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- Thailand cave rescue postponed for 12 trapped schoolboys
- Michel Barnier: EU willing to compromise if UK softens red lines
- Reporter who accused Trudeau of groping says she won't pursue incident
- Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail
- Three YouTube stars fall to their deaths at Canadian waterfall
- Police officer charged for shooting that sparked riots in France
- Chris Brown arrested after Florida show
- Canada hockey bus crash: truck driver charged over collision that left 16 dead
- Elvis Costello reveals cancer diagnosis as he cancels tour dates
- Tensions rise as US border agents stop Canadian fishermen in disputed waters off Maine
- Trudeau: I apologised to reporter behind groping claim
- Legal row brewing in Egypt after court backs bearded police officers
- 'I don’t want ships to kill me': Marseille fights cruise liner pollution
- Kidnapped model Chloe Ayling: ‘People didn't believe me because I wasn't in tears'
- Fire, not bomb, probably caused 2016 EgyptAir crash, French inquiry says
- 'No Notoriety': the campaign to focus on shooting victims, not killers
- Geovani Martins: the favela-raised author hailed for capturing Rio's spirit
- Thai cave rescue: authorities say three- to four-day window to free 12 boys
- Nationals leader pushes Queensland LNP to back Coalition's energy policy
- The slice of LGBTQ+ history I found in my mate's loft – video
- Peter Tatchell calls London Pride march limit discriminatory
- Deportation reprieve for Kenyan domestic worker attacked in Lebanon
- Women are uniting against sexual violence – and we won't be stopped | Purna Sen
- Selfies with the Taliban: Afghan women buoyed by ceasefire snaps | Ruchi Kumar
- Outcry as Trump restricts funding for sex-trafficking survivors
- Shoko Asahara and the cult behind the Tokyo sarin attack – video explainer
- Headcam footage shows difficult conditions facing divers in Thai cave – video
- Justin Trudeau on groping claims: 'I'm confident I did not act inappropriately' – video
- 'We'll bring the kids home': footage emerges of Thai rescue diver who died – video
| Thailand cave rescue postponed for 12 trapped schoolboys Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:23 PM PDT Authorities rule out imminent rescue less than a day before monsoon rains expected Thai authorities have said that 12 boys stranded inside a cave will not be imminently rescued – less than a day before the expected arrival of monsoon rains that could seal them inside for months. Narongsak Osatanakorn, the governor of Chiang Rai province, said that rescuers were striving to free the boys and their 25-year-old coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, before it rained but would only do so if there was "minimum risk" to their lives. Continue reading... |
| Michel Barnier: EU willing to compromise if UK softens red lines Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:13 AM PDT Brexit negotiator offers olive branch as Theresa May's cabinet meets at Chequers The EU is prepared to change its Brexit position if Theresa May softens her negotiating red lines, Michel Barnier has said. The offer from the EU's chief Brexit negotiator could be seen as a strategic olive branch coming just as the prime minister tries to strike a deal between the warring sides of her cabinet at Chequers. Continue reading... |
| Reporter who accused Trudeau of groping says she won't pursue incident Posted: 06 Jul 2018 03:55 PM PDT Woman says allegations from British Columbia music festival in 2000 are true, noting that prime minister apologised
The woman who accused Justin Trudeau in 2000 of groping her at a music festival in British Columbia has spoken out, saying that the incident took place as described and that she is not interested in pursuing the matter further. Continue reading... |
| Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:11 AM PDT Corruption charges related to purchase of London flats, with verdict likely to affect election The former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption in a verdict likely to influence the general election on 25 July. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Pakistan's anti-graft court, ruled that Sharif and his family laundered money in the 1990s to pay for four luxury apartments in Park Lane, central London, drawing on allegations that resurfaced in the Panama Papers leak, published by the Guardian and others in 2016. Continue reading... |
| Three YouTube stars fall to their deaths at Canadian waterfall Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:44 PM PDT Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh and Megan Scraper were vloggers for High On Life, an extreme travel channel Three young YouTube stars have died at a waterfall in Canada. Police said Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh and Megan Scraper were swimming at the top of Shannon Falls in British Columbia on Tuesday when they "slipped and fell into a pool 30 metres below". Continue reading... |
| Police officer charged for shooting that sparked riots in France Posted: 06 Jul 2018 02:30 PM PDT Manslaughter charge for officer who now says he fired weapon by accident A police officer who shot dead a young black man in western France earlier this week, sparking three nights of rioting, has been charged with manslaughter, his lawyer has said. The officer initially claimed he acted in self-defence while trying to arrest the 22-year-old in the city of Nantes on Tuesday, but when questioned in custody he said he had fired his weapon by accident. Continue reading... |
