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- US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths amid fresh surge in cases
- Hong Kong drops restaurant dining ban after people forced to eat in streets
- ‘Working in ICU is like flying a plane’: the secret world of intensive care
- Coronavirus live news: France rules out 'catastrophic' second national lockdown despite rise in infections
- Hong Kong: outcry as student activists arrested under new security law
- 'Too much power': Congress grills top tech CEOs in combative antitrust hearing
- Thessaloniki’s Jews: 'We can’t let this be forgotten; if it’s forgotten, it will die'
- Small crustacean can fragment microplastics in four days, study finds
- Seeking life on Mars: Nasa prepares to launch its latest rover
- Japan recognises dozens more survivors of Hiroshima in landmark ruling
- Brexit: Boris Johnson faces Eurotunnel test
- Shell reports $18bn loss as global oil and gas prices collapse
- Madeleine McCann police in Germany 'find cellar' during allotment search
- Chateau Marmont in Hollywood to become members-only hotel
- Joe Biden's running mate - none will satisfy all sections of the party
- 'I was shielded from my history': the changes young black Britons are calling for
- Matt Hancock: second wave of coronavirus is starting to roll across Europe – video
- I'm writing this by candlelight – Lebanon's economic crisis is a social catastrophe | Naji Bakhti
- The Guardian view on the disappearing aid: a shake up with lethal consequences | Editorial
- US coronavirus: Pompeo to face Senate as new economic figures show Covid-19 impact – live updates
- A dollar for sex: Venezuela's women tricked and trafficked
- German economy in sharpest decline since 1970, as markets await US GDP – business live
- Naming Brisbane women risks 'a second wave of Covid-related racial hostility’: commission
- Yazidi children and rape victims 'left abandoned' after Isis captivity – report
- Democrats introduce bill to repeal anti-abortion rule for US overseas aid
- Pundits heralded Donald Trump for his new 'tone'. That didn't end well ... | David Smith
- Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising in your area?
- Coronavirus: the four potential vaccines bought up by UK
- It's time for America to reassert climate leadership. It starts with voting | Michael Mann
- Scaled-down hajj begins in coronavirus era – in pictures
- Congresswoman plays emotional account of small business owner to Jeff Bezos – video
- 'Germany is delinquent': Trump defends US withdrawal of 12,000 troops – video
- Grant Shapps apologises for frustration caused by Covid-19 restrictions on Spain – video
- New York protester forced into unmarked van by plainclothes police – video
| US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths amid fresh surge in cases Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:04 PM PDT Six months after first cases emerged in US, hospitals are under strain in multiple states The US has crossed the threshold of 150,000 confirmed deaths from Covid-19, just six months after the first cases were diagnosed in China and with the outbreak far from under control. The American death toll is the highest in the world by a significant margin and reached 150,034 on Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University world coronavirus tracker. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong drops restaurant dining ban after people forced to eat in streets Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:29 AM PDT Move to control spread of coronavirus abandoned after widespread public anger Hong Kong's government has reversed a day-old ban on restaurants serving dine-in customers that was introduced to control the spread of coronavirus, following widespread public anger. All restaurants in the city of 7.5 million were ordered to serve only takeaways from Wednesday as part of a raft of ramped-up social-distancing measures to combat a fresh wave of virus cases. Continue reading... |
| ‘Working in ICU is like flying a plane’: the secret world of intensive care Posted: 29 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Even within a hospital, the ICU can feel like another world. But critical care goes far beyond simply keeping people alive – it's also about what happens next In early March, Mike Brunner, an intensive care doctor at Northwick Park hospital in north London, saw his first few Covid-19 patients. They were arriving with mild coughs, but just hours later were relying on oxygen tanks to breathe, their lungs on the brink of collapse. Within days, three patients became seven, then 20, and from then on, said Brunner, "we were in it". For a while, Brunner felt as if he and his colleagues were the only ones who saw the huge change coming. "We could see this tsunami of people coming at us, and yet nobody else did," said Brunner. Driving through London on his way to work, past people crowded together in shops and pubs and cafes, he felt as if no one understood that very soon life was not going to be the same. "It was an incredibly lonely feeling," he said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2020 03:17 AM PDT French prime minister says full lockdown must be avoided; number of global cases passes 17m; Japan to lift ban on re-entry of some foreign residents starting next week
Cases of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic have surpassed 16,000 as a recent rise in infections continues, health ministry data showed on Thursday. The central European country of 10.7 million has faced a rise in cases in July in several hot spots, including in an eastern mining region and more recently in the capital Prague, which reported a daily record of 101 cases on Tuesday.
The number of infections of coronavirus in Iran has reached 301,530, according to official health ministry figures. Iran has the Middle East's highest number of recorded Covid-19 cases, and infections and deaths have risen sharply since restrictions on movement began to be eased in mid-April. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: outcry as student activists arrested under new security law Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:14 PM PDT Three men and one woman are the first political activists to be held since controversial legislation was imposed by Beijing The arrests of four students in Hong Kong's first crackdown on political figures after the enactment of a sweeping national security law imposed by China have prompted widespread public outrage. Tony Chung, 19, the convenor of disbanded pro-independence group Studentlocalism and three other members were arrested late on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| 'Too much power': Congress grills top tech CEOs in combative antitrust hearing Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:16 PM PDT
The US's top tech bosses were told they have "too much power", are censoring political speech, spreading fake news and "killing" the engines of the American economy, at a combative congressional hearing on Wednesday. The historic hearing in Washington saw Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google's parent Alphabet appear before members of the House judiciary's antitrust subcommittee and face intense questioning from lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. Continue reading... |
| Thessaloniki’s Jews: 'We can’t let this be forgotten; if it’s forgotten, it will die' Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:00 PM PDT New centre in Greek city will be lifeline for small community, mostly descendants of Iberian exiles Five centuries after they were expelled from Spain and eight decades after they were almost annihilated in the Holocaust, the small community of Sephardic Jews that lives on in the Greek city of Thessaloniki is looking to its past to help safeguard its future. On Tuesday, Thessaloniki's Jewish community signed a deal with the Spanish government's Instituto Cervantes to create a small centre where people will be taught modern Spanish while also learning about Sephardic culture and the exiles' still-spoken language, Ladino. Continue reading... |
| Small crustacean can fragment microplastics in four days, study finds Posted: 30 Jul 2020 02:09 AM PDT 'Completely unexpected' finding is significant as harmful effects of plastic might increase as particle size decreases Small crustaceans can fragment microplastics into pieces smaller than a cell within 96 hours, a study has shown. Until now, plastic fragmentation has been largely attributed to slow physical processes such as sunlight and wave action, which can take years and even decades. Continue reading... |
| Seeking life on Mars: Nasa prepares to launch its latest rover Posted: 29 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Perseverance mission aims to land on crater to search for possible microbial Martians Nasa's most sophisticated rover yet is due to blast off for Mars on a mission to answer one of the most profound questions: did life ever emerge on another planet? Mission controllers have set their sights on the 28-mile-wide (45km) Jezero crater north of the planet's equator. The landing site is one of the most promising spots for any microbial Martians to have been preserved in rock formed when the crater held a lake nine times larger than Loch Ness. Continue reading... |
| Japan recognises dozens more survivors of Hiroshima in landmark ruling Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:03 PM PDT More than a dozen 'black rain' plaintiffs died during legal battle to prove people living further away also suffered radiation exposure in 1945 A court in Japan has for the first time recognised dozens of people who were exposed to radioactive "black rain" as survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, even though they lived outside the area hit hardest by the attack in August 1945. The Hiroshima district court said the 84 plaintiffs, who are suffering from illnesses linked to radiation exposure, were entitled to the same medical benefits as survivors who lived closer to where the bomb struck. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: Boris Johnson faces Eurotunnel test Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:36 PM PDT UK and EU at odds over role of European court of justice in settling disputes Boris Johnson is facing a major Brexit test with the future of Eurotunnel operations at stake, it has emerged. The EU wants the UK to drop its opposition to a role for the European court of justice in British affairs to ensure trains keep running between France and the UK after Brexit is implemented on 1 January. Continue reading... |
| Shell reports $18bn loss as global oil and gas prices collapse Posted: 30 Jul 2020 12:47 AM PDT Energy giant hit by massive change in fortunes as Covid-19 crisis forces writedown in asset values Royal Dutch Shell has reported a deep financial loss after a record writedown on the value of its oil and gas assets due to the collapse in global market prices triggered by coronavirus. The Anglo-Dutch oil giant revealed a net loss of $18.3bn (£14.1bn) for the second quarter 2020, down sharply from a net profit of $3bn over the same period last year and $2.7bn in the first three months of 2020. Continue reading... |
