Politics & environs articles 2019

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Israel’s Election Outcome Remains Unclear, But the “Ultimate Loser” Will Be Palestinians

 

September 18, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/israeli_election_results_netanyahu_gantz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lewandowski delays, denies, stonewalls at hearing on Trump crimes

 

September 18, 2019 1:09 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/lewandowski-delays-denies-stonewalls-at-hearing-on-trump-crimes/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuban reform: Overcoming the separation of economics and politics

 

September 18, 2019 9:55 AM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cuban-reform-overcoming-the-separation-of-economics-and-politics/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m one of the workers Donald Trump lied to about saving jobs

 

September 18, 2019 12:51 PM CDT By Tracey Aikman

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/im-one-of-the-workers-donald-trump-lied-to-about-saving-jobs/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump Labor Dept. to OK hiring discrimination against gays

 

September 17, 2019 12:55 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-labor-dept-to-ok-hiring-discrimination-against-gays/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lawmaker: African-Americans battle backlash to challenges to power structure

 

September 17, 2019 1:10 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/lawmaker-african-americans-battle-backlash-to-challenges-to-power-structure/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voter suppression documentary ‘Rigged’ screens at Congressional Black Caucus

 

September 16, 2019 12:47 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/voter-suppression-documentary-rigged-screens-at-congressional-black-caucus/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the 9/11 archives: Facing the future from Ground Zero

 

September 11, 2019 2:09 PM CDT By Judith Le Blanc

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/from-the-9-11-archives-facing-the-future-from-ground-zero/

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Netanyahu struggles to hold on to power as Gantz claims victory

 

Blue and White leader rejects offer to serve under Likud after close-run Israeli election

 

 

Peter Beaumont and Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 19 Sep 2019 14.44 BST

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/netanyahu-urges-rival-gantz-join-him-unity-government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’

 

Film by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate

 

 

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Thu 19 Sep 2019 11.00 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/19/greta-thunberg-we-are-ignoring-natural-climate-solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

US drone strike intended for Isis hideout kills 30 pine nut workers in Afghanistan

 

Forty were also injured in the Wednesday attack which struck farmers and labourers who just finished work, Afghan officials say

 

 

Reuters in Jalalabad

Thu 19 Sep 2019 16.08 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Sep 2019 16.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/us-drone-strike-deaths-afghanistan-pine-nut-workers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Siberian shaman arrested on trek to exorcise Vladimir Putin

 

Alexander Gabyshev walked 1,700 miles across Russia before being held by police

 

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Thu 19 Sep 2019 15.58 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/siberian-shaman-arrested-on-trek-to-exorcise-vladimir-putin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huawei forced to launch Mate 30 phone without Google apps

 

New Android smartphone falls foul of trade war and Trump’s blacklisting of Chinese firm

 

 

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Thu 19 Sep 2019 16.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/19/huawei-forced-launch-mate-30-android-smartphone-no-google-apps-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi oil attack shines light on geopolitical truth and lies

 

Disentangling responsibility has been made so much harder by casual peacetime mendacity

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 19 Sep 2019 13.57 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/saudi-oil-attack-shines-light-on-geopolitical-truth-and-lies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran threatens 'all-out war' if action taken over Saudi oil strike

 

Foreign minister’s comments further inflame tensions in Persian Gulf after oil attacks

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 19 Sep 2019 16.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/iran-threatens-all-out-war-if-action-taken-over-saudi-oil-strike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: how US senators invest in firms they are supposed to regulate

 

Analysis of financial disclosure data shows 51 senators and their spouses have as much as $96m invested in corporate stocks

 

 

Alex Kotch of Sludge

Thu 19 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/19/us-senators-investments-conflict-of-interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth

 

It’s not just the megarich: increased spending power leads us all to inflict environmental damage. It’s time for a radical plan

 

 

Thu 19 Sep 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Sep 2019 15.22 BST

George Monbiot

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/life-earth-wealth-megarich-spending-power-environmental-damage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Wake up and face facts' : Greta Thunberg pleads with politicians to lead fight against climate crisis – as it happened

 

• The Swedish teen activist made clear her disapproval of Trump leaving the Paris climate agreement

 

Maanvi Singh in San Francisco (now) and Joanna Walters in New York (earlier)

Thu 19 Sep 2019 01.40 BST

 

 

Key events

 

• 16h ago Trump admin to transfer federal land to military control to aid wall construction
• 17h ago Representative Joe Kennedy III to challenge Massachusetts senator Edward Markey
• 17h ago Trump on California border wall construction: “An amazing project.”
• 18h ago Greta Thunberg: "Wake up and face the facts, the reality, the science.”
• 18h ago CNN announces presidential town hall focused on LGBT issues
• 20h ago Obama hints at disapproval of Trump's Twitter and Fox habits
• 20h ago Lawmakers signal legislation to investigate social media and online extremism
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Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/sep/18/trump-greta-thunberg-news-today-live-latest-climate-change-testimony-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US gunmaker Colt to stop making rifles – including AR-15 – for civilians

 

• Chief executive says there are enough sporting rifles on market
• Company to focus on making guns for military and police

 

Associated Press

Thu 19 Sep 2019 20.19 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Sep 2019 21.09 BST

 

 

 

Connecticut-based Colt said it was suspending production of its version of the AR-15 for the civilian market

Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/19/colt-gunmaker-halt-production-civilian-rifles-ar15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US dials back Iran rhetoric and seeks 'peaceful resolution' over Saudi attack

 

Mike Pompeo says goal is to ‘get back on the diplomatic path’ following Trump’s remarks that the US was ‘locked and loaded’

