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Trump raises white flag as shutdown gambit fails gradually then suddenly
Rescuers find body of toddler who fell down Spanish well
Venezuela: Juan Guaidó urges fresh protests and bids for Russia and China backing
Naomi Osaka v Petra Kvitova: Australian Open women's final – live!
Revealed: 'dozens' of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK
Brazil dam collapse: seven bodies found and scores still missing
Man who worked as top 'conversion therapist' comes out as gay
Cabinet Office compares no-deal Brexit to Iceland ash cloud chaos
Huge crowds attend Invasion Day marches across Australia's capital cities
Michel Legrand, Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 86
Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian: 'Dating is caught up in ego, power and control'
Orkney rated Britain's best place to live in terms of quality of life
Roger Stone: a master of the political dirty trick
Migrants flee violence only to find more in Tijuana – Mexico's murder capital
Thailand's military junta cracks down on social media ahead of election
Tens of thousands take part in Invasion Day protests – in pictures
Breast-ironing: ‘the whole community needs an education’
Does the Home Office really think the migration crisis is a laughing matter? | Rod Austin
The joy that comes from embracing trans identity shouldn't be so rare | Andy Connor
Venezuela at the crossroads: the who, what and why of the crisis
Roger Stone's arrest may renew threat of impeachment for Trump
Roger Stone indictment packed with details that may make Trump sweat
Hundreds missing in Brazil after Vale tailings dam collapses – video report
‘We have reached a deal to end the shutdown’, Trump announces – video
Roger Stone says he will not 'bear false witness' against Donald Trump – video
'He is innocent' says Harvey Weinstein's new lawyer as legal team changes – video
Roger Stone explains his role in Trump's team in 2016 – video

Trump raises white flag as shutdown gambit fails gradually then suddenly

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:26 PM PST

Caught between the political savvy of Nancy Pelosi and the wrath of Ann Coulter the president secured not a penny for his wall

Richard Nixon once said there can be no whitewash at the White House. But it would be fair to say there is now a white flag.

It was metaphorically waved by Donald Trump in a chilly yet sunny Rose Garden on Friday when he declared an end to the partial government shutdown after 35 tortuous days.

Rescuers find body of toddler who fell down Spanish well

Posted: 26 Jan 2019 01:25 AM PST

Two-year-old Julen Rosseló fell down 100-metre borehole near Málaga 13 days ago

Specialist teams have found the body of the two-year-old boy whose fall down a 100-metre borehole in southern Spain 13 days ago prompted a major rescue operation that has transfixed the country.

Julen Rosseló was having lunch with his family in the countryside on 13 January when he fell down the 25cm-wide hole in Totalán, near Málaga.

Venezuela: Juan Guaidó urges fresh protests and bids for Russia and China backing

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:38 AM PST

Guaidó made his first public appearance since declaring himself Venezuela's interim president in place of Nicolás Maduro

The leader of Venezuela's newly energized opposition, Juan Guaidó, has summoned fresh street protests and reached out to China and Russia as he intensified his campaign to force Nicolás Maduro and his "arrogant" dictatorship from power.

In his first public appearance since declaring himself Venezuela's interim president on Wednesday, the 35-year-old politician urged citizens to take to the streets and step up their battle against the man he dubbed "El Usurpador" (The Usurper).

Naomi Osaka v Petra Kvitova: Australian Open women's final – live!

Posted: 26 Jan 2019 02:13 AM PST

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10.13am GMT

Second set: Osaka 7-6, 4-3 *Kvitova (*denotes server)

The Kvitova serve was a little better, moving 30-0 up but then just as she addressed that part of her game, the unforced errors creep back. At 30-30, she's a little lucky to win a point at the net, planting a shot straight at Osaka when she had most of the court to aim at. She then seals the game with a fine winner and celebrates on the baseline with a mixture of relief, elation and anger. Next game should be interesting.

10.08am GMT

Second set: Osaka* 7-6, 4-2 Kvitova (*denotes server)

Kvitova had a glimmer of a chance there at 0-30 but her forehand fails her and Osaka draws level before two errors allow her to finish things off. That's four games on the spin for the 21-year-old as Kvitova had out herself in a fine position in the set.

Revealed: 'dozens' of girls subjected to breast-ironing in UK

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 11:01 PM PST

Perpetrators consider it a traditional measure to stop unwanted male attention

An African practice of "ironing" a girl's chest with a hot stone to delay breast formation is spreading in the UK, with anecdotal evidence of dozens of recent cases, a Guardian investigation has established.

Community workers in London, Yorkshire, Essex and the West Midlands have told the Guardian of cases in which pre-teen girls from the diaspora of several African countries are subjected to the painful, abusive and ultimately futile practice.

Brazil dam collapse: seven bodies found and scores still missing

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:01 PM PST

Burst of tailings dam at iron ore mine releases wave of red sludge, with chance of finding survivors 'minimal'

Seven bodies have been found and more than a hundred people remain missing after a dam operated by the mining giant Vale collapsed in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, releasing a wave of red iron ore waste and raising fears of widespread contamination.