| Madeleine McCann police in Germany 'find cellar' during allotment search Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:36 AM PDT Cellar reportedly found on plot used by suspect in disappearance of British girl from Portuguese hotel in 2007 German police searching an allotment plot used by the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have reportedly found a cellar once believed to have belonged to a garden house that was torn down at the end of 2007. German media have been reporting on the apparent development, though police have yet to comment. Continue reading... |
| Chateau Marmont in Hollywood to become members-only hotel Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:01 AM PDT Celebrity hangout will allow select group to own shares in 'world's best real estate' The Chateau Marmont, a Hollywood hotspot and hangout for nearly a century, will be converted into a members-only hotel over the next year. The owner, André Balazs, confirmed his plans to turn the 91-year-old building into a hotel at which a select group of members could buy into "a piece of a portfolio of the best real estate in the world", the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden's running mate - none will satisfy all sections of the party Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:00 AM PDT Kamala Harris? Val Demings? Democrats speculate but no single candidate will be able to satisfy all the interest groups and sectors of the party It doesn't matter who Joe Biden picks as his running mate – somebody will be disappointed. The former vice-president and de facto Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday said he would make a selection in the first week of August. Continue reading... |
| 'I was shielded from my history': the changes young black Britons are calling for Posted: 30 Jul 2020 02:48 AM PDT Exclusive: from schools to policing, 50 people share their experiences of growing up in the UK
Following the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK and across the world, the Guardian interviewed 50 young black Britons, many of whom have been at the heart of the recent anti-racism protests, to ask what changes they would like to see in their lifetime. Three demands came up repeatedly: decolonising the curriculum; divesting funds away from police forces in favour of a public health-focused approach to crime; and better representation of black Britons across a wider section of society. Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock: second wave of coronavirus is starting to roll across Europe – video Posted: 30 Jul 2020 12:41 AM PDT Britain's health secretary, Matt Hancock, has confirmed the government is looking at measures to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 from reaching the UK, as cases rise across Europe. Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer, is expected to announce an increase in the self-isolation period for those with symptoms. 'We can see a second wave of coronavirus that's starting to roll across Europe' Hancock said.'We want to do everything we possibly can to protect people from that wave reaching our shores'
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| I'm writing this by candlelight – Lebanon's economic crisis is a social catastrophe | Naji Bakhti Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:00 AM PDT My father was among hundreds laid off by one of the country's main employers. But his pity is saved for the young My father was let go this month by the institution to which he had devoted 41 years of his life. There to greet him, past the sliding glass doors of the American University of Beirut Medical Centre (AUBMC), stood Lebanese soldiers, guns in hand, and the sagging figures of his erstwhile co-workers, 850 of whom had suffered a similar fate. It is fitting that as I write this I am guided only by the light from my screen and a candle, which I have placed not far from my feet. Power outages have long been a constant in Lebanon. The most severe economic crisis since the country's independence, and the resulting fuel shortage, has meant that private generators have struggled to keep up with the additional burden. Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on the disappearing aid: a shake up with lethal consequences | Editorial Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:16 AM PDT Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, levels of hunger and poverty are going to rise. Given this, the abolition of DfID is a serious mistake This week's warning from Unicef is stark. Without immediate action, children under five will die in their tens of thousands in the coming year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The UN agency estimates that an additional 6.7 million children will become dangerously under-nourished unless at least $2.4bn can be mobilised. The risk is that 10,000 more children a month will die. Hunger is not confined to poor countries: the call for 1.5 million more children in England to get free school meals is evidence of that. Ministers ought to act at home. But acute hunger is a much more acute problem in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. What's more, Unicef is far from alone in pointing out the vulnerability of the world's poorest people to coronavirus. The World Bank is pencilling in the first increase in poverty in two decades. The International Monetary Fund says deep recessions in advanced countries are having a marked impact of remittances – worth $360bn in 2018 – into low income and fragile states. Continue reading... |
| US coronavirus: Pompeo to face Senate as new economic figures show Covid-19 impact – live updates Posted: 30 Jul 2020 03:14 AM PDT
Authorities have announced an arrest after a fire destroyed much of the Arizona and Maricopa County Democratic Party headquarters last Friday, according to a report from the Associated Press. Phoenix police said 29-year-old Matthew Egler was booked on one count of arson of an occupied structure.
