Play buttonJacinda Ardern 'No right to livestream murder': Ardern leads push against online terror contentThe Guardian - Eleanor Ainge Roy in DunedinNew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is to spearhead a push to combat violent extremism and terrorism on social media in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, saying the gunman did not have “a right
Green Party Prince Edward Island elevates Green party to opposition in Canadian firstThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoA Green party will form the official opposition for the first time in Canadian history, following a closely watched election in the province of Prince Edward Island. The unprecedented result signifies
World News Coalition takes tougher line on gay conversion therapy after Labor promises banThe Guardian - Paul KarpThe Coalition has suggested it will work to discourage gay conversion therapy just a day after Scott Morrison poured cold-water on Labor’s push to stamp the practice out. In a response to peak LGBTIQ Equality
Play buttonWorld News Pressure builds on Sri Lankan officials as Isis claims Easter attacksThe Guardian - Jason BurkeIslamic State has claimed responsibility for the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people, the group’s Amaq news agency has said, with experts saying the attacks bear the hallmarks
India News Indian officials travel deep into jungle so lone holy man can voteThe Guardian - ReutersIndian officials travelled nearly 70km (45 miles) through jungle this week to ensure a 69-year-old holy man got to cast his vote in the Indian general election. Four election officials, accompanied by
World News More details emerge about victims of Sri Lanka attacksThe Guardian - Patrick Greenfield and Emma Graham-HarrisonAt the time this was written, Sri Lankan authorities had confirmed that 321 people were killed in a wave of suicide bombings on the island on Easter Sunday. This list does not include all the victims,
Play buttonWorld News Sri Lanka buries bombing victims as country remains on lockdownThe Guardian - Michael Safi in NegomboA father with his arms around the shoulders of his two daughters. Parents and children posing for a family portrait. Dozens of black-and-white photographs of individuals. On posters and leaflets plastered
World News Sisi wins snap Egyptian referendum amid vote-buying claimsThe Guardian - Ruth Michaelson and Adham Youssef in CairoSupporters of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi have claimed victory after almost 90% of Egyptian voters backed sweeping constitutional changes that could result in him ruling until 2030. Election officials
Alexis Tsipras Greek PM's criticism takes shine off Weber's push for EU's top jobThe Guardian - Helena Smith in AthensManfred Weber has launched his campaign to become president of the European commission in Athens, but faced excoriating criticism from the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, before he had even arrived
World News Libya: EU officials hope Trump will pull support for HaftarThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editorEuropean officials are hoping Donald Trump’s surprise expression of support for the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar can be reversed amid division in Washington over US policy on the north African country.
Manchester, UK Tributes to Manchester doctor and former firefighter killed in Sri LankaThe Guardian - Josh Halliday North of England correspondentFriends, family and former colleagues have paid tribute to a “remarkable and wondrous” clinician and her husband, a decorated former firefighter, who were among eight Britons killed in the Easter bomb
Play buttonNews Sri Lanka bombings: Islamic State claims responsibility for attacksThe Guardian - Michael Safi in Negombo and Jason BurkeIslamic State has claimed responsibility for the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people, the group’s Amaq news agency has said. The terrorist group released a photograph of the ringleader
Dorchester Evening Standard urged to move event from Brunei-owned DorchesterThe Guardian - Simon MurphyThe London Evening Standard is facing calls to move an awards ceremony to be held at the Brunei-owned Dorchester after the country imposed new laws punishing gay sex and adultery with death by stoning.
British Library Great British art did not start with a fleaThe Guardian - LettersWriting about the film Red Joan (19 April), your reviewer refers to the communist Leo’s support of the war as a historical fudge. In fact many communists, including my father and the leader Harry Pollitt,
World News Scale of Sri Lankan attacks suggests Isis 'sub-contracted' bombingsThe Guardian - Jason BurkeThree days after the bombings of churches and luxury hotels that killed over 300 people in Sri Lanka, Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the atrocity. The claim was not unexpected. The bombings
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia executes 37 citizens over alleged terrorism offencesThe Guardian - Associated PressSaudi Arabia has executed 37 citizens across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes, publicly pinning one of their headless bodies to a pole as a warning. The mass execution on Tuesday was the
World News Ending the Iranian sanctions waiver could be own goal for TrumpThe Guardian - Larry ElliottThe past two and a bit years have shown that it is naive to expect Donald Trump’s strategic and economic policies to demonstrate coherence. Even so, the lack of joined-up thinking in the decision to end
Jean-Claude Juncker Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies aged 98The Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsGrand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, who took part in the D-day landings with the British army before spending nearly 36 years as his country’s head of state, has died aged 98. He had abdicated in 2000 to make
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka bombings – a timeline and visual guideThe Guardian - Theresa Malone and Cath LevettOn Sunday 21 April a series of coordinated bombings took place in Sri Lanka. The explosions targeted Christians at Easter Sunday church services in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa, and tourists staying
Long-form Journalism The shocking rape trial that galvanised Spain’s feminists – and the far rightThe Guardian - Meaghan BeatleyIn the early hours of 7 July 2016, surrounded by throngs of revellers dancing and drinking, an 18-year-old woman suddenly found herself alone. She was standing on Plaza del Castillo, a square in the centre
Climbing Climbers brought in to help protect Notre Dame from elementsThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseClimbers have been brought in to unfurl protective tarpaulins over Notre Dame to protect it from the rain after the Parisian cathedral was left badly damaged and open to the elements by a fire last week.
Poetry Politician from Hitler's home town resigns over 'deeply racist' poemThe Guardian - Philip OltermannThe deputy mayor of Adolf Hitler’s home town has resigned after publishing a poem about immigration whose imagery was described by Austria’s chancellor as “disgusting, inhuman and deeply racist”. Christian
Kim Jong-Il Vladimir Putin to meet Kim Jong-un on Thursday for first timeThe Guardian - Andrew Roth in MoscowKim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin will hold talks on an island in the far east of Russia this week in the first meeting between the two leaders, the Kremlin has confirmed. The North Korean leader is expected
World News Spain's general election 2019: all you need to knowThe Guardian - Sam Jones in MadridWhat’s happening and how did we get here? On Sunday 28 April, Spain will hold its third general election in four years. The poll was called by the country’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, after rightwing
World News Why gender pay-gap truthers are on the riseThe Guardian - Zoe Williams‘The gender pay-gap truther”. It is such a distinctive phrase: that neologism of “truther” sitting peculiarly against the throwback of “pay gap”. Something about it tells you immediately that these truthers,
World News Italian mayor bans bean growing to help child with rare allergyThe Guardian - Angela Giuffrida in RomeThe mayor of an Italian town has banned the cultivation of broad beans within a 300-metre radius surrounding the home of a child who has a rare allergy. Lorenzo Falchi introduced the ban in Sesto Fiorentino,
World News Sri Lanka: boy, 8, related to Bangladeshi leader and UK MP, among young victimsThe Guardian - Patrick GreenfieldAn eight-year-old relative of the Bangladeshi prime minister was among more than 300 people killed in a wave of coordinated suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, according to reports in the Zayan
News Japanese city gets its first ever female politicianThe Guardian - Justin McCurry in TokyoMisuzu Ikeda has struck a rare blow for Japanese women in politics by becoming the first female candidate to be elected to the local assembly in the southern city of Tarumizu. Ikeda hugged supporters Sunday
Myanmar Myanmar court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalistsThe Guardian - Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondentThe highest court of Myanmar has denied the final appeal of the two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for their reporting on the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, upholding the seven-year prison
