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- Coronavirus: 70 more cases on Japan cruise ship as China infections pass 68,000
- ‘Fighting like ferrets in a bag’ as EU tries to plug Brexit cash hole
- Families trapped by Assad’s assault on Idlib fight to survive in the snow
- Yemen airstrikes kill 31 civilians after Saudi jet crash
- Boris Johnson curbs photographers’ access to No 10
- Fashion executive accused in rape lawsuit reportedly hosted Prince Andrew at Bahamas estate
- Caroline Flack's boyfriend Lewis Burton 'heartbroken' by her death
- Baghdad explosions: rockets strike near US embassy in Iraq
- Harvey Weinstein faces moment of truth as jury weighs case on Tuesday
- Florida man: dialysis center won't allow life-sized Trump as emotional support
- ‘I look at the clock… it’s 3am’: Why can’t women sleep?
- Storm Dennis: Met Office issues red warning for south Wales – live updates
- ‘People have moved on’. But can Sinn Féin really shrug off the past?
- ‘Virginity is an obsession in Morocco’: an extract from Leïla Slimani’s Sex and Lies
- Why Joe Biden needs ‘a political miracle’ to stay in the race to face Trump
- Nayib Bukele's military stunt raises alarming memories in El Salvador
- First Australian evacuees set to leave Christmas Island after no reported cases of coronavirus
- Sports grants scandal: rural areas received less than $10m of $150m funds allocated
| Coronavirus: 70 more cases on Japan cruise ship as China infections pass 68,000 Posted: 15 Feb 2020 08:42 PM PST US, Canada and Hong Kong offer citizens on Diamond Princess flights home as death toll inside China reaches 1,665 A further 70 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 355, as three countries say they will fly their citizens on the ship home. It comes as China's National Health Commission announced the death toll inside the country had risen to 1,665, with 68,500 infections. The US embassy in Japan announced on Saturday that more than 400 US nationals would be flown home from the quarantined Diamond Princess, currently docked in the port of Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Continue reading... |
| ‘Fighting like ferrets in a bag’ as EU tries to plug Brexit cash hole Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:44 PM PST UK's withdrawal has left £62bn hole in bloc's purse for the next seven years Presidents, prime ministers and chancellors across Europe will pack their bags later this week in preparation for a long weekend in Brussels. They won't, however, be taking in the baroque majesty of the Grand Place or savouring the local culinary treats. Instead, they will be preparing for that most infamous of events, a "four shirter", to use the clothes-packing gauge adopted by male diplomats to measure the length and horror of EU leaders' summits in the Belgian capital. The thorny subject this time around? Money. And the problem? Britain. The UK's withdrawal from the European Union has left a huge €75bn (£62bn) hole in the bloc's budget for the next seven years, 2021 to 2027. "And now we are fighting like ferrets in a sack," said one EU diplomat with a sigh. Continue reading... |
| Families trapped by Assad’s assault on Idlib fight to survive in the snow Posted: 16 Feb 2020 12:57 AM PST Vast numbers of people are caught between regime bombings and closed Turkish border Hundreds of thousands of civilians, many of them women and children, are stranded with little food or shelter in sub-zero temperatures in north-western Syria, forced from their homes by a Russian-backed military offensive that has often targeted hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. The assault on Idlib, the last stronghold of the Syrian opposition, has created one of the greatest humanitarian crises of a long and brutal war. It has displaced more than 800,000 people since December, the United Nations said, 143,000 of them in the last three days alone. Continue reading... |
| Yemen airstrikes kill 31 civilians after Saudi jet crash Posted: 15 Feb 2020 06:48 PM PST 'Terrible' attack thought to be Saudi-led reprisal for the shooting down of one of its planes that was claimed by Houthi rebels Thirty-one people were killed in air strikes on Yemen on Saturday, the United Nations says, the victims of an apparent Saudi-led retaliation after Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed to have shot down one of Riyadh's jets. The Tornado aircraft came down on Friday in northern Al-Jawf province during an operation to support government forces, a rare shooting down that prompted operations in the area by a Saudi-led military coalition fighting the rebels. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson curbs photographers’ access to No 10 Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:42 PM PST News organisations accuse Downing Street staff of excluding them from high-profile events Donald Trump may have been embarrassed by a picture from the White House lawn of his windswept hair and orange tan line, but Boris Johnson has few fears that similar moments will be captured behind the facade of 10 Downing Street. Four bodies representing news photographers have accused No 10 of excluding them from events – the latest in a succession of complaints that Johnson's government is attempting to mimic Trump's attacks on the media and reduce press scrutiny. Continue reading... |
| Fashion executive accused in rape lawsuit reportedly hosted Prince Andrew at Bahamas estate Posted: 15 Feb 2020 10:50 AM PST
