From Pulp to pulp fiction: musical book jackets – in pictures

Over the past three years, Todd Alcott has been turning famous song titles into alternative covers for vintage paperbacks. What started as a distraction for the LA-based screenwriter and graphic artist is now a continuing project with hundreds of entries. Alcott describes the “cultural mashups”, made using digital-altering software, as a conversation between the songwriter, the original designer, himself and the viewer. “All four bring a wealth of associations,” he says. “Most of the songs I pick I have strong emotional ties to. “The graphics are much more fun than screenwriting, where you work on a script for years and it never gets made into a movie. With these mashups, I execute it in a night, post it on social media and get an instant response.”

Sat, 04 May 2019 16:00:16 GMT

The new space race – podcast

The science writer Philip Ball has always been fascinated by space. He looks at the latest missions to the moon and beyond. And: Carole Cadwalladr on why she used her TED talk to tell tech billionaires they had broken democracy

Philip Ball was a child when, in 1969, he watched Apollo 11 land the first two people on the moon. He has retained his fascination for space ever since and has been closely following the recent advancements in space exploration. At the start of this year, China became the first country to successfully land a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon, while in April, the first privately funded mission to the moon, the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet, crashed after the apparent failure of its main engine.

Ball joins India Rakusen to discuss why so many countries are again embarking on missions to the moon and debates the value of private industry investing in space exploration. If humankind is unable to survive on Earth, which already has everything we need, what hope do we have of surviving on Mars?

Tue, 07 May 2019 02:00:27 GMT

Viral real estate video pays off as Sydney home sells for $1.7m

Buyer ‘fell in love with the place’ and paid top dollar after seeing couple dance their way through the Padstow house

A house in Sydney’s south-west advertised with a now famous interpretive dance video has sold before auction for more than $1.7m, a good price for the suburban neighbourhood.

The four-bedroom house with a pool on a quiet street in Padstow shot to fame last month over the unusual efforts by the real estate agent to sell it.

Wed, 08 May 2019 07:30:55 GMT

Trump tax printouts show more than $1bn in business losses over a decade – report

New York Times found that Trump’s core businesses, including casinos, hotels and apartments, lost $1.17bn from 1985 to 1994

Donald Trump’s businesses lost a total of more than $1bn from 1985 to 1994, enabling him to avoid paying income taxes for eight of the 10 years, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

The newspaper, which said it obtained printouts from Trump’s official Internal Revenue Service tax transcripts, found that Trump’s core businesses, including casinos, hotels and apartment buildings, lost $1.17bn over a decade.

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:54:31 GMT

Nigel Slater’s cheddar and tarragon pudding recipe

A crispy crust and oozing centre make this cheesy dish a rising star

Lightly butter the inside of a deep soufflé or similar dish, measuring 18-20cm across the top, then scatter in 2 tbsp of grated parmesan, shaking the dish to make sure the cheese sticks to the butter.

Tue, 07 May 2019 11:00:38 GMT

‘Drinkable, pure, safe’: the business bringing affordable clean water to Bangladesh

Watersprint purifies contaminated water using technology based on blue LEDs, a development that won the Nobel prize in 2014. A collaboration with local entrepreneurs is bringing the tech to Bangladesh

Across Bangladesh, water is readily available to 97% of the population, but it is not always fit for human consumption. As such, 4 million people do not have access to safe drinking water. Communities rely on contaminated water from rivers and wells; some may boil it before use, but this does not eliminate the arsenic that occurs naturally in the groundwater across much of the country.

But thanks to a collaboration between Watersprint and Shishir Water, thousands of people in Mymensingh, a city on the Brahmaputra River about 75 miles north of Dhaka, now have access to clean water – and at a reasonable price.

Fri, 03 May 2019 13:25:31 GMT

Sculpture from the saddle: a cycling and art tour of Belgium

Only in bike-mad Flanders could they create an installation like Limburg’s Cycling Through Water, part of an art trail designed to regenerate the region – and be seen from a bicycle

A ring-necked duck swam by at eye level, the water rippling beside me without spilling over the high metal sides of the Cycling Through Water bike path.

This 212-metre concrete path is 1.5 metres deep and slices a pond in two, allowing cyclists to pedal straight through it. From a distance, the position of the path creates the illusion of people magically gliding through water. I pedalled along, steering with one hand, the other dipping into the water. Then I nearly fell over – a dyspraxic Moses.

Tue, 07 May 2019 05:30:30 GMT

Passenger thrown off Air New Zealand plane for refusing to read safety instructions card

Police called after flight delayed following refusal of woman to watch safety video and read card in exit row seat

A woman who refused to watch the regulation air safety video or read the safety instructions card handed to her by flight attendants has reportedly been removed from an Air New Zealand flight in Wellington.

The woman, described by other passengers as “wealthy-looking”, was sitting in the exit row but ignored attendants’ attempts to get her to listen to the safety instructions for flight NZ424 to Auckland on Tuesday.

Wed, 08 May 2019 07:19:07 GMT

'The table seldom lies', says Ole Gunnar Solskjær as Manchester United miss out on top four – video

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær has admitted his side can have no complaints about finishing outside the Premier League's top four.

After a lacklustre 1-1 draw at the bottom club, Huddersfield Town, on Sunday it was confirmed that United will not play in next season's Champions League, with Solskjær adding: 'Europa League is probably the right place for us.'

Huddersfield’s Mbenza levels to kill off Manchester United’s top-four hopes

Sun, 05 May 2019 18:17:24 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

'I like his style': praise for John Bercow from China ambassador

Despite being divisive in the UK, the Commons Speaker’s unique manner has won him admirers overseas

He has drawn the ire of his compatriots on both sides of the aisle during his tenure as Commons Speaker – and perhaps no more so than since the Brexit vote in 2016. But it turns out John Bercow has some unexpected fans abroad – including China’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization.

