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- Tokyo Olympics 2020: Carapaz wins men’s road race, boxing, swimming and more – live!
- Anti-lockdown protests across Australia as Covid cases surge to record levels in Sydney
- Stonehenge may be next UK site to lose world heritage status
- ‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in Bosnia
- Boris Johnson wants to mimic Tony Blair’s project, say No 10 sources
- ‘We need a lot of help’: Germans sift through debris after devastating floods
- Unesco urged not to give heritage status to Thai park amid claims of Indigenous abuses
- Esther Dingley family call for clarity after claim human remains found in Pyrenees
- Search for bodies in Florida condo collapse ends, with death toll at 97
- ‘I felt I existed in this world’: TikTok gives a voice to Turkey’s labourers
- Win for Angelina Jolie as court disqualifies judge in Brad Pitt divorce case
- Coronavirus live: UK airports set for busiest weekend since pandemic; clashes at Sydney anti-lockdown protests
- Sage adviser claims ministers trying to get as many as possible infected with Covid
- Inside a Tennessee hospital grappling with Delta and vaccine hesitancy
- Republican governor says ‘time to start blaming unvaccinated’ for rise in cases
- Polygamy in Senegal, lesbian hookups in Cairo: inside the sex lives of African women
- Lockdown reawakened my childhood love of chess. Now I can’t do anything else | Phil Wang
- Idris Elba: ‘I used work to exorcise my demons’
- Jason Sudeikis: ‘Ted Lasso isn’t a show, it’s a vibe’
- ‘Be interested, be curious, hear what’s not said’: how I learned to really listen to people | Annalisa Barbieri
- Blind date: ‘He hadn’t read the social-distancing memo’
- As the climate crisis deepens the UK’s attitude to summer begins to shift
- UK holidaymakers booked for France could lose money if they do not go
- Jehan Sadat obituary
- I have no idea what my husband told his wives when he married me
- All that glitters: why lab-made gems might not be an ethical alternative
- Atagi changes vaccine advice for Sydney – as it happened
- ‘Eid was very different’: my fortnight watching South Africa descend into chaos
- Sierra Leone abolishes death penalty
- Ghana: anti-gay bill proposing 10-year prison sentences sparks outrage
- Firefighters escape Tamarack wildfire by driving through flames – video
- Pop-up beaches and donkeys: Friday’s best photos
- Home swept away by flood waters in Turkey – video
- Jacinda Ardern announces Australian travel bubble suspension as Covid outbreak worsens – video
| Tokyo Olympics 2020: Carapaz wins men’s road race, boxing, swimming and more – live! Posted: 24 Jul 2021 01:48 AM PDT
In the tennis, Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski have gone into a third set against the Argentine pair Andres Molteni and Horacio Zeballos. The Brits won the second set 6-4 after losing a tiebreak in the first.
Spain beat Germany 28-27 in the handball. It nearly went awry though: Spain won possession with five seconds left, then turned it over and conceded a foul within scoring range. Had to assemble a defensive wall to protect a shot after the buzzer. But it goes wide. |
| Anti-lockdown protests across Australia as Covid cases surge to record levels in Sydney Posted: 23 Jul 2021 09:41 PM PDT Chaotic scenes in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane as protesters demand end to lockdowns
Anti-lockdown protesters have marched in major Australian cities, as Covid cases spiked to record numbers in Sydney and authorities warned of a "continuing and growing problem". Thousands of angry, unmasked people marched through the Sydney central business district on Saturday afternoon demanding an end to the city's lockdown, which is entering its fifth week. Continue reading... |
| Stonehenge may be next UK site to lose world heritage status Posted: 23 Jul 2021 08:58 AM PDT Britain is eroding global reputation for conserving its historic assets, culture bodies are warning The UK is eroding its global reputation for conserving its "unparalleled" historic assets, culture bodies have warned, with Stonehenge expected to be next in line to lose its coveted World Heritage status after Liverpool. Related: Unesco strips Liverpool of its world heritage status Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s getting out of hand’: genocide denial outlawed in Bosnia Posted: 23 Jul 2021 09:05 PM PDT Move by international body set up to implement post-war peace deal follows attempts to downplay 1995 Srebrenica massacre The top international official in Bosnia has outlawed denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia's Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Europe's only post-second world war genocide. Valentin Inzko, the outgoing head of Bosnia's Office of the High Representative, or OHR, introduced the changes to the country's criminal code on Friday, bringing in prison sentences of up to five years for genocide denial and for the glorification of war criminals, including naming of streets or public institutions after them. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson wants to mimic Tony Blair’s project, say No 10 sources Posted: 23 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT PM wants to echo Blair's promise of an 'opportunity society' and energise those who feel left behind Boris Johnson intends to mimic aspects of Tony Blair's political project in the hope of winning over more voters in former Labour heartlands, Downing Street sources have revealed. While the Conservatives' 2019-intake MPs are more likely to model themselves on Margaret Thatcher than the former Labour prime minister, No 10 insiders said Johnson had been studying Blair's approach. Continue reading... |
