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US revokes ICC prosecutor's visa over Afghanistan inquiry

 

Fatou Bensouda wants to open investigation into alleged war crimes, including by US troops

 

 

Patrick Wintour and Owen Bowcott in London and Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 5 Apr 2019 17.56 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/apr/05/us-revokes-visa-of-international-criminal-courts-top-prosecutor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To import nuclear fuel Saudi Arabia must agree to inspections – IAEA chief

 

  • Yukiya Amano says Saudis have yet to reveal intentions
  • Research reactor is nearing completion in Riyadh

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 5 Apr 2019 22.01 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/05/to-import-nuclear-fuel-saudi-arabia-must-agree-to-inspections-iaea-chief

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN urged to declare full-scale crisis in Venezuela as health system 'collapses'

 

Researchers warn of rise in infectious diseases amid spike in levels of malnutrition and infant and maternal mortality

 

 

Kate Hodal

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US-Saudi dual citizens among eight critics of regime detained

 

First arrests since Jamal Khashoggi killing include women’s rights activists

 

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Fri 5 Apr 2019 15.54 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/05/us-saudi-dual-citizens-among-eight-critics-of-regime-detained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curtains opened on UN security council for first time since attack on Che Guevara

 

Drapes were closed since 1964 when a bazooka was fired toward the building where Guevara was speaking

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 5 Apr 2019 02.03 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/04/un-security-council-curtains-germany-che-guevara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neither the status quo nor military intervention will do in Venezuela

 

Kate Ferguson on the the crisis in the Latin American country, Michael Derham on its avocados, and Alan Knight on Prince Charles’s trip to Cuba

 

 

Letters

Wed 3 Apr 2019 18.39 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 18.45 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White supremacy feeds on mainstream encouragement. That has to stop

 

Rather than making concessions to bigots, politicians must confront them. It’s the only way to end the violence

 

 

Fri 5 Apr 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019 10.52 BST

By  Gary Younge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White nationalism a 'persistent, pervasive threat', says FBI chief – as it happened

 

Christopher Wray’s remarks contrast with Trump’s

President backtracks on threat to close border with Mexico

 

 

Gabrielle Canon in San Francisco (now) and Adam Gabbatt and Erin Durkin in New York (earlier)

Fri 5 Apr 2019 00.31 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/04/trump-news-today-tax-returns-mueller-report-joe-biden-latest-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Cohen says Trump used 'code' language to coach him to lie to Congress

 

Public letter recaps testimony to Trump-Russia investigations detailing president’s alleged attempts to conceal links with Russia

 

 

Tom McCarthy

Fri 5 Apr 2019 21.35 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/05/michael-cohen-trump-code-language-lie-to-congress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What it's like being America's first openly *** governor

 

Only 26% of Americans said they would vote for a *** or lesbian candidate 40 years ago. But as Colorado’s Jared Polis has discovered, it is now a non-issue for many voters

 

 

David Smith in Denver

Fri 5 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/05/jared-polis-colorado-governor-openly-***-interview

 

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Furious Tory MPs will bid to oust May if UK fights Euro poll

 

Prime minister says Brexit could ‘slip through our fingers’ as Tory party fears that taking part in EU election would boost far right

 

Toby Helm and Michael Savage

Sat 6 Apr 2019 20.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/06/furious-tory-mps-will-bid-to-oust-may-if-uk-fights-euro-poll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identifying separated migrant families may take two years, US government says

 

  • Trump administration outlines plan in response to lawsuit
  • Thousands of children were taken from their parents at border

 

Reuters

Sat 6 Apr 2019 20.11 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump: Mueller report a 'total waste of time' – but it proves no collusion

 

President issues Saturday morning tweet storm from Las Vegas

 

Reuters in Washington

Sat 6 Apr 2019 17.40 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/06/trump-mueller-report-no-collusion-las-vegas-jewish-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barack Obama warns progressives to avoid 'circular firing squad'

 

  • Remarks come as Democrats battle for 2020 nomination
  • Former president was addressing young Europeans in Germany

 

Martin Pengelly

Sat 6 Apr 2019 17.20 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Apr 2019 17.21 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White Australia can't solve black problems. White Australia is the problem

 

In an extract from her book, Sarah Maddison argues that the Australian democratic ideal does little to improve Indigenous lives