Zhang Xiangchen praised Bercow’s often divisive Commons manner on Tuesday and suggested the body follow the Speaker’s lead on a ruling thought controversial by many pro-Brexit MPs.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:02 GMT

The Guardian view on extinction: time to rebel | Editorial

A million plant and animal species are under threat. Humans are largely to blame – but we will pay the cost too

We humans pride ourselves on our ability to look beyond immediate concerns and think on a grander scale. While other creatures preen for mates, hunt prey or build homes, only humans ponder the nature of time, explore our place in the universe or are troubled by the question of what wiped out the dinosaurs. Yet we are often poor at focusing on and understanding the things which really matter. A new mass extinction is under way, and this time we are mostly responsible. The new UN Global Assessment Report warns that a million plant and animal species are at risk of being wiped out.

Most of us find it impossible to visualise such a large number. Focusing on individual cases is only partially helpful. Plenty of tears are shed for charismatic megafauna such as rhinos when they are driven to the brink. Fewer know or care that two in five amphibian species are under threat. Phytoplankton drifting in the ocean are barely noticed at all, but absorb carbon dioxide as well as being eaten by zooplankton, which in turn are eaten by larger creatures, in turn eaten by ourselves.

Tue, 07 May 2019 17:48:34 GMT

Meet the neighbours: portraits of humanity – in pictures

The 50 winners of the inaugural Portrait of Humanity photography prize have just been announced. Here are our favourites. The show travels to four continents later in the year and the book is published by Hoxton Mini Press on 30 May

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:09 GMT

50 great tracks for May from FKA twigs, Sunn O))), Stormzy and more

From Bruce Springsteen’s return to Dorian Electra’s magnificent electropop – read about 10 of our favourite songs of the month and subscribe to our 50-track playlist of the best new music to start summer

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:10 GMT

Huge dust storm blankets Mildura, turning daylight to midnight in minutes

Pictures and video show vast clouds of dust towering over the town in north-western Victoria, Australia

A huge dust storm blanketed the north-west Victorian town of Mildura on Tuesday afternoon, turning daylight to midnight in a matter of minutes as the front blew in from the west.

Tanvi Mor, who was at the airport when the storm came in about 5pm, said “it seemed to be swallowing Mildura”.

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:37:57 GMT

Prince Harry after Meghan gives birth to boy: ‘Absolutely over the moon’ – video

The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a baby boy weighing 7lb 3oz. The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth, at 5.26am on Monday. Speaking to the press in the afternoon, Prince Harry said he was ‘absolutely over the moon’ about his newborn son.

Royal baby: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gives birth to boy

Mon, 06 May 2019 14:02:09 GMT

Silverstone confident £5m resurfacing work will not affect British Grand Prix

• F1 circuit to be relaid only weeks before race on 14 July
• Poor surface blamed for cancellation of 2018 MotoGP

Silverstone is to be resurfaced for the second time in two years before the British Grand Prix at a cost of up to £5m. The circuit’s managing director, Stuart Pringle, said on Tuesday the work has to be done to ensure racing can go ahead after the cancellation of last year’s MotoGP race.

Tue, 07 May 2019 23:30:14 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

Children's social media use has ‘trivial’ effect on happiness – study

Oxford researchers say parents should talk to their children about their experiences

Time spent on social media has only a “trivial” impact on life satisfaction among adolescents, say researchers.

The team behind a new study say time spent on social media has only a small negative effect on how happy boys and girls feel about life, and that only girls reduced their use of social media as a result of feeling discontented.

Mon, 06 May 2019 19:00:17 GMT

Socks’n’sandals: how the faux pas went mainstream

From David Beckham – in red socks and Birkenstocks – to Tyler, the Creator and Kanye West, style icons have rushed to embrace this anti-fashion statement

Despite previously dabbling in heavily bleached cornrows, abundant curtains and even, during a particularly dark period, a tie-dye sarong, David Beckham has outdone himself in the questionable style stakes. Papped last week while shooting an advert for his new skincare range, Becks rocked bright red socks with brown, two-strap Birkenstocks, seemingly inspired by the anti-deep-vein-thrombosis look preferred by many a mature flyer.

But was it really such a faux pas? Socks and sandals might have received a bad rap over the years, but, like normcore “dad” trainers and hiking boots, they have become an unexpected trend for both men and women. Just ask rappers Tyler, the Creator – who posts umpteen pics of his socks and sliders on Instagram – and Kanye West, who wore the combo to a recent wedding. (Curiously, for someone who has his own shoe line, they appeared to be at least a size too small.) Elsewhere, Louis Vuitton and Anna Sui have sent the look down the catwalk and influential fashion blog Man Repeller recently published a guide to nailing the look. But just how has this former anti-fashion statement – the footwear of choice of Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig – crossed over to the mainstream?

Mon, 06 May 2019 15:43:22 GMT

Ballet legend Alexei Ratmansky: how Shostakovich shook me up

As he takes his celebrated Shostakovich Trilogy to London, the choreographer explains how he was inspired by the Russian composer’s political risks

Alexei Ratmansky says he’s been making dances to the music of Shostakovich ever since he was a student at the Bolshoi Ballet school. “I’ve always felt this very personal connection. It’s hard to explain but when it plays, my brain responds. I have steps in my head, I see images and drama. Even in Shostakovich’s symphonies, which some people consider heavy, I find a dramatic sense to the melodies that is very beautiful.”

During his 25 years as a choreographer, Ratmansky reckons he has set nearly a dozen works to Shostakovich scores, the most recent of which is his acclaimed Shostakovich Trilogy, comprising Symphony No 9, the Chamber Symphony and Concerto No 1 for Piano Trumpet and Strings. Performed by San Francisco Ballet in London this month, it is regarded by Ratmansky as his most personal statement yet about the composer, one in which he’s been able to parse the complexities of its formal invention most thoroughly, to revel in its layers of melancholy, lyricism, satire and farce.

