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- More than 100 killed at Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast
- Three officers killed in central Nigeria as gunmen storm police station
- Four people found from tour boat that went missing in rough waters off Japan
- South Korea split in row over military service for BTS
- Taiwan won’t go into lockdown like Shanghai despite Covid surge, premier says
- Australia live news updates: Scott Morrison rules out new taxes, Labor pledges $500m for Indigenous health staff, 10 Covid deaths in NSW, Vic
- The moderates in the NSW Liberals are in a fight they never wanted over Katherine Deves
- Australian government misses compensation deadline for victims of alleged war crimes
- Scott Morrison refuses press conference as John Howard calls teal independents ‘anti-Liberal groupies’
- Russia-Ukraine war: baby killed in missile attack on Odesa, Zelenskiy says; Ukrainian president to meet Antony Blinken on Sunday – live
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 60 of the Russian invasion
- Ukraine will ask US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Zelenskiy says
- Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’
- Forget the presidency, I can lead France as its PM, insists Mélenchon
- Back in the USSR: Lenin statues and Soviet flags reappear in Russian-controlled cities
- One child dies but more than 40 people are saved after boat sinks off Tripoli
- At least one child has died from mystery strain of severe hepatitis, WHO confirms
- Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct
- ‘Condescending’: Jacob Rees-Mogg leaves notes for WFH civil servants
- Local elections: ‘It’s Partygate versus low council taxes’
- Scilly residents face paying hundreds to visit the bank as last branch closes
- Three stabbed and several injured in Warwickshire attack
- Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads
- First-ever US Air Force trial of a general finds William Cooley guilty of sexual misconduct
- Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding
- Mark Meadows was warned of illegality of scheme to overturn 2020 election
- ‘Democracy in Florida is not functioning.’ Governor’s rigged maps rob Black voters of power
- Gun violence becomes leading cause of death among US youth, data shows
| More than 100 killed at Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast Posted: 23 Apr 2022 01:44 PM PDT Authorities say victims 'burnt beyond recognition' in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria's Rivers and Imo states, a local government official and an environmental group said on Saturday. "The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected over 100 people who were burnt beyond recognition," the state commissioner for petroleum resources, Goodluck Opiah, said. Continue reading... |
| Three officers killed in central Nigeria as gunmen storm police station Posted: 23 Apr 2022 10:59 AM PDT Attack claimed by Islamic State triggered fierce gun battle in Kogi state on Saturday Three policemen have been killed in central Nigeria's Kogi state after gunmen stormed a police station in an attack claimed by Islamic State. State police spokesperson William Ovye Aya said a fierce gun battle took place after "hoodlums" entered the station in Adavi town on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Four people found from tour boat that went missing in rough waters off Japan Posted: 23 Apr 2022 04:20 PM PDT Twenty-six people were onboard vessel before crew reported it sinking off island of Hokkaidō and authorities lost contact Four people have been found after a sightseeing boat went missing off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō, having reporting it was sinking. Japan's coastguard confirmed on Sunday that their helicopters had located four of the 26 people who had been on the tour boat, after a search involving six patrol boats, five aircraft and divers. Continue reading... |
| South Korea split in row over military service for BTS Posted: 23 Apr 2022 05:56 AM PDT The K-pop superstars add billions to the economy, so should they be exempt from conscription? They generate billions for the South Korean economy and have helped turned the country into a cultural superpower, but must Jin, Jimin, V, RM, J-Hope, Suga and Jungkook – the seven members of the K-pop phenomenon BTS – start swapping their stage outfits for military uniforms? Less than three weeks before South Korea's new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, takes office, the country is gripped by a debate over who, if anyone, should be exempt from compulsory national service – long seen as essential preparation for a potential conflict with its volatile neighbour, North Korea. Continue reading... |
| Taiwan won’t go into lockdown like Shanghai despite Covid surge, premier says Posted: 22 Apr 2022 10:50 PM PDT Taiwan opts to live with the virus in contrast to Shanghai, which has been criticised for measures taken as part of zero-Covid approach Taiwan will not go into a Shanghai-like lockdown to control a rise in Covid-19 cases as the vast majority of those infected have no symptoms or show only minor symptoms, the premier, Su Tseng-chang, has said. Taiwan has been dealing with a spike in local cases since the start of the year, but the numbers overall remain small – 18,436 since 1 January for a population of some 23 million – and just four people have died. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Apr 2022 07:15 PM PDT Coalition and Labor to focus on Northern Territory as week three of the federal election campaign begins. Follow all the developments live
Queensland Health has issued a recall notice for vegan chocolates after they were found to contain milk. More details would be provided but it looks as if the Foods Standards website is offline for maintenance. Continue reading... |
| The moderates in the NSW Liberals are in a fight they never wanted over Katherine Deves Posted: 23 Apr 2022 01:00 PM PDT Analysis: With debate over the candidate for Warringah continuing, party divisions pave way for difficult year ahead