 

 

Sarah Maddison

Sat 6 Apr 2019 21.00 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mitch McConnell is destroying the Senate – and American government

 

The majority leader cares only for winning, not rules or democracy itself. He is doing more damage than Trump

 

 

Sat 6 Apr 2019 12.22 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Apr 2019 18.18 BST

By  Robert Reich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Populists are whipping up a storm as Europe faces lurch to the right

 

Nationalist groups across the continent are stoking anti-immigrant and Islamophobic sentiment to win seats in next month’s EU elections

 

 

Sat 6 Apr 2019 14.00 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Apr 2019 17.35 BST

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Ex-Senate aide pleads guilty to posting Republicans' contact details online

 

  • Jackson Cosko published five senators’ personal information
  • Cosko, 27, had previously worked for Senator Maggie Hassan

 

Associated Press in Washington

Sat 6 Apr 2019 19.40 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/06/ex-senate-aide-pleads-guilty-to-posting-republicans-contact-details-online

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the credits roll on Algeria’s dictator, a timely reminder of why history must not be repeated

 

The screening of a 1966 film about their country’s bitter colonial conflict has seen Algerians unite in peaceful protest

 

Kim Willsher

Sat 6 Apr 2019 18.10 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Apr 2019 20.48 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/06/film-algeria-paris-avoid-repeat-conflict

Awesome movie based on real facts....Directed by Italian Gillo Pontecorvo

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Our mantra is chaos': Republican researchers target 2020 Democrats

 

The America Rising committee monitors everything the candidates do, hoping the large field will work in Trump’s favor

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington

Sat 6 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/05/election-2020-america-rising-republican-opposition-research

 

 

 

 

 

 

How climate change is pushing Central American migrants to the US

 

The northern triangle of Central America, the largest source of asylum seekers crossing the US border, is deeply affected by environmental degradation

 

 

Sat 6 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Apr 2019 11.17 BST

 

 

 

 
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US forces evacuated from Libya as Haftar seeks military control

 

Fighting rages between UN-backed Tripoli government and self-styled Libyan National Army

 

 

Patrick Wintour and Chris Stephen

Sun 7 Apr 2019 15.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/07/libya-us-forces-evacuated-haftar-seeks-military-control

 

 

 

 

 

Netanyahu vows to annex Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank

 

Israeli prime minister’s pledge seen as a rallying call in tight election race

 

 

Oliver Holmes Jerusalem correspondent

Sun 7 Apr 2019 14.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/07/netanyahu-vows-to-annexe-jewish-settlements-in-occupied-west-bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democrats will 'never' see Trump tax returns – White House chief of staff

 

  • Mick Mulvaney to Fox: ‘That is not going to happen’
  • House ways and means panel wants returns by 10 April

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sun 7 Apr 2019 17.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/07/democrats-trump-tax-returns-white-house-mulvaney

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Very smart people': Trump adviser defends Cain and Moore Fed picks

 

Larry Kudlow insisted Herman Cain and Stephen Moore are worthy and brushed off questions about their qualifications

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 7 Apr 2019 17.04 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/07/trump-fed-picks-stephen-moore-herman-cain

 

 

 

 

Holocaust memorial replica stunt shines light on rightwing radicalism in Germany

 

Art collective likened to ‘terrorist organisation’ by far-right politician Björn Hocke

 

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Sun 7 Apr 2019 17.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/07/holocaust-memorial-replica-stunt-shines-light-on-rightwing-radicalism-in-germany

 

 

 

 

'Transfers of power': Jared Cohen on Accidental Presidents and Trump

 

The CEO of Jigsaw, Google’s tech incubator, is also a former state department adviser who has written an ambitious political history

 

 

Sun 7 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

By  Martin Pengelly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal would bury the two-state solution

 

The Israeli PM’s West Bank annexation idea is likely to have had the nod from Trump

 

 

Simon Tisdall

Sun 7 Apr 2019 14.48 BST Last modified on Sun 7 Apr 2019 16.50 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We can cry for Alan Kurdi, but living migrants get no pity

 

Offshoring’ was Australia’s uncaring answer to human misery. Now it’s the EU’s hidden scandal

 

 

Sun 7 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

By  Kenan Malik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Boeing scandal is an indictment of Trump’s corporate America

 