Tue, 07 May 2019 18:45:30 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

Reports of ceasefire between Gaza and Israel after days of violence – video

Palestinian officials said Egypt has mediated a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel to end a recent surge of violence. Reports of a ceasefire came not long after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a build-up of military along the Gaza border. Israel's military said that more than 600 rockets and other projectiles – more than 150 of which were intercepted by its Iron Dome anti-missile system – have been fired at southern Israeli cities and villages since Friday. It said it attacked more than 260 targets belonging to Gaza militant groups. Gaza officials said Israeli air strikes and artillery fire killed 24 people, including 14 civilians, since Friday

Mon, 06 May 2019 06:29:48 GMT

World alcohol consumption on the rise as China's thirst grows

Chinese will surpass the US for per capita intake by 2030, research shows, but Moldova claims top spot for now

The world is consuming significantly more alcohol than 30 years ago thanks in large part to heavier and more widespread drinking in China and India, researchers have claimed.

On current trends, global consumption per capita will rise another 17% over the next decade, they reported in The Lancet, after a 10% rise in drinking between 1990 and 2017 .

Wed, 08 May 2019 03:59:31 GMT

A cold-water cure? My weekend with the ‘Ice Man’

Wim Hof claims cold-water immersion can help fight modern diseases. As outdoor swimming becomes ever more popular in the UK, photojournalist Jonny Weeks joined him for a weekend to experience it firsthand

“Look at this beautiful tree. An oak, Quercus robur. It’s yelling at us, ‘Helloooo!’” says Wim Hof, the doyen of cold endurance stunts, as we head across Hampstead Heath, north London, for a swim in one of the ponds.

Soon he’s catapulting himself into a gaping hole in its trunk, peeping out excitedly like a child. “Here I am, talking to the tree,” he beams. “I see the tree has personality. I go in. We are one. It’s alive. We are alive. Is that crazy? Bloody crazy! Yes I am.”

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:03 GMT

Dressing like Dolly: Parton's most shoppable looks

For more than 50 years, the country singer has celebrated the tacky and joyous. As she announces her own fashion range, we round up some of her style highlights

In 1977, when the TV journalist Barbara Walters took Dolly Parton to task for her style, the singer was unfazed. “I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable,” she said. “I can afford to piddle around and do-diddle with my make-up and clothes and stuff because I am secure with myself.” This week, the singer announced that she is to launch her own clothing range – not so much a stoop, but a celebration of her style. For more than 50 years, she has honed a signature look that hovers somewhere between deeply tacky and profoundly joyful. Each year, Parton and her creative director create some 300 outfits — tight, glittering confections capturing an uber-feminine aesthetic. Let’s have a look at a few of their highlights:

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:28:21 GMT

The Eurovision boycott row confirms it: Palestinian lives don’t matter | Arwa Mahdawi

It feels like there is no acceptable way for Palestinians to protest against oppression

Eurovision has always been an exercise in bad taste, but this year’s event takes things to an extreme. If you want to enjoy the kitschy song contest, which will take place from 12 to 14 May in Tel Aviv, Israel, then you have got to ignore the bloody political context that surrounds it. Indeed, Israel is so intent on keeping Eurovision politics-free that anyone it says might disrupt the event will be blocked from entering the country.

One of the most frustrating things about being Palestinian (I’m half-Palestinian myself) is that there seems to be no acceptable way to defend your humanity or protest agains your oppression. Calls to boycott Eurovision, for example, have been decried as divisive. Last month, celebrities including Stephen Fry, Sharon Osbourne and Marina Abramović signed a letter stating that Eurovision’s “spirit of togetherness” is “under attack by those calling to boycott [the competition] because it is being held in Israel, subverting the spirit of the contest and turning it from a tool of unity into a weapon of division”.

Wed, 08 May 2019 07:00:09 GMT

Pakistan: eight dead after blast near major Sufi shrine in Lahore - reports

Explosion reportedly targeted van carrying elite police officers as hundreds of pilgrims gathered at 11th century site

At least eight people have been killed in a blast near Lahore’s Data Darbar, the largest Sufi shrine in south Asia, police in the Pakistani city said.

The explosion was reported around 8.45am local time (4.15am GMT) on Wednesday morning. City police chief Ghazanfar Ali told Associated Press that police officers were the apparent target.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:50:03 GMT

Sustainable tourism: why the Faroe Islands closed for maintenance

When the north Atlantic islands shut for a weekend to all but ‘voluntourists’ doing conservation projects, it was a win-win for locals and visitors

The road tunnel to Gásadalur was built 15 years ago. Until then, residents of this tiny village on Vágar, one of the Faroe Islands, relied on intermittent boat access below the cliffs or, more commonly, braved the 100% slope of a narrow track that climbs 500 metres over the mountain south of the village. The postman had to make the climb three times a week, making him one of the fittest men in the Faroes.

It wasn’t just the postman who made that trek, coffins were carried over the mountain to the cemetery at Bøur 5km away, as were sick people who needed the doctor. Only 11 people live in Gasadalur today, and without the tunnel it would probably have become one of Faroes’ abandoned villages. Today, I’m doing the climb with several local men, plus three mathematicians from Washington DC, a pharmacist from Glasgow, a civil servant from London, two Finnish students and two biochemists from Bratislava. They’re all volunteers who have come to the islands as a part of a tourism initiative that declared the country “closed for maintenance” for one weekend last month.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:30:03 GMT

Sidestepping Apple: the third-party tinkerers fighting for your right to repair

Online repair communities are spreading repair knowledge online to place power back in the hands of consumers

When Jessa Jones’s twin daughters flushed her iPhone 4S down the toilet, she decided that she was going to fix it herself. She took the toilet apart in her backyard, retrieved the device, and then searched online for how to make it turn on again. On DIY fix-it forums, she was informed that the first step was to replace the battery. She did this with relative ease, but the phone wouldn’t charge, which suggested that the water had also seeped into the phone’s motherboard.

