North Korea fires short-range projectiles into the sea, South Korea's military says

Experts say the country is stepping up pressure against the US after February’s failed nuclear summit in Bangkok

North Korea has fired a number of short-range projectiles into the sea from the east coast city of Wonsan, South Korea’s military said.

South Korea initially described it as a missile launch, but subsequently gave a vaguer description using the word “projectiles”.

Sat, 04 May 2019 02:47:52 GMT

A play, a pie and a pint: how Glasgow pulls in theatregoers

Programme is proving ever popular with audiences as it passes milestone of 500 plays

As the doors to the basement theatre open just after midday, the convivial queue that has expanded politely across the ground floor bar of Glasgow’s Òran Mór venue surges forward with intent. It is apparent that regular visitors have their strategies well synchronised, efficiently bagging seats with a good view of the stage while pals head for the bar area at the back to collect pints, pies and sauce sachets.

“A Play, a Pie and a Pint is just a fantastic concept,” said Pat Reid, 66, settling in for another show at one of Scotland’s most roaringly successful theatrical institutions, which offers audience members a drink, lunch and an hour of original drama that changes on a weekly basis, all for £12.50.

Sat, 04 May 2019 06:00:05 GMT

Japan's new emperor Naruhito formally ascends throne in brief ceremony – video

Naruhito formally ascends to the throne in a brief ceremony after his father, Akihito, ended his 30-year reign as head of the world's oldest continuing hereditary monarchy. On Wednesday, Naruhito took symbolic possession of the imperial regalia – a sacred sword and jewel – which were concealed inside decoratively wrapped boxes. No female members of the imperial family were permitted to attend, after the government controversially decided to honour precedents set by previous accession rites

Wed, 01 May 2019 11:05:45 GMT

Black hole may have swallowed neutron star, say astronomers

Scientists analyse whether gravitational wave detectors picked up signs of collision

Astronomers may have spotted a neutron star being swallowed by a black hole for the first time, marked by a belch of gravitational waves rippling across the cosmos.

If confirmed, the detection by the twin Ligo detectors in the US and the Virgo detector in Italy would be the first evidence that black holes and neutron stars can pair up in binary systems. The observations could also reveal new details about the nature of such dramatic mergers, including whether the neutron star was ripped apart before crossing the black hole’s threshold or whether it slid seamlessly into oblivion.

Fri, 03 May 2019 15:56:21 GMT

How the news took over reality

Is engagement with current affairs key to being a good citizen? Or could an endless torrent of notifications be harming democracy as well as our wellbeing?

By Oliver Burkeman

The afternoon of Friday 13 November 2015 was a chilly one in Manhattan, but that only made the atmosphere inside the Old Town Bar, one of the city’s oldest drinking haunts, even cosier than usual. “It’s unpretentious, very warm, a nurturing environment – I regard it with a lot of fondness,” said Adam Greenfield, who was meeting a friend that day over beers and french fries in one of the bar’s wooden booths. “It’s the kind of place you lay down tracks of custom over time.” Greenfield is an expert in urban design, and liable to get more philosophical than most people on subjects such as the appeal of cosy bars. But anyone who has visited the Old Town Bar, or any friendly pub in a busy city, knows what he and his friend were experiencing: restoration, replenishment, repair. “And then our phones started to vibrate.”

In Paris, Islamist terrorists had launched a series of coordinated shootings and suicide bombings that would kill 130 people, including 90 attending a concert at the Bataclan theatre. As Greenfield reached for his phone in New York, he recalls, everyone else did the same, and “you could feel the temperature in the room immediately dropping”. Devices throughout the bar buzzed with news alerts from media organisations, as well as notifications from Facebook Safety Check, a new service that used geolocation to identify users in the general vicinity of the Paris attacks, inviting them to inform their friend networks that they were OK. Suddenly, it was as if the walls of the Old Town Bar had become porous – “like a colander, with this high-pressure medium of the outside world spurting through every aperture at once.”

Fri, 03 May 2019 05:00:38 GMT

After Florida's ex-felons won the right to vote, Republicans are taking it away

Election reform bill SB 7066 adds a provision that felons with restitution, fees or fines will not be allowed to cast a ballot

When two-thirds of Florida’s voters chose to restore voting rights to nearly 1.5 million ex-felons in the state last November, Karen Leicht thought she might get to vote again.

In 2010, Leicht pled guilty to charges related to international insurance fraud. That led to 30 months in federal prison, three months of probation, and when she got out, $59m dollars in restitution she has to pay back. She also lost the right to vote. But, she says, “I was free.”

Fri, 03 May 2019 23:26:45 GMT

Italian is loved but most Europeans favour own country's food, survey finds

What makes a good meal? Little divides the continent more than this question

Such is Europe’s love affair with food that when European prime ministers and presidents come to make their big decisions at EU summits in Brussels, there is almost always a plate of something sumptuous in front of them.

But should there be any doubt about the scale of the challenge facing the EU’s in-house chefs, a YouGov-Cambridge survey of attitudes in eight major European countries has confirmed that little divides the continent more than the question: what makes a good meal?

Sat, 04 May 2019 07:00:07 GMT

Italy by train: lazy days around Calabria and the south coast

For author Tim Parks there is joy to be had on local trains in the sultry south, where the pace of life is as leisurely and bewitching as the narrow-gauge railways

Suppose you have some summer days to spare. Suppose you have a fondness for trains. Here’s the idea. Do the southern coast of Italy. Do it bit by bit, as you feel and as it comes. Not worrying too much about timetables (no one else will), or even about precise destinations. You’re not sightseeing. Just accepting the sun-struck languor of the hills and beaches, the odd mix of hospitality and indifference that characterises the locals, the general invitation to a warm, wine-fed fatalism.

Sat, 04 May 2019 06:00:15 GMT

Major show of David Hockney drawings will trace artist's career

National Portrait Gallery exhibition to include schoolboy self-portraits and new works

Self-portraits that David Hockney made as a teenager in Bradford along with new portraits produced in Los Angeles will feature in a major show devoted to the artist’s drawings.

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) announced details on Friday of the first major Hockney drawings show for 20 years. The exhibition of about 150 works will position Hockney as one of the master draughtsmen of our times, the gallery said.

