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- Venezuela crisis: US pulls out staff and tells citizens to 'strongly consider' leaving
- Trump appointee 'overruled' rejection of Jared Kushner's top security clearance
- No-deal Brexit will disrupt UK economy, says Philip Hammond
- Ukraine's ex-president Viktor Yanukovych found guilty of treason
- Opposing bills to end US shutdown fail in Senate, with no clear path forward
- ‘Worrying’ rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019
- Japan to resume commercial whaling one day after leaving the IWC
- Emiliano Sala: Guernsey authorities asked to resume search
- Hugh McIlvanney, doyen of sportswriting, dies aged 84
- Mexican woman jailed for miscarriage released after conviction is overturned
- 'I'll destroy you all': star of Indian nationalist epic battles its critics
- Zombie clunkers: has your local bus been resurrected in Guatemala?
- You're so vain! The phenomenon of the self-loving actor-director
- Man who killed woman in speedboat faces UK extradition request
- Brexiters’ scaremongering about a European army is just another of their lies | Jonathan Lis
- Egypt frustrates Giulio Regeni investigation, three years on
- Salif Keita: Un Autre Blanc review – a retirement gift from a singular voice
- Colorado senator castigates Ted Cruz's 'crocodile tears' - video
- London Pride maker Fuller's sells beer business to Asahi for £250m
- When the river runs dry: the Australian towns facing heatwave and drought
- 'These children are crucial': teaching forgiveness in CAR's beseiged camps
- Police arrest 19 people over FGM gang attacks on women in Uganda
- Bono: western world turning its back on HIV fight
- Trump White House's plan for Venezuela regime change far from clear
- India's military elite gears up for Republic Day - in pictures
- Joe Biden: How can we be one America if we continue down this road? - video
- 'We want to work': how the shutdown is affecting US federal workers – video
| Venezuela crisis: US pulls out staff and tells citizens to 'strongly consider' leaving Posted: 24 Jan 2019 04:05 PM PST Defence minister Vladimir Padrino accuses opposition, US and regional allies of launching attempted coup against Maduro The US state department has urged its citizens to "strongly consider" leaving Venezuela and ordered out non-emergency government staff as the head of the country's armed forces warned of a civil war sparked by a US-backed "criminal plan" to unseat Nicolás Maduro. In a live address to the nation on Thursday, the defence minister, Vladimir Padrino, accused the Venezuelan opposition led by Juan Guaidó, the United States and regional allies such as Brazil of launching an attempted coup against Maduro that risked bringing "chaos and anarchy" to the country. Continue reading... |
| Trump appointee 'overruled' rejection of Jared Kushner's top security clearance Posted: 25 Jan 2019 12:03 AM PST President's son-in-law was turned down by two White House officials over his family's businesses and his foreign contacts A new report that a White House official appointed by Donald Trump overruled the advice of two specialist adjudicators to award top security clearance to the president's son-in-law has raised fresh questions about the way the White House is conducting top security matters. Jared Kushner was awarded top security clearance giving him access to highly sensitive national security intelligence last May after a prolonged delay in his FBI background checks. Kushner had lost his full clearance a few months before, after it emerged that he had failed to disclose adequate information. Continue reading... |
| No-deal Brexit will disrupt UK economy, says Philip Hammond Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:03 AM PST Chancellor says disruption of leaving EU with no deal would 'settle down' Philip Hammond has warned of significant disruption to the UK economy if Britain leaves the EU without a deal in March, but has said a no-deal Brexit was "a default that we could find ourselves in". Speaking the day after he told nervous business leaders to accept the result of the referendum, the chancellor said the disruption caused by leaving the EU without a deal would "settle down". Continue reading... |
| Ukraine's ex-president Viktor Yanukovych found guilty of treason Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:30 AM PST Exiled former leader sentenced to 13 years' jail over 2014 protests and Russian invasion A Ukrainian court has found the former president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason for his efforts to crush the 2014 pro-western demonstrations that eventually toppled his government. Yanukovych was also charged with asking Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops to invade Ukraine after he had fled the country. Continue reading... |
| Opposing bills to end US shutdown fail in Senate, with no clear path forward Posted: 24 Jan 2019 02:32 PM PST Trump suffers fresh blow as Democratic proposal got more Republican votes than his own Donald Trump suffered a fresh blow on Thursday when a Democratic proposal to reopen the US government got more votes in the Republican-controlled Senate than his own – though both failed in a mood of grim inevitability. A measure backed by the president, including $5.7bn to help build a wall on the US-Mexico border, had a vote count of 50-47 in the Senate – well short of the 60 required to advance it over a Democratic filibuster. Continue reading... |
