Thursday, June 1, 2017

Morning Mail: Trump pulls US out of Paris climate deal, Farage 'person of interest' in FBI investigation, shots fired at Manila resort

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail
Friday 2 June 2017
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Trump pulls US out of Paris climate accord

US President Donald J. Trump announces that the US is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord

Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail.

The story leading our website this morning is Donald Trump confirming the US will quit the Paris climate agreement. Follow the link in email below to our live coverage of the international reaction, as world leaders reject Trump's claim the Paris deal can be renegotiated.

Here's a selection of headlines and reaction on our site:

Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines

Paris climate agreement: world reacts as Trump pulls out of global accord – live
US president ditches current agreement: 'We're getting out, but we'll start to negotiate and we'll see if we can make a deal that's fair'

Obama condemns Trump for 'rejecting the future' by exiting Paris deal
Former president says US joins 'small handful of nations that reject the future' while Bernie Sanders calls decision 'an international disgrace'

Philippines: police hunt gunman at Manila resort – live
Police sent to entertainment resort in Philippines capital after reports of gunfire just after 2am

Nigel Farage is 'person of interest' in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia
Exclusive: FBI interested in former Ukip leader's ties with people connected to US president and WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

Anglican church in Carmichael mine heartland to divest from fossil fuels
Diocese of Rockhampton, which covers Queensland gas and mining towns, votes to sell coal seam gas and thermal coal assets

Australian news and politics

Contracts won't be renewed for refugee review tribunal members
More than 50 members of Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which oversees government decisions, will not be reappointed

Rebel Wilson's siblings argue family has tradition of 'unusual' names at trial
Pitch Perfect star's agent also appears during defamation trial against Bauer Media, the publisher of Woman's Day

Luke Lazarus rape case: NSW director of public prosecutions to appeal acquittal
Sydney man was found not guilty in May of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman behind a Kings Cross nightclub part-owned by Lazarus' father

Police defend 90-minute delay to remove passengers in Melbourne plane drama
Officers feared man who allegedly tried to enter Malaysian Airlines flight MH128 cockpit could have been working with others or had explosives

McCulkin murders: Vincent O'Dempsey sentenced to life in prison
O'Dempsey, 78, and accomplice Garry Dubois both receive life sentences over 1974 killings

Plane forced to turn back to Melbourne after passenger threatens to blow it up
Armed security remove passenger from Malaysia Airlines flight diverted back to Melbourne airport shortly after takeoff

'Trump can't stop progress on climate change' – Behind the Lines podcast
With action in countries around the world and on the ground at a state level in the US, is Donald Trump's position on climate change irrelevant? Martijn Wilder and Greg Bourne join Lenore Taylor

Around the world

Philippines: Manila resort in lockdown after shots fired
Police believe robbery more likely than terrorism at Resorts World Manila after M4 rifle fired and casino set alight

Super-rich evade on average nearly third of their due tax
Chance of assets being hidden rises very sharply with wealth, finds economists' study based on Panama Papers data

George Soros attacks Hungarian prime minister for building a 'mafia state'
Financier says his Central European University is still under threat folllowing Viktor Orbán's curbs on foreign ownership

France's longest-serving TV anchor sacked by state broadcaster
France Télévisions denies David Pujadas's departure is linked to election of new president Emmanuel Macron

Canadian nurse pleads guilty to killing eight seniors in nursing homes
Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, pleads guilty in Ontario court to eight counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder

One last thing

 'We hadn't seen our friends in almost a year and it was terrifying how much 12 months on this specific campus had

I spent one night at St Paul's College. I didn't sleep because I was genuinely scared"An image I'll never forget is of one of my oldest friends screaming 'slut' in the face of a woman he'd apparently hooked up with. And the look on her face as the other boys laughed."
 
Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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