Fri, 03 May 2019 11:07:59 GMT

At the Heart of Gold: how 'predatory' institutions protected Larry Nassar

In a shocking new documentary, film-maker Erin Lee Carr cracks open the network that allowed an Olympic coach to molest at least 250 women and girls

For more than two decades, Larry Nassar used his position as an osteopathic physician at Michigan State University and longtime doctor for the United States’ women’s gymnastics team to molest at least 250 women and girls under the guise of medical treatment. The manipulation ran so deep that his victims for years believed there was nothing to report. In many of the cases the abuse happened while a parent was in the room, a tragic detail that offers an alarming metaphor of how blind we can be. It was literally happening in front of our eyes.

Fri, 03 May 2019 14:08:12 GMT

Are non-disclosure agreements out of control? – podcast

Zelda Perkins worked for Harvey Weinstein in her early 20s. She signed a non-disclosure agreement when she left his company, but 20 years later decided to break it when allegations about the film producer’s behaviour became public. She has subsequently questioned the widespread use of NDAs. Plus: Dan Sabbagh on Gavin Williamson’s short-lived cabinet career

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are widely used across many industries, including film, advertising, finance, universities and the health service. Zelda Perkins, a former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, signed one in 1997 after leaving the film producer’s company Miramax, but broke it in 2016 after allegations surrounding Weinstein’s behaviour were made public. Weinstein has always denied any criminal acts.

India Rakusen talks to Perkins about why she signed an NDA and her misgivings over the way the negotiations were handled. Rakusen also talks to Georgina Calvert-Lee, who leads a UK employment and equality team at the law firm McAllister Olivarius. Since the #MeToo movement, Calvert-Lee has met a growing number of people asking for advice about breaking their NDAs. The UK government has recently drawn up proposals to prevent employers using “gagging clauses” to conceal sexual harassment, intimidation and racism complaints.

Fri, 03 May 2019 02:00:27 GMT

Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn is crowned as three-day coronation begins

The solemn ceremony in Bangkok means the new monarch is fully consecrated as a ‘god-king’

Thailand has crowned its new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, marking the first ascension of a new monarch in seven decades.

In an elaborate ceremony on Saturday which fused ancient Buddhist and Hindu Brahmin rituals, Vajiralongkorn was doused with holy water by the most respected religious, political and royal figures in Thailand before the royal crown was placed on his head and he received the highly symbolic nine-tiered umbrella, vesting him as King Rama X of Thailand.

Sat, 04 May 2019 07:01:29 GMT

Brendan Rodgers hails Liverpool ‘dynamic’ as Reds pin hopes on Leicester

Leicester’s manager says Liverpool have been transformed since his Anfield spell as he looks to do them a favour when he takes his revitalised Leicester to the Etihad

Sunday marks five years to the day since Liverpool blew a three-goal lead at Selhurst Park, prompting Brendan Rodgers, their manager at the time, to concede their title challenge was over. Liverpool, according to Rodgers, had paid the price for trying to play “Roy of the Rovers football” against Palace by chasing down Manchester City’s superior goal difference rather than concentrating on winning the game.

Fri, 03 May 2019 21:30:07 GMT

Venezuela: Maduro denounces 'coup plotters and traitors' – video

The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, has said 'the time to fight has come', in a televised address surrounded by his military high command. Maduro gave the warning following clashes in the past two days after the opposition attempted a military insurrection

Venezuela: Maduro thanks military and denounces 'senseless coup-mongers and traitors'

Thu, 02 May 2019 18:00:36 GMT

See You Yesterday review – poignant time travel caper is a Netflix win

This engaging, often ingenious, Spike Lee-produced adventure sees two teens try to stop a police shooting by going back in time

In the last couple of years, we’ve witnessed a glut of film-makers and screenwriters responding to the increase in publicised, and often iPhone-recorded, incidents of unarmed black men being shot and killed by racist police officers. In Monsters and Men, Widows, Blindspotting and The Hate U Give, an ugly real-world epidemic provided dramatic impetus for creators and audiences have been left with a necessary and damning snapshot of the time we’re in.

Sat, 04 May 2019 03:00:04 GMT

Rio de Janeiro: killings by police hit a record high in Brazilian state

Rise comes under Governor Wilson Witzel, a Bolsonaro ally who has promised a zero-tolerance policy against criminals

Police killings in the state of Rio de Janeiro have hit a record high, rising by 18% in the first three months of this year.

Official data reviewed by the Associated Press on Friday show police forces in Rio killed 434 people during clashes in those months, compared with 368 people in same period last year.

Fri, 03 May 2019 21:39:55 GMT

Caster Semenya wins 800m in Doha and fends off retirement talk

• South African seals 30th consecutive victory over distance
• ‘No man can stop me running,’ Semenya says

After an extraordinary week came a staggering performance. If this was Caster Semenya’s final race over 800m, it was a perfect reminder of her dominance and her determination.

Fri, 03 May 2019 20:37:00 GMT

Slow fashion: tell us about the oldest item of clothing you own

We want to hear from readers about the oldest outfit in your wardrobe, and the memories you associate with it

We live in a throwaway culture, especially when it comes to fashion, but there will always be certain items of clothing that stick with us.

As the slow fashion movement and environmental awareness of the industry grows, we want to hear from readers about the oldest item of clothing you have. Where did you get it, and why have you hung onto it for so long?

Fri, 03 May 2019 13:45:35 GMT

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn

‘We are in trouble if we don’t act,’ say experts, with up to 1m species at risk of annihilation

The world’s leading scientists will warn the planet’s life-support systems are approaching a danger zone for humanity when they release the results of the most comprehensive study of life on Earth ever undertaken.

Up to 1m species are at risk of annihilation, many within decades, according to a leaked draft of the global assessment report, which has been compiled over three years by the UN’s leading research body on nature.

Fri, 03 May 2019 12:53:41 GMT

William Barr: is his defence of Trump paving the road to tyranny?

The attorney general stands accused of acting as the president’s personal lawyer rather than a guardian of the constitution

Moments before a highly anticipated congressional hearing at whichthe star witness the attorney general, William Barr was no longer expected to appear, Representative Steve Cohen placed a porcelain chicken on the dais.

It was 9.00am and Barr was officially a no-show.