Fire chief Col Edgar Estevão said there were seven dead, nine wounded and 100 people had been rescued from the sea of mud released by the dam, according to the G1 news site. The fire brigade believe around 150 are missing, he said.

Man who worked as top 'conversion therapist' comes out as gay

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 11:00 AM PST

David Matheson affirmed his sexuality after a leaked private conversation was reported by the group Truth Wins Out

A prominent "conversion therapy" advocate, David Matheson, has come out as gay after spending what he said were decades of his life entrenched in homophobia.

Cabinet Office compares no-deal Brexit to Iceland ash cloud chaos

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:07 AM PST

Eyjafjallajökull seen as nearest recent example of what civil service could have to cope with

The repercussions for the UK of a no-deal Brexit could be similar to the national emergency faced by Iceland during the volcanic eruptions in 2010 that brought parts of the country to a standstill, according to advice being given to civil servants.

The warning comes from the Cabinet Office, which is coordinating training for thousands of staff across Whitehall to help prepare departments for a disorderly departure from the European Union on 29 March.

Huge crowds attend Invasion Day marches across Australia's capital cities

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:59 PM PST

Scott Morrison talks of his ancestor's arrival on the continent, and defends celebration of Australia Day

• Hundreds attend first dawn service to be held on Australia Day

Scott Morrison has said 26 January 1788 was "pretty miserable" for his ancestor, in a speech defending the celebration of Australia Day, while tens of thousands of people joined Invasion Day marches around the country calling for the public holiday to be abolished.

Morrison told a citizenship ceremony in Canberra that his fifth great grandfather, William Roberts, arrived with the first fleet in a group that was "wretched, naked, filthy, dirty, lousy, and many of them utterly unable to stand, or even to stir hand or foot".

Michel Legrand, Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 86

Posted: 26 Jan 2019 01:03 AM PST

French composer won three Academy Awards, including for The Windmills of Your Mind

The French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars during a career spanning more than half a century, has died aged 86, his spokesman said.

Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian: 'Dating is caught up in ego, power and control'

Posted: 26 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST

Her short story was read by millions online – then things got weird. The writer talks about viral fame, power games and her new collection of twisted tales

Kristen Roupenian's short story Cat Person was published by the New Yorker in December 2017 and, to the author's best recollection, it went up online on a Monday. The 37-year-old was living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while completing a fellowship in writing, and for three or four days after the story came out, enjoyed the world's customary reaction to most fiction, and all short stories – complete indifference – while basking in the achievement of it having been published at all. "I was thinking, 'Wow: that was the greatest thing to ever happen, and now it's over.'" She smiles. "Then it was Friday."

By the standards of true global celebrity, there is only so far a piece of fiction can go; as David Foster Wallace used to say, the most famous writer in the world is about as famous as a local TV weatherman. Still, what happened with Cat Person remains singular to the extent that, for what seemed like the first time in publishing history, it slammed together two alien worlds, social media and serious fiction, in a way that stretched the boundaries of literary fame.

Orkney rated Britain's best place to live in terms of quality of life

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 04:01 PM PST

Scotland and north of England dominate top five as measured by housing, crime and schools

Orkney is the best place to live in the UK, with cheap houses, low crime, good schools and a population who are among the happiest and healthiest in the country, according to the annual Halifax quality of life survey.

The survey found that all the top five best places to live in the UK were in Scotland or the north of England. Richmondshire in the north of the Yorkshire Dales came second, while the appropriately named Eden district in Cumbria was third.

Roger Stone: a master of the political dirty trick

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST

Beginning with Richard Nixon in the early 1970s, the former adviser for Donald Trump has made a career of ruthless campaigning

The raid happened before dawn, a Swat team of heavily-armed FBI agents in camouflage uniforms rushing between Florida palm trees to confront their target. The spectacle was laden with melodrama, surprisingly so given who had ordered it: Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation who has turned understatement into an art form.

Migrants flee violence only to find more in Tijuana – Mexico's murder capital

Posted: 26 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST

Homicides in Tijuana have skyrocketed recently, returning the city to levels of hyper-violence it last saw a decade ago

This week, the Trump administration pushed ahead with its plan to return asylum-seekers to Mexico while their cases are considered, shipping the first group through San Diego's San Ysidro crossing late on Friday.

Thailand's military junta cracks down on social media ahead of election

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 05:36 PM PST

Restrictions on political parties' campaigning raises questions of how free and fair will much-postponed poll be

Social media campaigning will be heavily restricted in the upcoming Thai election, in a move political parties claim will gag freedom of expression and directly affect younger voters.

Following the confirmation that Thailand's much-postponed election would finally be held on 24 March – the first election since the military seized power in a bloodless coup in 2014 – the election commission released strict guidelines on political campaigning.

Tens of thousands take part in Invasion Day protests – in pictures

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:36 PM PST

Record crowds reported for protest marches calling for the Australia Day public holiday to be abolished

Breast-ironing: ‘the whole community needs an education’

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 11:01 PM PST

Practice that aims to slow girls' physical development is both ineffective and dangerous, say doctors

In a quiet suburban house on the outskirts of a city in northern England, Maureen* – a mother of two in her late 30s – sits cradling a large dark stone in the palm of her hand.

