The GuardianGhana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country's small-scale mining industry. She sees for herself that, for the many locals who chance losing life and limb for a piece of the same pie, the risks are rarely worth it, and explores where the responsibility for regulating this industry lies. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian
The price of gold: Chinese mining in Ghana documentary | Guardian InvestigationsThe Guardian2013-04-24 | Ghana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country's small-scale mining industry. She sees for herself that, for the many locals who chance losing life and limb for a piece of the same pie, the risks are rarely worth it, and explores where the responsibility for regulating this industry lies. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian
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#Gold #GoldRush #ThePriceOfGold #GoldMining #GhanaThe fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing IndiaThe Guardian2024-05-30 | India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
The country's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.
But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.
The Guardian’s video team travelled through India to explore how fake news and censorship might be shaping the outcome of the election.
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#India #NarendraModi #IndiaElections #Politics‘Politicians are so far removed’: The woman feeding Liverpool from an ice cream vanThe Guardian2024-05-28 | Michelle Roach bought a used ice-cream van in order to bring cheap, affordable food to Liverpool's struggling communities. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
She wanted a vehicle with freezers built in for frozen food, and also something cheerful that was able to break down stigmas around food poverty. Using a '10 items for £5' model, Michelle sources discount food from supermarket surplus and donations. The Guardian's Christopher Cherry follows Michelle and the van on its rounds, with the service struggling to meet overwhelming demand as the cost of living crisis deepens, and the UK's general election fast approaches.
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#Liverpool #FoodBank #CostOfLiving #UKOld Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytellingThe Guardian2024-05-22 | From first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out and from loss to connection. For the last 25 years, retired schoolteacher Arden Eversmeyer travelled from Houston across the US to record hundreds of oral 'herstories' from a rapidly disappearing population. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
Old Lesbians honours Arden’s legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices she preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project – a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and unwavering spirit of these remarkable women.
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#oldlesbians #lgbtq #loaf #olohp #us #documentaryDavid Copperfield was in my nightmares: the women alleging sexual misconductThe Guardian2024-05-16 | A Guardian US investigation is reporting allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by illusionist David Copperfield. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
Testimonies from two women, both of whom are portrayed by actors, describe their alleged experiences and the impact it had on their lives. Copperfield denies all of the allegations and has never been charged with criminal wrongdoing
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#davidcopperfield #copperfield #theguardian #guardianMy school is being swallowed by the seaThe Guardian2024-05-15 | Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1-2km (0.5-1.2 miles) of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s
Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Thailand's Samut Prakan province, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population. Currently, there are only four students attending the school, often leaving just one student in each classroom. The village has experienced severe coastal erosion, causing 1.1km to 2km of shoreline to disappear since the mid-1950s.
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#thailand #climatechange #climatecrisis #sealevelrise #climatebreakdownWhat it takes to prove genocide | Its complicatedThe Guardian2024-05-09 | South Africa's case against Israel over allegations of genocide before the international court of justice has raised a central question of international law: what is genocide and how do you prove it? Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
It is one of three genocide cases being considered by the UN's world court, but since the genocide convention was approved in 1948, only three instances have been legally recognised as genocide. Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back on these historical cases to find out why the crime is so much harder to prove than other atrocities, and what bearing this has on South Africa's case against Israel and future cases.
#Genocide #Israel #Rwanda #Palestine #ICC #UNSex, drugs and homeless tours in PragueThe Guardian2024-05-02 | ...The Afghan journalists working in exile from the TalibanThe Guardian2024-05-01 | The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
With journalists tortured in the street for their reporting, many of the paper's staff were forced to flee. Two years on, editor-in-chief Zaki Daryabi continues to fight for the Etilaat Roz's future and coordinates his team across the US, Europe and Afghanistan. In this unique video diary, journalist Abbas Rezaie follows the tenacious correspondents as they continue to report the news. We witness a turning point in Afghanistan’s history, and reflect on what it is to be a displaced journalist.
