Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

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Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty & Implicates Trump as Paul Manafort Is Convicted. Is Impeachment Next?

 

August 22, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/22/michael_cohen_pleads_guilty_implicates_trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump Administration Admits 1,400+ More People Will Die Each Year Following Coal Plant Deregulation

 

August 22, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/22/trump_administration_admits_1_400_more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump impeachment talk grows, especially on social media

 

August 22, 2018 1:32 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

Five close associates of President Donald Trump have pleaded or been found guilty of criminal wrongdoing since he took office. They include, from left, foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos; National Security Advisor Michael Flynn including his former national security adviser, his deputy campaign chairman and a former campaign policy adviser Michael Flynn; deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates; campaign chairman Paul Manafort; and personal attorney Michael Cohen. | All photos credit: AP / Illustration by PW

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-impeachment-talk-grows-especially-on-social-media/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bills addressing police misconduct face decisive votes in California legislature

 

August 21, 2018 1:45 PM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel

 

 

 

 

For bills governing police conduct to be signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, they have to be processed by the state legislature by the end of the month. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bills-addressing-police-misconduct-face-decisive-votes-in-california-legislature/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trump says 'flipping' in criminal cases should be illegal and warns against impeachment

 

Trump commented on his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleading guilty in federal court, and warned that impeaching him would cause an economic crash

 

 

Joanna Walters in New York, David Smith in Washington and agencies

Thu 23 Aug 2018 13.43 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/trump-michael-cohen-flipping-should-be-illegal-warns-against-impeachment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven Tyler orders Donald Trump to stop playing Aerosmith music at rallies

 

After Livin’ on the Edge was played at a West Virginia rally this week, Tyler’s lawyers have sent another cease-and-desist letter to Trump’s office

 

 

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Thu 23 Aug 2018 10.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/23/steven-tyler-orders-donald-trump-to-stop-playing-aerosmith-music-at-rallies

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bolton warns Russian counterpart over midterm election meddling

 

John Bolton tells Nikolai Patrushev at Geneva meeting that US will take ‘necessary steps’ to prevent interference

 

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow and Julian Borger in Moscow

Thu 23 Aug 2018 16.33 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/23/us-russia-expected-restart-nuclear-arms-dialogue-geneva-talks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reality Winner: NSA contractor jailed for five years over classified report leak

 

Winner, who leaked report on Russian election interference, is first person Trump administration charged under Espionage Act

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Thu 23 Aug 2018 17.39 BST

 

 

Prosecutors said that the NSA contractor Reality Winner printed a classified document showing Russian interference in the US election

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/reality-winner-sentence-classified-report-leak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US and China escalate trade war as total sum levied reaches $100bn

 

Countries implement 25% tariffs on $16bn worth of imports on both sides in new salvo

 

Lily Kuo

Thu 23 Aug 2018 08.36 BST Last modified on Thu 23 Aug 2018 15.54 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/us-china-escalate-trade-war-total-sum-levied-reaches-100bn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defiant Donald Trump accuses Michael Cohen of making up hush money stories

 

Ex-fixer says Trump directed him to make payments and lawyer says Cohen is ready to tell all he knows about Russian interference

 

 

David Smith in Washington and Erin Durkin in New York

Thu 23 Aug 2018 02.26 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/22/michael-cohen-has-information-on-conspiracy-by-russians-says-lawyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major prison strike spreads across US and Canada as inmates refuse food

 

Prisoners stand against forced labor and other indignities amid reports of action in California, Washington state and Nova Scotia

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Thu 23 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

 

An inmate at San Quentin in California. The strike was symbolically timed to mark the death of a Black Panther held at the prison

Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/prison-strike-us-canada-forced-labor-protest-activism

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The Case Against Donald Trump: Rep. Al Green Says President Must Resign or Face Impeachment

 

August 23, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/23/the_case_against_donald_trump_rep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NC’s Sole Black Woman Historical Commissioner: Confederate Statues Don’t Belong at State Capitol

 

August 23, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/23/ncs_sole_black_woman_historical_commissioner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Nationalism in the White House: Administration Faces New Revelations About Ties to Far Right

 

August 23, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/23/white_nationalism_in_the_white_house

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White House lets payday lenders prey on military families

 

August 17, 2018 1:47 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Pay Day Loan store. Tony Webster CC2.0

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/white-house-lets-payday-lenders-prey-on-military-families/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big oil asks government to save it from climate change

 

August 23, 2018 9:13 AM CDT By Will Weissert

 

 

 

 

The oil industry wants the government to pay to protect its facilities on the Texas Gulf Coast against the effects of global warming. Protecting the homes of people like Samuel McGlory, Jr. is not a priority in the proposed projects. Here, Mr. McGlory throws out debris in front of his damaged home from Hurricane Harvey as an oil refinery stands in the background in Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 28, 2017. | David Goldman / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/big-oil-asks-government-to-save-it-from-climate-change/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother wins stay of deportation during hunger strike

 

August 23, 2018 12:12 PM CDT By Joelle Fishman

 

 

 

 

Center, from left: Samir Mahmud, Salma Sikander, and Anwar Mahmud talk with the press following the announcement Sikander's deportation order had been stayed. | Courtesy of Steve Thornton

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mother-wins-stay-of-deportation-during-hunger-strike/

Edited August 23, 2018 by umbertino

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Spanish government approves exhumation of Francisco Franco

 

Former dictator’s grandson says moving remains from mausoleum is ‘vengeful’

 

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Fri 24 Aug 2018 13.49 BST

 

 

General Francisco Franco ( umb's note: super-bastard fascist dictator & mass murderer), wearing full military uniform, observes a parade in Spain in 1969

Photograph: Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/24/spanish-government-approves-exhumation-of-dictator-francisco-franco

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump hits back after attorney general's public rebuke

 

US president tweets that Jeff Sessions should ‘look into all of the corruption’ by political foes

 

 

Edward Helmore in New York and Mattha Busby in London

Fri 24 Aug 2018 16.04 BST

 

 

 

 

Jeff Sessions has been accused by Donald Trump of not taking control of the justice department

Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/donald-trump-hits-back-after-attorney-generals-public-rebuke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia's new PM is Scott Morrison as moderate Malcolm Turnbull is forced out

 

Socially conservative architect of hardline asylum policies takes the helm as fifth prime minister in five years

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 07.53 BST First published on Fri 24 Aug 2018 05.53 BST

By  Ben Doherty

 

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/24/scott-morrison-to-become-australian-pm-as-turnbull-denounces-insurgency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spike Lee talks to Gary Younge about (movie) BlacKkKlansman and racism under Trump – video

 

Spike Lee’s latest film is about a black cop who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s. Based on a true story, BlacKkKlansman draws clear parallels with racial tensions in modern America............

