Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

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19 June

Europe’s democrats must unite to prevent a far-right takeover

 

EU liberal values face a direct threat from populist nationalist forces. The democratic-minded have a clear choice to make

 

Tue 19 Jun 2018 19.01 BST Last modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 20.38 BST

By  Natalie Nougayrède

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/19/europe-progressive-far-right-eu-liberal

 

 

 

US quits UN human rights council – 'a cesspool of political bias'

 

Nikki Haley says council is ‘protector of human rights abusers’ that targets Israel in particular and ignores atrocities elsewhere

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 19 Jun 2018 23.39 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/us-quits-un-human-rights-council-cesspool-political-bias

 

 

 

 

 

Child separations: Trump faces extreme backlash from public and his own party

 

Reaction to policy disquiets Republicans facing re-election

 

David Smith in Washington and Tom Phillips in Mexico City

Tue 19 Jun 2018 19.23 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/19/child-separation-camps-trump-border-policy-backlash-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary steps up anti-immigration stance with plans for NGO tax

 

Government also resubmits bill to criminalise those deemed to be helping illegal immigration

 

Reuters

Tue 19 Jun 2018 19.13 BST Last modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 19.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/hungary-anti-immigration-plans-ngo-tax-orban-bill-criminalise-aid

 

 

 

 

Nato chief warns over future of transatlantic relationship

 

Exclusive: Jens Stoltenberg says US and Europe must work to avoid breakdown in western unity

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Tue 19 Jun 2018 11.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/transatlantic-relationship-at-risk-says-nato-chief

 

 

 

 

 

'Commie cadet' who wore Che Guevara T-shirt kicked out of US army

 

West Point graduate Spenser Rapone’s views raised red flags after he posted the message ‘communism will win’ on Twitter

 

Associated Press in Watertown, New York

Tue 19 Jun 2018 13.15 BST

 

 

Spenser Rapone raises his left fist while displaying a sign inside his hat after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/19/west-point-commie-cadet-us-army-socialist-views-red-flags

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU to consider plans for migrant processing centres in north Africa

 

Leaked draft document says idea could ‘reduce incentive for perilous journeys’

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, and Jon Henley

Tue 19 Jun 2018 15.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/eu-migrant-processing-centres-north-africa-refugees

 

 

 

 

Pentagon cancels Freedom Guardian military drill with South Korea

 

Exercise planned for August put on hold while US and North Korea continue denuclearisation talks

 

Justin McCurry and agencies in Seoul

Tue 19 Jun 2018 03.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/pentagon-cancels-freedom-guardian-military-drill-with-south-korea

 

 

 

 

Urgent need to prepare for manmade virus attacks, says US government report

 

Report warns that swift progress in our ability to manufacture viruses is making us vulnerable to biological attacks

 

 

Tue 19 Jun 2018 17.26 BST

Ian Sample Science editor

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/19/urgent-need-to-prepare-for-manmade-virus-attacks-says-us-government-report

 

 

 

 

 

The US is no longer a 'safe' country for refugees – and Canada is complicit

 

The Trump administration’s horrifying child separation policy demands that Canada scrap the Safe Third Country Agreement

 

Andray Domise

Tue 19 Jun 2018 16.32 BST Last modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 18.44 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/19/canada-safe-third-country-policy-us-no-longer-safe

 

 

 

 

 

Is it time for me – and other ‘expats’ – to leave the US?

 

Because I have a British passport, I am considered the ‘right’ sort of foreigner. But it feels unethical to help fund a regime that is becoming increasingly totalitarian

 

Tue 19 Jun 2018 12.16 BST Last modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 17.55 BST

By  Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/19/is-it-time-for-me-and-other-expats-to-leave-the-us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Angela Davis: “Education must not be sacrificed at the altar of profit”

 

June 19, 2018 12:54 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/angela-davis-education-must-not-be-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-profit/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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20 June

 

Trump administration considering end to family separation policy, reports say – live

 

Fox News says Trump is considering ending practice while Associated Press reports homeland security department is considering its own order

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Wed 20 Jun 2018 16.44 BST

 

Key events

• 47m ago White House considering ending family separation - report
• 2h ago Former immigration official: 'Permanent separation. It happens'
• 2h ago Nationwide day of action slated for 30 June

 

Live feed

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/jun/20/tender-age-trump-children-separations-detention-shelters-latest-news-updates-live

 

 

 

 

 

Drowned, restrained, shot: how these migrants died for a better life

 

We may never know the life stories of the many thousands who died trying to reach Europe. But this is a tiny snapshot of some of the names on the List

 

Holly Watt, Diane Taylor and Mark Rice-Oxley

Wed 20 Jun 2018 06.01 BST

 

 

Case studies … from left: Rubel Ahmed, Joy Gardner, Alan Kurdi

Composite: PA, AP

 

 

More pics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/drowned-restrained-shot-life-stories-migrants-case-studies

 

 

 

Manu or Mr President? Macron’s double standards show his lack of cool

 

The president’s cutting response to a well-meaning teenager must leave French youth wondering whether he is friend or foe

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 13.10 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 14.56 BST

By  Pauline Bock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/20/president-macron-double-standards-france

 

 

 

 

 

US lobbyist for Russian oligarch visited Julian Assange nine times last year

 

It is unclear whether Adam Waldman’s 2017 visits had connection to Oleg Deripaska

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Luke Harding

Wed 20 Jun 2018 11.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/20/us-lobbyist-for-russian-oligarch-visited-julian-assange-nine-times-last-year

 

 

 

 

EU rebuked for €36bn ($41.73B) refugee pushback gambit

 

Bloc hikes funds for Africa by 20% but reports highlight rights breaches and lack of accountability

 

Patrick Wintour

Wed 20 Jun 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 08.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/eu-increases-africa-spending-as-studies-criticise-anti-migration-efforts

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary passes anti-immigrant 'Stop Soros' laws

 

Legislation approved by parliament restricts ability of NGOs to help in asylum claims

 

Reuters in Budapest

Wed 20 Jun 2018 15.06 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 15.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/hungary-passes-anti-immigrant-stop-soros-laws

 

 

 

Viktor Orban....The (proud) rapist of Democracy.......