| Chris Brown arrested after Florida show Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:02 AM PDT R&B singer, who has a history of violent conduct, on bail over charge of felony battery The R&B star Chris Brown has been arrested in Florida on a charge of felony battery. On Thursday the singer and rapper performed a concert on his Heartbreak on a Full Moon tour in West Palm Beach, Florida, and was arrested shortly afterwards. He was taken to the nearby Palm Beach county jail, and was released on bail of $2,000 (£1,500). It is not yet clear who has accused him, and no more details are yet available about the incident. Continue reading... |
| Canada hockey bus crash: truck driver charged over collision that left 16 dead Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:47 PM PDT Humboldt Broncos' bus collided with truck driven by Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, who has been charged with dangerous driving Canadian police on Friday filed charges against a truck driver whose semi-trailer rig collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team in April and killed 16 people in one of the worst disasters to strike the country's sporting community. Related: 'Every parent's nightmare': Canada in grief after 15 die in hockey team bus crash Continue reading... |
| Elvis Costello reveals cancer diagnosis as he cancels tour dates Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:08 AM PDT 'Small but very aggressive' cancer has been operated on, but recovery forces songwriter to pull out of tour Elvis Costello has revealed he was recently diagnosed with "a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy" and has cancelled tour dates while he recovers from the subsequent treatment. Writing on his website, the singer-songwriter said: "Six weeks ago my specialist called me and said, 'You should start playing the Lotto.' He had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery." The message is the first time Costello has revealed he has cancer. He added: "I was elated and relieved that our European summer tour could go ahead." Continue reading... |
| Tensions rise as US border agents stop Canadian fishermen in disputed waters off Maine Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:40 PM PDT Boats have reportedly been stopped near islands of Machias Seal and North Rock as US agents search for undocumented migrants Canada's government is investigating reports that US border patrol officers have intercepted and questioned crew members on more than 20 Canadian vessels in disputed waters off the coast of Maine. Continue reading... |
| Trudeau: I apologised to reporter behind groping claim Posted: 06 Jul 2018 03:29 AM PDT Canadian PM 'very confident' he did not act inappropriately at music festival in 2000 The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has for the first time publicly acknowledged that he apologised in 2000 to a reporter who alleged he groped her, but said he was very confident he did not act inappropriately. The accusation first appeared in a local newspaper a few days after a music festival in British Columbia that Trudeau, then a 28-year-old teacher, was attending. Continue reading... |
| Legal row brewing in Egypt after court backs bearded police officers Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:05 AM PDT Pro-government lawyers seek to overturn ruling, claiming beards are a threat to Egyptian society A legal battle over whether Egypt's police force should employ bearded officers is set for another day in court, after pro-government lawyers challenged an employment appeal on the grounds that beards were a sign of secret Islamist allegiances. Cairo's court for urgent matters will on 4 September hear a case brought by the pro-state lawyer Mohamed Salem, who reportedly alleges that bearded officers present "a threat to Egyptian society and the national unity, peace and social security of the nation". Continue reading... |
| 'I don’t want ships to kill me': Marseille fights cruise liner pollution Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:06 AM PDT Shipping is estimated to account for 10% of city's air pollution, and campaigners are targeting cruise industry in particular From his balcony above Marseille's port, Jean-Pierre Eyraud has a prime view of the giant, luxury cruise liners that dock in the city bringing 1.5 million passengers a year. But since Eyraud was diagnosed four years ago with throat cancer – a diagnosis several others in his neighbourhood by the port have also had – he watches with a sense of dread as the floating holiday palaces drop off day-trippers. Continue reading... |
| Kidnapped model Chloe Ayling: ‘People didn't believe me because I wasn't in tears' Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT The British glamour model was kidnapped in Milan and held for six days in a remote farmhouse. Last month, her attacker was sentenced to more than 16 years. So why do people still doubt her? What does the ideal kidnap victim look like? Nothing like Chloe Ayling, apparently. The glamour model made the headlines in August last year, when she walked into the British consulate in Milan and claimed she had just been released after six days of captivity. She had turned up for a modelling assignment in Milan, Ayling told officials, been injected with the tranquilliser ketamine, stuffed into a holdall bag and driven 120 miles in a car boot to a remote farmhouse near Turin. She said she had been gagged, was unconscious for much of the journey, and was later told she would be auctioned as a sex slave on the dark web for €300,000 (£265,000). Ayling spent three weeks in Italy while police investigated, before returning home to Coulsdon in south London. Then 20 and a mother of one, she recounted her story to TV reporters in her mother's front garden. Wearing hotpants and a low-cut top, she smiled, posed with her dog and seemed to enjoy the attention. "I feared for my life, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour," she said. But she might as well not, because the image – of a young woman basking in the spotlight – overpowered her words. Continue reading... |