 

 

Shanida Scotland, Alex Healey, Maeve Shearlaw and Noah Payne-Frank, Source: Guardian

Thu 23 Aug 2018 09.35 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2018/aug/23/spike-lee-talks-to-gary-younge-about-blackkklansman-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John McCain will no longer receive treatment for brain cancer, says family

 

Family says Arizona senator, who was diagnosed with aggressive cancer last year, is showing ‘usual strength of will’

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 16.19 BST Last modified on Fri 24 Aug 2018 16.22 BST

By  Martin Pengelly

 

 

 

 

John McCain speaks on Capitol Hill last year

Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/john-mccain-cancer-treatment-family-statement-latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose a side: the battle to keep French isle McDonald's-free

 

Mayor on Île d’Oléron is leading the fight, saying the island is ‘not about mass consumption’

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Dolus-d'Oléron

Fri 24 Aug 2018 11.22 BST

 

 

 

People read information about mayor Grégory Gendre’s campaign to stop McDonald’s

Photograph: Xavier Leoty/AFP

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/24/choose-a-side-fight-keep-france-ile-doleron-mcdonalds-free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sudan teen who killed rapist husband faces new calls for death penalty

 

Noura Hussein got a jail sentence after an international outcry. Prosecutors seek to overturn the ruling that spared her execution

 

 

Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Fri 24 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

Noura Hussein had faced execution for premeditated murder but after a campaign the verdict was quashed and she was given a jail sentence for manslaughter

Photograph: Amnesty International

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/24/sudan-teen-who-killed-rapist-husband-faces-new-calls-for-death-penalty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White farmers: how a far-right idea was planted in Donald Trump's mind

 

The idea that there is a ‘genocide’ of white farmers in South Africa was once the province of conspiracy theorists but, thanks to News Corp’s media promotion, it has moved into the policy realm

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 12.00 BST First published on Thu 23 Aug 2018 21.25 BST

By  Jason Wilson

 

 

 

 

A bumper sign calls for the end of farm killings in South Africa, during a blockade of a freeway in Midvaal, South Africa

Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/23/white-farmers-trump-south-africa-tucker-carlson-far-right-influence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Africa condemns Trump's 'polarising' white farmers tweet

 

US president’s tweet followed Fox News segment calling land seizure policy ‘immoral’

 

 

Jason Burke in Johannesburg

Fri 24 Aug 2018 14.49 BST

 

 

 

The entrance to a farm outside Witbank, Mpumalanga province, South Africa

Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/24/south-africa-condemns-false-claims-as-trump-white-farmers-row-continues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, Spain should dig Franco up. But it must not bury the horror of his regime

 

The fate of his burial monument is uncertain – why not turn it into a civil war museum, to warn of the horrors of fascism?

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 15.55 BST Last modified on Fri 24 Aug 2018 16.33 BST

By  Giles Tremlett

 

 

 

 

‘Looming high above the basilica, a 150-metre cross sits like a giant finger raised to the families of those assassinated by Franco’s regime.’ The Valley of the Fallen monument outside Madrid

Photograph: Andrea Comas/AP

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/24/spain-franco-regime-dictator-burial-civil-war-fascism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was raped by a priest, then it was covered up. The pope has to tell the truth

 

The pontiff is clear-eyed about the sins of others. But he refuses to acknowledge the Vatican’s role in the abuse scandal

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Fri 24 Aug 2018 13.34 BST

By  Colm O’Gorman

 

 

 

 

John Paul II waves to cheering crowds on his visit to Ireland in 1979

Photograph: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/24/survivors-abuse-pope-sins-vatican-cover-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She has a camper truck, he has a private jet – can a Democrat take Montana?

 

Kathleen Williams is the Democratic nominee taking on one of the wealthiest members of Congress for the state’s sole House seat, which the GOP has held for nearly three decades

 

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

By  Kathleen McLaughlin

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Williams stands alongside her Republican opponent, Greg Gianforte, center, and representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas at the Crow Fair in Montana

Photograph: Adam Sings In The Timber for the Guardian

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/montana-midterms-kathleen-williams-greg-gianforte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hundreds dead, no one charged: the uphill battle against Los Angeles police killings

 

The families of Grechario Mack and Kenneth Ross Jr, whose deaths made few headlines, speak out: ‘They took a part of me’

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 09.00 BST

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

Catherine Walker and Quintus Moore, mother and father of Grechario Mack, in Los Angeles. ‘I couldn’t save my baby,’ Walker says

Photograph: Dan Tuffs for the Guardian

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/los-angeles-police-violence-shootings-african-american

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Allen Weisselberg: Trump Organization CFO granted immunity in Cohen case

 

It was not clear whether Weisselberg testified as part of investigations targeting someone other than Cohen

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 16.50 BST

Tom McCarthy in New York

 

 

 

 

After he was elected, Donald Trump said he was leaving the organization in the hands of Allen Weisselberg and his sons

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/allen-weisselberg-trump-organization-cfo-immunity-michael-cohen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'This isn't just Parkland': student activists march to confront Smith & Wesson

 

Activists across Massachusetts came together for the local chapter of 50 Miles More to challenge the arms manufacturer at their Springfield headquarters

 

 

Luke O'Neil in Warren, Massachusetts

Fri 24 Aug 2018 21.52 BST Last modified on Fri 24 Aug 2018 22.10 BST

 

 

Activsts walk during the 50 Miles More march in Worcester, Massachusetts, on 23 August

Photograph: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/50-miles-more-march-massachusetts-smith-and-wesson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US axes $200M in aid for Palestine, blames Hamas

 

8/24, 10:30 PM (Source: TeleTrader.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.teletrader.com/us-axes-200m-in-aid-for-palestine-blames-hamas/news/details/44635958?ts=1535146223475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in safe during 2016 campaign

 

August 24, 2018 10:53 AM CDT By Associated Press

 

 

 

 

David Pecker joins the long list of Trump friends who are "flipping" on him. | Marta Lavandier/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/national-enquirer-hid-damaging-trump-stories-in-safe-during-2016-campaign/

Edited August 24, 2018 by umbertino

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Judge deals blow to Trump over attempt to make firing federal workers easier

 

President signed orders affecting 2 million workers in May

 

Move ‘undermines right to bargain collectively’, says judge

 

 

Reuters in Washington

Sat 25 Aug 2018 17.10 BST

 

 

 

Members of the American Federation of Teachers hold up signs in front of the supreme court in February

Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/judge-trump-order-firing-federal-workers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump comes out swinging in Ohio – and doesn't mention McCain

 

President tells Republicans death of Iowa student ‘a disgrace’

 

 

 

Sat 25 Aug 2018 15.30 BST

By  Martin Pengelly and agencies

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/donald-trump-ohio-speech-mollie-tibbetts-mccain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US bombs are killing children in Yemen. Does anybody care?

 

The lack of outrage at the US’s key role in this humanitarian disaster raises troubling questions

 

 

Sat 25 Aug 2018 13.39 BST Last modified on Sat 25 Aug 2018 16.50 BST

By  Moustafa Bayoumi

 

 

 

 

A child injured in a Saudi-led airstrike that left 51 dead, including 40 children

Photograph: Hani Mohammed/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/us-bombs-yemen-children-humanitarian-disaster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Republican theme on abortions: 'It's OK for me, evil for thee'

 

An illustrious list of Republican men are publicly anti-choice, but privately have supported women in their lives having abortions

 

 

Sat 25 Aug 2018 13.00 BST Last modified on Sat 25 Aug 2018 14.58 BST

By  Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

Tim Murphy, the pro-life Pennsylvania Republican who resigned last year after it was revealed he had urged his mistress to consider an abortion

Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/25/a-republican-theme-on-abortions-its-ok-for-me-evil-for-thee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'This is about Mollie': many who knew Tibbetts reject Trump's politicising of murder

 

Trump and Republicans have made the Iowa student’s death an immigration issue even as family and friends call for healing

 

 

David Taylor in New York

Sat 25 Aug 2018 09.46 BST

 

 

 

The family of Mollie Tibbetts, whose body was found earlier this month more than a month after she was last seen, have denounced attempts to politicise her death

Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/tibbetts-murder-prompts-pushback-against-politicisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's terrible week: stunning news and whispers of impeachment

 