 

It's somehow tragicomical ....He's a fierce opponent of George Soros.......Well....He did go to study at Pembroke College in Oxford, UK  with a scholarship provided by Soros.....

 

He (Orban) is indeed a Master of Fight  ( aka MF.... )...EU should kick him out.....Now he even wants to change Hungary's Constitution and make it more fit to his own stances...A true Democratic leader

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orbán

 

 

 

 

 

European leaders to attend emergency 'mini-summit' on migration

 

Sunday’s meeting could determine future of Germany’s coalition government, which is divided over issue

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 13.02 BST

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/european-leaders-to-attend-emergency-mini-summit-on-migration

 

 

 

 

 

High risk, high return: how Europe's policies play into the hands of people-smugglers

 

The EU crackdown on human smuggling has only served to accelerate the cycle of desperate journeys, making them more perilous than ever – while enriching those who peddle dreams of a new life

 

Thomas Spijkerboer

Wed 20 Jun 2018 06.01 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 11.04 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/jun/20/how-europe-policies-accelerate-people-smuggling

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's 34,361 and rising: how the List tallies Europe's migrant bodycount

 

The deaths do not just occur at sea – but in detention blocks, asylum units and even town centres. Here’s how the List is put together

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

by Niamh McIntyre and Mark Rice-Oxley, graphics by Niko Kommenda and Pablo Gutiérrez

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/the-list-europe-migrant-bodycount

 

 

 

 

 

EU votes for copyright law that would make internet a 'tool for control'

 

MEPs defy warnings from internet pioneers, civil liberties groups and commercial interests

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 20 Jun 2018 12.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/eu-votes-for-copyright-law-that-would-make-internet-a-tool-for-control

 

 

 

'Trump is 100% right': David Horowitz, the thinker who sponsored Stephen Miller

 

The president owns the family separation policy but it is driven by a White House adviser whose mentor was once a star of the left

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 16.34 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 16.43 BST

By  Tom McCarthy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/donald-trump-david-horowitz-stephen-miller-family-separation-border-policy

 

 

 

 

 

Defense contractors shouldn't be in the childcare business. Must that be said?

 

Our toxic immigration policies exploit children – for the sake of a lucrative cottage industry

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 13.43 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 15.12 BST

By  Matthew L Kolken

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/20/defense-contractors-childcare-business-us-border

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's family separation policy is as damaging to America as Abu Ghraib

 

The torture of detainees at the Iraqi prison shattered America’s image as a defender of human rights – and separating families only further undermines it

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 15.58 BST

By  Michael H Fuchs

 

 

 

 

‘It is difficult to imagine something crueler than taking a child away from parents.’

Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/trump-border-policy-family-separation-abu-ghraib

 

 

 

 

 

Ivanka Trump Urges Her Dad To End Family Separations But Stays Silent Publicly

Meanwhile, more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents at the border in the last month.

 

 

By Willa Frej

06/20/2018 05:50 am ET

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-family-separation_us_5b2a0bd5e4b0f0b9e9a6c7a1

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Donald Trump signs executive order to end family separations

 

President says ‘we’re going to keep families together’ after facing huge backlash for his ‘zero tolerance’ stance

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington and Oliver Laughland in McAllen, Texas

Wed 20 Jun 2018 20.29 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/donald-trump-pledges-to-end-family-separations-by-executive-order

 

 

 

 

'Womp womp': Corey Lewandowski on border separation of girl with Down's syndrome

 

Trump’s ex-campaign manager refused to apologize for dismissing the seriousness of removal of girl from her mother

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 16.38 BST

Amanda Holpuch

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/corey-lewandowski-womp-womp-girl-with-downs-syndrome-family-separated-border-video

 

 

[umbertino]

Supreme Court punts on Wisconsin gerrymandering case

 

June 19, 2018 10:26 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Republican state Sens. Dan Soucek, left, and Brent Jackson, right, review maps during a meeting of The Senate Redistricting Committee at the N.C. General Assembly, in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 16, 2016. An Associated Press analysis found traditional battlegrounds such as Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, and Virginia were among those with significant Republican advantages in their U.S. or state House races in 2016. | Corey Lowenstein, The News & Observer via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/supreme-court-punts-on-wisconsin-gerrymandering-case/

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin still waiting for courts to protect its voters

 

June 20, 2018 1:02 PM CDT By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/wisconsin-still-waiting-for-courts-to-protect-its-voters/

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Korea shouldn’t have nukes — and neither should we

 

June 18, 2018 12:39 PM CDT By PW Reader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/north-korea-shouldnt-have-nukes-and-neither-should-we/

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21 June

 

EU is getting ready for no-deal Brexit, says Jean-Claude Juncker

 

European commission president says bloc must prepare for worst outcome

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Thu 21 Jun 2018 18.03 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/21/eu-is-getting-ready-for-no-deal-brexit-says-jean-claude-juncker

 

 

Melania Trump makes surprise visit to child detention center at border

 

First lady visits US-Mexico border a day after after Donald Trump signed executive order to end family separations

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 17.52 BST

Lauren Gambino in Washington

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/melania-trump-family-child-separation-detention-centre-visit-surprise

 

 

 

 

Sara Netanyahu charged with fraud over catering allegations

 

Israeli PM’s wife accused of misusing public funds to buy in food from restaurants

 

Peter Beaumont

Thu 21 Jun 2018 14.52 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jun 2018 17.35 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/sara-netanyahu-charged-misuse-public-funds-israel

 

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James Comey: 'You stare at children crying – what kind of people are we?’

