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- Donald Trump claims Anthony Fauci 'wrong' about cause of Covid-19 surge
- ‘Coronavirus has stolen our future’: young people’s despair as jobs evaporate
- Democratic congressman issues blistering attack on Republicans after Covid-19 diagnosis
- Coronavirus live news: Victoria declares state of disaster and nightly curfew for Melbourne
- Beijing repression forces Hong Kong opposition into new tactics
- ‘The Kremlin wants me dead’: Russia's sports doping whistleblower speaks out
- Close encounter: mother and calf humpback whales stun surfers at Sydney's Manly beach
- Media to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions
- MI6, the coup in Iran that changed the Middle East, and the cover-up
- Thousands demonstrate against Netanyahu as Israel protests gain strength
- Is this the beginning of the end for ‘Europe’s last dictator’?
- Gaddafi’s prophecy comes true as foreign powers battle for Libya’s oil
- Rage against the dimming light: Irish rebel over lighthouse LED makeover
- Riding the giant: big-wave surfing in Nazaré
- Forest of Dean rave: police disperse 'large volume' of people at dance party
- Britain might look to Germany to heal the north-south divide | Torsten Bell
- The images of ordinary Soweto that captured apartheid's injustice
- How a rural US sheriff’s department was able to obtain a military-grade vehicle
- Global report: curfew in Australia's second-largest city as Mexico racks up daily record
- Cramped workplaces, parties … the factors fuelling local Covid-19 spikes
- Melbourne stage 4 restrictions and coronavirus lockdown rules explained
- 'Bali is not only about tourism': Covid-19 prompts rethink for island's residents
- Expect more lockdowns until low-paid workers are able to isolate without fear of poverty
- Obama and Trump highlight two Americas as election draws nearer
- Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising in your local area?
- 'Masks make us slaves': thousands march in Berlin anti-lockdown protest – video
| Donald Trump claims Anthony Fauci 'wrong' about cause of Covid-19 surge Posted: 01 Aug 2020 01:59 PM PDT President again contradicts his own health expert after doctor highlights troubled US response to virus Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on his own top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, arguing against the doctor's claim that high rates of infection in the US stem from a less aggressive reaction to the virus in terms of economic shutdowns and stay-at-home orders. "Wrong!" countered the president as he retweeted a video of Fauci making the point in recent congressional testimony. Continue reading... |
| ‘Coronavirus has stolen our future’: young people’s despair as jobs evaporate Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:57 AM PDT New graduates and school leavers across the UK have paid the price of lockdown, says survey Young people across Britain believe their future has been "stolen" as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, with more than half fearing it has damaged their prospects. Amid growing evidence that the pandemic is fuelling a generational divide, two thirds of 16- to 24-year-olds also said that their age group, loosely defined as 'Generation Z' will pay the economic price for a disease that has mostly affected older people, according to a survey by the Hope not Hate charitable trust, an anti-racism group. Continue reading... |
| Democratic congressman issues blistering attack on Republicans after Covid-19 diagnosis Posted: 01 Aug 2020 12:09 PM PDT Raúl Grijalva condemns colleagues for failing to take crisis seriously as they 'strut around the Capitol with no mask' A Democratic congressman diagnosed as positive for the coronavirus has condemned Republican politicians for their carelessness around Congress and blamed them for spreading the virus. The Arizona Democrat Raúl Grijalva tested positive for the coronavirus, it was revealed on Saturday, and has immediately quarantined, though he is asymptomatic and feeling well, his office said. But Grijalva issued a fiery condemnation of Republicans and their behavior around the halls of Congress. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Victoria declares state of disaster and nightly curfew for Melbourne Posted: 02 Aug 2020 01:32 AM PDT Hundreds of 'mystery cases' have forced decision in Australian state; UK planning to avoid a second national lockdown; South Africa's cases pass 500,000
Financial penalties which would otherwise be in place in the case of jobseekers in the Australian state of Victoria have been suspended for now as authorities seek to mitigate the social impact of the lockdown there. The Guardian's Luke Henriques-Gomes relays details: Some news: Welfare mutual obligations will remain suspended in Victoria until further notice, the federal government has announced. #auspol pic.twitter.com/LmK8FMvjGA
After the the announcement of tough new restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne, including an overnight curfew, we've launched a piece explaining some of the rules The stage four restrictions covering metropolitan Melbourne run from Sunday 2 August and will last for six weeks until Sunday 13 September. Related: Melbourne stage 4 restrictions and coronavirus lockdown rules explained Continue reading... |
| Beijing repression forces Hong Kong opposition into new tactics Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:01 AM PDT Dissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspiration Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have responded to China's crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago. The student leader Nathan Law, who was placed on a police "wanted" list just weeks after flying into exile in the UK, said he would cut off all contact with relatives living in his home city, in an apparent bid to protect them from suspicion or pressure. Continue reading... |