For two weeks, moderates within the New South Wales Liberal party have been asking the same question: why did the prime minister pick lightning rod candidate Katherine Deves in Warringah? To be crystal clear, no one in the party thought Warringah was winnable. The Liberals went through a laundry list of potential candidates, including two former state premiers – Gladys Berejiklian and Mike Baird – in a bid to find a star to unseat independent Zali Steggall. None of them wanted it. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Australian government misses compensation deadline for victims of alleged war crimes Posted: 23 Apr 2022 01:00 PM PDT Brereton report recommended swift payments to victims as 'the morally right thing to do' instead of waiting for court rulings
The Australian government has missed a deadline to decide on compensation for victims of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, potentially leaving the thorny issue to be sorted out after the election. Defence blamed the delay on "legal, practical and logistical issues", while Labor accused the Coalition of breaking a promise to keep parliament informed of progress on reforms sparked by the "damning" Brereton inquiry. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Apr 2022 01:04 AM PDT Warringah MP Zali Steggall accuses former prime minister of using 'appalling sexist language'
The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, did not take questions from media on Saturday – despite addressing a campaign rally and touring a boating, camping and fishing store for the cameras on the New South Wales Central Coast. Labor has repeatedly criticised the prime minister for "going missing" on the Solomon Islands security deal with China, with questions raised over when the federal government became aware of the draft security pact. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Apr 2022 06:56 PM PDT Ukraine's ministry of defence says its forces carried out an attack on a Russian command near Kherson
Ukrainian artists are finally able to speak to the world for the whole nation and create values that will be passed down for many years to come. The horrific events that Ukrainians have encountered, through art, are now taking shape." Lorenzo Tondo speaks to the Ukrainians resisting through art: Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 60 of the Russian invasion Posted: 23 Apr 2022 05:56 PM PDT Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Kyiv on Sunday as Russia continues attacks on southern and eastern Ukraine The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, will travel to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on Sunday. It will be the first high-level US trip to the city since the war began on 24 February. Zelenskiy, at a press conference on Saturday held in an underground metro station, said Ukraine will ask the US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia. "As soon as we have [more weapons], as soon as there are enough of them, believe me, we will immediately retake this or that territory, which is temporarily occupied," Zelenskiy said. Ukraine's president also spoke at length about possible peace negotiations with Russia, saying if Moscow kills any Mariupol defenders – or goes forward with the independence referendum in the partly occupied southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – Ukraine will suspend peace negotiations with Moscow. In attacks on the eve of Orthodox Easter, Russian forces pounded cities and towns in southern and eastern Ukraine. A three-month-old baby was among eight people killed when Russia fired cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, officials said. Eighteen more were wounded. Separate strikes in Girske, a village in the eastern Lugansk region, killed six civilians, the region's governor, Sergiy Gayday, said. Two Russian generals were killed near Kherson, the Ukrainian ministry of defence said in a statement. Another is in critical condition. The Ukrainian military on Friday hit the command post of Russia's 49th army near the occupied regional capital, the ministry said. The fate of the Ukrainians in the sprawling and besieged steel mill in Mariupol wasn't immediately clear. Earlier Saturday, a Ukrainian military unit released a video reportedly taken two days earlier in which women and children holed up underground, some for as long as two months, said they longed to see the sun. Another attempt to evacuate women, children and older adults from Mariupol failed on Saturday. Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol's mayor, said Russian forces did not allow Ukrainian-organised buses to take residents to Zaporizhzhia, a city 227km (141 miles) to the north-west. The US-based Institute for the Study of War has released its latest analysis, warning that Russian forces will likely increase the scale of ground offensive operations in the coming days. It predicts that Russia will likely continue attacking south-east from Izyum, west from Kreminna and Popasna, and north from Donetsk via Avdiivka or another axis. Russian forces will attempt to starve out the remaining defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and will not allow trapped civilians to evacuate, it adds. Satellite images released this week showed what appeared to be two recently excavated mass grave sites next to cemeteries in two towns near Mariupol, and local officials accused Russia of burying thousands of civilians to conceal the slaughter taking place there. The Kremlin has not commented on the images. Russia said it took control of several villages elsewhere in the eastern Donbas region and destroyed 11 Ukrainian military targets on Saturday, including three artillery warehouses. Russian attacks also struck populated areas. The UK Ministry of Defence released an intelligence update detailing accusations that Russia is planning to conscript Ukrainian civilians in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Nearly 5.2 million people have fled Ukraine due to the war. The number of Ukrainians leaving the country since Russia's invasion is now 5,163,686, the UN refugee agency says. A third of Russian gas exported to the European Union could be affected because of the war, says the head of Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz. Reuters, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Continue reading... |