There is growing alarm in the US that Capitol Hill’s bonfire of the regulations has led to hundreds of deaths. It may be a turning point

 

 

Sun 7 Apr 2019 08.59 BST Last modified on Sun 7 Apr 2019 14.33 BST

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Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump homeland security secretary

 

Departure comes amid claims of crisis at southern border

 

Ed Pilkington and Martin Pengelly in New York

Mon 8 Apr 2019 00.17 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/07/kirstjen-nielsen-resigns-trump-homeland-security-secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New acting ICE head named as agency continues to be criticized

 

By BRENT D. GRIFFITHS

06/30/2018 06:16 PM EDT  (9 month old article)

 

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/30/new-ice-director-ronald-vitiello-689504

 

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Libyan crisis escalates as warplane strikes Tripoli airport

 

Passengers reported to have been seen leaving terminal after strike by pro-Haftar forces

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 8 Apr 2019 15.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/08/eu-uk-urges-france-to-condemn-khalifa-haftar-assault-on-tripoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sudan security forces use teargas against peaceful protesters

 

Baton charges also used in effort to break up Khartoum anti-government protest

 

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Mon 8 Apr 2019 10.30 BST

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/08/sudan-security-forces-use-teargas-against-peaceful-protesters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netanyahu rallies right wing in Jerusalem ahead of election

 

Israelis to vote in closely fought poll, with PM hoping to extend 10-year rule

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Mon 8 Apr 2019 15.44 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/08/netanyahu-rallies-right-wing-in-jerusalem-ahead-of-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The booming business for smuggling people to the US: 'Everyone wins'

 

Families – rather than single adults – from Central America are the big growth sector as poverty, violence and Trump’s immigration policy all play a part

 

 

Mon 8 Apr 2019 09.00 BST

by Sarah Kinosian

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/the-booming-business-for-smuggling-people-to-the-us-everyone-wins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu is racist, says Democratic hopeful Beto O’Rourke

 

Remarks come two days before elections in which Netanyahu hopes to win fifth term as PM

 

 

Oliver Holmes Jerusalem correspondent

Mon 8 Apr 2019 09.01 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/benjamin-netanyahu-is-racist-says-democratic-hopeful-beto-orourke

 

 

 

 

 

Barack Obama is stuck in the past. He represents the old Democratic party

 

The former president says he’s worried about ‘purity’ tests in the Democratic party. What he’s really worried about is his surrogates losing control of the party

 

 

Mon 8 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 16.12 BST

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/08/barack-obama-democratic-party-purity

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wall Street loves socialism for bankers –  but not for ordinary people

 

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon decries socialism. Unless of course it’s the banks that need a government bailout

 

 

Mon 8 Apr 2019 15.28 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 15.29 BST

By  Robert Reich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump administration sabotages major conservation effort, defying Congress

 

Revealed: federal support to research centers cut off as scientists fear years of successful work will go ‘down the drain’

 

 

Mallory Pickett

Mon 8 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 11.02 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pennsylvania governor under scrutiny for role in approving pipeline

 

Tom Wolf’s office has denied he ordered permits for the Mariner East 2 pipeline, which is under criminal investigation for pollution and property damage, to be accelerated

 

 

Will Parrish

Mon 8 Apr 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 15.47 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Can the US's unsafe water crisis unite Americans?

 

Urban or rural, Republican or Democrat, we all want clean water – and the battles over Flint, Michigan, and the Dakota Access pipeline have resonated across the US

 

 

Mon 8 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 13.29 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Spare us the self-serving excuses, Kirstjen Nielsen. You were the worst

 

The former homeland security secretary deployed the skills of a careerist technocrat in the cause of Trump’s inhumanity

 

 

Mon 8 Apr 2019 14.38 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Apr 2019 14.39 BST

By  Richard Wolffe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nadler: Barr is 'biased' and Mueller's Trump-Russia report must be released

 

Democrat: attorney general is ‘agent of the administration’

 

President tweets angrily about leaks to ‘fake news media’

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Sun 7 Apr 2019 18.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/07/nadler-barr-biased-mueller-trump-russia-report

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry is the easiest word – but should Democrats stop their apology tour?

