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- Coronavirus live news: Germany sets another daily case record as Europe passes 10m infections
- Americans go to the polls as US suffers worst week for coronavirus infections
- National Covid lockdown expected across England next week
- From ice swims to knitting: Europeans seek ways to ride out Covid winter
- Rescue teams search rubble after earthquake rocks Turkish coast and Greek islands
- Philippines orders thousands of evacuations ahead of 2020’s strongest storm
- US election roundup: Trump and Biden swing through battleground states
- 'No predators, plenty to eat': New Zealand struggles with plague of peacocks
- Thailand protests: three pro-democracy leaders hospitalised after melee outside police station
- New Zealand Greens accept Ardern's offer of 'cooperation agreement'
- Nice terror suspect phoned his family hours before attack
- Mahathir Mohamad says his remarks after French attack were taken out of context
- Twitter lifts freeze from New York Post account after policy reversal
- Pro-choice supporters hold biggest-ever protest against Polish government
- Helena Bonham Carter: ‘Divorce is cruel. But some parts are to be recommended'
- Mercy Baguma's son and his father granted UK asylum
- Yitzhak Rabin: ‘He never knew it was one of his people who shot him in the back’
- 'He just says it as it is': why many Nigerians support Donald Trump
- US election 2020: Trump criticised over false claim doctors profit from Covid deaths - live updates
- Brazil names Nice knife attack victim as Simone Barreto Silva
- Queensland election 2020: polls close and counting begins as Annastacia Palaszczuk faces off against Deb Frecklington
- Russia loses UN vote over women's rights in conflict zones
- Women Deliver racism investigation verdict described as a 'slap in the face'
- ‘I feel free here’: how a miracle girls' school was built in India's 'golden city'
- Why the US military would welcome a decisive 2020 election win
- Trump falsely tells Michigan rally: 'Our doctors get more money if someone dies of Covid' – video
- Turkey earthquake: drone shows buildings reduced to rubble in İzmir – video
- 'Everywhere was collapsing': powerful earthquake hits Turkey and Greece – video report
- Turkey: gamer's livestream captures moment earthquake hits İzmir – video
- Aegean earthquake shakes Turkey and Greek islands – in pictures
- Turkey: sea water floods İzmir after powerful earthquake – video
- Turkey earthquake footage captures moment building collapses in İzmir – video
| Coronavirus live news: Germany sets another daily case record as Europe passes 10m infections Posted: 31 Oct 2020 02:14 AM PDT England lockdown expected early next week; US passes 9m infections; Melbourne records no new cases or deaths. Follow the latest:
Indonesia reported 3,143 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking the country's total to 410,088, according to the health ministry website. There were also 87 new deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 13,869, Reuters reports.
The chairman of the representative body for rank and file police officers in England and Wales has called for clear communication over a possible new national lockdown. John Apter, the chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents 120,000 officers, criticised the briefing of coronavirus measures to the media, claiming it increased pressure on the emergency services. To those briefing selective media on a potential national lockdown please understand the impact this has. It creates a media frenzy, causes confusion and ahead of any official announcement encourages some to make the most of their pre lockdown time. This is not a good mix! This can add immense pressure to the 999 services who are already struggling with the demand they have. Please be more responsible. Clear communication, not corridor briefings. Continue reading... |
| Americans go to the polls as US suffers worst week for coronavirus infections Posted: 31 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT Stakes at the polls are 'life and death', epidemiologists say, but responses to the pandemic divide sharply on political lines The US has suffered its worst week for new infections of the entire Covid-19 pandemic just days ahead of the election, underscoring what some epidemiologists described as "life and death" stakes as Americans head to the polls. Continue reading... |
| National Covid lockdown expected across England next week Posted: 30 Oct 2020 04:41 PM PDT Boris Johnson bows to pressure from experts who warned worst-case scenario could soon be surpassed Boris Johnson has bowed to pressure from his scientific advisers for new national lockdown restrictions, which are expected to be announced early next week, the Guardian has been told. Sir Patrick Vallance and Prof Chris Whitty, who head the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), are understood to have warned the prime minister that the time has come for national action across England. Sage scientists presented Johnson with evidence at a meeting in Downing Street, where they explained that Covid-19 is spreading significantly faster than their worst-case scenarios. Continue reading... |
| From ice swims to knitting: Europeans seek ways to ride out Covid winter Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:12 AM PDT People across the continent are embracing a range of pursuits in an effort to stay healthy and in good spirits For Alice Weiss there is no alternative to what the Germans call Flucht nach vorne, or knuckling down, to cope with the challenge of surviving winter during a pandemic. Others are determined to stay warm as the temperature drops, but Weiss has embraced winter swimming, plunging into the chilly lakes on the western edge of Berlin. "It is invigorating, it takes me out of myself. It makes me stronger, healthier," she said. "I've yet to have the legendary endorphin release that some swimmers talk of, but I expect that to come in winter." Continue reading... |
| Rescue teams search rubble after earthquake rocks Turkish coast and Greek islands Posted: 30 Oct 2020 09:53 PM PDT At least 27 reported dead and 800 injured in quake that hit İzmir in Turkey and Greek island of Samos Rescue teams searched through concrete blocks and rubble on Saturday after at least 27 people were killed and hundreds injured when a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea toppled buildings in the Turkish city of İzmir and created sea surges on at least two Greek islands. Turkey's disaster and emergency authority (Afad) said the quake on Friday, measuring about 7.0 in magnitude, struck at 2.51pm local time (11.51am GMT). with 407 aftershocks recorded overnight. Around 800 people were reported injured. Continue reading... |
| Philippines orders thousands of evacuations ahead of 2020’s strongest storm Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:36 PM PDT System with 265km/h winds is expected to make landfall on Sunday on main island of Luzon, home to Manila Philippine officials have ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category-5 storm that is the world's strongest this year approaches. Typhoon Goni, with 215km/h (133 mph) sustained winds and gusts of up to 265km/h (164 mph), will make landfall on Sunday as the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Haiyan, which killed more than 6,300 people in 2013. Continue reading... |
| US election roundup: Trump and Biden swing through battleground states Posted: 30 Oct 2020 11:34 AM PDT Both candidates to campaign in Minnesota and Wisconsin while president rails against supreme court over North Carolina ruling The two US presidential candidates swung through northern battleground states on Friday amid signs that the coronavirus pandemic was once more threatening to overcome hospital capacity in several US regions. Donald Trump was due to hold a succession of airport rallies in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, while Joe Biden was scheduled to have drive-in rallies in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Continue reading... |
| 'No predators, plenty to eat': New Zealand struggles with plague of peacocks Posted: 30 Oct 2020 12:00 PM PDT Farmers complain feral birds eat pasture their livestock depend on, and their numbers are increasing thanks to hunting of stoats and possums A bird renowned around the world for its beauty has showed its ugly side by causing havoc on farms in New Zealand; eating crops, evading control efforts and driving landowners to distraction. The jade and green peafowl, commonly known as the peacock, has become naturalised in New Zealand after what New Zealand Birds Online calls "benign neglect of birds kept for display". Continue reading... |
| Thailand protests: three pro-democracy leaders hospitalised after melee outside police station Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:57 PM PDT Trio mingled with supporters after court ordered their release, before police from another city arrived to question them Three prominent Thai pro-democracy leaders are in hospital after chaotic scenes outside a Bangkok police station overnight as officers tried to slap them with further criminal charges. A court on Friday ordered the release of Panupong "Mike" Jadnok, Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul and Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak, who have been in custody since mid-October on sedition charges, but police sought to question them over outstanding arrest warrants. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand Greens accept Ardern's offer of 'cooperation agreement' Posted: 31 Oct 2020 12:57 AM PDT Deal with Labour stops short of a coalition but will see Green's co-leaders, James Shaw and Marama Davidson, hold ministries outside of cabinet Labour won the general election in October with an outright majority, meaning they could govern alone. But Ardern invited the Greens into a "cooperation" agreement, saying it would allow the government to benefit from the expertise of Green party members in areas such as the environment, climate change and child wellbeing. Continue reading... |
