Monday, 30 April 2018
3 Palestinians shot dead on Gaza border: Israeli army
Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians on Sunday after two separate infiltration bids on the Gaza border, the army said. "2 suspects attempted to infiltrate Israel from the southern Gaza Strip and damage the (border) security fence," the army tweeted. Forty-five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of what organisers have dubbed the Great March of Return on March 30, with more than 1,500 wounded.
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Capri could follow example of Venice as lagoon city installs barriers to manage mass tourism
The island of Capri wants to bring in crowd control measures to manage stifling mass tourism, as Venice installed checkpoints capable of blocking off the most congested parts of the World Heritage city. The limestone outcrop in the Bay of Naples is inundated with two million tourists a year, with the mayor telling The Telegraph that the island could “explode” from a social point of view under the sheer weight of visitors. Venice introduced radical new measures for the bank holiday long weekend, installing metal barriers that can divert tourists down less frequented alleyways so that locals and workers can go about their business without constantly dodging tour groups and visitors trundling wheeled suitcases. The barriers edged Venice closer to the long-debated, highly controversial idea of limiting the number of tourists allowed to enter the lagoon city, as it buckles under the strain of around 25 million visitors a year. Tourists were confronted with the unprecedented sight of the waist-high black checkpoints across lanes leading from Venice railway station towards the Rialto Bridge, St Mark’s Square and other popular sights. They remained open but if tourist numbers become overwhelming on Tuesday, the May Day bank holiday, they will be manned by police and closed to visitors. Protesters tried to dismantle one of the newly-installed barriers Credit: Simone Padovani/Getty Only Venetians would be permitted to pass through. An average of 60,000 tourists a day descend on Venice – more than its population – but the authorities fear the number could rise to 120,000 on Tuesday. There were scuffles on Sunday when a few dozen activists tried to dismantle one of the barriers. They carried a banner with the words “Venice is not a nature reserve, we’re not in danger of extinction.” The police intervened and the barrier was quickly reinstalled. The mayor of Venice said the measures were an “experiment”, suggesting that if successful they could be employed again in future. “The barriers will only be closed if there are large crowds. The aim of them is to break up and divert the flow of tourists,” Luigi Brugnaro told Corriere della Sera newspaper. “We’ll be able to close one part of the city and open up another, controlling the degree of crowding. Venetians have the right to a city that is safe and liveable.” Capri is watching with interest and may introduce similar moves to deal with the daily assault of day-trippers that threaten to choke the life out of a place once feted by the literati, from DH Lawrence to Graham Greene. Capri is visited by around two million tourists a year Credit: Cornelia Doerr “We’re going to try out an experiment similar to the one in Venice,” said Gianni De Martino, the mayor. “I well understand the difficulties faced by my Venetian counterpart. We can’t stop tourists disembarking but we can do something (to improve the situation).” The vast majority of tourists on Capri arrive on large boats and then create a logjam in Marina Grande, the island’s small port, by waiting for a funicular railway to take them to Capri village, a once-picturesque settlement that is now crammed with designer shops and gelaterias. Capri could adopt similar measures to Venice to manage the impact of mass tourism Credit: RooM RF “There’s the risk that Capri could explode – you can’t fit a litre and a half of water into a one litre bottle,” the mayor, a civil engineer by profession, told The Telegraph last July. “We welcome tourists but two million a year is bit too much.” The island announced recently that it is studying the possibility of digging a tunnel that would link the port with Anacapri, high above Capri village. The two-mile-long funicular tunnel would not only reduce the queues for the funicular but also cut the number of buses and taxis using the island’s narrow, twisting roads. It is estimated that it would cost 100 million euros and take several years to construct.