Good morning, and welcome to what looks like a very busy day in US politics, with a lot of thing scheduled. Here's a quick run-down of where we are, and what we might expect. Continue reading... |
| A dollar for sex: Venezuela's women tricked and trafficked Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:30 PM PDT Women attempting to flee the country's economic collapse are in desperate straits, stranded at borders and forced into sex work, say NGOs The family had nothing at home, says mother of six Luisa Hernández, 30, from Zulia state, Venezuela. "To see your children grow up without food, without anything, is unbearable. "Eating from rubbish bins to survive was no life, so we left. But, now with the pandemic, we are in limbo, we are stuck in Colombia, and hungry again. We have gone from one crisis to another." Continue reading... |
| German economy in sharpest decline since 1970, as markets await US GDP – business live Posted: 30 Jul 2020 03:11 AM PDT
Here is our full story on Airbus. The Toulouse-based planemaker has been hit hard by the collapse in air travel, and received only eight new orders between April and June, compared with 290 in the first quarter. Related: Airbus slows plane-making as Covid-19 leads to £1.7bn loss
Economic sentiment in the eurozone rose more than expected in July when Covid-19 lockdowns were eased, with the sharpest gains in industry and the service sector, while consumers became more gloomy, according to the European Commission. Its economic sentiment index rose to 82.3 points in July from 75.8 in June, which was revised higher. European Commission's #Eurozone #economic sentiment indicator up to 82.3 in July; was 75.8 in June, 67.5 in May & 64.8 in April (lowest since survey began in 1985). July rises in industry, services (especially) & retail sentiment. Slight dip in consumer confidence & construction Continue reading... |
| Naming Brisbane women risks 'a second wave of Covid-related racial hostility’: commission Posted: 30 Jul 2020 02:58 AM PDT Others who have breached restrictions have not been identified and doing so creates 'potential for harm', human rights commissioner says The Queensland Human Rights Commission has been contacted by members of Brisbane's African migrant communities who say they have experienced a backlash to media stories naming and shaming young women accused of breaching coronavirus restrictions. Multiple media outlets – including the ABC, Courier Mail, Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, Brisbane Times, Daily Mail and commercial television outlets – named two of the women and published photographs taken from their social media accounts. Continue reading... |
| Yazidi children and rape victims 'left abandoned' after Isis captivity – report Posted: 29 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Amnesty calls for action to help victims overcome trauma, as families return home to landscape littered with landmines Child survivors of Islamic State captivity and their families have been left to fend for themselves when dealing with lasting trauma and health complications, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Almost 2,000 Yazidi children living in the Kurdish regional government area have been "effectively abandoned", according to a new report highlighting their struggles to recover from the violence inflicted by Isis. Continue reading... |
| Democrats introduce bill to repeal anti-abortion rule for US overseas aid Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:00 AM PDT Critics of the Helms amendment, which currently prevents the use of aid to fund abortion services abroad, say it is 'deeply rooted in racism' The first bill to repeal a US law preventing aid from funding abortion services overseas was introduced to congress on Wednesday. Democratic congressswoman Jan Schakowsky said the Helms amendment, a policy introduced in 1973, was "deeply rooted in racism" and must be replaced to allow US money to be used to support safe abortion services worldwide. Continue reading... |
