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- Trump repeatedly suggested Venezuela invasion, stunning top aides – report
- Thai cave rescue: boys 'learning to dive' before new storm
- Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in Fourth of July protest
- Fears grow for safety of 270,000 Syrians fleeing fighting in Deraa
- Privacy policies of tech giants 'still not GDPR-compliant'
- Merkel defends migration policy after Seehofer showdown
- First test tube rhino embryos could bring extinct species back from dead
- Britain 'will strengthen response to hurricanes in Caribbean'
- Former detainees call for inquiry into UK role in torture and jailing
- Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti suggests run against Trump in 2020
- Ryanair crew could join pilots' strike action over pay and conditions
- Barcelona denies ex-president bought liver for French footballer
- Macron visits Fela Kuti-founded nightclub during Nigeria visit
- Najib Razak charged over multibillion 1MDB corruption scandal
- 'It's like the death of a loved one': as stores close, retail workers lose out to big tech
- Police watchdog to investigate response to Gaia Pope's rape allegation
- Russia asks why would it plan novichok attack during World Cup
- Wireless in Gaza: the young whizz-kids making code not war
- Viviane Sassen's best photograph: her son Lucius cast in shadow
- Tiny coffins: how Nicaragua’s spiraling violence ravaged a family
- Thailand cave rescue: boys may be able to 'walk out' as water levels drop – live
- Two children killed in shooting at Sydney home
- Breakthrough made in fight to end virginity testing in Afghanistan
- 'Their blankets are the sky': Syrian civilians flee Daraa
- Reports of serious abuse received by charities watchdog continue to rise
- US immigration: what is Ice and why is it controversial?
- The historical roots of the US rural-urban divide run deep | Eliza Griswold
- Air New Zealand criticised for serving 'fake' burgers – video
- Statue of Liberty protester arrested after standoff – video
- Parties, parades and hot dogs: America celebrates the Fourth of July – in pictures
- Passengers cling to side of stricken ferry in Indonesia – video
- The Elegant Senegal – in pictures
| Trump repeatedly suggested Venezuela invasion, stunning top aides – report Posted: 04 Jul 2018 11:26 PM PDT The administration officials are said to have taken turns in trying to talk the president out of the idea in August of last year Donald Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of invading Venezuela in talks with his top aides at the White House, according to a new report. Trump brought up the subject of an invasion in public in August last year, saying: "We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary." But the president's musings about the possibility of a US invasion were more extensive and persistent than that public declaration, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading... |
| Thai cave rescue: boys 'learning to dive' before new storm Posted: 03 Jul 2018 11:19 PM PDT As new videos from inside cave emerge, Thai rescue chief says storm could 'fully flood' it Visual guide: where were the boys found and how can they be rescued? The 12 boys trapped in a cave in northern Thailand are being trained in how to breathe with scuba equipment as they prepare for a possible attempt at leaving the cave. Thai authorities are racing to drain water from the cave where the boys and their football coach are stranded before storms arrive, after which extraction will become "almost impossible" for months, according to a coordinator of the international rescue effort. Continue reading... |
| Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in Fourth of July protest Posted: 04 Jul 2018 04:50 PM PDT Protester demonstrating against Trump administration immigration policies is apprehended by police after four-hour standoff Police have arrested a woman who climbed the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in a Fourth of July protest against the Trump administration's immigration policies. The climber huddled at the base of the monument, about 30 meters above the ground, and engaged in a four-hour standoff with police before two New York Police Department officers climbed up to the base and apprehended her. Continue reading... |
| Fears grow for safety of 270,000 Syrians fleeing fighting in Deraa Posted: 04 Jul 2018 05:16 AM PDT Appeals for help after Russian-backed offensive prompts mass displacement of civilians Fears are mounting about the safety of more than 270,000 civilians who have fled recent fighting in southern Syria, with aid groups and local doctors issuing urgent appeals for people stranded in the desert without shelter. Fighting in Deraa province, a strategic area that borders both Jordan and Israel, has halted while negotiations for a surrender deal between rebels in the region and the Syrian government's main backer, Russia, continue. But UN officials say more than 270,000 people have fled their homes in the last two weeks, including 160,000 who have headed towards the Golan Heights and the Israeli border. Continue reading... |
| Privacy policies of tech giants 'still not GDPR-compliant' Posted: 04 Jul 2018 04:01 PM PDT Consumer group says policies of Facebook, Amazon and Google are vague and unclear Privacy policies from companies including Facebook, Google and Amazon don't fully meet the requirements of GDPR, according to the pan-European consumer group BEUC. An analysis of policies from 14 of the largest internet companies shows they use unclear language, claim "potentially problematic" rights, and provide insufficient information for users to judge what they are agreeing to. Continue reading... |
