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- Spain would 'roundly condemn' use of force in Venezuela
- Minister hints that Theresa May might extend article 50
- China stocks surge into bull market; US-UK Brexit derivatives deal agreed - business live
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes comic-book heroine
- Serena Williams cartoon not racist, Australian media watchdog rules
- Theresa May pledges £200m to help victims of Yemen's civil war
- Trump sets more realistic tone ahead of second North Korea summit
- Japan battles worst measles outbreak in a decade
- Karren Brady quits as chair of Philip Green’s retail group
- Snake on a plane goes 9,300 miles from Australia to Scotland in woman's shoe
- A brief history of concrete: from 10,000BC to 3D printed houses
- Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth
- 'We are now free': Yazidis fleeing Isis start over in female-only commune
- Cyberstalking victim urges social media firms to tackle problem
- Brexit: May increasingly likely to accept article 50 extension, minister suggests - Politics live
- Italy's hardline stance on immigration leaves sex trafficked women fearful
- Finding Ashley: a Native American family's desperate search for their missing relative – video
- Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald walks from jail ahead of a retrial
- Lethal landslips and drug addiction: Myanmar's toxic jade trade
- UK must stop investing in fossil fuels in developing countries | Ban Ki-moon
| Spain would 'roundly condemn' use of force in Venezuela Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:08 AM PST Spanish foreign minister says Madrid would not support military action to oust Nicolás Maduro Spain has warned that it will not back any military intervention in Venezuela after the South American country's opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, urged other nations to consider "all options" to remove the president, Nicolás Maduro, from power. Guaidó is due to meet the US vice-president, Mike Pence, in Colombia on Monday amid ongoing speculation that the Trump administration could use force to oust Maduro. Continue reading... |
| Minister hints that Theresa May might extend article 50 Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:22 AM PST Tobias Ellwood also says he is 'tempted' to vote against PM if she does not delay Brexit The defence minister Tobias Ellwood has hinted that Theresa May could be poised to propose an extension to article 50 and confirmed that if she does not, he is "tempted" to vote for a delay to Brexit. Related: If Labour aids a Tory Brexit it will be destroyed by what follows | Aditya Chakrabortty Continue reading... |
| China stocks surge into bull market; US-UK Brexit derivatives deal agreed - business live Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:47 AM PST Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the Chinese stock market enjoys its best day in three and a half years
The post-Brexit derivatives deal hammered out by the US and the UK should be welcomed by the City - here's the latest reaction: A no-deal Brexit is now unlikely to blow up the derivatives markets after a deal struck by US and UK regulators Britain and U.S. seek to allay fears of disruption in the multitrillion-dollar derivatives market in the event of a no-deal Brexit https://t.co/OHzCrOr9aF via @sabrush #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/YwBt8gIFqw UK and US regulators build Brexit 'bridge' for derivatives https://t.co/cgiMn2xlSz
Just in: The UK and the US have reached an agreement to ensure that derivatives trading can continue between the two countries after Brexit. The deal means that City banks and clearing houses will be free to provide services to US clients as they do today, under existing EU rules. This continuity could protect a massively important part of London's financial sector, as it braces for Brexit disruption. What happens in global derivatives markets has a material impact for the man or the woman on the Clapham Omnibus, the Santa Monica freeway or the Tokyo subway. Continue reading... |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes comic-book heroine Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:50 AM PST Rising star of US politics – who is known to be a comics fan – given lead role in Washington satire that promises 'to spare no one' Clad like a warrior woman, beckoning on her enemies with her war cry of "New party, who dis?" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made the leap from Congress to the pages of a comic book. Out in May from independent US press Devil's Due Comics – which is quick to point out that Ocasio-Cortez has not endorsed the project – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force is, according to its publisher, a "satire that takes aim at Washington" and "spare[s] no one". Its cover shows the new congresswoman, smartphone in hand, in defiant pose in front of the White House; a variant cover replaces her white suit and phone with a superhero outfit and a sword. Continue reading... |
| Serena Williams cartoon not racist, Australian media watchdog rules Posted: 24 Feb 2019 03:32 PM PST Herald Sun newspaper's depiction of player 'spitting the dummy' at US Open had been widely condemned A Herald Sun cartoon that depicted Serena Williams jumping in the air and "spitting the dummy" after losing a match to Naomi Osaka was not racist, the Press Council has found. The News Corp cartoon came under global condemnation in September last year for publishing what some saw as a racist, sexist cartoon. Continue reading... |
| Theresa May pledges £200m to help victims of Yemen's civil war Posted: 24 Feb 2019 04:01 PM PST Prime minister announced aid package at EU-Arab League talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Theresa May has pledged £200m to help victims of the war in Yemen as she called for an end to the "crisis and suffering" caused by civil war. The prime minister announced the aid package as she arrived for EU talks in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. "We are playing our part and will continue to do so but there is still more that we as an international community can do," she said. "At the summit in Egypt, I will call on our partners in Europe and the region to continue to provide the aid that is so desperately needed." Continue reading... |