Sat, 04 May 2019 06:00:07 GMT

Justine Damond's family awarded record $US20m settlement from Minneapolis

The settlement calls for them to donate $US2m to a Minneapolis foundation aimed at addressing gun violence

The family of murdered Australian life coach and yoga instructor Justine Ruszczyk Damond will receive a record $US20m ($A29 million) in a settlement from the city of Minneapolis.

The family’s lawyer said Damond’s father, John Ruszczyk, and brother Jason were satisfied with the payment because it would be “transformational” in forcing change to policing in the US city.

Fri, 03 May 2019 22:16:24 GMT

Tom Hunt's recipe for parmesan rind stock | Waste Not

Don’t throw away parmesan rinds – they keep indefinitely and give rich flavour to stocks, stews or risottos. Or try them in a super-savoury broth

Parmesan has a low water content and a granular texture, which means it can be preserved for a long time, improving with age. Even once a huge wheel is cracked open, it will store well. To maintain the full qualities of Parmigiano Reggiano, to give it its proper name, store it in an airtight glass or plastic container in the fridge (if you need to freeze it, grate it first to preserve the texture).

However quickly you consume your parmesan, save the rinds. They keep indefinitely and make an ultimate stock, soup, stew or risotto enhancer; they can also be turned into an umami-rich broth that’s so delicious, it can be served as a dish in its own right. Add a rind straight into a soup, stew or risotto as it bubbles away, or use up several rinds in today’s rich broth. I haven’t provided any quantities, because there is no right or wrong amount of ingredients to add. It’s good to know that the more rinds you’ve saved, the richer the broth will be. Allow 300-500ml liquid per serving.

Sat, 04 May 2019 05:00:09 GMT

Mueller report: Trump dismisses 'Russian hoax' in call with Putin

The report concluded that Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was ‘sweeping and systematic’

Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed what Trump again dismissed as the “Russian hoax” in their first known phone call since the release of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s extensive meddling during the 2016 election campaign.

In an hourlong “very good talk” on Friday, Russia’s president “sort of smiled” about Mueller’s conclusions, Trump told reporters at the White House.

Sat, 04 May 2019 01:11:19 GMT

Trail Blazers outlast Nuggets in historic quadruple-overtime playoff thriller

Blazers win first quadruple-overtime playoff game since 1953
CJ McCollum finishes with game-high 41 points in 60 minutes
Bucks prevail 123-116 over Celtics to take 2-1 series advantage

CJ McCollum matched his career playoff high with 41 points, Rodney Hood hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 18.6 seconds left in the NBA postseason record-tying fourth overtime and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 140-137 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

It was the second quadruple-overtime playoff game in NBA history, joining a 1953 game between the Boston Celtics and the Syracuse Nationals.

Sat, 04 May 2019 06:41:52 GMT

The battle to save the world's biggest bumblebee from European invaders | Alison Benjamin

In Chile the beloved native bee is venerated as carrying the spirit of the dead, but its numbers are dwindling as farmers use imported species infected with parasites to pollinate crops

The first time José Montalava saw the world’s largest bumblebee he was six years old and visiting his grandfather’s house in rural Chile. “It was in the tomato patch, a huge, loud, fluffy orange thing buzzing around. I remember trying to grab it, but it kept getting away, although it looked too heavy to fly,” he recalls.

During Montalava’s childhood, these giant golden bumblebees (Bombus dahlbomii) – which can measure up to 40mm and have been dubbed “flying mice” – were a common sight in the town where he grew up in central Chile. “It’s such a striking, charismatic, colourful bumblebee that used to herald spring,” says the 36-year-old entomologist. “Now it’s totally disappeared from my hometown and many other areas.”

Sat, 04 May 2019 09:00:08 GMT

Police seize 120 sports cars during Eurorally 'race' through Germany

Porsches and Lamborghinis spotted doing high speeds on unrestricted part of autobahn

German police have seized 120 sports cars that were taking part in a suspected road race across Europe.

Cars including Porsches, Lamborghinis and Audis were stopped on Thursday on the A20 east of Wismar, in north-east Germany, on a stretch of the autobahn without speed restrictions.

Fri, 03 May 2019 12:07:34 GMT

The week in wildlife – in pictures

A running hare, fighting ponies and a cat that adopted orphan squirrels

Fri, 03 May 2019 13:30:43 GMT

Site claiming to help EU citizens register to vote is shut down

Electoral Commission says site was not supplying all the information legally required

An online service set up to help EU citizens in the UK to register to vote in the European parliamentary elections has been shut down after it emerged it was not working properly.

Registertovote.eu, which was promoted by some MPs on social media, offered a form to fill in online and said it would submit the required paperwork to electoral authorities to allow people to vote.

Sat, 04 May 2019 08:21:49 GMT

Wide-eyed adventure: Exploring Costa Rica – in pictures

Eric Etchart’s trip to Costa Rica with Exodus Travels was a prize for winning our travel photography competition. His images document an eye-opening journey

Fri, 03 May 2019 11:54:55 GMT

It really is Lionel’s world now: Messi has remade football in his own image | Barney Ronay

From U9s in parks to Pep Guardiola’s champions, no one person has had such a vast impact on a major sport’s footprint as Barcelona’s superstar

There was some consolation this week for anyone feeling a little maxed-out by the relentless individual brilliance of Lionel Messi. We have at least found something he isn’t good at on a football pitch. It turns out Messi isn’t very good at punching Fabinho in the head.

Frankly, he’s terrible at it. The TV replays showed Messi doing something along these lines at the Camp Nou just before that mind-bending free-kick goal. Fabinho looked stunned at the time, but perhaps he was just shocked by the nature of the blow, a slappy, wristy thing executed with laughably poor technique, no follow through, no turn of the hips to engage the larger muscles, the kind of punch a cornered Jacob Rees-Mogg might throw fighting his way through an angry mob of undersized gingerbread men.

Sat, 04 May 2019 07:15:05 GMT

Federal election week three roundup: kicking goals, avoiding questions – video

Each week of the 2019 Australian federal election campaign, Guardian Australia takes a quick look back at the hot topics. Week three began with a combative, half-hour interview with Barnaby Joyce which failed to shed any light on a Murray-Darling water deal. Bill Shorten was more polite, but not much more forthcoming, on Labor's approach to Adani. On the other hand, there was a heap of sport and plenty of circus action

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:55:05 GMT

German police shut down one of world's biggest dark web sites

Arrests in Germany, Brazil and US relate to sale of drugs, stolen data and malicious software

German police have shut down one of the world’s largest illegal online markets in the so-called dark web and arrested the three men allegedly running it, prosecutors said on Friday.

