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- Merkel's migration battle: Seehofer 'announces intention to resign'
- Italian minister aims to unite European nationalist parties
- 'Artificial ovary' could help women conceive after chemotherapy
- Dozens killed as bus falls into Indian mountain gorge
- Trump taunts Democrats over calls to abolish Ice: 'They'll never win another election'
- Ocasio-Cortez politics will not win in Midwest, says Duckworth
- Thousands attend Simone Veil's burial in Paris Panthéon
- Israel deploys border reinforcements as Syrians flee strikes
- Divers reach further into Thai cave where boys are trapped
- Trump anti-abortion supreme court pick 'not acceptable', says Collins
- Russians protest over pension age rise announced during World Cup
- British Council accused of censorship over Bahamas exhibition
- School-run drivers in Somerset 'targeted with nails in road'
- A wild night: Russia win and Moscow parties as never before
- UK ministers to fund Saatchi campaign for Tunisian government
- 'It stinks': Twitter gets wind of oddly named Trump tariff bill draft
- Amlo wins Mexico election – in pictures
- Nauru blocks ABC from Pacific forum over 'bias and false reporting'
- Matt Canavan's optimistic coal forecast contradicts his own department
- 'Bulls in a paddock': China-US struggle damaging to Australia, Andrew Robb warns
- Outrage over alleged plan to export rare animals from Congo to China
- Trump's words might denigrate the rule of law. His actions, less so | Zachary Karabell
- Is Trump really winning? The truth about the president's popularity
- 'I will not fail you': Amlo claims historic win in Mexico election – video
- Man Tasered while sitting on sidewalk in Pennsylvania – video
- Rescue teams search for Thai boys trapped in flooded cave – video
- Best photos of the day: volcanic offerings and Sri Lankan Beetles
- Far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists in Portland – video
| Merkel's migration battle: Seehofer 'announces intention to resign' Posted: 01 Jul 2018 10:04 PM PDT Future of Germany's coalition government in the balance amid disquiet over chancellor's proposed migration deal The future of Germany's coalition government is hanging in the balance after the country's interior minister reportedly announced his intention to resign over a migration showdown with Angela Merkel. Horst Seehofer, who is also leader of the Christian Social Union, on Sunday night offered to step down from his ministerial role and party leadership in a closed-door meeting in which he and fellow CSU leaders had debated the merits of the migration deal Merkel hammered out with fellow European Union leaders in Brussels. Continue reading... |
| Italian minister aims to unite European nationalist parties Posted: 01 Jul 2018 12:02 PM PDT Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League, wants to bring together 'all the free and sovereign movements' The Italian interior minister and leader of the far-right League, Matteo Salvini, said on Sunday that he wanted to create a pan-European network of nationalist parties. Buoyed by his burgeoning popularity since general elections in early March, the 45-year-old said the "League of the Leagues of Europe" would bring together "all the free and sovereign movements that want to defend their people and their borders". Continue reading... |
| 'Artificial ovary' could help women conceive after chemotherapy Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:01 PM PDT Development could allow women to have children after fertility-damaging treatments Doctors have made an "artificial ovary" from human tissue and eggs in a bid to help women have children after cancer treatment and other therapies that can damage female fertility. The team in Copenhagen showed that a lab-made ovary could keep human eggs alive for weeks at a time, raising hopes that the approach could one day help women have families after harsh treatments such as chemo- and radiotherapy. Continue reading... |
| Dozens killed as bus falls into Indian mountain gorge Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:39 AM PDT At least 48 people killed and a dozen injured after crash in Uttarakhand, officials say At least 48 people have died after an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in northern India. The bus fell into a gorge 200 metres deep in the Himalayan foothills, the chief minister of Uttarakhand state, Trivendra Rawat, said. Continue reading... |
| Trump taunts Democrats over calls to abolish Ice: 'They'll never win another election' Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:59 AM PDT
After a day of mass demonstrations against Donald Trump's family separations policy and calls by prominent Democrats to abolish the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or Ice, the president dared Democrats to pursue the issue in the run-up to midterm elections in November. Related: Trump anti-abortion supreme court pick 'not acceptable', says Collins Continue reading... |
| Ocasio-Cortez politics will not win in Midwest, says Duckworth Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:38 PM PDT After stunning primary upset in New York, Illinois senator cautions party that democratic socialism will not work nationally As Democrats calibrate their political messaging in advance of the November midterm elections, Senator Tammy Duckworth cautioned her party not to become too starry-eyed about the success in New York of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won an upset primary victory this week. Related: Trump taunts Democrats over calls to abolish Ice: 'They'll never win another election' Continue reading... |
| Thousands attend Simone Veil's burial in Paris Panthéon Posted: 01 Jul 2018 06:36 AM PDT Revered politician only fourth woman to be honoured in her own right with hero's burial Thousands gathered in Paris on Sunday to pay tribute to Simone Veil, the Holocaust survivor and women's rights defender, as she was given the rare honour of a burial at the Panthéon, the resting place of France's greats. Crowds applauded and some wore "merci Simone" images to mark the opening up of the male-dominated secular mausoleum of heroes of French nationhood to a modern woman who was also a symbol of the deportation of Jews during the second world war. Continue reading... |