For most, this would mean giving up and going to the Apple store. But Jones was determined. She had no experience working with electronics but by trawling through online tutorials, she taught herself how to use a soldering iron and replace microscopic components inside the phone. She eventually succeeded and got the device working again.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:13 GMT

Iran to announce partial withdrawal from nuclear deal

A year after Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 agreement, Iran takes ‘reciprocal measures’

Iran will announce its partial withdrawal from the nuclear deal signed with world powers, a year after Donald Trump pulled out of the agreement signed in 2015, Tehran has announced.

Wednesday’s “reciprocal measures” will be formally conveyed to ambassadors to countries remaining inside the deal – France, Britain, Germany, China and Russia. Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will separately set out the technical and legal details in a letter to the EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini.

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:00:01 GMT

'We're the bad guy': inside the shocking new film about wild fish

In Artifishal, an eye-opening new documentary, we see the damaging effect that humanity has had on the wild fish population, driving them closer to extinction

Artifishal, a new documentary about salmon, might, in less capable hands, have been a tiresome screed, another damning diary of how humans have despoiled the Earth.

In salmon’s case, we have interrupted one of the most dramatic cycles of nature, the wild fish’s journey from the rivers where they spawn to the oceans where they grow and back again. The result is that fish have died, species that eat them have died, communities that depend on them have faded, the food supply has been polluted and a lot of tax dollars have been wasted.

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:07 GMT

Corey Johnson ♥ NY (and even the city's subway). Will he run for mayor?

The speaker of the city council, 37, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2004, has overcome addiction and is mulling a mayoral run

Corey Johnson got his first brush with fame when, as the captain of his high school football team in a small town in Massachusetts, he came out as gay.

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:08 GMT

Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam | Barney Ronay

There were seething huddles in the Anfield aisles, bodies lifted and hugged and grappled after Liverpool’s amazing comeback

Do not adjust your reality. This really is happening. There have been glorious, entirely improbable games in Liverpool’s European history, including the mind-bending highs of Istanbul.

Tue, 07 May 2019 23:06:41 GMT

Fortress Europe: what happens to the refugees sent back to Libya?

The EU’s efforts to stem the flow migration from Africa across the Mediterranean has meant assisting the Libyan coastguard to intercept boats. But what happens when asylum seekers are returned to war-torn Libya? Sally Hayden has spent months investigating conditions in the detention camps. Plus: Jonathan Watts on the UN’s alarming report on the possible extinction of more than a million plant and animal species

In response to the thousands of people attempting to cross the Mediterranean to claim asylum in Europe, the EU has been helping train the Libyan coastguard to patrol its waters. But what happens to those captured and returned to the war-torn country’s detention camps?

Journalist Sally Hayden has been following the story for months after being contacted by desperate detainees in Libya’s squalid immigration detention centres. She tells Anushka Asthana how the thousands trapped in the camps are in danger of being caught up in the increasingly dangerous conditions within Libya as the country’s civil war intensifies.

Wed, 08 May 2019 02:00:04 GMT

Read all about it? How local papers' decline is starving communities of news

In Walsall there used to be dozens of reporters, but they have gone – along with much-needed scrutiny

London v England: where does your area fit in the great divide?

Dead pigeons litter the abandoned offices of the Walsall Observer newspaper, where parts of the ceiling have fallen in on the rooms where reporters used to sit. The newspaper’s name is still displayed proudly on the front of its town-centre building but its last edition was published in 2009. It was once one of three rival newspaper offices covering the town. Now all are closed.

Almost 300,000 people live in the borough of Walsall, which sits on the edge of the West Midlands conurbation between Wolverhampton and Birmingham. It has a council, a magistrates court, several MPs and a lot of residents who want to know what is going on in their local area, one of the country’s most deprived. What it is lacking is journalists to provide the goods – and an answer to the wider question of what local news should look like in 2019.

Tue, 07 May 2019 15:00:43 GMT

Mauricio Pochettino says he may leave Spurs if they win Champions League

• Tottenham manager makes shock claim on eve of Ajax game
• ‘It should be fantastic – close the five-year chapter and go home’

Mauricio Pochettino made the stunning claim on the eve of Tottenham’s Champions League semi-final, second leg at Ajax that he would consider walking away from the club if they went on to win Europe’s elite competition.

Tue, 07 May 2019 19:14:51 GMT

ANC corruption is a major cause of South Africa’s failure – and the polls will show it | William Gumede

The post-apartheid consensus has collapsed. The ANC must renew itself, or become a spent force

When South Africans go to the polls today, it could be the last time the governing ANC wins an overall majority, unless the party renews itself and starts delivering on its promises to increasingly disgruntled supporters. The ANC is likely to win the national elections but its majority will take a hit and it may struggle to win, or have to share power in some of the provinces. After 25 years in power, the party’s popularity is lower than the personal popularity enjoyed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. If Ramaphosa was not also the head of the ANC, it is very likely that it would be heading for defeat this week. Large numbers of ANC supporters have entirely given up hope, both on the party of liberation being able to deliver a better life for them and on South Africa’s post-apartheid democratic institutions.

Even if the ANC wins today’s election, it will be unable to deliver a better life for those who voted for it

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:08 GMT

Nurse in trousers awarded marathon record after outcry

Guinness World Records admits its rule that nurses wear a dress was outdated

An NHS nurse who was told her marathon world record attempt was void because she wore scrubs rather than a dress has had the decision overturned following a backlash.

Guinness World Records (GWR) has awarded Jessica Anderson the title of fastest female marathon runner wearing a nurse’s uniform after admitting its requirements were outdated.

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:44:44 GMT

NHS nursing crisis worsened by Brexit exodus

Dramatic fall in number of nurses and midwives from EU countries causes alarm

Almost 5,000 nurses and midwives from EU27 countries have quit the NHS in the past two years, with many of those identifying Brexit as the trigger.

The number of EU-trained nurses and midwives working in the NHS across the UK fell from a record high of 38,024 in March 2017 to 33,035 in March this year, a drop of 4,989, according to figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which regulates both professions.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:03 GMT

Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona (4-3 agg): Champions League player ratings

Jürgen Klopp’s players score 9/10 almost throughout, while Lionel Messi’s magic failed to materialise in the second leg

Alisson 9/10 Fine saves from Lionel Messi, twice, Philippe Coutinho, Jordi Alba and Luis Suárez denied Barcelona the precious away goal. A commanding performance.

Tue, 07 May 2019 21:39:26 GMT

Russia and Turkey landgrab 'behind fresh Syria bombardment'

Twelve healthcare centres destroyed in bombardment of Idlib province

Renewed bombardment in north-west Syria that has displaced 200,000 people and destroyed 12 healthcare centres could have been sparked by Russia and Turkish moves to entrench their zones of influence as the seven-year conflict winds down, according to regional diplomats.

The bombardment in Idlib province began two weeks ago and has intensified in recent days, prompting rescue workers to describe an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe”.

Wed, 08 May 2019 04:30:02 GMT

Why doesn’t Britain have a Huawei of its own? The answer speaks volumes | Aditya Chakrabortty

The UK’s General Electric Company was a global tech titan in the 1980s. Then it was swept away in the riptide of Thatcherism

Chances are that you have learned rather a lot about Huawei. That the Chinese giant is one of the world’s most controversial companies. That security experts, those people we pay to be paranoid on our behalf, warn its telecoms kit could be used by Beijing to spy on us. That Theresa May was begged by cabinet colleagues to keep the firm well away from our 5G network – yet ignored them. And that one or more senior ministers were so eager to prove their concern for national security that they leaked details of their meeting, thus breaching national security.

So you can already guess what will happen when Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, meets May and her foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, on Wednesday. Once the pleasantries about Harry and Meghan’s baby are over, top of America’s agenda will be to warn No 10 of the threat Huawei poses to British privacy – and to restate that Washington may retaliate by freezing London out of its intelligence network.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:08 GMT

How to spot a liar – even if he isn’t a cabinet minister

With Theresa May refusing to believe Gavin Williamson’s claims of innocence, and Donald Trump estimated to have told 10,000 fibs in office, how can you tell when someone’s pants are on fire?

To be perfectly honest, this seems to be a prime time for lies, mistruths and pants on fire. We have to navigate fake news constantly, while dodging conspiracy theorists, antivaxxers and misleading anti-abortion activists on social media. Last week, the Washington Post calculated that Donald Trump had told his 10,000th lie while in office. Theresa May, meanwhile, clearly didn’t believe former defence secretary Gavin Williamson’s protestations that he wasn’t responsible for the National Security Council leak, hence Williamson’s extreme step of swearing on his children’s lives that he wasn’t guilty.

And what about the rest of us? How many of our #livingmybestlife Instagram posts are, to put it charitably, putting a positive spin on things?

Tue, 07 May 2019 05:00:32 GMT

The Uber drivers forced to sleep in parking lots to make a decent living

A growing group who commute from places as far as eight hours away spend the night in their cars to pick up fares around San Francisco during the day

Every Saturday morning before the sun rises, 35-year-old Uber driver Sultan Arifi rolls up the sleeping bag in the front seat of his car, places it in the trunk, and prepares for another day of work.

He will spend the next 12 hours picking up as many passengers as he can on the streets of San Francisco before returning to a grocery store parking lot in the north of the city to sleep, often for six hours or less, rising as early as he can on Sunday to do it all again.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:03 GMT

How the 'Las Vegas of Italy' is kicking its slot machine addiction

Once compared to Oxford, the university city of Pavia is now better known for gambling. These activists are fighting to change that

At the start of this year, Massimo was standing on a bridge “determined to jump off”. The 45-year-old had been struggling with gambling addiction since 2001.

“I started to play slot machines and video poker after the death of my father and ended up spending €5,000 a day,” says the artisan fence-maker, from the city of Pavia in northern Italy. He was soon in debt to loan sharks and ended up stealing to fund his habit, including from his own mother, before considering suicide.

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:00:08 GMT

Fired by Trump: former US attorney Preet Bharara on American justice – podcast

The ‘sheriff of Wall Street’, who took on mafia bosses and terrorists in court, looks back on his career. Plus: Tim Gordon on the silencing of the oceans

Preet Bharara rose to become one of the best-known lawyers of his generation. Nicknamed “the sheriff of Wall Street” after becoming the US attorney for the southern district of New York, he took on Russian oligarchs, mafia bosses and terrorists. He is even cited as the inspiration for the prosecutor in the hit TV series Billions.

Having been appointed by Barack Obama, Bharara was initially told he would be kept on in the job by Donald Trump. But just two months into the new presidency, Bharara was fired. He looks back on his career and at the subsequent investigations into Trump.

Mon, 06 May 2019 02:00:02 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

The price of plenty: how beef changed America

Exploitation and predatory pricing drove the transformation of the US beef industry – and created the model for modern agribusiness. By Joshua Specht

The meatpacking mogul Jonathan Ogden Armour could not abide socialist agitators. It was 1906, and Upton Sinclair had just published The Jungle, an explosive novel revealing the grim underside of the American meatpacking industry. Sinclair’s book told the tale of an immigrant family’s toil in Chicago’s slaughterhouses, tracing the family’s physical, financial and emotional collapse. The Jungle was not Armour’s only concern. The year before, the journalist Charles Edward Russell’s book The Greatest Trust in the World had detailed the greed and exploitation of a packing industry that came to the American dining table “three times a day … and extorts its tribute”.

In response to these attacks, Armour, head of the enormous Chicago-based meatpacking firm Armour & Co, took to the Saturday Evening Post to defend himself and his industry. Where critics saw filth, corruption and exploitation, Armour saw cleanliness, fairness and efficiency. If it were not for “the professional agitators of the country”, he claimed, the nation would be free to enjoy an abundance of delicious and affordable meat.