| ‘We need a lot of help’: Germans sift through debris after devastating floods Posted: 23 Jul 2021 06:31 AM PDT Trucks, diggers and volunteers try to clear mud and ruined belongings from wrecked homes and businesses A brown line one and a half metres high on the kitchen wall marks where the waters reached when Christian Ulrich's house was inundated. The electrician stands amid the mud-splattered walls and his voice breaks as he recalls how he had barely enough time after the warning came to reach the cellar to get food and water and send his mother up the stairs. He had just managed to let in the neighbours who had banged on the door for help, when there was an "almighty crash – like an explosion" as a huge wave of water rolled in from the back and front of the house, so strong it pushed out the front door and many of the windows. Continue reading... |
| Unesco urged not to give heritage status to Thai park amid claims of Indigenous abuses Posted: 23 Jul 2021 06:36 PM PDT UN human rights experts decry arrests and evictions of ethnic Karen from Kaeng Krachan national park UN human rights experts have urged Unesco not to grant World Heritage Site status to a national park in Thailand, where they said Indigenous people are being arrested and evicted from their traditional lands. The UN experts said in a statement: "This is an important precedent-setting case, and may influence policies on how Indigenous peoples' rights are respected in protected areas across Asia. Continue reading... |
| Esther Dingley family call for clarity after claim human remains found in Pyrenees Posted: 23 Jul 2021 06:02 PM PDT Family of missing British hiker have been informed of report and are seeking 'urgent clarification', says charity representing them The charity representing the family of British hiker Esther Dingley says it is seeking urgent clarification after reports emerged that possible human remains had been found close to where the woman went missing in the Pyrenees. LBT Global said in a statement posted to Facebook it was "aware of the discovery of what MAY be human remains close to the last known location of Esther DINGLEY. We are urgently seeking clarification. The family have been informed of the discovery and we are supporting them now." Continue reading... |
| Search for bodies in Florida condo collapse ends, with death toll at 97 Posted: 23 Jul 2021 06:10 PM PDT Firefighters have officially ended their efforts following one of the nation's deadliest engineering failures Firefighters have declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several stories high. The collapse on 24 June at the oceanside Champlain Towers South killed 97 people, with at least one more missing person yet to be identified. The site has been mostly swept flat and the rubble moved to a Miami warehouse. Although forensic scientists are still at work, including examining the debris at the warehouse, there are no more bodies to be found where the building once stood. Continue reading... |
| ‘I felt I existed in this world’: TikTok gives a voice to Turkey’s labourers Posted: 23 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Workers have become unlikely stars of the video app, while revealing harsh conditions Agricultural workers throw their buckets into the air at the end of harvest like at a graduation ceremony. A construction site turns into a concert hall, with workers wearing strands of hemp as wigs and singing into bits of plastic piping instead of microphones. A market stall becomes a runway as fruit vendors strut their stuff: a bunch of bananas as headgear, leeks dangling from their necks. With posts from factories, fields and construction sites, workers in Turkey are going viral on TikTok. The app's staples such as challenges, dancing and comedy abound, but amid the joy it is hard not to miss the criticism of dire working conditions. Continue reading... |
| Win for Angelina Jolie as court disqualifies judge in Brad Pitt divorce case Posted: 23 Jul 2021 12:08 PM PDT Court finds John Ouderkirk did not sufficiently disclose business relationships with Pitt's attorneys A California appeals court has disqualified a private judge being used by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in their divorce case, handing Jolie a major victory. Related: Marijuana farmers blamed for water theft as drought grips American west Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2021 01:40 AM PDT Thousands of travellers will leave the UK this weekend as school holidays begin for millions
Germany has reported 1,919 new cases, taking its total to 3,754,511 Data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases shows that the death toll rose by 28 to 91,520.
