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- Jackie Chan-produced action movie films in devastated Syrian city
- Hunt for wild monkey in Japan after 10 attacks in a fortnight
- New Zealand Covid chief’s farewell party ruined … by Covid
- Redbubble ordered to pay Hells Angels more than $78,000 for using logo without permission
- Queensland police misidentify domestic violence victims as attackers, inquiry told
- Victorian spoke of wanting police to kill him before he was shot dead, inquest hears
- Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial hears Australian SAS soldiers ‘turned a blind eye’ to alleged war crimes
- Mortgage holders could face large jump in repayments if interest rates increase by 3%, RBA says
- Death toll mounts in Europe as wildfires and heatwaves inflict havoc
- Spanish man filmed escaping wildfire treated for serious burns
- France to pay nearly €10bn to fully nationalise EDF
- Putin heads for Tehran for Iran-Turkey talks over Ukraine
- Kosher phone dispute grips ultra-Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb
- Pro-Israel hardliners spend millions to transform Democratic primaries
- Sri Lanka opposition leader quits presidential run in bid to stymie Wickremesinghe
- Tory leadership race live: MPs start voting again, with Sunak close to securing place on final ballot
- XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave
- Extreme UK weather live: hottest day on record as temperature passes 40C for first time
- UK reaches hottest ever temperature as 40.2C recorded at Heathrow
- ‘Heard it all before’: Tory race leaves Birmingham voters unimpressed
- Two UK rail mainlines close as parts of track hit 62C in extreme heat
- Florida star Anthony Richardson drops ‘AR-15’ nickname after mass shootings
- Unprecedented wildfires hit Alaska and Europe suffers record heat | First Thing
| Jackie Chan-produced action movie films in devastated Syrian city Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:09 AM PDT The decision to produce a film glorifying China's Communist party in a town destroyed by civil war has been described as 'appallingly bad taste' A Chinese action film executive-produced by Jackie Chan has triggered outrage after shooting scenes in al-Hajar al-Aswad, a Syrian town destroyed in the civil war. Home Operation, directed by Song Yinxi, is inspired by China's evacuation of hundreds of its nationals from Yemen in 2015 during the civil conflict there, and is the first joint venture between Chinese and Emirati producers. AFP reported that Song said the film was intended to glorify the Chinese Communist party (CCP): "It takes the perspective of diplomats who are Communist party members, who braved a hail of bullets in a war-torn country and safely brought all Chinese compatriots on to the country's warship unscathed." Continue reading... |
| Hunt for wild monkey in Japan after 10 attacks in a fortnight Posted: 18 Jul 2022 11:35 PM PDT Traps set and residents warned to keep windows shut after infant grabbed in most serious incident Police in Japan are searching for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people in the space of a fortnight. The attacks began on 8 July in the Ogori district of Yamaguchi prefecture in the country's south-west. In the most serious incident, it badly scratched an infant after invading a family home. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand Covid chief’s farewell party ruined … by Covid Posted: 18 Jul 2022 10:59 PM PDT Dr Ashley Bloomfield dramatically scales back planned event, including cancelling the karaoke, in face of Omicron surge New Zealand's Covid chief has had his farewell party scuppered by a rising wave of Omicron cases. "We've canceled karaoke," the director general of health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said when questioned about his plans for farewelling the high-stress role. "We'll do that later in the year, I hope, if the staff still want to come." Continue reading... |
| Redbubble ordered to pay Hells Angels more than $78,000 for using logo without permission Posted: 19 Jul 2022 03:15 AM PDT Motorcycle club wins second copyright infringement case against online merchandise company in three years
Online merchandise store Redbubble has been ordered to pay the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club more than $78,000 for selling items depicting the club's logo without permission, in the second ruling against the company in three years. Redbubble is an online marketplace that allows users to upload images to be printed on merchandise such as stickers, mugs, T-shirts, masks and other items, which are then offered for sale. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Queensland police misidentify domestic violence victims as attackers, inquiry told Posted: 19 Jul 2022 03:01 AM PDT Inquiry hears no effort was made to communicate with deaf woman wrongly identified as a perpetrator
Queensland police regularly misidentify the victims of domestic violence, with a lawyer telling an inquiry that a woman was subjected to a protection order due to scratches she inflicted in self-defence when her partner was strangling her. In another case, officers wrongly identified a deaf First Nations woman as a perpetrator despite making no effort to communicate with her, a lawyer from the Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service told the inquiry. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Victorian spoke of wanting police to kill him before he was shot dead, inquest hears Posted: 19 Jul 2022 02:52 AM PDT Coroner told Gabriel Messo attacked his mother before being shot three times by a police officer in 2020
A Victorian man who was shot dead by police after violently assaulting his mother told a social worker that he wanted an officer to kill him so his pain would end, an inquest has heard. Gabriel Messo, who had bipolar disorder, was shot in the chest three times by a police officer at John Coutts Reserve in Gladstone Park, in Melbourne's north, on 16 July 2020. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2022 01:46 AM PDT In closing submissions, newspapers' lawyer accuses several of Roberts-Smith's witnesses of 'outright dishonesty'
A powerful omertà within Australia's SAS caused soldiers to "turn a blind eye to the most despicable and egregious breaches of the laws of war", Ben Roberts-Smith's long-running defamation trial has heard. On the second day of closing submissions, Nicholas Owens SC, acting for the newspapers being sued by Roberts-Smith, said witnesses, including those called by the newspapers, were reluctant to report alleged war crimes because of a "pervasive culture" that forced new soldiers in particular to "toe the line" of the regiment's culture. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Mortgage holders could face large jump in repayments if interest rates increase by 3%, RBA says Posted: 19 Jul 2022 12:54 AM PDT Deputy reserve bank governor, Michele Bullock, says most Australians are 'well placed' to absorb impact of rate rises
Up to 30% of mortgage holders could struggle to keep up with their home repayments if interest rates were to increase by 3%, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia, which says first-home owners, late entrants to the market and low-income loan holders are most at risk. With the bulk of low fixed-rate loans due to expire in the next two years, about half of those coming into the new variable market will face increases in their repayments of at least 40%. For those whose fixed loans expire in the middle of next year, the reserve bank estimates a median increase of about $650 a month in repayments, or a 45% increase. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Death toll mounts in Europe as wildfires and heatwaves inflict havoc Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:08 AM PDT Parts of France record highest-ever temperatures of plus-40C as wildfires ravage parts of continent Several towns and cities in France have recorded their highest-ever temperatures as nearly 2,000 firefighters continued to battle huge blazes in the south-west and a searing heatwave gripping much of western Europe moved north and east. Nantes, near the Atlantic coast, recorded 42C on Monday, beating a previous high of 40.3C set in 1949, while Brest, in Brittany, hit 39.9C, more than four degrees higher than its 2002 record of 35.1C. Continue reading... |
| Spanish man filmed escaping wildfire treated for serious burns Posted: 19 Jul 2022 02:46 AM PDT Man in 50s emerges from blaze with clothes burned to rags and flames flickering around him A Spanish man in his 50s is being treated for serious burns after escaping the flames that engulfed his excavator as he tried to fight one of the wildfires raging in the north-western region of Castilla y León. Video of the incident, which took place near the town of Tábara in Zamora province on Monday afternoon, shows the vehicle and its driver, Ángel Martín Arjona, being swallowed by the fire and disappearing behind drifts of smoke. Continue reading... |
| France to pay nearly €10bn to fully nationalise EDF Posted: 19 Jul 2022 02:42 AM PDT Government seeks to shore up domestic energy supplies amid European crisis The French government is poised to pay nearly €10bn (£8.5bn) to fully nationalise EDF as ministers attempt to tackle the European energy crisis. The French finance ministry said on Tuesday it had offered €9.7bn or €12 a share to buy the 16% of debt-laden EDF it does not already own. Continue reading... |
