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Pelosi remains defiant on wall funding as Trump seeks fresh talks

 

Nancy Pelosi: ‘A wall is an immorality’

 

 

 

Hey Nancy, people in glass houses should not throw stones.

 

You are a Catholic who approves funding for an organization that pushes abortions.

 

Hipocrite much???

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Shutdown over Trump wall demand threatens food, tax, transport and more

 

President says government closure could last months or years

 

Opinion: Trump will lose ‘bigly’ on immigration

 

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sat 5 Jan 2019 13.21 GMT

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/05/donald-trump-government-shutdown-democrats-wall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have 102 women in Congress. It's not Trump's Washington any more

 

Thursday felt like the start of something truly new and important and it was clear that it rattled the president

 

 

Sat 5 Jan 2019 13.38 GMT Last modified on Sat 5 Jan 2019 13.42 GMT

By  Jill Abramson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It won't be easy. But Trump will lose 'bigly' on immigration

 

Trump wants to keep the nation divided. It won’t work – but it will get worse before it gets better

 

 

Sat 5 Jan 2019 07.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 5 Jan 2019 07.11 GMT

By  Art Cullen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Latin American governments urge Maduro to cede power

 

A dozen countries and Canada questioned the legitimacy of the Venezuelan president’s soon-to-be second term

 

 

Associated Press in Lima

Fri 4 Jan 2019 22.44 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/04/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-rebuke-foreign-ministers-lima-group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican president Amlo reveals $23,000 in savings – and no credit card

 

Leftwing president cut his own pay to $65,000 a year

 

Amlo to sell presidential plane and travel in Volkswagen Jetta

 

 

 

David Agren in Mexico City

Fri 4 Jan 2019 21.43 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/04/mexico-amlo-president-savings-money

 

Maybe he's trying to imitate  the  fmr. President of Uruguay, legenday Jose Mujica

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolton warns Syria: US military pullout no green light to use chemical weapons

 

Trump security adviser, on four-day trip to Israel and Turkey, says chemical weapons use would be met with ‘very strong response’

 

 

Reuters in Tel Aviv

Sat 5 Jan 2019 14.19 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/05/syria-john-bolton-trump-us-chemical-weapons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France steps up efforts to prevent Channel crossings

 

French authorities to improve cooperation with UK and increase their coastal surveillance

 

 

Kevin Rawlinson and agency

Fri 4 Jan 2019 19.04 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/04/france-steps-up-efforts-prevent-channel-crossings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior US official: Saudi version of Khashoggi murder 'not credible'

 

Comments come as the US secretary of state embarks on a tour of Arab capitals

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 4 Jan 2019 19.25 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/04/jamal-khashoggi-murder-saudi-arabia-version-us-doubt

 

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Thousands in Budapest march against ‘slave law’ forcing overtime on workers

 

Anger at Viktor Orbán’s rule in Hungary also directed at courts system and state media

 

 

Emma Graham-Harrison

Sat 5 Jan 2019 18.39 GM

 

 

 

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The ‘slave law’ has created a rallying point for an opposition that has long been fractured and ineffectual
Photograph: László Balogh/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump aides may be in legal jeopardy as Democrats give evidence to Mueller

 

Adam Schiff says he will hand over transcripts of interviews withheld by Republicans when they controlled committee

 

 

David Taylor in New York

Sun 6 Jan 2019 17.27 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/06/trump-aides-could-face-perjury-charges-mueller-investigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democrats are hunting big game – did big money already bag them?

 

The party of Pelosi and Schiff is not immune to the influence of Wall Street. Grassroots activists must stay vigilant

 

 

Sun 6 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 6 Jan 2019 13.41 GMT

By Robert Reich

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/06/house-democrats-donald-trump-subpoena-tax-return-impeachment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolton: US withdrawal from Syria depends on Isis fight and safety of Kurds

 

National security adviser, visiting Israel and Turkey, signals significant reversal on Trump vow to pull out quickly

 

 

Associated Press in Jerusalem

Sun 6 Jan 2019 13.32 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/06/trump-bolton-syria-withdrawal-conditional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Star-spangled shutdown: how nationalism and nationalization warped US politics

 

Three new books help us understand how Trump’s spat with Democrats over 1,000th of one percent of the federal budget came to be so weighted with meaning

 

 

Michael Cornfield

Sun 6 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT

BBBy  Robert Reich

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Trump to visit US-Mexico border as showdown over wall continues