| Merkel defends migration policy after Seehofer showdown Posted: 04 Jul 2018 05:22 AM PDT Beleaguered chancellor gives first speech to parliament since meeting with interior minister Angela Merkel has sought to defend her government's migration policy in her first speech to parliament since a showdown with the interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over the policing of Germany's borders. The German chancellor spoke up for the compromise agreement the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) struck with its smaller partner, the Christian Social Union (CSU), to erect transit zones along the southern German border to speed up the deportation of ineligible asylum seekers, insisting migration had to be better regulated. Continue reading... |
| First test tube rhino embryos could bring extinct species back from dead Posted: 04 Jul 2018 10:00 AM PDT The northern white rhino is essentially extinct – just two females remain – but new research paves the way for its resurrection The first rhino embryos have been created in a test tube and could help save the northern white rhino, which is essentially extinct. There are just two northern white rhino (NWR) females left alive. The last male, called Sudan, died in March in Kenya, meaning the subspecies is doomed to die out unless the new IVF techniques bear fruit. Continue reading... |
| Britain 'will strengthen response to hurricanes in Caribbean' Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:07 AM PDT Foreign secretary Boris Johnson plans improved coordination with other countries Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, has implied that the British government was overwhelmed by the hurricanes in the Caribbean last summer, by announcing plans to strengthen the UK response, supplying better equipped ships, a regional co-ordination centre and improving integration with other countries in the region. The British Overseas Territories, principally the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, and Turks and Caicos Islands, have yet to recover from hurricanes Irma and Maria of 2017, and the Foreign Office is concerned that more hurricanes, even on a lesser scale compared with those of 2017, could have a devastating effect on already damaged infrastructure. Continue reading... |
| Former detainees call for inquiry into UK role in torture and jailing Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:36 PM PDT Nine men once held at US 'secret prisons' make appeal after extent of British torture links post-9/11 revealed A judicial inquiry must be launched into the extent of British involvement in kidnapping, false imprisonment and torture by the US during the "war on terror", a group of former detainees says. Related: Britain's role in our torture and detention must be investigated | Letters Continue reading... |
| Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti suggests run against Trump in 2020 Posted: 04 Jul 2018 02:42 PM PDT 'IF (big) he seeks re-election, I will run, but only if I think that there is no candidate that has a REAL chance at beating him' Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents pornographic actor Stormy Daniels in her ongoing legal dispute with Donald Trump, said in a tweet Wednesday that he would consider running against the president in the 2020 election. "IF (big) he seeks re-election, I will run, but only if I think that there is no other candidate in the race that has a REAL chance at beating him. We can't relive 2016. I love this country, our values and our people too much to sit by while they are destroyed," Avenatti tweeted on the Independence Day holiday. Continue reading... |
| Ryanair crew could join pilots' strike action over pay and conditions Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:11 AM PDT Representatives say little progress made, as 100 pilots due to walk out on 12 July Ryanair crew have warned they could join pilots in taking industrial action this summer after presenting the chief executive, Michael O'Leary, with a list of demands. Speaking after a summit in Dublin, representatives of cabin and ground crew from across Europe said there had been little progress since O'Leary reversed a long-held policy of refusing to recognise trade unions more than six months ago. Continue reading... |
| Barcelona denies ex-president bought liver for French footballer Posted: 04 Jul 2018 10:23 AM PDT Report claims Sandro Rosell admitted in phone calls purchasing organ illegally FC Barcelona has emphatically denied reports that its former president, Sandro Rosell, illegally bought a liver for the French defender Éric Abidal six years ago. On Wednesday the online Spanish newspaper El Confidencial claimed that phone calls intercepted by police showed Rosell implicitly admitting that he had "bought an illegal liver" for the player, who was found to have a tumour on his liver in 2011. Continue reading... |
| Macron visits Fela Kuti-founded nightclub during Nigeria visit Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:50 AM PDT French president visited venue after holding talks with Muhammadu Buhari Emmanuel Macron has visited a nightclub founded by legendary Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti, which has a reputation as a hedonistic haven filled with frenetic music, scantily clad dancers and the smell of marijuana. The French president arrived at the famous venue in the Nigerian city of Lagos just hours after holding talks and a news conference with President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital, Abuja, at the start of a two-day visit to the west African country. Continue reading... |
