May 18, 2018 - Articles

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'Lesser evil': how Brazil's militias wield terror to seize power from gangs

 

Paramilitary groups implicated in the killing of Rio’s city councillor Marielle Franco have taken control of swaths of areas by imposing ‘violence, death and summary execution’

 

 

Dom Phillips in Seropédica

Thu 12 Jul 2018 10.00 BST Last modified on Thu 12 Jul 2018 11.48 BST

 

 

 

A favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Militias, which often includes former and serving police officers and firefighters, have taken control of swaths of Rio’s western suburbs

Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

 

 

Militias commonly arrive in a neighbourhood claiming they will drive out criminals and dealers, but soon start their own extortion and protection rackets

Photograph: Wilton Junior/AP

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/12/brazil-militia-paramilitary-wield-terror-seize-power-from-drug-gangs

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Monsanto 'bullied scientists' and hid weedkiller cancer risk, lawyer tells court

 

As ill California man’s landmark case begins, attorney attacks Roundup maker’s response to researchers’ findings

 

Sam Levin in San Francisco

Tue 10 Jul 2018 03.17 BST Last modified on Tue 10 Jul 2018 19.50 BST

 

 

 

DeWayne Johnson looks on at the start of the Monsanto trial in San Francisco

Photograph: Pool/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/09/monsanto-trial-roundup-weedkiller-cancer-dewayne-johnson

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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $4.7bn over talc cancer claims

 

Women claim the company’s talcum powder contributed to them developing ovarian cancer

 

Fri 13 Jul 2018 09.33 BST Last modified on Fri 13 Jul 2018 16.40 BST

By  Sarah Butler

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/13/johnson-johnson-ordered-to-pay-47bn-in-talc-powder-claim

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'Bad things happen in the woods': the anxiety of hiking while black

 

Three African American hikers describe fears and stereotypes they have faced – and why they love hitting the trails

 

Candice Pires

Fri 13 Jul 2018 10.00 BST Last modified on Fri 13 Jul 2018 13.57 BST

 

 

 

Aaron Jones in Lincoln Park, Chicago

Photograph: Joshua Lott for the Guardian

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/13/hiking-african-american-racism-nature

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Woman harassed for wearing Puerto Rico shirt as police ignored plea for help

 

Mia Irizarry, who posted incident on Facebook Live, feared for her safety and demands officer be ‘held accountable’

 

Sat 14 Jul 2018 18.41 BST

By  Oliver Milman

 

 

 

 

Mia Irizarry was harassed by a man who said of her Puerto Rico flag shirt: ‘You should not be wearing that in the USA.’

Photograph: Teresa Crawford/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/14/woman-harassed-puerto-rico-shirt-police-chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The inconvenient truth about cancer and mobile phones

 

We dismiss claims about mobiles being bad for our health – but is that because studies showing a link to cancer have been cast into doubt by the industry?

 

Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie

Sat 14 Jul 2018 15.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/14/mobile-phones-cancer-inconvenient-truths

 

Edited July 14, 2018 by umbertino

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Chicago Police Fatally Shoot Man, and Then a Crowd Confronts Officers

 

By Mitch Smith

• July 15, 2018
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Officers from the Chicago Police Department confronted an angry crowd on Saturday at the scene of a fatal shooting by a police officer.CreditNuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/chicago-police-shooting.html

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Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue a 'pedo' in baseless attack

 

Accusation directed on Twitter at Vern Unsworth, who called Tesla CEO’s offer of ‘mini-sub’ to help rescuers a ‘PR stunt’

 

 

Sun 15 Jul 2018 21.56 BST

Sam Levin in San Francisco

 

 

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, tweeted Sunday: ‘Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.’

Photograph: Morgan Sette/EPA-EFE

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter

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Half Holy Shroud bloodstains fake -study

Forensic examination

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

16 July 201814:39 News

 

 

 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2018/07/16/half-holy-shroud-bloodstains-fake-study_44569cb4-6ce5-4800-bb1a-c01087aa443d.html

 

 

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/shroud-of-turin-conceals-a-bloody-secret/news-story/a5b1e20e8da9172e8f456935c6e702b4

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5954301/Bloodstains-Shroud-Turin-Jesus-buried-probably-fake-claim-experts.html

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'I'm tired of life': how Nigeria's poorest people struggle to survive

 

Families living on £1.50 ($1.99) a day or less tell of the hardships of life in the oil-rich nation, which now has the greatest concentration of extreme poverty

 

Isaac Linus in Abuja

Mon 16 Jul 2018 12.28 BST Last modified on Mon 16 Jul 2018 20.01 BST

 

 

 

In Abuja, Mohammed Ahmed and his extended family survive on just £1.50 a day, including what he sends to relatives in Maiduguri to help them buy food

Photograph: Isaac Linus

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jul/16/nigeria-poverty-stricken-families-struggle-survive

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Shock over ruling that 'brides of Christ' need not be virgins

 

Consecrated virgins say they are disappointed by Vatican’s new guidance

 

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

Mon 16 Jul 2018 12.34 BST Last modified on Mon 16 Jul 2018 19.00 BST

 

 

A 39-page Vatican document offered detailed guidance on the vocation

Photograph: Grzegorz Galazka/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/16/shock-over-ruling-that-brides-of-christ-need-not-be-virgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venmo: how the payment app exposes our private lives

 

A researcher has analysed millions of public transactions to prove just how much the app reveals about our life and habits

 

 

Tue 17 Jul 2018 08.01 BST

Olivia Solon in San Francisco

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/venmo-payments-app-default-privacy-settings-public-information

Edited July 17, 2018 by umbertino

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Las Vegas shooting hotel sues survivors to avoid liability

 

Mandalay Bay owners claim ‘no liability of any kind’ to 1,000 survivors or families over October 2017 massacre in which 58 people died

 

Associated Press

Wed 18 Jul 2018 04.53 BST Last modified on Wed 18 Jul 2018 07.39 BST

 

 

 

Fifty-eight people died in October 2017 when Stephen Paddock fired onto a music festival from the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas

Photograph: David Becker/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/18/las-vegas-shooting-hotel-sues-survivors-to-avoid-liability

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Google fined £3.8bn ($4.96B) by EU over Android antitrust violations

 

Company made its search engine the default on most phones using operating system

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 18 Jul 2018 12.38 BST

 

 

The verdict ends a 39-month investigation by the European commission’s competition authorities into Google’s Android operating system

Photograph: NurPhoto via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/18/google-faces-record-multibillion-fine-from-eu-over-android

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How to Spend It: the shopping list for the 1%

 

In an age of astonishing wealth, nothing reveals the lives of the ultra-rich like the FT’s unashamedly ostentatious luxury magazine

 

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 06.00 BST

By   Andy Beckett

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/19/how-to-spend-it-the-shopping-list-for-the-1-percent

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Zuckerberg defends Facebook users' right to be wrong – even Holocaust deniers

 

CEO explains decision not to censor conspiracy theories but says the platform will try to ‘reduce distribution of content’

 

Sam Levin in San Francisco and Olivia Solon in Menlo Park

Wed 18 Jul 2018 23.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/18/zuckerberg-facebook-holocaust-deniers-censorship

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Drugs alone won't fix our epidemic of depression

 

To fight a rising tide of depression and suicide, psychiatrists need to do more than just fill patients up with pills

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Jul 2018 14.50 BST

By James S Gordon ( James S Gordon MD, a psychiatrist, is the author of Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression and the founder and executive director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine )

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2018/jul/19/drugs-alone-wont-fix-our-epidemic-of-depression

 

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Missouri: at least 13 dead after tourist boat capsizes on Table Rock Lake

 

Four people are missing after an amphibious vehicle capsized with more than 30 on board, including children

 

Associated Press and Guardian staff

Fri 20 Jul 2018 13.27 BST

 

 

Agencies respond after an amphibious duck boat capsized on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri

Photograph: Southern Stone County Fire Protection District/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/20/missouri-mass-casualty-incident-after-tourist-boat-capsizes-on-table-lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several hurt in suspected knife attack on bus in Germany

 

Police say suspect held after incident in northern city of Lübeck

 

Associated Press in Berlin

Fri 20 Jul 2018 15.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/lubeck-knife-attack-bus-germany

 

 

 

 

10-year-old girl bleeds to death after female genital mutilation in Somalia

 

Case is first fatality linked to the mutilation practice that authorities have admitted to in years, in a country where 98% of women and girls are cut

 

 

Fri 20 Jul 2018 12.06 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Jul 2018 13.47 BST

By Kate Hodal

 

 

 

 

The tools of an FGM cutter, which include egg to glue the wound and kerosene for wound cleaning. The majority of girls in Somalia undergo the procedure between the ages of five and nine

Photograph: Georgina Goodwin/UNFPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jul/20/10-year-old-girl-death-fgm-female-genital-mutilation-somalia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macron accused of cover-up over violent security official

 

Alexandre Benalla, part of French president’s inner circle, faces charges of violence and impersonating police officer

 

 

Fri 20 Jul 2018 15.09 BST

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/macron-security-officer-alexandre-benalla-in-custody-and-will-be-fired-over-violent-video

 

 

 

 

 

'The only way out is through Jesus’: The El Salvador pastors saving MS-13 gang members - video

 

In El Salvador, where brutal gangs like MS-13 and 18th Street have given the country the world’s highest murder rate, the only way out for members is to become born-again Christians.............

 

 

Danny Gold, Neil Brandvold, Michelle Kim, Tom Silverstone, Ken Macfarlane and Mustafa Khalili, Source: The Guardian

Thu 19 Jul 2018 12.06 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2018/jul/19/the-only-way-out-is-through-jesus-el-salvadors-brutal-gangs-and-salvation-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counting crows: Vancouver college maps thousands of attacks

 

Tool launched in response to dive-bombing birds documents 2,500 attacks since 2016

 

 

 

Fri 20 Jul 2018 09.32 BST

By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

 

The college launched CrowTrax to document attacks by the bird in Vancouver, Victoria and beyond

Photograph: Masahiro Makino/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/vancouver-langara-college-crow-attack-map-thousands-of-reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footage of sole survivor of Amazon tribe emerges

 

Man believed to be in his 50s seen swinging an axe to fell a tree in Brazilian forest

 

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 18.08 BST

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/footage-sole-survivor-amazon-tribe-emerges-brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Zuckerberg's remarks on Holocaust denial 'irresponsible'

 

Facebook founder had suggested site did not need to remove ‘unintentional’ denial

 

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 13.19 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Jul 2018 01.05 BST

By  Alex Hern

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/19/mark-zuckerberg-holocaust-denial-facebook-remarks-offensive

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm an immigrant of extraordinary ability. No, hang on, we all are

 

People should not be considered valuable just because they do something of value to you

 

 

Fri 20 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Jul 2018 14.03 BST

By  Maeve Higgins

 

 

 

 

French football team in Paris on 16 July. Of the 23 players on the team, 16 come from families that immigrated to France

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terror attacks by Muslims receive 357% more press attention, study finds

 

Research by the University of Alabama shows attacks by Muslims receive an average of 105 headlines, others just 15

 

 

Fri 20 Jul 2018 12.00 BST

Mona Chalabi US data editor

 

 

 

 

The researchers controlled for factors like target type, number of fatalities, and whether or not the perpetrators were arrested before reaching their final statistic

Illustration: Mona Chalabi

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/20/muslim-terror-attacks-press-coverage-study

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'It hits you very quickly': Canada brews first cannabis beer

 

