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- The caliphate is a hellscape of smoke and fire – Isis has nowhere left to go
- Alabama tornadoes kill at least 23 and cause 'catastrophic' damage
- Ted Baker boss Ray Kelvin quits after 'forced hugging' claims
- 1,500 live turtles found wrapped in duct tape at Manila airport
- 'Two sessions': Beijing locked down for China's greatest political spectacle
- Breast-ironing: victims urge stronger action to root out dangerous custom
- Holy mola: huge sunfish washes up in northern waters for first time in 130 years
- ERG warns May not to 'bounce' parliament over new Brexit deal
- Estonia election: opposition Reform party wins but far-right support doubles
- 'An absolute miracle': young sisters alive after two days in California wilderness
- The Killing Times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront
- 'Unusual activity' at Russian embassy before novichok attack
- Can this woman open a new chapter for human rights in Tunisia?
- Homes destroyed in Alabama tornadoes – video
- Macuxi indigenous people of the Raposa reserve – in pictures
- Rebecca Maher inquest: coroner investigates if police failures contributed to death
- Monday briefing: Cash for hard-hit towns branded 'Brexit bribe'
- 'We are fighting': Brazil's indigenous groups unite to protect their land
- In the Philippines they think about gender differently. We could too | Vonne Patiag
- The most bizarre moments from Donald Trump’s CPAC speech – video
| The caliphate is a hellscape of smoke and fire – Isis has nowhere left to go Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:46 AM PST The US-led coalition is making up for lost time in the fight to drive Isis out of Baghuz, its last stronghold There is a flash of light in the dark town as an airstrike hits an Islamic State weapons depot. A few seconds later, a ball of flame engulfs the entire neighbourhood. The sonic boom sends shockwaves through Baghuz, shaking the ground miles away, and for a second everything and everyone is stunned into silence. Then the artillery fire starts up again. Five years after Isis swept across Syria and Iraq, all that remains of the "caliphate" that at its peak stretched across two countries and controlled 10 million people is a handful of streets in a bend of the Euphrates river running through this desert town, which will be retaken in the next few days. Continue reading... |
| Alabama tornadoes kill at least 23 and cause 'catastrophic' damage Posted: 03 Mar 2019 08:14 PM PST Sheriff says more people are missing as weather system sparks flurry of tornadoes across south-eastern US on Sunday At least 23 people, including children as young as six, have been killed and more are missing after at least two tornadoes struck in Alabama on Sunday, causing "catastrophic" damage, a county sheriff has said. Crews searched a trail of destruction several miles long before pausing efforts overnight as conditions became too dangerous, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said. "The challenge is the sheer volume of the debris where all the homes were located," Jones told CNN. "It's the most I've seen that I can recall." Continue reading... |
| Ted Baker boss Ray Kelvin quits after 'forced hugging' claims Posted: 04 Mar 2019 12:06 AM PST Fashion group's founder has denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour The Ted Baker chief executive, Ray Kelvin, has resigned following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards staff. Kelvin took a voluntary leave of absence from his role in December after allegations of misconduct were made against him. Since then those claims have been investigated by an internal independent committee, which commissioned the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) to look into the allegations and the company's policies, procedures and handling of human resource-related complaints. Continue reading... |
| 1,500 live turtles found wrapped in duct tape at Manila airport Posted: 04 Mar 2019 12:52 AM PST Four suitcases abandoned in arrivals area contain rare and protected varieties of tortoises Police in the Philippines have discovered 1,529 live turtles wrapped in duct tape inside suitcases abandoned in an airport. The customs bureau seized four suitcases in Manila on Sunday and found they were filled with rare and protected varieties including star tortoises, red-footed tortoises, sulcata tortoises and red-eared sliders. Continue reading... |