| Israel deploys border reinforcements as Syrians flee strikes Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:52 AM PDT Jordan is also refusing to take any more refugees as Assad regime hits rebel-held areas in Syria's south-west Israel has deployed artillery and armoured reinforcements along its northern border with Syria, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday, as tens of thousands of Syrians fled towards its borders and those of Jordan. Russian efforts to impose a broad ceasefire in south-west Syria broke down at the weekend, prompting the Syrian regime to undertake fresh air raids. The government forces now claim to be in control of more than half of Daraa province. Continue reading... |
| Divers reach further into Thai cave where boys are trapped Posted: 30 Jun 2018 07:43 PM PDT US navy Seals part of international rescue effort that has been hampered by heavy rain Rescue divers reached several kilometres inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand as the search for 12 trapped boys and their football coach entered its seventh day. There was still no contact with the boys, aged 11 to 16, and their coach who went into the 10-kilometre Tham Luang cave on the border with Laos and Myanmar last weekend. Continue reading... |
| Trump anti-abortion supreme court pick 'not acceptable', says Collins Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:20 AM PDT
As battle lines are drawn for the coming fight over Donald Trump's second supreme court nominee, a senator who could help to decide the fate of the nomination warned on Sunday that a justice who would seek to reverse federal abortion rights protections "would not be acceptable". Related: Is Trump really winning? The truth about the president's popularity Continue reading... |
| Russians protest over pension age rise announced during World Cup Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:34 AM PDT Authorities accused of trying to bury unpopular news amid tournament euphoria Russians demonstrated in cities across the country on Sunday in protest at a rise in the pension age. The rallies, organised by an unusually broad group of opposition forces, drew crowds of up to 3,000 in dozens of towns and cities across the country, opposition leaders said. No protests were held in World Cup host cities due to a regulation banning protest in the cities for the duration of the tournament, and also out of a desire not to overshadow it. Continue reading... |
| British Council accused of censorship over Bahamas exhibition Posted: 01 Jul 2018 07:13 AM PDT Council removed its logo from the show's catalogue, saying its material was too political The cultural diplomacy arm of the Foreign Office has become embroiled in controversy in the Bahamas where it has been accused of censorship and causing further damage to relations already strained by the Windrush scandal. The British Council was served with an unprecedented rebuke by the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (NAGB), its partner in a major exhibition this year, which said the council had caused "distress and disappointment" after distancing itself from an accompanying catalogue over unstated concerns about its "political" content. |
| School-run drivers in Somerset 'targeted with nails in road' Posted: 02 Jul 2018 02:34 AM PDT Nails and screws found in Somerset cul-de-sac by a driver who believes they were put there deliberately
Police are investigating claims that nails and screws are being glued upright in a road to stop parents on the school run parking in a quiet cul-de-sac. Continue reading... |
| A wild night: Russia win and Moscow parties as never before Posted: 02 Jul 2018 02:31 AM PDT After Russia stunned Spain at the World Cup its capital was mobbed for a boozy, noisy, carefree night – and police turned a blind eye Judging by the way Moscow celebrated, Russia have won the World Cup. Were you there? Did you see the men hanging off the scaffolding, swinging around the supporting poles 20 metres up? That Mercedes sedan that opened its trunk to reveal subwoofers blaring Russian club hip-hop? The two girls surfing on top of a black Geländewagen down Tverskaya street? Continue reading... |
| UK ministers to fund Saatchi campaign for Tunisian government Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT Critics dismiss project as PR campaign designed to support country's contested policies The British government is paying M&C Saatchi to run a media campaign for the Tunisian government in an attempt to win voters over reforms that have sparked some of the largest protests in the north African state since the Arab spring. The advertising agency – known for its punchy political advertising for the Conservative party – has been hired to run a campaign "targeted towards the Tunisian public", according to documents. Continue reading... |
| 'It stinks': Twitter gets wind of oddly named Trump tariff bill draft Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:56 PM PDT Leaked Fart Act draft reportedly suggests US abandons WTO rules A report that Donald Trump is looking to walk away from the World Trade Organisation and instead adopt a United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act, or Fart Act, has been greeted with loud amusement on Twitter. Axios reported that it had received a leaked early draft of a bill ordered by the president, that would see America take the unlikely step of abandoning WTO rules, allowing Trump to raise tariffs without the consent of Congress. Continue reading... |
| Amlo wins Mexico election – in pictures Posted: 02 Jul 2018 01:43 AM PDT Supporters of the Juntos Haremos Historia (Together We Will Make History) presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, – fill Zócalo square in central Mexico City to celebrate his dramatic election victory. The anti-establishment leftist, known as Amlo, won by a large margin, according to exit polls, in a landmark break with the parties that have governed for nearly a century Continue reading... |