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Top photojournalist among dead as twin Kabul suicide blasts kill at least 25
Nine journalists were among 25 people killed when a coordinated double suicide bombing struck the Afghan capital in an Isil attack deliberately targeting the media on Monday. A suicide bomber on a motorbike struck close to intelligence service offices in central Kabul and then a second attacker posing as a reporter later detonated among journalists gathering at the scene. A statement on a website affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) said the extremists carried out the rush hour attack in the Shash Darak area of the city. The blast was the latest in a relentless string of bloody, mass casualty bombings that have struck the country. Last week, an Isil suicide bomber attacked a voter registration centre in Kabul, killing 60 people, while in March the extremists killed 31 at a Shiite shrine in the city. The latest dead included Shah Marai, chief photographer in the country for the French news agency Agence France-Presse, as well as journalists from local broadcasters. Afghan security personnel carry a victim after the second blast Credit: Rahmat Gul/AP Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said the second bomber appeared to have posed as a journalist and blew himself up where reporters and rescue workers had gathered. “He showed his press card and stood among journalists before blowing himself up," Danish told Reuters. Elyas Mousavi, a journalist at the scene, told The Telegraph he had just arrived when he heard the second blast. “After the second explosion no one remained at the site, because they were afraid of another explosion and then ambulances arrived. I saw also some security personal dead,” he said. Follow-up bombings to maximise the carnage as crowds gather after an initial attack are a tactic used before by extremists in Iraq. Qudrattulah Lashkari, another journalist, said he had escaped the blast by being late. “So many of my journalist friends are among the dead and injured,” he said. Shah Marai at the AFP bureau in Kabul. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter Credit: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP Elsewhere in the country a reporter for the BBC’s Afghan service was also killed on Monday. Ahmad Shah was shot dead by unidentified men in the eastern province of Khost. The 29-year-old reporter had worked for the service, which broadcasts in Dari and Pashto, for more than a year. Jamie Angus, BBC World Service Director, described him as “a highly capable journalist who was a respected and popular member of the team”. The Paris-based media watchdog Reporters without Borders, says 36 media workers have been killed in Afghanistan in attacks by Isil or the Taliban since 2016. Kabul double bomb attack Afghan militants began swearing allegiance to Isil in 2015, sometimes after defecting from the Taliban, and have since carried out large numbers of attacks. The Afghan government backed by Nato troops has failed to stop the violence or expand its writ in rural areas in the face of the long-running Taliban-led insurgency. Kabul’s overtures for peace talks “without preconditions” have not yet been answered. There are fears this year’s parliamentary elections will become a target for more violence. Meanwhile in a separate attack in the southern city of Kandahar, 11 children were killed and 16 wounded when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden van into a convoy of foreign forces. Ashraf Ghani, the president, said attacks on innocent civilians, worshippers and reporters were all war crimes. The US Embassy also condemned the "savage bombings” and the killing of “a number of brave journalists”.
North-linked firms soar on Seoul market after summit
Shares in South Korean builders, railway component makers and other firms with links to the North rocketed on Monday as Friday's inter-Korea summit fuelled optimism for new cross-border projects. The historic meeting saw the North's leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowing to "encourage more active cooperation, exchanges" and promote "co-prosperity". Shares of Hyundai Engineering & Construction -- which built buildings at the now-shuttered Kaesong jointly-run industrial complex in the North -- surged 26 percent.
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Unusual eruptions at world's largest active geyser in Yellowstone
The world's largest active geyser has erupted three times in the past six weeks at Yellowstone National Park, including once this week, in a pattern that is unusual but not at all indicative of a more destructive volcanic eruption brewing beneath Wyoming, geologists said on Saturday. Steamboat Geyser, which can shoot water as high as 300 feet (91 meters) into the air, erupted on March 15, April 19 and on Friday. The last time it erupted three times in a year was in 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory said.
Netanyahu to speak on 'significant development' on Iran nuclear deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak Monday on a "significant development" on the Iran nuclear deal, his office said, as the White House considers whether to pull out of the landmark accord that Israel opposes. Netanyahu will give the statement at Israel's defence ministry in Tel Aviv at 8:00 pm (1700 GMT). It follows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit on Sunday and a telephone conversation between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Migrant caravan gathers on U.S.-Mexico border before asylum bids
Hundreds of people from a Central American migrant caravan rallied on Sunday at the U.S.-Mexico border, many preparing to report to U.S. authorities later in the day to make asylum claims that may land them in detention centers. The month-long caravan that at one point gathered 1,500 immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador drew the wrath of President Donald Trump during its journey through Mexico.
