other country will take them Stop people in Africa, before they get anywhere near the Mediterranean, and sort them into refugees and migrants there, only allowing the refugees to continue to Europe. This was the big idea that came out of last week's EU migration summit. But campaigners say the predicament of 260 children stuck in limbo in Niger demonstrates that there is no guarantee EU countries would eventually take the refugees, even if African countries agreed to this arrangement. In November, amid horrific tales of Africans being enslaved, imprisoned and tortured in Libya, Niger agreed to act as a halfway house for refugees that UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, had identified and could get out. Continue reading... |
| Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:15 AM PDT Police use pepper spray and non-lethal ammunition on rival protesters after rally A riot was declared in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday evening, as the city exploded into its worst protest violence of the Trump era. More than 150 supporters of the far-right Patriot Prayer group fought pitched street battles with scores of anti-fascist protesters. In total, nine people were arrested. Continue reading... |
| Mexico election: voters head to polls as leftist Amlo expected to cruise to victory Posted: 30 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT Election comes against a backdrop of widespread exasperation with political sleaze and soaring violence Millions of Mexicans will head to the polls on Sunday in a watershed election that is almost certain to see a silver-haired leftist who has vowed to take on the country's corrupt ruling elite elected president of Latin America's second largest economy. Related: 'We're in the abyss': how despair in Mexico set 'Amlo' on verge of presidency Continue reading... |
| Protesters stopped as Hong Kong marks China handover Posted: 30 Jun 2018 11:49 PM PDT Police intervene to protect flag-raising ceremony attended by territory's leader Carrie Lam Police in Hong Kong stopped about 20 pro-democracy protesters from getting near a flag-raising ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. The protesters on Sunday carried a coffin symbolising a death of democracy and chanted slogans against one-party rule in China, demands for universal suffrage in Hong Kong and mainland China, and freedom for Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Continue reading... |
| Celebrity chef Neil Perry denies Rockpool staff underpaid Posted: 30 Jun 2018 11:50 PM PDT Perry responds to claims his restaurant empire is ripping off migrant workers after Fairfax reported some chefs earn $15 an hour The celebrity chef Neil Perry has hit back at claims his restaurant empire is ripping off migrant workers, insisting the business is operating fully within employment laws. Some chefs working for Rockpool Dining Group are earning $15 per hour some weeks, well below the minimum wage, while working up to 30 hours' unpaid overtime, according to Fairfax Media. Continue reading... |
| Signs from the Trump family separation protests – in pictures Posted: 30 Jun 2018 01:02 PM PDT Towns and cities across the US saw thousands of protesters turn out on Saturday. Here are some of the signs they carried Continue reading... |
| 'This is not our country': anti-Trump demonstrators stage protest rallies in the US Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:32 AM PDT Hundreds of protesters chanted 'shame!' and 'not in cages!' as they denounced the Trump administration's policy of separating families caught crossing the border illegally. Advocacy groups, activists and local residents gathered with signs that called for President Donald Trump's impeachment. Hundreds of marches took place on 30 June, in locations ranging from immigrant-friendly cities such as Los Angeles and New York to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together. Protesters march against Trump immigration policies – live updates Continue reading... |
| MOMO-2 rocket explodes seconds after liftoff Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:10 AM PDT A rocket developed by a Japanese startup company burst into flames seconds after liftoff in northern Japan. The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was launched on Saturday in Taiki town on Hokkaido island. The company says it believes the rocket suffered a glitch in its main engine. The explosion caused no injuries. Continue reading... |
| Minors separated from parents and detained at US border tell of anguish – video Posted: 30 Jun 2018 07:36 AM PDT Eddy, 17, and Lilian, nine, were separated from their mother at the US border on 19 May. The family was fleeing violence in Guatemala – only to be ripped apart under the Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy. Eddy and Lilian's mother was prosecuted and sent to the T Don Hutto immigration detention centre in central Texas. For five weeks, she had no idea where her two children were. They had been left behind at a processing centre and then flown to foster care in Grand Rapids, Michigan – where they were held in separate homes. Continue reading... |
| Meet DJ Switch, the 10-year-old drawing crowds in Ghana – video Posted: 30 Jun 2018 04:13 AM PDT Erica Tandoh, better known as DJ Switch, is the youngest person to win the prestigious Ghana DJ award. The 10-year-old, who began DJing a year ago, attracts hundreds of people to her shows, which feature music, singing, dancing and even horses. Despite her love of music, Erica hopes to be a gynaecologist when she is older |
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