| ‘The Kremlin wants me dead’: Russia's sports doping whistleblower speaks out Posted: 02 Aug 2020 01:10 AM PDT Grigory Rodchenkov was head of Russia's 'anti-doping' centre but, in 2015, he fled to the US. He talks to the Observer's former Moscow correspondent about the lies, the truth and life on the run The man in front of me is wearing a disguise. We are talking on Skype. I'm at my home near London and Dr Grigory Rodchenkov is at an undisclosed location somewhere in America, guarded 24/7 by armed FBI agents. How is he? "My life is good. My mood is very good," he says. He's grinning, I think. Since he's wearing a black scarf over his face and dark glasses, it's hard to tell. The cloak-and-dagger atmospherics surrounding our interview might seem a little overblown. Until, that is, you remember, Vladimir Putin's roving assassins are trying to establish Rodchenkov's secret location so they can snuff him out, a traitor to the state. Russia's president has a long list of enemies. But Rodchenkov – the most significant sports whistleblower of the 21st century – is probably at the top. Continue reading... |
| Close encounter: mother and calf humpback whales stun surfers at Sydney's Manly beach Posted: 01 Aug 2020 10:54 PM PDT Images show dozens of surfers about 10 metres from whales, which migrate up and down the Australian coast A humpback whale calf, closely followed by its mother, came within metres of surfers and swimmers at Manly Beach, north of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon. It is unusual to see a whale calf so early in the year in Sydney. Eastern Australian humpbacks migrate north from Antarctica, along the coast to tropical waters in north Queensland from April to July. Continue reading... |
| Media to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions Posted: 01 Aug 2020 06:18 PM PDT In a modern first, the press will not be present when the GOP votes to renominate Donald Trump for president The media will be barred from the Republican national convention where Donald Trump is set to be renominated as presidential candidate later this month, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, citing coronavirus restrictions. While Trump called off the public components of the convention in Florida last month, citing spiking cases of the virus across the country, 336 delegates are scheduled to gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 24 August to formally vote to make Trump the GOP standard-bearer once more. Continue reading... |
| MI6, the coup in Iran that changed the Middle East, and the cover-up Posted: 01 Aug 2020 11:13 PM PDT Documentary reveals evidence confirming a British spy's role in restoring the Shah in 1953 – and how the Observer exposed the plot The hidden role of a British secret service officer who led the coup that permanently altered the Middle East is to be revealed for the first time since an Observer news story was suppressed in 1985. The report, headlined "How MI6 and CIA joined forces to plot Iran coup", appeared in the 26 May edition but was swiftly quashed. It exposed the fact that an MI6 man, Norman Darbyshire, had run a covert and violent operation to reinstate the Shah of Iran as ruler of the country in 1953. Yet just a few days after the newspaper came out, all fresh evidence of this British operation and of Darbyshire's identity disappeared from public debate. Continue reading... |
| Thousands demonstrate against Netanyahu as Israel protests gain strength Posted: 01 Aug 2020 05:47 PM PDT Crowds gathered in central Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and outside the PM's beach house amid anger at his handling of the virus crisis and corruption Thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside the official residence of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and thronged the streets of central Jerusalem, as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader appeared to be gaining steam. The demonstration in central Jerusalem on Saturday, along with smaller gatherings in Tel Aviv, near Netanyahu's beach house in central Israel and at dozens of busy intersections nationwide, was one of the largest turnouts in weeks of protests. Continue reading... |
| Is this the beginning of the end for ‘Europe’s last dictator’? Posted: 01 Aug 2020 10:46 PM PDT Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus faces threats from all sides as the country decides whether to give him a fifth term as president Alexander Lukashenko is under pressure like never before. The past week has brought astonishing scenes in Belarus: an opposition rally hailed as the largest since the fall of the Soviet Union; the arrest of 33 Russian mercenaries allegedly sent to destabilise the country; and an admission from Lukashenko that after months of minimising the coronavirus epidemic, he had tested positive for the virus. It is likely that the president, who has held power for 25 years, will claim victory in the 9 August elections and remain the country's leader. But he is on the defensive, facing an energised opposition amid bitter spats with Russia over economic integration, and with the west over human rights. It is the most precarious moment of his career. Continue reading... |
| Gaddafi’s prophecy comes true as foreign powers battle for Libya’s oil Posted: 01 Aug 2020 10:59 PM PDT A showdown looms in the fight for control of the country – with Africa's largest oilfields as the prize In August 2011, as Libya's rebels and Nato jets began an assault on Tripoli, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi delivered a speech calling on his supporters to defend the country from foreign invaders. "There is a conspiracy to control Libyan oil and to control Libyan land, to colonise Libya once again. This is impossible, impossible. We will fight until the last man and last woman to defend Libya from east to west, north to south," he said in a message broadcast by a pro-regime television station. Two months later, the dictator was dragged bleeding and confused from a storm drain in his hometown of Sirte, before being killed. Continue reading... |
| Rage against the dimming light: Irish rebel over lighthouse LED makeover Posted: 02 Aug 2020 01:15 AM PDT Proposals to install low-energy devices in seven coastal beacons in the north and the republic have angered campaigners, who say the enchanting 'loom' of the beams will be lost The "loom of the light" is a phenomenon that lets you see the glow of a lighthouse from over the horizon. Particles of water vapour in the atmosphere scatter the light upwards so it can be glimpsed further than the line of sight. It is an optical wonder that has delighted – and guided – mariners for centuries. But now some fear an environmental push towards low energy will extinguish a loom that stretches across the Irish Sea, draining beauty from the nocturnal landscape. Continue reading... |
| Riding the giant: big-wave surfing in Nazaré Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:00 AM PDT A small fishing hamlet in Portugal has become a magnet for the world's most fearless big-wave surfers. Tim Lewis reveals how Nazaré became the ocean's Everest Everyone you meet in Nazaré tells you the waves here are different: heavier, more powerful, less predictable, somehow menacing. So, on my last afternoon in the Portuguese town in February, I went out on the back of a jet ski piloted by Andrew Cotton, a big-wave surfer from Devon, to see for myself. Cotton is easygoing, with cropped, gold-tipped hair and pale eyes, but he turns serious as we leave the harbour. He explains that jet skis are set up differently in Nazaré: the kill switch, which cuts the engine if the rider is thrown off, is not attached to the driver's wrist as usual because… I miss the exact reason as Cotton guns the engine and sea spray covers us and I'm distracted, wondering if they really had to call it a "kill" switch. I'm already freaked out enough that I've promised to check in with my family as soon as I'm back on dry land. Nazaré, specifically Praia do Norte or North Beach, is home to the biggest surfable waves on the planet. Ten years ago, it was unknown even in big-wave circles, but that changed when Garrett McNamara, a 52-year-old Hawaiian who is one of the pioneers of the sport, was given a tip-off by local bodyboarders. He came to Portugal for the first time in 2010; the following year, he rode a monstrous wave measured at 23.77m (78ft) and entered the Guinness World Records. In 2017, also in Nazaré, Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa nudged up the mark to 24.38m (80ft). If one day someone conquers a 100ft wave – a holy grail of surfing – almost certainly it will take place in Nazaré. Continue reading... |
| Forest of Dean rave: police disperse 'large volume' of people at dance party Posted: 01 Aug 2020 11:29 PM PDT Gloucestershire police say they have broken up an event in the forest and warned others to stay away Police have warned people to stay away from the Forest of Dean, where they have been forced to break up a rave attended by a "large volume" of partygoers. Gloucestershire police said in a tweet early on Sunday morning: "Police are currently in the Forest of Dean near to Speculation car park dispersing a rave. People are advised not to attend the area due to safety and Covid risks." Continue reading... |
| Britain might look to Germany to heal the north-south divide | Torsten Bell Posted: 01 Aug 2020 11:00 PM PDT What happened after the fall of the Berlin Wall involved money, and lots of it Before the government was forced into locking down British regions, it wanted to level them up, closing productivity gaps between north and south. That's a valuable objective, reinforced by new research on UK regional inequality from academics appropriately spread across Sheffield, Birmingham and London. The paper reminds us that the UK has some of the biggest productivity gaps between regions in the developed world, with global leaders in parts of London and the south-east very different to some cities in the north and Midlands. There's nothing new in politicians or academics pointing to the north-south divide, but more interestingly the work notes that the UK has not always led the way in this inequality between places. Most countries had higher regional gaps than the UK for most of the 20th century. Indeed, the UK's productivity gaps fell postwar and their surge is only a post-90s phenomenon. Continue reading... |
| The images of ordinary Soweto that captured apartheid's injustice Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:01 AM PDT David Goldblatt's photo essay from 1972 is a key document of an era. Now he is the subject of a major show in London The photographer David Goldblatt, the great chronicler of the apartheid era in South Africa, is to be celebrated by one of the first London art galleries to re‑open this month. Goldblatt, who died in 2018, has not been the subject of a major London show for more than 30 years. The new exhibition, David Goldblatt: Johannesburg 1948-2018, at the Goodman Gallery in Mayfair, will focus on a particularly moving photo essay, Soweto, from 1972. The photographs in the series were taken over six months in a febrile atmosphere that would lead to an uprising in this impoverished area of Johannesburg four years later. Continue reading... |