The “Wall Street Market” (WSM) site enabled trade in cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines as well as stolen data, fake documents and malicious software.

Fri, 03 May 2019 21:56:47 GMT

Viard’s first show as Lagerfeld successor marks new era for Chanel

After 30 years at the highest level of fashion, Virginie Viard makes debut as solo designer

“Complacency,” designer Karl Lagerfeld once said, “is the beginning of the end.”

Three months after his death, this spirit lives on at Chanel. The house has sprung out of mourning and back into action, transforming the Grand Palais in Paris into a Belle Époque railway station for the first collection by Lagerfeld’s successor, Virginie Viard.

Fri, 03 May 2019 13:01:25 GMT

Is fair play in running more important than fairness to Caster Semenya as a human? | Gaby Hinsliff

All her life, the South African athlete has been portrayed as a freak. Her case is as much about ethics as about sport or science

When she was a girl, growing up in rural South Africa, the runner Caster Semenya would sometimes face a humiliating ritual before a race. She grew accustomed, her coaches once said, to having to retreat to the bathroom with a member of a suspicious rival athletics team and physically show them that she was not a boy. From her childhood, people had gossiped about her body; by the time she had begun competing internationally she must have been used to the whispers, the open stares in changing rooms.

Fri, 03 May 2019 17:00:37 GMT

Black Mirror: post your questions for creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones

Fresh from the success of Bandersnatch, the minds behind the twisted series will be answering readers’ questions. What would you like to ask them?

Keeping up with the frenetic pace of modern life is a tall order for any show, but one that Black Mirror has never struggled with. Since its launch in 2011, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’s twisted anthology series has gained a reputation as TV’s most timely programme, a Twilight Zone for our tech-addled age.

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:35:54 GMT

A day of Brexit chaos – podcast

Anushka Asthana joins her colleagues in Westminster on a chaotic and extraordinary day in British politics as Theresa May attempted to build support for her Brexit deal while members of her cabinet resigned in protest. Plus: in an exclusive extract from her autobiography, Michelle Obama reveals how she met her husband, Barack

Theresa May lost two of her Brexiter cabinet ministers in a frenzied morning at Westminster. Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary, and Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, resigned in protest at the prime minister’s Brexit deal.

Anushka Asthana headed straight to Westminster for one of the most chaotic days in British politics in years. The Guardian’s Dan Sabbagh explains how the hard Brexiters are gathering letters of no confidence in a bid to remove May, while the Labour party stands ready to take power if the government collapses and a general election is required.

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 03:00:51 GMT

The Guardian breaks even against the odds: we couldn’t have done this without you

Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner thanks readers and supporters for making our journalism possible in spite of industry and market challenges

Today, we have announced that the Guardian has successfully completed its three-year turnaround strategy — we have hit our goal of breaking even, and made a small operating profit on our path to sustainability. This means that the money we make from advertisers combined with what we receive in the generous support from you, our readers, has this year covered the cost of producing the journalism that informs and inspires millions of people around the world. Our unique ownership model means we are not controlled by a billionaire owner, or a group of shareholders demanding financial returns — any profits made, and all financial contributions from readers, are reinvested directly into our journalism.

We have listened carefully to your thoughts and opinions over the past three years, and this has helped inform the creation of a business model in which our editorial independence remains paramount, and which keeps Guardian and Observer journalism open and accessible to everyone regardless of where they live or what they can afford to pay.

Wed, 01 May 2019 08:47:14 GMT

Baptism of fire: my first, turbulent year as the Guardian's Latin America correspondent

Tom Phillips takes a moment away to reflect on the deepening strife for residents of Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Amlo’s Mexico, and a Venezuela now claimed by two men

It’s a balmy Caribbean evening and after a punishing day covering Venezuela’s crisis I’m decompressing on my hotel balcony above what was once one of Latin America’s great cities.

Below, a sequined canopy of amber lights flows north towards the mountains that separate Caracas from the sea – a deceptive picture of nocturnal tranquillity in this fast unravelling nation.

Sat, 04 May 2019 07:00:07 GMT

Countryside versus town? Please don’t turn this into a culture war | Patrick Barkham

Selina Scott’s battle against predatory crows on her farm has been exploited for political purposes. We need to bridge the urban-rural divide

Selina Scott is rewilding her 200-acre farm on the edge of the North York Moors. She says she reluctantly decided to control crows to protect endangered ground-nesting birds, including lapwing and curlew, that nest on her new wetlands. But the Yorkshire-born broadcaster- turned-farmer complains she cannot save her threatened birds because her brother, Robin (a former editor of Sporting Gun magazine), is now banned from shooting the crows that prey on helpless chicks.

Town and country need each other. From one flows ideas and people. The other provides peace and quiet, space and food

Sat, 04 May 2019 05:00:08 GMT

Ben Foakes and Tom Curran rescue England against Ireland in ODI

• Ireland 198; England 199-6
• England survive middle-order collapse to claim victory

Ben Foakes has a knack of delivering on debut. And so while he may not be part of England’s World Cup plans, the wicketkeeper with the brightest of smiles still ensured this all-important summer did not begin with frowns all round.

Given the opprobrium surrounding the Alex Hales affair leading into this one-off ODI against Ireland, Eoin Morgan needed a response on the field; a reminder that, while seven first-team players may have been missing due to rest or injury, there is still a solid base beneath the world’s No 1-ranked side.

Fri, 03 May 2019 19:59:00 GMT

How do I stop my ex’s wife ruining our daughter’s wedding?

You want to protect your children, but they are adults. Don’t put yourself at the centre of conflict, says Annalisa Barbieri

I separated from my husband 16 years ago. We have two daughters. He went on to marry an aggressive, abusive narcissist who had a hand in rearing our children. She was, by turns, demanding, vicious and loving with them. I distanced myself but encouraged them to build a strong relationship with their father, which they did.