| Trump sets more realistic tone ahead of second North Korea summit Posted: 24 Feb 2019 05:33 PM PST President and secretary of state lower expectations as they prepare for meeting amid no sign of concessions from Pyongyang Donald Trump and his most senior diplomat moved on Sunday to lower expectations for this week's summit with North Korea, having previously overstated their progress in blocking its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. Related: Kim Jong-un boards train for two-day journey to meet Trump in Vietnam Continue reading... |
| Japan battles worst measles outbreak in a decade Posted: 24 Feb 2019 09:24 PM PST Several cases involve members of the religious group Kyusei Shinkyo that believes that medicines are 'harmful' Japan is battling its worst measles outbreak in a decade, amid World Health Organisation (WHO) warnings that global efforts to halt the spread of the disease were failing, in part due to vaccine-skepticism. More than 170 new cases have been recorded in Japan since the start of the year, according to public broadcaster NHK, affecting people in 20 of the county's 47 prefectures. Continue reading... |
| Karren Brady quits as chair of Philip Green’s retail group Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:33 AM PST Businesswoman had refused to resign after allegations of inappropriate behaviour against tycoon Karren Brady has resigned as chair of Sir Philip Green's retail empire, a fortnight after saying she had a "sense of duty" towards the tycoon's employees. Brady had previously refused to resign from Taveta Investments after accusations of inappropriate behaviour against Green. Continue reading... |
| Snake on a plane goes 9,300 miles from Australia to Scotland in woman's shoe Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:13 AM PST Holidaymaker shocked to see stowaway python in her slip-ons on return from Queensland As souvenirs go, it is a unique one. A woman has returned to Scotland from a holiday in Australia to discover a stowaway snake hidden in one of her shoes. In an incident that will confirm the worst fears of visitors to Australia, Moira Boxall unpacked her luggage after the more than 9,300-mile journey from Queensland to find the small and very much alive creature curled up in her slip-ons. It even shed its skin during its voyage in her footwear. Continue reading... |
| A brief history of concrete: from 10,000BC to 3D printed houses Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:18 AM PST The Romans used concrete in everything from bath houses to the Colosseum. Our modern concrete structures will never last as long "Unlike the Pantheon … virtually all the concrete structures one sees today will eventually need to be replaced," writes Robert Courland is his weighty tome Concrete Planet, "costing us trillions of dollars in the process." While there is some debate over when and where the first concrete was used – the Göbekli Tepe temple in modern-day Turkey was built using T-shaped pillars of carved limestone approximately 12,000 years ago, desert traders used early concrete to make underground water cisterns 8,000 years ago, and the ancient Egyptians used gypsum and lime to make mortars – there is little dispute that the first people to use concrete in the way we do today were the Romans. Continue reading... |
| Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth Posted: 24 Feb 2019 10:00 PM PST After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on the planet. But its benefits mask enormous dangers to the planet, to human health – and to culture itself In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the global building industry will have poured more than 19,000 bathtubs of concrete. By the time you are halfway through this article, the volume would fill the Albert Hall and spill out into Hyde Park. In a day it would be almost the size of China's Three Gorges Dam. In a single year, there is enough to patio over every hill, dale, nook and cranny in England. After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with around 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US. Continue reading... |
| 'We are now free': Yazidis fleeing Isis start over in female-only commune Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:45 AM PST In Jinwar, north-eastern Syria, a pioneering group of women are rebuilding their lives away from the constraints of patriarchy Berivan runs over to join in the dancing, her traditional gold dress catching the winter sunlight. The 15-year-old Yazidi clasps hands with her best friend and stands among the line of women stamping their feet to a Kurdish pop song. Berivan and her mother are from Sinjar in Iraq, the Yazidi homeland, but like thousands of other Yazidis they were kidnapped by Islamic State in 2014 when the group stormed across the border from Syria. Continue reading... |
| Cyberstalking victim urges social media firms to tackle problem Posted: 24 Feb 2019 10:00 PM PST Mark Weeks's ex-girlfriend was jailed after harassing him using various fake online accounts A man who was the target of a prolonged campaign of cyberstalking by his ex-girlfriend culminating in the faking of her own kidnap has called on social media companies to do more to prevent their platforms being weaponised. In his first interview since Jessica Nordquist was jailed for a campaign that involved making false rape claims, sending scores of messages and creating various Instagram accounts to harass him, Mark Weeks said he was still receiving letters he believed were coming from prison. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: May increasingly likely to accept article 50 extension, minister suggests - Politics live Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:46 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May's press conference at the EU-Arab summit in Sharm El Sheikh
If not for devolution Scotland might have been independent by now, Tony Blair has said. As the Press Association reports, the former prime minister suggested that without his party offering the devolution referendum in 1997 the country could have left the UK. In an interview with Holyrood magazine, Blair said he believed devolution had been "essentially a success" as Scotland remained within the UK and any regrets he had were over not considering more ways to increase cultural alignment between the two. He went on: Having said that, I think people forget that there was a huge amount of pressure for devolution as an alternative to independence and if we hadn't offered that alternative, you might have had an independent Scotland by now. Ultimately, I think we overestimated, for sure, the degree to which devolution would quash independence, that's correct ... But I think were it not for Brexit now, probably the mood in Scotland would be less in favour of independence than for some time.
