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Haiti requests US troops to protect infrastructure after assassination
Chris Eubank leads tributes after son Sebastian dies in Dubai
Taliban sweep through Herat province as Afghan advance continues
Mogadishu car bombing kills at least nine people, says official
Vancouver judge’s decision over Huawei finance chief may deepen US-China row
US west heatwave: 31 million people brace for record-breaking temperatures
Bangladesh police arrest factory owner after dozens die in fire
‘We expect them to act’: Biden presses Putin on ransomware groups, hints at retaliation
Meals by wheels: UK drive-through booms as brands invest in new sites
Recommend working at Walmart? Never, say Black managers in survey
Coronavirus live: expert warns situation will worsen in England; EU delivers enough doses to vaccinate 70% of adults
Boris Johnson may tone down ‘freedom’ rhetoric amid reopening jitters
‘Stuffed’: how Australia’s ‘unconscionable’ gamble on Covid vaccines backfired
‘Where else can I make a month’s rent in two days?’: the unlikely stars of OnlyFans
Lewis Hamilton: ‘Everything I’d suppressed came up – I had to speak out’
FinTok: how TikTok is helping young people use cash wisely
‘We didn’t know the rules we were rebelling against’: how The Office changed comedy
Fox News’ planned 24-hour weather channel has climate experts worried
Blind date: ‘She might be the only person who has never seen a Star Wars or Harry Potter film’
US community colleges see ‘chilling’ decline in enrollment during pandemic
Government announces 50 new cases amid fears of extended lockdown – as it happened
‘South Sudan is one long poem’: the music that shaped a nation – photo essay
Why were Colombian guns for hire allegedly key to Haiti assassination plot?
Dozens die in Bangladesh factory fire – video
Haiti: crowds protest after arrest of Jovenel Moïse assassination suspects – video

Haiti requests US troops to protect infrastructure after assassination

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 03:44 PM PDT

• Elections minister calls for US help amid political instability

• Previous foreign interventions have proved controversial

Haiti's government has requested that the United States send troops to protect key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse this week, the elections minister, Mathias Pierre, said on Friday.

Chris Eubank leads tributes after son Sebastian dies in Dubai

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 02:23 AM PDT

Sebastian Eubank, also a boxer, found dead days before his 30th birthday

Former middleweight champion Chris Eubank has led tributes to his son Sebastian Eubank, who has been found dead in Dubai days before his 30th birthday.

In a statement, Chris Eubank said the third oldest of his five children had died on Friday. He leaves behind his wife, Salma, and son Raheem, who was born a month ago.

Taliban sweep through Herat province as Afghan advance continues

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 07:57 AM PDT

Fears grow for Kabul government after militant group seizes two key border crossings

The Taliban has swept through western Herat province, seizing two key border crossings to Iran and Turkmenistan, and much of the countryside beyond city limits.

It was the latest part of Afghanistan to collapse in the face of a rapid militant advance, during which they have taken control of areas far beyond their original southern strongholds. Their speed has fuelled fears the government in Kabul could fall within months.

Mogadishu car bombing kills at least nine people, says official

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 03:38 AM PDT

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for suicide attack on convoy of senior police official in Somali capital

A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least nine people and injuring eight others, a health official said.

The convoy was carrying a senior police official, Farhan Mohamud, who survived the attack on Saturday, the government news agency reported.

Vancouver judge’s decision over Huawei finance chief may deepen US-China row

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 03:48 AM PDT

Judge refuses to admit new evidence that might have helped Meng Wanzhou avoid extradition to US

The prospect of a deepening diplomatic row between the US and China has grown after a Canadian judge refused to admit new evidence that might have helped the Huawei chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, avoid extradition to the US.

The arrest of Meng, the daughter of the Chinese telecommunication company's billionaire founder, has prompted a sharp deterioration in relations between Canada, the US and China. Soon after Meng's detention in Vancouver in December 2018, China arrested two Canadians in China: Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.