 

Would Hillar.y Clinton be in the White House – and the world a better place – if not for the former FBI director? He talks conscience, regret, and why the US public will vote Trump out

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

By  Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/james-comey-yes-the-rule-of-law-is-in-danger-in-america

 

 

 

 

 

UK: The radical lessons of a year reporting on knife crime

 

At the end of our award-winning series, it’s clear that fixing the problem will require political will and a dramatic new approach. But our politicians are still reacting to tabloid headlines instead of facts

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

By Gary Younge

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/jun/21/radical-lessons-knife-crime-beyond-the-blade

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: Canada uses massive US anti-terrorist database at borders

 

Documents released to the Guardian show Tuscan contains more than 680,000 names provided to every border guard

 

Database is effectively a second Canadian no-fly list, run by the US

 

 

Justin Ling in Toronto

Thu 21 Jun 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/canada-us-tuscan-anti-terrorist-database-at-borders

 

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EU admits no African country has agreed to host migration centre

 

Plan to prevent deaths at sea revealed as Italy cries foul over summit called to help Germany

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Patrick Wintour

Thu 21 Jun 2018 14.12 BST

 

 

Refugees shout for help after a boat capsized off Italy last year

Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/eu-admits-no-african-country-has-agreed-to-host-migration-centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Pruitt spent $1,500 of taxpayer money on fancy pants

 

It’s not the only big purchase he and other Trump administration figures have made

 

Arwa Mahdawi in New York

Thu 21 Jun 2018 20.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/scott-pruitt-tactical-pants-taxpayer-spending-scandals

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

The future of politics will be dominated by migration

 

Catriona Jarvis responds to the Guardian’s ‘list’ of 34,361 migrant deaths over the past 25 years; Colin Hines offers a progressive agenda to tackle the migration crisis; plus letters from Woody Caan, Derek Matthews, Eric Goodyer and Joe McCarthy

 

Letters

Thu 21 Jun 2018 17.58 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jun 2018 20.33 BST

 

 

 

Migrants arrive by raft on the Greek island of Chios. ‘We need a new approach to the so-called called migration problem, based on a fairer distribution of where the world’s wealth is spent,’ writes Eric Goodyer. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/the-future-of-politics-will-be-dominated-by-migration

 

 

 

 

 

Mini-summit on migration unlikely to heal European rifts

 

With differences so deep it is hard to see progress being made at Sunday’s meeting

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 15.49 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jun 2018 18.00 BST

Jon Henley European affairs correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/mini-summit-on-migration-unlikely-to-heal-european-rifts

 

 

 

 

 

Nikki Haley blasts damning UN report on US poverty under Trump

 

US ambassador dismissed report as ‘misleading and politically motivated’ days announcing the US is pulling out of human rights council

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 21.39 BST

Ed Pilkington in Geneva

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/nikki-haley-un-poverty-report-misleading-politically-motivated

 

 

 

 

 

Supreme court rules states can collect sales tax from online retailers

 

Court overturns pre-internet ruling that had allowed many internet businesses to avoid paying the duties

 

Associated Press

Thu 21 Jun 2018 16.15 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jun 2018 16.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/jun/21/supreme-court-rules-states-can-collect-sales-tax-from-online-retailers

 

 

 

 

 

National Enquirer publisher subpoenaed in Michael Cohen inquiry

 

Federal prosecutors are investigating Cohen’s links to $150,000 paid to Playboy model alleging Trump affair

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 03.57 BST

Tom McCarthy in Washington

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/national-enquirer-michael-cohen-karen-mcdougal-subpoena

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22 June

 

Bourbon and Levi's prices to rise as EU enforces tariffs on US

 

Retaliatory measure will add up to £200m ($265.64M) per year to cost of consumer goods arriving in UK

 

Richard Partington

Fri 22 Jun 2018 14.55 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/22/bourbon-levis-prices-rise-eu-enforces-tariffs-us

 

 

 

 

 

High court backs UK’s refusal to issue gender-neutral passports

 

Activist claims non-gendered people are being deprived of their ‘legitimate identity’

 

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 12.22 BST

Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/high-court-backs-uk-refusal-to-issue-gender-neutral-passports

 

 

 

 

 

Demagogues and charlatans are stoking fear, says Joe Biden

 

Former US vice-president compares situation with 1930s as migration convulses politics

 

Patrick Wintour in Copenhagen

Fri 22 Jun 2018 13.47 BS

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/joe-biden-demagogues-charlatans-are-stoking-fear

 

 

 

 

 

Theresa May's brutal family separations would make Trump blush

 

Ripping children and parents apart has long been a specialty of Britain’s cruel immigration system – as I know too well

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 12.46 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 16.07 BST

By  Satbir Singh

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/theresa-mays-family-separations-trump-children-britain-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary is making a mockery of ‘EU values’. It’s time to kick it out

 

Criminalising help for refugees is a sign of Viktor Orbán’s growing authoritarianism. Europe cannot afford to ignore it

 

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 11.50 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 14.42 BST

Owen Jones

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/hungary-eu-values-refugees-viktor-orban

 

 

Totally agreed

 

 

 

 

 

Airbus has delivered a body blow to Brexit Britain. It won’t be the last

 

Forget Brexiteer fantasies: where in the Commonwealth will Liam Fox find buyers for plane wings made in north Wales?

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 15.09 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 15.30 BST

By  Aditya Chakrabortty

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/airbus-brexit-britain-commonwealth-plane-wings-north-wales

 

 

 

 

 

 

Litvinenko widow threatens to sue RT over 'libellous' claims

 

RT and another pro-Kremlin channel alleged her husband was murdered by a close friend

 

Luke Harding

Fri 22 Jun 2018 12.06 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 15.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/litvinenko-widow-threatens-sue-rt-libellous-claims

 

 

 

 

 

Melania Trump wears 'I don't care' jacket on way to child detention center

 

The first lady appeared to be wearing a Zara jacket with the astonishing caption: ‘I really don’t care. Do U?’