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 19 Sep 2019 19.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/19/us-dials-back-iran-rhetoric-and-seeks-peaceful-resolution-over-saudi-attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California vows fightback after Trump voids state's right to set emissions rules

 

• California governor Gavin Newsom tweets: ‘See you in court’
• Administration formally revokes vehicle emissions waiver

 

 

Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

Thu 19 Sep 2019 17.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/19/california-trump-vehicle-emissions-standards-cars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran Reportedly Sent U.S. Official Warning - Vows Immediate Retaliation for Any Action

 

Iran's state-run news agency is reporting that Iran sent an official warning through Swiss diplomats to the U.S. that any action taken against Tehran 'will face an immediate answer'

 

 

The Associated Press

 

Sep 18, 2019 1:40 PM

 

 

 

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran-reportedly-sent-u-s-official-warning-vows-immediate-retaliation-1.7859686

 

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Chinese journalists to be tested on loyalty to Xi Jinping

 

Exam will test journalists on president’s teachings on socialism and propaganda

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Fri 20 Sep 2019 13.09 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Sep 2019 14.55 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/chinese-journalists-to-be-tested-on-loyalty-to-xi-jinping

 

Very sad, very wrong but somehow expected....Same thing would occur during the fascist military dictatorships in Chile and Argentina.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Out of control police department': Vallejo faces new claims of racial profiling and brutality

 

Behind the killing of Willie McCoy lies a pattern of discrimination and brutality exhibited by police, allege residents suing the city

 

 

Darwin BondGraham in Oakland

Fri 20 Sep 2019 14.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/20/vallejo-police-department-racial-profiling-brutality-claims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group of US women sue 'amateur' porn producer over 'coercion and lies'

 

San Diego court hears GirlsDoPorn released ‘amateur-style’ films of the women online, despite allegedly promising they would only be seen on specialist DVDs

 

 

Harriet Grant

Fri 20 Sep 2019 13.22 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Sep 2019 13.23 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/us-women-sue-porn-producer-over-alleged-coercion-and-lies

 

 

 

 

Climate emergency poses major threat to future global health, say top medics

 

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene fears medical impact of failure to prepare for global heating over next 25 years

 

 

Karen McVeigh

Fri 20 Sep 2019 06.15 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Sep 2019 07.04 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/20/climate-emergency-poses-major-threat-to-future-global-health-say-top-medics

 

 

 

 

 

Israel election deadlock: what happens next?

 

Five possible scenarios for rivals Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Tel Aviv

Thu 19 Sep 2019 09.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/18/israel-election-deadlock-what-happens-next

 

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Iran to lay out Gulf security proposal at UN general assembly

 

Announcement comes as Iran and US fight for diplomatic advantage after Saudi oil attack

 

Julian Borger in New York

Sun 22 Sep 2019 19.36 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/iran-warns-presence-of-foreign-powers-in-gulf-raises-insecurity

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong police and demonstrators clash as tensions escalate

 

Confrontations come in run-up to 70th anniversary of People’s Republic of China

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Sun 22 Sep 2019 18.02 BST First published on Sun 22 Sep 2019 13.23 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/hong-kong-pro-democracy-protests-turn-violent-again

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump goes on offensive over Biden and Ukraine as Schiff ponders impeachment

 

• Whistleblower scandal swirls over Washington

 

Martin Pengelly and Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sun 22 Sep 2019 16.57 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/22/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-joe-biden-ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

UN Yemen envoy welcomes Houthi offer to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia

 

Proposal by Iran-backed rebels ‘could send message of the will to end the war,’ says Martin Griffiths

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 22 Sep 2019 06.23 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/un-yemen-envoy-welcomes-houthi-offer-to-halt-attacks-on-saudi-arabia

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Warren overtakes Joe Biden in new Iowa poll

 

• Massachusetts senator takes support from Bernie Sanders

 

Martin Pengelly

Sun 22 Sep 2019 12.38 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Sep 2019 18.48 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/22/elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-iowa-poll

 

 

 

Protesters and police clash in Egypt for second day running

 

Teargas and live rounds fired at demonstrators in Suez after crowds call for the removal of president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 22 Sep 2019 03.17 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/protesters-and-police-clash-in-egypt-for-second-day-running

 

Let's hope that this dictator gets ousted somehow.....He achieved power through a coup d'etat anyway

 

 

 

 

 

'Save us, save the world': Pacific climate warriors taking the fight to the UN

 

Frank Bainimarama, Enele Sopoaga and Hilda Heine hope their urgent demands for action will save their island nations from the rising waves

 

 

by Kate Lyons in Funafuti

Sat 21 Sep 2019 00.30 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/21/save-us-save-the-world-pacific-climate-warriors-taking-the-fight-to-the-un

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilians blame Rio governor's shoot-to-kill policy for death of girl

 

Hundreds protest over favela killing of Ágatha Félix, eight, allegedly shot in back by police

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 22 Sep 2019 18.10 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/brazilians-blame-rio-governors-shoot-to-kill-policy-for-death-of-agatha-felix-girl-8

 

 

Shameful in the least

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli Arab parties back Gantz for PM in bid to oust Netanyahu

 

Joint List alliance endorse ex-military chief although say they don’t support his policies

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sun 22 Sep 2019 18.46 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/israeli-arab-parties-back-benny-gantz-for-pm-breaking-with-precedent

 

 

 

 

Ilhan Omar: Biden not right candidate for 'progress we all want to see'

 

• Congresswoman addresses Iowa People’s Presidential Forum
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Oliver Laughland in Des Moines, Iowa