 

As Republicans prepare to feast on a ‘woke primary’, some liberals insist real voters care more about simply beating Trump

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Mon 8 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/democrats-apology-tour-joe-biden-beto-o-rourke-kamala-harris-pete-buttigieg

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A New Nuclear Arms Race: As NATO Marks 70th Anniversary, Threat of Nuclear Confrontation Grows

 

April 08, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/8/trump_calls_for_growing_nato_budgets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kings Bay Plowshares: Peace Activists Face 25 Years for Action at U.S. Nuclear Submarine Base

 

April 08, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/8/kings_bay_plowshares_peace_activists_face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the Family Suing Boeing in First U.S. Wrongful Death Suit Since Ethiopia Crash Kills 157

 

April 05, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/5/profits_should_not_come_before_safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Cirincione: Trump Says NATO Nations Aren’t Paying Fair Share of Military Spending. That’s Not True.

 

April 05, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/5/joe_cirincione_trump_says_nato_nations

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Congress orders Trump to get out of Yemen, he refuses

 

April 5, 2019 9:33 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Congress orders Trump to get out of Yemen, he refuses
A tiny girl in the hands of a family member while waiting to be weighed at the health center in an area of Yemen supported by UNICEF. U.S. weapons have been used to prevent the delivery of food for tens of thousands of Yemeni children who are being intentionally starved to death. | Photo: UNICEF Yemen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lawmakers to push worker safety bills, but timetable uncertain

 

April 4, 2019 1:41 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Lawmakers to push worker safety bills, but timetable uncertain
Endangering both workers and consumers, Trump wants to let big hog farmers decide if pork is safe, NC cafos, Environmental Working Group, ewg.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Progressives hit attempt by Democratic Party establishment to crush primary challengers

 

April 8, 2019 9:08 AM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

Progressives hit attempt by Democratic Party establishment to crush primary challengers
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is the latest progressive member of the House to condemn the DCCC policy of opposing primary challenges to Democratic House incumbents. | Carolyn Kaster/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fascist-like attack hits Highlander Center

 

April 4, 2019 12:35 PM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/fascist-like-attack-hits-highlander-center/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey’s Communist Mayor blocked from taking office

 

April 5, 2019 10:58 AM CDT By Steve Sweeney

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/turkeys-communist-mayor-blocked-from-taking-office/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin, Michigan grad students occupy buildings as UIC strike continues

 

April 5, 2019 10:02 AM CDT By Allan Axelrod

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/wisconsin-michigan-grad-students-occupy-buildings-as-uic-strike-continues/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right wing takes Wisconsin court seat in a strident hate campaign

 

April 4, 2019 1:31 PM CDT By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-takes-wisconsin-court-seat-in-a-strident-hate-campaign/

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Trump denies trying to restart family separations while blaming Obama for policy – live

 

The president claimed on Tuesday: ‘Obama separated the children … I’m the one who stopped it’ in reference to family separations at the US border

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington (now), Joanna Walters in New York (earlier) and Ben Jacobs in Washington (earlier)

Tue 9 Apr 2019 21.31 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/09/trump-news-today-latest-live-updates-mueller-report-barr-dhs-iran-us-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN postpones Libya national conference amid fighting in Tripoli

 

Decision comes as a blow to those hoping it would smooth path to democratic elections

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Tue 9 Apr 2019 19.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/09/un-postpones-libya-national-conference-amid-fighting-tripoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lori Loughlin among parents facing new charges in college bribery case

 

Money laundering charge against some parents comes after others, including Felicity Huffman, agreed to plead guilty

 

 

Associated Press in Boston

Tue 9 Apr 2019 20.24 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/09/college-bribery-lori-loughlin-money-laundering-charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uproar in Algeria as ally of former president named new leader

 

Appointment of regime stalwart is met with opposition boycott and fresh protests

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Tue 9 Apr 2019 19.26 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/09/uproar-in-algeria-as-old-president-abdelaziz-bouteflika-ally-abdelkader-bensalah-named-new-leader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putin mocks Mueller report: ‘a mountain gave birth to a mouse’

 

Russian president again denies any collusion with Trump election campaign

 

 

Associated Press in Moscow

Tue 9 Apr 2019 17.45 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/09/russia-vladimir-putin-mocks-robert-mueller-report-a-mountain-gave-birth-to-a-mouse-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan's AKP party seeks rerun of Istanbul mayoral election

 

