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- Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House set out in Kremlin papers
- At least 21 dead in ‘catastrophic’ flooding in western Germany
- Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passports
- South Africa to call up reservists for first time in decades amid unrest
- Olympics chief accused of insulting Hiroshima survivors with visit to atomic bombing site
- EU border agency ‘has failed to protect asylum seekers’ rights’
- Advertising sector has #MeToo moment as blog sparks women’s anger
- Police search Bahrain Victorious hotel and team bus at Tour de France
- France protests: clashes with police on Bastille Day amid anger at tighter Covid rules
- One of Napoleon’s hats could fetch €600,000 at auction
- House with no toilet sells for $2m as New Zealand property market soars
- Coronavirus live news: Indonesia ‘in worst case scenario’ as daily cases climb past 50,000
- Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds
- Sydney hospitals stretched to ‘the brink’ as Covid crisis sidelines medical staff
- Trillions of dollars spent on Covid recovery in ways that harm environment
- No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world
- Burnout eating: how chronic pandemic stress can disrupt and destroy our diet
- ‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’
- Sony WF-1000XM4 review: the best-sounding noise-cancelling earbuds
- Flag Day’s Dylan Penn: ‘I didn’t know if I was capable of going toe-to-toe with my dad’
- ‘I’ve outlasted them all’: the spectacular life of the world’s most powerful crossword editor
- Ex-officers direct anger at Salvation Army over pensions ‘injustice’
- Heat exhaustion, apocalyptic scenes: what it’s like fighting the US’s biggest wildfire
- Land defenders: will the Cáceres verdict break the ‘cycle of violence’ in Honduras?
- Covid Australia live update: Daniel Andrews says ‘no browsing’ as he announces Victoria lockdown; NSW records 65 cases
- Nepal sees huge rise in maternal deaths as Covid keeps women at home
- Social networks’ anti-racism policies belied by users’ experience
- South African mother describes throwing baby from burning building – video
- A rare look inside a Sydney Covid-19 ICU ward as one man fights for his life – video
- South Africa grapples with unrest as looting and violence continue – video
- Rooftop crops: urban farms in Hong Kong – in pictures
| Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House set out in Kremlin papers Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:00 AM PDT Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a "mentally unstable" Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election during a closed session of Russia's national security council, according to what are assessed to be leaked Kremlin documents. The key meeting took place on 22 January 2016, the papers suggest, with the Russian president, his spy chiefs and senior ministers all present. Continue reading... |
| At least 21 dead in ‘catastrophic’ flooding in western Germany Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:46 AM PDT Many more missing as buildings give way amid heavy rain and once-in-a-generation flooding At least 21 people have died and dozens are missing or awaiting rescue from rooftops after heavy rain and once-in-a-generation floods caused buildings to collapse in the western German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North-Rhine Westphalia. In the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Schuld, set in the Eifel mountain range, police said on Thursday morning they were searching for about 70 missing people following the collapse of six houses. At least eight people are confirmed to have died, officials said. Continue reading... |
| Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passports Posted: 14 Jul 2021 04:03 PM PDT Revealed: more than 2,000 people, including individuals sought by police, have purchased passports, and with them visa-free access to the EU and UK
A controversial "golden passports" scheme run by the Pacific nation of Vanuatu saw more than 2,000 people, including a slew of disgraced businesspeople and individuals sought by police in countries all over the world, purchase citizenship in 2020 – and with it visa-free access to the EU and UK, the Guardian can reveal. Among those granted citizenship through the country's development support program were a Syrian businessman with US sanctions against his businesses, a suspected North Korean politician, an Italian businessman accused of extorting the Vatican, a former member of a notorious Australian motorcycle gang, and South African brothers accused of a $3.6bn cryptocurrency heist. Continue reading... |
| South Africa to call up reservists for first time in decades amid unrest Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:02 AM PDT Warnings of looming humanitarian crisis as looting and violence hits food, fuel and medicine chains South Africa is set to call up reservists for the first time for decades as the army prepares to deploy tens of thousands of soldiers following days of looting and violence that have threatened food and fuel supplies across the country. Seventy-two people have died and more than 3,000 people arrested, according to official figures, since the former president Jacob Zuma began a 15-month jail term, sparking protests that rapidly turned into a wave of looting of shops, malls and warehouses. Continue reading... |