One of my daughters recently married, and my ex’s wife almost destroyed the wedding. She got extremely drunk, heckled the speakers and, when my daughter’s father was due to give his speech, she took the microphone, making an appalling speech that left the guests gasping in horror. She spoke disparagingly about the couple, me and herself, swearing throughout. We thought she was having a breakdown in public. The charm offensive began the next day with generic apologetic texts and, a week later, expressions of how upset she was by her behaviour. The girls are being bullied into forgiving her.

Fri, 03 May 2019 14:00:44 GMT

National Guard armoured vehicle drives into protesters in Venezuela – video

Hundreds of demonstrators in Caracas have confronted military vehicles on a road outside La Carlota airbase. One of the vehicles fired a water cannon at protesters crowded around it. At one point, the vehicle accelerated over a median barrier and appeared to hit demonstrators

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:48:52 GMT

Global youth movements: tell us about your grassroots campaigns

We want to hear about movements and campaigns led by young people from around the world

The past year has seen two of the most powerful youth protest movements in decades. When 16-year-old Greta Thunberg started a school strike calling for climate action, she sparked a global campaign – now more than 1.4 million schoolchildren have taken part in strikes.

Last March, young people in the US rallied together in March for Our Lives after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, making it one of the biggest youth protests in the country’s history.

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:00:04 GMT

Caster Semenya ruling 'tramples on dignity' of athletes, South Africa says

Olympian receives strong backing from South African government and fellow athletes

South Africans have expressed widespread support for the double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, who will run her last 800m on Friday before the imposition of controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes.

Tokozile Xasa, the sports minister, said on Thursday that the South African government was disappointed with the ruling by the court of arbitration for sport that women with unusually high testosterone levels, such as Semenya, would have to take medication to significantly reduce their testosterone before they were permitted to compete internationally at distances between 400m and a mile.

Fri, 03 May 2019 09:54:14 GMT

Weatherwatch: Shackleton, in an open boat, faces a Cape Horn roller

Ernest Shackleton, in a desperate attempt to rescue the stricken crew of Endurance, crossed Drake’s Passage in a lifeboat to seek help in South Georgia

On 5 May 1916, explorer Ernest Shackleton and four of his men encountered a wave like no other. The crew of Shackleton’s ship Endurance were stranded on Elephant Island in the Antarctic. Shackleton hoped to get help from South Georgia by sailing a small lifeboat across the infamous Drake Passage, reputedly the roughest stretch of sea in the world. The weather was bad.

“At midnight I was at the tiller and suddenly noticed a line of clear sky between the south and south-west,” wrote Shackleton. “I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realised that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.”

Fri, 03 May 2019 20:30:09 GMT

Sonic the Hedgehog movie to be redesigned after criticism of trailer

Director thanks fans who objected to the appearance of the video game character and assures them it will be modified

Sonic the Hedgehog director Jeff Fowler has announced that “changes” will be made to the forthcoming movie based on the video game after the trailer premiere was met with blistering criticism.

Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear... you aren't happy with the design & you want changes. It's going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be... #sonicmovie #gottafixfast ✌️

Fri, 03 May 2019 15:40:54 GMT

King Vajiralongkorn: who is Thailand's new monarch?

Eccentric, privileged and ‘a bit of a Don Juan’, he will hope to draw same loyalty as his father

The life of King Vajiralongkorn, who on Sunday will finally be crowned in Thailand two years after ascending the throne, has been defined by both privilege and eccentricity.

Rarely seen making public appearances or speeches, and known for spending most of his time living in Germany where he owns a $13m (£11.6m) mansion in an affluent area of Munich, Vajiralongkorn has yet to inspire the same devout loyalty and stature as his father, King Bhumibol, who died in 2016 after seven decades on the throne.

Sat, 04 May 2019 00:02:48 GMT

When Soviets met Stans: the tower blocks of central Asia – in pictures

Two Italian photographers, Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego, documented Soviet-era buildings in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan – and saw how Eastern characteristics crept into the brutal USSR designs

Fri, 03 May 2019 05:15:59 GMT

Why we judge other people’s relationships | Oliver Burkeman

At the core is something universal, and very human: the desire to get a handle on how we’re doing

The latest trend in romance, according to the New York Times, is the “unimoon”: couples getting married, then going on separate honeymoons by themselves. Like some other lifestyle trends (has anyone ever actually been to a gender reveal party?), it’s unclear if this is actually, you know, a trend. But some people definitely do it. As one newlywed explained: “Neither of us wanted to be where the other one was.” Anyone being honest about their long-term relationship will acknowledge that such thoughts recur from time to time, but right after getting married? It’s hard not to wonder whether the desire to go on a unimoon might be a sign that you should leave your partner behind for an even longer period, such as for ever.

But to express such views, these days, is to risk being found guilty of the modern sin of Judging Other People’s Relationships – something we’re reminded, in article after article, that we definitely shouldn’t do. (In social media lingo, it’s a form of “policing”, which is always bad, unless you’re the one accusing others of doing it; policing-policing is apparently fine.) The notion that the private lives of others are none of our business, though it would have baffled people at most points in history, is unquestionable in ordinary contexts today. The thought that I might harbour an opinion about your decision to have or not have kids, the age difference in your relationship, or your open marriage, seems faintly scandalous. Which is weird, because the truth is that everyone’s judging everyone else’s relationships all the time.

Fri, 03 May 2019 14:00:44 GMT

Funeral for director John Singleton to be held in Los Angeles

Family also planning larger memorial for Boyz N the Hood director, who died this week

The funeral for the Oscar-nominated director John Singleton will be held in Los Angeles on Monday, his representative has said.

Singleton, best known for making the 1991 drama Boyz N The Hood, died on 29 April, almost two weeks after he had a stroke. He was 51.

Sat, 04 May 2019 08:39:23 GMT

Breast v bottle? Motherhood is messy enough without picking sides | Hadley Freeman

It’s one of life’s ironies that this debate will rage most loudly when a woman is at her most vulnerable

My experience with breastfeeding was as relaxed as it was completely atypical. I had a C-section, which meant I stayed in hospital a few nights to recover, which meant in turn I got to know one of the night nurses. Every night, she took the time to teach me the basics of breastfeeding, reassuring me that I was doing just marvellously.