A millionaire fashion executive accused of raping 10 women and girls at his Bahamas mansion reportedly hosted Prince Andrew and his family at the property in 2000. A class action lawsuit lodged in New York City claims that Peter Nygard lured "young, impressionable, and often impoverished children and women" to his Bahamas property with cash payments and promises of modeling opportunities, only to then "assault, rape, and sodomize them". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Caroline Flack's boyfriend Lewis Burton 'heartbroken' by her death Posted: 16 Feb 2020 12:48 AM PST Former Love Island host reported to have been found dead at east London home on Saturday The boyfriend of TV presenter Caroline Flack, who was found dead at her home on Saturday, has said he is heartbroken by her death. Flack, 40, was due to go on trial on 4 March for assaulting Lewis Burton, a prosecution he did not support. She had been forbidden by a judge from communicating with him before the trial. Continue reading... |
| Baghdad explosions: rockets strike near US embassy in Iraq Posted: 15 Feb 2020 06:52 PM PST Multiple blasts and circling aircraft heard near enclave where US mission is located Multiple rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq's capital early on Sunday, an American military source said, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country. The assault sent warning sirens blaring across the diplomatic compound but it was unclear what was hit and how many rockets made impact, the US source and a western diplomat based nearby said. There were no casualties and only minor damage, a US military spokesman said. Continue reading... |
| Harvey Weinstein faces moment of truth as jury weighs case on Tuesday Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:00 PM PST The #MeToo movement received barely a mention at the movie mogul's rape trial but is likely to bear heavily on deliberations The jury at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial in New York will begin deliberations on Tuesday, with the world's media and the expectations of the #MeToo movement bearing heavily upon them. Related: 'Master of his universe': Weinstein saw women as disposable, prosecutor says Continue reading... |
| Florida man: dialysis center won't allow life-sized Trump as emotional support Posted: 15 Feb 2020 10:58 AM PST
A Florida man undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week is upset that he is not allowed to bring a life-sized cardboard cutout of Donald Trump to sessions, for emotional support. Related: Trump seems to confirm campaign of 'grievance, persecution and resentment' Continue reading... |
| ‘I look at the clock… it’s 3am’: Why can’t women sleep? Posted: 16 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST While her husband snores peacefully beside her, Mariella Frostrup, like women everywhere, is wide awake – mind spinning. But why? And what can she do about it? It is 3am. I know because I've checked the clock three times since I crept to the loo at 1.45am. Within minutes of my return to bed I feel the delicious fog of slumber evaporate, my heart rate rises and my brain begins its relentless scan for topics to keep me engaged. Occasionally, I get a laugh out of what I dream up as a priority worry; more often I'm shocked by the banality. A thank you note I failed to send a year ago; the small part for a kitchen appliance I keep forgetting to order; whether I booked Ocado for Friday; whether Stormzy will agree to talk to me about his favourite books; the shirt my son needs; guilt because I didn't call my friend with breast cancer; where to go on summer holidays; how to get the car to its service in Yeovil; why the person I discussed documentary ideas with hasn't replied; did I book a blowdry on Tuesday? And where has that blue dress gone? I look at the clock again, it's 3.15am and I'm getting closer to the moment when I'm going to have to medicate or resign myself to staying awake. Now adding to my copious preoccupations: what do I have to do in the morning? Can I afford to be exhausted or should I resort to the cornucopia of drugs and sleep aids crammed into my bedside drawer? While I attempt to follow the cognitive behavioural therapy advice I've been given and count my breaths – five in, five out – to restore my equilibrium and compartmentalise the turmoil, my husband snores deafeningly beside me. Continue reading... |
| Storm Dennis: Met Office issues red warning for south Wales – live updates Posted: 16 Feb 2020 02:35 AM PST Roads shut and trains suspended as storm lashes large parts of country
Alex Davies-Jones, the MP for Pontypridd, has tweeted that she is working with the authorities to see what can be done to help those affected by serious flooding in the area. ⚠️ @MickAntoniw1 & I are liasing with @RCTCouncil & @WelshGovernment over what can be done to help residents, businesses & all those affected by flooding and #StormDennis ⚠️
The leader of Calderdale council, Tim Swift, has told the BBC the area has been let down by central government. The region is regularly affected by flooding. There are some real challenges here, but we have been hit by austerity which makes it much harder for us as a council to respond and although there is money available for flood defences, it's hard to get these schemes completed quickly. ... The thing that frustrates me the most is that this is the third serious storm we've had in eight years – the first bad flooding being in 2012 and there was really no progress then on the government making money available into flood defences. Following the overnight rain there are some instances of pooling water on some roads. Our teams are out dealing with these throughout the day but please take extra care when out and about and don't drive through flood water. For updates visit https://t.co/3iDOxrtjik #stormdennis pic.twitter.com/LRlNtSVVZw Continue reading... |