Entrepreneurs across the country are racing to capitalise on drug’s legalisation

 

Ashifa Kassam in Belleville

Sun 22 Jul 2018 12.41 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 15.38 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/it-hits-you-very-quickly-canada-brews-first-cannabis-beer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan

 

The local KKK leader thought he’d found an enthusiastic new recruit. In fact, he’d inadvertently signed up a black policeman. Ron Stallworth reveals the often hilarious saga that has now become a Spike Lee film

 

Stefanie Marsh

Sun 22 Jul 2018 10.00 BST

 

 

 

‘My sergeant would sometimes be laughing so hard that he’d have to excuse himself from the room’: Ron Stallworth

Photograph: Chris Chavez for the Observer

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/the-black-man-in-the-ku-klux-klan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles shooting: one dead after Trader Joe's hostage drama

 

Woman dies as police exchange gunfire with suspect who had crashed outside supermarket following car chase

 

Associated Press in Los Angeles

Sun 22 Jul 2018 06.05 BST

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/los-angeles-shooting-one-dead-after-hostage-drama-in-supermarket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The big heatwave: from Algeria to the Arctic. But what’s the cause?

 

Our hemisphere is having a baking summer – and it’s not just down to climate change

 

Robin McKie

Sun 22 Jul 2018 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/heatwave-northen-hemisphere-uk-algeria-canada-sweden-whats-the-cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia girl jailed for abortion after being raped by brother

 

15-year-old sentenced to six months for terminating pregnancy after six-week limit

 

Agence France-Presse in Jakarta

Sat 21 Jul 2018 14.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/21/indonesia-girl-jailed-for-abortion-after-being-raped-by-brother

 

 

 

 

 

Nine activists defending the Earth from violent assault

 

On a planet of billions, nine represent the strong minority battling murder in the global corruption of land rights

 

 

Jonathan Watts

Sat 21 Jul 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Sat 21 Jul 2018 19.34 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/21/defending-earth-violence-murder-activists-land-corruption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report: FCA's Marchionne in extremely serious condition

 

The Detroit News

Published 5:20 p.m. UTC Jul 22, 2018

 

 

 

Sergio Marchionne. former CEO of Fiat Chrysler, is reported to be in serious condition in a Swiss hospital

Clive Mason, Getty Images

 

 

 

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/chrysler/2018/07/22/marchionne-serious-condition-fiat-chrysler/815976002/

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Discovered: Milky Way's long-lost galactic sibling

 

The M32 galaxy was shredded and consumed by our closest neighbour, Andromeda, scientists say

 

 

Mon 23 Jul 2018 16.00 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Jul 2018 16.25 BST

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

 

 

Andromeda aka M31, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It lies about 2.5m light years from Earth

Photograph: Péter Feltóti/Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018/National Maritime Museum

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/23/discovered-milky-way-long-lost-galactic-sibling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of women and children joining Isis 'significantly underestimated'

 

Experts say women returning from fighting in Syria and Iraq pose specific security threat

 

Mon 23 Jul 2018 17.00 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Jul 2018 17.09 BST

By  Nadia Khomami

 

 

 

An Islamic State fighter in Syria. The ICSR report said 850 British citizens became affiliated with Isis in Iraq and Syria, including 145 women and 50 minors

Photograph: Uncredited/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/number-of-women-and-children-joining-isis-significantly-underestimated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tesla shares drop after embarrassing memo leaks

 

Shares dropped almost 5% after the automaker was reported to have asked US suppliers for refunds, unnerving some investors

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Mon 23 Jul 2018 17.03 BST

 

 

Elon Musk unveils the Roadster 2 during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, on 16 November 2017

Photograph: HANDOUT/Reuters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIY 3D-printed guns get go-ahead after Trump administration strikes court deal

 

Campaigner hails start of ‘age of the downloadable gun’ after state department reaches settlement with software designer

 

 

Mon 23 Jul 2018 14.19 BST

Jamiles Lartey in New York

 