At around 4.30pm, in courtrooms 200 miles apart, a pair of Trump associates delivered a one-two punch – and that was just Tuesday

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Sat 25 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Donald Trump on Friday in Columbus, Ohio

Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/trumps-terrible-week-stunning-news-and-whispers-of-impeachment

 

 

 

 

 

 

McDonnell backs claim second referendum on Brexit risks unrest

 

Shadow chancellor says he is worried another referendum would embolden the far right

 

Andrew Sparrow

Fri 24 Aug 2018 12.02 BST Last modified on Fri 24 Aug 2018 12.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/24/mcdonnell-backs-claims-second-brexit-referendum-risks-social-unrest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump cuts more than $200m in aid to Palestinians

 

In January, the US had already made drastic cuts to its contribution to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Sat 25 Aug 2018 03.00 BST

 

 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump. US/Palestine relations have deteriorated since the Washington announced its Israeli embassy would move to Jerusalem

Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/donald-trump-cuts-more-than-200m-in-aid-to-palestinians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump’s base may not like him, but they’re not about to ditch him

 

Even after his tumultuous week with Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen, the president’s popularity has held

 

 

Fri 24 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Fri 24 Aug 2018 14.46 BST

By  Gary Younge

 

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/24/donald-trump-voters-impeachment-legal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio special election: Republican Troy Balderson wins tight race for House seat

 

The two-term Ohio senator backed by Donald Trump and John Kasich has retained the seat for Republicans

 

 

Associated Press in Columbus, Ohio

Fri 24 Aug 2018 19.20 BST

 

 

 

Troy Balderson speaks at an election night party on 7 August

Photograph: Jay LaPrete/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/24/ohio-special-election-troy-balderson-wins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inmates release demands amid 19-day prison strike across US

 

Prisoners continue to protest while students target Smith & Wesson in 50-mile gun control march and a survey reveals majority of Americans support Medicare for all

 

 

Sat 25 Aug 2018 14.00 BST Last modified on Sat 25 Aug 2018 14.01 BST

By  Adam Gabbatt

 

 

 

 

Inmates stand outside at San Quentin state prison in San Quentin, California, on 16 August

Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/the-resistance-now-prison-strikes-demands

 

 

 

 

 

 

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John McCain, influential US senator and presidential candidate, dies aged 81

 

McCain, who had brain cancer, was known for his heroism in Vietnam, his independent-mindedness and recently his rebukes of Trump

 

 

David Smith in Washington and Paul Owen

Sun 26 Aug 2018 07.25 BST

 

 

 

McCain and Barack Obama greet each other at the end of their third and final presidential debate in Hempstead, New York in 2008

Photograph: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/john-mccain-influential-us-senator-and-ex-presidential-candidate-dies-aged-81

 

 

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John McCain opened Pandora’s box – Sarah Palin came out, but Trump was hiding behind her

 

The senator regretted his choice of running mate. In 2008, no one could have imagined what it would mean

 

David Smith in Washington

Sun 26 Aug 2018 13.22 BST

 

 

John McCain and Sarah Palin, seen at the Republican convention in Minnesota in 2008

Photograph: Stephen Douglass/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/26/john-mccain-sarah-palin-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How heartening to see a still robust US constitution as the net closes on Trump

 

It’s become commonplace to mourn the decline of American checks and balances. But watching Robert Mueller at work restores one’s faith

 

 

Sun 26 Aug 2018 09.00 BST

By  Michael Goldfarb

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump at the White House on Friday

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/26/heartening-to-see-a-still-robust-us-constitution-as-net-closes-on-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Have people inspected' at Irish border after Brexit, says Rees-Mogg

 

Critics deride suggestion of return to arrangements ‘as we had during the Troubles’

 

Heather Stewart

Sun 26 Aug 2018 12.29 BST Last modified on Sun 26 Aug 2018 15.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/26/have-people-inspected-at-irish-border-after-brexit-says-jacob-rees-mogg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany mulls year of national service for young people and migrants

 

Proposal aimed at uniting Angela Merkel’s party criticised as populist by opposition

 

 

Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Sun 26 Aug 2018 15.25 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/germanys-cdu-floats-return-of-one-year-compulsory-national-service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Korean newspaper condemns 'double-dealing' US after Pompeo trip called off

 

State-owned Rodong Sinmun claims cancellation ‘prove that the US is hatching a criminal plot to unleash war on DRPK’

 

 

Reuters in Seoul

Sun 26 Aug 2018 14.36 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/north-korean-newspaper-us-pompeo-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweden’s far right has flourished because the elite lost touch with the people

 

Whatever the result of the general election, Sweden Democrats’ nationalist stance is now part of the political conversation

 

Andrew Brown

Sun 26 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/weden-democrats-far-right-flourished-elite-lost-touch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impeach Trump: why Republicans, not Democrats are talking up the prospect

 

By one count the president has nine impeachable offenses to his name but the politics of removing him from office are complicated

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Sun 26 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

A protester holds an ‘impeach’ sign outside the Trump National golf course as a motorcade with Donald Trump arrives in Sterling, Virginia, on 28 October 2017

Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics & 1 vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/26/impeach-trump-why-republicans-not-democrats-are-talking-up-the-prospect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greece was never bailed out – it remains locked in an EU debtor's prison

 

Punitive conditions attached to the ‘rescue’ package mean the Greek financial tragedy may never end

 

 

Sun 26 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 26 Aug 2018 14.30 BST

By  Yanis Varoufakis  (fmr. Greece Minister of finance)

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/26/greece-was-never-bailed-out---it-remains-a-debtors-prison-and-the-eu-still-holds-the-keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nafta revamp closer as Trump drops 'sunset clause' demand, Mexico says

 

‘It’s going to come out’ says Mexico negotiator

 

Trump tweets: ‘big Trade Agreement could be happening soon!’

 

 

Reuters in Washington

Sun 26 Aug 2018 01.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/nafta-trump-drops-sunset-clause-demand-mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'American original': John McCain praised by political friends and foes

 

Barack Obama and Sarah Palin salute senator’s service and friendships – while Donald Trump tweets condolences to family

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sun 26 Aug 2018 03.43 BST

 

 

 

John McCain, seen in 2008.

Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/john-mccain-tributes-obama-clinton-palin-biden-american-original

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Trump-McCain rift clear as president sends brief tweet and heads to play golf

 

No White House statement issued in hours after McCain’s death

 

Trump tweets familiar complaints and boasts about economy

 

 

Sun 26 Aug 2018 21.17 BST

Joanna Walters in New York

 

 

 

 

John McCain in 2017. McCain’s wish that Trump not receive an invitation to the funeral remains unchanged

Photograph: Rok Rakun/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/26/trump-john-mccain-rift-president-white-house

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Risk of no-deal Brexit grows every day, says German industry chief

 

Senior business leader says effects would be much more serious than UK admits

 

 

Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Mon 27 Aug 2018 13.22 BST

 

 

New cars at Volkswagen’s manufacturing plant in Wolfsburg, central Germany. VW cars are among the €84bn worth of goods exported from the country to the UK each year

Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/27/german-business-brexit-joachim-lang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malcolm Turnbull to trigger byelection by quitting parliament on Friday

 

Former PM says he doesn’t want to dwell on ‘a pointless week of madness’ as potential Liberal candidates for his seat line up

 

 

 

Mon 27 Aug 2018 12.51 BST

By  Gareth Hutchens

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/27/malcolm-turnbull-to-trigger-byelection-by-quitting-parliament-on-friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed for 30 days

 

Navalny says move is to stop him organising protests over unpopular pension reforms

 

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Mon 27 Aug 2018 15.53 BST

 

 

 

Alexei Navalny attends court for sentencing

Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/27/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-jailed-for-30-days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolás Maduro’s plan for Venezuela adds bewilderment to despair

 

Many Venezuelans fleeing abroad are adamant peaceful solution is no longer possible

 

 

Mariana Zuñiga in Caracas and Tom Phillips in Ipiales

Sun 26 Aug 2018 16.49 BST

 

 

 

 

The UN estimates 2.3 million Venezuelans have left the country since 2015

Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/venezuelan-mass-exodus-continues-amid-economic-turmoil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside the secret network providing home abortions across the US

 

Women are working outside the law and the medical establishment to meet the demand for safe, cheap terminations

 

 

Lizzie Presser for the California Sunday magazine

Mon 27 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

A Del-Em, a suction device invented by female activists in 1971 that’s still used

Photograph: Lisette Poole for the California Sunday Magazine

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/27/inside-the-secret-network-providing-home-abortions-across-the-us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump tweets about white farmers while indigenous peoples face annihilation

 

As the alt-right obsesses over white South African farmers, indigenous activists are murdered in ever greater numbers

 

 

Mon 27 Aug 2018 03.24 BST Last modified on Mon 27 Aug 2018 10.00 BST

By  Raj Patel

 

 

 

 

Hundreds of indigenous Hondurans march in 2016 in demanding justice for the murder of indigenous environmentalist Berta Caceres

Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/27/trump-tweets-about-white-farmers-while-indigenous-peoples-face-annihilation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'It's definitely intimidation': police accused over raids on activist's family

 

Was it coincidence that a mass raid on two Memphis homes occurred on the first day of a trial in which police face claims of illegal surveillance of Black Lives Matter campaigners?

 

 

 

Sun 26 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

By  Jamiles Lartey in Atlanta

 

 

 

 

Memphis Activist Antonio Cathey demonstrating at the annual vigil for Elvis Presley at Graceland

Photograph: Brandon Dill for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/26/memphis-police-raids-activists-family-black-lives-matter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa conservative seeking to gain from Mollie Tibbetts case fails to make ballot

 

Attorney general hopeful Patrick Anderson has attempted to cast Tibbetts’ death as a result of flawed immigration policies

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sun 26 Aug 2018 23.50 BST

 

 

 

Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 24-year-old dairy farm worker from Mexico, has been charged with Tibbetts’ murder

Photograph: Reuters

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/26/iowa-conservatives-mollie-tibbetts-ballot

 

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French environment minister quits live on radio with anti-Macron broadside

 

Nicolas Hulot says he is leaving government because president is not doing enough to meet environmental goals

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Tue 28 Aug 2018 13.13 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/28/french-environment-minister-quits-live-on-radio-with-anti-macron-broadside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brexiteers have lost sight of the greatest free trade prize of all

 

The mantra of ‘WTO rules’ is a euphemism for failure to understand the true value of EU membership

 

Tue 28 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

By  Rafael Behr

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/28/brexiteers-eu-wto-rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

German police criticised as country reels from far-right violence

 

Saxony premier says rioters are using the murder of a Chemnitz man in a ‘tasteless and upsetting’ way

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Tue 28 Aug 2018 14.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/28/german-police-criticised-as-country-reels-from-far-right-violence

 

 

 

 

 

 

War reporters like me will cease to exist if the web giants aren’t stopped

 

News journalism is being sucked dry by Facebook and Google – the EU must pass a crucial reform on copyright law

 

Tue 28 Aug 2018 12.50 BST Last modified on Tue 28 Aug 2018 13.43 BST

By  Sammy Ketz

 

 

 

A journalist films the wreckage of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre in Barzeh, southern Syria in 2018

Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/28/war-reporters-internet-giants-news-journalism-facebook-google-eu-vote-copyright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump belatedly pays tribute to McCain and orders flag to fly at half staff

 

Arizona senator’s farewell message criticized president – without naming him – calling US ‘a nation of ideals, not blood and soil’

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and agencies

Mon 27 Aug 2018 22.09 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/27/john-mccain-farewell-message-americans-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump announces US-Mexico trade deal, setting stage for Nafta overhaul

 

President hails deal ‘incredible for both parties’ and says negotiations with Canada will start ‘relatively soon’

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Tue 28 Aug 2018 03.26 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/27/trump-nafta-us-mexico-trade-understanding-latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

John McCain's death roils Arizona's rough-and-tumble Republican primary

 

Arizonans vote today after a bitter battle for the GOP Senate nomination that has highlighted the Donald Trump effect in McCain’s home state

 

Lauren Gambino in Phoenix

Tue 28 Aug 2018 06.46 BST

 

 

Candidate Kelli Ward on the campaign trail in Paulden, Arizona

Photograph: Conor Ralph/Reuters

 

 

More pics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/arizona-primary-joe-arpaio-martha-mcsally-kelli-ward-trump-mccain

 

 

 

 

 

 

John McCain's farewell letter to America

 

Following the senator’s death, the following text was read at a news conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix

 

Tue 28 Aug 2018 00.56 BST Last modified on Tue 28 Aug 2018 13.59 BST

 

 

 

An electronic billboard remembering Senator John McCain near Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, in downtown Phoenix

Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/john-mccains-farewell-statement-in-full

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US voter suppression: why this Texas woman is facing five years' prison

 

Fort Worth is suffering a crisis of democracy – just 6% of electors voted in the last midterms – so why is it aggressively pursuing those who mistakenly cast ballots?

 

 

Ed Pilkington in Fort Worth

Tue 28 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Crystal Mason, who is facing five years in Texas prisons because she mistakenly cast a provisional ballot when she was not allowed to do so

Photograph: Ed Pilkington for the Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/27/crime-of-voting-texas-woman-crystal-mason-five-years-prison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina must fix Republican gerrymander before midterms

 

Federal court rules redrawing of district maps unconstitutional

 

Thursday deadline for parties’ recommendations to fix problem

 

Reuters

Tue 28 Aug 2018 14.34 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/north-carolina-must-fix-republican-gerrymander-before-midterms

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump: Google’s news service is rigged against me

 

US president claims ‘Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good’

 

 

Jim Waterson Media editor

Tue 28 Aug 2018 12.19 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/donald-trump-google-news-service-is-rigged-against-me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Pence: power, religion and America's 'shadow president'

 

One new book about the VP is a hagiography, one a hatchet job – neither appreciates what the rise of the former Indiana governor says about faith and the nation

 

 

Lloyd Green

Tue 28 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Tue 28 Aug 2018 06.02 BST

 

 

Mike Pence speaks in New Jersey

Photograph: Paul Zimmerman/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/mike-pence-shadow-president-review-path-to-power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'They're liquidating us': AT&T continues layoffs and outsourcing despite profits

 

The communications giant is expecting a windfall of $20bn in savings from Trump’s tax reforms, but has closed 44 call centers since 2011

 

Michael Sainato

Tue 28 Aug 2018 10.00 BST Last modified on Tue 28 Aug 2018 14.47 BST

 

 

 

In the past seven years, AT&T has closed 44 call centers, four of them just this year

Photograph: Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/att-earns-record-profits-layoffs-outsourcing-continue

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Arrest warrant leak fuels suspicions of far-right links with German police

 

Authorities confirm leak after arrest warrant for Iraqi murder suspect sparked violent anti-foreigner protests

 

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Wed 29 Aug 2018 13.14 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/29/arrest-warrant-leak-fuels-suspicions-of-far-right-links-with-german-police

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

German city removes gold Erdoğan statue after violent clashes

 

Controversial effigy of Turkish PM was part of Wiesbaden art Biennale

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Frankfurt

Wed 29 Aug 2018 11.13 BST

 

 

 

 

The statue of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/29/weisbaden-biennale-erdogan-statue-removed-violence-turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California moves towards 100% carbon-free electricity after landmark vote

 

 

Legislators vote for complete shift to clean energy by 2045

 

Bill heads to state senate and then to Governor Jerry Brown

 

 

Oliver Milman in New York

Wed 29 Aug 2018 17.10 BST

 

 

 

 

Wind turbines near Rancho Mirage in southern California. State senator Kevin de Leon called the bill ‘a victory for clean air’.

Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Media

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/29/california-electricity-fossil-fuels-wind-solar-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putin appeals to Russians to accept 'painful' pension changes

 

 

President offers concessions but says retirement age must rise to avoid economic ruin

 

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Wed 29 Aug 2018 14.46 BST

 

 

 

Vladimir Putin underlines the importance of the pension plans in a nationwide TV address

Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/29/vladimir-putin-russia-pension-reforms-retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flint, Michigan: the story of a modern American city

 

Photographer Zackary Canepari arrived in Flint in 2012, before a scandal about tainted water brought the city to international attention. For six years he has documented a place of struggle, and strength

 

 

Wed 29 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/29/flint-michigan-story-modern-american-city-photo-essay-zackary-canepari

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don McGahn: White House counsel to resign, Trump confirms

 

President says McGahn, who cooperated with Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, will depart in autumn

 

 

Tom McCarthy and Jon Swaine in New York

Wed 29 Aug 2018 17.23 BST

 

 

 

White House counsel Don McGahn listens to President Donald Trump speak in the Cabinet Room of the White House

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/29/don-mcgahn-resign-trump-white-house-counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The medics braving drug wars to treat people in Mexico's brutal Guerrero

 

In one of the country’s most violent states, healthcare was severely limited until Médecins Sans Frontières stepped in to offer treatment – as long as weapons are left outside

 

 

Nina Lakhani in Zelocotitlán, Guerrero

Wed 29 Aug 2018 13.22 BST

 

 

People wait to be seen by MSF’s mobile health clinic in Zelocotitlán. All photographs by Mónica González/MSF

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/29/msf-medics-brave-drug-wars-mexico-brutal-guerrero

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No-deal Brexit is only alternative to Chequers plan, says Lidington

 

UK minister tells French business leaders it is too late to go back to the drawing board

 

 

Heather Stewart Political editor

Wed 29 Aug 2018 14.27 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/29/no-deal-brexit-is-only-alternative-to-chequers-plan-says-lidington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masked vigilantes escalate tensions in Catalonia's 'yellow ribbon war'

 

Group travels 60 miles to take down secessionist symbols in pro-independence town

 

 

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Wed 29 Aug 2018 11.21 BST

 

 

 

 

A couple tie yellow ribbons to railings near the Catalan parliament in Barcelona

Photograph: Quique Garcia/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/29/masked-vigilantes-escalate-tensions-in-catalonias-yellow-ribbon-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha McSally beats far-right challenge to win Arizona Republican primary

 

McSally, America’s first female air force pilot, will now face Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in a contest that could determine which party controls the Senate

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Tempe

Wed 29 Aug 2018 06.11 BST

 

 

 

Martha McSally greets her supporters in Tempe, Arizona, after winning the Republican primary

Photograph: Reuters

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/29/martha-mcsally-beats-joe-arpaio-and-kelli-ward-to-win-arizona-republican-primary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida governor race to pit leftwing Democrat against Trump Republican

 

Democrat Andrew Gillum, who would be state’s first black governor, to face the Trump-backed Ron DeSantis

 

 

Erin Durkin and agencies

Wed 29 Aug 2018 15.58 BST

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/florida-democratic-republican-primary-andrew-gillum-ron-desantis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump warns of ‘violence’ if Republicans lose midterms

 

President was heard urging Christian ministers to sway voters and alluding to leftwing violence in leaked audio

 

 

Wed 29 Aug 2018 00.29 BST Last modified on Wed 29 Aug 2018 17.27 BST

By  Lois Beckett

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/28/donald-trump-midterms-private-meeting-church-antifa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is citizenship of the country you are born in an absurd privilege?

 

Canada and the US are debating their policy. Perhaps it is ridiculous that 10 million people in the world are stateless while so many of us take our citizenship for granted

 

 

Wed 29 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 29 Aug 2018 14.29 BST

Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/29/birthright-citizenship-privilege-canada-america-policy

 

 

 

Hmmm....The rightwing here in my Country has always deemed it as a privilege ....While imho it should only be deemed as common sense

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In regards to the above article....Here in Italy  still today  the child of a migrant / foreign family doesn't automatically become Italian citizen......When he / she reaches 18 years  then he / she can apply for Citizenship...So basically they're foreigners in the Country where they were born and where they live...Which includes  ( from a certain age on) to go to Police  (here is the Police which manages the migration issues, permits etc) every four or five years to renew the stay  permit ( I think that's  extremely humiliating thing to do when you were born here and have been living here  since your 1st day of life)

 

Sorry about the font......

 

 

 

Sanders Backers Win Major Reforms as Democratic Nat’l Committee Votes to Limit Superdelegate Power

 

August 27, 2018

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/27/sanders_backers_win_major_reforms_as

[umbertino]

California Is the First State to Scrap Cash Bail

 

By Thomas Fuller

• Aug. 28, 2018

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO — California on Tuesday became the first state to fully abolish cash bail, a step that backers said would create a more equitable criminal justice system, one less dependent on a person’s wealth.......

 

 

 

Gov. Jerry Brown said the law he signed eliminating cash bail will treat “rich and poor alike.”CreditCreditRich Pedroncelli/Associated Press

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/california-cash-bail.html

 

 

I foresee....The rich won't like it

 

[umbertino]

Trump aid cuts hitting Palestinians hard, agencies warn

 

Critics accuse US of using issue to force through White House-imposed peace deal, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians suffer impact

 

 

Peter Beaumont and Oliver Holmes in Gaza City

Thu 30 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

A child in Gaza City. The move, announced by the state department on Friday, follows a months-long freeze on promised funds from USAid

Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/30/trump-aid-cuts-hitting-palestinians-hard-agencies-warn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We can’t go back': Syria's refugees fear for their future after war

 

In the first in a series on the aftermath of the 21st century’s most devastating conflict, refugees from the seven-year war say they are hugely sceptical about claims that it is safe to return home

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Thu 30 Aug 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/30/we-cant-go-back-syrias-refugees-fear-for-their-future-after-war

Edited August 30, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Buying your way out of jail is wrong. It's time to end America's bail system

 

A system of ‘justice’ simply cannot operate with legitimacy when the dollars in a person’s pocket dictate whether they are kept behind bars or not

 

 

Vijay Das and Naila Awan

Thu 30 Aug 2018 13.30 BST

 

 

 

‘The majority of people held in American jails, as opposed to state and federal prisons, are awaiting trial.’

Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/30/abolish-bail-bonds-cash-bail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julia Salazar: the progressive aiming to follow in Ocasio-Cortez’s footsteps

 

The 27-year-old Latina socialist speaks about the flurry of national interest in her run for New York senate and ‘extraordinary’ current political moment

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Thu 30 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Aug 2018 12.50 BST

 

 

 

Julia Salazar: ‘Because I was thrown in the deep end, I had to swim.’