| 'Two sessions': Beijing locked down for China's greatest political spectacle Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:19 PM PST Activists rounded up and dissent stifled as Xi Jinping faces public scrutiny over trade, Xinjiang and Huawei at annual meeting China's largest political event of the year, a meeting of legislative delegates and political advisers known as the "two sessions", gets under way this week and comes at a time when Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces one of the most challenging periods since coming to power. Thousands of delegates will descend on the Great Hall of the People in Beijing while authorities go into overdrive to prevent any semblance of dissent during the two weeks of meetings of the nearly 3,000-strong National People's Congress (NPC) , and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), an advisory body. Continue reading... |
| Breast-ironing: victims urge stronger action to root out dangerous custom Posted: 04 Mar 2019 01:30 AM PST Medical experts and victims say practice, deemed by perpetrators to protect girls from sexual harassment and rape, is child abuse Comfort was nine when her older sister told her she was going to flatten her chest with a stone to prevent her breasts from developing too soon, telling her it was for her own good. "She said it's so that girls don't get abused as children or as teenagers," Comfort said. Continue reading... |
| Holy mola: huge sunfish washes up in northern waters for first time in 130 years Posted: 03 Mar 2019 06:37 PM PST Beached hoodwinker sunfish, which is two metres long, baffles locals on California beach A giant sunfish has washed up on a beach in California, the first time this particular species of the animal has been sighted in the northern hemisphere in 130 years. The sunfish measuring 2.05 metres (6ft 8 in) and weighing several hundred kilograms, or more than 600lb, was found on the beach of the Coal Oil Point Reserve in California. Continue reading... |
| ERG warns May not to 'bounce' parliament over new Brexit deal Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:37 PM PST Tory Eurosceptic group says at least two days will be needed to scrutinise new compromise on Irish backstop Tory Brexiters are to demand at least two days to scrutinise any new offer from Brussels on the Irish backstop mechanism, warning the prime minister not to "bounce" the group into an early vote on her Brexit deal. May has pledged that a vote will take place on her proposal, including any changes agreed in Brussels, by 12 March, though it is possible that Downing Street will seek to bring the vote forward to this week if changes can be secured. Continue reading... |
| Estonia election: opposition Reform party wins but far-right support doubles Posted: 03 Mar 2019 04:15 PM PST Coalition-building begins after Kaja Kallas's centre-right party wins 28.8% of vote Estonia's opposition liberal Reform party won Sunday's general election, outpacing centre-left prime minister Juri Ratas's party and a surging far-right that was buoyed by a backlash from mostly rural voters. Led by former MEP Kaja Kallas, Reform garnered 28.8% of the vote, well ahead of Ratas's Centre party on 23%. The far-right EKRE more than doubled its previous election score, at 17.8%, according to the full results posted on Estonia's official state elections website. Continue reading... |
| 'An absolute miracle': young sisters alive after two days in California wilderness Posted: 03 Mar 2019 01:43 PM PST Leia and Caroline Carrico found 'safe and sound' by fire captain and firefighter who followed tracks from pink rubber boots Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, two sisters aged five and eight survived 44 hours in rugged northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said. A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia and Caroline Carrico in a wooded area about a mile and a half from their home in the small community of Benbow, where they had last been seen on Friday afternoon, Humboldt county sheriff William Honsal said. Continue reading... |
| The Killing Times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront Posted: 03 Mar 2019 11:30 AM PST Special report: Shootings, poisonings and children driven off cliffs – this is a record of state-sanctioned slaughter • A massacre map of Australia's frontier wars – interactive The truth of Australia's history has long been hiding in plain sight. The stories of "the killing times" are the ones we have heard in secret, or told in hushed tones. They are not the stories that appear in our history books yet they refuse to go away. Continue reading... |
| 'Unusual activity' at Russian embassy before novichok attack Posted: 04 Mar 2019 12:35 AM PST UK intelligence investigated 'frantic comings and goings' at time of Skripal poisonings Intelligence services investigated unusual activity at the Russian embassy in London in the days before and after the novichok poisoning, it has been reported. MI5, MI6 and GCHQ looked into "frantic comings and goings" at the building in Kensington in the days leading up to the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Press Association. Continue reading... |