| Putin heads for Tehran for Iran-Turkey talks over Ukraine Posted: 19 Jul 2022 02:40 AM PDT Russian president expected to discuss Black Sea blockade as well as Syria and the Iran nuclear deal Vladimir Putin is heading to Tehran on his second visit outside Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, where he will hold talks on lifting the Ukrainian grain blockade, the future of Syria and the chances of reviving the Iran nuclear deal with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts. The Russian president's three-way talks with Iran's Ebrahim Raisi and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be presented by the Kremlin as a sign of Putin's continuing influence in the region, after the recent visit to the Middle East by the US president, Joe Biden. Continue reading... |
| Kosher phone dispute grips ultra-Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb Posted: 19 Jul 2022 03:56 AM PDT An opaque council controls smartphone access for Israel's Haredim population, but many are making forays online anyway Tel Aviv's booming science and technology industry, bolstered by graduates of elite army intelligence units, has earned Israel the nickname "start-up nation". Yet in Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox suburb just a few miles east of Tel Aviv's skyscrapers, a vicious fight is being waged over whether smartphones are compatible with traditional Jewish law, and who should have the power to decide on internet access. Continue reading... |
| Pro-Israel hardliners spend millions to transform Democratic primaries Posted: 18 Jul 2022 11:00 PM PDT Critics say Aipac and its allies are seeking to influence Democratic politics with money from Republican billionaires Pro-Israel lobby groups have poured millions of dollars into a Democratic primary for a Maryland congressional seat on Tuesday, in the latest attempt to block an establishment candidate who expressed support for the Palestinians. A surge in political spending by organisations funded by hardline supporters of Israel, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), has reshaped Democratic primaries over recent months even though debate about the country rarely figures as a major issue in the elections. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka opposition leader quits presidential run in bid to stymie Wickremesinghe Posted: 18 Jul 2022 11:04 PM PDT Sajith Premadasa instead pledges support for splinter faction of ruling party that could upset PM's bid to become president Sri Lanka's main opposition leader, Sajith Premadasa, has withdrawn from the presidential race and thrown his support behind a rival candidate, presenting a significant challenge to prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's bid for the executive role. In an announcement made on Tuesday morning, Premadasa said that "for the greater good of my country that I love and the people I cherish, I hereby withdraw my candidacy for the position of president". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:14 AM PDT Kemi Badenoch at greatest risk of dropping out as latest round of voting will reduce candidates to final three Penny Mordaunt's supporters do believe that No 10 has removed the whip from Tobias Ellwood to stop him voting for her in the leadership ballot (contrary to what Nadine Dorries claims - see 11.21am), Newsnight's Nicholas Watt reports. Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary and Boris Johnson loyalist, has dismissed as "ridiculous" claims that Tobias Ellwood has had the Tory whip removed to stop him voting against the Johnson candidate in the leadership contest. (See 10.08am and 10.45am.) Continue reading... |
| XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:11 AM PDT Activists target London HQ of Rupert Murdoch's media company after UK weather treated as upbeat story Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch's media company, in protest at his outlets' coverage of the climate crisis. Activists targeted the News UK building next to London Bridge station early this morning, destroying glass panels and putting up posters reading "tell the truth" and "40 degrees = death" next to the entrance used by journalists at the Sun and the Times. Continue reading... |
| Extreme UK weather live: hottest day on record as temperature passes 40C for first time Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:09 AM PDT London Heathrow records hottest ever temperature after Met Office says UK provisionally had its warmest night Met Office chief meteorologist Neil Armstrong has a helpful explanation of what the chances are of the UK reaching 40C today and what this would represent: Even higher maximum temperatures will develop tomorrow with a 70% chance of somewhere in England exceeding 40°C. A value of this level would exceed the current UK record by 1.3°C or more. This is akin to a marathon runner shaving 20 minutes off of the current record. Weather forecast models are run numerous times to help us quantify the likelihood of a particular