Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city
The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.
The ‘big church move’: Swedish town begins to roll historic building 5km
Kiruna Kyrka’s slow journey is part of effort to stop town being swallowed by Europe’s biggest underground mine
After eight years of planning, a cost of more than 500m kronor (£39m) and an early morning blessing, a church in northern Sweden began a slow-motion 5km journey on Tuesday to make way for the expansion of Europe’s biggest underground mine.
The 672-tonne Kiruna Kyrka, a Swedish Lutheran church inaugurated in 1912, is to be slowly rolled to its new home over two days, at a pace of half-a-kilometre an hour.
Continue reading...Watch: Two presidents, two very different Oval Office encounters
Onlookers gasped as Trump and Zelensky's meeting in Washington in February descended into chaos, but times have changed.
WA government put ‘very rosy spin’ on report into Woodside emissions at Murujuga, scientist’s private email says
Report part of a project used in lobbying effort to dismiss UN concerns that industrial emissions were damaging 50,000-year-old ancient rock art
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The Western Australia government “put a very rosy spin” on a summary report of a project checking if pollutants from Woodside were damaging 50,000-year-old rock art, according to a private email sent by the lead scientist.
In an email released to the ABC, Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Project lead scientist Prof Ben Mullins, of Curtin University, said the WA government had “insisted” on writing the summary report, despite a contract saying that Curtin should write it.
Continue reading...Woman sexually assaulted on flight challenges UK rules on compensation
Woman who was attacked on flight from Qatar to London was denied payout because plane was not registered in UK
A woman who was sexually assaulted while sleeping on a flight to London is challenging UK government rules that disqualify her from a compensation scheme because the plane was not registered in Britain.
She was attacked on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar, to Gatwick in September last year.
Continue reading...Canada’s Conservative leader wins back parliament seat
Poilievre won an Alberta by-election with 80% of the vote after losing his seat in another riding in April's general election.
Canada’s Conservative leader wins back parliament seat
Poilievre won an Alberta by-election with 80% of the vote after losing his seat in another riding in April's general election.
Zelenskyy’s new outfit was not a response to difficult first White House visit, says designer
Ukrainian designer Viktor Anisimov said outcome of crucial meeting with Trump was more important than fashion
On Monday evening, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, garnered compliments from Donald Trump and the White House press pool for his formal jacket and trousers.
But for the ensemble’s designer, Viktor Anisimov, the outcome of the meeting, not the verdict on the outfit, was of more concern.
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Sweden moves landmark Kiruna Church to new site – DW
- Sweden moves landmark Kiruna Church to new site DW
- Sweden is moving the 113-year-old Kiruna Church to save it NPR
- Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna BBC
- Wooden church sets off on slow Swedish road trip to escape mining subsidence Reuters
- Sweden moves entire church across Kiruna city for mine expansion Al Jazeera
China and India should be partners, not adversaries, says foreign minister Wang Yi
Yi's India visit comes days before PM Modi's trip to China, and signals a further thaw in relations.
NSW daily rainfall could ‘nudge triple figures’ with wet weather forecast to intensify
Flood concerns along east coast and severe weather warning for west coast amid national cold snap
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Daily rainfall in parts of New South Wales could hit triple figures this week, as Australia’s east and west coasts brace for more wet and cold weather.
Several places along the NSW coastline saw rainfall of more than 50mm overnight into Tuesday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, which warned that the wet weather would persist and intensify on Wednesday and Thursday.
Continue reading...Tuesday briefing: What last night’s meeting between Trump, Zelenskyy and Europe means for the war in Ukraine
In today’s newsletter: The Ukrainian president and fellow continental leaders descended on the White House to squeeze support from the US – did they get it?
Good morning. Last night, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House flanked by a dream team of hastily assembled European heavyweights. Their aim: to coax Donald Trump out of pro-Russian positions he adopted after his Alaska meeting with Vladimir Putin last Friday.
The meeting was a sign of both panic and resolve from Europe. The fact Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and more cleared their diaries at such short notice to fly to Washington is an indication of how alarmed they are by Trump’s desire to move straight to a peace deal without a ceasefire – and his insistence that Zelenskyy give up Ukrainian territory.
Tax | Rachel Reeves is considering replacing stamp duty with a new property tax that would apply to the sale of homes worth more than £500,000, the Guardian has been told.
UK news | Exposure to pornography has increased since the introduction of UK rules to protect the public online, with children as young as six seeing it by accident, research by the children’s commissioner for England has found.
Conservatives | Leaked WhatsApp messages show Conservative MPs are worried that their party’s “piss-poor” messaging over asylum-seeker hotels is making the party look silly. It follows the release of an advert by Conservative campaign headquarters last week, making claims that have since been challenged as exaggerations, such as that asylum seekers receive free driving lessons and free PlayStation consoles.
Bolivia | Bolivia’s presidential election will go to a runoff, with two rightwing candidates seemingly the top runners. It’s an unprecedented scenario after nearly two decades of leftist rule by the Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).
Environment | Relentless heat and disastrous wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe, with one-quarter of weather stations in Spain recording 40C temperatures and above, the latest in a series of disasters exacerbated by climate breakdown amid a continental rollback of green policies.
Continue reading...Watch: Zelensky’s ‘fabulous’ suit and other moments from Trump meeting
Ukraine's president and other European leaders met at the White House to talk peace.
Newborn baby found dead in Perth storm water drain placed there in recent days, police say
WA premier describes ‘horrifying scenario’ after workers found child’s body while cleaning drain on Monday
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A newborn baby boy found dead in a suburban storm water drain was placed there in recent days before being discovered, police have said.
The horrifying discovery of the infant’s body was made in Alexander Heights in Perth’s north on Monday afternoon.
Continue reading...Japan chain stops rice ball sales after staff fake expiry dates
Ministop has apologised for 'significant inconvenience' as it suspended deli sales in 1,600 outlets.
Zelensky leaves White House unscathed as he buys more time
Unlike February's row, Trump and Zelensky struck a more diplomatic tone despite their remaining differences.
Trump claims to be setting up meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin after talks with European leaders end – live – The Guardian
- Trump claims to be setting up meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin after talks with European leaders end – live The Guardian
- Trump says he is working to arrange meeting between Putin and Zelensky CNN
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Four key takeaways from Ukraine talks in Washington
Ukraine's President Zelensky managed to avoid another disastrous Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump.
Four key takeaways from Ukraine talks in Washington
Ukraine's President Zelensky managed to avoid another disastrous Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump.