Russia faces being 'frozen out' by west over Ukraine crisis
William Hague urges country to choose between diplomacy or long-term deterioration in relations and further sanctions
The US and UK have urged Russia to bring the Ukraine crisis under control or face further sanctions as pro-Russia separatists remained in control of government buildings in the east of the country.
The British foreign secretary, William Hague, warned Russia it faced being frozen out by the west for years if it did not stop destabilising Ukraine and declared London was prepared to take a financial hit from sanctions affecting business relations.
It followed a tense telephone call between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, on Monday night in which the US president told his Russian counterpart that Moscow would face costs for its actions in Ukraine and should use its influence to get separatists in the country to stand down.
Rock band AC/DC split rumoured
Seminal Australian band one of the biggest influences on hard rock and heavy metal
It has been reported that seminal Australian heavy rock band AC/DC may be about to announce the end of their playing career.
Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald cited sources close to the band as saying the group’s rhythm guitarist Malcom Young (61) has returned to Australia with his family.
As rumours mounted that the band may be retiring due to one of the members having a serious illness entertainment commentator Peter Ford was quoted byradio station 3AW as saying: “The suggestion is being put to me that tour will never happen and we will never see AC/DC perform again or record again.”
Nigerian arrested for tweeting attack photos: Amnesty
Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian security forces to disclose the whereabouts of a man who was arrested after tweeting pictures of an attempted jail break at the headquarters of the intelligence agency.
"Nigerian security forces should immediately disclose the whereabouts and legal status of Yusuf Siyaka Onimisi," said the rights group's Netsanet Belay in a statement.
"If he is in detention, the Nigerian authorities must either charge him with a recognisable criminal offence or release him immediately," Amnesty said.
The attempted jail break at the headquarters of the Directorate of State Services on March 30 sparked a gun battle that killed 21 detainees, the intelligence agency said.
Onimisi, who works for a national electricity firm, has been arrested and held incommunicado for 11 days, his family said on Thursday.
Wildfire leaves thousands homeless, 15 dead in Chile
More than 8,000 people face homelessness, and another 700 families were evacuated on Monday, as Chilean officials struggled to put out a series of wildfires that began Saturday and spread throughout Valparaiso's coastal hills.
Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for a third straight day Monday as sailors in riot gear stood ready to evacuate 700 more families whose homes could be lost if the winds shifted.
Already 8,000 people were homeless as wildfires sent burning embers flying from hilltop to hilltop. A 15th body was found, and the toll of destroyed homes rose to more than 2,150. As smoke rose from smoldering ruins all over the picturesque coastal city, many compared the scene to Dante's inferno.
Some people made their way home after days without sleep, only to discover ruins. The fires, so hot they created their own fierce winds, consumed a few entire neighborhoods. In other districts, some houses stood unscathed but remained in danger from glowing embers carried by the shifting winds.
Sudan bans meetings of political parties |
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has issued a decree banning political parties from meeting without permission.
Last updated: 15 Apr 2014 10:41
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has issued a decree banning political parties from holding meetings without permission from the authorities, the official SUNA news agency has reported.
"No political party has the right to hold meetings and conferences inside their areas without first obtaining permission from the relevant authorities," SUNA late on Monday reported the decree as reading.
The decree comes just a week after Bashir assured a meeting of party leaders they had freedom to operate in the run-up to a "national dialogue" he has promised to hold to address urgent demands for change in his 25-year regime.
14 April 2014 Last updated at 21:12
A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia
Most children, Asher Svidensky says, are a little intimidated by golden eagles. Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to use the huge birds to hunt for foxes and hares at the age of 13, when the eagles sit heavily on their undeveloped arms. Svidensky, a photographer and travel writer, shot five boys learning the skill - and he also photographed Ashol-Pan.
"To see her with the eagle was amazing," he recalls. She was a lot more comfortable with it, a lot more powerful with it and a lot more at ease with it."
The Kazakhs of the Altai mountain range in western Mongolia are the only people that hunt with golden eagles, and today there are around 400 practising falconers. Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country's only apprentice huntress.
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