Tue, 07 May 2019 05:00:39 GMT

'It’s been killing us for 50 years': residents on living in Cancer Town

Reserve, Louisiana, has a higher risk of cancer than anywhere in America – a hazard residents must face every day. We hear their stories

The small town of Reserve sits 30 miles from New Orleans in Louisiana. Home to just under 10,000 residents, it is also the place in America with the greatest risk of cancer because of air toxicity, according to US government science.

Three years ago the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that emissions from the Pontchartrain Works facility, in Reserve, were the primary cause of a cancer risk 50 times greater than the national average.

Tue, 07 May 2019 10:00:39 GMT

High court to rule on whether Indigenous people can be deported from Australia

Lawyers say federal government’s attempts to deport Daniel Love and Brendan Thoms are ‘absurd’

The federal government’s attempts to deport two Indigenous men have gone before the high court, examining what lawyers for the two men have said are “absurd” circumstances.

The two men in the separate cases, Daniel Love and Brendan Thoms, were both born overseas to at least one parent who is Indigenous and holds Australian citizenship. They both have Indigenous children, and Thoms is a native title holder.

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:08:57 GMT

Hopes of imminent Brexit deal fade after 'tense' cross-party talks

Government concedes it cannot reach deal in time to avoid European elections

Hopes are fading that a cross-party Brexit deal could be struck within days after Labour sources described Tuesday’s three-hour round of talks as “the most robust to date”.

Labour’s negotiating team was irked by leaks to Sunday newspapers about concessions Theresa May was preparing to make, which they believe amounted to little more than a rehash of the existing deal.

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:37:24 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

Jürgen Klopp puts incredible Liverpool comeback down to ‘mentality of giants’

• Alexander-Arnold’s ‘genius’ sets up winner against Barcelona
• ‘What they did is so special. I will remember it forever’

Jürgen Klopp described the greatest comeback in Liverpool’s illustrious European history as a unique and unforgettable night built on the “mentality of giants” as his injury-hit team demolished Barcelona to reach a second successive Champions League final.

Tue, 07 May 2019 23:38:08 GMT

From tranquil kingdom to busy exporter: will Bhutan find prosperity in hazelnuts?

Bhutan is opening up to foreign investment. Its first 100% foreign-owned company is tapping into global demand for hazelnuts, and bringing new sources of income to mountain communities

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan seems an unlikely place to associate with Nutella. It’s more likely to conjure up images of craggy mountaintop monasteries and strings of prayer flags, or the fact it measures national happiness rather than the conventional measure of a country’s prosperity, GDP.

But that may all be about to change, as the first 100% foreign-owned company in Bhutan has spotted an opportunity for hazelnut production, the key ingredient in Nutella and Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:08:48 GMT

Moscow military rehearsals and an Ecuadorean oil protest: Tuesday's best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

Tue, 07 May 2019 13:07:10 GMT

CIA warns Arab activist of potential threat from Saudi Arabia

Pro-democracy campaigner İyad el-Baghdadi has been vocal critic of Saudi crown prince

The CIA has warned Norway that a prominent Arab activist who is living in the country under asylum protection is facing a potential threat from Saudi Arabia, the Guardian has learned.

The pro-democracy activist, İyad el-Baghdadi, is a vocal critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Tue, 07 May 2019 10:00:09 GMT

Augusta Savage: the extraordinary story of the trailblazing artist

Her groundbreaking leaps forward for women of colour in the world of art might have been overlooked but a new exhibition hopes to correct that

In 1939, the artist Augusta Savage was the first African American woman to open her own art gallery in America – the Salon of Contemporary Negro Art. Devoted to showcasing the work of black artists, 500 people poured into the opening reception, where Savage announced: “We do not ask any special favors as artists because of our race. We only want to present to you our works and ask you to judge them on their merits.”

Wed, 08 May 2019 07:00:09 GMT

The Bewater bottle – pretty, but requires you to swallow too much

These gorgeous drinking vessels come pre-installed with semi-precious gemstones intended to energise your water with positive properties. Sounds a bit wishy-washy

A warning: crystal talk is incoming, which is always a sign you have stayed at the party too long and things are about to all get a bit patchouli. I’m testing a high-end drinking bottle pre-installed with semi-precious gemstones, which supposedly energise water with positive properties. Bewater sell a range of these bottles, each stacked with an internal column of different gems, targeted at delivering love and peace, or wonder and balance. Why are the powers of crystals always so noble? Are there gems that make you restless, or hungry for lasagne, or stop you needing the toilet? If so, they have not been curated here.

The thinking behind energised water is a hodgepodge of discredited notions. First, that gemstones release special energies, quartz watches being cited as proof of this general effect. (In fact, it is the piezoelectric ability specific to quartz that makes the watches work.) Second, and more terrifying, the theory that promoted by Bewater that “water has memory and picks up information from its surroundings”. Ideas like this, derived from thinkers such as Masaru Emoto and Jacques Benveniste, hold that water is susceptible to the directed energies of positive thinking and crystals, retaining those energies by changing its molecular structure, and perhaps even possessing consciousness. The scientific community does not think this. While I hope there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy, I draw the line at imagining a glass of Perrier can bear a grudge.

Tue, 07 May 2019 07:00:37 GMT

As an oncologist I trade in bad news of the worst kind, but giving it is still stressful | Ranjana Srivastava

Usually, I cast a calm eye on all that awaits me; after all, it’s what I’m trained for. But some days are more difficult than others

Shortly before I turn into the hospital, I pass a pizza shop with its huge, unmistakable letters selling the enduring appeal of a generous slice of pizza to fix all kinds of wrongs. The store is always closed at that hour, so I have never been inside, but it’s become a kind of constant in my life because it’s my cue to start thinking about the day ahead.