| How a rural US sheriff’s department was able to obtain a military-grade vehicle Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:30 AM PDT Trump's 2017 reversal of Obama's order allowed county sheriff to acquire vehicle by answering questionnaire, documents show A sheriff's department in a remote rural California county with only 18,000 people, no incorporated cities, few sworn officers and almost no crime, was able to obtain a second military-grade MRAP armored vehicle in 2017 by giving brief answers to a simple questionnaire, according to documents obtained under freedom of information requests. MRAP stands for mine-resistant ambush protected, though the prospect of encountering mines or being ambushed would seem to be unlikely in even the toughest US police precincts. Continue reading... |
| Global report: curfew in Australia's second-largest city as Mexico racks up daily record Posted: 01 Aug 2020 10:58 PM PDT Surging 'mystery cases' put Melbourne in stage 4 restrictions; media banned from Republican convention; Mexico deaths are world's third highest The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and placed Melbourne, the country's second biggest city, under nighttime curfew as it grapples with hundreds of "mystery cases" of coronavirus. As countries around the world including the US, the UK and Spain reimpose varying degrees of lockdowns, the Victorian premier announced that the state had to impose the highest level of restrictions in order to overcome a stubbornly high number of cases that cannot be traced. Continue reading... |
| Cramped workplaces, parties … the factors fuelling local Covid-19 spikes Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:23 AM PDT What have resurgences around the world taught us about how local clusters emerge? It is not always possible to pinpoint the origin of a local spike in cases, particularly in countries like the UK, where the disease is still circulating at relatively significant levels. But in countries where overall caseloads are lower, and with rigorous test-and-trace schemes, it has been possible to pinpoint the factors that have sparked or fuelled local outbreaks. Continue reading... |
| Melbourne stage 4 restrictions and coronavirus lockdown rules explained Posted: 02 Aug 2020 01:17 AM PDT The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has announced tough new restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne, including an overnight curfew
Stage four restrictions have been introduced across metropolitan Melbourne from Sunday 2 August for six weeks. Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, said the restrictions have been brought in to get community transmission – cases where the source of the transmission cannot be determined – under control. Andrews said government modelling showed that without these measures, stage three restrictions would need to last six months. Continue reading... |
| 'Bali is not only about tourism': Covid-19 prompts rethink for island's residents Posted: 01 Aug 2020 01:00 PM PDT With tourism devastated by the pandemic, many have returned to work the fields. Some believe they will never go back Ni Kadek Erawati, 40, used to work in a villa in her village, Tegallalang, a Balinese district famous for its Instagram-able rice terraces. But in March, her employer asked her to take a break until further notice. Her husband is unemployed and she needs to pay school fees for three children, but the only job she could find was working on a farm. Continue reading... |
| Expect more lockdowns until low-paid workers are able to isolate without fear of poverty Posted: 02 Aug 2020 12:02 AM PDT Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham warns that dramatically shifting pictures of infection rates will continue to force local lockdowns Last week we got a taste of things to come. As we head for winter without a Covid-19 vaccine, we will all need to get used to a new routine where, every Thursday, the latest round of local restrictions is announced. Greater Manchester was not the first and we certainly won't be the last. When the secretary of state for health called late on Thursday afternoon to inform me of his intentions, I was not surprised. Continue reading... |
| Obama and Trump highlight two Americas as election draws nearer Posted: 01 Aug 2020 10:41 AM PDT Analysis: as the former president eulogized a civil rights hero, his beleaguered successor seemed intent on undermining faith in democracy
They were six hours that defined two Americas as well as exposing the magnitude of the decision facing voters in November. At 8.30am on Thursday, the US government announced that gross domestic product had suffered the biggest decline on record because of a coronavirus-induced shutdown. Minutes later, Donald Trump warned on Twitter that "2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history" – and suggested that it should be postponed. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising in your local area? Posted: 01 Aug 2020 02:47 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... |
| 'Masks make us slaves': thousands march in Berlin anti-lockdown protest – video Posted: 01 Aug 2020 11:54 AM PDT Up to 17,000 people, including libertarians and anti-vaccination activists, have marched in Berlin to protest against Germany's coronavirus regulations. Many flouted guidance on wearing masks and physical distancing as they accused the government of 'stealing our freedom'. While Germany had initial success in containing the virus, infections are rising and its R number has risen above one. Continue reading... |
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