 

 

 

Cody Wilson poses with a ‘Liberator’ 3D-printed gun

Photograph: Cody Wilson

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/23/3d-printed-guns-court-settlement-trump-administration-cody-wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woman has close call as 100kg stone falls from Western Wall

 

Israeli authorities blame erosion after masonry lands at 79-year-old worshipper’s feet

 

 

Reuters

Mon 23 Jul 2018 14.51 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Jul 2018 16.46 BST

 

 

 

A section of the Western Wall where one of the stones dislodged and crashed into the prayer area

Photograph: Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/woman-has-close-call-as-100kg-boulder-crashes-from-western-wall#img-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Greece wildfires: scores dead as holiday resort devastated

 

Death toll rises to 74 as Red Cross official says 26 people died as they huddled together on beach in Mati

 

Helena Smith in Athens, Sam Jones and Martin Farrer

Tue 24 Jul 2018 16.04 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/greeks-urged-to-leave-homes-as-wildfires-spread-near-athens

 

 

 

 

 

Heathrow boss demands Americans be allowed to use e-gates

 

‘No reason to treat a passenger from the US differently to one from Lithuania’

 

 

Tue 24 Jul 2018 13.50 BST

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

 

 

Immigration and passport control at Heathrow airport

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/24/heathrow-boss-demands-americans-be-allowed-to-use-e-gates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trader Joe's shooting: employee who died was shot by LAPD officer

 

As two officers fired back at the suspect, one round went through victim Melyda Corado’s arm and into her body

 

Associated Press in Los Angeles

Tue 24 Jul 2018 17.55 BST

 

 

A Trader Joe’s employee posts a message at a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk outside the Silver Lake Trader Joe’s store in Los Angeles on 23 July

Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My terrifying deep dive into one of Russia's largest hacking forums

 

I spent three weeks studying FreeHacks, one of the dark web’s biggest platform for hackers. From passports to credit cards, nothing is safe

 

 

Tue 24 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 24 Jul 2018 14.38 BST

By  Dylan Curran

 

 

 

 

‘I spent three weeks studying and translating FreeHacks, one of the largest hacking forums on the internet.’

Photograph: screengrab

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/24/darknet-dark-web-hacking-forum-internet-safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Unprecedented' Japan heatwave kills 65 people in a week

 

Another 22,647 taken to hospital as record-breaking weather is declared a natural disaster

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Tue 24 Jul 2018 12.01 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/unprecedented-japan-heatwave-kills-65-people-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eleven babies die after Dutch women given Viagra in drug trial

 

Research halted as 10 to 15 other participants wait to see if their children affected

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Tue 24 Jul 2018 14.06 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/eleven-babies-die-dutch-women-viagra-drug-trial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£10m ($13.13M) Giotto painting illegally removed from Italy, high court finds

 

Arts Council England justified in rejecting application to export it from UK to Switzerland

 

Dalya Alberge

Tue 24 Jul 2018 17.57 BST Last modified on Tue 24 Jul 2018 18.46 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/24/10m-giotto-painting-illegally-removed-from-italy-high-court-finds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why is Europe going through a heatwave?

 

Scientists say this ‘extreme’ weather in the northern hemisphere may soon be the norm

 

Adam Vaughan

Tue 24 Jul 2018 15.38 BST Last modified on Tue 24 Jul 2018 18.45 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/24/why-is-europe-going-through-a-heatwave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian refugees admitted to US down more than 50% under Trump

 

Trump’s harsh immigration policies extend even to a group of people he promised to protect – the number of Muslim refugees has fallen ever farther

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Tue 24 Jul 2018 16.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/christian-refugees-fall-under-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump officials may allow 'shaker machines' to search arctic refuge for oil

 

Seismic testing plan would cause irreparable harm to Alaska national wildlife refuge, biologists say

 

Brendan Jones in Sitka, Alaska

Tue 24 Jul 2018 10.00 BST

 

 

Polar bear cubs play in a snow drift at the Arctic national wildlife refuge

Photograph: Steven Kazlowski / Barcroft Medi

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/24/alaska-national-wildlife-refuge-seismic-testing-trump-plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse

 

Silicon Valley’s elite are hatching plans to escape disaster – and when it comes, they’ll leave the rest of us behind

 

 

Douglas Rushkoff for Medium

Tue 24 Jul 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

‘The Event was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, virus, or hack that takes everything down.’