Sun 22 Sep 2019 19.31 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/22/ilhan-omar-joe-biden-iowa-peoples-presidential-forum

 

 

 

 

From Eton to life on Earth, how power and wealth harm society

 

Letters: The corrosive effects of money and privilege on education, politics and the environment are highlighted by Robin C Richmond, Declan O’Neill and Dominic Rice

 

 

Letters

Sun 22 Sep 2019 18.02 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Sep 2019 18.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/22/from-eton-to-life-on-earth-how-power-and-wealth-harm-society

 

 

 

 

 

After murder, defections and poll defeat: the sun sets on Greece’s Golden Dawn

 

The neo-Nazi party’s Athens offices have downsized and it has closed offices across the country. Greeks embrace the end of an era of rage

 

 

Helena Smith

Sat 21 Sep 2019 18.27 BST First published on Sat 21 Sep 2019 17.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/21/greece-sun-has-set-on-far-right-golden-dawn-murder-defections

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain's supreme court to rule on Franco exhumation expected to cause upset

 

Fascist dictator’s family and admirers oppose moving body from Valley of the Fallen

 

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Sun 22 Sep 2019 15.44 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/spain-supreme-court-ruling-on-franco-exhumation-expected-to-cause-upset

 

 

 

 

'The men who plundered Europe': bankers on trial for defrauding €447m ($494.92M)

 

Martin Shields and Nick Diable are accused of tax fraud in ‘cum-ex’ scandal worth €60bn ($ 66.43B) that exposes City’s pursuit of profit

 

Philip Oltermann in Bonn

Sat 21 Sep 2019 02.21 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/20/the-men-who-plundered-europe-city-of-london-practices-on-trial-in-bonn

 

 

 

 

British American Tobacco issued with £900m ($1.127B) Dutch tax bill

 

Maker of Rothmans and Camel brands accused of avoiding tax on money channelled via Netherlands

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/20/british-american-tobacco-issued-with-900m-dutch-tax-bill

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dallas: murder trial to begin of ex-officer who shot black man dead in his home

 

Amber Guyger, 26, claims she entered Botham Jean’s apartment by mistake and acted in self-defense, in case that has inflamed racial tensions

 

 

Tom Dart in Houston

Sun 22 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Sep 2019 07.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/22/amber-guyger-trial-botham-jean-murder-unarmed-black-neighbor

 

 

 

 

 

 

America needs ranked choice voting – here's why

 

If more swing states introduced ranked voting, progressive candidates could challenge centrist Democrats without fear of aiding Trump

 

David Daley

Sun 22 Sep 2019 08.00 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Sep 2019 08.24 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/22/america-needs-ranked-choice-voting-why

 

 

 

Joe Kennedy, Bobby's grandson, to take on veteran Democrat for Senate seat

 

• Congressman, 38, to challenge Ed Markey in Massachusetts
• ‘This is the fight of our lives, the fight of my generation’

 

Edward Helmore

Sat 21 Sep 2019 17.00 BST Last modified on Sat 21 Sep 2019 17.18 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/21/joe-kennedy-ed-markey-robert-bobby-jfk-senate-massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iran says it considered exchanging Zaghari-Ratcliffe for £400m owed by UK

 

Mohammad Javad Zarif says he would have argued for release if UK repaid tank deal money

 

Julian Borger and Patrick Wintour in New York

Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/sep/23/zaghari-ratcliffe-case-iran-says-uk-offered-to-release-funds-if-minister-intervened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impeachment talk intensifies over Trump's call with Ukraine president

 

• Trump seems to acknowledge he discussed Biden in July call

 

Adam Gabbatt and agencies

Mon 23 Sep 2019 13.13 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/23/trump-ukraine-president-biden-impeachment-pressure-builds

 

 

 

 

Brazilian indigenous leaders denounce Bolsonaro before UN speech

 

• Open letter decries ‘colonialist and ethnocidal policies’
• President expected to attack left and foreign critics in New York

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.38 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/jair-bolsonaro-un-brazilian-indigenous-leaders

 

He looks upset all the time....The fascist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Medication or housing': why soaring insulin prices are killing Americans

 

Price gouging and other barriers to accessing insulin are symptomatic of a broken healthcare system, and demonstrate the need of systemic reforms, diabetes advocates argue

 

Michael Sainato

Mon 23 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.40 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/23/diabetes-americans-soaring-insulin-prices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannabis-based drug for childhood epilepsy approved for use in UK

 

Plant-derived Epidyolex is first medicine of its kind to be given green light by regulators

 

Julia Kollewe

Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.28 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 16.15 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/cannabis-based-drug-for-childhood-epilepsy-epidyolex-approved-for-use-in-uk

 

 

 

 

I thought I’d made it when I got to Cambridge University. How wrong I was

 

I was sold a dream of upward mobility. But from cash to culture, it’s clear my working-class background still counts against me

 

 

Mon 23 Sep 2019 10.41 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 16.08 BST

Daniella Adeluwoye

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/cambridge-university-upward-mobility-working-class-background

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the point of the UN general assembly?