 

President has also reportedly asked TV networks to carry a primetime address on the shutdown on Tuesday

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York, Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and agencies

Mon 7 Jan 2019 18.48 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/07/trump-government-shutdown-border-wall-democrats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labour backs cross-party amendment to block no-deal Brexit

 

Frontbench likely to whip MPs to back amendment tabled by Yvette Cooper

 

 

Jessica Elgot Political correspondent

Mon 7 Jan 2019 18.45 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/07/labour-backs-cross-party-amendment-to-block-no-deal-brexit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evo Morales attacks 'white supremacist ideology' in clash with Bolsonaro ally

 

Bolivia’s president stands up for indigenous rights

 

Feud with Rodrigo Amorim reveals new political battleground

 

 

Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

Mon 7 Jan 2019 17.13 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/bolivia-president-evo-morales-bolsonaro-ally-brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada: indigenous anti-pipeline protesters call police presence ‘act of war’

 

Police officers deployed near checkpoint where protesters have gathered to block the construction of a natural gas pipeline

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Mon 7 Jan 2019 18.56 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/canada-indigenous-anti-pipeline-protesters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US states and cities that passed new progressive laws under Trump

 

Laws dealing with the environment, gun control, public health and women’s and transgender rights took effect at start of 2019

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 7 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/07/us-states-and-cities-that-passed-new-progressive-laws-under-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detained at US immigration, I felt frightened. And very lucky

 

Being asked to ‘step this way’ at JFK was a reminder of how privileged I am to be a white woman with a British passport

 

 

Mon 7 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT

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Erdoğan chides Bolton and calls on US to hand over Syria bases

 

US security chief tempers withdrawal claims, jeopardising Turkey’s plans to target Kurdish groups

 

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Tue 8 Jan 2019 12.22 GMT

 

 

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made the comments in parliament as John Bolton was in Ankara to row back on Donald Trump’s announcement
Photograph: Burhan Özbilici/AP
 
 
 
 
 
Erdogan........Fascist dictator and Kurds-murderer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump administration downgrades EU's status in US, without informing Brussels

 

Downgrade of diplomatic role seen as a snub reflecting a general antipathy to the EU in the Trump administration

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 8 Jan 2019 16.32 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/08/trump-administration-downgrades-european-union-status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soldier, spy: more details of Vladimir Putin's past revealed

 

Russian president, on a visit to a fortress, says he commanded a howitzer artillery battalion

 

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Tue 8 Jan 2019 13.09 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/soldier-spy-more-details-of-vladimir-putins-past-revealed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemalan president condemned after ejecting UN anti-corruption group

 

Critics suspect move is a calculated bid to shield the country’s ruling elite – and himself – from investigation 

 

 

Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

Tue 8 Jan 2019 18.09 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/guatemalan-president-condemned-after-ejecting-un-anti-corruption-group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Davis 'stunned' by decision to rescind civil rights award

 

Move believed linked to support for Palestinian BDS movement

 

Activist decries attack on ‘spirit of the indivisibility of justice’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Tue 8 Jan 2019 15.59 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/08/angela-davis-stunned-rescind-civil-rights-award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gun control: Democrats to unveil landmark background check bill

 

House measure to close longstanding loopholes is key step for advocates but is likely to be blocked by Senate

 

 

Lois Beckett

Tue 8 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 8 Jan 2019 13.39 GMT

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We might mock Trump and his wall, but it’s not so different in Britain

 

The US president’s obsession has shut down the government, while the PM’s red line on immigration has paralysed the UK

 

 

Wed 9 Jan 2019 11.47 GMT Last modified on Wed 9 Jan 2019 12.57 GMT

By  Jonathan Freedland

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/09/donald-trump-wall-shutdown-theresa-may-brexit-paralysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela's neighbours turn up heat as Nicolás Maduro begins second term

 

The leftwing president is isolated in a region lurching to the right but despite national crisis a direct intervention is unlikely

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Wed 9 Jan 2019 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/09/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-second-term-neighbours-latin-america

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not all environmentalists eat tofu: the hunters fighting climate change

 

Progressives should think twice about who their allies are. Conservatives, especially those who hunt, can be alarmed about climate change too

 

 

Wed 9 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT

by Megan Mayhew Bergman

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/09/republicans-climate-change-conservatives-environmentalists-arkansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malta allows 49 people stranded on rescue ships to disembark

 

Eight European nations agree to take in people rescued in Mediterranean in December

 

 

Angela Giuffrida

Wed 9 Jan 2019 15.11 GMT Last modified on Wed 9 Jan 2019 15.37 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/09/malta-allow-49-people-stranded-mediterranean-rescue-ships-disembark-eight-european-nations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish far-right party Vox demands expulsion of migrants

 

Vox’s support for regional government contingent on demands including repeal of domestic violence laws

 

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Wed 9 Jan 2019 12.40 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/09/spanish-far-right-party-vox-demands-expulsion-of-migrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italians used to be fervently pro-EU. What went wrong?