| Ukraine will ask US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Zelenskiy says Posted: 23 Apr 2022 03:42 PM PDT President tells press conference he will meet with US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday Ukraine will ask the US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, before what he said was a "very significant" visit to Kyiv by the US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday. The Ukrainian president said the US and UK had provided his embattled country with the "best military support" since Vladimir Putin's invasion two months ago. He said he would present an "armaments list" to the Biden administration on Sunday, in order to thwart Russia's ongoing attempt to seize the Donbas region. Continue reading... |
| Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’ Posted: 23 Apr 2022 11:35 AM PDT Worker claims confused staff are 'making up response' to applications and visas are withheld to keep numbers down A whistleblower working on Britain's Homes for Ukraine scheme has revealed that he and his colleagues "don't know what we're doing", and claims the scheme has been "designed to fail" in order to limit numbers entering the UK. Amid criticism over the numbers of Ukrainians so far allowed to come to the UK, the insider revealed that confusion, poor morale and lack of guidance meant staff contracted to the scheme frequently resorted to "making up" their response to cases. Continue reading... |
| Forget the presidency, I can lead France as its PM, insists Mélenchon Posted: 23 Apr 2022 09:57 AM PDT Veteran leftist is courting allies to help make him prime minister in June, handing him power to disrupt the winner of Sunday's vote Whoever wins the presidential election in France, one man is determined to sideline them and restrict their powers. Even before the result is known tomorrow, the radical left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has emerged as a surprise kingmaker, has called on voters to make him prime minister in the legislative elections in June. Continue reading... |
| Back in the USSR: Lenin statues and Soviet flags reappear in Russian-controlled cities Posted: 23 Apr 2022 09:01 AM PDT Colonisation appears to have superseded 'denazification' in Putin's military goals for eastern Ukraine Last week a familiar figure returned to the main square of the seaside town of Henichesk. Dressed in a three-piece suit, and sporting his familiar goatee and moustache, Vladimir Lenin was back on his pedestal. A statue of the Bolshevik leader had been erected outside the town's main council building. Flying from the roof were the Russian and Soviet flags. All in time for Lenin's 152nd birthday on Friday. Henichesk, however, is not in Russia. It is – or was, until Vladimir Putin's invasion – a sleepy settlement in southern Ukraine. The town of 20,000 people has a house of culture, a long strip of beach and a Vegas-themed hotel. It also has new imperial masters: Russians. They arrived from Crimea on 24 February in armoured vehicles, rolling past a shimmering landscape of lagoons and dunes. Continue reading... |
| One child dies but more than 40 people are saved after boat sinks off Tripoli Posted: 23 Apr 2022 02:55 PM PDT Lebanese Red Cross says about 60 people were onboard boat that departed from Qalamoun area One child has died but more than 40 people have been saved after the sinking of a boat off the coast of Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli on Saturday, transport minister Ali Hamie told Reuters. The Lebanese Red Cross said in a tweet that there were about 60 people onboard. Continue reading... |
| At least one child has died from mystery strain of severe hepatitis, WHO confirms Posted: 23 Apr 2022 03:44 PM PDT Strain reported in 12 countries causing at least 169 cases in young children, most of them in the UK At least one child has died from a mystery strain of severe hepatitis which has now been reported in 12 countries, the World Health Organization has confirmed. The UN body said on Saturday that it is aware of 169 rare cases of acute hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, in young children. Of these, 17 became so sick they needed liver transplants. Continue reading... |
| Three cabinet ministers reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct Posted: 23 Apr 2022 02:57 PM PDT Ministers are among 56 MPs said to be accused of sexual misconduct after being referred to parliamentary watchdog Three cabinet ministers are among more than 50 MPs reportedly facing allegations of sexual misconduct after being referred to a parliamentary watchdog. A total of 56 MPs – including two shadow cabinet ministers – have been reported to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), according to the Sunday Times. Continue reading... |
| ‘Condescending’: Jacob Rees-Mogg leaves notes for WFH civil servants Posted: 23 Apr 2022 07:03 AM PDT Cabinet minister accused of 'crass' behaviour in his campaign to get staff back in the office Jacob Rees-Mogg has been called "condescending" after leaving notes deemed to be passive-aggressive on civil servants' desks in an effort to stop them working from home. As part of his campaign to push workers back into offices, the cabinet minister has toured Whitehall buildings and published a league table of government departments based on how many staff are present. Continue reading... |