Photograph: Max Burkhalter for the Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/30/julia-salazar-democratic-socialist-interview

Edited August 30, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

FBI arrests man who threatened to kill Boston Globe staff for criticizing Trump

 

FBI says Robert Chain began a series of threatening calls after the newspaper announced it was coordinating a response to Trump’s attacks on the media

 

 

Jon Swaine in New York

Thu 30 Aug 2018 16.56 BST

 

 

People enter and exit the new location of the Boston Globe in Boston on 15 August 2018

Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/30/boston-globe-man-arrested-death-threats-fbi-robert-chain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian view on Trump’s Palestinian policy: setting fire to the ground

 

The Trump administration is the first in history to uncritically back the government of Israel while waging diplomatic war on the Palestinians. This is a recipe for chaos

 

 

Thu 30 Aug 2018 18.43 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Aug 2018 18.55 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

 

‘The Trump administration has cut aid funding to the Palestinians and slashed its contributions to the UN agency that supports more than 5 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East.’

Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/30/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-palestinian-policy-setting-fire-to-the-ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN Syria envoy offers to negotiate ceasefire in last rebel stronghold

 

UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura asks for humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Thu 30 Aug 2018 17.27 BST

 

 

Turkish forces in a convoy on a main highway in Idlib province

Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/30/syrian-war-un-warns-russia-iran-and-turkey-against-battle-in-idlib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina raises interest rates to 60% to shore up peso

 

Turkish lira falls 4% against US dollar as concerns grow of crises in emerging markets

 

 

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Thu 30 Aug 2018 18.52 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/30/argentina-raises-interest-rates-to-60-to-shore-up-peso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nafta: Canada and US trade talks gain urgency as deadline nears

 

Canada’s top trade negotiator says ‘we’re working very intensely’ to reach a deal by Friday and avoid breakdown in trade relations

 

 

Thu 30 Aug 2018 18.08 BST

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/30/nafta-latest-news-us-canada-mexico-trade-deal-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'People will continue to die': coroners' 'deaths in custody' reports ignored

 

Legal experts say a backlog in inquests is fuelling inaction on recommendations that should be saving Indigenous lives

 

Thu 30 Aug 2018 19.00 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Aug 2018 19.16 BST

By  Helen Davidson

 

 

 

A rally-goer holds up a placard during the black deaths in custody protest in Sydney. John Lawrence, a Darwin-based special counsel, says the lack of action on recommendations from Indigenous death in custody inquests is a symptom of racism

Photograph: Jeremy Ng/AAP

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/31/people-will-continue-to-die-coroners-deaths-in-custody-reports-ignored

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The European left’s struggle to advance progressive reforms

 

Michael Holmes and Geoff Naylor respond to a Guardian article by Larry Elliott

 

 

Letters

Thu 30 Aug 2018 17.48 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Aug 2018 17.50 BST

 

 

 

‘The fundamental flaw with economics is that it doesn’t assess the real value to society,’ writes Geoff Naylor

Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/30/the-european-lefts-struggle-to-advance-progressive-reforms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justice department sides with Asian American students in Harvard bias lawsuit

 

Officials deny Harvard’s request to dismiss racial bias lawsuit filed by students, saying school’s use of ‘personal rating’ may be discriminatory

 

 

Associated Press in Washington

Thu 30 Aug 2018 16.29 BST

 

 

 

Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Photograph: Steven Senne/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/aug/30/harvard-university-racism-bias-lawsuit-asian-american-students-justice-department

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron DeSantis tells Florida voters not to 'monkey this up' by choosing Gillum

 

The Republican candidate made the comment about his African American opponent hours after the gubernatorial primary results

 

 

Joanna Walters and agencies

Wed 29 Aug 2018 18.03 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/29/ron-desantis-racism-monkey-up-andrew-gillum-florida-governor-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shifting alliances: Asia and Middle East chart courses independent of U.S.

 

August 30, 2018 9:15 AM CDT By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province, June 10. | Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/shifting-alliances-asia-and-middle-east-chart-courses-independent-of-u-s/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even Nixon funded jobs programs, why can’t we do it today?

 

August 28, 2018 12:14 PM CDT By Michelle M. Tokarczyk

 

 

 

 

President Richard Nixon in 1969. | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/even-nixon-funded-jobs-programs-why-cant-we-do-it-today/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rallies oppose Kavanaugh, Trump’s High Court pick

 

August 27, 2018 10:14 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators hold up signs demanding the Senate vote "NO" on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. | Karine Jean-Pierre/MoveOn.org via Twitter

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mass-rallies-nationwide-oppose-kavanaugh-trumps-high-court-pick/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DeVos scheme to divert education dollars to guns under fire

 

August 29, 2018 11:09 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT | Damian Dovarganes/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/devos-scheme-to-divert-education-dollars-to-guns-under-fire/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus on race and class at L.A.’s Left Coast Forum

 

August 28, 2018 1:00 PM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/focus-on-race-and-class-at-l-a-s-left-coast-forum/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany’s Left Party launches a new strategy against the extreme right

 

August 17, 2018 1:11 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

Berlin, montecruz | CC

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/germanys-left-party-launches-a-new-strategy-against-the-extreme-right/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parental activism: Changing the narrative of the school-to-prison pipeline

 

August 29, 2018 12:47 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

 

Students at Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, Oct. 20, 2017. | Carrie Antlfinger / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/parental-activism-changing-the-narrative-of-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/

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Trump poised to cut all US funding for key UN Palestinian refugee programme

 

US administration to withdraw from services affecting 5 million people, reports say

 

 

Peter Beaumont and Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Fri 31 Aug 2018 13.43 BST

 

 

Pupils gather in front of a school run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City

Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/trump-to-cut-all-us-funding-for-uns-main-palestinian-refugee-programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump: US will quit World Trade Organization unless it 'shapes up'

 

In Bloomberg interview, president criticises organization and lauds plan on China tariffs, driving down US equities

 

Edward Helmore

Fri 31 Aug 2018 02.10 BST Last modified on Fri 31 Aug 2018 15.06 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/30/trump-world-trade-organization-tariffs-stock-market

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU to recommend end to changing clocks twice a year

 

Consultation found more than 80% of EU citizens against biannual time changes

 

 

Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

Fri 31 Aug 2018 14.11 BST

 

 

A technician changes a clock on a church in Dresden in March

Photograph: Sebastian Kahnert/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/eu-recommend-member-states-abolish-daylight-saving-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isis terrorist jailed for life for plot to kill Theresa May

 

Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, guilty of plot to assassinate PM in attack on Downing Street

 

 

Press Association

Fri 31 Aug 2018 15.38 BST First published on Fri 31 Aug 2018 15.16 BST

 

 

 

 

Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman

Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/31/man-jailed-for-life-for-plot-to-kill-theresa-may-naaimur-zakariyah-rahman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fear in Chemnitz: 'I’m used to neo-Nazis, but not my neighbour mixing with them in broad daylight'

 

Tensions are rising in the east German city after violent demonstrations by the far right

 

 

Kate Connolly in Chemnitz

Fri 31 Aug 2018 15.39 BST

 

 

 

 

A far-right protest outside a Chemnitz addressed by the president of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer

Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/germany-chemnitz-far-right-neo-nazis-not-neighbour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Far-right Dutch MP cancels Muhammad cartoon competition

 

Geert Wilders drops plans for controversial contest in November following death threats

 

Associated Press

Thu 30 Aug 2018 22.05 BST Last modified on Fri 31 Aug 2018 15.29 BST

 