Turkey’s ruling party claims vote marred by ‘irregularities’ and ‘organised crimes’

 

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Tue 9 Apr 2019 14.43 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/09/turkey-erdogan-akp-party-seeks-rerun-of-istanbul-mayoral-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top Republican senator warns Trump to halt apparent homeland security purge

 

Chuck Grassley urges president not to fire immigration chief

 

Trump ‘has to have some stability … he’s pulling the rug out’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Tue 9 Apr 2019 14.20 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/09/republican-senator-chuck-grassley-warns-trump-halt-homeland-security-purge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Khashoggi killing: US issues travel bans against 16 Saudis

 

Move comes as state department tries to fend off criticism over reaction to killing of Saudi journalist

 

 

Staff and agencies

Tue 9 Apr 2019 10.47 BST Last modified on Tue 9 Apr 2019 21.05 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Israel election: exit polls show tight race with no clear result yet – live updates

 

Polling suggests the race for prime minister will be tight, as Benjamin Netanyahu runs against Benny Gantz

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Tue 9 Apr 2019 21.52 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/apr/09/israel-election-2019-exit-polls-winner-netanyahu-benny-gantz-latest-live-news-vote-results-today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil replaces far-right education minister with conspiracy theorist

 

President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement for Ricardo Vélez has blamed communists for introducing crack

 

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 9 Apr 2019 08.01 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/09/brazil-replaces-far-right-education-minister-with-conspiracy-theorist

 

Fascist president Bolsonaro surrounds himself with other fascists....No surprises here......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump removes Secret Service director amid ‘near-systematic purge’ of agency

 

Randolph Alles says he was not fired, describing the shift as part of an ‘orderly transition in leadership’ across homeland security

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York and agencies

Tue 9 Apr 2019 09.06 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/trump-removes-secret-service-director-homeland-security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump hotels exempted from ban on foreign payments under new stance

 

A narrow justice department interpretation of the emoluments clause gives countries leeway to curry favor with the president via commercial deals

 

 

Peter Stone in Washington

Tue 9 Apr 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/09/dojs-new-stance-on-foreign-payments-or-gifts-to-trump-blurs-lines-experts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Netanyahu’s victory means life is about to get worse for Palestinians

 

The Israeli PM’s re-election heralds the further undermining of the rule of law – including threats to the occupied West Bank

 

 

Wed 10 Apr 2019 13.41 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Apr 2019 13.42 BST

By  Jonathan Freedland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Neoliberalism promised freedom – instead it delivers stifling control

 

Creeping privatisation is rolling back the state to create a new, absolutist bureaucracy that destroys efficiency

 

 

Wed 10 Apr 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Apr 2019 07.10 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fewer Americans want to serve in the military. Cue Pentagon panic

 

Declining interest in service has reached levels that should alarm – or delight – those who care about the nation’s health

 

 

Wed 10 Apr 2019 13.26 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Apr 2019 13.28 BST

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/10/fewer-americans-serve-military-pentagon-panic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climate crisis: today’s children face lives with tiny carbon footprints

 

Next generation must keep their own carbon levels at a fraction of their grandparents’ in order to prevent catastrophe

 

 

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Wed 10 Apr 2019 06.30 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Stranded ship runs low on vital supplies for migrants and refugees

 

Rescue vessel banned from entering Italy or Malta has almost no food or water left

 

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Wed 10 Apr 2019 14.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/10/stranded-ship-runs-low-on-vital-supplies-for-migrants-and-refugees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glaciers and arctic ice are vanishing. Time to get radical before it's too late

 

No one should be annoyed when schoolkids start leaving class en masse or surprised that Green New Deal advocates call for dramatic overhaul of American society. We should be grateful

 

 

Wed 10 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Apr 2019 11.02 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bernie Sanders to release 10 years of tax returns – as it happened

 

Senator and perceived Democratic frontrunner had faced mounting pressure to unveil documents

 

 

Gabrielle Canon in Oakland (now) and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington (earlier), Joanna Walters in New York (earlier) and Ben Jacobs in Washington (earlier)

Wed 10 Apr 2019 00.57 BST

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/09/trump-news-today-latest-live-updates-mueller-report-barr-dhs-iran-us-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump threatens tariffs on $11bn of EU imports such as food and wine

 