As I pass the pizza shop, I start thinking about the day’s list of patients – the newly diagnosed and those months or years into treatment, some coping well, many facing difficulties, if not of the body then the mind. Some patients take just minutes, thankful for good news and reluctant to question it too closely. Others take an hour, forced to come to grips with worsening circumstances they didn’t expect or had hoped not to entertain.

Wed, 08 May 2019 02:03:25 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

Mali gives top job to UN executive accused of 'tolerating harassment'

Michel Sidibé faced pressure to stand down following criticism of his handling of sexual assault allegations in his team

A senior UN official accused of “tolerating harassment and abuse of authority” has been appointed health minister in Mali.

Michel Sidibé faced pressure to stand down from his position as head of UNAids following criticism over his handling of a sexual assault allegation made against one of his deputies.

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:14 GMT

How WhatsApp and SMS are being used to save the lives of babies in Africa

By providing vital maternity services via mobile phones, innovators such as Jacaranda Health are transforming childbirth survival rates in Kenya

Pregnancy should be an exciting time, but for some women in Kenya it can be a dangerous experience. Women in sub-Saharan Africa have a one in 38 chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth, compared with one in 3,700 in developed countries. It’s a situation exacerbated by limited access to quality, affordable healthcare for many low-income families, the geographical remoteness of some communities, which often means there is a lack of infrastructure, and a culture of mistrust for medical professionals, in favour of untrained community “midwives”.

When maternity-care provider Jacaranda Health was first established in Kenya in 2010, it was these women whom the organisation wanted to reach, running mobile clinics in tents before building more permanent facilities. Today, it runs an 18-bed hospital in Kahawa West, Nairobi, where it has provided maternal care to more than 30,000 women and delivered more than 3,000 babies. In 2016, the hospital reported that it had 66% fewer maternal and newborn complications than nearby facilities.

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:03:14 GMT

Hunger, health and energy: can disruptive tech help solve global challenges?

Tech-savvy entrepreneurs may hold the key to reaching some of the 17 sustainable development goals. Here are three to watch

Meeting the sustainable development goals (SDGs) – a global call to action to eradicate poverty, protect the Earth and promote peace and prosperity – will not only require all hands on deck, but all tech on deck as well. The internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are already playing a key role in tackling today’s immense environmental and social challenges, and adopting these technologies more broadly could help scale solutions in a way that once might have seemed impossible. Among the potential key players are three disruptive social enterprises, who spoke at the Business Call to Action’s recent annual forum in New York.

Sevamob
Sevamob is an Indian social enterprise that provides primary healthcare services at more than 100 locations in India, South Africa and Georgia, US. With its “pop-up” clinics, Sevamob could potentially reach millions of poor people in rural and other under-served communities. But what really sets it apart is its use of AI to detect various medical conditions – from vitamin deficiencies and minor skin infections, such as thrush, to serious diseases, such as glaucoma and malaria – on the spot.

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:16:23 GMT

Your pictures: share your photos on the theme of 'occasion'

Wherever you are in the world, this week we’d like to see your pictures on the theme ‘occasion’

The next theme for our weekly photography assignment, published in print in the Observer New Review is ‘occasion’.

Share your photos of what occasion means to you – and tell us about your image in the description box.

Sun, 05 May 2019 08:00:40 GMT

The Spin | Boozy cricket nights are putting off kids – and this gives the ECB a problem

Drinking culture at evening games is profitable but stops children watching a form of cricket that should appeal to them

English cricket can always find a toenail in a bucket of diamonds in the run-up to a World Cup contest, and the sad tale of Alex Hales was just the 2019 episode of a long-running saga. But whatever the drug that ruined his chances this summer, it is alcohol that causes more problems.

In an unfortunate turn of phrase last year while trying to promote the Hundred, Andrew Strauss talked of making the game simpler for “mums and kids”. But in the raised eyebrows over his choice of words, a salient point was lost. The current T20 Blast is a cracking little tournament – spectator numbers are up, big games sell out, scoring rates increase year on year. However, plenty of cricket fans won’t take their children along despite the relatively family-friendly timings.

Tue, 07 May 2019 11:26:46 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

Nursery children critically injured in Japan as car ploughs into group

At least four critical after car hits children on a pavement in Otsu city

A car has ploughed into a group of kindergarten children in western Japan’s Shiga region, leaving at least four of them critically injured.

There was no immediate detail on why the car veered off the road into the group of children in the city of Otsu.

Wed, 08 May 2019 04:48:17 GMT

A tube driver's view of the East End – in pictures

Tim Brown, a tube train driver in the 1980s, has just published The East End in Colour, which evocatively captures the transformation of the London area at the time

Tue, 07 May 2019 06:00:43 GMT

Israel Folau case: the agony could go on for years unless common sense prevails | Bret Harris

An out-of-court settlement is the most pain-free outcome if both parties can act reasonably

After a marathon code of conduct hearing, the Israel Folau case appears to be heading towards the place it was always likely to end up – a court room. That is unless “common sense” prevails.

Rugby Australia’s code of conduct panel ruled on Tuesday night that Folau had committed a high-level breach of his contract by posting a religiously-inspired, anti-gay comment on social media. The three-person panel will now determine Folau’s punishment, which includes the potential to terminate his $4m, four-year contract.

Wed, 08 May 2019 03:45:36 GMT

Loaded: the moped delivery drivers of Hanoi – in pictures

From footballs to live fish, delivery mopeds piled high with unwieldy, unlikely goods are one of the Vietnamese capital’s most distinctive sights. As the city plans to ban motorbikes altogether, photographer Jon Enoch captured the drivers at work

Tue, 07 May 2019 12:02:51 GMT

Nearly two dozen Democrats want to be president. Only two have a climate change plan

Scientists have warned that governments have about 11 years to enact large-scale climate legislation to stop global warming

Of the nearly two dozen Democrats running for president, only two campaigns have so far laid out deadlines for transforming American life to slash the pollution that is warming the planet’s climate.