 

 

Thousands of people marched in Pakistan’s capital to protest the planned event

Photograph: Shahzaib Akber/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/30/geert-wilders-far-right-dutch-mp-cancels-muhammed-cartoon-competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump's approval rating sinks to lowest of his presidency

 

New survey shows first time the national displeasure rating has exceeded 50%, and a majority of support for Mueller’s Russia investigation

 

 

Joanna Walters in New York and agencies

Fri 31 Aug 2018 13.56 BST

 

 

Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana on Thursday

Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/31/donald-trump-approval-rating-sinks-to-lowest-of-his-presidency#img-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American farmers fear being caught up in Trump's trade wars

 

At world’s largest farm show many say US government aid has helped ease their pain – but what they want is trade security

 

 

Dominic Rushe in Boone, Iowa

Fri 31 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Dennis Slater, left, the president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, in talks at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa

Photograph: John Richard for the Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/30/nafta-trump-deal-trade-not-aid-farmers-urge-action-amid-uncertainty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump sits alone 'sulking' as Washington pays its respects to John McCain

 

The president will be absent for McCain’s memorial services – a clear sign of his failure to accept the responsibilities of a head of state

 

 

Fri 31 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/31/trump-john-mccain-funeral-tribute-memorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Sessions' job safe until the midterms, Trump says

 

The president said the attorney general, who he has repeatedly criticized, will stay on at least until November

 

 

Reuters in Washington

Thu 30 Aug 2018 23.36 BST

 

 

 

Jeff Sessions, the US attorney general, is safe in his job at least until the November midterm elections, Donald Trump said Thursday. The president has repeatedly attacked Sessions

Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/30/jeff-sessions-job-safe-until-the-midterms-trump-says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caz1104]

" I don't hate America...I know a few" - Umbertino

 

No he just posts I HATE AMERICA articles cause he loves us so much.....sic

[umbertino]

In Germany, Nazis march, anti-fascists ‘stand-up’ against them

 

August 31, 2018 12:33 PM CDT By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

 

Right wingers march in Chemnitz. | Jens Meyer/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/in-germany-nazis-march-anti-fascists-stand-up-against-them/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Civilians in Syria's last rebel stronghold brace for final battle

 

In the second part of our series looking at the conclusion of the 21st century’s most devastating conflict, people in Idlib province speak of their fear as Assad’s army prepares to strike

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Sat 1 Sep 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

People protest against the Syrian regime and Russia in the rebel-held town of Maarrat al-Numan in the north of Idlib province

Photograph: Zein Al Rifai/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/civilians-in-syrias-last-rebel-stronghold-brace-for-final-battle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John McCain was complex. His legacy warrants critical discussion

 

In the wake of his death, too many fell into the simplistic binary thinking that plagues our country and steamrolls politics

 

 

Sat 1 Sep 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 1 Sep 2018 12.35 BST

By  Rebecca Solnit

 

 

 

 

“With [McCain’s] death, the last shreds of conscience in his party have gone, though they were often only present in him in flickers of conflicted, contradicted impulses.”

Photograph: Rok Rakun/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/01/john-mccain-was-complex-his-legacy-warrants-critical-discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US ready to boost arms supplies to Ukraine naval and air forces, envoy says

 

Exclusive: Former ambassador to Nato Kurt Volker tells the Guardian US and Russia still divided on how to deploy UN peacekeepers to end four-year war

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Sat 1 Sep 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

 

Tanks pass during a military parade marking Ukraine’s Independence Day in Kiev, Ukraine, on 24 August 2018

Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/ukraine-kurt-volker-us-arms-supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia may dig canal to turn Qatar into an island

 

Plan takes shape amid bitter dispute that led the Saudis, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to cut ties with small peninsula nation

 

Agence France-Presse

Sat 1 Sep 2018 02.17 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/saudi-arabia-may-dig-canal-to-turn-qatar-into-an-island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian court bars Lula from presidential election

 

Lawyers for jailed but hugely popular ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will appeal verdict to supreme court

 

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sat 1 Sep 2018 05.40 BST

 

 

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is in jail, has been disqualified from running again for Brazil’s presidency

Photograph: Andre Penner/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/brazilian-court-bars-lula-from-presidential-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump to visit Ireland and France in November

 

Irish Labour party vows to oppose visit

 

US president to attend first world war centenary events

 

 

Fri 31 Aug 2018 23.20 BST

Martin Pengelly in New York

 

 

 

Donald and Melania Trump arrive at Stansted airport for his controversial UK visit in July, the last time the president was out of the US

Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/31/donald-trump-to-visit-ireland-and-france-in-november

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John McCain funeral: Obama's eulogy denounces 'insult and bombast' in politics

 

The former president did not mention Donald Trump, but spoke of McCain’s calls to rise above ‘phony controversies’

 

 

Sat 1 Sep 2018 17.42 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/01/john-mccain-funeral-obamas-eulogy-denounces-insult-and-bombast-in-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Papadopoulos: Trump 'nodded' at suggestion of Putin meeting

 

Lawyers for Trump’s ex-campaign aide say Papadopoulos was aiming to be ‘loyal to his master’ by arranging the meeting

 

Associated Press

Sat 1 Sep 2018 18.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/01/papadopoulos-trump-nodded-at-suggestion-of-putin-meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rohingya crisis, a year on: four generations of one family on life in limbo

 

Nur Begum, 70, and 13 of her relatives are among the million Rohingya sheltering in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh

 

 

Sat 1 Sep 2018 06.00 BST

By  Sally Williams

 

 

 

Pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/rohingya-crisis-year-on-four-generations-family-limbo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man jailed for plotting to kill Russian reporter Arkady Babchenko

 

Accused admitted planning attempt on life of journalist who later faked own murder

 

Agence France-Presse

Sat 1 Sep 2018 18.57 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/ukraine-jails-man-for-plotting-to-kill-russian-reporter-arkady-babchenko

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In one city, two faces of Germany confront each other over migration

 

Far-right protesters do not have things their own way as counter marches emerge

 

Louise Osborne

Sat 1 Sep 2018 22.03 BST Last modified on Sat 1 Sep 2018 22.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/chemnitz-protests-germany-migration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The importance of ethical aid to Africa

 

Readers including Catherine West MP air their views on Theresa May’s trip to Africa

 

Letters

Fri 31 Aug 2018 16.30 BST Last modified on Fri 31 Aug 2018 17.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/the-importance-of-ethical-aid-to-africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia softens up west for bloodbath it is planning in Syria’s Idlib province

 

Disinformation is rife about US plots and rebels’ supposed use of chemical weapons as Putin prepares for final victory

 

Simon Tisdall

Sat 1 Sep 2018 17.00 BST Last modified on Sat 1 Sep 2018 21.55 BST

 

 

 

Vladimir Putin addresses Russian troops at an air base in Syria in December 2017

Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/russia-softens-up-west-for-bloodbath-planning-in-idlib-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manafort associate paid Trump inauguration $50,000 in Ukrainian cash

 

Sam Patten pleads guilty under Foreign Agents Registration Act

 

Republican once worked with Cambridge Analytica

 

 

Fri 31 Aug 2018 20.20 BST First published on Fri 31 Aug 2018 16.00 BST

By  Jon Swaine

 

 

 

 

Sam Patten leaves court in Washington

Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/31/paul-manafort-sam-patten-charged-cambridge-analytica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump volunteer blocks photographer taking picture of protester

 

Photo of incident at rally in Indiana spreads across social media, showing man placing his hand in front of the lens of a photojournalist

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York and agencies

Fri 31 Aug 2018 14.31 BST

 

 

 

A volunteer member of the advance team for Donald Trump blocks a camera as a photojournalist attempts to take a photo of a protester during a campaign rally at the Ford Center on Thursday in Evansville, Indiana

Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/31/trump-volunteer-blocks-photographer-taking-picture-of-protester-indiana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Arpaio, Arizona's maverick former sheriff, faces end of political road

 

The 86-year-old hardliner had much in common with Trump, who pardoned him, but trailed in third in the Senate primary

 

 

by Lauren Gambino in Fountain Hills, Arizona

Sat 1 Sep 2018 10.00 BST

 

 

 

 

Joe Arpaio: ‘I hired 150 greencards.’