White House says levies are response to Airbus subsidies it claims harm US interests

 

 

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Tue 9 Apr 2019 19.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/09/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-11bn-of-eu-imports-such-as-food-and-wine

 

 

 

 

 

 

The west must avoid falling into the trap that stifled Japan

 

US and European policymakers once believed they had the tools to deal with sluggish recovery

 

 

Tue 9 Apr 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 9 Apr 2019 14.11 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Louisiana: advocates concerned after three black churches burned in a week

 

NAACP president called fires ‘domestic terrorism’ as civil rights advocates believe black congregations are being targeted

 

 

Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans and agencies

Tue 9 Apr 2019 22.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/09/louisiana-church-fires-black-congregations-targeted

 

 

 

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Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo identify 129th missing grandchild

Human rights group announced this evening that they have discovered the identity of the 129th missing grandchild of their long four-decade search

 

Yesterday 05:46 PM

 

 

 

http://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/grandmothers-of-plaza-de-mayo-identify-129th-missing-grandchild.phtml

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Argentine_coup_d'état

 

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

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested at London's Ecuadorian embassy – live updates

 

Assange arrested following the withdrawal of asylum by the Ecuadorian government

 

 

Matthew Weaver

Thu 11 Apr 2019 11.27 BST First published on Thu 11 Apr 2019 10.50 BST

 
 
Key events
 

 

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Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2019/apr/11/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-at-the-ecuadorean-embassy-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julian Assange arrested at Ecuadorian embassy in London

 

WikiLeaks founder arrested for alleged breach of bail at London embassy where he took refuge for seven years

 

 

Kate Lyons

Thu 11 Apr 2019 11.22 BST First published on Thu 11 Apr 2019 10.41 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sudan's army to make statement as anti-Bashir protesters celebrate

 

Evidence mounts that army is ousting president, as Khartoum demonstration enters sixth day

 

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Thu 11 Apr 2019 09.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/11/sudan-omar-al-bashir-protests-could-descend-chaos-anarchy-collapse-law-order-experts-warn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US immigration police broke Facebook rules with fake profiles for college sting

 

Revealed: Ice investigators set up social media profiles linked to a sham university for foreign students

 

 

Amanda Holpuch

Thu 11 Apr 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 07.02 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pompeo flounders on why annexation is good for the Golan but not for Crimea

 

Trump’s decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over territory it seized from Syria sets a troubling precedent, experts fear

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 11 Apr 2019 09.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/11/golan-heights-crimea-pompeo-us-state-department

 

 

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Global warming could create 'greater migratory pressure from Africa'

 

David Attenborough uses IMF speech to warn of human consequences of inaction on climate change

 

 

Larry Elliott in Washington DC

Thu 11 Apr 2019 19.59 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/11/expect-even-greater-migration-from-africa-says-attenborough-imf-global-warming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe’s conservatives have a moral duty to shun Orbán and Salvini

 

Xenophobic nationalists hope to dominate Europe’s next parliament. Mainstream parties must not work with them

 

 

Thu 11 Apr 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 14.07 BST

Natalie Nougayrède

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

US presidential candidates can’t afford to ignore welfare reform

 

The number of Americans living on less than $2 a day has doubled from 1996 to 2015 – and researchers point to the law as one of the drivers of extreme poverty

 

 

Thu 11 Apr 2019 16.17 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 17.07 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Trump-Netanyahu relationship is sowing disaster for both countries

 

By catering to the right, the leaders are harming Palestinians, making Israel less safe and further damaging America’s reputation

 

 

Thu 11 Apr 2019 13.10 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 13.12 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Suspect arrested in connection with fires at black churches in Louisiana

 

Holden Matthews, a 21-year-old white man, faces three counts of simple arson of a religious building

 

 

Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans and agencies

Thu 11 Apr 2019 19.29 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/11/louisiana-church-fires-suspect-arrested

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Woman who Bolsonaro insulted: 'Our president-elect encourages rape'

 

Congress member Maria do Rosário – who was told by Bolsonaro: ‘I would never rape you because you don’t deserve it’ – fears increased violence in Brazil

 

 

Anna Jean Kaiser in São Paulo

Sun 23 Dec 2018 08.00 GMT (3 1/2 months old)

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/23/maria-do-rosario-jair-bolsonaro-brazil-rape

Bolsonaro has been officially in office since Jan. 1, 2019.......

