China province near North Korea warns about the dangers of nuclear war
An inmate in the main prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon made a short video of the isolation cell where he was imprisoned for 40 days, before being released in November 2017. This rare glimpse into the horrible conditions reveals a room with no bed, no windows and no toilet, where the inmate fell gravely ill.
A provincial state newspaper on China’s border with North Korea spooked a few people Wednesday by dedicating an entire page to advice for local residents on how they might survive a nuclear war.
The advisory, by the official Jilin Daily, was picked up by many online news services and circulated widely on Chinese social media, forcing the paper and other state media outlets to hurriedly issue statements trying to calm people down.
The full-page advisory, entitled “General Knowledge about Nuclear Weapons and Protection,” included a series of cartoons reminiscent of the rather hopeful public service announcements in 1950s America advising children to “duck and cover” in order to survive a nuclear attack. Yet it also marks the one of the first times official China is seriously talking about the threat of a nuclear war.
Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte orders police back into deadly drug war
President had stood down police less than two months ago in response to rising opposition to controversial campaign
The Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, has told human rights groups criticising his deadly anti-drug war to “go to hell” after ordering police back to the frontlines of the crackdown.
Duterte stood the police down from his campaign less than two months ago in response to rising opposition. But his spokesman said on Tuesday that he was reinstating them because drug crimes had risen in their absence.
The president dismissed criticism over the thousands of people killed in the drug war as he said the Philippines had turned into a “narco-state”.
Russia 'increasing oil exports' to North Korea
At a time when the United States is calling for more restrictions on fuel exports to North Korea, Russia may be attempting to avoid the total collapse of the regime in Pyongyang. Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo.
The price of diesel oil and gasoline in North Korea has dropped sharply in the last month, according to reports from within the isolated republic, with Russia apparently stepping up supplies in spite of international efforts to isolate the regime of Kim Jong Un and force Pyongyang to abandon its development of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles.
According to citizen journalists who report on events inside North Korea for the Osaka-based Asia Press International (API) news agency, fuel prices began to fall in November after several months of fluctuations.
Reports put the price of 1 kilogram of diesel oil at $0.82 (€0.7) now, down 60 percent from early November, while gasoline is being sold for about $2 (€1.70 euros) per kilogram, down 25 percent.
Exclusive: Prisoner films life within an isolation cell in Cameroon
An inmate in the main prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon made a short video of the isolation cell where he was imprisoned for 40 days, before being released in November 2017. This rare glimpse into the horrible conditions reveals a room with no bed, no windows and no toilet, where the inmate fell gravely ill.
Our Observer, a Cameroonian man sentenced to about 10 years in prison for arms possession, managed to secretly film the isolation cell where he was being held. To do so, he was helped by other inmates who were staying in the normal prison quarters. The cell where he was kept is reserved for prisoners who are being punished by prison authorities for an infraction.
Our Observer sent us a 30-second video, in which he gives us a tour of his cell, which measures about six square metres. There is no bed or mattress.
Bangladesh moves ahead with plan to relocate 100,000 Rohingya
Updated 0906 GMT (1706 HKT) December 6, 2017
Bangladesh is moving ahead with a controversial plan to move Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island, with construction of facilities to begin "very soon."
About 100,000 of the one million or so Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh will be moved to Thengar Char, a remote, flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal by November 2019, according to details of the $278 million plan released by the office of Mustafa Kamal, Bangladesh's minister of planning.
Some 626,000 mainly Muslim Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since August, joining an existing Rohingya refugee population of up to 300,000. They say they've fled widespread violence perpetrated by the military in the north of Myanmar's Rakhine State.
Johnny Hallyday: French rock star dies at 74
France's biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 74.
The singer sold about 100 million records and starred in a number of films in a career that began in 1960.
He was made a Chevalier of the Legion D'Honneur by President Jacques Chirac in 1997.
The French simply called him "Our Johnny". However, outside the Francophone zone, Hallyday was virtually unknown.
In a statement, his wife Laeticia said: "Johnny Hallyday has left us," the AFP news agency reports.
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