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#Journalism #Taliban #Afghanistan #Documentary‘The Greens are our enemy’: What is fuelling the far right in Germany?The Guardian2024-04-30 | The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the most popular party in several states. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the far right
Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:44 – Görlitz and Saxony are a far right stronghold 01:25 – What do people in Görlitz think of the Green party and climate change? 02:32 – A far right rally in Görlitz - The Free Saxons and the AfD 05:11 – Attacks on the Green party, Robert Habeck and Ricarda Lang 05:34 – 'We've had death threats' – attacks on the Green party in Görlitz 07:29 – Interview with Sebastian Wippel, AfD 09:14 – A Fridays for Future protest in Munich
#germany #afd #climatecrisis #greenparty #politics #farrightHow horses are healing childhood trauma | Pressure and ReleaseThe Guardian2024-04-24 | The Kimberley region of Western Australia is a beautiful place. But it is home to communities in crisis – devastated by a pattern of suicides among young Aboriginal people. A glimmer of hope emerges in the form of Prof Juli Coffin, a Nyangumarta woman and mental-health professional who enlists her herd of horses to create deeply felt connections between animal and human. Prof Coffin's programme uses a culturally appropriate setting to support long-term healing for some of Australia's most vulnerable young people.
#News #Australia #FirstNations #Therapy #Animals #HorsesWhy Pragues homeless are resorting to poverty tourismThe Guardian2024-04-18 | Homelessness is on the rise globally, and the Czech Republic has the highest rate in central and eastern Europe. The Guardian visited Prague, for a long time a popular destination for tourists, to see how even this sector caters for the city’s visitors - and to meet the range of people aiming to tackle the causes of homelessness in all its forms. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
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Chapters: 00:00 – A homeless tour of Prague 01:52 – Is homeless tourism unethical? 03:20 – Nadjêje's homeless shelters: a social housing crisis in the Czech Republic 05:25 – Street homeless outreach team: 'the entire eastern bloc is relocating here' 06:40 – 'Homeless women face a whole host of problems': Jako doma's day centre 08:35 – A bistro run by homeless women 08:53 – Invisible people: Místní místním's homeless network 09:59 – 'An escape from reality that grinds me down': reintegrating homeless people into society
#Prague #CzechRepublik #Homelessness #Tourism #Poverty #NewsHow coral sounds can heal dying reefsThe Guardian2024-04-17 | This is the sound a coral reef makes. Scientists believe playing sounds of a healthy coral reef to a dying one could save damaged corals
The world has lost half its coral reefs since the 1950s due to global heating, overfishing and pollution and 14% of the Earth’s coral was lost in less than a decade between 2009 and 2018. Using underwater speakers, scientists have broadcasted the sounds of a thriving reef to degraded coral in the Caribbean.
Coral reefs are formed when coral produces and releases sperm and eggs into the sea.These then join to form coral larvae, which swims through the ocean, looking for hard, rock-like structures on which to settle and form coral colonies. The larvae were up to seven times more likely to settle at a struggling reef where they played soundscapes of a healthy ecosystem.
While the results are promising, the scientists say there is more work needed to understand whether all coral species respond to reef sounds in the same way, and whether the corals thrive after settling.
#coral #coralreef #science #environment #ocean #newsThe sorry state of asylum seeker housingThe Guardian2024-04-16 | The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester.
Supported by the Elephants Trail, the group met women stuck in the asylum backlog, women traumatised by detention and women struggling to find housing. They were all volunteering in their communities, while reckoning with a hostile climate towards refugees and asylum seekers. This film is part of a collaborative video series called Made in Britain.
#Asylum #Refugees #Rochdale #ElephantsTrailHow leasehold properties keep people poorThe Guardian2024-04-09 | Because of laws brought in by William the Conqueror nearly a thousand years ago, a fifth of properties in England and Wales can be bought but you can never actually own them.
The system is called “Leaseholding” and it’s a reality for 4.98 million properties in the UK. Leaseholding means you own your property but not the ground it sits on. It’s a system that dates back to when William the Conqueror invaded Britain, claimed all of the land for the crown and leased it to his lords, who in turn leased it to peasants in order to maximise profits while keeping ownership.
The system remains relatively unchanged. “These days you “lease”, the ground from the owner of the land for a certain period, and are still legally called a tenant. Once that period expires, you will need to pay to extend that lease. If you don’t, all legal rights to the property you own revert to the land owner. It’s a system that affects the least well-off the most as leaseholds are often the cheapest or only option for those wanting to buy.