| Olympics chief accused of insulting Hiroshima survivors with visit to atomic bombing site Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:48 PM PDT Survivors' groups say Thomas Bach should stay away, accusing him of using site to 'justify holding of the Olympics by force' despite pandemic Residents of Hiroshima have called for the cancellation of a visit to Hiroshima by Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, saying his presence there would "dishonour" victims of the atomic bombing. Bach, who has angered many Japanese by insisting on pushing ahead with the Tokyo 2020 Games during the coronavirus pandemic, is due to visit the city's peace memorial park on Friday, the first day of the Olympic Truce adopted by the UN in 1993. Continue reading... |
| EU border agency ‘has failed to protect asylum seekers’ rights’ Posted: 14 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT Author of European parliament report says Frontex agency's director should resign or be sacked The EU border agency has failed to protect the human rights of asylum seekers, according to a damning European parliament report on the organisation. After a four-month investigation by MEPs the report's author, Tineke Strik, told the Guardian, that Frontex "did not fulfil its human rights obligations and therefore did not address and therefore did not prevent future violations". Continue reading... |
| Advertising sector has #MeToo moment as blog sparks women’s anger Posted: 14 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT Campaigner Zoe Scaman has collected women's stories and is calling for policy change in the industry Hundreds of women working in advertising have described being sexually assaulted, harassed and discriminated against, after a blog provoked an outpouring of fury that is being described as the industry's #MeToo moment. Senior advertising industry player Zoe Scaman said she had been inundated with emails from women across the world describing incidents ranging from sexist comments in meetings to sexual assault and rape. She is now working with leaders of bodies representing women in the advertising sector to try to effect real change and "not just another policy pledge". Continue reading... |
| Police search Bahrain Victorious hotel and team bus at Tour de France Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:05 AM PDT
The Bahrain Victorious team, winners of two stages in this year's Tour de France, were subjected to police raids at their team hotel on Wednesday evening, as team vehicles and hotel rooms were reportedly searched by up to 50 police officers, until 2am on Thursday morning. According to the team's manager, Milan Erzen, it was "nothing special". "We have a visit from the police, they ask for riders training files, they check bus and that's it," Erzen told cyclingnews.com. "They disturb riders for one hour and at the end, they said thank you. They didn't tell us what's the reason of visit, but we will find this out today through lawyers." Continue reading... |
| France protests: clashes with police on Bastille Day amid anger at tighter Covid rules Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:25 PM PDT Demonstrations in Paris and other cities over plan for mandatory vaccinations for health workers and vaccine pass for public places Police have fired teargas to disperse demonstrators in Paris, as thousands of people protested throughout France over new coronavirus restrictions. Protests began in the French capital on Wednesday morning as the annual military parade for the traditional Bastille Day parade was taking place along the famous Champs-Élysées watched by president Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading... |
| One of Napoleon’s hats could fetch €600,000 at auction Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:01 PM PDT Felt bicorne is part of sale at Sotheby's in Paris to mark bicentenary of Napoleon's death One of Napoleon's distinctive black felt bicorne hats, perhaps worn during his army's crushing defeat of Russia in 1807, is to appear at auction. Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday announced it would commemorate the bicentenary of Napoleon's death with a sale dedicated to a man who still splits opinion. Should he be celebrated as a brilliant military strategist, or damned as a ruthless warmongering dictator? Continue reading... |
| House with no toilet sells for $2m as New Zealand property market soars Posted: 14 Jul 2021 08:47 PM PDT The decaying, rundown property in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn was prized because of its renovation potential A decaying three-bedroom house with no toilet or bathroom, missing walls and an overgrown garden has sold in New Zealand for more than $2m (£1m), in the latest example of runaway property markets around the world. The 1920s-era bungalow on Ariki Street, in Auckland's affluent suburb of Grey Lynn, sold at auction on Thursday for $2.075m (£1.05m), after the bidding opened at $1.75m, Stuff reported. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Indonesia ‘in worst case scenario’ as daily cases climb past 50,000 Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:22 AM PDT Close to 800 Covid-linked deaths in Russia; first minister of Wales says there is no ambiguity about country's face mask rules