 

Italy once stood enthusiastically at the heart of the European project. But over the years disaffection set in

 

 

Wed 9 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 9 Jan 2019 10.50 GMT

By  Stefano Montefiori
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rosenstein, who has overseen Russia investigation, expected to leave DoJ

 

Deputy US attorney general to leave after Trump’s nominee to lead the justice department is set to take over, officials told media

 

 

Staff and agencies

Wed 9 Jan 2019 14.04 GMT Last modified on Wed 9 Jan 2019 14.46 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/09/rod-rosenstein-overseen-russia-investigation-expected-to-leave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manafort shared polling data on 2016 election with elusive Russian – Mueller

 

Manafort attorneys disclosed allegation in court filing

 

Konstantin Kilimnik said to have ties to Russian intelligence

 

 

Jon Swaine in New York

Tue 8 Jan 2019 23.41 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/08/manafort-russian-poll-share-konstantin-kilimnik-trump-investigation-2016-election-latest

 

 
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Trump says he'll 'probably, almost definitely' declare national emergency – live

 

Federal government shutdown reaches 20th day

 

Trump to travel to section of border in Rio Grande Valley

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington

Thu 10 Jan 2019 16.55 GMT

 

Key events

Live feed

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jan/10/trump-us-mexico-border-wall-shutdown-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viktor Orbán calls for anti-migration politicians to take over EU

 

Hungarian PM also hails new partnership forged with Poland by Italy’s Matteo Salvini

 

 

Shaun Walker in Budapest

Thu 10 Jan 2019 14.39 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/10/viktor-orban-calls-anti-migration-politics-take-over-eu-matteo-salvini

 

 

He and Salvini are buddies  ( in  crime....... against humanity)

 

Good fascist friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey says it will launch Syria offensive if US delays pullout

 

Foreign minister warns US not to put off exit with ‘excuses’ about Turks massacring Kurds

 

 

Agencies

Thu 10 Jan 2019 15.03 GMT First published on Thu 10 Jan 2019 10.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
Erdogan....Just another bastard dictator....Muslim or Christian doesn't change things one yota....He's a criminal. Period...He stated he wants to EXTERMINATE all the Kurds
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Venezuela: opposition leader declares himself ready to assume presidency

 

Juan Guaidó said he has constitutional right to assume leadership because Maduro is an illegitimate ‘usurper’

 

 

Tom Phillips in Mexico City and Mariana Zúñiga in Caracas

Fri 11 Jan 2019 21.30 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/11/venezuela-maduro-juan-guaido-assume-presidency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New far-right German party adopts former secret Nazi symbol

 

AfD politician quits to set up party that uses symbol of 1930s Austrian Nazis in logo

 

 

Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Fri 11 Jan 2019 13.05 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/11/new-far-right-german-party-adopts-former-secret-nazi-symbol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will the radical right consolidate power in the heart of the EU this year?

 

May’s European elections offer a chance for the resurgent far right to collaborate, consolidate – and bend the EU to its will

 

 

Fri 11 Jan 2019 16.32 GMT Last modified on Fri 11 Jan 2019 16.47 GMT

By  Cas Mudde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nicaragua closer to new civil war than ever before, judge warns

 

Supreme court judge Rafael Solís accused Daniel Ortega of transforming country into a ‘state of terror’ in a resignation letter

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Fri 11 Jan 2019 16.36 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/11/nicaragua-rafael-solis-ortega-civil-war-resignation-letter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump backs away from declaring national emergency over wall – live

 

President said he’s ‘not looking’ to declare an emergency at a cabinet meeting over the shutdown

 

 

Fri 11 Jan 2019 21.29 GMT

Adam Gabbatt in New York

 

 

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jan/11/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-congress-latest-live

 

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RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’

 

Cold case documentary casts new light on mystery of Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash in Zambia

 

 