| ‘Worrying’ rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019 Posted: 24 Jan 2019 04:01 PM PST Levels of the climate-warming gas are set to rise by near-record amounts, Met Office predicts The level of climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is forecast to rise by a near-record amount in 2019, according to the Met Office. The increase is being fuelled by the continued burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of forests, and will be particularly high in 2019 due to an expected return towards El Niño-like conditions. This natural climate variation causes warm and dry conditions in the tropics, meaning the plant growth that removes CO2 from the air is restricted. Continue reading... |
| Japan to resume commercial whaling one day after leaving the IWC Posted: 24 Jan 2019 08:23 PM PST A fleet of five vessels will reportedly leave for the country's coastal waters on 1 July Japan will resume commercial whaling for the first time in three decades immediately after it leaves the body responsible for protecting global whale populations. Media reports said a fleet would leave for the country's coastal waters on 1 July, a day after its official exit from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), whose ban on commercial whaling went into effect in 1986. Continue reading... |
| Emiliano Sala: Guernsey authorities asked to resume search Posted: 25 Jan 2019 12:22 AM PST Football stars call for search to continue after plea from missing player's sister Pressure is growing on the authorities in Guernsey to restart a search for the missing footballer Emiliano Sala and the pilot who was flying him from France to the UK when their plane vanished. A number of high-profile footballers and Sala's former club, Nantes, have called for the search to be resumed following a plea from the Argentinian striker's sister, Romina. It is believed she may travel to Guernsey to ask rescuers to restart the searching after they said on Thursday they were no longer going to actively look for the pair because they believed their chances of survival were "extremely remote". Continue reading... |
| Hugh McIlvanney, doyen of sportswriting, dies aged 84 Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:26 AM PST Tributes flow for former Observer and Sunday Times writer who covered some of sport's greatest events Hugh McIlvanney, one of the most respected voices in British sports journalism, has died aged 84. Related: From the Vault: Requiem for the heavyweights | Guardian Classic Continue reading... |
| Mexican woman jailed for miscarriage released after conviction is overturned Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST Dafne McPherson was accused of murdering her newborn and found guilty in July 2016, but an appeals court says evidence was flimsy A Mexican woman who was sentenced to 16 years in jail after suffering a miscarriage in a department store bathroom has walked free after a court in the central state of Querétaro overturned her homicide conviction. Prosecutors had accused Dafne McPherson, 29, of murdering her newborn, but an appeal court judge found that the scientific evidence used to convict her was flimsy. Continue reading... |
| 'I'll destroy you all': star of Indian nationalist epic battles its critics Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:39 AM PST Kangana Rangaut, who plays rebel leader in Manikarnika, takes on hardline Hindus A Indian queen fights bloody, over-the-top battles against British soldiers in a colonial-era Bollywood blockbuster that opens in India's cinemas on Friday. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is a nationalistic epic about the life – and death at British hands – of Rani Lakshmibai, an Indian woman who learned martial arts, married a maharajah and became a leader in the 1857 rebellion against the British East India Company. Continue reading... |
| Zombie clunkers: has your local bus been resurrected in Guatemala? Posted: 24 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST Phased out vehicles often end up back in use in developing countries – a form of dumping with serious environmental consequences In a sparsely furnished office overlooking dozens of buses at the Zone 21 depot in Guatemala City, Jorge Castro flips through photographs on his mobile phone. He settles on one. "There's the bus when I bought it in Maryland," he says proudly. It is a blue and white bus emblazoned with the words "Ride On", the name of Montgomery County's public transit system. Continue reading... |