US west heatwave: 31 million people brace for record-breaking temperatures

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 04:29 PM PDT

Las Vegas could surpass its record-high of 117F as residents of US west face very high risk of heat-related illness

More than 31 million people across the US west and south-west are bracing for a brutal heatwave that could bring triple-digit temperatures this weekend, with authorities warning that records could be broken in many regions of California and Nevada. Officials have said that Las Vegas could even surpass its record-high temperature of 117F.

The "heat risk" is classified as "very high" across much of this area, meaning all residents there face "very high risk of heat-related illness due to both the long duration heat, and the lack of overnight relief", the National Weather Service (NWS) has said.

Bangladesh police arrest factory owner after dozens die in fire

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 03:52 AM PDT

Police chief says entrance was padlocked; separate inquiry looks into use of child labour at food plant

Bangladesh police have arrested the owner of a factory where 52 people died in an inferno, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there.

Police said the owner of the food factory and four of his sons were among eight people detained over the fire that broke out on Thursday and raged for more than a day. The blaze began in the evening at the five-storey Hashem Foods factory in Rupganj, just outside Dhaka.

‘We expect them to act’: Biden presses Putin on ransomware groups, hints at retaliation

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 07:59 PM PDT

Joe Biden's hour-long phone call with the Russian leader suggests growing impatience over attacks disrupting US sectors

Joe Biden has increased pressure on Vladimir Putin to move against ransomware groups operating from Russia, warning the United States is prepared to respond if cyberhacks are not stopped.

The two leaders held an hour-long phone call on Friday, their first since they discussed ransomware attacks at a summit in Geneva on 16 June. Biden's message to Putin in the call was direct, suggesting a growing impatience over attacks that have disrupted key US sectors.

Meals by wheels: UK drive-through booms as brands invest in new sites

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT

Social distancing is feeding an appetite for a new generation of US-style drive-through restaurants

Drive-through restaurants used to be a US-inspired novelty but a big increase in custom during the pandemic means money is pouring into new UK sites, with even upmarket names looking to serve food through car windows for the first time.

New property research suggests that demand for drive-throughs has increased by 25% post-Covid with restaurant chains looking to open a total of 200 sites a year. The clamour comes as established names such as McDonald's and Burger King face competition from North American brands such as Tim Hortons, famous for its coffee and doughnuts, and burger chain Wendy's.

Recommend working at Walmart? Never, say Black managers in survey

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT

A survey of 56 senior Black executives at largest private employer in US found they would not urge people of color to join the retailer

Some Black senior managers at US retail giant Walmart do not recommend working there, according to an internal survey from the company.

The survey, as reported by Bloomberg, asked 56 Black senior directors, managers and supervisors about their experience. Black workers make up 21% of the company's 1.6 million US workforce, and are mainly concentrated at the lower levels of the organization.

Coronavirus live: expert warns situation will worsen in England; EU delivers enough doses to vaccinate 70% of adults

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 04:05 AM PDT

Academy of Royal Colleges chair 'deeply concerned' about plan to remove restrictions amid growing pressure on hospitals

11.31am BST

The European Union has delivered enough coronavirus vaccines for at least 70% of adults, the European Commission president announced today.

Ursula von der Leyen said about 500m doses would be distributed across member states by tomorrow as she urged countries to increase vaccinations.

11.08am BST

Fukushima is to ban spectators from Olympic events because of rising coronavirus infections as Japan prepares to host the games in less than two weeks.

It comes after organisers said on Thursday that although there would be no spectators in Tokyo after a state of emergency was declared in the capital, they would be permitted in Fukushima – which is hosting seven softball and baseball games – and other prefectures.

Boris Johnson may tone down ‘freedom’ rhetoric amid reopening jitters

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT

PM expected to urge public to behave responsibly as polls show widespread concern over end of rules in England

Boris Johnson is expected on Monday to urge the public to behave responsibly as he confirms plans for the 19 July reopening in England amid government jitters about the risks of the big-bang approach.

The final decision about 19 July will be taken on Monday morning, based on modelling from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) about Covid cases and pressures on the NHS.