When I got home, a friend who, like me, had twins, told me that if I wanted to retain my sanity I should get some help a couple of nights a week (our topic for today is feeding, but synchronising the sleep patterns of newborn twins will one day be my magnum opus). I was lucky enough to be able to afford this, which meant that someone regularly came to my home and, again, helped me breastfeed. When I told her I wanted to do mixed feeding – breast milk and formula – because my body needed a break, she unhesitatingly showed me how to make formula. As a result, I experienced none of the anguished emotions I’d seen so many friends go through about feeding. This is because I was blessed with luck (meeting the nurse) and privilege (being able to afford help), neither of which should be the determining factors about how a woman feeds her baby.

Sat, 04 May 2019 08:00:11 GMT

Star Wars' Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca actor – in pictures

Mayhew, who has died aged 74, played the much loved Wookiee in the original Star Wars films, before becoming a stalwart of the fan convention circuit

Peter Bradshaw on Peter Mayhew: a charming and good-natured movie pioneer

Fri, 03 May 2019 10:34:18 GMT

Michael Cheika makes appearance at Israel Folau hearing

Code of conduct hearing to continue on Sunday
Wallabies star in bid to retain playing contract

Israel Folau’s landmark code of conduct hearing will continue on Sunday after almost eight hours of legal jousting was not enough to resolve the dual international’s bitter dispute with Rugby Australia.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika made an intriguing appearance at RA headquarters on Saturday as Folau fought to save his career after being issued with a “high-level” breach notice last month.

Sat, 04 May 2019 08:48:29 GMT

It’s hard for us on the Israeli left – liberal antisemitism makes it worse | Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Careless UK and US liberals keep giving Netanyahu the opportunity to say that any criticism is driven by hatred of Jews

The New York Times apologised this week for a cartoon published recently in its international edition. The drawing was of a blind Donald Trump, wearing a skullcap, led by the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was depicted as a dog wearing a star of David collar. The cartoon evoked caricatures of evil Jews misleading blind nations, of a kind popular in the German media during the Nazi era.

Fri, 03 May 2019 14:58:43 GMT

The real story behind Harper Lee’s lost true crime book

Nearly 20 years after To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee was living out of the public eye, drinking and suffering from writer’s block. Then she came across the sensational case of a murderous preacher ...

Nobody dies at a funeral. The dead arrive that way, and the living are supposed to leave that way. But the Rev Willie Maxwell walked into a funeral that he never left. It was 18 June, 1977, and Maxwell, a rural preacher living just outside Alexander City, Alabama, was at the House of Hutchinson Funeral Home – not to conduct a service, but to attend one for his 16-year-old stepdaughter, who had been murdered the week before. It was a stifling day, and with only one storey in the funeral home, there was nowhere for the heat to rise. Ceiling fans shuffled air around the chapel, and ushers offered paper fans to each of the 300 mourners as they made their way to the pews. Up in front of them, Shirley Ann Ellington’s slight body rested in an open casket.

After some hymns and a eulogy extolling the teenager’s warmth and energy, the mourners came forward to say their goodbyes, including the preacher and his wife. She was so overwhelmed after looking into the casket that she had to sit down, so her husband led her back to their pew. Despite the tragic circumstances, the couple had attracted more stares than sympathy that day: many of those in attendance believed that, far from grieving for his stepdaughter, Maxwell had been the one who had murdered her. As the last few mourners filed up, one of Ellington’s siblings pointed at him and shouted loudly enough for everyone to hear: “You killed my sister and now you gonna pay for it!”

Sat, 04 May 2019 06:00:11 GMT

Owen Jones meets Extinction Rebellion: 'We're the planet's fire alarm' - video

For the last 10 days Extinction Rebellion has blocked roads, railways and bridges in a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience. Now that the period of action has wound down, Owen Jones asks some of the organisers what they have achieved, what they’re planning next and whether it’s capitalism itself that they should be protesting against

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:01:06 GMT

The silence on Christian persecution is because of trade, not political correctness | Andrew Brown

Jeremy Hunt’s mission is noble but hollow – after all, his government does business with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and China

The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has been denouncing the persecution of Christians around the world in advance of a report he has commissioned from the Bishop of Truro. It’s true, and important, that Christians are being persecuted in large numbers, especially in the Middle East, and that this has been largely ignored by the British media for decades. But there is something very jarring in Hunt’s discovery of their cause.

Fri, 03 May 2019 15:36:46 GMT

Plastic in paradise: the battle for the Galápagos Islands' future – video

The Galápagos Islands are supposedly one of the most pristine locations on the planet, but plastic pollution arriving by sea is threatening this unique habitat and wildlife. Leah Green travels to the islands to see how our reliance on plastic is affecting even the most remote of locations, and to see how the archipelago is hoping to lead the worldwide fight against plastic

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 07:00:37 GMT

US accuses China of using 'concentration camps' against Muslim minority

In a highly charged attack, the Pentagon says up to 3m people could be imprisoned in detention centres

The United States has accused China on Friday of imprisoning more than a million Muslims in “concentration camps” in some of Washington’s strongest condemnation of Beijing’s treatment of minorities.

The comments by Randall Schriver, who leads Asia policy at the US defense department, are likely to increase tension with Beijing, which is sensitive to international criticism and describes the sites as vocational education training centres aimed at stemming the threat of Islamic extremism.

Sat, 04 May 2019 00:45:05 GMT

Passengers escape after plane skids off runway into river in Jacksonville, Florida

Boeing 737 was landing at a naval airport when it ended up in the St Johns river but 143 passengers and crew survive

All 143 passengers and crew have escaped with their lives after a Boeing 737 plane skidded off a runway and landed in a river during a “terrifying” attempted landing at an airport in Jacksonville, Florida.

Sat, 04 May 2019 05:25:53 GMT

'It makes me enjoy playing with the kids': is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?

Before the school run, or commuting to work, increasing numbers are taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs in the UK. Why?

Rosie has just returned from the school run. She drops a bag of groceries on to her kitchen table, and reaches for a clear plastic cup, covered by a white hanky and sealed with a hairband. Inside is a grey powder; her finely ground homegrown magic mushrooms.

“I’ll take a very small dose, every three or four days,” she says, weighing out a thumbnail of powder on digital jewellery scales, purchased for their precision. “People take well over a gram recreationally. I weigh out about 0.12g and then just swallow it, like any food. It gives me an alertness, an assurance. I move from a place of anxiety to a normal state of confidence, not overconfidence.”