| Local elections: ‘It’s Partygate versus low council taxes’ Posted: 23 Apr 2022 06:36 AM PDT The Tories have held Wandsworth for more than four decades, but Boris Johnson's lockdown woes and the cost of living crisis threaten to tip the balance towards Labour In many ways, the London borough of Wandsworth is a paradigm of the modern capital. On one hand, it is a place where a teenager recently fainted from hunger in a food bank queue. And on the other, it is home to the "sky pool", a spectacular transparent swimming pool suspended 10 storeys above ground in Nine Elms, and reserved exclusively for the development's richest residents. The borough is also known for its comparatively low council tax – which, its Conservative-run council boasts, is the lowest average council tax in the country. Wandsworth also claims to be the only local authority in London that is cutting its share of council tax bills. Continue reading... |
| Scilly residents face paying hundreds to visit the bank as last branch closes Posted: 23 Apr 2022 06:27 AM PDT Lloyds is to close the Isles' last branch meaning the nearest bank will be 44 miles and a ferry ride away For many, the ferry ride between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly marks the beginning of a relaxing weekend away. For residents of the islands wanting to visit their nearest bank, it's about to become an expensive necessity. Lloyds, which ran the Isles' last remaining branch, is about to close the site on the island of St Mary's because of a persistent fall in customer numbers. Continue reading... |
| Three stabbed and several injured in Warwickshire attack Posted: 23 Apr 2022 05:01 AM PDT Man, 33, held after what police describe as 'nasty incident' in town of Bedworth on Saturday morning Three people have been stabbed and several others injured by a lone attacker in the Warwickshire town of Bedworth. A 33-year-old man has been arrested, while a man in his 20s is in a stable condition in hospital after the attack on Saturday morning, Warwickshire police said. Continue reading... |
| Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads Posted: 23 Apr 2022 01:55 PM PDT The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism 'shouldn't be monetized' Twitter chose Earth Day to announce it will ban advertisements that deny the scientific consensus on climate crisis. "We believe that climate denialism shouldn't be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn't detract from important conversations about the climate crisis," the company declared on Friday. Continue reading... |
| First-ever US Air Force trial of a general finds William Cooley guilty of sexual misconduct Posted: 23 Apr 2022 12:30 PM PDT The major general faces up to seven years in prison after assaulting his sister-in-law at a family barbecue in 2018 In the first-ever military trial for a general in the 75-year history of the US air force, a two-star general was found guilty Saturday of abusive sexual contact for forcibly kissing his sister-in-law after a family barbecue. Maj Gen William Cooley faces up to seven years in prison, a dishonorable discharge and the loss of his air force pay and benefits at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday. Continue reading... |
| Florida bride and caterer charged after serving marijuana-laced food at wedding Posted: 23 Apr 2022 09:53 AM PDT Police arrived at the venue to find wedding guests being treated for 'symptoms consistent with that of someone who has used illegal drugs' A Florida bride and her wedding caterer have been criminally charged after serving food laced with marijuana to their wedding guests, sickening them and sending several to hospital. Danya Shea Svoboda, 42, and Jocelyn Montrinice Bryant, 31, who catered her wedding, face charges of violating Florida's anti-tampering laws, delivery of marijuana and culpable negligence. Continue reading... |
| Mark Meadows was warned of illegality of scheme to overturn 2020 election Posted: 23 Apr 2022 09:17 AM PDT A former staffer testified that White House counsel said the scheme involving fake electoral college votes was not legally sound Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows was warned the effort to overturn the 2020 election with fake electoral college votes was not legally sound – and yet proceeded anyway, the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack said Friday. In a court filing, the panel also said that Meadows went ahead with plans to have Trump speak at the Ellipse rally that descended into the Capitol attack, only days after being expressly told by the US Secret Service that there was potential for violence on 6 January 2021. Continue reading... |
| ‘Democracy in Florida is not functioning.’ Governor’s rigged maps rob Black voters of power Posted: 22 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Governor Ron DeSantis's redistricting gambit means 'for all intents and purposes, there's currently … one-man rule', says one former GOP strategist As Florida Republicans gave final approval to new congressional districts on Thursday, Black lawmakers staged a sit-in on the floor of the legislature, praying, chanting and singing that Black voters were under attack in the state. The extraordinary moment served as a remarkable endpoint to a brazen attack by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis. Continue reading... |
| Gun violence becomes leading cause of death among US youth, data shows Posted: 22 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT A report reveals a 30% increase in firearm-related deaths between 2019 and 2020, including incidents of suicides and accidental shootings Gun violence overtook car accidents as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the US in 2020, according to a report from the University of Michigan. The finding was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday as part of longer term research effort from the university's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention (IFIP). Continue reading... |
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