| Pundits heralded Donald Trump for his new 'tone'. That didn't end well ... | David Smith Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:15 AM PDT Trump is praised whenever he affects a modicum of sobriety but talk of demon semen and alien DNA was a reversion to type That didn't last long. It never does. A week after Donald Trump was hailed by some media figures for a "change of tone" in his coronavirus briefings, the US president on Tuesday praised a doctor who believes in alien DNA and demon semen, grumbled about his low approval ratings and abruptly walked out when challenged by a female reporter. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising in your area? Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:02 AM PDT Latest updates: how has Covid-19 progressed where you live? Check the week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where there are very few cases, and so a rise from 1 to 2 is a doubling. Increased testing also means that more cases may be being detected than previously, although the impact of this between one week and the next is likely to be slight. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: the four potential vaccines bought up by UK Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:27 AM PDT Britain takes its stockpile to 250m doses after most recent agreement
Four potential Covid-19 vaccines have been secured so far by the UK, which aims to buy up to 12 to ensure that the country has one or more that work as soon as possible. They are: Continue reading... |
| It's time for America to reassert climate leadership. It starts with voting | Michael Mann Posted: 29 Jul 2020 08:29 AM PDT Individual efforts are important, but we need collective action and systemic change. And we can only get that at the ballot In a world with so many problems, it's easy to feel helpless. And particularly right now in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, quite alone. But even as we practice social distancing, we have an opportunity to work together to solve the greatest problem that humanity faces. No, I'm not talking about coronavirus. I'm talking about climate change. Related: I'm bewildered that Trump would imperil America by abandoning the Paris agreement | Ban Ki-moon Continue reading... |
| Scaled-down hajj begins in coronavirus era – in pictures Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:03 PM PDT Attendance limited to 10,000 people already residing in Saudi Arabia, rather than the usual 2 million including from abroad, amid Covid-19 restrictions Continue reading... |
| Congresswoman plays emotional account of small business owner to Jeff Bezos – video Posted: 29 Jul 2020 03:30 PM PDT In a historic congressional antitrust hearing, Democrat Lucy McBath played a recording to Amazon chief Jeff Bezos of the testimony of a bookseller who sold books via Amazon. The businesswoman had felt her sales were throttled by the tech giant. In the recording, the seller pleads with Bezos to help her company, which supports 14 people. Bezos responded by saying he was surprised by the anecdote and expressed wanting to meet the woman Continue reading... |
| 'Germany is delinquent': Trump defends US withdrawal of 12,000 troops – video Posted: 29 Jul 2020 12:50 PM PDT Donald Trump has defended the decision to pull US troops out of Germany, telling reporters the move was a reaction to the country's defence spending. The US will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,600 to other countries in Europe, US defence leaders said on Wednesday, detailing a Pentagon plan that will cost billions of dollars and take years to implement Continue reading... |
| Grant Shapps apologises for frustration caused by Covid-19 restrictions on Spain – video Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:19 AM PDT Grant Shapps returned to the UK on Wednesday after curtailing his holiday in Spain to deal with the fallout from the government's decision to impose quarantine restrictions on travellers arriving from the country. The transport secretary said he felt sorry for people whose holidays had been affected, but defended the government's decision, saying Spain's rate of new infections was now as high as it had been at the peak of the crisis Continue reading... |
| New York protester forced into unmarked van by plainclothes police – video Posted: 29 Jul 2020 04:59 AM PDT Footage showing police officers in New York forcing a female protester into an unmarked minivan in east Manhattan has provoked an outcry. Video shows plainclothes officers carrying the woman away while uniformed police stand guard, actions criticised as 'abusive and indefensible' by the American Civil Liberties Union. In a statement, the New York Police Department said the protester was wanted for damaging police cameras during five separate criminal incidents in and around City Hall Park Continue reading... |
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