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- Michael Cohen to call Donald Trump a 'racist', 'cheat' and 'conman' in first public hearing
- Pakistan says it has shot down Indian jets after Kashmir cross-border attack
- George Pell's lawyer says child abuse was 'plain vanilla' sex as cardinal heads to jail
- Fat rat stuck in manhole rescued by firefighters in Germany
- Ocasio-Cortez rebukes Ivanka Trump 'as a person who actually worked for wages'
- Rohingya crisis: UN investigates its 'dysfunctional' conduct in Myanmar
- European parliament bloc set to consider ejecting Viktor Orbán
- Dozens buried by landslide at illegal goldmine in Indonesia
- Economy could be 9% weaker under no-deal Brexit, government says
- World's deepest waters becoming 'ultimate sink' for plastic waste
- 'Pornographic' songs by Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande banned in Indonesian province
- ‘Mildewed lump of elephant droppings’: Brutalist buildings under threat – in pictures
- Ply in the sky: the new materials to take us beyond concrete | Fiona Harvey
- Firefighters tackle huge blaze on Saddleworth Moor
- Brexit: ERG chair Jacob Rees-Mogg drops his calls for wholesale removal of backstop - Politics live
- Hakeem al-Araibi: thank you Australia for bringing me home – but my fight is not over
- Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigerian election with 56% of the vote
- Trump-Kim Vietnam summit: explosive Cohen allegations look set to overshadow meeting – live
- Outrage after Brazil ministry asks schools to read aloud Bolsonaro slogan
- 'Take him away, please': George Pell hadn't dressed for prison, but that's where he went
- More than half of $2.6bn aid to Yemen pledged by countries involved in war
- Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam: what is on the table?
- India's airstrikes are more posturing than prelude to war
- Michael Cohen: 'I appreciate the opportunity to clear the record' – video
- Resurrection Challenge – South Africans mock pastor on social media for 'resurrection stunt' – video
| Michael Cohen to call Donald Trump a 'racist', 'cheat' and 'conman' in first public hearing Posted: 26 Feb 2019 11:12 PM PST President's former lawyer expected to say Trump knew of Roger Stone's contact with WikiLeaks during 2016 campaign Michael Cohen is to accuse Donald Trump of being a "conman" and a "cheat" who had advanced knowledge that a longtime adviser was communicating with WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign, according to opening testimony he will deliver to Congress on Wednesday. Cohen's prepared remarks, confirmed by the Guardian, include a series of explosive allegations about the presidential campaign. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pakistan says it has shot down Indian jets after Kashmir cross-border attack Posted: 26 Feb 2019 11:01 PM PST Indian news agency reports Pakistani jet may have been shot down on day of skirmishes Pakistan has conducted airstrikes over the ceasefire line in disputed Kashmir and claims to have shot down two Indian jets that responded by entering Pakistani airspace, capturing both of the pilots. The skirmishes, a day after India flew sorties into Pakistan for the first time in nearly 50 years, are steep escalations in the most serious military crisis in south Asia since the nuclear-armed neighbours fought a brief war in the Himalayas in 1999. Continue reading... |
| George Pell's lawyer says child abuse was 'plain vanilla' sex as cardinal heads to jail Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:11 PM PST Cardinal Pell is remanded in custody following his conviction for child sexual assault, which judge calls 'callous, brazen offending' Cardinal George Pell has been taken in custody following a sentencing hearing in which his lawyer, Robert Richter, described one of Pell's offences as a "plain vanilla sexual penetration case where the child is not actively participating". After the hearing, with Pell's lawyer having withdrawn his application for bail, the chief judge, Peter Kidd, said: "Take him away, please." Pell will be sentenced on 13 March after his conviction for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old boys. Continue reading... |
| Fat rat stuck in manhole rescued by firefighters in Germany Posted: 26 Feb 2019 05:22 PM PST Overweight rodent found itself in trouble after it tried to squeeze through a small gap in a sewer cover A multi-agency rescue operation has taken place in the town of Bensheim in Germany after a tubby rat became stuck in a manhole cover. The rat, still plump with winterspeck – which translates literally as winter bacon and refers to extra pounds piled on in the colder months – became stuck after it tried to squeeze through a small gap in the sewer cover. Continue reading... |
| Ocasio-Cortez rebukes Ivanka Trump 'as a person who actually worked for wages' Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:39 PM PST Congresswoman condemns first daughter's comments to Fox News on Green New Deal's living wage guarantee Without calling her out outright, the Democratic freshman congresswoman and Twitter wonder Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday rebuked the first daughter Ivanka Trump for sounding off on something she could never truly understand: working for a living wage. Describing her expertise "as a person who actually worked for tips and hourly wages", Ocasio-Cortez essentially pointed out that Ivanka Trump has never had to work a minimum wage job in her life and that her comments on the Green New Deal jobs guarantee rang hollow. Continue reading... |