 

Sam Wolfson

Fri 22 Jun 2018 09.19 BST First published on Thu 21 Jun 2018 20.22 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/melania-trump-jacket-i-dont-care-child-detention-center-visit-clothes

 

 

 

 

 

Trump: Republicans should 'stop wasting their time on immigration'

 

President: Democrats telling ‘phony stories of sadness and grief’

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington and Martin Pengelly in New York

Fri 22 Jun 2018 15.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/donald-trump-republicans-immigration-house-senate-red-wave-separations-dreamers

 

 

 

Greece 'turning a page' as eurozone agrees deal to end financial crisis

 

Athens hails agreement to give country access to markets in August after final bailout

 

Jon Henley, Daniel Boffey in Brussels, and Helena Smith in Athens

Fri 22 Jun 2018 14.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/eurozone-greece-financial-crisis-deal

 

 

 

Leader of Romania's ruling party sentenced for corruption

 

Liviu Dragnea, of the Social Democratic party, expected to appeal after being handed three-and-a-half-year sentence

 

Andrew MacDowall

Thu 21 Jun 2018 21.11 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jun 2018 21.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/leader-of-romanias-ruling-party-sentenced-for-corruption

 

 

 

 

 

Why Trump's immigration crackdown won't stem flow of Central Americans

 

The majority of migrants from a trio of countries are fleeing grinding poverty or the rampant gang and drug-related violence

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Fri 22 Jun 2018 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/21/why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-wont-stem-flow-of-central-americans

 

 

 

Rule of law 'virtually absent' in Venezuela, UN report says

 

Government forces carry out killings with impunity

 

‘Credible, shocking’ reports of unlawful killings of young men

 

Reuters in Geneva

Fri 22 Jun 2018 16.13 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/venezuela-rule-of-law-virtually-absent-un-report

 

 

 

Rise of xenophobia is fanning immigration flames in EU and US

 

Populists are exploiting citizens’ fears while ignoring root causes of migration crises

 

Simon Tisdall

Fri 22 Jun 2018 12.56 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 14.36 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/as-immigration-crisis-explodes-xenophobes-gain-ground-in-eu

 

 

 

 

 

Libya turmoil a hurdle for EU's north Africa migration centre plan

 

Fighting for Libyan oil terminals highlights obstacles, ahead of emergency EU meeting on migration crisis

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Fri 22 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/libya-turmoil-a-hurdle-for-eus-north-africa-migration-centre-plan

 

 

 

Greg Clark: securing free movement for UK workers in EU is vital

 

Curbing movement could be as bad for economy as hard trade border, says business secretary

 

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 11.27 BST

Jessica Elgot Political correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/22/greg-clark-free-movement-uk-workers-eu-vital-brexit

 

 

 

 

 

Bully-boy Erdoğan is a threat to Turkey – and the world

 

The Turkish president is a dictator in all but name. Turkish voters should kick him out

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 08.02 BST

By  Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/erdogan-turkey-elections-middle-east-syria

 

 

 

 

Dear Europe, if you want to stop Trump, sanction his companies

 

Trump can easily weather broad sanctions on the US economy. But sanctions targeting his own companies will sting in a way that he cannot ignore

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 13.40 BST

By  Keith Ellison

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/europe-trump-sanction-companies

 

 

 

 

 

Time magazine puts Trump opposite sobbing child on cover

 

Amid anger over separations, image depicts president and crying two-year-old next to the caption ‘Welcome to America’

 

Hannah Ellis-Petersen

Fri 22 Jun 2018 04.35 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/time-magazine-puts-trump-opposite-sobbing-child-on-cover

 

 

 

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The fight against racist and political repression continues 45 years later

 

June 21, 2018 2:01 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

 

Angela Davis | Earchiel Johnson/PW

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-fight-against-racist-and-political-repression-continues-45-years-later/

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Take me home, West Virginia: Mountain state teachers celebrate in DC

 

June 22, 2018 10:44 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Ross D. Franklin/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/take-me-home-west-virginia-mountain-state-teachers-celebrate-in-dc/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump raids at Ohio meat plants round up union workers

 

June 21, 2018 11:53 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

Government agents stand guard alongside suspects taken into custody during an immigration sting at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center in Castalia. U.S. immigration agents made more than 100 arrests June 5 at a gardening and landscaping company, aided by about 200 law enforcement workers in one of the largest employer stings in recent years. Two weeks later, on June 19, more than 100 workers were arrested at Fresh Mark’s meat processing plant in Salem, in northeastern Ohio, following a yearlong immigration investigation. | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-raids-at-ohio-meat-plants-round-up-union-workers/

 

 

 

 

 

The struggle for democracy continues: German and American perspectives

 

June 22, 2018 12:41 PM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-struggle-for-democracy-continues-german-and-american-perspectives/

 

 

 

 

 

Trump asks for clemency suggestions, NFL players demand change

 

June 22, 2018 1:48 PM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

 

On left, NFL player Malcolm Jenkins, who sent a response to Trump, when the President asked the NFL to recommend names of people that he should pardon. | Josh Reynolds/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-asks-for-clemency-suggestions-nfl-players-demand-change/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump blasted for plan to merge Labor and Ed departments

 

June 22, 2018 2:06 PM CDT By PAI

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-blasted-for-plan-to-merge-labor-and-ed-departments/

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(Legal) Migrant shot 'for fun' in Naples

UNHCR blasts climate of intolerance

 

Redazione ANSA Naples

22 June 201814:44 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/06/22/migrant-shot-for-fun-in-naples-3_4275c833-17b0-40eb-887a-42391d2ecaa7.html

 

 

That's the climate YOU  contributed so much to create.....Congrats Mr. Salvini ( Minister of the Interior Affairs)...You should really be proud of yourself........