‘Stuffed’: how Australia’s ‘unconscionable’ gamble on Covid vaccines backfired

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 01:00 PM PDT

The prime minister jumped the gun in November 2020 when he declared 'we can look forward to a much better 2021'

Covid Australia vaccine rollout tracker

Eight months ago, Scott Morrison faced the cameras in a laboratory in Sydney's eastern suburbs and promised hope after a torrid year.

"Today is another day when we can look forward to a much better 2021," he said.

‘Where else can I make a month’s rent in two days?’: the unlikely stars of OnlyFans

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 02:30 AM PDT

Clarita needed to put herself through nursing school; Lex wanted to boost his income as a labourer – now they are erotic influencers on the subscriber site

In many ways, Lex Lederman, 28, is a classic American family man. He owns a farm in New Hampshire, where he lives with his wife and three children (plus a sizable company of chickens, pigs and geese). He's teaching himself home renovation (plumbing, electrics, how to lay floors) and regularly helps out with homeless food charities, refugee relief, and the local high school football team. But this lifestyle has only become possible since he quit his construction job for a full-time career on OnlyFans – the content subscription service where he uploads erotic pictures and videos for his predominantly gay male fanbase.

One of the biggest tech success stories of the last few years, OnlyFans was founded by British entrepreneur Tim Stokely in September 2016. "You could see the explosion of influencer marketing, but the influencers were getting paid via ad campaigns and product endorsements," he explained in an interview earlier this year. "Our thinking was always, OK, what if you could build a platform where it's similar to existing on social media, but with the key difference being the payment button?" Stokely is now worth an estimated $120m (£86m).

Lewis Hamilton: ‘Everything I’d suppressed came up – I had to speak out’

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT

He's the most successful driver Formula One has ever seen, and its only Black star. Now Lewis Hamilton has a new mission: to change the sport that made him.

As Lewis Hamilton rose through the ranks of competitive go-karting, his father, Anthony, told him: "Always do your talking on the track." Lewis had a lot to talk about. Bullying and racial taunts were a consistent feature of his childhood in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, a new town 30 miles north of London; his dad taught him the best response was to excel at his sport.

The trouble was he didn't have many people to talk to about what he was going through. Lewis is mixed-race, born to a white mother, Carmen Larbalestier, who raised him until he was 12, when he went to live with his Grenadian-British father, from whom she had separated. "My mum was wonderful," he tells me. "She was so loving. But she didn't fully understand the impact of the things I was experiencing at school. The bullying and being picked on. And my dad was quite tough, so I didn't tell him too much about those experiences. As a kid I remember just staying quiet about it because I didn't feel anyone really understood. I just kept it to myself." Sport offered him an outlet. "I did boxing because I needed to channel the pain," he says. "I did karate because I was being beaten up and I wanted to be able to defend myself."

FinTok: how TikTok is helping young people use cash wisely

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 03:00 AM PDT

It's not just jokes and emojis – the video-sharing platform can help users learn how to manage money

Sea shanties and viral dance trends have helped make TikTok a hit since the start of the pandemic. In 2020, the social media app, which allows users to create and share one or more 60-second films soundtracked with music clips, surpassed 2bn global downloads.

In the financial world, TikTok has a reputation for promoting volatile cryptocurrencies and activist investing – interest in Dogecoin and GameStop has been fuelled by the platform. But, beyond the jokes and rocket emojis being shared by some users, there is a wealth of practical personal finance videos that are teaching young people how to use their money better.

‘We didn’t know the rules we were rebelling against’: how The Office changed comedy

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT

As Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's sitcom turns 20, top comics and people behind the scenes explain how it rewired British humour

It wasn't the first painstakingly naturalistic sitcom on British TV (see: The Royle Family). It wasn't the first comedy to revolve around the cringeworthy antics of a delusional, middle-aged "entertainer" (see: I'm Alan Partridge). It wasn't even the first mockumentary about the banalities of work (see: People Like Us). Yet by marrying all those things together – and so much more – The Office managed to raze the comedy landscape, establishing a whole new language and style for the British sitcom. Twenty years after it debuted, the influence of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's series about the long-suffering employees at a regional paper merchants and their incredibly unprofessional boss, David Brent, is still everywhere; nothing since has had a comparable impact. How did a sitcom that prioritised footage of photocopiers over proper jokes remake comedy in its image?