These are from the BBC's Ros Atkins, who has been interviewing the Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, at the EU-Arab summit in Sharm El Sheikh. Polish PM's convoy about to leave. He's just told me the majority of his bi-lateral meetings have been about Brexit. Think about that - first ever EU-Arab League summit, everyone to Egypt, trade, migration, security on the agenda, but it's Brexit that he's having to talk about. pic.twitter.com/Wrcw5Awmve What's astonishing is that we all go from Westminster to Brussels to Sharm El Sheikh but the fundamentals of the Brexit deal don't shift. Polish PM just told me Theresa May didn't ask him to support any specific changes when they met. This is all about what gives in Westminster. pic.twitter.com/fdOGlukBe9 Polish PM tells me that 'more and more' he thinks no deal Brexit is a real possibility. The EU doesn't want that, and the ticking clock is applying pressure on both sides. So how can EU help Theresa May avoid no deal. Further assurances? Probably. Deal changes? Probably not. pic.twitter.com/UImUsKh0eG Continue reading... |
| Italy's hardline stance on immigration leaves sex trafficked women fearful Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:00 AM PST Thousands of Nigerian women could be expelled or left homeless as Salvini decree abolishes protective measures Princess stares out of the window of a welcome centre an hour outside Rome, watching the sky turn red. She clutches her three-month-old child tightly. The baby is all she has left after Nigeria stole her freedom, and Italy her hope. Princess, 31, born among the muddy streets and shacks of Benin City, left everything to come to Italy in 2008. Now she is one of the thousands of women trafficked into the country who could soon find themselves on the streets, or deported back to Nigeria, under a decree that cements the populist government's hardline immigration stance. Continue reading... |
| Finding Ashley: a Native American family's desperate search for their missing relative – video Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST Ashley Heavyrunner Loring was 20 when she disappeared from the Blackfeet reservation in Montana in June 2017. Her family has been searching for her ever since. Ashley was one of more than 5,000 Native American women listed missing in 2017. Lawmakers are calling it an epidemic Continue reading... |
| Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald walks from jail ahead of a retrial Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:47 AM PST The former Labor minister will face a new trial after the court of criminal appeal quashed his conviction Former Labor minister Ian Macdonald maintains he's "absolutely" innocent after a New South Wales appeal court quashed his conviction for misconduct in public office and he walked from jail ahead of a retrial. The former ALP politician had been in custody since 2017, when he was jailed for 10 years - with a minimum term of seven years - after being found guilty of two counts of wilful misconduct in public office. Continue reading... |
| Lethal landslips and drug addiction: Myanmar's toxic jade trade Posted: 24 Feb 2019 11:00 PM PST A controversial new gemstone law fails to address the hazards of an industry in which scores of workers die each year At one of the jade mining pits that scar the mountains of northern Myanmar's Kachin state, a miner recalls how five of his friends died during a landslide two years ago. "I was so scared," he says. While working in areas where there have been previous landslides, he says he has discovered dead bodies and buried them. Testimonies heard by the Guardian reveal a deadly environment where lethal landslides and equipment failures strike regularly, in an industry with a history of human rights abuses, corruption and environmental destruction. "At first it was so scary for me," says another worker. "But it's becoming natural … We started accepting that we could die in any situation." Continue reading... |
| UK must stop investing in fossil fuels in developing countries | Ban Ki-moon Posted: 24 Feb 2019 05:02 AM PST It is time to prove it is serious about phasing out use of fossil fuels worldwide The United Kingdom is a critically important actor in the global fight against climate change. As a permanent member of the UN security council, and a member of the G20 group of leading industrialised economies, it is well placed to further a progressive climate agenda and influence other states to fully implement commitments made under the Paris agreement. Continue reading... |
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