Fri, 03 May 2019 11:00:43 GMT

Stephen Colbert: 'Trump has never read one word of the Bible'

Late-night hosts discussed William Barr’s no-show and the president’s fumbled attempt to quote from the Bible

Late-night hosts continued to discuss William Barr, despite him not showing up to testify to the House judiciary committee.

Fri, 03 May 2019 16:09:46 GMT

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro abruptly cancels US visit after protests

Climbdown by far right leader, who was due to receive prestigious award, called ‘a very big embarrassment’

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has abruptly cancelled a US trip to receive a prestigious award following a storm of protest over his history of homophobic, racist and misogynist remarks and plans to erode environmental protections in the Amazon.

The cancellation, announced suddenly on Friday, came after the original venue ditched the event, the mayor of New York City attacked his presence and major corporate sponsors pulled out. Bolsonaro’s spokesman blamed ideological attacks from interest groups and Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York.

Sat, 04 May 2019 02:20:04 GMT

Talking Horses: Irish raider Madhmoon can land 2,000 Guineas

The improving Kevin Prendergast runner is selected to go one better than in his Classic Trial race at Leopardstown

The absence of star names has turned this year’s 2,000 Guineas into a real puzzle for punters but the answer could be Madhmoon (3.35), from the yard of Kevin Prendergast, who last won this colt’s Classic with Nebbiolo in 1977. Fast ground seems likely at Newmarket, despite Friday’s showers, and that will be this colt’s cup of tea, as he looked flashy on a sound surface last year.

He was spinning his wheels on soft ground at Leopardstown last month but still ran well and is expected to be a lot sharper for that, so 8-1 is fine. Of the rest, Ten Sovereigns is quick but a mile might stretch him and Magna Grecia looks more of a threat.

Fri, 03 May 2019 23:01:09 GMT

The 20 photographs of the week

Violence in Caracas, the aftermath of the bombings in Sri Lanka, the London marathon and May Day demonstrations in Europe – the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists

Sat, 04 May 2019 07:02:19 GMT

Tracks of the week reviewed: FKA twigs, Bruce Springsteen, Stormzy

Twigs deals with rejection, the Boss does what he does, and the Glasto headliner resists the urge to ‘go stadium’

Fri, 03 May 2019 10:00:38 GMT

Silent accomplice or quiet plotter: what does Mike Pence really want?

Some say the vice-president, who has harboured White House ambitions since he was 16, is motivated by a desire for power

In his home state, Mike Pence gazed out at the massed ranks of the National Rifle Association.

“I know we’re going to keep on winning because I have faith – faith in this president I serve alongside every day,” the vice-president said, his breathing audible on the microphone. “I mean, I got to tell you, somebody said to me the other day: ‘Tell the president to keep on going, keep on fighting.’ And I said to them: ‘That’s not something you got to tell him.’”

Sat, 04 May 2019 05:00:12 GMT

Four Palestinians dead, two Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza clashes

Israeli air strikes kill two Hamas members before troops shoot two Palestinian protesters, Gaza health ministry says

Israel has killed two Hamas militants in air strikes on Gaza, and two Palestinian protesters have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces along the enclave’s border.

The strikes on Friday were a response to gunfire from southern Gaza that wounded two Israeli soldiers, the Israeli military said.

Sat, 04 May 2019 01:09:34 GMT

Hope and heart: emotions stirred in Liverpool at season's crescendo | Donald McRae

Twenty-nine years after their last league title, and with the Hillsborough disaster stitched into the fabric of the club, players and supporters feel a palpable mixture of yearning and pride

Three weeks ago, amid a gripping Premier League title race, Phil Scraton and Margaret Aspinall walked into a room at Melwood, Liverpool’s training ground, to talk to a squad of multimillionaire footballers about the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. Scraton turned 70 this Friday and, despite his vast experience of life and injustice, of joy and horror, he felt anxious. His support of Liverpool stretches over 60 years. From the days of Billy Liddell, a star when the club were still in the old second division, to Liverpool’s domination of English football under Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan, and throughout the current 29-year wait for another league title, Scraton has been a fan.

In the silence he looked at the small sea of faces and picked out players he reveres now, from Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk to Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Scraton was unsure how they would react to him remembering a catastrophe that occurred before any of that quartet was born. His work as an academic and criminologist, as the man who did more than anyone to expose the institutional deceit that hid the truth of why 96 Liverpool fans died at Hillsborough, suddenly mattered little. Scraton wondered if this group of title-chasing footballers might yawn or sigh.

Fri, 03 May 2019 14:04:50 GMT

Cyclone Fani hits India's east coast – in pictures

A category 5 storm has torn through the Bay of Bengal, lashing beaches with rain and winds of up to 205km/h, affecting weather as far away as Mount Everest

Fri, 03 May 2019 10:05:34 GMT

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Hugo Weaving in fine form can't save a show so overproduced

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney
Tennessee Williams’ play is supposed to be exhausting, but this new show smothers emotion with its pyrotechnics

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens with Maggie singing a melancholy song while her husband Brick, the Southern football star turned drunk, showers. He is naked in a tiny glass box while water pulsates down. It’s an intoxicating beginning.

And yet that shower – while clever (the box is claustrophobic; so is Brick’s life; we get it) – ends up being just one of many production tricks that feel laboured and unnecessary.

Sat, 04 May 2019 02:59:26 GMT

Richard Madden: ‘I don’t like the look of me in the mirror’

Bodyguard made him a star – but he hasn’t always been comfortable as the lead. He talks about bullies, his inner ‘fat lad’ and new Elton John biopic Rocketman

For some lucky actors, there are moments when their career suddenly shifts into a higher gear. The right part comes along, the world notices, and boom! their whole life is different. This happened to Richard Madden with Bodyguard, in August last year. He played the tight-mouthed, tight-muscled David Budd, personal minder to Keeley Haw es’ home secretary, Julia Montague, in Jed Mercurio’s six-part BBC One thriller, and the country went bananas.