Emma Graham-Harrison, Andreas Rocksen and Mads Brügger

Sat 12 Jan 2019 17.59 GMT

 

 

 

 

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The wreckage of the plane crash that killed Dag Hammarskjöld near Ndola in present-day Zambia, in September 1961
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FBI reportedly opened inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russia

 

Firing of Comey prompted investigation, New York Times says

 

Trump responds angrily but does not question reporting

 

 

Sam Levin in Oakland and Jamiles Lartey in New York

Sat 12 Jan 2019 15.32 GMT First published on Sat 12 Jan 2019 02.47 GMT

 
 
 
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Donald Trump in the White House
Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Facebook staff discussed cashing in on user data, reports say

 

Proposals to charge firms for data said to have been revealed by badly redacted court papers

 

 

Alex Hern

Sat 12 Jan 2019 00.01 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Real risk' of refugees freezing to death in Syria after rains destroy shelters

 

As temperatures fall, aid workers warn of danger to at least 11,000 people across Idlib, with storms also battering camps in Lebanon

 

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe

Sat 12 Jan 2019 07.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 12 Jan 2019 07.02 GMT

 
 
 
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Damage caused by flash floods at Atma refugee camp in Idlib, in late December.Temperatures there have now dropped below freezing
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
 
 
 
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Julián Castro launches presidential bid with San Antonio speech

 

Obama housing secretary would be first Hispanic American nominee if he beats Democratic field likely to number 20 or more

 

 

Oliver Laughland in San Antonio, Texas

Sat 12 Jan 2019 17.53 GMT

 

 

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Julian Castro seen in 2016, when he was housing secretary under Barack Obama
Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/12/julian-castro-president-democrat-san-antonio-texas-speech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America shuts down: how the federal government closure is impacting millions

 

An estimated 800,000 federal workers are missing paychecks, but the effects extend beyond those who work for the government

 

 

Tom McCarthy

Sat 12 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 12 Jan 2019 12.53 GMT

 

 
 
 
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A demonstrator holds a sign at the “Rally to End the Shutdown” in Washington, DC
Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/11/america-government-shutdown-trump-federal-workers

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Trump losing battle to avoid blame for shutdown as it enters day 23

 

Poll shows 53% of Americans blame Trump and Republicans

 

Trump, however, reportedly believes shutdown is a win for him

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies

Sun 13 Jan 2019 14.56 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/13/shutdown-americans-blame-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AfD party votes to campaign for German exit from EU

 

Far-right nationalists decide for first time to seek ‘Dexit’ if bloc does not meet demands

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 13 Jan 2019 15.10 GMT Last modified on Sun 13 Jan 2019 15.37 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cesare Battisti arrest highlights rightwing alliance of Italy and Brazil

 

Matteo Salvini celebrates likely extradition of leftwing militant by Jair Bolsonaro

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Sun 13 Jan 2019 13.41 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/cesare-battisti-arrest-highlights-rightwing-alliance-of-italy-and-brazil

 

 

He's a murderer and deserved to be caught....Too bad it took so effing long after he fleed from an  Italian penitentiary...Totalling 38 years and 3 Countries (France, Brazil, Bolivia) which officially  and /or hidingly gave him help and shelter....Now he's going to spend 3 or 4 life sentences in an Italian jail....At last.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US TV networks put ratings over principle by airing Trump speech

 

Broadcasters criticised for giving president access, as fact checking becomes a media event

 

 

Sun 13 Jan 2019 14.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 13 Jan 2019 14.20 GMT

 

 

 

Trump's attorney general pick raises fears of a president above the law

 

Senate hearings set for William Barr, author of controversial memo some say suggests he will undermine Robert Mueller

 

 

Tom McCarthy

Sun 13 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 13 Jan 2019 06.01 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kings of cocaine: how the Albanian mafia seized control of the UK drugs trade

 

‘They’re sophisticated, clever – and they always deliver’: from the ports of Europe to the streets of London, one criminal network is now at the top of the UK’s £5bn ($6.46B) trade

 

 

Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor

Sun 13 Jan 2019 07.00 GM

 

......." Yet for the Albanians’ model to truly work it required control of Europe’s ports. For that the Mafia Shqiptare needed to collaborate with the ‘Ndrangheta, the most powerful and globalised of the Italian mafias, which controls mainland Europe’s cocaine trade........"