| Rohingya crisis: UN investigates its 'dysfunctional' conduct in Myanmar Posted: 26 Feb 2019 05:59 PM PST Exclusive: Inquiry follows claims it ignored warning signs before alleged Rohingya genocide The UN has launched an inquiry into its conduct in Myanmar over the past decade, where it has been accused of ignoring warning signs of escalating violence prior to an alleged genocide of the Rohingya minority. UN sources have confirmed to the Guardian that the initially hesitant UN secretary general, António Guterres, decided to proceed with the investigation after a "build-up in pressure" within the organisation. Continue reading... |
| European parliament bloc set to consider ejecting Viktor Orbán Posted: 26 Feb 2019 09:00 PM PST Hungarian PM's anti-EU attitude is alienating centre-right European People's party Viktor Orbán could face renewed calls for his expulsion from the European People's party (EPP) at a gathering of the powerful centre-right bloc next month. The Hungarian prime minister and his Fidesz party will be on the agenda of the EPP political assembly on 20 March, an event intended to approve the group's manifesto before European parliament elections in May. Continue reading... |
| Dozens buried by landslide at illegal goldmine in Indonesia Posted: 26 Feb 2019 11:16 PM PST At least two dead and 14 injured in the incident in Sulawesi Dozens of people have been buried by a landslide at an unlicensed goldmine in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, the national disaster agency has said, as emergency personnel used their bare hands and farm tools to reach victims calling for help from beneath the rubble. The agency said two people were dead and 14 were injured, with at least 60 buried. Continue reading... |
| Economy could be 9% weaker under no-deal Brexit, government says Posted: 26 Feb 2019 11:59 AM PST Latest no-deal notice forecasts Northern Ireland to be hit hard and food prices likely to rise The government has issued a bleak warning over a no-deal Brexit, estimating the UK economy could be 9% weaker in the long run, businesses in Northern Ireland might go bust and food prices will increase. In an official document only published after repeated demands by the former Conservative MP Anna Soubry, the government also revealed it was behind on contingency planning for a third of "critical projects" in relation to business and trade. Continue reading... |
| World's deepest waters becoming 'ultimate sink' for plastic waste Posted: 26 Feb 2019 04:01 PM PST Scientists say it is likely no marine ecosystems are left that are not affected by pollution The world's deepest ocean trenches are becoming "the ultimate sink" for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet. For the first time, scientists found microplastic ingestion by organisms in the Mariana trench and five other areas with a depth of more than 6,000 metres, prompting them to conclude "it is highly likely there are no marine ecosystems left that are not impacted by plastic pollution". Continue reading... |
| 'Pornographic' songs by Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande banned in Indonesian province Posted: 26 Feb 2019 08:24 PM PST Shape of You and Love me Harder among western hits deemed obscene and playable only between 10pm and 3am More than a dozen western pop songs, including Ed Sheeran's Shape of You, have been deemed pornographic and banned from being played in daylight hours in Indonesia's notoriously conservative West Java province. The West Java broadcasting commission singled out 85 songs, including 17 western pop songs, it said contained adult and offensive content. Continue reading... |
| ‘Mildewed lump of elephant droppings’: Brutalist buildings under threat – in pictures Posted: 27 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST Brutalist masterpieces (or eyesores, depending on your point of view) face the wrecking ball in cities around the world Continue reading... |
| Ply in the sky: the new materials to take us beyond concrete | Fiona Harvey Posted: 26 Feb 2019 11:30 PM PST Concrete is everywhere, but it's bad for the planet, generating large amounts of carbon dioxide. Creative alternatives are in the pipeline They call them plyscrapers: the sudden emergence of tall buildings constructed almost entirely from timber. Vancouver, Vienna and Brumunddal in Norway have all claimed recently to have the tallest wooden building in the world, and now Tokyo has its own designs on the informal title. Related: Share your photos of beautiful or ugly concrete Continue reading... |
