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| Wednesday US briefing: Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser at campaign rally | Wednesday US briefing: Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser at campaign rally |
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| Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s headlines. If you’d like to receive this briefing by email, sign up here. | Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s headlines. If you’d like to receive this briefing by email, sign up here. |
| Top story: Trump fans cheer at Christine Blasey Ford impression | Top story: Trump fans cheer at Christine Blasey Ford impression |
| Donald Trump earned laughter and applause at a characteristically boisterous campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday, as he mockingly impersonated Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who appeared before the Senate judiciary committee last week to recount an alleged sexual assault by supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh denies the allegations. Yet his angry testimony, peppered with partisan attacks, has left observers wondering whether he could ever be a truly impartial justice. | Donald Trump earned laughter and applause at a characteristically boisterous campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday, as he mockingly impersonated Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who appeared before the Senate judiciary committee last week to recount an alleged sexual assault by supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh denies the allegations. Yet his angry testimony, peppered with partisan attacks, has left observers wondering whether he could ever be a truly impartial justice. |
| - Legal representations. Hundreds of law professors have signed letters urging senators to block Kavanaugh’s confirmation, saying his temperament and partisan instincts make him a poor fit for a supreme court seat. | - Legal representations. Hundreds of law professors have signed letters urging senators to block Kavanaugh’s confirmation, saying his temperament and partisan instincts make him a poor fit for a supreme court seat. |
| - Judged inappropriate. Students at Harvard law school are celebrating the news that Judge Kavanaugh will no longer be teaching there next year, after weeks of protests against his continued employment. | - Judged inappropriate. Students at Harvard law school are celebrating the news that Judge Kavanaugh will no longer be teaching there next year, after weeks of protests against his continued employment. |
| New York tax authorities investigate Trump fraud allegations | New York tax authorities investigate Trump fraud allegations |
| Tax authorities in the Empire State have opened an investigation after the New York Times reported that Donald Trump had engaged in “dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud”, as he and his siblings took the reins of the real estate business established by their father, Fred Trump. The Times report found that, contrary to his image as a self-made man, Donald Trump “received the equivalent today of at least $413m from his father’s real estate empire”. | Tax authorities in the Empire State have opened an investigation after the New York Times reported that Donald Trump had engaged in “dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud”, as he and his siblings took the reins of the real estate business established by their father, Fred Trump. The Times report found that, contrary to his image as a self-made man, Donald Trump “received the equivalent today of at least $413m from his father’s real estate empire”. |
| - Blockbuster hit. The lengthy report was based on interviews with Fred Trump’s former employees and more than 100,000 pages of documents. | - Blockbuster hit. The lengthy report was based on interviews with Fred Trump’s former employees and more than 100,000 pages of documents. |
| - Rich kid. Trump told one interviewer he received “peanuts” from his parents. In fact, the report reveals, he was a millionaire by the age of eight. | - Rich kid. Trump told one interviewer he received “peanuts” from his parents. In fact, the report reveals, he was a millionaire by the age of eight. |
| ‘Temporary’ migrant child detention camp grows fivefold | ‘Temporary’ migrant child detention camp grows fivefold |
| The Tornillo detention camp for migrant children, near El Paso in Texas, was due to shut down weeks ago. Instead, as new overhead photographs show, its capacity has swollen from 400 to 2,400. The images emerged just as a damning government review of the controversial child separation policy found the Trump administration separated more than 2,600 children from their parents, without adequate provision for tracking or reuniting them. | The Tornillo detention camp for migrant children, near El Paso in Texas, was due to shut down weeks ago. Instead, as new overhead photographs show, its capacity has swollen from 400 to 2,400. The images emerged just as a damning government review of the controversial child separation policy found the Trump administration separated more than 2,600 children from their parents, without adequate provision for tracking or reuniting them. |
| - Camp costs. A source told Texas Monthly the Tornillo camp would cost around $100m a month to operate when it grows to 3,800 beds. | - Camp costs. A source told Texas Monthly the Tornillo camp would cost around $100m a month to operate when it grows to 3,800 beds. |
| Volcano adds to Indonesia’s woes as tsunami death toll rises | Volcano adds to Indonesia’s woes as tsunami death toll rises |
| The death toll from last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,374, with at least 113 people still unaccounted for, according to the country’s disaster agency. On Sulawesi, the island worst affected, the catastrophe was compounded by the eruption on Wednesday of the Soputan volcano, which threw volcanic ash some 4,000 metres into the air. However, no casualties have so far been reported as a result of the eruption. | The death toll from last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,374, with at least 113 people still unaccounted for, according to the country’s disaster agency. On Sulawesi, the island worst affected, the catastrophe was compounded by the eruption on Wednesday of the Soputan volcano, which threw volcanic ash some 4,000 metres into the air. However, no casualties have so far been reported as a result of the eruption. |
| - Hoax footage. Indonesian authorities quickly announced that a viral online video of lava consuming homes near the Soputan crater was, in fact, a hoax. | - Hoax footage. Indonesian authorities quickly announced that a viral online video of lava consuming homes near the Soputan crater was, in fact, a hoax. |
| Crib sheet | Crib sheet |
| - Las Vegas police have reopened an investigation into a 2009 complaint by a woman who claims she was raped by footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. He denies it. | - Las Vegas police have reopened an investigation into a 2009 complaint by a woman who claims she was raped by footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. He denies it. |
| - The Trump administration is racing to roll back every major pro-environment policy from the Obama era, which experts say will reverse the country’s progress on climate change. | - The Trump administration is racing to roll back every major pro-environment policy from the Obama era, which experts say will reverse the country’s progress on climate change. |
| - The Thai bay made famous by the movie The Beach is to be closed indefinitely to recover from the impacts of tourism, including beach erosion and pollution. | - The Thai bay made famous by the movie The Beach is to be closed indefinitely to recover from the impacts of tourism, including beach erosion and pollution. |
| - Recording engineer and audio innovator Geoff Emerick, best known for his work with The Beatles, has died aged 72. | - Recording engineer and audio innovator Geoff Emerick, best known for his work with The Beatles, has died aged 72. |
| Must-reads | Must-reads |
| Cannabis capitalism: who’s making money from legal weed? | Cannabis capitalism: who’s making money from legal weed? |
| Despite marijuana being legalised in several states, the business climate for small weed companies remains challenging. Alex Halperin finds that those who were punished most harshly by the drug war, or who fought hardest for legalisation, are struggling to compete with their new corporate rivals. | Despite marijuana being legalised in several states, the business climate for small weed companies remains challenging. Alex Halperin finds that those who were punished most harshly by the drug war, or who fought hardest for legalisation, are struggling to compete with their new corporate rivals. |
| Genoa threatens to ban its signature style icon: the Vespa | Genoa threatens to ban its signature style icon: the Vespa |
| Genoa is the birthplace of the Vespa, that enduring symbol of Italian cool. Today there are 20,000 Vespas in the city, amid a total of 180,000 scooters and motorbikes. So why, asks Phil Hoad, are the authorities trying to ban them? | Genoa is the birthplace of the Vespa, that enduring symbol of Italian cool. Today there are 20,000 Vespas in the city, amid a total of 180,000 scooters and motorbikes. So why, asks Phil Hoad, are the authorities trying to ban them? |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates its first century | Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates its first century |
| The LA Philharmonic opened its centennial season last week with a typically genre-defying line-up including Chris Martin of Coldplay. Noah Smith examines the history – and future – of “the most innovative orchestra anywhere”. | The LA Philharmonic opened its centennial season last week with a typically genre-defying line-up including Chris Martin of Coldplay. Noah Smith examines the history – and future – of “the most innovative orchestra anywhere”. |
| How Judge Dredd taught comics readers to distrust authority | How Judge Dredd taught comics readers to distrust authority |
| British punk and Spanish fascism collided in the character of Judge Dredd, co-created by Carlos Ezquerra, the Spanish artist who died this week aged 70. The British comic book industry’s most instantly recognisable icon is also its most subversive, writes Ian Dunt. | British punk and Spanish fascism collided in the character of Judge Dredd, co-created by Carlos Ezquerra, the Spanish artist who died this week aged 70. The British comic book industry’s most instantly recognisable icon is also its most subversive, writes Ian Dunt. |
| Opinion | Opinion |
| In August 1989, people from both sides of the Iron Curtain met in a Hungarian meadow, yards from the Austrian border, for a “pan-European picnic” that helped defeat communism. Eric Jozsef says it’s time for another picnic, this time to fight populism. | In August 1989, people from both sides of the Iron Curtain met in a Hungarian meadow, yards from the Austrian border, for a “pan-European picnic” that helped defeat communism. Eric Jozsef says it’s time for another picnic, this time to fight populism. |
| Today, as dark clouds gather once more above Europe, the time has come for all citizens of good will to mobilise. | Today, as dark clouds gather once more above Europe, the time has come for all citizens of good will to mobilise. |
| Sport | Sport |
| Manchester United disappointed again in their draw with Valencia, while CSKA Moscow shocked Real Madrid during a busy night of Champions League action. | Manchester United disappointed again in their draw with Valencia, while CSKA Moscow shocked Real Madrid during a busy night of Champions League action. |
| Former ballboy Francisco Navas recalls Marcos Baghdatis’s jokes, Novak Djokovic’s kindness and Andy Roddick’s perfectionism from his years tending to the needs of the world’s best tennis players. | Former ballboy Francisco Navas recalls Marcos Baghdatis’s jokes, Novak Djokovic’s kindness and Andy Roddick’s perfectionism from his years tending to the needs of the world’s best tennis players. |
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