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/kings-of-cocaine-albanian-mafia-uk-drugs-crime

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Ndrangheta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cesare Battisti arrives in Rome after almost 40 years on run

 

Brazil’s new far-right president oversees speedy extradition of former leftwing guerrilla

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 14 Jan 2019 12.27 GMT

 

 

 

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Cesare Battisti escorted by Italian police at Rome’s Ciampino airport
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A Short History of Brexit by Kevin O’Rourke review – a devastating account

 

After Theresa May’s historic defeat, what next for Brexit? The past, imagined and real, offers fascinating answers

 

 

Fintan O'Toole

Wed 16 Jan 2019 12.05 GMT Last modified on Wed 16 Jan 2019 12.07 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump's war on science: how the US is putting politics above evidence

 

Experts say the administration is blatantly dismantling proven programs, and the consequences could be dire

 

 

Emily Holden in Washington

Wed 16 Jan 2019 06.00 GM

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/16/trumps-war-on-science-how-the-us-is-putting-politics-above-evidence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sexual abuse of boys often overlooked by state laws, global study warns

 

Stronger support urged for young men affected by abuse as researchers find existing measures tailored towards girls

 

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe

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China has some of world's most advanced weapon systems, Pentagon warns

 

With medium- and intermediate-range missiles and hypersonic weapons, China now is at leading edge

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Wed 16 Jan 2019 03.22 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Why freedom of movement is causing divisions – across Europe

 

Foreign ‘posted’ workers are both exploited and blamed for undercutting wages. EU governments must crack down

 

 

Wed 16 Jan 2019 14.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 16 Jan 2019 15.05 GMT

By  Ines Wagner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump's economy is great for billionaires, not for working people

 

Instead of giving tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations, we must demand that they pay their fair share

 

 

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Trump replacement for Obama climate plan worse than doing nothing – study

 

Administration’s alternative to clean power plan would let emissions ‘rebound’ via coal-fired power plants, researchers find

 

 

Oliver Milman

Wed 16 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 16 Jan 2019 13.03 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/trump-replacement-obama-climate-plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chris Christie accuses Jared Kushner of political 'hit job' in explosive new book

 

Exclusive: ex-New Jersey governor, who had prosecuted Kushner’s father, was sacked as head of Trump’s transition team

 

 

Ed Pilkington and Martin Pengelly in New York

Tue 15 Jan 2019 13.52 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/chris-christie-book-jared-kushner-accusations-hit-job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule State of the Union due to shutdown – live

 

Donald Trump is meeting with a bipartisan congressional group to end the government shutdown as William Barr’s confirmation hearing resumes

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington

Wed 16 Jan 2019 14.52 GMT

 

 

 

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Kentucky newspaper removes criticism of Trump from woman's obituary

 

Editor apologises after owner refused to publish line in memorial that cost family $1,684 to publish

 

 

Brogan Maguire

Thu 17 Jan 2019 12.28 GMT Last modified on Thu 17 Jan 2019 13.27 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rudy Giuliani: 'I never said there was no collusion' by Trump campaign

 

Trump’s lawyer denies president himself conspired with Russia

 

Manafort’s sharing of polling data was ‘not collusion’

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Thu 17 Jan 2019 13.15 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/17/rudy-giuliani-i-never-said-there-was-no-collusion-by-trump-campaign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May will stick to Brexit 'principles' in cross-party talks, says No 10

 

Spokesman says PM will not change her stance on customs union or second referendum

 

 

Heather Stewart

Thu 17 Jan 2019 12.50 GMT Last modified on Thu 17 Jan 2019 14.58 GMT

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The killing of Gdańsk’s mayor is the tragic result of hate speech

 

What happened to Paweł Adamowicz isn’t just a Polish problem – wherever toxic public debate is indulged, violent acts may be committed

 

 

Thu 17 Jan 2019 14.52 GMT Last modified on Thu 17 Jan 2019 15.22 GMT

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Nancy Pelosi shuts down Trump’s State of the Union

 

January 17, 2019 1:16 PM CST By John Wojcik

 

 

 

Nancy Pelosi shuts down Trump’s State of the Union
Trump and Pence don't appear to be happy about having to deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at this White House meeting. | AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Barr says he’ll decide whether anyone sees Mueller report

 

January 16, 2019 1:54 PM CST By John Wojcik

 

 

 

Barr says he’ll decide whether anyone sees Mueller report
Attorney General nominee William Barr speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Carolyn Kaster/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It’s not just federal employees: Trump lockout trashes 4M contract workers

 

January 17, 2019 12:30 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

It’s not just federal employees: Trump lockout trashes 4M contract workers
Senate Democrats, carrying large photos of federal workers affected by the governement shut down, walk down the Senate steps for their news conference to call on President Trump to re-open the government, Jan. 16. | Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If income gap is a chasm, wealth gap is Grand Canyon

 

January 17, 2019 1:25 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 
If income gap is a chasm, wealth gap is Grand Canyon
If one describes the income gap as a chasm the wealth gap can be defined as a Grand Canyon. | Julie Jacobson/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How will Trump’s presidency end? Seven ways it may

 

January 14, 2019 2:19 PM CST By Ed Rampell

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-will-trumps-presidency-end-seven-ways-it-may/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Routine FDA food inspections suspended by shutdown

 

January 11, 2019 10:33 AM CST By Lorraine Chow

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/routine-fda-food-inspections-suspended-by-shutdown/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L.A. students back teachers; won’t let billionaires kill public education

 

January 17, 2019 12:11 PM CST By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/l-a-students-back-teachers-wont-let-billionaires-kill-public-education/

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Trump reportedly directed Cohen to lie to Congress about Moscow project – live news

 

President told former lawyer to lie about negotiations to build a Trump Tower, BuzzFeed reports, as shutdown enters day 28

 

 

Joanna Walters in New York

Fri 18 Jan 2019 15.36 GMT

 

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Anti-Assad activist killed in Germany in suspected axe attack

 

Mohamed Joune’s killing may be related to his Syrian political activities, say friends

 

 

Emily Schultheis in Berlin

Fri 18 Jan 2019 12.28 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/18/anti-assad-activist-murdered-in-germany-in-suspected-axe-attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a Democrat who can oust Donald Trump?

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/jan/18/is-there-a-democrat-who-can-oust-donald-trump-today-in-focus-podcast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flint water crisis: hope for justice as top Democrat vows to review investigation

 

Critics say there was little accountability when Republicans headed the investigation and its targets have been let off lightly

 

 

Tom Perkins in Detroit

Fri 18 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/18/flint-water-crisis-democrats-review-investigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Trump has changed America in two years

 

Guardian reporters chart the president’s impact on foreign policy, the economy, the judiciary, the environment and immigration

 

 

 

by Julian Borger in Washington, Dominic Rushe, Oliver Laughland, Oliver Milman and David Taylor in New York

Fri 18 Jan 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/18/donald-trump-two-years-five-key-policy-areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Coups and murder: the sinister world of apartheid’s secret mercenaries

 

A South African militia that claimed to be behind the murder of a UN chief was involved in deadly work across the continent, its members say

 

 

Emma Graham-Harrison, Andreas Rocksen and Mads Brügger

Sun 20 Jan 2019 11.07 GMT

 

 

 

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South African troops pulling out of Angola in 1988. The SAIMR militia claimed to be anti-communist
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How to stop the climate crisis: six lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone

 

Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth’s ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?

 

 

Jonathan Watts

Sun 20 Jan 2019 15.00 GMT

 
 
 
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The ban on chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases has been an incredible success story
Composite: Alamy/Guardian Design
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

 

Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks the author 10 key questions

 

 

John Naughton

Sun 20 Jan 2019 07.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Davos 2019: do the global elite have the will to fix the world's problems?

 

Globalisation, populism and Brexit are among the issues at the World Economic Forum

 

 

Graeme Wearden

Sat 19 Jan 2019 15.59 GMT Last modified on Sun 20 Jan 2019 10.58 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

US airstrike in Somalia kills 52 al-Shabaab fighters, military says

 

Africa Command says strike followed attack on Somali forces

 

Extremist group has claimed deadly attack on Kenya hotel

 

 

Associated Press in Johannesburg

Sat 19 Jan 2019 19.18 GMT

 

 

 

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A file photo of Al-Shabaab militants parading new recruits after arriving in Mogadishu
Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/19/us-airstrike-somalia-kills-52-al-shabaab-fighters

 

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Pope Francis expresses sorrow after 170 feared dead in Mediterranean

 

Pontiff asks St Peter’s Square to pray for the drowned victims and those responsible

 

 

Associated Press

Sun 20 Jan 2019 13.24 GMT Last modified on Sun 20 Jan 2019 15.48 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Steve King, white supremacy and the problem with Donald Trump

 

Republicans rebuked the Iowa representative for his recent racist remarks, exposing an uncomfortable truth: why does the party still support Trump’s similar views?

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington DC

Sun 20 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT

 

 

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The Iowa representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments in Washington after his comments on white nationalism
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Pelosi rejects Trump shutdown deal before president announces it

 

President offers temporary concessions and demands wall

 

Little chance of progress as House speaker says no

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Martin Pengelly in New York

Sat 19 Jan 2019 23.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/19/donald-trump-government-shutdown-deal-democrats-white-house-address

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Taliban kill ‘more than 100 people’ in attack on Afghan military base

 

Attackers detonated car bomb inside complex in Maidan Wardak province, say officials

 

 

Kevin Rawlinson and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii

Mon 21 Jan 2019 19.08 GMT

 

 

 

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Afghan security officers inspect the area after the attack. One official said 126 people were killed
Photograph: Jawad Jalali/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/21/taliban-kill-more-than-100-in-attack-on-afghan-military-base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New video sheds more light on students' confrontation with Native American

 

Initial footage appeared to show students, some wearing pro-Trump Maga hats, from a Kentucky high school taunting Nathan Phillips, an Omaha tribe elder

 

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Mon 21 Jan 2019 20.42 GMT

 

 

 

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A police car sits at the entrance to Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky
Photograph: Bryan Woolston/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A day with the men about to make it across the US border – at any cost

 

Central American migrants escaping poverty and violence in their hometowns find crossing legally is a slow and difficult process

 

 

Ed Vulliamy

Mon 21 Jan 2019 17.21 GMT Last modified on Mon 21 Jan 2019 19.24 GMT

 
 
 
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Jonathan, right, a 19-year-old Honduran and Rodrigo, a 26-year-old Guatemalan find temporary refuge at Case Del Migrante
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May claims EU second referendum would threaten 'social cohesion'

 

PM faces a looming revolt over a no-deal Brexit as Corbyn criticises her talks as ‘PR sham’

 

 

Heather Stewart and Jessica Elgot

Mon 21 Jan 2019 20.20 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/21/may-claims-second-referendum-on-brexit-would-threaten-uks-social-cohesion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLK's son criticizes Pence for using father's memory to push for border wall – live

 

King’s oldest son rejects vice-president’s comparison of civil rights leader to Trump: ‘MLK was a bridge builder, not a wall builder’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 21 Jan 2019 21.51 GMT

 

 

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EU support for Libya contributes to 'extreme abuse' of refugees, says study

 

Human Rights Watch accuses EU institutions of sustaining network of ‘inhuman and degrading’ migrant detention centres

 

 

Peter Beaumont

Mon 21 Jan 2019 05.30 GMT

 
 
 
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Refugees wait at the Tariq al-Matar detention centre, on the outskirts of Tripoli
Photograph: Taha Jawashi/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kamala Harris enters 2020 US presidential race – video profile

 

The Democratic senator has officially launched her 2020 campaign, entering a crowded field of candidates vying to take on Donald Trump........

 

 

Nicholas Williams, Source: As credited

Mon 21 Jan 2019 19.21 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/jan/21/kamala-harris-enters-2020-us-presidential-race-video

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/21/kamala-harris-2020-presidential-bid--logo-tribute-shirley-chisholm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Howard Schultz, former Starbucks CEO, exploring 2020 run as an independent – reports

 

CNN and Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, say Schultz’s advisers are looking at possibility of a presidential bid

 

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Mon 21 Jan 2019 19.41 GMT

 

 

 

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According to sources cited by CNN: Howard Schultz ‘is thinking deeply about his future and how he can best serve the country’.
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How the 1% profit off of racial economic inequality

 

The racial wealth divide is bringing down median wealth, while wealth at the very top skyrockets

 

 

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins

Mon 21 Jan 2019 16.48 GMT Last modified on Mon 21 Jan 2019 17.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

US-Kurdish patrol attacked in Syria as Erdoğan offers to step in

 

Turkish president tells Donald Trump he is ready to send troops into US-overseen areas

 

 

Patrick Wintour

Mon 21 Jan 2019 14.58 GMT First published on Mon 21 Jan 2019 09.45 GMT

 
 
 
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Donald Trump salutes at Dover air force base in Delaware as the body of a US soldier killed in Syria is returned
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Fascist dictator Erdogan wants to exterminate all the Kurds ( in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran). The man is  obsessed with Kurds...He says they are all terrorists.....Liar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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