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Duterte permanently bans Filipinos going to work in Kuwait after maid found stuffed in freezer
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation. Mr Duterte in February imposed a prohibition on workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in the Gulf state. The crisis deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers. The two nations had been negotiating a labour deal that Philippine officials said could result in the lifting of the ban but the recent escalation in tensions has put an agreement in doubt. "The ban stays permanently. There will be no more recruitment for especially domestic helpers. No more," Mr Duterte told reporters in the southern city of Davao. There was no immediate response from Kuwait, where around 262,000 Filipinos are employed - nearly 60 percent of them as domestic workers, according to the Philippines' foreign department. Last week the Philippines apologised over the rescue videos but Kuwaiti officials announced they were expelling Manila's ambassador and recalling their own envoy from the Southeast Asian nation. In quotes | Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines Kuwait also detained four Filipinos hired by the Philippine embassy and issued arrest warrants against three diplomatic personnel, Manila said. Mr Duterte on Sunday described the treatment of workers in Kuwait as a "calamity". He said he would bring home Filipina maids who suffered abuse as he appealed to workers who wanted to stay in the oil-rich state. "I would like to address to their patriotism: come home. No matter how poor we are, we will survive. The economy is doing good and we are short of our workers," he said. About 10 million Filipinos work abroad, seeking high-paying jobs they are unable to find at home, and their remittances are a major pillar of the Philippine economy. The Philippine government has for decades hailed overseas workers as modern heroes but advocacy groups have highlighted the social cost of migration, tearing families apart and making Filipinos vulnerable to abuse. Mr Duterte lashed out at Kuwait in February, alleging Arab employers routinely rape Filipina workers, force them to work 21 hours a day and feed them scraps. However after the latest row, Mr Duterte used a conciliatory tone as he addressed the "diplomatic ruckus" on Saturday. "Apparently it seems as if they have anger against Filipinos ... I do not want to send (workers) because apparently you do not like Filipinos," he said in a speech before Filipinos in Singapore. "Just do not hurt them. I plead that they'd be given a treatment deserving of a human being," he said in the same event.
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10 journalists including AFP photographer among dozens killed in Afghan attacks
Ten journalists including Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, were among dozens killed in multiple attacks across Afghanistan Monday, in the deadliest day for the country's media since 2001. Two suicide blasts in Kabul killed 25 people including Marai along with at least eight other journalists, in what Reporters Without Borders said was the most lethal single attack on the media since the fall of the Taliban.
Five healthy lifestyle habits could add ten or more years to life finds new study
New US research has found that sticking to five healthy habits throughout adulthood, including eating a healthy diet, regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, no smoking, and not too much alcohol, could together add more than ten years to life expectancy. Led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the study is the first comprehensive analysis to look at the effect of adopting low-risk lifestyle factors on life expectancy in the US, a country which has a shorter average life expectancy (79.3 years) than almost all other high-income nations. The researchers analyzed 34 years of data from 78,865 women and 27 years of data from 44,354 men and defined the five low-risk lifestyle factors as not smoking, a low body mass index (18.5-24.9 kg/m2), at least 30 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity, moderate alcohol intake (up to about one 5-ounce glass of wine per day for women, or up to two glasses for men), and a healthy diet.
Britain, France and Germany agree on support for Iran nuclear deal
Britain, France and Germany have agreed that the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap remains the best way of stopping Tehran getting nuclear weapons, British Prime Minister Theresa May's office said on Sunday. May had phone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel where they agreed the deal may need to be broadened to cover areas such as ballistic missiles, what happens when the deal expires, and what they consider Iran's destabilizing regional activity, a statement said. "They committed to continue working closely together and with the U.S. on how to tackle the range of challenges that Iran poses – including those issues that a new deal might cover," the statement said.