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23 June

 

Zimbabwe president survives apparent assassination attempt

 

Emmerson Mnangagwa not injured following explosion at stadium during election rally

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Sat 23 Jun 2018 16.29 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/zimbabwe-explosion-rocks-stadium-rally-president-emmerson-mnangagwa

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-Brexit protest: estimated 100,000 march two years after vote

 

People’s Vote demonstration in London culminates with speeches in Parliament Square

 

Lisa O'Carroll and Damien Gayle

Sat 23 Jun 2018 14.01 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/23/brexit-protest-two-years-after-referendum

 

 

 

Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders ejected from Virginia restaurant

 

Red Hen in Lexington at centre of social media storm

 

Sanders says asked to leave ‘because I work for POTUS’

 

 

Sat 23 Jun 2018 16.45 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/23/trump-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-ejected-virginia-restaurant-red-hen-lexington

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Manafort lawyers want mention of Trump banned in Virginia trial

 

Former campaign chair faces tax and bank fraud charges

 

Attorneys claim limits to Robert Mueller’s mandate

 

Associated Press in Alexandria, Virginia

Sat 23 Jun 2018 15.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/23/paul-manafort-lawyers-donald-trump-banned-virginia-trial

 

 

 

 

Just election in Turkey not possible, says imprisoned Kurdish candidate

 

From prison cell in Edirne, Selahattin Demirtaş urges citizens to vote against one-man rule by Erdoğan

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Sat 23 Jun 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/just-election-turkey-not-possible-imprisoned-candidate-demirtas-erdogan

 

 

 

Trump-Putin meeting will follow Bolton trip to Moscow, says Pompeo

 

Secretary of state tells MSNBC meeting likely soon

 

US and Russia ‘trying to find overlapping interests’

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/23/trump-putin-meeting-bolton-moscow-pompeo

 

 

 

 

 

Katie Arrington: Republican congressional hopeful seriously hurt in car crash

 

State representative who beat Mark Sanford in primary sustains back fracture, broken ribs and partially collapsed artery in leg

 

Associated Press in Charleston, South Carolina

Sat 23 Jun 2018 16.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/23/katie-arrington-republican-congressional-candidate

 

 

 

UK ‘hides extent of arms sales to Saudi Arabia’

 

Campaigners say licences for ‘less sensitive goods’ are being used for bombs that hit civilian targets in Yemen

 

Jamie Doward

Sat 23 Jun 2018 15.47 BST Last modified on Sat 23 Jun 2018 18.15 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/uk-hides-arms-trade-saudi-arabia--yemen

 

 

 

 

 

How family separations caused Trump's first retreat – and deepened his bunker mentality

 

Besieged by negative press over pictures of frightened children, the president backed off. But his allies remain and the party is still his to command

 

 

Sat 23 Jun 2018 13.12 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/23/donald-trump-family-separations-border-republicans-executive-order

 

 

 

 

 

Jogger accidentally crosses US border from Canada and is held for two weeks

 

Teenager Cedella Roman was visiting from France

 

Evening run along beach led to two-week detention nightmare

 

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 20.18 BST

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/jogger-detained-us-border-cedella-roman-immigration-ordeal

 

 

 

 

 

Vatican diplomat admits he possessed child abuse images

 

Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella tells court he developed ‘morbid’ desire

 

Reuters in Vatican City

Fri 22 Jun 2018 22.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/vatican-diplomat-admits-he-possessed-child-abuse-images

 

 

 

It is time to abolish Ice. It cannot be reformed

 

Ice was created as part of the response to 9/11. There is no fix for an agency that was designed tear families and communities apart with little oversight

 

Sat 23 Jun 2018 11.00 BST

By  Amy Gottlieb

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/23/it-is-time-to-abolish-ice-it-cannot-be-reformed

 

 

 

 

 

My immigration dystopia novel was called 'far-fetched'. Not anymore

 

In 2012, when my novel was published, readers felt sure it could never happen in the US. Now they’re calling it prescient

 

 

Sat 23 Jun 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Sat 23 Jun 2018 11.27 BST

By  Sabrina Vourvoulias

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/23/immigration-dystopia-border-detention

 

 

 

 

I invite white supremacy apologists to campus. Here's why

 

As a black man, I don’t need to be protected from offensive ideas. I’d rather hear them for myself — and challenge them

 

Zachary Wood

Sat 23 Jun 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 23 Jun 2018 18.19 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/23/uncomfortable-conversations-campus-zachary-wood

 

 

 

 

 

 

How the US has prepared for nuclear Armageddon – in pictures

 

Since the days of the Truman administration, American officials have planned how to keep the government functioning during a nuclear Armageddon........

 

Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Fri 22 Jun 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2018/jun/22/nuclear-armageddon-us-preparations-doomsday-war-in-pictures

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24 June

 

Voters rally behind Erdoğan’s rival as Turkey goes to the polls

 

The CHP’s popular Muharrem İnce could be a real threat to the long-term leader in Sunday’s elections

 

Kareem Shaheen

Sun 24 Jun 2018 08.14 BST Last modified on Sun 24 Jun 2018 08.37 BST

 

 

Supporters of Muharrem İnce, presidential candidate of Turkey’s main opposition CHP, hold a giant Turkish flag during an election rally in Ankara on 22 June

Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/turkey-elections-muharrem-ince-threat-to-president-erdogan

 

 

That's encouraging....Hopefully  Mr. Erdogan ( the dictator) will lose......Turkish People deserve better than that

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU leaders' migration summit offers lifeline to embattled Merkel

 

German chancellor in bitter dispute with conservatives at home over refugee policy

 

Jennifer Rankin

Sun 24 Jun 2018 09.57 BST Last modified on Sun 24 Jun 2018 09.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/eu-leaders-migration-summit-offers-lifeline-to-angela-merkel

 

 

 

 

 

Slaves knew 'the fearful anguish of broken hearts'. In Trump's America, migrants do too

 

Family separation was a key tactic of the 18th- and 19th-century slave trade. Now, another cruel regime has used it

 

Daina Ramey Berry

Sun 24 Jun 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sun 24 Jun 2018 11.51 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/family-separation-trump-migrants-slaves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would be stupid to think we have moved on from war. Look around

 

The distinguished historian, this year’s Reith lecturer, argues we can never be complacent about global conflict

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 12.00 BST

Margaret MacMillan

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/stupid-to-think-we-have-moved-on-from-war-look-around-reith-lectures

 

 

 

 

 

You're on your own, US tells Syrian rebels, as Assad goes on offensive

 

Russian jets make first foray into south-west as government ramps up campaign to regain strategic area

 

Reuters

Sun 24 Jun 2018 04.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/youre-on-your-own-us-tells-syrian-rebels-as-assad-goes-on-offensive

 

 

 

 

How can America call itself a Christian country if it treats children like this?