Photograph: Conor Ralph/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/01/joe-arpaio-arizona-maverick-former-sheriff-faces-end-of-political-road

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roberta McCain, 106, cuts stoic figure at son's memorial service

 

John McCain had praised his mother’s ‘extraordinary resilience’ over the course of an eventful life

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Fri 31 Aug 2018 18.33 BST

 

 

Roberta McCain, mother of late Senator John McCain, sits with his daughter Meghan McCain as his body lies in state inside the US Capitol in Washington on Friday

Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/31/john-roberta-mccain-mother-106-memorial-service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aretha Franklin: Stevie Wonder offers stirring goodbye at memorial service

 

Mourners including the Rev Al Sharpton, Bill Clinton and Ariana Grande paid tribute to the singer at a service fit for royalty

 

 

Sat 1 Sep 2018 03.49 BST First published on Fri 31 Aug 2018 18.24 BST

By  Jamiles Lartey

 

 

 

Vid & pic

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/31/aretha-franklin-funeral-tributes-friends-family

[umbertino]

Philippines' Duterte shops for arms on controversial Israel trip

 

Visit by president who once compared himself to Hitler marred by Holocaust remarks

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Sun 2 Sep 2018 14.32 BST

 

 

 

Rodrigo Duterte holds an Israeli-made Galil rifle given to him by former Philippines police chief Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa in April

Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/philippines-duterte-shops-for-arms-on-controversial-israel-trip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salmond crowdfunding 'could put off sexual assault victims'

 

Women’s groups say funding appeal may discourage people from coming forward

 

 

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Sun 2 Sep 2018 11.42 BST

 

 

Alex Salmond denies harassment and says the complaints process breached his right to confidentiality

Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/02/salmond-crowdfunding-could-put-off-victims-say-campaigners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-migrant feeling fuels Swedish far right as election looms

 

Popular concern looks likely to propel Sweden Democrats to a possible 20% of the vote

 

 

Jon Henley in Stockholm

Sun 2 Sep 2018 13.04 BST

 

 

Jimmie Åkesson, the leader of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, on the campaign trail

Photograph: Tt News Agency/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/sweden-democrats-far-right-anti-migrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US military confirms $300m cut in aid to Pakistan

 

Decision taken over perceived failure to tackle militants further strains Washington relations

 

 

Memphis Barker in Islamabad

Sun 2 Sep 2018 12.22 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/us-military-confirms-300m-cut-in-aid-to-pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudis admit Yemen strike on bus carrying children unjustified

 

Coalition expresses regret after investigators call for immediate review of rules of engagement

 

Reuters

Sun 2 Sep 2018 07.44 BST Last modified on Sun 2 Sep 2018 14.59 BST

 

 

Boys carry the coffin of one of the dozens of child victims of an Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen

Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/saudis-admit-yemen-strike-on-bus-carrying-children-unjustified

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tommy Robinson and the editor: how a newspaper ‘sows division’ where Jo Cox died

 

Danny Lockwood’s outspoken editorials and his meeting with Tommy Robinson have split opinion in Batley, home town of murdered MP Jo Cox

 

 

Sun 2 Sep 2018 09.39 BST First published on Sun 2 Sep 2018 07.00 BST

By  Mark Townsend

 

 

 

Tommy Robinson, a far-right activist, interviewing Danny Lockwood, right, in Batley for the Rebel website

Photograph: TheRebel.media

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/02/batley-and-spen-local-paper-editor-danny-lockwood-divides-jo-cox-town-anti-muslim-views

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Palestinian Arab MPs in Israel, we salute Corbyn as a champion of peace and justice

 

‘With the Netanyahu government ramping up the racism, our struggle for survival is more precarious than ever.’ Palestinian Arab MPs in the Knesset commend Jeremy Corbyn for his ‘longstanding solidarity with all oppressed peoples around the world’

 

Letters

Sun 2 Sep 2018 15.32 BST Last modified on Sun 2 Sep 2018 16.00 BST

 

 

 

Israelis hold placards reading ‘This house belongs to all of us’ during a protest against the nation-state law in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 14 July 2018. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/as-palestinian-arab-mps-in-israel-we-salute-corbyn-as-a-champion-of-peace-and-justice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gillum and DeSantis exchange opening blows in Florida governor race

 

Democratic nominee defends leftwing policies and calls for Trump-endorsed opponent to ‘rise above’ racist attacks

 

 

Sun 2 Sep 2018 16.19 BST First published on Sun 2 Sep 2018 13.55 BST

By  Martin Pengelly

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/02/andrew-gillum-ron-desantis-florida-governor-race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany’s far right never went away, but festered in its eastern stronghold

 

Anti-immigrant violence is on the rise in the former GDR, as events in Chemnitz have shown. But then the problem lies deeper in history

 

Sun 2 Sep 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 2 Sep 2018 10.31 BST

By  James Hawes

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/02/germanys-far-right-never-went-away-but-festered-in-its-eastern-stronghold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US ready to boost arms supplies to Ukraine naval and air forces, envoy says

 

Exclusive: Former ambassador to Nato Kurt Volker tells the Guardian US and Russia still divided on how to deploy UN peacekeepers to end four-year war

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Sat 1 Sep 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/ukraine-kurt-volker-us-arms-supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Tech's double trouble: political heat from Trump and the left may signal reckoning ahead

 

Trump’s timing of attacks on Google, Facebook and Twitter could not have been better, as the three come under scrutiny in hearings

 

 

David Taylor in New York

Sun 2 Sep 2018 13.06 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/02/big-techs-double-trouble-bipartisan-criticism-may-signal-a-reckoning-ahead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who will be appointed to fill John McCain's Arizona Senate seat?

 

The governor’s choice to replace the late senator – from a Republican field including his widow – will be the first test of McCain’s legacy

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Phoenix

Sun 2 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona and his wife Angela Ducey, at a memorial service for Senator John McCain in Phoenix on Wednesday. Ducey must name a replacement to fill McCain’s Senate seat

Photograph: Matt York/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/02/who-will-be-appointed-to-fill-john-mccains-arizona-senate-seat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The US-Mexico trade deal leaves out one important group: immigrants

 

Immigration laws restrict access to people who provide much of the low-level work that underlies the economy, and the issue is ignored in the latest trade deal

 

 

Sun 2 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

By  Gene Marks

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/02/nafta-trade-deal-mexico-immigrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China’s lost little emperors... how the ‘one-child policy’ will haunt the country for decades

 

Encouraging people to have more children is an abrupt reversal of the previous policy

 

Mei Fong

Sun 2 Sep 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

 

‘The end of the one-child policy will signal a new phase for Beijing, one dedicated to actively promoting sagging birth rates.’

Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/02/chinas-lost-little-emperors-how-the-one-child-policy-will-haunt-the-nation-for-decades