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'Radical’ pace of modern life is fuelling disease, Pope warns
The ‘radical’ pace of modern life is fuelling disease, The Pope has warned as he urged people to exercise, eat well and avoid alcohol and air pollution to stay healthy. Speaking at the Unite For Cure Fourth International Vatican Conference in Rome, Holy Father Pope Francis said ‘many evils’ could be avoided if greater attention was paid to living a good lifestyle. Addressing some of the world’s leading doctors and scientists, Pope Francis said diseases like cancer could be avoided if people adopted good health practices from childhood. “We are increasingly aware that many evils can be avoided if greater attention is paid to the style of life we adopt and the culture we promote,” he told delegates. “Prevention involves taking a farsighted look at human beings and the environment in which we live. “It means aiming for a culture of balance, whose essential factors – education, physical activity, diet, the protection of the environment...can help us to live better, with fewer health risks. “This is all the more important when we think of children and of young people, who are increasingly at risk because of illnesses linked to the radical changes of modern culture. “We need but reflect on the impact on health caused by smoking, alcohol consumption, and toxins released in the air, in the water and in the soil. “A number of tumors and other health problems in adults could be avoided by adopting preventive measures during childhood. “It is urgent to foster everywhere a culture of prevention as the first step in health care.” Pope Francis looks towards participants at "Unite To Cure, A Global Health Care Initiative Credit: AFP Pope Francis said living well required ‘constant global action’ which should not simply be left to social and government institutions. He also praised the ‘great strides’ made in scientific research particularly for rare, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases and said the world was now enjoying a ‘significant chapter in human progress.” But Pope Francis warned scientists not to avoid the ethical implications in their work in their desire to push forward. “In recent years, advances in cellular research and in the field of regenerative medicine have opened new horizons in the areas of tissue repair and experimental therapies,” he said. “Science is a powerful means for better understanding the natural world and human health. “It has opened up new possibilities and provided refined technologies that enable us not only to examine the deepest structure of living organisms, including man, but also to intervene in ways so profound and precise as to make it possible even to modify our DNA. “Here we see the need for an increased awareness of our ethical responsibility towards humanity and the environment in which we live. “While the Church applauds every effort in research and application directed to the care of our suffering brothers and sisters, she is also mindful of the basic principle that “not everything technically possible or doable is thereby ethically acceptable”.” He added that ‘certain limits’ should be respected for the good of humanity. Orlando Bloom meets the Pope Credit: AFP Dr Robin Smith, President of the Cura Foundation which organised the conference said: “Our collaboration began 10 years ago with Pope Benedict, who saw the need to educate the world on a powerful idea – that science and faith can inform one another. “Pope Francis has extended this vision, highlighting the need for collaboration, understanding, compassion and care for the Earth.”
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Migrant caravan reaches U.S. border to seek asylum
North Korea’s ‘Complete Denuclearization’ pledge raises questions after summit
Pompeo puts onus on Palestinians to rejoin peace talks
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wound up a three-day Middle East trip Monday without having met any Palestinian, but nevertheless urged their leadership to rejoin the peace process. Washington's newly appointed top diplomat received a warm reception in Riyadh, Tel Aviv and Amman, focusing his talks on Iranian interference in the region -- despite the tensions once against rising between Israel and the Palestinians. Forty-five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border since the start of protests that organisers have dubbed the Great March of Return on March 30, with more than 1,500 wounded.
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Philippines makes ban on workers going to Kuwait permanent
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday that a ban on Filipino workers from heading to Kuwait that's been in effect since February would now be permanent, inflaming a dispute sparked by complaints of the abuse of Filipina housemaids and workers in the Persian Gulf country.
Syria regime, US-backed forces in deadly clashes: monitor
Rare clashes broke out Sunday between Syrian regime forces and a US-backed alliance in the east of the country, killing six alliance fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. State news agency SANA said the army seized control of four villages from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Ezzor province, where the Kurdish-led alliance has been fighting the Islamic State jihadist group. The SDF and Russian-backed Syrian government forces are conducting parallel but separate offensives against IS in the oil-rich province.
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U.S. concerned by 'destabilizing and malign activities' of Iran: Pompeo
By Lesley Wroughton and Ori Lewis TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's "destabilizing and malign activities", new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program. The whirlwind trip to NATO in Brussels and to Middle East allies came only hours after Pompeo was confirmed as Trump's top diplomat.
Since when did 'perfect smokey eye' become an insult, America?
Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for commenting on the press secretary’s eye shadow. ‘She burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. If you’re not familiar with the common parlance of cosmetics, you might not know that ‘a perfect smokey eye’ is a very nice way to describe a woman’s makeup – glamorous, well-applied, nicely smudged.
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Southwest Airlines sued after woman claims post-traumatic stress disorder following fatal engine explosion
A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight that made an emergency landing after an engine burst apart is suing the company, saying she has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sparked by the carriers’ alleged negligence. Lilia Chavez was sitting three rows behind the window that was shattered by shrapnel from the exploding engine. Ms Chavez, a California native, has argued in her federally filed lawsuit that she has been suffering from PTSD, depression and other personal injuries since the fateful flight.