She had just been using it to crush spices for a family meal. But a few years ago, she was using it for a very different purpose.

Does the Home Office really think the migration crisis is a laughing matter? | Rod Austin

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 03:04 AM PST

In a giggle-strewn radio interview, MP Victoria Atkins struggled to explain Britain's inaction over people arriving by boat

When is a crisis not a crisis? Perhaps when no one takes it seriously. The minister for crime, safeguarding and vulnerability, Victoria Atkins, fumbled for words in an interview when asked to explain the Home Office's inability to tackle the rise in people using dinghies in an a bid to reach Britain from France.

The lack of clarity in Atkins' response as to why border force boats were still in their respective ports three weeks after the crisis began was peppered with bouts of nervous laughter as she announced: "They are on their way!"

The joy that comes from embracing trans identity shouldn't be so rare | Andy Connor

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 02:14 PM PST

'Gender euphoria' is a concept whose time has come, and at this year's Midsumma festival we got a chance to see it in full flight

As the chorus of voices lifted in the final kaleidoscopic song of Gender Euphoria, the first mainstage all-transgender show in Australian history, something rare and vital was communicated. So many trans stories are tragedies; it's easy to miss the triumphs. So much of the world is still so stigmatising and cruel to trans people that it's easy to overlook the joy. More than just relief at having escaped something, the show tells us, being trans is also about having found something. "Goodbye gender dysphoria," proclaimed cabaret star Mama Alto, "Hello gender euphoria!"

Venezuela at the crossroads: the who, what and why of the crisis

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:55 AM PST

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó is seeking to oust Nicolás Maduro by declaring himself interim president – but how did we get here?

Venezuela's current plight can be traced to a revolution that went terribly wrong.

Roger Stone's arrest may renew threat of impeachment for Trump

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:28 AM PST

White House says arrest of Trump's adviser 'has nothing to do with the president' but analysts warn it may thrust him into legal jeopardy

Follow the latest on Stone's arrest live

It was time once again on Friday morning for Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, to go on television and say that the arrest of a Donald Trump campaign associate had nothing to do with the president.

This time the arrestee was Roger Stone, a longtime Trump political adviser, taken into custody in a 6am raid by FBI agents on his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stone was charged with lying to Congress, obstructing an investigation and witness tampering. In the past, Stone has denied all wrongdoing.

Roger Stone indictment packed with details that may make Trump sweat

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 07:35 AM PST

Indictment reveals a campaign official was directed to contact Stone about 'damaging information' – but who gave the order?

Follow the latest on Stone's arrest live

The criminal indictment of Roger Stone is packed with the kind of colourful details one might expect from the flamboyant rogue, who has been dealing in dirty tricks for more than 40 years.

Hundreds missing in Brazil after Vale tailings dam collapses – video report

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 03:28 PM PST

As many as 200 people are unaccounted for after a tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA in southwestern Minas Gerais state. At least 50 people died in the disaster on Friday, Avimar de Melo, mayor of the nearby town of Brumadinho, told the Hoje em Dia newspaper. The dam collapse came less than four years after Brazil's worst environmental disaster was caused by the failure of a tailings dam at Mariana in the same state. That dam was operated by Samarco, which at the time of the disaster was half-owned by Vale.

Brazil dam collapse: hundreds missing after mining disaster

‘We have reached a deal to end the shutdown’, Trump announces – video

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:00 PM PST

The US president, Donald Trump, renewed his call for a border wall and threatened another government shutdown or emergency action if he did not get a 'fair deal'. This came as the president announced he and congressional leaders had reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president's demands for money to build a wall at the US-Mexico border. Trump announced the agreement on Friday to break the 35-day impasse as delays at the nation's airports and widespread disruption brought new urgency to peacemaking efforts.

Roger Stone says he will not 'bear false witness' against Donald Trump – video

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:28 AM PST

Roger Stone, a longtime ally of the US president, says he has been falsely accused of lying to the House intelligence committee and will plead not guilty to the charges filed against him. Stone told reporters outside Fort Lauderdale courthouse in Florida: 'There is no circumstance whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the president, nor will I make up lies to ease the pressure on myself'

'He is innocent' says Harvey Weinstein's new lawyer as legal team changes – video

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:19 AM PST

A New York judge signed off on the disgraced Hollywood producer's move to swap his legal team before his trial on sexual assault charges. The new legal team includes Jose Baez and Ronald Sullivan, who once represented one of his most prominent accusers, Rose McGowan, on drug charges.

Harvey Weinstein judge approves changes to mogul's legal team

Roger Stone explains his role in Trump's team in 2016 – video

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 07:14 AM PST

Filmed in July 2016, Roger Stone tells the Guardian's Oliver Laughland 'I have access to all the right people,' and rejects the idea that he's Trump's fixer: 'I'm just an FOT – friend of Trump'

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