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Sisi’s Egyptian military killed her boyfriend, U.S. citizen tells lawmakers

 

April 11, 2019 11:31 AM CDT By Aboulfotouh Kandil

 

 

 
Sisi’s Egyptian military killed her boyfriend, U.S. citizen tells lawmakers
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House on April 3. AP
 
 
 
 
 
Dictator Sisi's Secret Service agents killed also Italian Giulio Regeni ( Cambridge University researcher)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Climate change is a class issue

 

April 11, 2019 12:48 PM CDT By Richard Burgon MP

 

 

 

 
Climate change is a class issue
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Will Democrats reach rural workers in 2020?

 

April 11, 2019 11:52 AM CDT By Christopher R. Martin

 

 

 

 
Will Democrats reach rural workers in 2020?
Generac Power Systems, Inc., in Whitewater, Wis. Nam Y. Huh/AP
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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I saw the brutality of Bashir’s regime. Now Sudan can rediscover a lost identity

 

Twenty years after I was teargassed at Khartoum University, the last long-term Arab dictator has been ousted by the people

 

 

Fri 12 Apr 2019 10.30 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Apr 2019 10.36 BST

By  Nesrine Malik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Abandoned at sea: the crews cast adrift without food, fuel or pay

 

Seafarers on board the Azraqmoiah have spent 18 desperate months stranded off the coast of UAE, owed $260,000 in wages

 

 

Karen McVeigh

Fri 12 Apr 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Apr 2019 09.12 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Benjamin Netanyahu: the enduring hardman of Israeli politics

 

Ultranationalist PM has been at heart of backlash against peace efforts during 13 years in power

 

 

Oliver Holmes Jerusalem correspondent

Fri 12 Apr 2019 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/benjamin-netanyahu-the-enduring-hardman-of-israeli-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A walking conflict of interest': ex-oil lobbyist confirmed to lead US interior department

 

Senate voted 56-41 to approve David Bernhardt’s nomination as critics say he is a ‘walking conflict of interest’

 

 

Adam Gabbatt and agencies

Thu 11 Apr 2019 23.36 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/11/david-bernhart-interior-department-senate-confirmation

 

 

 

 

 

Ocasio-Cortez condemns college Republicans' email calling her a domestic terrorist

 

New York congresswoman says ‘uncalled for’ rhetoric puts her and colleagues in danger

 

 

Tom McCarthy in New York

Thu 11 Apr 2019 02.15 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-republicans-domestic-terrorist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White House considered releasing detained migrants in sanctuary cities – report

 

Officials sought to pressure immigration authorities in effort to retaliate against Trump’s political opponents, Washington Post reports

 

 

Reuters

Fri 12 Apr 2019 03.10 BST

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The nurse tracking America's 'epidemic' of murdered women

 

Dawn Wilcox’s project telling women’s stories is filling a gap in the country’s data on killings

 

 

Thu 11 Apr 2019 11.00 BST

by Dani Anguiano

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/11/the-nurse-tracking-americas-epidemic-of-murdered-women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan CEO can't explain how one of his low-paid employees should budget her salary – video

 

Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter grills JP Morgan’s billionaire CEO, Jamie Dimon, on the real-world consequences his bank’s low wages have had on a single mother’s life. Porter found that the woman, a Chase bank teller on a starting salary, was $567 short at the end of each month

 

 

Source: Reuters

Thu 11 Apr 2019 20.31 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 22.05 BST

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UK: The fury of ‘white people’ with Jon Snow shows a total lack of self-awareness on race

 

Reactions to the Channel 4 presenter’s Brexit rally remark revealed how unused people like me are to being racialised

 

 

Fri 12 Apr 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Apr 2019 11.20 BST

 
 
 
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Trump says he is considering sending migrant detainees to sanctuary cities – live

 

Trump tweets: ‘We are … giving strong considerations’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Fri 12 Apr 2019 18.08 BST

 

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/12/trump-news-today-latest-live-news-mueller-report-assange-sanctuary-cities-us-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Warren is the intellectual powerhouse of the Democratic party

 

It may well not be Warren who wins the Democratic nomination, but whoever does will be campaigning on her ideas

 

 

Fri 12 Apr 2019 13.31 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Apr 2019 16.05 BST