Each day's list of Sydney exposure sites reveals another weakness in New South Wales' lockdown strategy and the failure to provide clear guidance about what is really expected of citizens. Analysing the situation, my colleague Anne Davies writes that the failure has become particularly acute now the hotspot has moved to south-west Sydney, where English is a second language, many of the workers are in face-to-face jobs or trades and often living from paycheque to paycheque. Related: Sydney's ever-growing Covid hotspot list exposes NSW government's lockdown failures
Andrew Sparrow has the UK live blog today, which is very focussed on politics. Mattha Busby will be along in a moment to take over from me – he'll continue to bring you the latest international coronavirus news and the top lines from the UK. I'm off to host our Thursday quiz. See you tomorrow. Continue reading... |
| Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT Calls for national screening programme as symptoms revealed range from brain fog to tinnitus The largest ever international study of people with long Covid has identified more than 200 symptoms and prompted researchers to call for a national screening programme. The study found the myriad symptoms of long Covid – from brain fog and hallucinations to tremors and tinnitus – spanned 10 of the body's organ systems, and a third of the symptoms continued to affect patients for at least six months. Continue reading... |
| Sydney hospitals stretched to ‘the brink’ as Covid crisis sidelines medical staff Posted: 14 Jul 2021 11:24 PM PDT Doctors and nurses forced to isolate after being exposed to virus in hospitals, causing delays to surgeries
Sydney's hospitals are being stretched to "the brink" as healthcare professionals continue to be sidelined by exposure to Covid, with two major hospitals reporting cases, including a fully vaccinated nurse. NSW Health confirmed the nurse, who tested positive on Tuesday, works at Westmead hospital and the source of the infection was being urgently investigated. Continue reading... |
| Trillions of dollars spent on Covid recovery in ways that harm environment Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Only 10% of $17tn global bailout directed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and restoring nature, report finds Trillions of dollars poured into rescuing economies around the world from the Covid-19 crisis have been spent in ways that worsen the climate crisis and harm nature because governments have failed to fulfil promises of a "green recovery" from the pandemic. Only about a tenth of the $17tn in bailouts provided by governments since the start of the pandemic was spent on activities that reduced greenhouse gas emissions or restored the natural world, according to analysis from Vivid Economics, published on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT China's video game market is the world's biggest. International developers want in on it – but its rules on what is acceptable are growing increasingly harsh. Is it worth the compromise? In the years after it was founded in 1999, the Swedish video game company Paradox Interactive quietly built a reputation for developing some of the best, and most hardcore, strategy games on the market. "Deep, endless, complex, unyielding games," is how Shams Jorjani, the company's chief business development officer, describes Paradox's offerings. Most of its biggest hits, such as the middle ages-themed Crusader Kings, or Sengoku, in which you play as a 16th-century Japanese noble, were loosely based on history. But in 2016, Paradox decided to try something a little different. Its new game, Stellaris, was a work of sprawling science fiction, set 200 years in the future. In this virtual universe, players could explore richly detailed galaxies, command their own fusion-powered starship fleets and fight with extraterrestrials to expand their space empires. Gamers could choose to play as the human race, or one of many alien species. (My personal favourite dresses in a lavish golden cape and has a head like an otter's, with soft reddish-brown fur, dark eyes and a black snout. Another type of alien is a sentient crystal that eats rocks.) Continue reading... |
| Burnout eating: how chronic pandemic stress can disrupt and destroy our diet Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT Over the past year, many of us have suffered from physical and emotional exhaustion. It is no surprise that people have turned to food for comfort Naomi Boles hit a wall last October. "I wasn't sleeping at all and I felt like I couldn't keep going," she recalls. "I was so stressed, and even when I was in bed my brain was constantly racing as I was worrying so much about my health, about my income, about my children. When I went to the doctor, it was like I'd reached a point where I couldn't carry on any more." Nine months on, she is still recovering from that burnout. "I am finally getting to the point where I can be a bit easier on myself and not constantly be in this fight-or-flight mode," she says. Continue reading... |
| ‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’ Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Björn Andrésen was the striking child star of the classic film, the perfect embodiment of youthful beauty. Fifty years on, he is still haunted by the exploitation that continued long after filming stopped Björn Andrésen was just 15 when he walked straight into the lion's den, being cast as Tadzio, the sailor-suited object of desire in Luchino Visconti's film Death in Venice. Its release in 1971 made him not merely a star but an instant icon – the embodiment of pristine youthful beauty. Sitting alone in Stockholm today at the age of 66, he looks more like Gandalf with his white beard and his gaunt face framed by shoulder-length white locks. His eyes twinkle as alluringly as ever but he's no pussycat. Asked what he would say to Visconti if he were here now, he doesn't pause. "Fuck off," he says. No one who sees The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, a new documentary about Andrésen's turbulent and tragic past, will be surprised by that answer. Visconti, he tells me, "didn't give a fuck" about his feelings. He wasn't alone in that. "I've never seen so many fascists and assholes as there are in film and theatre," says Andrésen. "Luchino was the sort of cultural predator who would sacrifice anything or anyone for the work." He makes his feelings about Death in Venice itself equally plain: "It has screwed up my life quite decently." Although he is an accomplished pianist, no one seems very interested in that side of him. "Everything I ever do will be associated with that film. I mean, we're still sitting here talking about it 50 years later." Continue reading... |
| Sony WF-1000XM4 review: the best-sounding noise-cancelling earbuds Posted: 14 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT Comfortable and long lasting with good case and brilliant audio but ultimately disposable Sony's latest top-of-the-range noise-cancelling earbuds are a cut above the previous generation and the competition. Costing £250 ($279.99/A$449.99), the WF-1000XM4 are premium true wireless earbuds that go toe to toe with the likes of the Apple AirPods Pro, Jabra Elite 85t and Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro. Continue reading... |
| Flag Day’s Dylan Penn: ‘I didn’t know if I was capable of going toe-to-toe with my dad’ Posted: 15 Jul 2021 01:21 AM PDT Her career has snaked from delivering pizzas to modelling, but Penn's latest job – starring in a Cannes drama alongside her dad, Sean – was the most daunting yet Dylan Penn receives guests high above the Croisette, in a sterile penthouse suite overlooking the sea. It's a perch befitting her status as visiting Hollywood royalty, the daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright, starring alongside her dad in this year's Cannes competition. She's got her phone and her water and a stylist in the wings. She's been up here all day and won't descend until dusk. She has tickets to see the new Wes Anderson film. In the fact-based Flag Day, her first major role, she plays Jennifer Vogel, the daughter of an inveterate conman. John Vogel describes himself as an entrepreneur with a broad portfolio, which is another way of saying that he's a bank robber, arsonist and counterfeiter; always up to no good, constantly looking over his shoulder. Jennifer wants to break free but can't quite cut the cord. "In my dreams, my father was always the prince," she explains. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’ve outlasted them all’: the spectacular life of the world’s most powerful crossword editor Posted: 15 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT The New York Times' Will Shortz has appeared on The Simpsons, written riddles for a Batman villain and sold over 1m copies of a sudoku book. He talks hate mail, controversial clues and why puzzles are like drugs Every day thousands of people vie to outsmart one man: Will Shortz, the New York Times's crossword editor of almost three decades. Crossword fanatics – or "cruciverbalists", in the parlance – must get their fix, and they prefer to get it from a man whose puzzle is considered the gold standard. Depending on a puzzler's skill and temperament, and on the day of the week (Monday puzzles are easiest, Saturdays hardest), that puzzler may race to the finish, surging with triumphant dopamine, or shatter a coffee mug against a wall. Continue reading... |
| Ex-officers direct anger at Salvation Army over pensions ‘injustice’ Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:13 AM PDT Pensions Ombudsman has had 17 complaints and campaigners say hundreds more are affected The Salvation Army has been accused of a "grave injustice" by refusing to pay pensions to former full-time officers who quit after years of dedicated service but before their official retirement date. At least 17 complaints from former officers have been lodged with the Pensions Ombudsman since May 2020, and campaigners say hundreds more have been affected. Continue reading... |
| Heat exhaustion, apocalyptic scenes: what it’s like fighting the US’s biggest wildfire Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:00 AM PDT I'm proud to take on devastating blazes. But sometimes I wonder if anyone else sees the scale of the crisis I'm a firefighter currently battling the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon, the largest blaze right now in the US. As I write this, it's already ripped through over 200,000 acres (312.5 sq miles). I'm part of a crew that arrived last Thursday. We were one of the first on the scene, and several of us have already gotten heat exhaustion, one guy got fuel in his eye from a water pump and two of our division's masticators (giant machinery that functions like a lawn mower but for an entire forest) burned up. Continue reading... |
| Land defenders: will the Cáceres verdict break the ‘cycle of violence’ in Honduras? Posted: 15 Jul 2021 02:30 AM PDT Conviction of businessman who conspired in murder of indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres raises hopes of end to impunity When Bertha Zuñiga heard that a former Honduran army intelligence officer and businessman had been found guilty of collaborating in the murder of her mother, Berta Cáceres, she breathed a big sigh of relief. Five years after the environmental campaigner was assassinated by hired hitmen, this was the verdict her family and friends had been waiting for. "I know there is still a long road, maybe very long and very hard, but to have achieved a guilty verdict against the [former] president of a corporation, [who is] connected to the armed forces: it is unprecedented in our country," says Zuñiga, 30. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Jul 2021 03:06 AM PDT Victoria to go into hard lockdown as outbreak grows to 18 cases; NSW premier warns of higher case numbers on Friday
OK, that's where I'm going to leave you after another quiet day on the Covid-19 blog. Here's what we learned:
Ten News is now reporting a positive case on a doctor who worked at both Campbelltown and Liverpool hospitals. #BREAKING An anaesthetist who worked at Campbelltown AND Liverpool Hospitals has tested positive to Covid. Contacts are still being identified. 60 close contacts have been linked to the patient who previously tested positive at Liverpool Hospital @10NewsFirstSyd Continue reading... |
| Nepal sees huge rise in maternal deaths as Covid keeps women at home Posted: 14 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT Health workers fear deaths could reach levels not seen this century as up to 90% miss check-ups and many opt for home births Earlier this month, 21-year-old Lakhu BK decided to have her baby at home in her village in the far west of Nepal. She had feared contracting Covid-19 if she went to a health centre. She lost her life giving birth. "I thought my daughter-in-law will die from [the] virus but did not think she would die from being unable to give birth," said her mother-in-law, Pamfi BK, 50. Continue reading... |
| Social networks’ anti-racism policies belied by users’ experience Posted: 14 Jul 2021 09:35 AM PDT Analysis: Twitter, Facebook and others condemn hateful speech, so why is it so easy to find on their sites? The world's biggest social networks say racism isn't welcome on their platforms, but a combination of poor enforcement and weak rules have allowed hate to flourish. In the hours after England's loss to Italy in the European Football Championship, both Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, issued statements condemning the swelling racist abuse. Continue reading... |
| South African mother describes throwing baby from burning building – video Posted: 14 Jul 2021 09:31 PM PDT A young mother from Durban has described throwing her two-year-old daughter from a burning building. Naledi Manyoni said she had no choice but to release her grip on her daughter and hope that she was caught by people waiting below.'They kept screaming "throw her",' she said. Manyoni and her fiance lived on the 16th floor of building set ablaze by looters at ground level amid widespread violence in parts of South Africa Continue reading... |
| A rare look inside a Sydney Covid-19 ICU ward as one man fights for his life – video Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:37 PM PDT Cameras have been allowed in a Sydney hospital's Covid-19 intensive care unit, showing the struggle of one patient on a ventilator. The 53-year-old Covid patient from NSW is only able to take shallow breaths of air through the ventilator. His medical teams, dressed in full PPE, adjusts his ventilator tubes and monitor his oxygen levels. The patient has given his consent for his images to be published ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| South Africa grapples with unrest as looting and violence continue – video Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:24 AM PDT Unrest in South Africa triggered by the jailing of the former president Jacob Zuma has intensified, despite the deployment of thousands of soldiers on to the streets to reinforce struggling police. There has been widespread looting and shopping centres have been set alight. In one tense scene in Durban, a mother dropped her toddler from a burning building to a group of people below, who caught the child. The wave of violence has also hit South Africa's faltering Covid vaccination rollout, which has been halted amid safety concerns Continue reading... |
| Rooftop crops: urban farms in Hong Kong – in pictures Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:50 AM PDT More than 60 urban farms have sprouted across space-starved Hong Kong since 2015 – on decommissioned helipads, shopping mall rooftops and public terraces – thanks to initiatives such as Rooftop Republic Continue reading... |
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