| Najib Razak charged over multibillion 1MDB corruption scandal Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:54 AM PDT Former PM pleads not guilty over 'biggest corruption case in Malaysia's history' The former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has appeared in court in Kuala Lumpur where he was charged with corruption-related offences over his alleged involvement in the multibillion-dollar 1MBD corruption scandal. In a stunning fall from grace, the former prime minister was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of corruption, in a prosecution led by the attorney general, Tommy Thomas. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Continue reading... |
| 'It's like the death of a loved one': as stores close, retail workers lose out to big tech Posted: 04 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT It's becoming a common story across America: the opening of an Amazon 'fulfilment center' hastens the end of local department stores, like this Sears in Sacramento Photographs by Robert Gumpert In the Sacramento area of northern California, an Amazon fulfilment centre came online last year, striking, it would seem, another blow to the local outlets of Sears, one of America's signature brick and mortar department stories. The Guardian spoke to Sears workers at the Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights who were told earlier this year the store would be closing down. Continue reading... |
| Police watchdog to investigate response to Gaia Pope's rape allegation Posted: 05 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT Teenager's family believe fears alleged attacker was to be freed triggered her disappearance The police watchdog is to investigate how a force dealt with a rape allegation made by a teenager two years before she vanished from a seaside town. Gaia Pope's family believe that her disappearance and death in Dorset in November was triggered by concerns that her alleged attacker was about to be released. Continue reading... |
| Russia asks why would it plan novichok attack during World Cup Posted: 05 Jul 2018 02:57 AM PDT News of poisonings in UK met with incredulity and offer of help with investigation Officials in Russia have said it would be "dumb" for the country to plan an attack using the nerve agent novichok during the World Cup, while a senior politician has said Russian law enforcement should help investigate the latest poisonings near Salisbury. The remarks on Thursday followed the collapse of a couple in Amesbury that has been attributed to the nerve agent originally developed by the Russian military. Continue reading... |
| Wireless in Gaza: the young whizz-kids making code not war Posted: 04 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT Gaza City academy hopes its hi-tech business model will be immune to physical barriers to trade It's a scene straight from a Silicon Valley startup. Continue reading... |
| Viviane Sassen's best photograph: her son Lucius cast in shadow Posted: 04 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT 'We all cast shadows on our children. This felt like a glimpse into the future, the way my body appears to lengthen his … as if he already has long legs. And one day he will' I shot this picture of my son, Lucius, on a beach somewhere between Cape Town and Mossel Bay, in South Africa. He's 10 now, but he was two at the time. I had taken my family on a trip to install an exhibition. I was also working on a project with seaweed. My husband and Lucius were helping me throw large pieces of kelp up into the air and photograph the shapes they made. Continue reading... |
| Tiny coffins: how Nicaragua’s spiraling violence ravaged a family Posted: 05 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT Six family members were killed, including two infants, after a home was torched allegedly by a pro-Daniel Ortega militia, in a horrific episode caused by Nicaragua's political convulsion When the mutiny against Nicaragua's septuagenarian president, Daniel Ortega, broke out in April, Matías Velásquez was barely a month old. Two months later he is dead, the youngest victim of a spiraling conflict some now fear could plunge what was until recently considered one of Central America's most stable nations into civil war. |
| Thailand cave rescue: boys may be able to 'walk out' as water levels drop – live Posted: 04 Jul 2018 11:22 PM PDT Rescuers need to bring the 12 boys and their football coach out of the Tham Luang cave before monsoon rains on the weekend or the boys may be trapped for the monsoon season
We're going to pause our live coverage of the events unfolding in Thailand. But will resume live coverage as soon as we have more information or any rescue is attempted. Here's what we know so far: Related: Rescuers draining Thai cave in hope football team can walk out before rains
Australia is sending two defence specialists with expertise in disaster recovery to help in the rescue of a young soccer team trapped in a flooded Thai cave complex. The search has drawn assistance from experts around the globe, including six dive specialists from the Australian Federal Police. Relieved all 13 have been found safe and well after joint Thai/international search effort at #ThamLuang @dfat @AusFedPolice #YourADF https://t.co/w9WP7jHWsa pic.twitter.com/hyUapr9z3G Continue reading... |
| Two children killed in shooting at Sydney home Posted: 05 Jul 2018 02:02 AM PDT Police were called to a home in West Pennant Hills after reports of a fatal shooting Two children have been shot dead in Sydney's north-west. Police were called to reports of a fatal shooting at a West Pennant Hills home about 5.20pm on Thursday, a NSW Ambulance spokesman said. Continue reading... |