event occurring and estimate the uncertainty which is always present in weather forecasting to some degree. Some models are now producing a 70% chance of maximum temperatures in excess of 40°C in isolated parts of the UK for the start of next week. Mid- to high-30s Celsius will be seen more widely with a 95% chance we will exceed the current record. Climate change has already influenced the likelihood of temperature extremes in the UK. The chances of seeing 40°C days in the UK could be as much as 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a natural climate unaffected by human influence. The likelihood of exceeding 40°C anywhere in the UK in a given year has also been rapidly increasing, and, even with current pledges on emissions reductions, such extremes could be taking place every 15 years in the climate of 2100. Continue reading... |
| UK reaches hottest ever temperature as 40.2C recorded at Heathrow Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:03 AM PDT Households told to save water after hottest night and temperatures rising rapidly during the day Britain has recorded its highest ever temperature, as the 40C mark was provisionally broken for the first time, at Heathrow airport. The previous record, of 38.7C in 2019, fell first when 39.1C was provisionally recorded on Tuesday morning at Charlwood in Surrey, and then at 12.50pm, 40.2C was reported at Heathrow, the Met Office said. Continue reading... |
| ‘Heard it all before’: Tory race leaves Birmingham voters unimpressed Posted: 19 Jul 2022 04:48 AM PDT In marginal seat of Birmingham Northfield, voters say infighting could put them off Conservatives In Birmingham Northfield, the city's most marginal constituency and former red wall territory, voters were less than impressed by the candidates vying to be the next prime minister. "I am a bit disillusioned. I am a Tory supporter and I am a Tory voter," said Adrian Smith, a cobbler. "But I would have to dig deep and have a really good look at it before I decide whether I'll vote Conservative again after all this." Continue reading... |
| Two UK rail mainlines close as parts of track hit 62C in extreme heat Posted: 19 Jul 2022 04:45 AM PDT East coast mainline shut between London and Leeds and York, stopping intercity LNER trains and Thameslink services A second day of extreme heat has widened disruption on Britain's railways, with two of the main lines closed and speed restrictions slowing trains around the country. Record rail track temperatures of 62C were recorded in Suffolk on Monday, with even higher temperatures expected on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Florida star Anthony Richardson drops ‘AR-15’ nickname after mass shootings Posted: 19 Jul 2022 05:11 AM PDT
College football star Anthony Richardson has announced he is dropping his 'AR-15' nickname after the recent wave of mass shootings in the US. The Florida quarterback was given the nickname as a reference to an assault rifle which has been used in a number of recent shootings. The 21-year-old made the announcement he was dropping the name in a statement on his website. Continue reading... |
| Unprecedented wildfires hit Alaska and Europe suffers record heat | First Thing Posted: 19 Jul 2022 03:32 AM PDT State on track to break 2004 record of 6.5m acres destroyed while Europe braces for more extreme heat. Plus, the truth behind American Pie Good morning. Alaska has experienced more than 500 forest fires since the beginning of April, which have forced the evacuation of mining camps, villages and remote cabins. Is it really all down to the climate crisis? Thoman says the rising temperatures are playing a big part. "It's not only Alaska," he says. "Across the board in the Arctic and the sub-Arctic, you're seeing this increase in fires. Taking into consideration the lightning, the drought, the early snowmelt – there's just no doubt the warming planet is playing a huge role in this." What's happening in France? Meteorologists have warned of a "heat apocalypse" in western France as more than 8,500 further people fled their homes to escape a large wildfire sparked by a searing southern European heatwave that has already caused hundreds of deaths. What has he been charged with? Bannon is charged with two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. He was referred to the justice department by the House of Representatives after his failure to testify and turn over documents as demanded by a subpoena from the select committee late last year. Why did the panel want Bannon to testify? The panel noted he spoke to Trump the day before the Capitol attack and helped the Trump "war room" at the Willard hotel strategize on how to stop the congressional certification of Joe Biden's election win. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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