Gains reverse sharp fall suffered late last week
Day: February 16, 2019
Macedonian PM issues ultimatum in name-change battle
Macedonia’s prime minister, Zoran Zaev, has upped the ante in the battle over his country’s name, telling opposition MPs they either back him or he will call early elections. “The process will not be frozen, we have to move forward,” the social democrat leader said on Monday. “We will know in a few days whether…
Brussels rejects plea from Theresa May to break Brexit deadlock
EU diplomats have rejected Theresa May’s conference pitch that Brussels must move first to break the deadlock over negotiations as Jean-Claude Juncker said British people were only “finding out now” about the scale of the problems caused by Brexit. The European commission president told an audience in Germany that he regretted that the voters had…
Police used stun guns on mentally ill patients 96 times in a year
Mental health patients have had a stun gun drawn, aimed or fired at them almost 100 times in just over a year, the Guardian can reveal. Data shows police officers in the UK were called to hospitals and other mental healthcare facilities where a stun gun was used 96 times since 1 April 2017, the…
Chelsea Manning says life in the US is like being in prison
Chelsea Manning has compared life in the US to her time in prison because of surveillance systems, cameras and the presence of police. In her first public appearance in the UK, the whistleblower said her idea of freedom outside jail had not transpired. “I am constantly bombarded by reminders about how different, about how drastically…
Six charged over alleged £10m ticket resale schemes
Six people have been charged with money laundering and breaches of consumer law relating to the resale of millions of pounds’ worth of tickets for gigs and events, in a landmark prosecution that could have major implications for ticket touts. National Trading Standards, which brought the prosecution, alleges that the defendants made more than £10m…
