WASHOUT Britain: UK battered by remnants of Hurricane Oscar with downpours and gales
11/3/2018, 11:28:29 AMSEVERE gales and torrential downpours will batter Britain as the remnants of Storm Oscar hit the UK this weekend. ✔ Meteorologist Mark Wilson said: It will be pretty windy across all areas, particularly in the north and west and there will be some heavy rain around ✔ Across south-east parts of England t will be generally dry, although breezy ✔ Temperatures will be between 12C and 14C but the wet and windy weather will make it feel colder
Saudi leaders are on the defensive. Let's push them to bring the atrocious war in Yemen to an end - Los Angeles Times
11/3/2018, 10:13:58 AMThe Trump administration should use its leverage to end a humanitarian disaster. ✔ Now the Trump administration is finally moving to try to end the conflict ✔ Enter the Fray: First takes on the news of the minute from L.A ✔ It has seen the kingdom as a bulwark against Iranian influence and a potential partner in negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians
UK weather forecast today: Britain PELTED by 60mph winds - Met Office warnings latest
11/3/2018, 11:35:54 AMSTRONG winds and heavy rain are in the UK weather forecast for today as the remnants of ex-hurricane Oscar batters Britain - here are the latest Met Office updates and weather warnings. ✔ Britons hoping to enjoy fireworks displays later may need to bring a brolly and to hold onto their hats as gusts of up to 60mph ravage Scotland and the northeast of England ✔ Accumulations of 25 to 40mm are widely expected across higher ground in Scotland
Ski season starts a MONTH early in the Alps thanks to heavy snowstorms
11/3/2018, 9:07:56 AMThe weather in the Alps has been erratic with fluctuating temperatures and a mixture of snow and rain with high winds. The latest snowstorm dumped up to three metres of snow above 2600 m. ✔ 'On Friday it was just locals skiing but they are expecting it t be busier over the weekend.' Even resorts in Portugal and Spain are opening way ahead of schedule ✔ Fraser Wilkin, editor of Weather to Ski website, said: 'In the northern Alps, however, the warm Foehn wind has been blowing, sending the snowline scurrying back up the mountain in areas such as the Bernese Oberland (Wengen, Mürren) and the Arlberg such as Lech and St Anton
In Extremis by Lindsey Hilsum review – the life of war correspondent Marie Colvin
11/3/2018, 8:03:24 AMA friend and fellow war reporter details Colvin’s hard-drinking, hard-living decades and her inspiring career covering one humanitarian disaster after another ✔ I am so free that the atom cannot be freer, Gellhorn wrote during the second world war as her marriage to Hemingway fell apart: I am free like nothing quite bearable, like sound waves and light ✔ As for me, my life is already being poured as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone
Merkel successor MUST make up for her mistake that brought the EU to the brink of COLLAPSE
11/3/2018, 8:05:55 AMANGELA MERKEL’s successor will have to fix a number of monumental errors, including her biggest mistake which left the European Union on the brink of collapse, according to influential German MEP Hans-olaf Henkel. ✔ He has not been a member of the Bundestag since 2019 but was considered a political rival of Mrs Merkel in the early years of her premiership, but was sidelined as her power became unassailable ✔ The current CDU general secretary shares much of Mrs Merkel’s politics but won’t receive a recommendation from her boss to run
Divers see Lion Air jet fuselage, new 'ping' heard: official
11/3/2018, 10:30:13 AMBrand new Boeing 737 went down just minutes after take-off from Jakarta early Monday, killing all 189 people on board. ✔ Divers have reported seeing the fuselage and engines of the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor and a ping locator has detected a signal that may be from the cockpit voice recorder, Indonesia's search and rescue chief has said ✔ The flight path of Lion Air flight JT610, which took off from Jakarta on Monday morning [Flightradar 24] The flight path of Lion Air flight JT610, which took off from Jakarta on Monday morning [Flightradar 24]
Myanmar by-elections a test for Suu Kyi’s ruling party
11/3/2018, 9:23:36 AMYANGON--Voters in several parts of Myanmar went to the polls Saturday in 13 by-elections seen as a t ✔ Other contests are taking place in ethnic minority regions where 2015 votes for installing Suu Kyi and slapping down the military's favored candidates may give way to more traditional loyalties to local ethnic parties ✔ People particularly in ethnic areas have been disappointed about the NLD's election promises, the performance of the government and MPs and economic burdens
Midterm Elections 2018: Republican outlines KEY factor Trump needs to win House and Senate
11/3/2018, 6:11:38 AMMIDTERM ELECTIONS 2018: Donald Trump will need to rally his Republican supporters to come out in full force on November 6 to ensure his party holds control over both branches of the US Congress, GOP campaigner Drew Liquerman said. ✔ If the Democrats take back control of the house, it could severely limit what Mr Trump can do for the final two years of his tenure ✔ And a dramatic swing is possible - historically, the midterms usually show a swing away from the presidential party ✔ The reason is thought to be voters on both sides want more authentic, less polished and non-establishment candidates
Indonesian diver dies trying to rescue bodies from doomed Lion Air jet
11/3/2018, 9:50:00 AMSyachrul Anto, 48, collapsed after returning to the surface having dived on the wreckage of the doomed Lion Air jet which crashed into the ocean after leaving Jakarta on Monday. ✔ The aircraft's pilot had requested permission to return to Jakarta before the jet crashed Some of the aircraft's victims such as Candra Kirana have already been positively identified Relatives of victim Hizkia Jorry Saruinsong sit by his coffin at the hospital's morgue Indonesia is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets but its safety record has been patchy
UN warn humans face EXTINCTION unless radical action taken to protect animals