Police in Sydney, Australia, are dealing with an anti-lockdown rally, for which thousands of people have gathered to demonstrate against the city's month-long stay-at-home orders. The unmasked participants marched from Sydney's Victoria Park to Town Hall in the central business district, carrying signs calling for "freedom" and what they believe to be "the truth". There was a heavy police presence in Sydney, including mounted police and riot officers in response to what authorities said was unauthorised protest activity. Police confirmed several arrests had been made after objects were thrown at officers. Continue reading... |
| Sage adviser claims ministers trying to get as many as possible infected with Covid Posted: 23 Jul 2021 10:03 AM PDT Exclusive: Prof Robert West says rhetoric about caution is 'a way of putting blame on public' A scientist advising the government has accused ministers of allowing infections to rip through the younger population in an effort to bolster levels of immunity before the NHS faces winter pressures. The allegation comes after England's remaining Covid restrictions were eased on Monday, with nightclubs throwing open their doors for the first time in the pandemic and all rules on social distancing and mask wearing dropped even as infections run high. Continue reading... |
| Inside a Tennessee hospital grappling with Delta and vaccine hesitancy Posted: 23 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT As the variant tears its way through the US and vaccination rates plateau in the state, hospitals are experiencing a new wave of cases Nurse Matt Robinson braced himself before pushing the heavy doors to the recently reopened Covid-19 ward at Methodist University hospital in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. This hadn't been in the script. After over a year of continuous work with Covid-19 patients throughout the pandemic, the burnout brought on by constant exposure to death and trauma, Robinson had hoped his job might return to normal. Continue reading... |
| Republican governor says ‘time to start blaming unvaccinated’ for rise in cases Posted: 23 Jul 2021 07:13 AM PDT Alabama's Kay Ivey says surge in new infections is due to a reluctance among many in state to get inoculated The Republican governor of Alabama has said it is "time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks" for rising cases of Covid-19, amid concern that months of misinformation over the need and efficacy of vaccines is fueling a resurgence of coronavirus infections in several states. Kay Ivey said that vaccines are "the greatest weapon we have to fight Covid" and added that a surge in new cases of the coronavirus in Alabama is due to a reluctance among many people in the state to get inoculated. Continue reading... |
| Polygamy in Senegal, lesbian hookups in Cairo: inside the sex lives of African women Posted: 24 Jul 2021 01:00 AM PDT Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah's new book The Sex Lives of African Women examines self-discovery, freedom and healing. She talks about everything she has learned Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has a face that smiles at rest. When she is speaking, it is with a constant grin, one that only falters when she talks about some of the difficult circumstances she and other African women have gone through in their quest for sexual liberation. She speaks to me from her home city of Accra, Ghana, where she says "no one is surprised" that she has written a book about sex. As a blogger, author and self-described "positive sex evangelist", she has been collecting and recording the sexual experiences of African women for more than a decade. Her new book, The Sex Lives of African Women, is an anthology of confessional accounts from across the African continent and the diaspora. The stories are sorted into three sections: self-discovery, freedom and healing. Each "sex life" is told in the subject's own words. The result is a book that takes the reader into the beds of polygamous marriages in Senegal, to furtive lesbian hookups in toilets in Cairo and polyamorous clubs in the United States, but without any sensationalism or essentialism. Her ambition, in the book as in life, is "to create more space" for African women "to have open and honest conversations about sex and sexuality". Sekyiamah was born in London to Ghanaian parents in a polygamous relationship, but grew up in Ghana. Her formative years in Accra were under a patriarchal, conservative, Catholic regime that instilled in her a fear of sex and all its potential dangers – pregnancy, shame, becoming a "fallen" woman. "I remember once my period didn't come," she recalls. "I was in Catholic school at the time, and I would go to the convent every day and pray, because I thought that meant I was pregnant." From the moment she reached puberty she was told: "Now you have your period, you're a woman, you can't let guys touch you. That was always in my head." Later, she was told: "If you leave your marriage no one else is going to want you. If you have a child as a single woman men are going to think of you just as a sexual object and not a potential partner." Her mother would only speak to her about sex in cautionary ways. "The idea of messing with boys was so scary to me. It kept me a virgin for years and years." Continue reading... |
| Lockdown reawakened my childhood love of chess. Now I can’t do anything else | Phil Wang Posted: 24 Jul 2021 01:00 AM PDT The alert I get when an opponent has made their move gives me the shot of excitement I used to get from social media notifications Lord help me, I am in the whirlwind throes of the beautiful game. Online chess. The ancient pastime enjoyed a boom late last year. And I got caught squarely in its blast. Chess.com, the internet's leading chess platform, saw an eruption in activity, triggered by lockdown idleness and (my own personal inciting event) Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, which landed in October 2020, and showed the world that chess is actually really cool. As long as you ignore the actual chess and focus instead on the narcotic-fuelled psychodrama of a very beautiful woman and put the kid from Love Actually in a cowboy hat, for some reason. But there was enough actual chess in the show to reawaken my old love for the game. I'd played a lot as a child, as you can probably tell from my face. I played in the school club and entered competitions. I collected sets, including a Simpsons one and a Lord Of The Rings one, allowing me to play the pieces from one board against those of the other. No, I didn't go out much as a kid. But how could I when I was busy battling the dark forces of Sauron with an army of Barts? Continue reading... |
| Idris Elba: ‘I used work to exorcise my demons’ Posted: 24 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT The actor was working as a bouncer when he got a small part in a new show called The Wire. Two decades on, he's a blockbuster fixture. The Suicide Squad star talks about fighting for his big break, losing his dad, and why acting helped him out of a 'dark, weird junction' "I appreciate my quiet time, I really do," Idris Elba tells me, "but I didn't choose a career in quiet time." At 48, his life seems relentlessly full of activity, projects, causes, releases. He's the star of an imminent summer blockbuster, The Suicide Squad. He's a rapper who releases music online at a rate of about a track a month. He hosts a podcast. He's just released a new line of T-shirts. Earlier in 2021, Elba signed a deal with HarperCollins to write children's books. He and his wife, the Canadian model Sabrina Dhowre Elba, have recently been petitioning world leaders (France's, Belgium's) on behalf of rural farmers in Africa. The couple have also co- designed a Louboutin sandal. When Elba sits down to chat to me over Zoom, it's during a break between night shoots on a new movie he's making, and I'm tempted to tell him to forget about it; shut the laptop; sleep. Is he someone who hates sitting still? Continue reading... |
| Jason Sudeikis: ‘Ted Lasso isn’t a show, it’s a vibe’ Posted: 24 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT The SNL star turned Hollywood mainstay plays a caring, sharing football coach in the award-winning comedy from Apple TV+ but is he as nice in real life? How much of Jason Sudeikis is Ted Lasso, and how much of Ted Lasso is Jason Sudeikis? The extraordinarily strong hairline belongs to both, but that's where the similarities start to swim apart and fuse together: Lasso wears a cheerfully thick moustache with his, while Sudeikis tends towards clean-shaven; since his 2003 start on SNL, Sudeikis has spent the last 18 years making people laugh, while Lasso's attempts at humour ("Your body is like day-old rice – if it ain't warmed up properly, something real bad could happen") often whoosh over the heads of those around him. But they both seemingly spend an unusual amount of thought and care on the lesser-appreciated component parts that make a large organisation (a movie set; a football club) tick. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Being a good listener isn't just about shutting up and not interrupting – it's about really taking in what someone is telling you When I was a young girl, a fabulous woman called Pam who lived opposite us would come to do my mum's hair once a week. Pam was a retired hairdresser and beautician who had been taught partly by Vivien Leigh's mother. I knew this because I listened as she and my mother talked. My mum would sit under the stand hairdryer with wads of cotton wool curling out from under her hairnet to protect her ears from the heat, and Pam would talk and talk: about Margaret Thatcher (my mum wasn't a fan); their early lives (Pam's in Yorkshire, my mum's in Naples); and about life up and down the London street where we all lived. Continue reading... |
| Blind date: ‘He hadn’t read the social-distancing memo’ Posted: 23 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Eddie, 79, human rights activist, meets Gisela, 65, teacher What were you hoping for? |
| As the climate crisis deepens the UK’s attitude to summer begins to shift Posted: 24 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT Season now has a health warning and people may lose associations of joy, relaxation and celebration Beware summer! The season we used to anticipate as the lightest, brightest, balmiest time of the year now comes with a health warning. For the first time in the UK, the Met Office issued an extreme heat advisory this week. The warning was very staid, very British, but a clear shift away from the ethos of Keep Calm and Carry On. The amber alert urged precautions against adverse health effects for vulnerable populations, pressure on water resources, potential power cuts and increased likelihood of transport delays. Given the temperatures were only a little over 30C for a few days, this might seem risible to people living in far hotter parts of the world, but it is part of a growing global conversation that is fundamentally challenging how we think about summer in a climate-disrupted world. Continue reading... |
| UK holidaymakers booked for France could lose money if they do not go Posted: 23 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT Some accommodation providers refuse to defer breaks despite Covid quarantine decision Holidaymakers who were hoping to head to France in the coming weeks are in some cases being told by accommodation providers that they will lose their money if they do not turn up. Last weekend's surprise decision by the UK government to require travellers returning from France to quarantine for 10 days – even those doubly vaccinated against Covid-19 – has left thousands of holiday plans in tatters, and many out of pocket as a result. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2021 12:55 PM PDT Champion of social justice and women's rights in Egypt before and after the assassination of her husband, President Anwar Sadat Jehan Sadat, who has died aged 88 of cancer, spent most of her life promoting social justice and women's rights in Egypt. She continued to campaign decades after her husband, President Anwar Sadat, was assassinated, on 6 October 1981, by militants in the army avenging the imprisonment of fellow Islamists and condemning the 1978 Camp David accords that he had signed with Israel. As a girl in Cairo, Jehan had explored the streets of her neighbourhood of Al-Manial, attributing her self-confidence to her supportive parents. She said that her fight against gender inequality started during her schooldays, when she was encouraged to focus on subjects such as sewing and cooking in preparation for marriage rather than the sciences that would lead to a university career. "I have always regretted that decision. I would never allow my daughters to close off their futures that way," she wrote in her autobiography, A Woman of Egypt (1987). Continue reading... |
| I have no idea what my husband told his wives when he married me Posted: 24 Jul 2021 01:00 AM PDT In this extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah's book The Sex Lives of African Women, a Kenyan woman reflects on life and sex in her polygamous household Nura [not her real name] is a 42-year-old Kenyan woman. She lives in Senegal with her husband and his other wives. Ishmael and I met in 2018 on Muzmatch, a dating app for Muslims. I had been a convert for about four years and I needed to expand my circle of potential suitors. The Muslim men I met in Kenya were conservative, and I wanted to meet a man who was more like me: well travelled and with a global view of the world. Continue reading... |
| All that glitters: why lab-made gems might not be an ethical alternative Posted: 23 Jul 2021 04:01 PM PDT Switching to synthetic gems may have environmental upsides but it could harm the very communities consumers worry about Diamonds have long been in the debt of marketing genius. Until the 1940s they were not a popular choice for engagement rings. Then, in 1947, a stroke of brilliance: De Beers' "A Diamond is Forever" campaign. The slogan was a hit. The market transformed. Today diamond engagement rings are ubiquitous, winking from the windows of upmarket jewellers. Earlier this year came another glittering moment in diamond PR. Pandora, the world's largest jewellery retailer, announced it would be switching entirely to lab-made diamonds. It generated positive headlines around the world, dubbed an "ethical stand against mined diamonds". Continue reading... |
| Atagi changes vaccine advice for Sydney – as it happened Posted: 24 Jul 2021 01:03 AM PDT Deputy chief medical officer Michael Kidd says NSW will get additional 50,000 vaccines from national stockpile. This blog is now closed
And this is where we are going to leave the blog for today. It's been breathless. Again.
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has issued a statement on today's protest. She says: I am utterly disgusted by the illegal protesters in the city today whose selfish actions have compromised the safety of us all. The protesters have shown utter contempt for their fellow citizens who are currently doing it tough. Continue reading... |
| ‘Eid was very different’: my fortnight watching South Africa descend into chaos Posted: 23 Jul 2021 11:01 PM PDT Durbanites expected another lockdown, not isolation enforced by violence and looting. But as the city I love turned to ruin, I saw fear change to bravery and community spirit The past week has been one of the most difficult of my life. My home descended into chaos. Durban, a holiday city with a melting pot of cultures and a diverse range of people who live and work here, came to a standstill as rioters took to the streets to spread chaos after the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma. Continue reading... |
| Sierra Leone abolishes death penalty Posted: 23 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT MPs vote unanimously for abolition, making it the 23rd African state to end capital punishment Sierra Leone has become the latest African state to abolish the death penalty after MPs voted unanimously to abandon the punishment. On Friday the west African state became the 23rd country on the continent to end capital punishment, which is largely a legacy of colonial legal codes. In April, Malawi ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional, while Chad abolished it in 2020. In 2019, the African human rights court ruled that mandatory imposition of the death penalty by Tanzania was "patently unfair". Continue reading... |
| Ghana: anti-gay bill proposing 10-year prison sentences sparks outrage Posted: 23 Jul 2021 12:40 PM PDT Bill could mean 10 years in prison for LGBTQ+ people and those who support their rights Draft anti-gay legislation submitted to Ghana's parliament could propose up to 10 years in jail for LGBTQ+ people as well as groups and individuals who advocate for their rights, express sympathy or offer social or medical support, in one of the most draconian and sweeping anti-gay laws proposed around the world. Support for intersex people would also be criminalised and the government could direct intersex people to receive "gender realignment" surgery, said the draft legislation. Continue reading... |
| Firefighters escape Tamarack wildfire by driving through flames – video Posted: 23 Jul 2021 02:17 PM PDT A group of firefighters had a close escape when fast-moving flames engulfed them as they battled the Tamarack wildfire in Nebraska. After driving straight through the inferno, the crew emerged unscathed. Poor humidity and wind conditions have caused the Tamarack fire to grow up to 58,417 acres, prompting local authorities to issue an evacuation order. This video was provided without sound.
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| Pop-up beaches and donkeys: Friday’s best photos Posted: 23 Jul 2021 05:28 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
| Home swept away by flood waters in Turkey – video Posted: 23 Jul 2021 03:34 AM PDT Footage shows the moment a house collapsed and was swept away in flood waters gushing through the streets of the Black Sea town of Arhavi, Turkey, on Thursday. Local media reports said nobody was hurt in the incident. Access to dozens of villages in Artvin province were blocked and rescue efforts were under way, with officials saying 200 people had been evacuated. Floods are common along Turkey's Black Sea coastal region at this time of year. Last week, at least six people were killed and two others went missing in flood waters in the province of Rize Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern announces Australian travel bubble suspension as Covid outbreak worsens – video Posted: 22 Jul 2021 11:42 PM PDT New Zealand will suspend its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for two months, as the country grapples with a number of serious outbreaks of Covid-19. Travel with the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia had already been paused but will now expand to the entire country. At a press briefing on Friday, the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said because of the Delta variant there was 'greater risk now … than when we opened the travel bubble'. While Ardern said she remained committed to the travel bubble, Ardern added 'Covid has changed and so must we'
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