| You're so vain! The phenomenon of the self-loving actor-director Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST In his latest film, The Mule, 88-year-old Clint Eastwood directs himself having threesomes with women in their 20s. But from Sylvester Stallone to Kevin Costner, he's not the only actor-director guilty of self-worship The hero of The Mule is Earl Stone, a horticulturist who earns extra cash ferrying drugs across the US. He is a popular fellow, and there are no fewer than three scenes in the film in which he is applauded by large and admiring crowds. Though aged 90, he has two separate threesomes in the course of the film, both with women in their 20s who are eager to get their hands on him. ("It's my turn!" says one impatiently). Earl may crack a joke about Viagra in the film's opening minutes, but he requires no chemical boost. And it is not enough that he should get it on with two women at once; he is also spied on from across the street by a younger man, mystified and perhaps a touch envious about the old timer's allure. It is encouraging to find a stereotype-busting role like this on the screen, and good to see that Clint Eastwood has the vim to play it. But that joy can only be compromised by the knowledge that Eastwood also cast the part, and called the shots behind the camera. All those closeups of himself looking incorrigible, or lapping up the adoration of others, or getting down to business with women young enough to be his great-granddaughters – these were staged and approved by him. Perhaps he even asked for extra takes. Better safe than sorry. Continue reading... |
| Man who killed woman in speedboat faces UK extradition request Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:36 AM PST Jack Shepherd, convicted of killing Charlotte Brown in 2015, gave himself up in Georgia Jack Shepherd, who was convicted of manslaughter after killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the Thames, has appeared in court in Georgia after spending months on the run. The 31-year-old web designer sat in the dock as Tbilisi city court heard on Friday that he had been in the country since March last year. Continue reading... |
| Brexiters’ scaremongering about a European army is just another of their lies | Jonathan Lis Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:26 AM PST This week's Franco-German treaty isn't evidence that Brexit is right – it reflects greater cooperation in an uncertain world Brexiters based the 2016 referendum on a series of myths: £350m for the NHS, imminent Turkish membership of the EU, and an easy deal that would keep us in the single market and take us out of it at the same time. These lies were long ago extinguished. But one unslayable old canard remains: the threat of an EU army. Like a pub bore, it bobbed up again to corner the conversation this week after the signing of a Franco-German treaty, and Angela Merkel's comment that this accord "contributes to the creation of a European army". Brexiters quickly presented their evidence that remainers had lied about the risk and we were right to leave after all. Continue reading... |
| Egypt frustrates Giulio Regeni investigation, three years on Posted: 24 Jan 2019 09:00 PM PST Italian doctoral student's family seek truth about his torture and murder in early 2016 Three years after the disappearance, torture and murder of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt is stonewalling Italy's efforts to investigate. In November, Italian prosecutors officially named five members of Egypt's security services as subject to investigation in the case of Regeni, who went missing on 25 January 2016 aged 28. But two months on, Egypt has barely acknowledged the development. Continue reading... |
| Salif Keita: Un Autre Blanc review – a retirement gift from a singular voice Posted: 25 Jan 2019 12:30 AM PST (Naïve/Believe Records) Salif Keita, the most adventurous, gloriously soulful male singer-songwriter in Africa, has decided to retire at 69 – at least from recording. This is his 14th studio album, and, he says, his last, after an extraordinary career in which he has transformed the music of the continent. Since his days with Mali's legendary Rail Band, his solo work has included everything from the electronica and keyboard-backed breakthrough solo set Soro in 1987, to less happy jazz funk albums, exquisite semi-acoustic sets Moffou and M'Bemba, and a collaboration with Gotan Project's Philippe Cohen Solal, who produced his last offering, Talé, six years ago. The title of this final album translates as Another White, in reference to his early struggles as an albino musician (also the theme of his 2009 album La Différence). Although it includes the autobiographical Lerou Lerou, it is dominated by praise songs – to God, mothers, hunters and … a friend who gave him a plane. This self-produced release is aimed at the commercial mainstream, with the throbbing backing dominated by keyboards, guitars and horns pitched against female backing singers and occasional flurries of the kora. There are too many collaborations, with Angélique Kidjo and rapper MHD appearing on the cluttered Itarafo and Alpha Blondy contributing to the reggae track Mansa Fo La, though Ladysmith Black Mambazo's rousing harmony vocals are a welcome addition to the semi-acoustic Ngamale. Continue reading... |
| Colorado senator castigates Ted Cruz's 'crocodile tears' - video Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:37 AM PST Senator Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, delivers a powerful speech on the impact of the US government shutdown, having been provoked by the Republican Ted Cruz's apparent concerns for emergency workers |
