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- Parents of boys trapped in Thai cave tell coach: don't blame yourself
- North Korea accuses US of 'gangster-like' behaviour after Pompeo talks
- Inside the fearful Bedouin village that could decide fate of Palestinian state
- US service member killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan
- UN body condemns Australia for illegal detention of asylum seekers and refugees
- At least nine killed in al-Shabaab car bomb attack in Somalia
- Five people hurt in Pamplona bull run
- Trump ‘will empower the Kremlin’ if he continues to undermine Nato
- Thousands shut down Chicago highway with gun control march
- Floods and landslides leave dozens dead and 50 missing in Japan
- Thailand: Phuket boat sinking death toll continues to rise
- 'Are they going to shoot me?': Statue of Liberty climber on her anti-Trump protest
- Challenge over green light for Renzo Piano’s Paddington Cube
- Brexit The Observer view on the Chequers agreement being a capitulation not a victory | Observer editorial
- The Observer view on why we shouldn’t waste a drop of water when it’s so vital and valuable | Observer editorial
- 'We protect Ice': Trump supporters rally behind immigration slogan
- Thai cave rescue: boys being rescued in four groups – live
- Labor accuses PM of 'personal tirade' as Braddon byelection campaigns launched
- Whose side is Trump’s America on? The answer is becoming more and more obvious
- Worried Nato partners wonder if Atlantic alliance can survive Trump
- The US government is abusing children – we can't stop being urgently ashamed
- Pride in London: a sea of rainbow flags - in pictures
- Dozens dead and 1.6 million people evacuated during Japan floods - video
- The slice of LGBTQ+ history I found in my mate's loft – video
| Parents of boys trapped in Thai cave tell coach: don't blame yourself Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:18 AM PDT Letters written by parents taken to boys as rescuers continue race against time The parents of 12 boys stranded inside a northern Thailand cave have written to their children for the first time and to the coach who led them inside, telling him: "Please don't blame yourself." "To all the kids," one letter, written by the mother of Nattawut Takamsai, 14, said. "We are not mad at you at all. Do take good care of yourself. Don't forget to cover yourself with blankets as the weather is cold. We're worried. You will come out soon." |
| North Korea accuses US of 'gangster-like' behaviour after Pompeo talks Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:03 PM PDT Pompeo responds that if US is a gangster, so is the whole world, as it also wants North Korea to dismantle nuclear weapons Disarmament talks between the US and North Korea ended in Pyongyang on Saturday with the North Korean regime accusing Washington of a "gangster-like mindset" and warning of "yet another tragedy" if negotiations collapse. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, responded that if the US was a gangster, so was the whole world, as it had the same demand that North Korea dismantle its nuclear weapons programme. Continue reading... |
| Inside the fearful Bedouin village that could decide fate of Palestinian state Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:17 AM PDT Only a court order stands between Khan al-Ahmar and the bulldozers. And if it goes, the West Bank will be split in two Commuters speeding along the four-lane highway that connects Jerusalem to Jericho might not notice this tiny Bedouin village of fewer than 200 people tucked in the dip of two hills. Tents hoisted with chipped scrap-wood and sand-covered corrugated-iron shacks are home to once-nomadic families who settled after the Israeli army expelled them from the southern desert seven decades ago. Some residents work in nearby factories owned by Israeli settlers. Others herd sheep and goats on the scorching rocky terrain. But Khan al-Ahmar's modest appearance belies its significance to many Palestinians as the keystone of their struggle for statehood – a community whose location is so strategic that, if they were removed, it might crumble hopes for a future country. Continue reading... |
| US service member killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:12 PM PDT Taliban says the shooting was carried out by a member of the Afghan security force who acted alone The US-led coalition headquarters in Kabul has confirmed that a US service member has been killed in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan. Related: Russian pilot found after three decades missing in Afghanistan Continue reading... |
| UN body condemns Australia for illegal detention of asylum seekers and refugees Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:54 PM PDT Those unlawfully held remain in indefinite detention, where they have been held for up to nine years without charge A key United Nations body has condemned as arbitrary and illegal Australia's indefinite incarceration of refugees and asylum seekers, issuing critical statements on five separate cases in a year. But those unlawfully held remain in indefinite detention, where they have been held for up to nine years without charge. The working group on arbitrary detention is a key part of the UN's Human Rights Council, on which Australia now sits after a years-long public and diplomatic campaign for the position. |
| At least nine killed in al-Shabaab car bomb attack in Somalia Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:26 AM PDT Security forces kill all three attackers who hit interior ministry in Mogadishu At least nine people were killed in an attack on Somalia's interior ministry, police have said. Security forces killed all three attackers after a two-hour gun battle in the capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday, police said. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading... |