It's an incredibly unfair system that gives freeholders ultimate control over decisions, and the power to charge extortionate fees and ground rents.
#news #leasehold #housing #houses #realestate #ukThe young Americans fighting to ban abortionThe Guardian2024-04-02 | Since the US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, 16 states have enacted stringent bans on nearly all abortions. But that is not enough for a new generation of organised and passionate activists intent on pushing even stricter laws across the country. Carter Sherman spends time with students and organisers at the annual March for Life in Washington DC and meets the influential woman spearheading the national movementEncountering a 200-year-old hair braid from a formerly enslaved AfricanThe Guardian2024-03-28 | The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world. Annina decides to advocate for this legacy, initiating a debate among the islanders – many of whom have shared ancestry with the enslaved – about how to create an appropriate memorial. Along the way, she enlists the help of African American preservationist and veteran activist Peggy King Jorde, who makes important connections in their shared history.The asylum system is failing but these women are no longer staying silentThe Guardian2024-03-28 | The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
Supported by the Elephants Trail the group met women stuck in the asylum backlog, women traumatised by detention and women struggling to find housing. They were all volunteering in their communities, while reckoning with a hostile climate towards refugees and asylum seekers. This film is part of a collaborative video series called Made in Britain.
00:00 Intro 01:21 Our stories 03:05 Detention legacy (or detention centre) 05:07 In limbo 06:28 Housing issues 08:15 Our community 09:51 The Rwanda policy 10:35 A decision
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#Asylum #Refugees #Rochdale #ElephantsTrailBuried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave tradeThe Guardian2024-03-27 | The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world. Annina decides to advocate for this legacy, initiating a debate among the islanders – many of whom have shared ancestry with the enslaved – about how to create an appropriate memorial. Along the way, she enlists the help of African American preservationist and veteran activist Peggy King Jorde, who makes important connections in their shared history.
Buried is available with Swahili and isiZulu translated subtitles which can be applied in video settings. The synopsis is available in both languages below.
Buried: jinsi tunavyoamua kukumbuka biashara ya utumwa iliyovuka Atlantiki
Kisiwa cha mbali cha St. Helena, eneo la ng’ambo la Uingereza, linajulikana zaidi kwa kaburi la Napoleon- kivutio kikubwa zaidi cha watalii katika kisiwa hicho. Hata hivyo, huku akisimamia ujenzi wa uwanja wa ndege uliokuwa ukingojewa kwa muda mrefu katika kisiwa hicho, Annina van Neel anagundua kwamba mabaki ya miili ya maelfu ya Waafrika waliokuwa watumwa zamani yamepatikana, na kugundua mojawapo ya alama muhimu zaidi za biashara ya utumwa iliyovuka Atlantiki duniani. Annina anajaribu kuwashawishi wakazi wa kisiwa hicho (wengi wao wakiwa na mababu sawa na watumwa hao) kuheshimu urithi wao na kuunda kumbukumbu inayofaa. Hayo yakijiri, anaomba usaidizi wa mhifadhi na mwanaharakati mkongwe wa Kiafrika Peggy King Jorde, ambaye hufanya miunganisho muhimu katika historia yao iliyoshirikiwa.
#Buried #SlaveTrade #GuardianDocumentaryCould Biden’s handling of Gaza split the Democrats?The Guardian2024-03-21 | In the vital swing state of Michigan, growing fractures among the Democratic base could spell trouble for Joe Biden in the November election. As party loyalists canvas in the run up to a primary vote, a protest movement against the president’s support for the war in Gaza gains momentum. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone visit the state.
#News #US #Gaza #JoeBiden #Biden #DemocratsIs Joe Bidens bid for re-election in trouble? | Anywhere but WashingtonThe Guardian2024-03-19 | In the vital swing state of Michigan, growing fractures among the Democratic base could spell trouble for Joe Biden in the November election. As party loyalists canvas in the run up to a primary vote, a protest movement against the president’s support for the war in Gaza gains momentum. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone visit the state.
#News #US #Gaza #JoeBiden #Biden #DemocratsTraumatised by the welfare systemThe Guardian2024-03-15 | The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale in greater Manchester, who turned the lens on a benefits system that they have seen unfairly penalising vulnerable people in their town.
The group of reporters from the Elephants Trail met friends, family and others in the community trying to navigate the system, and consider how they can use those stories to advocate for change across the country. This film is part of a collaborative video series called Made in Britain.
#MadeInBritain #UK #Benefits #Welfare #Politics #NewsBritains broken welfare system is leaving our community on the brinkThe Guardian2024-03-14 | The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale who turned the lens on a broken benefits system which they had seen first hand unfairly penalising vulnerable people in their community. The team of reporters met friends, family and others in the community trying to navigate the system while also trying to advocate for change in greater Manchester and across the country. This film was made as part of a collaborative video series called Made in Britain.
#MadeInBritain #UK #Benefits #Welfare #Politics #NewsDigital Divide: excluded by a lack of internet accessThe Guardian2024-03-13 | Doctors' appointments, job applications, personal banking, key services and more are today mostly managed online. While the UK government details its plans for a digital future to transform public services, one in seven Britons are forced to live without the internet. This film is voiced by three individuals experiencing digital exclusion, revealing how varied and complex the repercussions can be. Through enacted scenes from their lives, it makes visible the expanding digital divide – an issue too often unseen or ignored by policy makers, businesses and society at large.
#DigitalDivide #DigitalExclusion #Technology #Internet #documentaryThe Digital Divide: could you live without the internet?The Guardian2024-03-13 | Could you live without the internet? Doctors' appointments, travel directions, job applications, benefits forms, school scheduling and key services are today managed online. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
While the UK government details its plans for a digital future to transform public services, one in seven Britons are forced to live without the internet. This film is voiced by three individuals experiencing digital exclusion, revealing how varied and complex the repercussions can be. Through enacted scenes from their lives, it makes visible the expanding digital divide – an issue too often unseen or ignored.
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#DigitalDivide #DigitalExclusion #Technology #InternetCruise ship vs plane: which pollutes more?The Guardian2024-03-12 | Cruising is booming – 2023 ticket sales have surpassed historic levels and 2024 has seen the launch of the largest cruise ship ever built. But as cruise tourism's popularity has increased, so have the pollution problems it brings.
Sources:
"4 times worse than flying" - The International Council on Clean Transportation
"1 Million cars per day" - Transport & Environment study
"25% of all marine waste comes from cruise ships" - Ocean & Coastal Management journal
"24% lower emissions if speed reduced" - Seas at Risk report
#CruiseShip #Cruise #Travel #Climate #Pollution #newsHow cruise ships became a catastrophe for the planet | Its ComplicatedThe Guardian2024-03-07 | Cruising is booming – 2023 ticket sales have surpassed historic levels and 2024 has seen the launch of the largest cruise ship ever built.
But as cruise tourism's popularity has increased, so have the pollution problems it brings. To customers, it may not be evident that any problems exist, since some cruise line companies claim to be becoming more climate-friendly.
The truth can be quite different. Josh Toussaint-Strauss interrogates what impact the world's biggest ships are having on the planet.
4:20 Methane traps 80x more heat than Co2 Source: MIT https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-do-we-compare-methane-carbon-dioxide-over-100-year-timeframe-are-we-underrating
#CruiseShip #Cruise #Travel #Climate #Pollution #NewsHuman or AI? The future of beauty standardsThe Guardian2024-02-29 | Images created by AI are getting exponentially better, to the point where many people are unable to separate them from the real thing. As this technology continues to develop, challenges to our perception of what is real are immense, and our trust in what we are seeing is eroded. These fake people are already changing industries such as modelling and marketing, but can they offer a more diverse reflection of humanity than has historically been available - or are they destined to reflect the narrow standards of beauty these industries have long been drawn to?
*With thanks to the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona *Great British Brands is published by Country & Town House magazineHuman or AI? The future of beauty standardsThe Guardian2024-02-27 | Images created by AI are getting exponentially better, to the point where many people are unable to separate them from the real thing. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
As this technology continues to develop, challenges to our perception of what is real are immense, and our trust in what we are seeing is eroded. These fake people are already changing industries such as modelling and marketing, but can they offer a more diverse reflection of humanity than has historically been available - or are they destined to reflect the narrow standards of beauty these industries have long been drawn to?
*With thanks to the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona *Great British Brands is published by Country & Town House magazine
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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BeautyIndustryUkrainian Factory | Guardian DocumentariesThe Guardian2024-02-23 | Ukrainian Factory offers a poignant glimpse into the life of Vitalii Velychurov, a key worker in the main bread factory of Mykolaiv, once a frontline city.
Russian troops destroyed Mykolaiv's major infrastructure and most of the city's residents have left – including Vitalii's wife and children – but the factory has delivered bread to the besieged population every day since the full scale invasion broke out.
Lost in memories of the past and an uncertain future, Vitalii finds solace in the continued rhythm of the factory.
#news #documentary #ukraine #russia #war #filmLiving with a disability on the 7th floor of a condemned estateThe Guardian2024-02-23 | Milford Towers is a social housing estate in Lewisham, south London, slated for demolition and described by its residents as 'hell'. The residents accuse the council of ignoring them and deliberately running it into the ground. There are frequent leaks, mould infestations, fires, stabbings and violence – and perpetually broken lifts.
#UK #London #News #Housing #WelfareUkrainian Factory: two years of war for a Mykolaiv key workerThe Guardian2024-02-21 | The film offers a poignant glimpse into the life of Vitalii Velychurov, a key worker in the main bread factory of Mykolaiv, once a frontline city. Russian troops destroyed Mykolaiv's major infrastructure and most of the city's residents have left – including Vitalii's wife and children – but the factory has delivered bread to the besieged population every day since the full scale invasion broke out. Lost in memories of the past and an uncertain future, Vitalii finds solace in the continued rhythm of the factory.
#Documentary #Film #Ukraine #Russia #War #NewsThe London ‘hell’ estate fighting back: murders, fires and broken liftsThe Guardian2024-02-20 | Milford Towers is a social housing estate in Lewisham, London, that is described by its residents as "hell". Slated for demolition, the residents accuse the council of ignoring them and deliberately running it into the ground. There are frequent leaks, mould infestations, break ins, fires, people being stabbed, and perpetually broken lifts. The Guardian's Adam Sich and Christopher Cherry spent a few days there as residents announced enough is enough, and united to challenge the council to finally start treating them as people.
#UK #London #News #Housing #WelfareThe young Americans fighting to ban abortionThe Guardian2024-02-08 | Since the US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, 16 states have enacted stringent bans on nearly all abortions. But that is not enough for a new generation of organised and passionate activists intent on pushing even stricter laws across the country. Carter Sherman spends time with students and organisers at the annual March for Life in Washington DC and meets the influential woman spearheading the national movement
#Abortion #USA #RoeVWade #Politics #Protests #NewsLove and respect: working together as farmer and flockThe Guardian2024-02-02 | When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of accident-prone woolly animals, but also a way of life at a crossroads.
This was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her much-loved father, and live the way she had always dreamed, alongside her wife. A flock of sheep comes with a flock of problems, so the saying goes. With the help of community and family, can Rakel succeed?
#RowdyFlock #Woolly #SheepFarm #NorwayRowdy Flock: a daughter, her dreams, and a sheep farm in NorwayThe Guardian2024-01-31 | When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of accident-prone woolly animals, but also a way of life at a crossroads. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
This was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her much-loved father, and live the way she had always wanted alongside her wife. A flock of sheep comes with a flock of problems, so the saying goes. With the help of community and family, can Rakel succeed?
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#RowdyFlock #Woolly #SheepFarm #NorwayReunited with my cat in the rubble of GazaThe Guardian2024-01-26 | This is how 13-year-old Yousef Khalid Saeed Naji describes feeling as he is reunited with his cat in the ruins of his Gaza home.
Yousef and his sister Samah Khalid Naji, 18, have chosen to live there with five other members of their family after it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in October.
"All we wish for is to return to our previous life that we complained about, but we can't,” said Samah, who was a university student for a few weeks before Israel’s assault on Gaza began.
The Guardian spent two days with Yousef, Samah and their family in December to see the remains of their house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
#news #gaza #israel #palestine #cat #animalsHow Russia is taking control of the Arctic | Its ComplicatedThe Guardian2024-01-25 | Controlling the Arctic has long been an ambition of Soviet and Russian leaders.
And it's not hard to see why: the Arctic contains vast deposits of untapped fossil fuels, it is of huge strategic importance militarily and represents an emerging trade route between Asia and the west to rival the Suez canal. But Russia is not the only country with designs on the Arctic. Canada and Denmark have also staked a claim and, in military terms, Nato is bearing down on all sides. Yet Vladimir Putin is closer than any of his predecessors to gaining control of the polar region. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how Russia is trying to entrench its claim to the Arctic.
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#Russia #Putin #Arctic #Nato #Geopolitics #NewsWhy I stay: Living inside the ruins of my Gaza homeThe Guardian2024-01-24 | Samah Khalid Naji is 18, and along with six other members of her family, is living in the bombed-out remains of their house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. It was destroyed in October by an Israeli missile strike. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
The destruction of more than a third of Gaza’s homes as Israel bombards the territory in pursuit of Hamas is leading international legal experts to raise the concept of 'domicide': the mass destruction of dwellings to make the territory uninhabitable.
The Guardian spent two days with Samah and her family in December to see the remains of their house and how they are surviving the war. She told the film-maker Majdi Fathi about why they decided this was the safest place for them to be.
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Domicide #Housing #NewsIs it wrong to eat venison?The Guardian2024-01-18 | The UK's deer population is at its highest level for 1,000 years, and is growing exponentially. Now at roughly 2 million animals, the UK’s deer stalkers need to cull at least 750,000 animals a year just for the population to stand still. There are also more food banks in the UK than ever. As the need for food grows, donations, especially those containing protein, become harder to find.
To combat these two problems, the Country Food Trust has created a supply chain from deer stalkers all over the country to food banks that need protein-rich donations. The Guardian environment correspondent Damien Gayle follows the process from forest to food bank, to see if venison could provide an answer to Britain’s food shortage.
#Deer #Hunting #FoodBanks #CostOfLiving #UK #News #venisonWhy I hunt deer: the surprising truthThe Guardian2024-01-17 | The Country Food Trust has created a supply chain from deer stalkers all over the country to food banks that need protein-rich donations. As the Guardian environment correspondent Damien Gayle discovered, the truth of what makes a good deer hunter is rather unexpected.
Ian Harvey, Forestry Manager for the West of England, said: "It's an odd thing, and people don't really understand this, that to do this job you've actually got to love wildlife and deer."
"If you haven't got that that drive to be absolutely fascinated by their movement, their biology and their behaviour, the motivation... is not going to be there."
"You've really got to love the job and part of that is a real passion for for deer."
#news #deer #deerhunting #hunting #venison #animalsCould deer hunters ease the UKs hunger crisis?The Guardian2024-01-16 | The UK's deer population is at its highest level for 1,000 years, and is growing exponentially. Now at roughly 2 million animals, the UK’s deer stalkers need to cull at least 750,000 animals a year just for the population to stand still. There are also more food banks in the UK than ever. As the need for food grows, donations, especially those containing protein, become harder to find.
To combat these two problems, the Country Food Trust has created a supply chain from deer stalkers all over the country to food banks that need protein-rich donations. The Guardian environment correspondent Damien Gayle follows the process from forest to foodbank, to see if venison could provide an answer to Britain’s food shortage.
#Deer #Hunting #FoodBanks #CostOfLiving #UK #NewsUlez dinosaur blocks mobile camera vanThe Guardian2024-01-13 | Self-styled ‘bladerunners’ are waging a campaign to cut down Ulez cameras, activists wearing inflatable dinosaur outfits track and block mobile camera vans and protesters regularly turn out to drive anger against the mayor and expansion of the scheme. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
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#ulez #ulezexpansion #ulezprotest #dinosaur #London #UK #Pollution #Climate #newsVandal attacks Ulez camera in broad daylightThe Guardian2024-01-12 | Since London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, extended the capital’s ultra-low emission zone in the pursuit of cleaner air, the backlash has become increasingly ferocious. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► bit.ly/gdnsportsubs Guardian Live ► bit.ly/guardianlivesubsLondon’s Ulez battle: blade runners, dinosaurs and conspiracy theoriesThe Guardian2024-01-11 | The UK capital's ultra-low emission zone charges the drivers of more polluting road vehicles every time they enter the city. But since the Ulez was extended to the whole of London by the city's mayor, Sadiq Khan, the backlash has become increasingly ferocious.