| London Pride maker Fuller's sells beer business to Asahi for £250m Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:52 AM PST The 174-year-old company will focus on pubs and hotels after deal with Japanese firm London Pride beer is to be brewed by Japan's Asahi, after Fuller, Smith & Turner sold its entire brewing operation after 174 years in the business. The company, which was established in 1845 and still counts members of the Fuller and Turner families on its board, will receive £250m for the business and plans to focus on its pubs and hotels operation. Continue reading... |
| When the river runs dry: the Australian towns facing heatwave and drought Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:21 AM PST Usually rivers provide relief from the searing summer heat, but this year water mismanagement and drought combined to create an outback disaster As all of Australia suffered through a brutal heatwave last week, locals in the outback New South Wales towns of Walgett and Lightning Ridge were better prepared than most. Almost every day in summer is 40C or above here. Usually, the rivers provide relief: swimming in cool water, fishing for golden perch or Murray cod or seeking the solace of a big sleepy red gum that lines the banks. Continue reading... |
| 'These children are crucial': teaching forgiveness in CAR's beseiged camps Posted: 24 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST With peace talks due to start in Khartoum, a quarter of the population of the Central African Republic live in forests or camps – where makeshift teaching facilities offer hope to a potentially lost generation Marie was fast asleep when the rebels came. "They wanted to kill all the men," she says, "and to destroy our homes." Three militants burst into her room then moved to the next house, leaving her screaming in terror but unscathed. In a conflict zone where rape is routinely used as a weapon of war, other girls were less fortunate that night. She was just 12. Continue reading... |
| Police arrest 19 people over FGM gang attacks on women in Uganda Posted: 24 Jan 2019 05:36 AM PST Critics say police should have acted earlier on reports of forceful mutilation of more than 400 women in a month by armed groups Sixteen men and three women have been arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting female genital mutilation (FGM) in eastern Uganda after reports of gangs attacking women in the region. The suspects were taken into custody earlier this week after joint police and military operations in Kween district. The arrests followed local media reports of more than 400 women, some as young as 12, being mutilated by force by local gangs in the past month. Continue reading... |
| Bono: western world turning its back on HIV fight Posted: 23 Jan 2019 04:39 AM PST Musician and campaigner says pressure to cut aid funding is hampering efforts to stamp out Aids The world is at risk of losing the battle against HIV due to a backlash against aid triggered by a sense that western governments need to solve problems in their own countries, the musician and development campaigner Bono has said. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the U2 singer said populism in the rich north was the result of people being chewed up by capitalism. Continue reading... |
| Trump White House's plan for Venezuela regime change far from clear Posted: 24 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST The problem for Juan Guaidó and his foreign backers is how to convert assets abroad to real power inside Venezuela The day after Donald Trump took the bold step of recognising the Venezuelan opposition leader as the country's head of state, it is unclear how the administration hopes to turn its intentions into regime change. After Nicolás Maduro refused to give up the presidency, and the military high command stuck by him, the White House kept up the mantra that "all options are on the table". But it was far from clear whether any of those options would succeed in transferring real power to Juan Guaidó and the opposition-led national assembly. Continue reading... |
| India's military elite gears up for Republic Day - in pictures Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST The President's Bodyguard, a 200-strong cavalry unit, have for centuries been assigned to India's most prominent VIPs Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden: How can we be one America if we continue down this road? - video Posted: 24 Jan 2019 02:25 PM PST The former US vice-president, Joe Biden, a Catholic, crossed himself – and a bipartisan audience of city mayors laughed and applauded. Democrat Biden, 76, did not declare he was running for president on Thursday but, to many in the room, it looked that way. His speech at the US Conference of Mayors in Washington DC was a plea for national unity and healing, an urgent warning about climate change and a counterintuitive pitch that Democrats' best hope for the future lies in the past. 'But where I come from, I don't know how you get anything done until we start talking to one another again.' Joe Biden pleads for unity in hint at what his 2020 run may look like Continue reading... |
| 'We want to work': how the shutdown is affecting US federal workers – video Posted: 24 Jan 2019 09:18 AM PST As the longest US government shutdown continues, unpaid workers are feeling the strain. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have gone without pay for weeks Continue reading... |
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