 

As its 74th session looms, we examine the annual meeting where world leaders get their 15 minutes in the spotlight

 

 

Mon 23 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

by Julian Borger World affairs editor

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/what-is-the-point-of-the-un-general-assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them

 

We are in the middle of a climate breakdown, and all they can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth

 

 

Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.38 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.39 BST

By Greta Thunberg  (16 yr old environmentalist from Sweden, founder of a world movement among teens and not only)

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/world-leaders-generation-climate-breakdown-greta-thunberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think America's fate hinges on the 2020 presidential race? You're forgetting something

 

Democrats can’t execute a long-term political project without winning state-level races. Yet, the prize of the White House is distracting liberals from this fact

 

 

Mon 23 Sep 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 14.51 BST

By Meaghan Winter

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/think-americas-fate-hinges-on-the-2020-presidential-race-youre-forgetting-something

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Trump administration's crackdown on campus criticism of Israel is Orwellian

 

Trump’s department of education is using the threat of defunding to achieve its political goals – to great effect

 

Mon 23 Sep 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Sep 2019 14.26 BST

Joshua Leifer

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/the-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-campus-criticism-of-israel-is-orwellian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“This Is Our Time. This Is Our Future.” Voices from the Historic Youth Climate Strike in NYC

 

September 23, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/23/global_climate_strike_foley_square_speeches

 

 

 

 

 

19-Year-Old Indigenous Climate Activist Artemisa Xakriabá: “We Fight for Mother Earth”

 

September 23, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/23/brazil_indigenous_climate_activist_artemisa_xakriaba

 

 

 

 

 

Bill McKibben: Youth Who Led Global Climate Strike Are Bringing a New “Spirit” to Climate Fight

 

September 23, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/23/bill_mckibben_climate_crisis_global_demonstrations

 

 

 

 

 

 

GM endangers the lives of its workers by yanking health care

 

September 19, 2019 10:55 AM CDT By Special to People’s World

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gm-endangers-the-lives-of-its-workers-by-yanking-health-care/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Save the planet or save capitalism; we can’t do both

 

September 20, 2019 10:32 AM CDT By Jimmy Doran

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/save-the-planet-or-save-capitalism-we-cant-do-both/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outrage and lawsuits arise from Trump’s attempt to ban emissions control

 

September 20, 2019 10:21 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/outrage-and-lawsuits-arise-from-trumps-attempt-to-ban-emissions-control/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only united struggle by workers and their allies can overcome racism

 

September 20, 2019 11:41 AM CDT By Rick Nagin

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/only-united-struggle-by-workers-and-their-allies-can-overcome-racism/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvest of Discontent: Trump’s trade war and the rural fight for survival

 

September 19, 2019 1:15 PM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/harvest-of-discontent-trumps-trade-war-and-the-rural-fight-for-survival/

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Spain to move Franco's remains after court gives go-ahead

 

Government says transfer of body to municipal cemetery will occur as soon as possible

 

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and Sam Jones

Tue 24 Sep 2019 13.18 BST

 

 

Franco ruled Spain from his victory in the 1936-1939 civil war until his death in 1975

Photograph: Rex

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/franco-body-moved-burial-site-spain-court

 

 

 

 

 

Video of police beating protester sparks outrage in Hong Kong

 

‘Protect the children’ group contradicts police claims officers were only kicking a ‘yellow object’

 

Erin Hale in Hong Kong

Tue 24 Sep 2019 10.20 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/video-of-police-beating-protester-sparks-outrage-in-hong-kong

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supreme court ruling makes no-deal scenario less likely, EU believes

 

Brussels officials think Boris Johnson has lost control and will not be able to crash UK out

 

 

Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Tue 24 Sep 2019 16.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/one-big-relief-eu-officials-celebrate-uk-supreme-court-ruling

Edited September 24, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Haiti: photojournalist shot in face as senator opens fire outside parliament

 

• Jean Marie Ralph Féthière draws handgun amid chaotic scenes
• Chery Dieu-Nalio avoids serious injury; another man wounded

 

Ruaridh Nicoll in Port-au-Prince

Mon 23 Sep 2019 19.30 BST

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/haiti-shooting-senator-gun-parliament-photojournalist

 

 

 

 

 

'Mommy don't go to work': sexist children's song prompts outcry in China

 

Lyrics by little-known musician and comedian Yan Lifei go viral for all the wrong reasons

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Tue 24 Sep 2019 07.02 BST Last modified on Tue 24 Sep 2019 07.44 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/mommy-dont-go-to-work-sexist-childrens-song-prompts-outcry-in-china

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Right to be forgotten' on Google only applies in EU, court rules

 

Europe’s top court says firm does not have to take sensitive information off global search

 

 

Sarah Marsh

Tue 24 Sep 2019 16.04 BST First published on Tue 24 Sep 2019 09.07 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/24/victory-for-google-in-landmark-right-to-be-forgotten-case

 

 

 

 

 

France debates law to let lesbians and single women have IVF

 

Politicians brace for protests over plan to end discrimination over fertility treatments

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Tue 24 Sep 2019 17.11 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/france-debates-law-lesbians-single-women-ivf

 

 

 

 

The girl in the box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany

 

On 15 September 1981, 10-year-old Ursula Herrmann headed home by bike from her cousin’s house. She never arrived. So began one of Germany’s most notorious postwar criminal cases, which remains contentious to this day

 

 

Tue 24 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

By Xan Rice

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/sep/24/ursula-herrmann-germany-kidnapping-mystery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fallout from Thomas Cook collapse felt across Europe and Africa

 

Governments are in crisis-planning mode over efforts to repatriate 500,000 tourists

 

 

Rupert Neate and Helena Smith in Athens

Mon 23 Sep 2019 20.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/fallout-thomas-cook-collapse-felt-across-europe-africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eurozone economy slows amid trade decline and Brexit fears

 

German private sector shrinks, contributing to wider manufacturing recession

 

 

Phillip Inman

Mon 23 Sep 2019 18.07 BST First published on Mon 23 Sep 2019 14.04 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/23/eurozone-economy-slows-trade-brexit-manufacturing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