| Nice terror suspect phoned his family hours before attack Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:05 AM PDT Tunisian Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, gave no indication he was contemplating violence The 21-year-old Tunisian man who is accused of using a kitchen knife to kill three people in a church in Nice spoke to his family 12 hours before the attack, giving no indication he was contemplating violence. Brahim Aouissaoui grew up among eight sisters and two brothers in a modest home on a potholed road in Thina, a working-class neighbourhood in an industrial zone close to Sfax, a major port on Tunisia's eastern coast. Continue reading... |
| Mahathir Mohamad says his remarks after French attack were taken out of context Posted: 30 Oct 2020 09:43 PM PDT Two-time Malaysian PM criticises Twitter and Facebook for removing his posts after the attack on Nice church The former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has stood by his widely condemned comments on attacks by Muslim extremists in France, saying they were taken out of context. He also criticised Twitter and Facebook for removing his posts. Mahathir, 95, sparked widespread anger when he wrote on his blog on Thursday that "Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past". Continue reading... |
| Twitter lifts freeze from New York Post account after policy reversal Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:55 PM PDT Latest move in an ongoing saga comes after CEO Jack Dorsey was grilled by Republican lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Wednesday Twitter said on Friday it had changed its policy and lifted a freeze it placed on the account of the New York Post after the newspaper published controversial articles about Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. It is the latest move in an ongoing saga that called into question the moderation policies of social media platforms. Both Twitter and Facebook took measures to limit the spread of an article published by the New York Post on 14 October, which claimed to be based on documents gleaned from an abandoned computer belonging to the Democratic candidate's son. Continue reading... |
| Pro-choice supporters hold biggest-ever protest against Polish government Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:15 PM PDT About 100,00o people take to the streets of Warsaw to oppose tightened abortion law About one hundred thousand protesters took to the streets of the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Friday, in the largest demonstration of popular anger directed against Poland's ruling rightwing Law and Justice party (PiS) since it assumed office in 2015. Protests have been held across the country since Poland's constitutional tribunal declared earlier this month that abortions in instances where a foetus is diagnosed with a serious and irreversible birth defect were unconstitutional. Such procedures constitute about 96% of legal abortions in Poland, which already has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Continue reading... |
| Helena Bonham Carter: ‘Divorce is cruel. But some parts are to be recommended' Posted: 31 Oct 2020 01:00 AM PDT She doesn't believe in a stiff upper lip, or pretending – unless it's for work. The actor talks about her split with Tim Burton, friendship with Johnny Depp, and playing the Queen's sister Ding-dong, it's the doorbell. And look who's standing on my rain-sodden doorstep, it's Helena Bonham Carter. In her stompy, clumpy boots and dark floral ruffled dress, curls piled on top of her head, she looks so exactly herself – which is to say, like a Victorian goth drawn in charcoal – that she could be an actor playing a character playing Helena Bonham Carter. Which, to a certain degree, she is. "I love dressing up and creating myself, as it were, according to the day and the mood. But it's an illusion, because then the Daily Mail photographs you, and you see it and think, that wasn't what I meant at all," she says as we walk into my kitchen and I compliment her outfit. Her fashion sense – invariably described as quirky ("God, quirky," she says, as if repeating a doctor's fatal diagnosis) – has made her a favourite of the paparazzi, and photos of her mooching around London in her distinctive outfits have been a staple of the tabloids for several decades. Does she ever think, "I'll dress normcore today – that'll throw off the paps"? Continue reading... |