 

Bishop Michael Curry damns Trump’s immigration policy and its malign effects on families

 

Michael Curry

Sat 23 Jun 2018 21.00 BST Last modified on Sat 23 Jun 2018 21.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/23/michael-curry-how-can-america-call-itself-a-christian-country-if-it-treats-children-like-this

 

 

 

 

 

European leaders urged to guarantee safe ports for migrants

 

Charities warn that political standoff is costing lives as Italy refuses entry to another ship

 

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 12.20 BST

Sam Jones in Madrid

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/european-leaders-urged-to-guarantee-safe-ports-for-migrants

 

 

 

 

 

Saviour and sultan, ally and foe – west in a bind over Erdoğan

 

The tensions between the opposing views of Turkey’s president will not be resolved by the elections

 

Simon Tisdall

Sun 24 Jun 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 24 Jun 2018 09.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/saviour-sultan-ally-foe-west-in-bind-over-erdogan

 

 

 

 

 

Fraudsters ‘turning Dubai into the new Costa del Crime’

 

Emirate being used to hide millions in tax, say UK investigators

 

Margot Gibbs and Jamie Doward

Sun 24 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/fraudsters-turn-dubai-new-costa-del-crime

 

 

 

 

Chinese retaliatory tariffs aim to hit Trump in his electoral base

 

The president has claimed that trade wars are ‘easy to win’ but Beijing and the EU plan to hit back against states that elected him

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Sun 24 Jun 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/24/tariffs-trump-china-red-states-retaliation

 

 

 

 

Persecution of the Roma brings shame on Europe

 

Persecuted in the Holocaust, they are still the butt of widespread hatred and dehumanisation today

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 24 Jun 2018 09.32 BST

Kenan Malik

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/persecution-of-the-roma-brings-shame-on-europe

 

 

 

 

 

Is buying healthcare in groups the best option for small US businesses?

 

The labor department now allows small businesses to band together when purchasing insurance – but is it a viable choice?

 

Gene Marks

Sun 24 Jun 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/24/small-businesses-buy-health-insurance-groups

 

 

 

 

 

'Trump slump': gunmaker American Outdoor Brands hit by sharp sales drop

 

Firearms sales fall 40% for firm once called Smith & Wesson

 

Figures continue downward trend under pro-gun president

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Wed 20 Jun 2018 23.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/20/guns-american-outdoor-brands-sales-drop-smith-wesson

 

 

 

 

Trump flips on North Korea, declaring country still an 'extraordinary threat'

 

President extended the ‘national emergency’ for one year in an executive order, re-authorizing economic restrictions

 

AP in Washington

Sat 23 Jun 2018 10.10 BST First published on Fri 22 Jun 2018 23.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/trump-north-korea-extraordinary-threat-nuclear-program

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Turkey elections 2018: Erdoğan claims victory – live updates

 

Live results from parliamentary and presidential elections, with incumbent declaring victory in first round

 

Jon Henley

Sun 24 Jun 2018 21.31 BST First published on Sun 24 Jun 2018 14.03 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

• 49m ago Erdogan claims victory
• 3h ago Pro-Kurdish HDP to enter parliament
• 4h ago Turnout tops 87%
• 5h ago Erdoğan ahead in early counting
• 6h ago Polls close

 

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jun/24/turkey-elections-muharrem-ince-recep-tayyip-erdogan-polls-live-updates-2018

 

 

 

 

 

Trump stokes immigration chaos with call for summary deportations

 

President tweets demand for end to due process at border

 

DHS says it knows whereabouts of 2,053 separated children

 

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 18.33 BST

Jon Swaine in New York

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/24/trump-family-separations-children-immigration-dhs-texas

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t ignore the migrant boats just because they’re not landing here

 

Britain has a responsibility to refugees and Brexit won’t change that

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

By  David Miliband

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/dont-ignore-migrant-boats-just-because-they-are-not-landing-in-britain

 

 

 

 

Democrats are losing the millennial vote and need to change message

 

Young Americans are open and non-religious, but cool about gun control. The Democrats have to speak to their needs

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 13.00 BST Last modified on Sun 24 Jun 2018 21.12 BST

By  Cas Mudde

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/democrats-losing-millennial-vote-change-message

 

 

 

 

 

‘Our country is not a safe place’: why Salvadorans will still head for the US

 

Poverty and gang violence are driving an exodus, regardless of US asylum reforms

 

By Anna-Catherine Brigida and Heather Gies in San Salvador, El Salvador

Sun 24 Jun 2018 05.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/salvadorans-deported-from-us-facing-violence-fleeing-poverty

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25 June

Americans are world's most inclusive to immigrant citizens, global study finds

 

Three-quarters view immigrants who are citizens as ‘real Americans’, the most positive response in 27-country survey

 

Sam Wolfson

Mon 25 Jun 2018 15.08 BST First published on Mon 25 Jun 2018 14.45 BST

 

 

 

A US citizenship ceremony at the Federal Hall in New York

Photograph: Zuma/Rex Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/americans-most-inclusive-attitude-to-immigrants-global-study-finds

 

 

 

 

 

Give Angela Merkel more time to set up EU migrant deals, say allies

 

CDU rallies round German chancellor after minister threatens to reject migrants registered in another EU state

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 13.32 BST

Philip Oltermann

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/give-angela-merkel-more-time-to-set-up-bilateral-eu-migrant-deals-say-allies-cdu-germany

 

 

 

 

 

Nine EU states sign off on joint military intervention force

 

Initiative is backed by the UK which will be allowed to participate after Brexit

 

Daniel Boffey in Luxembourg

Mon 25 Jun 2018 09.41 BST

 

 

 

MEPs vote to activate sanction process against Hungary

 

Ministers opt to launch procedure over rule of law violations under Viktor Orbán

 

Jennifer Rankin

Mon 25 Jun 2018 14.40 BST First published on Mon 25 Jun 2018 12.28 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/mep-european-parliament-vote-eu-sanction-hungary-viktor-orban

 

 

 

 

'Tourists go home, refugees welcome': why Barcelona chose migrants over visitors

 