| Firefighters tackle huge blaze on Saddleworth Moor Posted: 27 Feb 2019 12:24 AM PST Emergency services fought to contain large moorland fire in West Yorkshire overnight Firefighters have been tackling a large moorland blaze that broke out in West Yorkshire on Britain's warmest winter day on record. Witnesses described an "apocalyptic" scene as an area of about 1.5 sq km burned on Saddleworth Moor on Tuesday night. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: ERG chair Jacob Rees-Mogg drops his calls for wholesale removal of backstop - Politics live Posted: 27 Feb 2019 01:37 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including the Commons debate on Brexit next steps, and Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford wants to see article 50 extended into the autumn to allow proper preparation for a second referendum, because "people have to see that democracy is taking place". Blackford told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland show: One of the reasons the prime minister is [considering] delaying article 50 just for a short period is she wants to avoid elections to the European parliament. I'd say let's prepare for that, let's give us time, we should be extending article 50 for a reasonable period ... The defining characteristic of this is how long will it take for a people's vote, which will probably take us into the autumn at the very least ... On the basis of what we know now, on the basis of the lies that were told in the referendum campaign, people have to see that democracy is taking place. The right thing to do is to have that people's vote and we need to extend article 50 for as long as we need for that process to take place.
Theresa May still claims she can persuade MPs to support her Brexit view. A common view at Westminster is that, given the unprecedented scale of her defeat by a majority of 230 in January, she is pushing optimism well beyond all reasonable bounds and that she is now mired in delusion. But there are some shreds of evidence to suggest that her strategy of running down the clock, pushing all sides to the point where they are so desperate for a deal that they will compromise, is working and we heard a very good example on the Today programme about half an hour ago. Jacob Rees-Mogg, who as chair of the European Research Group represents the 50-plus Tories who are most in favour of a hard Brexit, conceded that he is shifting. He admitted that he is not quite as hostile to the backstop as he used to be. Until recently many hardline Brexiters were demanding the wholesale removal of the backstop from the withdrawal agreement. Indeed only last month, during a big speech in Westminster, Rees-Mogg himself said: "As long as the backstop is there, I will not vote for the deal." That was the same day he suggested that May should suspend parliament rather than give in to demands to extend article 50. But now Rees-Mogg seems relatively relaxed about the possible extension of article 50 that could happen following May's announcement yesterday and, in his Today interview, he admitted that he was softening his position on the backstop. You could tell he was engaged in a U-turn because he started talking in Latin to obscure what he was up to. He told the programme: I can live with the de facto removal of the backstop, even if it isn't de jure. What do I mean by that? I mean that if there is a clear date that says the backstop ends, and that that is in the text of the treaty, or equivalent to the text of the treaty - if it were to be an appendix to the treaty; bear in mind, the Irish backstop is in itself an appendix to the treaty. So if you had a further appendix that said, 'This will not go beyond a particular date', and a short date, not a long date, then that would remove the backstop in the lifetime of parliament. That would have a reasonable effect from my point of view ... A changed deal is a changed deal. Of course, I would be open to considering that. Continue reading... |
| Hakeem al-Araibi: thank you Australia for bringing me home – but my fight is not over Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:09 PM PST Bahrain will do anything to hunt down dissident athletes and their families. International sporting bodies must step up to protect the helpless I can never truly express my gratitude to you all, the Australian people, for bringing me home. There were countless dark moments over the 76 days of my detention, when my future looked nothing but bleak. The prospect of never seeing my wife, family or friends again became too close to reality. The moment I was reunited with my loved ones, hundreds of supporters made it to the airport to give me a warm welcome that went far beyond my imagination. It is something I will never forget for the rest of my life. Continue reading... |
| Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigerian election with 56% of the vote Posted: 26 Feb 2019 09:28 PM PST The incumbent is declared the winner by the electoral commission but the opposition rejects outcome Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has been declared the winner of the country's election after results showed that he claimed 56% of the vote. Related: Nigeria election: 'Mr Honesty' tainted by failure to tackle corruption Continue reading... |
| Trump-Kim Vietnam summit: explosive Cohen allegations look set to overshadow meeting – live Posted: 27 Feb 2019 01:28 AM PST Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have arrived in Hanoi for meeting to discuss denuclearisation but claims from Cohen seem likely to dominate
And here it is: Trump has dived into the Cohen allegations on twitter, accusing his former lawyer of lying and fraud (and also referring to himself in the third person) Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying & fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked's lawyer!