UK: Transgender man loses court battle to be registered as father

 

Ruling in Freddy McConnell case is first legal definition of a mother in English common law

 

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Wed 25 Sep 2019 15.20 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/25/transgender-man-loses-court-battle-to-be-registered-as-father-freddy-mcconnell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli talks ramp up as final election count tightens deadlock

 

President Rivlin required by law to choose a prime minister by next Wednesday

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Wed 25 Sep 2019 16.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/25/israeli-talks-ramp-up-as-final-election-count-tightens-deadlock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greta Thunberg wins 'alternative Nobel' for environmental work

 

Chinese women’s rights advocate Guo Jianmei also among quartet of ‘practical visionaries’ recognised in Right Livelihood awards

 

Lucy Lamble

Wed 25 Sep 2019 12.35 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 13.24 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/25/greta-thunberg-wins-alternative-nobel-environmental-work-guo-jianmei-right-livelihood-awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Cook had £3.1bn ($3.83B)  hole in balance sheet before collapse

 

Chief executive tells high court company also rejected seven offers for parts of its business

 

Mark Sweney

Wed 25 Sep 2019 12.24 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/25/thomas-cook-balance-sheet-deficit-3bn-before-collapse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try before you buy: German city offers workers a free one-month stay

 

Picturesque Görlitz is offering free lodging and studio space in exchange for feedback on what potential residents want from a city

 

David Lepeska

Wed 25 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 07.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/sep/25/try-before-you-buy-german-city-offers-workers-a-free-one-month-stay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turning the tables: global poverty conference to be held in a slum

 

Inaugural World Poverty Forum – dubbed ‘Davos with the poor’ – to take place in Kenya’s Kibera to ensure voices of poorest are heard

 

Tracy McVeigh

Wed 25 Sep 2019 07.54 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 07.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/25/global-poverty-conference-to-be-held-in-slum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU nations lead condemnation of Saudi human rights record

 

Statement read out by Australian ambassador at UN human rights council meeting denounces alleged use of torture and unlawful detentions

 

Peter Beaumont

Tue 24 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 01.17 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/24/eu-nations-lead-condemnation-of-saudi-human-rights-record

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zaha Hadid’s massive ‘starfish’ airport opens in Beijing

 

Daxing international, said to be world’s largest single-building terminal, to handle 72m passengers

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Wed 25 Sep 2019 11.18 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 15.55 BST

 

 

 

The terminal of the new Beijing Daxing international airport

Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/25/daxing-international-airport-zaha-hadid-starfish-opens-beijing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand university student lay dead in room for nearly two months

 

Education minister says ‘tragedy raises a number of questions’

 

Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin

Wed 25 Sep 2019 06.49 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/25/new-zealand-university-student-lay-dead-in-room-for-nearly-two-months

 

 

 

 

 

'A monumental blow': European papers respond to Boris Johnson's defeat in court

 

Die Zeit says PM should resign, while De Volkskrant cautions that ruling was not a solution to the UK’s crisis

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Wed 25 Sep 2019 10.16 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/25/europes-media-responds-to-uk-courts-crushing-verdict-of-pm

 

 

 

 

Contractor, actor … protest leader? The Egyptian exile driving rare dissent

 

Mohamed Ali is unlikely source of viral videos about corruption that have stirred resentment

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo

Wed 25 Sep 2019 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/25/contractor-actor-protest-leader-the-egyptian-exile-driving-rare-dissent-mohamed-ali

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jair Bolsonaro says 'deceitful' media hyping Amazon wildfires

 

In a combative UN address Bolsonaro denied – contrary to the evidence – that the world’s largest rainforest was being devastated

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Tue 24 Sep 2019 17.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/jair-bolsonaro-says-deceitful-media-hyping-amazon-wildfires

 

 

That'd be indeed comical if it weren't tragic........He even stated the Amazon Indios are " happy that the forest is being de-forestated".....Psychiatric ward?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian indigenous leaders denounce Bolsonaro before UN speech

 

• Open letter decries ‘colonialist and ethnocidal policies’
• President expected to attack left and foreign critics in New York

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Mon 23 Sep 2019 15.38 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/jair-bolsonaro-un-brazilian-indigenous-leaders

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro targets the Catholic church over its 'leftist agenda' on the Amazon

 

Gathering at the Vatican has triggered a political storm in Brazil as bishop denies undermining the government

 

Tom Phillips in Tabatinga

Mon 23 Sep 2019 07.30 BST

 

 

Towering rain forest fire at Jari Forestal, Pará, Brazil

Photograph: Stock Connection Blue/Alamy Stock Photo

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/bolsonaro-targets-the-catholic-church-over-its-leftist-agenda-on-the-amazon

 

I'm grateful toward the Catholic Church in Brazil for its struggle against this dictator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History of free African strongholds fires Brazilian resistance to Bolsonaro

 

Quilombo dos Palmares – founded by Africans who escaped slavery – maintained its independence for 100 years and has become a touchstone for a new generation

 

Laurence Blair in Serra da Barriga

Fri 20 Sep 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/history-of-free-african-strongholds-fires-brazilian-resistance-to-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ousting Netanyahu isn’t enough for Israel’s Palestinians. They want equality

 

While politicians attempt to form a new government, the wider issues that really matter to Palestinians are being ignored

 

Wed 25 Sep 2019 08.00 BST Last modified on Wed 25 Sep 2019 16.24 BST

Amjad Iraqi

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/25/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-palestinians-government

[umbertino]

Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies aged 86

 

Head of state from 1995-2007 led opposition to the Iraq war and was first president to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Thu 26 Sep 2019 11.10 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/jacques-chirac-former-french-president-dies-aged-86

 

 

 

 

 

Imran Khan warns UN of potential nuclear war in Kashmir

 

Pakistan PM says he has tried to tell world leaders of growing risk of conflict with India over disputed region

 

Julian Borger in New York and Azhar Farooq in Srinagar

Thu 26 Sep 2019 06.28 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/imran-khan-warns-un-of-potential-nuclear-war-in-kashmir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egyptian authorities threaten to 'decisively confront' protesters

 

Over 1,900 arrested as Egypt braces for more demonstrations planned for Friday against rule of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo

Thu 26 Sep 2019 14.45 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/over-1900-arrested-as-egypt-braces-for-more-protests

 

 

Very nice guy and a true believer in Democracy....Mr Al-Sisi

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've got a deadline to save people and planet – let's start the charge

 

The sustainable development goals, which promise to end extreme poverty and inequality by 2030, are alarmingly off track. It’s not too late to act

 

Richard Curtis, Alaa Murabit and Hindou Ibrahim

Thu 26 Sep 2019 12.29 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/26/weve-got-a-deadline-to-save-people-and-planet-lets-start-the-charge-sustainable-development-goals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No drones, drinking or dissent: China lays down law ahead of 70th anniversary

 

As Beijing prepares to mark founding of PRC with a massive military parade, the Chinese leadership faces its most difficult chapter since 1989

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Thu 26 Sep 2019 08.39 BST Last modified on Thu 26 Sep 2019 17.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/no-drones-drinking-or-dissent-china-lays-down-law-ahead-of-70th-anniversary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain has a democratic problem – the people have outgrown its political system

 

Yet another election looms, and pressure is mounting to inject more pluralism into the country’s creaky old model

 

Thu 26 Sep 2019 11.05 BST Last modified on Thu 26 Sep 2019 12.03 BST

Carlos Delclós

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/26/spain-democratic-election

 

 

 

 

 

Ghosts of tyrants past stalk proud Haiti as it slides towards the brink

 

A nation that suffered under the Duvalier dictators is collapsing as corruption and a failing economy take their toll

 

Ruaridh Nicoll

Sun 22 Sep 2019 08.52 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/22/haiti-ghosts-of-tyrants-stalk-proud-haiti-as-it-slides-towards-brink

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson offers words of praise to Egypt's leader despite repression

 

Banning of BBC and crackdown on protests seemingly not on agenda at PM’s talks with Sisi

 

Patrick Wintour in New York

Wed 25 Sep 2019 20.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/25/johnson-offers-words-of-praise-to-egypts-leader-despite-repression

 

 

Excuse me???????????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposes 'safe zone' for refugees in Syria

 

Turkish president tells UN expanded zone could resettle millions of refugees in Turkey

 

Patrick Wintour in New York

Tue 24 Sep 2019 19.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/erdogan-proposes-plan-for-refugee-safe-zone-in-syria

 

Another good guy....He built the biggest ever presidential palace in the world ( for the joy of Turks and Kurds....)...Evidently the man has money to waste...NO!....Some people, man......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Egypt's Tahrir Square on lockdown as regime moves to stifle protests

 

Security forces patrol Cairo, a week after rare rallies appeared to catch Sisi regime off guard

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo

Fri 27 Sep 2019 17.50 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/egypt-authorities-step-up-security-country-braces-protests

 

A violent, torturer and killer  dictator ( who achieved power through a coup) who must  be ousted  for the good of the Egyptian People

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber Rudd says prime minister's Brexit rhetoric 'legitimises violence'

 

Former minister was ‘disappointed and stunned’ by Boris Johnson’s comments about Jo Cox

 

Peter Walker Political correspondent

Fri 27 Sep 2019 13.19 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/27/amber-rudd-prime-minister-brexit-rhetoric-legitimises-violence#img-1

 

 

 

 

 

Hundreds of captives, many boys in chains, rescued in Nigeria

 

Children rescued from the school were said to have been abused and starved

 

Reuters in Kaduna

Fri 27 Sep 2019 13.59 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Sep 2019 18.55 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/hundreds-of-captives-many-boys-in-chains-rescued-in-nigeria

 

More than terrible....Horrible....Africans enslaving other very young Africans for religious motives......Unbelievable

 

 

 

 

The Palestinian entrepreneur bringing power to Gaza

 

Energy blackouts had been a feature of daily life for almost as long as Majd Mashharawi could remember. Then a visit to Japan changed everything

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Fri 27 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/27/the-palestinian-entrepreneur-bringing-power-to-gaza-majd-mashharawi

 

 

 

 

'We have made history': Mexico's Oaxaca state decriminalises abortion

 

Lawmakers voted to scrap restrictions on abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in a win for reproductive rights advocates

 

David Agren

Thu 26 Sep 2019 21.52 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Sep 2019 12.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/26/we-have-made-history-mexicos-oaxaca-state-decriminalises-abortion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia to open itself up to foreign tourists for first time

 

Kingdom eyes holidaymakers as part of plan to diversify economy away from oil

 

Peter Beaumont

Fri 27 Sep 2019 09.48 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Sep 2019 18.50 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/saudi-arabia-offer-tourist-visas-for-first-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austria goes back to polls after 'Ibiza scandal' brought down government

 

Centre-right former leader Sebastian Kurz poised to return to power

 

Philip Oltermann

Fri 27 Sep 2019 09.34 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Sep 2019 10.06 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/sebastian-kurz-likely-return-power-austrian-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top of the class: Labour seeks to emulate Finland's school system

 

After the party’s conference pledge to scrap Ofsted and private schools, does the envied Finnish education system provide the blueprint?