Increasingly it is tourism, not immigrants, that Barcelonans see as a threat to their city, though numbers of both have skyrocketed in recent years

 

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Mon 25 Jun 2018 07.15 BST

 

 

Graffiti at Park Güell in Barcelona reflects local feelings about the overwhelming number of tourists in the city

Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jun/25/tourists-go-home-refugees-welcome-why-barcelona-chose-migrants-over-visitors

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-Nato chief refused visa waiver to US because of Iran trips

 

Javier Solana, architect of Iran nuclear deal, will have to apply for visa if he wants to revisit US

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 12.39 BST

Sam Jones in Madrid

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/ex-nato-chief-javier-solana-refused-visa-waiver-to-us-iran-trips

 

 

 

 

Muharrem İnce concedes defeat to Erdoğan in Turkey elections

 

CHP politician vows to continue fighting one-man rule in opposition during Ankara speech

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Mon 25 Jun 2018 12.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/muharrem-ince-concedes-defeat-to-erdogan-in-turkey-elections

 

 

 

 

 

Trump lashes out at restaurant that asked Sarah Sanders to leave

 

Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago resort was cited for many health violations, says Red Hen ‘should focus on cleaning its filthy windows’

 

Staff and agencies

Mon 25 Jun 2018 13.34 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 15.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/donald-trump-sarah-sanders-red-hen-restaurant-virginia

 

 

 

 

 

European leaders urged to guarantee safe ports for migrants

 

Charities warn that political standoff is costing lives as Italy refuses entry to another ship

 

 

Sun 24 Jun 2018 12.20 BST

Sam Jones in Madrid

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/24/european-leaders-urged-to-guarantee-safe-ports-for-migrants

 

 

 

 

 

'Organised crime doesn't have elections': no end to killings as Mexico votes

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 15.31 BST

by Tom Phillips in Guanajuato state, Mexico

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/as-mexico-election-nears-candidates-show-no-sound-plans-to-stem-violence

 

 

 

 

 

Victory propels Erdoğan into elite club of strongman leaders

 

Unchecked dominance may mark beginning of new dark age for Turkish democracy

 

Simon Tisdall

Mon 25 Jun 2018 08.39 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 10.54 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/turkey-election-victory-propels-erdoganelite-club-strongman-leaders

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Blame liberal democracy’s flaws for Erdoğan’s win, not the voters

 

Hurling abuse at the Turkish electorate will not have the desired effect. The fault lies with democratic institutions

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 11.39 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 17.19 BST

Simon Jenkins

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/blame-liberal-democracy-flaws-erdogan-win-turkish

 

The dictator won....Unfortunately.....The Parliament approved all the changes of the Constitution  he asked for in order to get even more Power and have a say in the  nominations of a lot of job categories as he wants to have TOTAL control......All in the name of DEMOCRACY of course.......I'm sorry, Turkish People.....You do deserve better......Dark times (again)

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

How Virginia could benefit from the Millions of Jobs Campaign

 

June 25, 2018 1:10 PM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

A good infrastructure program could help tackle the problem of rising sea levels in Virginia's tidewater region (marked in red on the map). | Wikipedia (CC)

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-virginia-could-benefit-from-the-millions-of-jobs-campaign/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail union aiding Ohio union members grabbed by ICE

 

June 25, 2018 12:24 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Fresh Mark meatpacking workers in Ohio are taken away during an ICE raid. | ICE

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/retail-union-aiding-ohio-union-members-grabbed-by-ice/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana’s Angola: Proving ground for racialized capitalism

 

June 25, 2018 2:29 PM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

In this Aug. 18, 2011 file photo, a prison guard on horseback watches inmates return from a farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. | Gerald Herbert / AP

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/louisianas-angola-proving-ground-for-racialized-capitalism/

 

 

 

 

 

Radical 1942 anti-fascist docu-drama ‘Native Land’ to screen in L.A.

 

June 25, 2018 9:23 AM CDT By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

 

 

 

 

K.B. Solomon as Paul Robeson

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/radical-1942-anti-fascist-docu-drama-native-land-to-screen-in-l-a/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

The Guardian view on Erdoğan’s Turkey: illiberal democrat takes power

 

The country’s new president is a man who developed a party, became the party, and is now trying to become the state. It’s a worrying development

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 18.31 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 21.34 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/the-guardian-view-on-erdogans-turkey-illiberal-democrat-takes-power

 

 

 

 

 

Ukip welcomes social media activists linked to alt-right into party

 

Arrival of Watson, Meechan and Benjamin will alarm some senior figures in ailing party

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 17.09 BST

Peter Walker Political correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/25/ukip-welcomes-social-media-activists-linked-to-alt-right-into-party

 

 

 

 

 

'Rapists, animals, drug dealers': woman abuses US Latino man in echo of Trump

 

Esteban Guzman, who was abused by woman in California, tells Guardian such incidents have become ‘increasingly regular’

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 18.31 BST

Adam Gabbatt in New York

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/citing-trump-woman-in-video-calls-latino-man-rapist-animal-drug-dealer

 

 

 

 

 

 

California woman threatens to call police on eight-year-old black girl for selling water

 

San Francisco woman, dubbed ‘Permit Patty’, faces backlash after video goes viral

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 20.56 BST

Sam Levin in San Francisco

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/permit-patty-eight-year-old-selling-water-san-francisco-video

 

 

 

 

 

'An artist should be irresponsible': Kanye West discusses Trump, slavery and suicide

 

The hip-hop artist has used a New York Times interview to address recent comments made about African American history that, he says, caused Kim Kardashian West to consider divorce

 

Laura Snapes

Mon 25 Jun 2018 14.01 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 14.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/25/kanye-west-new-york-times-interview-trump-slavery-suicide

 

 

 

 

We need small acts of resistance against Trump and his lackeys

 

Standing up for what you believe is hard – and seemingly beyond the Democrats and the US press. But the restaurant owner who threw out Trump’s press secretary offered a shard of hope

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 17.34 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 21.52 BST

By  Suzanne Moore

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/we-need-small-acts-of-resistance-against-trump-and-his-lackeys

[umbertino]

 

26 June

How can you condemn Trump but stay silent on British brutality?

