Sanders goes to Washington as ‘the struggle continues’
It’s a day of reckoning for Bernie Sanders, who will meet with Barack Obama bearing a new slogan – “the struggle continues” – that looks beyond the nomination. It’s a signal that despite the perseverance of his campaign there is a perceptible shift in focus to his long-term impact on US politics. Dan Roberts in Washington reports that Clinton supporters hoping for a swift capitulation are dismayed that Sanders has already scheduled another large rally immediately after his White House appointment and still intends to contest the final primary election in DC next Tuesday. Obama said that he plans to “hear out” the Vermont senator in their meeting on Thursday, as he took pains to stress the overall presidential focus of the campaign season on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night. “This is a serious job,” he said. “This is not reality TV.”
Donald Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, is also looking switch gears for the general election. His small campaign, characterised until recently by infighting, is looking toward imposing greater self-discipline. The question is, can Trump go along with his campaign managers’ call for restraint and is it too late to win over mainstream Republicans?
Bernie Sanders’ new slogan looks beyond nomination: ‘The struggle continues’
UN Aids summit pledges to end epidemic by 2030
The gathering of 193 member states pledged to end the Aids epidemic by 2030 but faced criticism for all but excluding mentions of those most at risk – men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people and intravenous drug users. Activists walked out in protest after the resolution was adopted on the first day of the three-day summit. The gathering has already been the subject of intense criticism for excluding gay and transgender organisations after more than 50 countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran, blocked their attendance.
UN pledges to end Aids epidemic but plan barely mentions those most at risk
Four dead, six wounded in Tel Aviv market shooting
Four people were killed and six wounded in an assault by two Palestinian gunmen in central Tel Aviv, near Israel’s defense ministry. The shooting, welcomed by Hamas, was captured on security video and showed the pair posing as customers at a restaurant, before suddenly pulling out automatic weapons and opening fire on Wednesday evening. Police said the assailants killed four people and wounded six others, before being apprehended.
Four dead in Tel Aviv market shooting
Google’s ‘three black teenagers’ search provokes outrage
Contrasted against a search for three white teenagers – which produces an image of smiling, wholesome-looking teens – the corresponding search for black teens produced three police mugshots. Kabir Alli of Virginia posted his findings on Twitter to an immediate, Twitter-storm response. He told the Guardian that heard about the discrepancy in search results from friends. “When I saw the results for myself I was shocked.”
‘Three black teenagers’: anger as Google image search shows police mugshots
Lawyers deny colluding with judge in Khalid Sheikh Mohammed prosecution
The prosecution of alleged 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before a tribunal at Guantánamo Bay is becoming what one observer described as a “schoolyard brawl” after prosecutors accused defense attorneys of pursuing a “scorched-earth litigation strategy” to destroy the credibility of the military trial system. Last month, Mohammed’s defense lawyers accused the military judge in the case of secretly issuing an order permitting the government to destroy evidence.
Guantánamo Bay lawyers deny colluding with judge in key 9/11 case
Amber Heard’s friend: ‘I called 911 on Depp because she never would’
A close friend of the actor has told Refinery29 that she called 911 to report the alleged abuse that caused Heard to file for divorce from her husband of one year. Without naming Heard and Johnny Depp, iO Tillett Wright, a photographer, actor and MTV host wrote: “I called 911 because she never would. Every time it happened, her first thought was about protecting him. Because every time it happened, the sweet, loving man we all cared for so much would come back with apologies, profuse, swearing up and down that he understood how bad what he had done was, and swearing never to do it again.”
Amber Heard’s friend explains why she called police on Johnny Depp
Migrant seafood workers exposed to exploitation
A guest worker monitoring group has found that undocumented and H-2B visa workers in the US seafood industry are frequently exploited and exposed to verbal abuse and threats of exposure to authorities. “Seafood processing workers are routinely subjected to severe forms of exploitation by companies producing cheap seafood for major retailers and food distributors like Walmart,” said National Guestworker Alliance (NGA) founder Daniel Castellanos. “When they speak out or try to resist abuse, they are punished severely for it.”
Migrant workers in US seafood industry exposed to forced labor conditions
Cavaliers mount strong comeback against Warriors
The Cleveland team pulled off a stunning 90-120 victory over the Golden State Warriors only a day after being all but written out of the NBA finals. LeBron James picked up 32 points while the Warriors’ Steph Curry struggled to make 19 – and most of those after the game had been decided. The finals that looked to belong to Golden State have tightened into a series, as Golden State’s lead has been cut to 2-1.
Cavaliers roar back to wallop Warriors as Steph Curry’s struggles continue
‘Wars without witnesses are the worst kind’
Ángel Sastre, a journalist who was held hostage for 10 months by an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, tells the Guardian how he was captured with two other Spanish journalists by the al-Nusra front in July last year. “I haven’t slept in two weeks, I have panic attacks, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress.” But he says the western media must do more to highlight the ongoing civil war. “We need to put the emphasis on the civilian population,” Sastre says.
Freed journalist on Syria’s agony: ‘Wars without witnesses are the worst kind’
California nightclub bans DJs who use laptops
The owner of a club in Glendale, California is urging its DJs to abandon laptops installed with software like Ableton, Traktor or Mixxx because it makes it too easy to be perfect and therefore somewhat soulless. Ben Beaumont Thomas reports that Cure and the Cause owner Kenny Summit admonished his DJs to “keep your controller in your crib. Don’t come to work with training wheels.”
A California club bans DJs who use laptops … but why?
And another thing …
Finding Dory not necessarily lesbian
The Pixar team behind the hit animated sequel have addressed speculation that the film contains Disney’s first gay characters, saying there “is no right or wrong answer” to the character’s sexual inclinations – if they even have them. Co-director Andrew Stanton told USA Today: “They can be whatever you want them to be.” Added producer Lindsey Collins added: “We never asked them.”
No right or wrong answer on Finding Dory’s lesbian couple, say film-makers