| Fire, not bomb, probably caused 2016 EgyptAir crash, French inquiry says Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:39 PM PDT France's aviation bureau contradicts Egyptian authorities who said explosive traces found on victims French investigators said on Friday a cockpit fire likely caused the 2016 EgyptAir MS804 crash that claimed the lives of 66 passengers and crew, contradicting Egyptian authorities who said explosives traces were found on the victims' remains. France's civil aviation accident bureau, known by its French acronym BEA, said information gleaned from the flight recorders suggested "a fire broke out in the cockpit while the plane was at cruising altitude and the fire spread rapidly, causing the loss of control of the aircraft". Continue reading... |
| 'No Notoriety': the campaign to focus on shooting victims, not killers Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT Coverage of the Capital Gazette attack showed how much the principle has taken hold in newsrooms, and how far there still is to go The morning after a mass shooting at a Maryland newspaper, Fox News had a photograph of the alleged killer leading its home page. The New York Post tabloid had plastered his face on its cover with the headline: "Newspaper 'Vendetta'." But the home page of CNN.com was different. It was intensely, intimately focused on the five victims of the shooting. Their first names were the headline: "Rob. Gerald. John. Rebecca. Wendi." The leading graphic on the page showed each of their photographs in turn. There was no photograph of the alleged shooter, and no mention of his name. |
| Geovani Martins: the favela-raised author hailed for capturing Rio's spirit Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT Martins, who grew up in Rio's favelas and did not have any formal study, became a local role model with his debut book Even after two hours of debate, students of Rio de Janeiro's most exclusive university ignored the World Cup games playing on a nearby screen and queued in front of guest author Geovani Martins, who had just finished speaking, clutching copies of his debut book for signing. Related: 'Race fraud': how a college quota scandal exposed Brazil's historic racial tensions Continue reading... |
| Thai cave rescue: authorities say three- to four-day window to free 12 boys Posted: 06 Jul 2018 11:34 PM PDT Rainfall is forecast to grow more intense in coming days as levels of carbon dioxide pose additional danger Thai authorities believe they have a three- to four-day window to free 12 boys stranded inside a northern Thailand cave and will focus on reducing the dangers of the rescue operation as much as possible until rain or increasingly toxic air inside the chamber forces them to act. Narongsak Osatanakorn, the governor of Chiang Rai province, said on Saturday the operation to drain water along the 3.2km path to where the boys have been sheltering for the past fortnight has been "very successful" and withstood patches of rain. Continue reading... |
| Nationals leader pushes Queensland LNP to back Coalition's energy policy Posted: 06 Jul 2018 10:55 PM PDT Michael McCormack tells state convention coal will be part of the mix but talks up need for national energy guarantee The Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, Michael McCormack, has issued a subtle warning to the Queensland Liberal National party to fall in line with the government's proposed energy policy, while leaving the door open for a coal-inclusive future. A somewhat tired-looking McCormack addressed the LNP state convention on Saturday, as the warm-up for an exuberant Malcolm Turnbull, covering issues such as infrastructure and dams, before turning to the party's biggest fight – energy policy – in the last minutes of his speech. Continue reading... |
| The slice of LGBTQ+ history I found in my mate's loft – video Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT Gavin McGregor was rummaging around in his friend's attic when he stumbled across a treasure trove of LGBTQ+ campaign material from the 1980s – a pivotal time in the fight for equality. In the run-up to London Pride he picks his favourites from the collection and says it should serve as a reminder of the bravery of activists from the time |
| Peter Tatchell calls London Pride march limit discriminatory Posted: 06 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT Co-founder hits out after organisers set limit of 30,000 people and reject 20,000 applicants Approximately 20,000 people who wanted to march at the Pride parade in London on Saturday have been told they are not allowed to do so, in a move the march's co-founder Peter Tatchell has alleged amounts to "anti-LGBT+ discrimination". About 50,000 people applied to march, but organisers set a limit of 30,000 at the event, which is authorised by the mayor of London, Westminster council and the Metropolitan police. Continue reading... |
| Deportation reprieve for Kenyan domestic worker attacked in Lebanon Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:21 AM PDT Outcry sparked by 'abhorrently racist' mob assault that was caught on film leads to temporary deferral of expulsion order A Kenyan domestic worker who was threatened with deportation from Lebanon after a video of her being beaten in the street went viral has been granted a temporary reprieve. The video, which showed the woman and a friend being pulled by the hair and repeatedly struck by a crowd of people in a busy Beirut street, caused outrage when it was shared on social media. Continue reading... |
| Women are uniting against sexual violence – and we won't be stopped | Purna Sen Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:47 AM PDT Two in three women will experience sexual violence and harassment in their lifetime. Across the world, abusers have been put on notice In September 2015, states from across the world committed to end all forms of violence against women by 2030. Two years later we were saddened and angered by wave after wave of accounts of sexual harassment emerging initially from Hollywood but then from athletes, hotel workers, parliaments and elsewhere. Using the power of solidarity, and backed by the support of diligent and respectful journalists, women helped the world wake up to the daily horrors of sexual harassment and assault. Women live with the knowledge that hands can be shoved inside their clothing, they can be groped, grabbed by the genitals, targeted with sexual names or slurs, or raped. Women – as actual and potential targets of abuse – forego their freedom of movement and live with the ubiquitous fear of violence. Continue reading... |
| Selfies with the Taliban: Afghan women buoyed by ceasefire snaps | Ruchi Kumar Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:18 AM PDT When Taliban fighters entered the cities of Afghanistan after hostilities were put on hold for Eid, some women took photos. A symbol of female resistance, the images quickly went viral One of the longest wars of our generation took an unexpected turn last month. The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan accepted the government's call for a three-day ceasefire during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr. For the first time in years, Taliban fighters – known for their brutality on the frontline of the spiralling conflict – entered the capital, Kabul, and other urban centres in Afghanistan and socialised with the locals. Continue reading... |
| Outcry as Trump restricts funding for sex-trafficking survivors Posted: 06 Jul 2018 03:04 AM PDT Lawyers and politicians urge rethink over decision to cut legal support services, which they say will deny survivors chance to clear criminal records Earlier this year, Amy, a sex-trafficking survivor who spent 15 years under the control of violent pimps, walked into a small courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 105 criminal charges on her record. An hour later, she left with all but two of the charges erased. "For so long I've just been seen as a prostitute and a criminal," said Amy. "Even though I managed to get clean and get away from my trafficker, I haven't been able to get a job and struggled to find someone who would rent me an apartment and just [allow me to] provide for myself. It's hard to describe the feeling that now I could get a second chance at life." Continue reading... |
| Shoko Asahara and the cult behind the Tokyo sarin attack – video explainer Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:16 AM PDT On 20 March 1995 members of the Aum Supreme Truth cult released sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent, on a Tokyo subway during rush hour. Twelve people died and a further 6,000 were affected. The cult's leader and the mastermind behind the attacks was Shoko Asahara, who was wanted for previous attacks on the Japanese public. Asahara was arrested two months after the attack and was executed on Friday. The cult is banned officially, but some former followers continue to follow Asahara's teachings Continue reading... |
| Headcam footage shows difficult conditions facing divers in Thai cave – video Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:22 AM PDT Footage shows several divers preparing to attempt the rescue of 12 boys trapped inside a cave in Thailand. Teams of divers can be seen carrying items through the damp and dark passages Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau on groping claims: 'I'm confident I did not act inappropriately' – video Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:44 AM PDT The Canadian prime minister has spoken publicly for the first time about allegations made against him by a reporter. Trudeau, who has been accused of groping the woman at a music festival in 2000, said: 'I've been reflecting very carefully on what I remember from that incident almost 20 years ago. I feel, I'm confident that, I did not act inappropriately' Continue reading... |
| 'We'll bring the kids home': footage emerges of Thai rescue diver who died – video Posted: 06 Jul 2018 02:41 AM PDT Saman Kunan died during the Tham Luang Nang Non rescue effort when he ran out of oxygen while moving air tanks into the cave where 12 boys and their football coach have been stranded Continue reading... |
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