| Mercy Baguma's son and his father granted UK asylum Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:28 AM PDT One-year-old Adriel was found with his mother's body in their Glasgow flat in August The son of Mercy Baguma, who was found in a distressed state next to his mother after she died in her Glasgow flat in August, has been granted asylum along with his father, who is now the boy's sole carer. Baguma's death caused a national outcry as it emerged that the Ugandan, who had applied for asylum in the UK and was not able to work at the time of her death, had struggled to provide for herself and her baby during lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Yitzhak Rabin: ‘He never knew it was one of his people who shot him in the back’ Posted: 31 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT Twenty-five years after the death of the Israeli prime minister, those who were there recall the night two bullets altered the destiny of two nations They wanted him to wear a bulletproof vest, but he wouldn't hear of it. Afterwards, they wished they'd pushed him harder – they should have insisted – but he was the prime minister and his mind was made up. He refused to believe a fellow citizen might pose a mortal threat. And so a quarter of a century ago, on the night of 4 November 1995, Yitzhak Rabin stood before a vast and grateful crowd in Tel Aviv at a peace rally, protected by nothing more than a jacket, tie and white cotton shirt. The size of the rally had surprised him: he was a shy man, awkward with attention, and he had doubted that thousands of Israelis would come out to show support for him and his attempt to make peace with the Palestinians. He told aides he feared the city's central plaza – not yet called Rabin Square – would be empty. Continue reading... |
| 'He just says it as it is': why many Nigerians support Donald Trump Posted: 31 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT His books were a hit long before he took office, and some Christians see his presidency as a blessing The pursed, stony expression is familiar in Peter Odoakang's striking oil painting of Donald Trump, but not the outfit. The US president is portrayed wearing a wine- and peach-coloured agbada and cap, traditional Yoruba attire, fitting him into the mould of a south-western Nigerian leader or "big man", as Odoakang says. "People see him in agbada and say wow, it fits him. People really laugh about it and react to it," says Odoakang, 23, of the portrait commissioned by a company in Lagos, which he says brings Trump's "personality into our setting". Continue reading... |
| US election 2020: Trump criticised over false claim doctors profit from Covid deaths - live updates Posted: 31 Oct 2020 02:08 AM PDT
One of the medical professionals to respond was Dr. Ashish Jha, who was asked about Trump's comments on MSNBC. After being played the clip of what the president had said, Dr. Jha replied. I don't know where to begin. First of all it's offensive. Second, attacking frontline health workers who have been saving American lives, despite this botched public health response, is doubly offensive. And then it's just wrong. Right, doctors don't get a single extra cent. Now, hospitals do get reimbursed a little bit more if it's a Covid pneumonia versus a non-Covid pneumonia, but they don't go around committing large scale fraud. You have to test people, you have to show it.
Hi, and welcome to our live coverage as the election campaign enters its last weekend. Here's a quick catch-up on where we are, and what we might see today. Continue reading... |
| Brazil names Nice knife attack victim as Simone Barreto Silva Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:29 AM PDT Silva, 44, had lived in France for three decades and worked as carer for elderly people The 44-year old victim of the Nice knife attack who told paramedics "tell my children I love them" as she died of stab wounds has been named Simone Barreto Silva, who worked as a carer for elderly people. Silva, who was born in the Brazilian state of Bahia, was a citizen of France, where she had reportedly lived for about 30 years. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2020 02:19 AM PDT Polls suggest narrow Labor win over Liberal National party but neither side willing to predict result. Follow live
What we seem to be seeing so far is two very different elections happening here – Labor is doing very well in the south-east so far, but the swing is against Labor in the regions. Federal Labor will be watching this very closely.