 

Sally Weale in Helsinki

Fri 27 Sep 2019 12.22 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/27/top-class-finland-schools-envy-world-ofsted-education

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada's Green party sees election opportunity as climate fears rise

 

Party’s focus on environmental crisis has resonated with voters across the political spectrum ahead of federal election

 

Leyland Cecco in Guelph, Ontario

Tue 24 Sep 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/canadas-green-party-sees-election-opportunity-as-climate-fears-rise

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU warns Iran it may be forced to withdraw from nuclear deal

 

EU warns it may have no choice if Iran takes further steps away from deal

 

Patrick Wintour in New York

Fri 27 Sep 2019 00.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/eu-may-be-forced-to-withdraw-from-nuclear-deal-iran-told

 

 

 

 

The Guardian view on Egypt: Sisi isn’t everyone’s favourite dictator

 

While foreign leaders buddy up to Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, his people endure a brutal crackdown on rights

 

Thu 26 Sep 2019 18.45 BST Last modified on Thu 26 Sep 2019 18.55 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/26/the-guardian-view-on-egypt-sisi-isnt-everyones-favourite-dictator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU: JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

 

Sep 19, 2019

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-9-2019-0097_EN.html

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Macron’s national debate on immigration plays into the hands of the French far right

 

The French president is trying to beat Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party at their own game. He can only fail

 

Sat 28 Sep 2019 09.00 BST

By  Cole Stangler

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/28/macron-national-debate-immigration-french-far-right-marine-le-pen

[umbertino]

Racial cleansing in Brazil: genocide 21st century version?

 

The indiscriminate killing of blacks and the poor is a historical and institutionalized event in Brazil. What we are living today is the perpetuation of an attempt at racial cleansing impregnated in our history

 

 

Manuella Libardi

27 September 2019

 

 

 

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/limpieza-racial-en-brasil-genocidio-versión-siglo-xxi-en/

[umbertino]

Sustainability expert Michael Mobbs: I’m leaving the city to prep for the apocalypse

 

The man who wrote the book on living off-grid in the city plans to retreat to a rural bolthole, saying eco-friendly progress has not kept pace with the speed of climate collapse

 

 

Sat 28 Sep 2019 21.00 BST

by Janine Israel

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/29/sustainability-expert-michael-mobbs-im-leaving-the-city-to-prep-for-the-apocalypse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Feel like I’m living on death row’: refugees forced to choose between visa limbo or family separation

 

US resettlement offers hope for refugees denied permanent entry to Australia. But there’s a catch

 

Saba Vasefi and Helen Davidson

Sat 28 Sep 2019 21.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/29/feel-like-im-living-on-death-row-refugees-forced-to-choose-between-visa-limbo-or-family-separation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've got a deadline to save people and planet – let's start the charge

 

The sustainable development goals, which promise to end extreme poverty and inequality by 2030, are alarmingly off track. It’s not too late to act

 

Richard Curtis, Alaa Murabit and Hindou Ibrahim

Thu 26 Sep 2019 12.29 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/26/weve-got-a-deadline-to-save-people-and-planet-lets-start-the-charge-sustainable-development-goals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Hong Kong can't go back to normal': protesters keep Umbrella spirit alive

 

Police fire teargas at rally marking five-year anniversary of pro-democracy movement

 

Lily Kuo and Erin Hale in Hong Kong

Sat 28 Sep 2019 14.14 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/28/hong-kong-cant-go-back-to-normal-protesters-keep-umbrella-spirit-alive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘You broke our glacier’: the Mont Blanc resort on the climate frontline

 

Reports that a mass of ice is in danger of breaking away have spurred residents of nearby Courmayeur, Italy to demand action

 

 

Sat 28 Sep 2019 15.14 BST

by Angela Giuffrida in Courmayeur

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/28/courmayeur-you-broke-our-glacier-mont-blanc-resort-climate-frontline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US patience with Iran not inexhaustible, warns Saudi Arabia

 

Saudi minister says military response to attack on oil facilities still being considered

 

Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger in New York

Tue 24 Sep 2019 23.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/24/us-patience-with-iran-not-inexhaustible-warns-saudi-arabia

 

 

 

 

 

[Pitcher]

That guy is a fool in my opinion.  

[umbertino]

1 hour ago, Pitcher said:

That guy is a fool in my opinion.  

 

Who you mean exactly?

[Pitcher]

Mobbs 

[umbertino]

7 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Mobbs 

 

Ok ...Thanks....

[Pitcher]

Thanks for the articles Umbertino.  I don’t agree with some of the people and their motives but I like to read all angles.  

[umbertino]

4 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Thanks for the articles Umbertino.  I don’t agree with some of the people and their motives but I like to read all angles.  

 

Thanks for reading, Pitcher

 

 

Wish you a fantastic Sunday.....

[Pitcher]

You as well

[umbertino]

4 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

You as well

 

Thanks....