By  Moira Donegan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Georgia lawmakers consider bill that takes aim at the state's journalists

 

Congressman Andrew Welch introduced legislation that would create a state board to oversee the work of media outlets

 

 

Khushbu Shah in Atlanta

Thu 11 Apr 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/11/georgia-lawmakers-consider-bill-that-takes-aim-at-the-states-journalists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most serious threat to emerging economies is a US recession

 

Recent respite for China, on which other emerging markets are highly leveraged, could be short-lived

 

 

Thu 11 Apr 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2019 07.03 BST

 

 

 

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Press Freedom Index

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom of the Press

 

https://freedomhouse.org/report-types/freedom-press

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://rsf.org/en/ranking

 

 

 

 

 

The global slump in press freedom

 

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/07/23/the-global-slump-in-press-freedom

 

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Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S.

 

April 12, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/chomsky_arrest_of_assange_is_scandalous

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chomsky: Trump Radically Interfered with Israel’s Election to Help Re-elect Netanyahu

 

April 12, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/chomsky_trump_radically_interfered_with_israels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noam Chomsky: We Must Confront the “Ultranationalist, Reactionary” Movements Growing Across Globe

 

April 12, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/noam_chomsky_we_must_confront_the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chomsky: Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change & the Undermining of Democracy Threaten Future of Planet

 

April 12, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/chomsky_nuclear_weapons_climate_change_the

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North Africa faces a test: revolutions rarely end happily

 

Sudan and Algeria have ousted unpopular leaders. But can these countries resist the trend towards authoritarian rule?

 

 

Simon Tisdall

Sat 13 Apr 2019 13.00 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Apr 2019 13.01 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kim Jong-un sets conditions after Trump suggests third summit

  • US needs to ‘stop its current way of calculation’
  • Trump repeats demand to relinquish nuclear weapons

 

Reuters

Sat 13 Apr 2019 13.37 BST First published on Sat 13 Apr 2019 02.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/kim-jong-un-sets-conditions-after-trump-suggests-third-summit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protesters celebrate as Sudan's spy chief quits

 

Salih Ghosh, who led protests crackdown, resigns a day after interim leader stepped down

 

 

Jason Burke

Sat 13 Apr 2019 13.55 BST First published on Fri 12 Apr 2019 23.30 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/sudanese-protesters-jubilant-after-military-leader-rapidly-replaced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assange's indictment is Trump's next step in his war on press freedom

 

The case against the WikiLeaks founder is the justice department’s perfect vehicle to ultimately get what Trump wants

 

 

Sat 13 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Apr 2019 11.01 BST

By  Trevor Timm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump says he considered his daughter Ivanka to head World Bank

 

President said in an interview with the Atlantic the first daughter ‘would’ve been great’ because ‘she’s very good with numbers’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York and Jamiles Lartey

Fri 12 Apr 2019 18.24 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/12/ivanka-trump-world-bank-pick-father-confirms-consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zuzana Čaputová, the spiritual liberal who beat Slovakia’s populists

 

The country’s first female president says she won’t compromise on progressive values in her search for pragmatic solutions

 

Shaun Walker in Bratislava

Sat 13 Apr 2019 14.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/13/zuzana-caputova-slovakia-president-spiritual-liberal-progressive-values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WikiLeaks: Ecuador questions Swedish man over alleged 'blackmail' plot

 

Authorities investigating whether Ola Bini was working with WikiLeaks and Assange as part of attempt to ‘destabilise’ Ecuador

 

Dan Collyns

Fri 12 Apr 2019 22.14 BST First published on Fri 12 Apr 2019 05.36 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

UN urges France to act on 'dire' living conditions of refugees

 

Special rapporteur for housing says plight of hundreds of migrants breaches their human rights

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Fri 12 Apr 2019 10.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/un-france-dire-living-conditions-refugees-calais-migrants-human-rights

 

 

 

 

 

EU countries take migrants after Mediterranean stand-off

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How Sanders left political wilderness to become leader of Democratic pack

 

The senator has effectively not stopped campaigning since 2015 as the political landscape has shifted – but can he grow his 2020 support?

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sat 13 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/13/bernie-sanders-2020-democratic-race

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's immigration moves....

 

Demonising the ‘other’, confecting a crisis to entrench power......

 

 

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