Fox News’ planned 24-hour weather channel has climate experts worried

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT

Climate crisis researchers worry about the channel's reach to perpetuate misinformation and advance political goals

Fox News Media, the company that owns the reactionary, climate crisis-skeptical Fox News, is launching a weather channel this year – a development that has climate crisis experts worried.

Fox Weather, a 24-hour channel devoted to all things meteorological, promises "cutting-edge display technology", according to a press release, with "forecasting experts surrounding every major weather event".

Blind date: ‘She might be the only person who has never seen a Star Wars or Harry Potter film’

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT

Jay, 27, writer, meets Dinelka, 20, student

What were you hoping for?
An improvement on my only previous blind date from years ago. If nothing else, I knew this one couldn't possibly go that badly.

US community colleges see ‘chilling’ decline in enrollment during pandemic

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Experts worried about long-term impact on low-income and non-white Americans, populations community colleges tend to serve

David Ramirez, a student at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California, struggled with balancing work and classes during the pandemic. Ramirez, who works at Starbucks, worked at least 30 hours a week in addition to his classes.

He wasn't alone. The number of students enrolled in community colleges – local educational establishments that offer two-year courses and are often seen as an affordable stepping stone to higher education – was down 9.5% this past spring, about 476,000 fewer students than in spring 2020, according to National Student Clearinghouse data released last month.

Government announces 50 new cases amid fears of extended lockdown – as it happened

Posted: 10 Jul 2021 01:05 AM PDT

NSW reports 47 people in hospital, with 16 in intensive care including a teenager. This blog is now closed

8.57am BST

We're going to wind things up for the evening. Here's a reminder of what we learned today:

8.52am BST

NSW has updated its list of venues of concern. New close contact venues include Bupa Dental in Miranda from 10.50am to 12pm on Wednesday 7 July, Chemist Warehouse in Punchbowl on Thursday 8 July from 9.20am to 9.40am and Direct Trade in Merrylands from 2.20pm to 2.50pm on Saturday 3 July.

The full list of venues is on the NSW Health website.

‘South Sudan is one long poem’: the music that shaped a nation – photo essay

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 06:18 AM PDT

As the country marks a decade since independence, musicians talk of the songs and rhythms that help create a shared culture and community for people displaced by civil war

"What comes first is a culture and then a nation," says David Otim, a musician from Bahr el Ghazal, who performs and teaches South Sudanese songs. "Our [civil] war, which was caused by a foreigner, led us to not understand ourselves, made us go and destroy our culture out there [in refugee camps]."

Why were Colombian guns for hire allegedly key to Haiti assassination plot?

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 02:22 PM PDT

The hit squad that killed President Jovenel Moïse is alleged to be largely drawn from veterans of Colombia's civil conflicts

When Manuel Antonio Grosso Guarín jetted into Punta Cana's tourist-clogged airport early last month on Avianca Flight 252, immigration officials are unlikely to have given the 41-year-old Colombian a second glance. Visitors from around the globe flock to this Dominican resort town each week in search of sun, sea and Caribbean sands.

Grosso appears to have had rather different plans, though: to sneak over the border into neighbouring Haiti and help assassinate that country's president.

Dozens die in Bangladesh factory fire – video

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 12:24 PM PDT

A fire at a juice-making factory in Bangladesh has killed 52 people and injured 20. The fire started late on 8 July on the ground floor of the six-storey factory in Narayanganj, south-east of Dhaka, and firefighters were still struggling to contain it the following day. A key exit was locked, forcing a number of people to jump from upper floor windows to escape the flames. Three of those people died. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the blaze, but said investigations are ongoing

Bangladesh factory fire kills at least 52 people

Haiti: crowds protest after arrest of Jovenel Moïse assassination suspects – video

Posted: 09 Jul 2021 07:36 AM PDT

Crowds gathered outside police headquarters, demanding information, after the arrest of 17 men believed to be involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday.

Police say they believe a heavily armed commando unit composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans assassinated Moïse, as the search for the rest of the group continues

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