| Breakthrough made in fight to end virginity testing in Afghanistan Posted: 04 Jul 2018 11:00 PM PDT New policy will stop clinics and hospitals from performing examinations that lead to imprisonment and exclusion In a prison in the Balkh province of Afghanistan, more than 200 girls and young women are crammed into dirty prison cells. Many have been here for months – and some for more than a year. When they are eventually released, they face a future defined by shame, exclusion and destitution. Their crime is that they all failed a virginity test performed by a health professional at a clinic or hospital. Continue reading... |
| 'Their blankets are the sky': Syrian civilians flee Daraa Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT As a sustained assault by government forces sparks a panic-stricken exodus from the southern city, families are being reduced to sleeping in the street Just a kilometre from the Jordanian border, Om Suleiman and her children are sleeping in a small shed they share with five other Syrian families. About 20 people are crowded into this hot, insect-ridden space, and Suleiman worries about the scorpions that come at night. Just days ago, she and her children rushed from their home in Tareeq al-Sad, a rebel-held neighbourhood in Daraa. "We escaped at night, terrified and barefooted," she says. Continue reading... |
| Reports of serious abuse received by charities watchdog continue to rise Posted: 04 Jul 2018 05:08 AM PDT Penny Mordaunt warns 'predatory individuals' to move out of charities sector after sharp spike in abuse claims The number of serious incidents of sexual harassment, bullying and abuse reported to the Charity Commission in the three months following the Oxfam sexual abuse scandal has risen to more than 1,150. The total number of serious incidents reported by charities from February to May this year reached the same level as during the whole of 2016/17. Continue reading... |
| US immigration: what is Ice and why is it controversial? Posted: 04 Jul 2018 06:45 PM PDT Family separations at the border are driving calls to abolish the agency seen as villain As outrage over family separations at the southern US border continues to boil, protesters and even a number of Democratic politicians are increasingly calling for the abolition of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or Ice. Those calls reached a new dramatic pitch on Wednesday when a woman scaled the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and at least six protesters were arrested after hanging a banner calling for the abolition of Ice. Continue reading... |
| The historical roots of the US rural-urban divide run deep | Eliza Griswold Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:59 AM PDT Trump's election revealed a cultural abyss between rural and urban America. That divide has a long history Over the fireplace at Mingo Creek Craft Distillers, a whiskey purveyor in the small town of Washington, Pennsylvania, a portrait of Alexander Hamilton hangs upside down. With snowy hair and a black velvet jacket, Hamilton wears an impassive look that might be described as hauteur. In 1791, to pay off debts the newly formed United States incurred during the revolutionary war, Hamilton imposed the first federal tax on the people of the region. By taxing their most lucrative product, whiskey, he became what he is here today: a villain representing the excesses of the federal government. The town of Washington is only a six-hour drive from Manhattan, but it's a world away from the Broadway stage where Hamilton, clad in snug white knickers, enjoys a better reputation. The difference in regard between the two Hamiltons is a stark illustration of the mutual disdain between rural and urban Americans. Continue reading... |
| Air New Zealand criticised for serving 'fake' burgers – video Posted: 04 Jul 2018 10:24 PM PDT New Zealand's acting prime minister, Winston Peters, has chided Air New Zealand for supplying 'fake meat' in its in-flight meals. Business class customers flying from LA to Auckland will have the option to order an animal-free burger patty made in a lab after a venture with Silicon Valley startup, Impossible Foods. Along with Peters, other politicians have argued the national carrier should be promoting the country's second-largest exports, beef and lamb. Continue reading... |
| Statue of Liberty protester arrested after standoff – video Posted: 04 Jul 2018 06:47 PM PDT A woman sits at the base of the Statue of Liberty on 4 July, forcing an evacuation of Liberty Island where the monument stands, hours before Independence Day fireworks displays were scheduled to begin. The woman, who was protesting against the Trump administration's immigration policies, was arrested after a four-hour standoff with police and later climbed down. Continue reading... |
| Parties, parades and hot dogs: America celebrates the Fourth of July – in pictures Posted: 04 Jul 2018 10:45 AM PDT How Americans are marking Independence Day Continue reading... |
| Passengers cling to side of stricken ferry in Indonesia – video Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:43 AM PDT Passengers of a crashed ferry clung to the vessel overnight as poor weather slowed rescue efforts. The captain ran the vessel into a reef off the island of Sulawesi after it started taking in water and sinking. Amiruddin, the chief of the South Sulawesi search and rescue agency, said there were 164 people on the vessel including crew and 130 survived Continue reading... |
| The Elegant Senegal – in pictures Posted: 04 Jul 2018 02:36 AM PDT The Elegant Senegal of the First Half of the 20th Century is an exhibition of images taken by renowned Senegalese photographer Mama Casset in the 1950s and an unknown photographer, on at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, until 26 August Continue reading... |
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