Illustration: Matt Huynh

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swedish student's dramatic plane protest stops man's deportation 'to hell'

 

Elin Ersson refused to take her seat on flight at Gothenburg airport until man being sent to Afghanistan was removed

 

David Crouch in Gothenburg

Wed 25 Jul 2018 02.20 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/25/swedish-student-plane-protest-stops-mans-deportation-afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

Swedish plane protester Elin Ersson: ‘I knew I couldn't back down – I had to do what I could'

 

A video of the student’s attempt to stop a man being deported to Afghanistan has gone viral. She explains why she took a stand

 

 

Wed 25 Jul 2018 12.30 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Jul 2018 12.39 BST

Emine Saner

 

 

 

 

Elin Ersson: ‘I had a mission to fulfil.’

Photograph: Facebook

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/25/swedish-plane-protester-elin-ersson-interview-afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sergio Marchionne, 'saviour' of Fiat and Chrysler, dies aged 66

 

Boss known for swift action ‘made Fiat more successful and a little less Italian’

 

 

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Wed 25 Jul 2018 13.13 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Jul 2018 14.03 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/ivanka-trump-company-shut-down-close-nordstrom-line-poor-performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blood moon 2018: follow the lunar eclipse – live

 

When to see the red moon and tips on the best way to view it, as we track the eclipse from Australia, India, the Middle East, east Africa and Europe

 

Jessica McKay

Fri 27 Jul 2018 21.41 BST First published on Fri 27 Jul 2018 18.29 BST

 

Key events

 

• 2h ago What is the best way to view the lunar eclipse?
• 3h ago Share your blood moon photographs
• 3h ago What time can you see the eclipse?

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2018/jul/27/blood-moon-2018-follow-lunar-eclipse-live

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Colombian cartel places $7,000 bounty on talented police dog

 

Gulf Clan offered reward for death or capture of German shepherd Sombra  (shadow) after she sniffed out over 2,000 kilos of cocaine

 

Associated Press in Bogotá

Fri 27 Jul 2018 17.42 BST

 

 

Sombra sits outside a police station in Bogotá, Colombia on 26 July

Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/27/colombia-gulf-clan-usugas-bounty-sombra-police-dog

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Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

 

InfoWars owner found to have violated social network’s community standards

 

Alex Hern and agencies

Fri 27 Jul 2018 13.40 BST

 

 

Alex Jones will not be able to post content to pages on Facebook for 30 days

Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/27/facebook-suspends-us-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones

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Death of 10-year-old girl prompts first FGM prosecution in Somalia's history

 

Campaigners say investigation into case of girl who bled to death marks a ‘defining moment’ for country

 

Kate Hodal

Thu 26 Jul 2018 14.22 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Jul 2018 15.24 BST

 

 

 

The blades and anti-bleeding powder used in female genital mutilation, which is carried out on the vast majority of women and girls in Somalia

Photograph: Georgina Goodwin/UNFPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jul/26/first-fgm-prosecution-in-somalia-history-death-10-year-old-girl

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Pope accepts McCarrick resignation as cardinal amid sexual abuse allegations

 

Former archbishop of Washington DC stands down

 

Allegations concern sex abuse with minors and young men

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sat 28 Jul 2018 13.49 BST

 

 

Theodore McCarrick has been removed from public ministry since 20 June

Photograph: Robert Franklin/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/28/pope-mccarrick-resignation-cardinal-sex-abuse-scandal