| ‘People have moved on’. But can Sinn Féin really shrug off the past? Posted: 16 Feb 2020 12:11 AM PST Despite its success in the Irish elections, the party is still tainted by association with crimes committed during the Troubles O land of password, handgrip, wink and nod, Of open minds as open as a trap, Continue reading... |
| ‘Virginity is an obsession in Morocco’: an extract from Leïla Slimani’s Sex and Lies Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:00 PM PST The author reflects on the challenges faced by young women in the country of her birth, where extramarital sex is a criminal offence • Interview with Leïla Slimani: 'This book is a mirror to make the elite look reality in the face' I left Morocco more than 15 years ago. With the years and the distance, I have surely forgotten quite how difficult it is to live without the freedoms that have become so natural to me. In France it can be a struggle to imagine the disorientation that comes with a young girl's discovery of her sexual self in a country where Islam is the state religion and the laws are extremely conservative on everything that relates to sex. I am Moroccan and, in Morocco, Muslim laws apply to me, whatever my personal relationship with the religion. When I was a teenager, even though this went against their personal convictions, my parents must have explained to me that it was forbidden to have sexual relations outside marriage or even to be seen in a public place with a man who wasn't from my family. I learned that I could not be homosexual, have an abortion or cohabit. If I were to have a child without being married, I could face criminal charges and my child would have no legal status; they would be a bastard. The "family code" of 2004 allows a child born outside marriage to be registered, but if the father will not acknowledge it the mother must choose the child's name from a list, all including the prefix abd, meaning "servant", "slave" or "subordinate". Born of an unknown father, the child will be a societal outcast and subject to social and economic exclusion. To avoid this exclusion and not risk arrest for an extramarital relationship, hundreds of women abandon children born outside wedlock. According to the Moroccan charity Insaf, in 2010 alone, 24 babies on average were abandoned every day, which adds up to almost 9,000 babies per year without identity or family, not to mention the corpses found in public bins. Continue reading... |
| Why Joe Biden needs ‘a political miracle’ to stay in the race to face Trump Posted: 15 Feb 2020 11:00 PM PST Barack Obama's vice-president is floundering in the Democratic primary, losing key support as vital votes loom Larry Sabato is an analyst, author and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. His students are currently embedded in various presidential campaigns. Two were working for Joe Biden in Iowa. Before caucus day, they texted Sabato to say they expected to lose badly. Related: In his assault on justice, Trump has out-Nixoned Nixon Continue reading... |
| Nayib Bukele's military stunt raises alarming memories in El Salvador Posted: 16 Feb 2020 02:00 AM PST The country's popular, social media-savvy president marched troops into the parliament to demand $109m in security funds It was a scene evoking bad memories of a bloody era in a country with a recent history of authoritarianism and civil war. Soldiers in combat fatigues marched into El Salvador's parliament, before the country's popular young president, Nayib Bukele, sat down in the speaker's chair and gave the assembled deputies an ultimatum: approve a loan for new security equipment or be summoned back in seven days for another session. Continue reading... |
| First Australian evacuees set to leave Christmas Island after no reported cases of coronavirus Posted: 15 Feb 2020 09:22 PM PST Australians evacuated from Wuhan will board three chartered flights on Monday The first cohort of Australian evacuees are set to leave quarantine on Christmas Island on Monday, with no reported cases of the new coronavirus among the 277 Australian citizens and permanent residents held on the island. A government-chartered evacuation flight brought 241 Australians from Wuhan on 3 February, with another 36 arriving two days later, via a New Zealand government charter through Auckland, that left China on 5 February. Continue reading... |
| Sports grants scandal: rural areas received less than $10m of $150m funds allocated Posted: 15 Feb 2020 09:50 PM PST Labor says National party seats shortchanged after projects in Liberal-held, non-rural seats got nearly $110m Labor is accusing the government of shortchanging rural areas through a $150m sports fund that was overwhelmingly spent in marginal seats during the election campaign. The $150m female facilities and water safety stream program, announced by the Coalition less than two months before the election, was funded in the 2019 budget for the purpose of female change rooms and swimming pool upgrades, but was all allocated in the election campaign. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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