 

It’s far easier to criticise events on the US-Mexico border than to admit the UK government’s shameful behaviour

 

Tue 26 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

By  Aditya Chakrabortty

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/26/trump-british-brutality-us-mexico-border

 

 

 

 

Prince William honours Holocaust victims during Jerusalem trip

 

Duke of Cambridge lays wreath at Yad Vashem memorial during historic visit to Israel

 

Caroline Davies

Tue 26 Jun 2018 14.06 BST Last modified on Tue 26 Jun 2018 15.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/26/prince-william-honours-holocaust-victims-jerusalem-israel-yad-vashem

 

 

 

 

Trump threatens Harley-Davidson with 'big tax' over its tariff response

 

Motorcycle maker to move production abroad after EU tariff

 

President says move ‘will be the beginning of the end’

 

 

Tue 26 Jun 2018 14.48 BST

Dominic Rushe and Associated Press

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/trump-threatens-harley-davidson-tariff-big-tax

 

 

 

 

 

Emmanuel Macron holds long meeting with Pope Francis

 

Hour of talks with pontiff puts French president’s religious views in spotlight

 

Reuters and Agence France-Presse

Tue 26 Jun 2018 14.36 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/emmanuel-macron-meeting-pope-francis-vatican-french-president

 

 

 

UK set to overcome Russian objections in chemical weapons vote

 

Two-thirds majority required to empower OPCW to identify source of attacks in Syria

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Tue 26 Jun 2018 13.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/uk-on-collision-course-with-russia-over-chemical-weapons-vote

 

 

 

A New York election: the battle to prove who's the Trumpiest of them all

 

Michael Grimm and Dan Donovan will fight to gain votes from Trump fans in Staten Island, Greater New York’s only conservative stronghold

 

David Taylor in New York

Mon 25 Jun 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/staten-island-republican-primary-a-battle-to-prove-whos-trumps-true-ally

 

 

 

Stormy Daniels meeting with prosecutors on Michael Cohen cancelled

 

Interview with adult film actor about Donald Trump’s former personal attorney cancelled due to media attention

 

Associated Press

Mon 25 Jun 2018 04.11 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 06.50 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/stormy-daniels-to-meet-prosecutors-on-michael-cohen-case

 

 

 

 

The US ambassador to Israel is a boon to the far right. He must be stopped

 

It’s time for the US Senate to call to task an ambassador who has violated every conceivable diplomatic norm

 

Tue 26 Jun 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Tue 26 Jun 2018 15.09 BST

By  Jeremy Ben-Ami

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/26/us-ambassador-israel-boon-far-right

 

 

 

 

Most un-American president in living memory

 

Where his predecessors reaffirmed US values, Trump has surrendered them with his words, thoughts and actions on immigration

 

Tue 26 Jun 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 26 Jun 2018 14.52 BST

By  Richard Wolffe

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/26/donald-trump-immigration-most-un-american-president

 

 

 

 

 

Trump ally apologises for 'cotton-picking' comment about black strategist

 

Citizens United president David Bossie posts public apology for using racially charged term on Fox & Friends

 

Edward Helmore

Sun 24 Jun 2018 21.53 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 17.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/24/trump-ally-apologises-for-cotton-picking-comment-about-black-strategist

 

 

 

 

 

EU tariffs force Harley-Davidson to move some production out of US – as it happened

 

Motorcycle manufacturer warns that EU tariffs will force it to move work overseas, as Donald Trump’s trade spat hits US companies

 

Graeme Wearden (until 2.50 pm) and Nick Fletcher

Mon 25 Jun 2018 17.42 BST

 

Key events

• 22h ago Trade war fears send European markets sharply lower
• 1d ago Eutelsat looking at bid for Inmarsat
• 1d ago Market slide accelerates
• 1d ago EU tariffs drive Harley-Davidson to move production out of America
• 1d ago European markets down with a bump
• 1d ago US stock market futures down
• 1d ago EBA: Banks aren't ready for hard Brexit

 

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/jun/25/trade-war-fears-hit-markets-trump-targets-china-investments-business-live

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese retaliatory tariffs aim to hit Trump in his electoral base

 

The president has claimed that trade wars are ‘easy to win’ but Beijing and the EU plan to hit back against states that elected him

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Sun 24 Jun 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/24/tariffs-trump-china-red-states-retaliation

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Walk or die: Algeria abandons more than 13,000 migrants in forced Sahara march

 

AP June 25, 2018, 11:01 AM

 

 

In this Wednesday, May 9, 2018 photo provided by Liberian Ju Dennis, fellow migrants being expelled from Algeria lie in a truck headed towards the Niger border at Point Zero, from which they must walk south into the Sahara Desert towards the Nigerien border post of Assamaka, 10 miles south. In the open truck, migrants vainly tried to shade their bodies from the sun and hide from the soldiers outside

Ju Dennis / AP

 

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/algeria-abandons-13000-migrants-forced-sahara-desert-march/

 

 

 

God...Forgive them as they do not know what they are doing to Brother Man....

 

Hopefully Karma will pay them back....Dearly

[bostonangler]

8 minutes ago, umbertino said:

Algeria abandons more than 13,000 migrants in forced Sahara march

 

Umbertino, most here neg you for breathing, but I see some of these people cheering this story... There are some with zero humanity left in their heart...  JMHO

 

B/A

Edited June 26, 2018 by bostonangler

[umbertino]

3 minutes ago, bostonangler said:

 

Umbertino, most here neg you for breathing, but I see of these people cheering this story... There are some with zero humanity left in their heart...  JMHO

 

B/A

 

Thanks, Bro / Sister....I am aware of that.....But I do still have Hope that some will one day understand and change their mind on Humanity and Mankind...And see......If we lose Hope  then it means  we're dead inside....

 

 

Some  do deem me as naive ( or a lot worse, I know...)....Ok...So be it

Edited June 26, 2018 by umbertino