Bodyguard was great TV – gripping, unpredictable, sexy, with a madly OTT finale – but nobody could have predicted the furore it would cause. It was a national event, achieving the BBC’s largest drama audience for a decade. Social media was aflame every Sunday, with much of the heat centred on Madden, his good looks and his stoic “Ma’ams”. There were threads devoted to his eyebrows, as well as other parts of his anatomy. By the final episode, he had been upgraded from “ex-Game Of Thrones guy” (he played Robb Stark for the first three series) to potential James Bond.

Sat, 04 May 2019 09:00:13 GMT

Tories lose over 1,300 seats in local elections as major parties suffer

Lib Dems main beneficiaries as May and Corbyn vow to press ahead to break Brexit deadlock

Election trackers: full results for English councils

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have vowed to press ahead with seeking a cross-party solution to the Brexit deadlock at Westminster, after voters punished both major parties in local elections.

The Conservatives’ net loss of more than 1,300 seats on their 2015 figures marked their biggest defeat since John Major was prime minister. Disillusioned voters deserted the party in droves, including in traditional Tory areas such as Chelmsford and Surrey Heath.

Fri, 03 May 2019 21:00:05 GMT

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Oreo is a lost novel from 1975 novel by Fran Ross. Reedist says it deserves to be rediscovered:

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:00:22 GMT

'My great-grandfather threw a knife at the kitchen wall, babies were washed in the sink'

The story of one home through three generations

I can’t say when the foundations of my grandparents’ house were laid. Some ancestor of mine has lived without distinction or fame on the same patch of heavy, unproductive land for at least 200 years. When the first full-scale assessment of property in Ireland was carried out in the years immediately after the famine, between 1845 and 1849, my family was already there in County Offaly, probably surviving hand to mouth in bog-side hovels. Their houses cost them one pound and five shillings annually, and land to farm was extra.

Two homes were recorded there during the census of 1911: one where the house still stands today; the other possibly where the cattle sheds are. By the time my grandfather, John Joe, was born in 1933, the main house was thatched. Forty years later, the thatch was removed and the house was crowned with its current slate roof.

Sat, 04 May 2019 05:00:04 GMT

Accused of cheating: another immigration scandal? – podcast

Amelia Gentleman discusses the immigration scandal in which the Home Office has accused 34,000 international students of cheating in English language tests. And: Magid Magid, the 29-year old lord mayor of Sheffield, who is stepping down to run as a Green MEP

In 2014, a BBC documentary drew attention to fraud in the UK’s international student visa system, including cheating in English language tests at two centres. The Home Office concluded that around 34,000 of the 58,458 students who had taken the test between 2011 and 2014 had cheated.

A government watchdog has launched an investigation into the Home Office’s decision to cancel or curtail the visas of those it accuses of cheating, as well as removing more than 1,000 people from the UK. MPs are warning the scandal could be “bigger than Windrush”.

Wed, 01 May 2019 02:00:34 GMT

A short history of Brexit for the confused and bewildered – video explainer

With Brexit now on hold for up to six months, it is a good time to take stock and look back at the major moments of the last three years. It’s been a turbulent, confusing series of events which have not led the UK any closer to a solution

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 01:13:27 GMT

The plot that failed: how Venezuela's 'uprising' fizzled

When the coup was hurriedly launched a day early, defections from the regime failed to materialise, Maduro remained in power and the US government looked like it had badly miscalculated

The video that appeared on Tuesday morning had the appearance of history in the making. In the purple light of dawn, it showed a group of armed men and a military vehicle on a road leading to La Carlota airbase in eastern Caracas.

In the foreground, stood Juan Guaidó – the head of the national assembly recognised by most western countries as the rightful leader of Venezuela – declaring the “final phase of Operation Freedom” with oratory seemingly destined for legend.

Fri, 03 May 2019 18:47:18 GMT

‘I try to spread the joy’: the trans pastor battling intolerance in the deep south

Elijah Walker, who is trans, is seeking to carve out his ministry in Arkansas while gay culture, he says, is going back underground locally

Parishioners and visitors wander in, many pausing at the buffet spread near the door of the dance studio in the town of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that also doubles up once a week as a church. Introductions and nice-to-meet-yous are exchanged. A few young girls run around underfoot, laughing and tugging at their parents’ clothes for attention.

The pastor, Elijah Walker, sits nearby at his laptop, finishing the day’s sermon.

Sat, 04 May 2019 06:00:02 GMT

Julian Assange and the story of WikiLeaks – podcast

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching bail conditions after spending almost seven years inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Today, he has an extradition hearing, which could conclude with him being sent to the US. Esther Addley and Julian Borger chart his rise and fall. Plus: Sean Ingle on the Caster Semenya ruling

Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are responsible for the largest data breach in US military history. In 2010, they released about 470,000 classified military documents concerning US diplomacy and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, then later that year, they released a further tranche of more than 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables.

The breach shocked the world and propelled WikiLeaks and Assange to global fame. In November 2010, a Swedish prosecutor issued a European arrest warrant for Assange over sexual assault allegations involving two Swedish women. Assange denies the claims. In 2011, a British judge ruled he could be extradited to Sweden. Fearing Sweden would hand him over to US authorities, Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, where he was granted political asylum. He remained there until 11 April 2019, when police arrested him at the embassy after his asylum was withdrawn.

Thu, 02 May 2019 02:00:11 GMT

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Primarul din Mioveni, Ion Georgescu, a spus astăzi într-o conferinţă de presă a PSD Argeş că lucrările de construire a noului spital orăşenesc din Mioveni decurg conform planurilor de până acum, iar pe 20 septembrie se vor muta aici şi secţiile de la spitalul "Sf. Spiridon". Pentru finalizarea lucrărilor şi pentru investiţii este nevoie de 20 milioane de euro, bani pe care primarul a spus că administraţia locală i-ar putea accesa printr-un credit dacă nu va primi până în mai un răspuns favorabil din partea Ministerului Sănătăţii către care a făcut mai multe solicitări de finanţare pe diverse programe. În ceea ce priveşte angajările, Ion Georgescu a precizat că nu primăria se ocupă de acestea, ci Ministerul Sănătăţii. Cei interesaţi trebuie să urmărească ediţiile din iulie şi august ale revistei "Sănătatea" în care vor fi publicate anunţurile de angajare. - ( 05.04.2019 ) ION GEORGESCU, VEŞTI DESPRE NOUL SPITAL DIN MIOVENI | MIOVENI

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