| Can this woman open a new chapter for human rights in Tunisia? Posted: 03 Mar 2019 11:00 PM PST Sihem Bensedrine's explosive report into human rights abuses is written. Now those in power must be persuaded to read it When Sihem Bensedrine, the head of Tunisia's truth and dignity commission, tried to give a speech in parliament last year, she was drowned out. Politicians banged on the wooden desks and yelled, some standing up to hurl accusations and gesture in her direction. As the drumbeats got louder, Bensedrine left the chamber. The MPs applauded. Continue reading... |
| Homes destroyed in Alabama tornadoes – video Posted: 04 Mar 2019 01:30 AM PST Two tornadoes hit Alabama on Sunday, damaging multiple homes and cutting power lines. Footage showed smashed buildings with rooftops blown away, cars overturned and trees bare of branches. At least 23 people were killed in the storms Continue reading... |
| Macuxi indigenous people of the Raposa reserve – in pictures Posted: 04 Mar 2019 12:20 AM PST The Raposa Serra do Sol reserve in northern Brazil is home to 25,000 indigenous people, whose land has been targeted by the country's rightwing president, Jair Bolsonaro Continue reading... |
| Rebecca Maher inquest: coroner investigates if police failures contributed to death Posted: 04 Mar 2019 01:25 AM PST The 36-year-old Aboriginal woman was found dead after being taken into protective custody because she appeared intoxicated An Aboriginal woman who died in a police cell in New South Wales would have survived if police had physically checked her and called an ambulance when they realised she was unconscious, an inquest has heard. Rebecca Lyn Maher was found dead in cell four of the Maitland police station at 5.54am on 19 July 2016, about five hours after being taken into protective custody because she appeared intoxicated and had wandered into oncoming traffic at Cessnock in the Hunter Valley. Continue reading... |
| Monday briefing: Cash for hard-hit towns branded 'Brexit bribe' Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:12 PM PST Labour says PM's £1.6bn funding boost won't ease impact of austerity … Javid to meet police chiefs to discuss knife crime … the last days of Isis Good morning briefers. I'm Martin Farrer and these are the top stories on the first Monday of March. Continue reading... |
| 'We are fighting': Brazil's indigenous groups unite to protect their land Posted: 03 Mar 2019 10:00 PM PST Residents of Raposa Serra do Sol are determined to face down the threat posed by mining "A united people will never be defeated!" shouted Maria Betânia Mota, as the indigenous assembly in a partially burned-out agricultural college began. Hundreds of voices roared back in approval. Betânia Mota is the women's secretary of its organisers, the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), which represents the majority of those living in the 1.7m hectares of savannah and scrub that make up the Raposa Serra do Sol reserve in Brazil's northernmost state. Continue reading... |
| In the Philippines they think about gender differently. We could too | Vonne Patiag Posted: 03 Mar 2019 09:00 AM PST The labels we give ourselves can be helpful but restrictive too. Let's embrace diversity by celebrating fluid identities We were excited young film-makers, sitting in one of our first pitch sessions, a panel of executives lined up against us. They had flicked through our script, looked at our mood boards and praised our song choice for the sizzle reel (Man! I Feel Like A Woman). Then the question dropped: "Which one of you is the alphabet person?" I realised I was the only one holding my hand in the air. Then the guessing game began, as the executives ran through the letters – LGBTQIA+ – until they landed on one that gave them some understanding of who I am. Continue reading... |
| The most bizarre moments from Donald Trump’s CPAC speech – video Posted: 03 Mar 2019 03:25 AM PST Donald Trump gave his longest speech yet at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual gathering of conservative politicians and pundits. It was a chaotic, unscripted oration filled with unflattering impersonations of the president's opponents. In a speech lasting more than two hours, he took aim at the New Green Deal, Russian collusion, illegal immigrations and investigations into his personal finances. Notably, he made no mention of Michael Cohen, his long-time personal lawyer who gave a testimony to congress last week calling Trump a racist, a con man, and a cheat Democratic oversight is 'bullshit': Trump goes off-script at CPAC Continue reading... |
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