| Five people hurt in Pamplona bull run Posted: 07 Jul 2018 01:35 AM PDT At least one of the injured was gored by a bull's horn during event in northern Spanish city Five people have been injured at the traditional running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain, with at least one man gored by a bull's horns, officials say. Among those receiving medical treatment was a 20-year-old Canadian man with mild traumatic injuries, the officials from the Navarra regional government said. Continue reading... |
| Trump ‘will empower the Kremlin’ if he continues to undermine Nato Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:03 AM PDT Sir Malcolm Rifkind says Theresa May should warn the US leader on his UK visit of consequences of weakening alliance Theresa May should tell Donald Trump during his visit to Britain this week that he will wreck his own mission to "make America great again", and instead empower the Kremlin, if he continues to undermine Nato, the former Tory foreign secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, has said. Senior UK politicians and diplomats believe the next 10 days of international diplomacy – during which the US president will also attend a Nato summit in Brussels and hold talks with President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki – will be vital in determining the future strength of the western alliance as a bulwark against Russian aggression. Continue reading... |
| Thousands shut down Chicago highway with gun control march Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:04 AM PDT Demonstrators took over the Dan Ryan Expressway in protest against gun violence, which killed 600 people in the city last year Thousands of Chicago protesters shut down a major highway on Saturday to oppose gun violence and call for stronger gun laws. After an hour-long standstill, police announced they were shutting down all northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway to allow protesters to march on the road. Continue reading... |
| Floods and landslides leave dozens dead and 50 missing in Japan Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:50 AM PDT Death toll continues to climb after week of heavy rain that has washed away houses Dozens of people have died and at least 50 are missing after torrential rain triggered landslides and flash flooding in western Japan on Saturday. Local authorities said 20 people had been killed, while public broadcaster NHK said the death toll had risen to 46. |
| Thailand: Phuket boat sinking death toll continues to rise Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:46 AM PDT At least 41 people dead and 15 more missing two days after boat carrying 105 people sank The death toll in the sinking of a tour boat off the Thai resort island of Phuket has climbed to 41, with 15 people missing. The Phuket governor, Norraphat Plodthong, announced the news at a press conference on Saturday evening, two days after the boat capsized and sank after it was hit by five-metre (16-foot) waves. It was carrying 105 people, including 93 tourists, mostly Chinese. Continue reading... |
| 'Are they going to shoot me?': Statue of Liberty climber on her anti-Trump protest Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:23 AM PDT Exclusive: Patricia Okoumou says her four-hour standoff with police was fired by outrage at caging of migrant children The grainy aerial images of a woman clinging to the skirts of the Statue of Liberty were beaming live around the world for hours on Independence Day, as police tried to talk her down from her protest against Trump immigration policies. But what was going through the woman's mind as she huddled against the green metal folds of the statue's robes, 30 meters above the ground, was: "Are they going to shoot me?" Continue reading... |
| Challenge over green light for Renzo Piano’s Paddington Cube Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT Heritage campaigners say questions persist on Sajid Javid's decision not to call in the scheme The government's role in a disputed planning application to demolish a historical Royal Mail sorting office next to Paddington station in London and replace it with a 19-storey glass tower is to be scrutinised by judges. The case, to be heard at the Court of Appeal on 19 July, will examine why official advice questioning the merits of the project, shared with Sajid Javid when he was the local government secretary, was not disclosed, in breach of the government's published policy. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT The prime minister has secured a scrappy trade-off in her party, but it won't wash with the EU The two-year anniversary of the vote to leave the European Union has come and gone. As the tick of the article 50 clock has built in intensity, months of speeches, negotiations and summits have come and passed. But, absurdly, it is only now that the prime minister has managed to align her cabinet around the beginnings of a Brexit vision. The agreement she secured at Chequers was undoubtedly a political breakthrough for the Conservative party. Ever since David Cameron allowed ministers to dissent from the government's position in the referendum debate, any semblance of cabinet unity on the biggest existential question facing the nation has been missing. An uneasy truce has – for now – been secured. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:59 PM PDT Britain's water politics are benign compared with much of the world. All the more reason to protect our supply It's hot. Very hot. And as ever in the UK when the sun comes out for more than a few, fleeting summer afternoons, there is talk of water shortages, rationing and hosepipe bans. It is a pity the millionaire bosses of privatised water companies do not spend more time lining leaking pipes and less time lining their pockets. Yet despite this and other controversies over charges, metering, mismanagement of upland catchment areas and periodic downstream flooding, Britain's water politics are relatively benign. Not so in many other parts of a densely populated world, where the availability of clean, potable water, and water for agricultural and industrial use is a hot political, security and economic issue – as well as a frequently unmet, basic human need. Ethiopia's stupendous $4bn (£3bn) Grand Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile is a case in point. When completed, it will be the largest dam in Africa, generating more than three times the energy produced by the Hoover dam in the US. But for some, it is a cause for war. Continue reading... |
| 'We protect Ice': Trump supporters rally behind immigration slogan Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:00 PM PDT Amid Democratic calls for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished, the president sees the agency as a campaign issue As Donald Trump took the stage at an event in Montana this week, the president animated the crowd with a new rallying cry. "We protect Ice," he said. "They protect us and we protect them." Continue reading... |
| Thai cave rescue: boys being rescued in four groups – live Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:38 AM PDT Governor says 'today is the peak of our readiness' as 18 divers enter cave in an attempt to bring the trapped boys out
This graphic of the cave layout sketches out the complex more clearly than any other I have seen so far. Best graphic of cave layout/issues I've seen - via https://t.co/99aHSbmsm4 pic.twitter.com/OVgrEnEWTx
Veena Thoopkrajae, who is on the ground working for the Guardian, has tweeted a video of volunteers cooking food non-stop. Kitchen has been moved along with the press. Volunteers are cooking non-stop. Food sent to those carrying missions at the cave too. #thamluang #thaicaverescue #ทีมหมูป่าต้องรอด @MsKateLyons pic.twitter.com/Dff4pYlNTc here they're passing food toward the interior of the cave for the boys. pic.twitter.com/YzkkmvmLCB Continue reading... |
| Labor accuses PM of 'personal tirade' as Braddon byelection campaigns launched Posted: 08 Jul 2018 12:44 AM PDT Prime minister focuses on roads while Labor makes mental health pitch at campaign launches The Coalition will throw money at roads and Labor is focusing on mental health as both leaders officially launched the Braddon byelection campaign with personal digs at each other. Cash promises and well-worn jokes were a staple of the near simultaneous launches on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Whose side is Trump’s America on? The answer is becoming more and more obvious Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT As the US president arrives in Britain on a 'working visit', his contempt for European allies poses an increasing threat Nato summits are generally unremarkable affairs, but this week's two-day gathering in Brussels will be an exception. European members of the transatlantic alliance are pondering their biggest conundrum since its creation almost 70 years ago: is the US a friend – or a foe? Only 18 months ago, the question would have been dismissed as absurd. But the globally destructive impact of Donald Trump's chaotic presidency has shattered conventional wisdom and left strategic and geopolitical certainties in ruins. Continue reading... |
| Worried Nato partners wonder if Atlantic alliance can survive Trump Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT Europeans hope the president who disparages allies and praises autocrats is an aberration but fear problems may run deeper The words "WE ARE ALLIES" are emblazoned in two-foot yellow and white letters on fences around the Nato headquarters in Brussels, in anticipation of Wednesday's summit. After nearly seven decades of the most successful alliance in world history, this sort of reminder should not be necessary. But given the events of the past year and a half, there is little doubt about what this message is meant to say and to whom. Continue reading... |
| The US government is abusing children – we can't stop being urgently ashamed Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT The US is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis perpetrated by the Trump administration, and the worst is not yet over The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what's happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you're not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. Continue reading... |
| Pride in London: a sea of rainbow flags - in pictures Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:38 AM PDT Huge crowds enjoy the sun and the parade at the city's annual LGBT Pride celebration. Continue reading... |
| Dozens dead and 1.6 million people evacuated during Japan floods - video Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:27 AM PDT Torrential rain has caused heavy flooding and landslides in south-west Japan. Dozens of people have died and at least 50 are missing. Japan's meteorological agency issued 'historic and special weather warnings' across four prefectures in the west of Japan's main island of Honshu • Floods and landslides leave dozens dead and 50 missing in Japan Continue reading... |
| The slice of LGBTQ+ history I found in my mate's loft – video Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:55 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 |
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