The world’s scientists warn that governments have about 11 years to put in place strategies to cut emissions from power plants, cars, buildings, factories and land use. Once the next US president takes office, they will have nine years.

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:03 GMT

Is Melania Trump's Be Best campaign doomed by her husband’s presidency?

First lady marks first year of initiative as sceptics question how it measures up to those of past first ladies

Just for once, Donald Trump entered the White House rose garden without fanfare, did not say a word and seemed content to play second fiddle.

On Tuesday it was the turn of his wife, Melania Trump, to take centre stage as she marked one year of her Be Best children’s initiative.

Tue, 07 May 2019 21:04:47 GMT

Leinster v Saracens will be a brutal final battle for European greatness | Robert Kitson

An irresistible force faces an immovable object and the winner will be Europe’s most remarkable champions, bar none

Widespread agreement is rare in rugby but this week is an exception. The two best, most consistent teams in Europe are contesting this year’s Champions Cup final, the only question being who will emerge as first among equals? The collision between the remorseless muscle men of Saracens and the rock-hard sons of Leinster pits an irresistible force against an immovable object.

Wed, 08 May 2019 07:00:07 GMT

Google launches cheaper Pixel 3a smartphones

Model has top-spec camera and software but costs more than £300 less than flagship Pixel 3

Google is looking to buck the £1,000-plus smartphone trend by launching a cheaper Pixel 3a smartphone that still offers its top-spec camera and software.

Announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in California on Tuesday, the new Pixel 3a and 3a XL Android phones are aimed at the increasingly important mid-range market. Starting at £399, they seek to offer most of what made Google’s £739-plus flagship phones good, but at a significantly reduced cost.

Tue, 07 May 2019 19:00:09 GMT

New Zealand introduces bill for zero carbon emissions by 2050

Jacinda Ardern says law will address climate change but faces opposition from farmers over plans to reduce methane emissions

A landmark bill which would set a target of zero carbon emissions for New Zealand by 2050 has been tabled in the New Zealand parliament.

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that the bill, which would introduce targets for carbon and biogenic methane emissions and would establish an independent climate change commission, was aimed at addressing the “long-term challenge of climate change” – the biggest single challenge facing the world.

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:07:42 GMT

Britons having less sex and digital life may be to blame – study

Research finds drop in sexual activity steepest for married and cohabiting couples

Sex is on the decline in Britain, particularly among married and cohabiting couples, according to a major study that suggests the increasingly busy lives we lead and distractions of the internet may be partly to blame.

The data comes from more than 34,000 people in the UK who took part in three waves of a large study called Natsal (national surveys of sexual attitudes and lifestyles). It shows a fall in sexual activity from 2001 to 2012 in all groups, with the steepest decline among the over-25s and those who are married or cohabiting.

Tue, 07 May 2019 22:30:07 GMT

Asia Bibi arrives in Canada after leaving Pakistan

Christian woman freed last year after spending eight years on death row for blasphemy

Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy before she was freed last year, has flown to Canada where she has reunited with her family, her lawyer has said.

“It is a big day,” Saif Ul Malook, said. “Asia Bibi has left Pakistan and reached Canada. She has reunited with her family. Justice has been dispensed.”

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:57:29 GMT

Lady Gaga's Met Gala transformation in one-minute timelapse - video

Lady Gaga wore multiple outfits, which she slowly revealed as she walked the pink carpet of the 71st annual Met Ball in New York. This year’s theme, ‘Camp: Notes on Fashion’, saw A-listers exploring ‘how irony, humour, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality and exaggeration are expressed in fashion’.

Tue, 07 May 2019 12:27:18 GMT

Erections, buttocks and beheadings: it's an Aubrey Beardsley blockbuster

He created a sensational amount of art, illustrating every sexual possibility and orientation. Aubrey Beardsley is the big surprise of Tate’s newly announced plans for 2020

Aubrey Beardsley is one of Britain’s greatest artists, but museums have never quite known what to do with his dangerously depraved images. So it is delicious news that his perverse and often obscene art is to get the Tate Britain blockbuster treatment next year.

The fact that Beardsley worked in ink on paper, rather than paint on canvas, means his pictures are easy to hide in study rooms. Even in Queer British Art, the 2017 show at Tate Britain, Beardsley’s presence was surprisingly subdued. But the announcement that Tate will put 200 of his naughty little masterpieces on display next March, in a show that will tour to the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, suggests we may finally be ready for one of the classiest purveyors of filth.

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:08:48 GMT

Stephen Colbert: 'America has its own royal baby: Donald Trump'

Late-night hosts discussed the latest addition to the royal family and Trump’s continuing anger over the Mueller report

Monday night’s late-night monologues contained a mixture of international and local news as the hosts covered US conflicts, Donald Trump and the birth of Harry and Meghan’s baby.

Tue, 07 May 2019 16:37:22 GMT

Is News Corp’s attack on Shorten’s memory of his dead mother the cost of shunning Murdoch? | Anne Davies

When the Labor leader decided he wouldn’t talk to the US media mogul, he took a decision he knew would have consequences – now he sees them

• Bill Shorten fights tears as he pays tribute to mother after Daily Telegraph’s ‘rubbish’ attack

In the weeks before the election campaign began, the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, turned down a standing invitation to meet with the US media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose company, News Corporation, owns 70% of Australia’s newspaper circulation and Foxtel’s 24-hour news channel, Sky.

“News Limited and Mr Murdoch shouldn’t take that as any view on him in particular,” Shorten told the ABC’s 7.30 program in January. “I’ll deal with their local management just as I deal with the local management of the ABC. But my real conversation is not with the rich and powerful in this country.”

Wed, 08 May 2019 05:37:21 GMT

GDT nature photographer of the year 2019 – in pictures

Run by the Society of German Nature Photographers (Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen), the prestigious annual contest celebrates the best wildlife photography from members in Germany. Here are this year’s winners

Wed, 08 May 2019 06:00:09 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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