11/3/2018, 11:28:26 AMHUMANS face extinction if a radical new plan to protect animals, insects and plants is not drawn up in the next TWO YEARS, the UN has said. ✔ The summit comes after a World Wildlife Fund report which found that exploding human consumption had caused a massive drop in global wildlife populations in recent decades ✔ The loss of plants and sea life will reduce the Earth’s ability to absorb carbon, creating a vicious cycle ✔ I hope we aren’t the first species to document our own extinction
Original Observer photography
11/3/2018, 11:31:10 AMThe People’s Vote march, Mourinho’s meltdown, the Beastie Boys and John Cooper Clarke – all feature in this showcase of the best commissioned photography by the Observer in October 2018 ✔ A writer and video artist of Nigerian and Malaysian heritage and a nonbinary trans and plural person, Akwaeke Emezi was photographed for aQ&A in the New Review Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer Being in a band… it’s an absurd comedy ✔ You can see a gallery including more of the work of Andy Hall and Antonio Olmoshere Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer The People’s Vote - March for the Future in central London
The Korean Style: The medium and message of Korean fashion
11/3/2018, 6:01:43 AMundefined ✔ From what I've seen and through the countless conversations I've had with Korea-interested folks on the subject, K-pop is often merely the gateway drug for a deeper interest in Korean culture ✔ Credits EDITORIAL MODELS (in order of appearance): Salim Hoang ― Instagram @salimhwg Josie Bellrichard ― Instagram @josiebellrichard DESIGNERS (in order of appearance): Greedilous by designer Youn Hee Park / Instagram @greedilous_official ASSISTANCE AND FIXING Linh Janie Duong
U.S. restores Iran sanctions lifted under Obama nuclear deal
11/3/2018, 4:07:44 AMThe Trump administration on Friday restored U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, but carved out exemptions for eight countries that can still import oil from the Islamic Republic without penalty. The sanctions take effect Monday and cover Iran's shipping, financial and energy sectors.… ✔ The waivers will be valid for six months, during which time the importing country can buy Iranian oil but must deposit Iran's revenue in an escrow account ✔ Iran can spend the money but only on a narrow range of humanitarian items ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
California Politics Podcast: Big choices await voters on election day
11/3/2018, 7:20:08 AMThis week's podcast episode takes a final look at the races for governor and U.S. Senate, the battleground that is Orange County congressional contests, and the biggest proposition fights. ✔ State Party Chairman Eric Bauman said the package arrived at party headquarters just days after a Florida man was arrested for allegedly sending pipe bombs to Democratic leaders including former President Obama and the Sacramento office of U.S. Sen ✔ Here's where you can cast a ballot before election day If making it to the polls on Nov. 6 will be a challenge or if you’re eager to cast your vote you can go to a number of of early voting locations around Southern California
Angela Merkel's legacy: has she saved or destroyed Europe? | Jon Henley
11/3/2018, 5:29:57 AMGerman leader retires with reputation both for calm reliability and lack of vision ✔ Angela Merkel’s approach to a problem, wrote one of her biographers, is to sit it out ✔ The German chancellor, once described by Forbes as the world’s most powerful woman, managed that for 13 years ✔ Merkel and Trump hold a joint news conference in Washington in March 2017
British icons to throw off the white cliffs: what’s on your list? | Ian Jack
11/3/2018, 10:35:54 AMLet’s ditch the things that keep Britain clinging sentimentally to its past, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack ✔ Everything must go! he says, like an auctioneer at a closing-down sale, EV-ER-Y thing must go! What items does he have in mind ✔ The four new ballistic-missile submarines of the Dreadnought class will be built at BAE’s yard there over the next 15 or so years at an estimated cost of £31bn
23 Practical Things For Your Car That People Actually Swear By
11/3/2018, 10:13:57 AMCar puns are exhausting. ✔ We hope you love the products we recommend! Just so you know, BuzzFeed may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page ✔ Features: car nozzle with LED light ✔ Amazon Customer Get a set of two from Amazon for $9.99 ✔ Looking for the perfect gift for any occasion
Lion Air crash: Investigators struggling with damaged flight data recorder
11/3/2018, 7:17:24 AMNearly a week after Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the sea, agencies from around the world are scrambling to help authorities solve the mystery surrounding the deadly incident. ✔ Photos: In photos: Lion Air plane crashes off Indonesia A relative of a passenger cries at a hospital in Jakarta ✔ Photos: In photos: Lion Air plane crashes off Indonesia President Widodo (front row, second from right) tours the operations center in Jakarta where debris is laid out ✔ CNN's Eric Levenson, Masrur Jamaluddin, Yosef Riadi, Edi Amin and Nicole Chavez contributed to this report
American TV's king of 'radical kindness': Britain, prepare to shed a tear for Mister Rogers
11/3/2018, 10:09:45 AMDid you have any awareness of who Fred Rogers was? ✔ Did you have any awareness of who Fred Rogers was ✔ Rather, it’s a film about uncomplicated and determined kindness – what Neville calls radical kindness – and as you watch it you will find tears springing unbidden to your eyes ✔ They all felt like this is mine, you made it for me, it means something to me
32 Witch Movies You Have To See
11/3/2018, 4:12:54 AMWith the new Suspiria in theaters, here’s a look at the history of onscreen sorcery. ✔ Hocus Pocus (1993) Directed by: Kenny Ortega Written by: Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris And here we arrive at a movie that was a box-office disaster when it was released (who puts out a Halloween movie in July?) but has since become the defining film of the season
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