The seat of Maiwar, which Ben Smee has written about quite extensively - because the LNP made the decision to run a candidate backed by the Christian Right, in a seat which is fairly small-L liberal - looks like it will be retained by Greens MP Michael Berkman. The LNP preferences are flowing against Jackie Trad - it looks like she has lost the seat of South Brisbane to the Greens. Continue reading... |
| Russia loses UN vote over women's rights in conflict zones Posted: 30 Oct 2020 01:49 PM PDT Security council resolution that many feared would weaken human rights is rejected by UK, US and other states Attempts by Russia to introduce a UN security council resolution, which activists said would have unravelled the rights of women in conflict have failed as 10 countries abstained on a crucial vote on Friday. The UK, US, Germany and France were among the abstaining member states, which meant the resolution did not gain the nine votes required to pass. Continue reading... |
| Women Deliver racism investigation verdict described as a 'slap in the face' Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:33 AM PDT Complaints of 'white saviourism' and harassment at the group led to the review, which found no individual responsible The results of an investigation into allegations of racism and harassment at one of the world's most high profile women's rights organisations has been described as a "slap in the face" to those who complained. Investigators concluded this week that no single person was responsible for the "challenges" at the group, Women Deliver, which had undergone a period of rapid growth "during which its policies and practices lagged behind". The report added the workplace culture had been "too demanding, urgent, and high-pressure". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ‘I feel free here’: how a miracle girls' school was built in India's 'golden city' Posted: 30 Oct 2020 12:15 AM PDT A strikingly-designed centre reminiscent of Rajasthan's famous forts will soon be opening its doors in conservative Jaisalmer "Don't even try," friends told Michael Daube, when he said he wanted to coax women in Jaisalmer to embroider yoga bags to help them earn some income. For the most part, at least in rural areas, this is Federico García Lorca territory, where marriage for a woman, as a character in the Spanish poet's play Blood Wedding describes it, is "a man, children, and as for the rest a wall that's two feet thick". Rajasthan is one of the most conservative states in India, where ancient customs circumscribe a woman's freedom and in turn any chance of economic independence. Continue reading... |
| Why the US military would welcome a decisive 2020 election win Posted: 30 Oct 2020 05:54 AM PDT Military chiefs keen to stay out of the way – a decisive result lowers risk of prolonged crisis and the protests it could generate Federal laws and longstanding custom generally leave the US military out of the election process. Continue reading... |
| Trump falsely tells Michigan rally: 'Our doctors get more money if someone dies of Covid' – video Posted: 30 Oct 2020 02:28 PM PDT Donald Trump has attacked the doctors who have been treating coronavirus patients on the frontline of the pandemic. Speaking during a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, the US president said: 'Our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right? I mean, our doctors are very smart people.' Continue reading... |
| Turkey earthquake: drone shows buildings reduced to rubble in İzmir – video Posted: 30 Oct 2020 02:04 PM PDT Drone footage captured buildings reduced to piles of rubble in the Turkish city of İzmir on Friday after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea, setting off tidal waves which slammed into coastal areas and islands. Search and rescue operations continued at 17 collapsed or damaged buildings, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said. Continue reading... |
| 'Everywhere was collapsing': powerful earthquake hits Turkey and Greece – video report Posted: 30 Oct 2020 11:07 AM PDT Footage shows the aftermath of a deadly earthquake that struck in the Aegean sea and toppled buildings in the Turkish city of İzmir and the Greek island of Samos. The earthquake struck about 11 miles (17km) off the coast of İzmir, causing a number of deaths and widespread damage. Witnesses captured the moment buildings collapsed and sea water flooding in both Samos and İzmir Continue reading... |
| Turkey: gamer's livestream captures moment earthquake hits İzmir – video Posted: 30 Oct 2020 09:38 AM PDT Footage from a Turkish gamer's livestream has gone viral after it captured the moment a powerful earthquake hit the coastal city of Izmir on Friday. In the footage, 22-year-old Arda Can Özel can be seen sprinting out of the room as he feels the ground beginning to shake. He later posted on his Instagram account to say he and his family survived the quake unharmed Continue reading... |
| Aegean earthquake shakes Turkey and Greek islands – in pictures Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:44 AM PDT A powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea has toppled buildings in the Turkish city of İzmir and caused damage in several Greek islands Continue reading... |
| Turkey: sea water floods İzmir after powerful earthquake – video Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:14 AM PDT An earthquake of approximately magnitude 7.0 in the Aegean Sea has caused sea water to rise and flood parts of the coastal city of Izmir, carrying furniture and other items with it. The quake struck at 2.51pm local time on Friday, according to the country's disaster agency Powerful earthquake rocks Turkish coast and Greek islands Continue reading... |
| Turkey earthquake footage captures moment building collapses in İzmir – video Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:54 AM PDT Witnesses capture the moment a building falls in the city of İzmir during a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in Turkey's Aegean region on Friday. The nation's disaster agency said the quake occurred at 2.51pm at a depth of 10 miles (16.5km) • Powerful earthqake rocks Turkish coast and Greek islands Continue reading... |
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