More details have emerged about the dinner at the Metropole Hotel tonight, which will be the first official meeting of the summit. Trump will bring secretary of state Mike Pompeo and his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as his two guests. Continue reading... |
| Outrage after Brazil ministry asks schools to read aloud Bolsonaro slogan Posted: 26 Feb 2019 12:55 PM PST New education minister admits 'mistake' after asking schools to film students singing the national anthem and as slogan is read Brazil's new education minister has been forced into a humiliating retreat after he asked schools in the country to film students singing the national anthem in front of a Brazilian flag and being read the campaign slogan of new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro. "I recognised the mistake," Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez said on Tuesday, a day after the education ministry emailed his instructions to schools across the country – and provoked a storm of outrage. Continue reading... |
| 'Take him away, please': George Pell hadn't dressed for prison, but that's where he went Posted: 27 Feb 2019 12:32 AM PST The only question on the agenda today was how long the man who once bestrode the Catholic world will be living behind bars The script was bare. "Take him away, please," said Judge Peter Kidd at 3.10pm and Cardinal George Pell picked up his stick, nodded to the guards fore and aft and walked through a blank door at the end of the dock into the underworld. Nothing his barrister, Robert Richter, argued could have saved Pell from this fate. Continue reading... |
| More than half of $2.6bn aid to Yemen pledged by countries involved in war Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:37 AM PST Saudi Arabia, US and UAE among top donors at summit to ease crisis in country where they are fighting or selling arms More than half of $2.6bn (£1.9bn) in donations made at a special one-day conference to ease the humanitarian crisis in Yemen were pledged by countries that are either fighting in the civil war or selling arms to those undertaking the fighting. The UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres nevertheless hailed the money raised and the news that talks had led to the UN finally gaining access to a grains facility near Hodeidah port that contains enough supplies to feed more than 3m people for a month. Continue reading... |
| Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam: what is on the table? Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:58 PM PST From the easing of sanctions to denuclearisation and ending the Korean war, there's a lot to play for in Hanoi Donald Trump has said that when he meets Kim Jong-un in Hanoi's Metropole Hotel on Wednesday evening, the potential for a deal is "awesome". Few would argue with that. A move to limit the North Korean arsenal and begin to re-integrate the country back into the international community, would be a significant step away from the brink of nuclear war. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| India's airstrikes are more posturing than prelude to war Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:35 AM PST Neither Narendra Modi nor Imran Khan can afford a full-scale India-Pakistan conflict India's limited airstrikes across the "line of control" in Kashmir, and Pakistan's warning that it is preparing for "all eventualities", appear to be more political posturing than a prelude to all-out war. At least, that is what the international community hopes as the nuclear-armed neighbours square off once again. Rationally speaking, neither country's prime minister can afford another full-scale conflict – Pakistan's Imran Khan because he is still getting started after winning power for the first time last July, India's Narendra Modi because he is seeking a second chance in national polls this spring. Continue reading... |
| Michael Cohen: 'I appreciate the opportunity to clear the record' – video Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:50 PM PST 'I'm going to let the American people decide exactly who's telling the truth,' Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen told reporters after giving testimony before a closed Senate intelligence committee. It was the first of three congressional appearances this week that are expected to contain explosive testimony about how Trump allegedly broke the law while in office. The public will hear from Cohen on Wednesday when he testifies before the House oversight and reform committee Continue reading... |
| Resurrection Challenge – South Africans mock pastor on social media for 'resurrection stunt' – video Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:13 PM PST A pastor in South Africa who claimed to have performed a resurrection has sparked a social media craze as users took to the web mockingly mimicking his miraculous powers. A video of Alleluia Ministries International pastor Alph Lukau 'reviving' a supposedly dead man emerged over the weekend and quickly went viral. Within hours, the hashtag ResurrectionChallenge was trending on Twitter as users posted wry images of their own dramatic 'revivals' alongside screenshots of Lukau's supposed miracle.
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