Self-styled ‘blade runners’ are waging a campaign to cut down Ulez cameras, activists wearing inflatable dinosaur outfits track and block mobile vans and protesters regularly turn out to drive anger against the mayor and expansion of the scheme. While many protesters hold legitimate concerns about the Ulez expansion, the Guardian’s Richard Sprenger discovers that conspiracy theories are never far from the surface.
London Ulez averts more air pollution than that caused by capital’s airports, report shows The Guardian view on London’s low emission zone: doing the right thing.
#Ulez #ulezexpansion #bladerunner #ulezdinosaurs #ulezprotest #London #UK #Pollution #Climate #NewsBhutan Mountain Man | Guardian DocumentariesThe Guardian2024-01-11 | Phuntsho Tshering is Bhutan’s glaciologist and the only person authorised to climb the country’s sacred Himalayas. While travelling, he records the changing landscape in moving videos for his daughter.
#Bhutan #Glacier #Documentary #Himalayas #Mountains #ScienceBhutan Mountain Man: video diaries from a lone glaciologistThe Guardian2024-01-10 | Phuntsho Tshering is Bhutan’s glacier specialist and the only person authorised to climb the Himalayan country’s sacred mountains. He spends months away from home measuring the rapidly melting glaciers, while faithfully recording videos on his phone for his daughter, Yangchen.
Yangchen in turn has an inner dilemma. She prays that her father won’t disturb the Snow Lion, the mythical embodiment of the glacier which the Bhutanese believe could provoke a natural disaster. Meanwhile at school she is taught that the biggest threat to survival of the Snow Lion is not her father, but climate change.
#Bhutan #Glacier #Documentary #Himalayas #Mountains #ScienceTaiwan’s volunteer army: the civilians training for Chinese invasionThe Guardian2024-01-09 | Kuo Chiu, known as KC to his friends, teaches urban design at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He’s also one of many of the country's citizens who practises rifle skills in his spare time, in case of a Chinese invasion. The Guardian's video team spent time with KC to see how he is preparing.
#Taiwan #China #Invasion #Military #Asia #NewsThe Taiwanese civilians training for a Chinese invasionThe Guardian2024-01-09 | Kuo Chiu, known as KC to his friends, teaches urban design at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He’s also one of many of the country's citizens who practises rifle skills in his spare time, in case of a Chinese invasion. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn
The population of Taiwan has long grown familiar with Beijing’s pledge to one day ‘unify’ what it claims is a breakaway province. But recently, there has been a significant increase in aggressive and intimidatory acts.
Taiwan’s 160,000 active military personnel are vastly outnumbered by China’s 2 million-member armed forces, leading many civilians to turn to voluntary medical and combat training to protect themselves.
The Guardian's video team spent time with KC to see how he is preparing.
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#Taiwan #China #Invasion #Military #Asia #NewsGaza: Palestinian doctor refuses to hate despite immense personal tragedyThe Guardian2024-01-02 | Palestinian doctor and five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Izzeldin Abuelaish, has experienced immense personal tragedy. In January 2009, an Israeli tank shell hit his home killing his three daughters and one of his nieces and in October this year, 22 members of his extended family were killed in Jabaliya refugee camp by an Israeli airstrike. Dr Abuelaish speaks to the Guardian about how his personal loss has made him determined to push for peace.How barnacles could help locate the missing Malaysian airlines flightThe Guardian2023-12-29 | Barnacles could help us locate the missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370.
These Barnacles, known as Gooseneck Barnacles, cement themselves to Ocean debris and then use minerals from the sea to build their shells layer by layer. Each layer is made up of slightly different minerals which can tell a story of the temperature and other conditions in the water where it was formed.
A piece of the missing plane washed up on the French owned Réunion island off the coast of Madagascar in 2015 with gooseneck Barnacles attached. Since then scientists have developed ways of tracking the ocean temperatures he Barnacles had traveled through to then calculate through statistics the drift pathway that could lead back to the crash.