 

Best

[umbertino]

Boris Johnson fuels speculation he could ignore Brexit delay law

 

PM says UK can still leave with no deal and fails to deny asking EU nations to block extension

 

Kate Proctor

Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.17 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.26 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/29/boris-johnson-fuels-speculation-could-ignore-brexit-delay-law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nigeria warned it risks humanitarian disaster by expelling charities

 

Aid agencies strongly deny Nigeria’s claims that they are diverting funds to Boko Haram

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Sun 29 Sep 2019 16.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/nigeria-warned-it-risks-humanitarian-disaster-by-expelling-charities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austria election: voting opens with Sebastian Kurz likely to regain power

 

Former chancellor may renew pact with far right four months after corruption scandal

 

Philip Oltermann

Sun 29 Sep 2019 11.26 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 13.06 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/voting-opens-austria-sebastian-kurz-likely-regain-power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bodyguard to Saudi king reportedly shot dead by friend

 

State TV offers few details on death of Maj Gen Abdulaziz al-Fagham in ‘personal dispute’

 

Associated Press

Sun 29 Sep 2019 10.45 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 16.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/bodyguard-saudi-king-reportedly-shot-dead-friend-abdulaziz-al-fagham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inch by inch: how Angola is clearing its killing fields

 

As Prince Harry visits the country to build on the anti-landmine work begun by his mother, Princess Diana, the Observer joins a group of women while they clear one village of explosives

 

 

Sun 29 Sep 2019 06.02 BST

by Rachel Cooke

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/29/angola-landmines-killing-fields-prince-harry-princess-diana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swiss to auction 25 supercars seized from son of Equatorial Guinea dictator

 

Luxury cars seized from vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema are expected to fetch $18m at Geneva auction

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 29 Sep 2019 02.24 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/swiss-to-auction-25-supercars-seized-from-son-of-equatorial-guinea-dictator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Mao inspired me in 1949, but my dreams were soon shattered’

 

He Yanling, who was a journalist at the People’s Daily, recalls how his hopes for the future were wrecked

 

Verna Yu

Sun 29 Sep 2019 05.25 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 13.17 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/1949-china-communist-party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Nobody wants us anyway': fears of the forgotten on Northern Irish border

 

With Brexit putting jobs, homes and peace at risk, people on the complex frontier feel abandoned

 

 

Lisa O'Carroll in Clones, Ireland

Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.43 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/29/nobody-wants-us-anyway-fears-of-the-forgotten-on-the-northern-irish-border-brexit

 

 

 

 

 

Toronto van attack suspect says he was 'radicalized' online by 'incels'

 

Alek Minassian said after his arrest he drew inspiration from men who used violence as retribution for ‘being unable to get laid’

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Fri 27 Sep 2019 16.42 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/alek-minassian-toronto-van-attack-interview-incels

 

 

 

 

Houthis claim to have killed 500 Saudi soldiers in major attack

 

Yemen militant group says it captured further 2,000 troops in operation in Saudi Arabia

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Sun 29 Sep 2019 17.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/29/houthis-claim-killed-hundreds-saudi-soldiers-captured-thousands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt arrests over 1,000 people after el-Sissi protests

 

The arrests come amid growing public dissent against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. Hundreds of protesters had gathered on Cairo's Tahrir Square and demanded the ouster of Egypt's strongman.

 

 

https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-arrests-over-1000-people-after-el-sissi-protests/a-50583703

 

Violent dictator

 

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Groping claims against Boris Johnson shrugged off by allies

 

Prime minister denies allegations that he squeezed the leg of Charlotte Edwardes

 

Rowena Mason, Kate Proctor and Heather Stewart

Mon 30 Sep 2019 20.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/30/groping-claims-against-boris-johnson-shrugged-off-by-allies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swedish navy returns to vast underground HQ amid Russia fears

 

Cavernous docks can shelter warships, with miles of tunnels, offices, and a hospital

 

David Crouch in Gothenburg

Mon 30 Sep 2019 17.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/swedish-navy-returns-to-vast-underground-hq-amid-russia-fears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese man on the run for 17 years found in cave by police drone

 

Song Moujiang, jailed for people trafficking, escaped prison in 2002

 

Charlotte Jones

Mon 30 Sep 2019 17.54 BST Last modified on Mon 30 Sep 2019 20.15 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/chinese-man-on-the-run-for-17-years-found-in-cave-by-police-drone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro tells students to read book by dictatorship-era torturer

 

Brazil’s president accused of ‘drinking from the sewers of history’ by recommending The Suffocated Truth

 

Sam Cowie in São Paulo

Mon 30 Sep 2019 19.47 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/bolsonaro-tells-students-to-read-book-by-dictatorship-era-torturer

 

Unbelievable....And this character is the president of the 2nd most populated Country of the Americas........

 

 

 

 

 

Austrian elections offer latest sign far right's rise is faltering in Europe

 

Freedom party’s vote collapses to 16%, as others stall in Italy, Spain, France and elsewhere

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Mon 30 Sep 2019 13.50 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/austria-elections-offer-latest-sign-far-right-rise-faltering

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neo-Nazi ‘terrorist cell’ on trial over alleged Berlin attack plot

 

Eight members of Revolution Chemnitz accused of planning armed assaults on immigrants

 

Agence France-Presse in Berlin

Mon 30 Sep 2019 12.55 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/neo-nazi-terrorist-cell-revolution-chemnitz-trial-germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volkswagen emissions scandal: mass lawsuit opens in Germany

 

Hundreds of thousands of diesel car owners take action in first-of-its-kind claim

 

Jasper Jolly and agencies

Mon 30 Sep 2019 18.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/30/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-mass-lawsuit-opens-in-germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Europe’s new populists tell so many lies – and do it so shamelessly

 

From Matteo Salvini to Boris Johnson, populist politicians brazenly distort the truth. Don’t think they do it to be believed

 

Mon 30 Sep 2019 15.43 BST Last modified on Mon 30 Sep 2019 18.51 BST

Catherine Fieschi

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/30/europe-populist-lie-shamelessly-salvini-johnson