| Nauru blocks ABC from Pacific forum over 'bias and false reporting' Posted: 02 Jul 2018 02:20 AM PDT ABC says Nauru cannot be allowed to dictate who represents Australian media at September's forum The government of Nauru has blocked the ABC from covering the Pacific Islands Forum, refusing to issue its journalists visas because of allegations of interference in its politics, bias and false reporting. The government's statement, issued on Monday, prompted outrage from the Australian parliamentary press gallery and a warning from the ABC it did not intend to vacate its spot, because the Nauruan government should not dictate who covered the event. Continue reading... |
| Matt Canavan's optimistic coal forecast contradicts his own department Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:53 AM PDT Minister says 'we'd be mad not to' mine Galilee basin, despite report showing steep price drop from 2020 A senior federal minister has claimed new coal export figures strengthen the investment case for Adani's Carmichael coalmine and the development of Queensland's Galilee basin, but a report from his own department appears to show the opposite. The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science released a report on Monday that included projections for global commodity prices and volumes. |
| 'Bulls in a paddock': China-US struggle damaging to Australia, Andrew Robb warns Posted: 02 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT Former trade minister urges Australia to exercise regional influence independent of the two superpowers The United States is engaged in a "futile and counterproductive" attempt to contain China, and Australia should exercise its influence independently of both superpowers, former trade minister Andrew Robb has said. Delivering the Australian mining industry annual lecture in Melbourne on Monday, Robb suggested the industry faces two major challenges in containing project costs and maintaining trade relationships in Asia as the US and China struggle like "two bulls in a paddock". Continue reading... |
| Outrage over alleged plan to export rare animals from Congo to China Posted: 01 Jul 2018 11:00 PM PDT Fury among wildlife groups as leaked letter to Congolese minister suggests Chinese zoos want gorillas and other endangered species Mountain gorillas and other endangered species from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are at risk of being taken from the wild and exported to Chinese zoos, conservation groups have alleged. A leaked letter from the DRC's environment minister to a Chinese company, apparently referring to a request for a number of rare species, has sparked outrage from wildlife charity Born Free and other organisations. Continue reading... |
| Trump's words might denigrate the rule of law. His actions, less so | Zachary Karabell Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:00 AM PDT The Trump administration has acted foolishly and immorally - but not yet illegally A frequent media trope is anxiety that the Trump administration is undermining American rule of law in the name of his own personal power, ego and profit. One recent Trump tweet in particular - "I have the absolute right to pardon myself" - did little to assuage the fears of those who believe Trump is planning, like Napoleon, to crown himself emperor. Long-time commentator Jonathan Chait recently warned: "The rule of law in the United States is like a suspension bridge – still upright, but with cables snapping, one by one." It may be that Trump has authoritarian desires. Nonetheless, the US firmly remains a nation of laws. For all the daily angst and noise about the current occupant of the White House, nothing has happened to date that fundamentally alters that statement. Continue reading... |
| Is Trump really winning? The truth about the president's popularity Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT US voters remain deeply skeptical of political polling, but Trump's approval rating so far has been 'incredibly stable' Six hundred days after the 2016 election, many US voters remain deeply skeptical of, if not hostile to, political polling. Related: Trump anti-abortion supreme court pick 'not acceptable', says Collins Continue reading... |
| 'I will not fail you': Amlo claims historic win in Mexico election – video Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:28 AM PDT Thousands of supporters of the leftist presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrado, poured into Zócalo square in Mexico City on Sunday night to celebrate his election victory. Amlo, as he is also known, secured a resounding victory over his rivals after promising to tackle violence and corruption. Speaking to his supporters, he declared: 'I will not fail you' Continue reading... |
| Man Tasered while sitting on sidewalk in Pennsylvania – video Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:00 AM PDT A 27-year-old man was Tasered by police in Pennsylvania while sitting down on a sidewalk because he did not have his legs straight out in front of him, as he was ordered to do. The incident involving Sean Williams, who was later detained on an outstanding warrant for possession of PCP and public drunkenness, has sparked a public outcry and calls for an investigation, with civil rights groups gathering outside the Lancaster city courthouse. The Lancaster mayor, Danene Sorace, says an investigation into the incident is under way Continue reading... |
| Rescue teams search for Thai boys trapped in flooded cave – video Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:13 AM PDT Rescue divers reached several kilometres inside the flooded Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand as the search for 12 trapped boys and their football coach entered its seventh day Continue reading... |
| Best photos of the day: volcanic offerings and Sri Lankan Beetles Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:01 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
| Far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists in Portland – video Posted: 01 Jul 2018 04:08 AM PDT A riot was declared in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday evening, as the city's worst protest violence of the Trump era erupted. More than 150 supporters of the far-right Patriot Prayer group fought with scores of anti-fascist protesters. Nine people were arrested Continue reading... |
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