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- Call for Hungarian ministers to resign in wake of Pegasus revelations
- Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds
- Simone Biles pulls out of Olympics all-around gymnastics final to focus on mental health
- ‘No parallels’: 2,300-year-old solar observatory awarded Unesco world heritage status
- Morocco authorities arrest Uyghur activist at China’s request
- UK royal yacht could cost taxpayer £50m more than initially said
- ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’s $2m Wu-Tang Clan album sold by US government
- Bob Odenkirk collapses on Better Call Saul set
- ‘Fishermen’s day’ must let women compete, German court rules
- Greenpeace criticises New Zealand Rugby deal with petrochemical company Ineos
- ‘Please explain what OG means’: delight as Fiji politician discovers Twitter
- Coronavirus live news: Tokyo cases hit all-time high as Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia see record infections
- Thailand puts Covid patients on sleeper trains home to ease crisis in Bangkok
- UK poised to end amber list quarantine for people vaccinated in US and EU
- ‘I advise everyone to get it’: UK Covid patients tell of regrets over refusing jab
- Countdown to the airstrike: the moment Israeli forces hit al-Jalaa tower, Gaza
- Leading the charge! Can I make it from Land’s End to John o’Groats in an electric car?
- Sajda Mughal: the woman who survived 7/7 – and began fighting extremism
- A moment that changed me: my mother died – and I became my brother’s legal guardian
- How an RNLI training pool gave me an insight into crossing Channel as a migrant
- ‘We have to pay the price’: Oslo’s plan to turn oil wealth into climate leadership
- London court reopens $7bn Brazil dam collapse lawsuit against BHP
- Australia Covid live news update: Scott Morrison announces increase to support payments as NSW records 11th death of outbreak
- ‘We walked 18 hours, no food’: Taliban advance triggers exodus of Afghans
- Canadian police investigating Manitoba residential school abuse claims
- Powerbrokers of Arab world will be closely watching Tunisia
- Teens getting the AstraZeneca vaccine: ‘They want a light at the end of the tunnel’
- Capitol riot police officer: 'I was at risk of being killed with my own firearm' – video
- Boris Johnson cautious despite six-day fall in Covid infections – video
- Smoke rises after explosion at German chemicals site – video
| Call for Hungarian ministers to resign in wake of Pegasus revelations Posted: 28 Jul 2021 12:56 AM PDT Orbán's likely challenger demands action over claims journalists and politicians were potential targets Hungary's opposition has called for ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán's far-right government over allegations it selected journalists, media owners and opposition political figures as potential targets for invasive Pegasus spyware. The allegations, published last week by the Guardian and other members of the Pegasus project consortium, were backed up in a number of cases with forensic analysis of mobile devices carried out by Amnesty International, which showed phones had been infected with Pegasus, sold by the Israeli company NSO Group. Continue reading... |
| Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds Posted: 27 Jul 2021 05:00 PM PDT Carbon emissions, ocean acidification, Amazon clearing all hurtling toward new records A new study tracking the planet's vital signs has found that many of the key indicators of the global climate crisis are getting worse and either approaching, or exceeding, key tipping points as the earth heats up. Overall, the study found some 16 out of 31 tracked planetary vital signs, including greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat content and ice mass, set worrying new records. Continue reading... |
| Simone Biles pulls out of Olympics all-around gymnastics final to focus on mental health Posted: 28 Jul 2021 12:31 AM PDT
Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women's all-around gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday after a further medical evaluation determined that she is not yet ready to compete. The news followed her dramatic decision to stop competing in the women's team event on Tuesday after only one rotation on the vault due to mental health issues. However, a statement from US gymnastics left open the possibility that Biles, who could still compete in four more finals, may return for the individual events at the Games next week. Continue reading... |
| ‘No parallels’: 2,300-year-old solar observatory awarded Unesco world heritage status Posted: 27 Jul 2021 06:35 PM PDT Chankillo in Peru features 13 stone towers built in 250 to 200 BC that functioned as a calendar by marking the rising and setting arcs of the sun The oldest solar observatory in the Americas has been awarded Unesco world heritage status and dubbed "a masterpiece of human creative genius". The 2,300-year-old archaeological ruin Chankillo which lies in a desert valley in northern Peru was one of 13 new global sites added to the list of cultural monuments. Continue reading... |
| Morocco authorities arrest Uyghur activist at China’s request Posted: 27 Jul 2021 05:54 PM PDT Supporters fear Yidiresi Aishan will be extradited and say arrest is politically driven Moroccan authorities have arrested a Uyghur activist in exile because of a Chinese terrorism warrant distributed by Interpol, according to information from Moroccan police and a rights group that tracks people detained by China. Activists fear Yidiresi Aishan will be extradited to China and say the arrest is politically driven as part of a broader Chinese campaign to hunt down perceived dissidents outside its borders. Continue reading... |
| UK royal yacht could cost taxpayer £50m more than initially said Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:48 AM PDT Defense secretary says Britannia replacement would cost up to £250m at event to launch project Britain's new royal yacht could cost the taxpayer an initial £50m more than previously indicated at a total cost of £250m, the defence secretary said at an industry event to launch the project. The replacement for the long scrapped Britannia, a brainchild of the prime minister, Boris Johnson, would be commissioned at "between £200m and £250m at a firm price", Ben Wallace told a specially convened conference at Greenwich. Continue reading... |
| ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’s $2m Wu-Tang Clan album sold by US government Posted: 27 Jul 2021 06:23 PM PDT The album, purchased by Shkreli for $2m, was bought for an undisclosed sum An unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album that "Pharma Bro" entrepreneur Martin Shkreli forfeited after his securities fraud conviction was sold Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, though prosecutors say it was enough to fully satisfy the rest of what he owed on a $7.4m forfeiture order he faced after his 2018 sentencing. The entrepreneur once boasted that he paid $2m in 2015 at auction for Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the 31-track double album the Wu-Tang Clan spent six years creating. Continue reading... |
| Bob Odenkirk collapses on Better Call Saul set Posted: 28 Jul 2021 01:17 AM PDT Crew members called an ambulance that took the 58-year-old actor to a hospital where he remained on Tuesday night Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the show's New Mexico set on Tuesday and had to be hospitalised. Crew members called an ambulance that took the 58-year-old actor to a hospital, where he remained Tuesday night, a person close to Odenkirk who was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter told the Associated Press. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse or how long the actor might be in hospital. Continue reading... |
| ‘Fishermen’s day’ must let women compete, German court rules Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:40 AM PDT Female member wins appeal to be allowed to take part in traditional Bavarian summer event A German court has ruled that women cannot be excluded from a traditional event in which fishermen compete to catch the biggest fish in a stream that runs through a Bavarian town. The state court in Memmingen said the group that organises the town's Fischertag, or fishermen's day, must allow female members to participate in the climax of the annual summer event, which features people jumping into a stream with nets to catch trout. Whoever catches the biggest fish is crowned the "fishermen's king". Continue reading... |
| Greenpeace criticises New Zealand Rugby deal with petrochemical company Ineos Posted: 27 Jul 2021 09:20 PM PDT Ineos has been accused of using sports to 'greenwash' its reputation New Zealand Rugby's decision to sign a six-year deal with global petrochemical company Ineos has been criticised by Greenpeace, who said it fundamentally goes against the country's "clean, green" values. NZ Rugby announced the company will become the official performance partner for its seven teams from 2022. Ineos is a UK oil, gas and petrochemical conglomerate – the third largest company of its kind in the world. Its main shareholder is billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, and the company has lobbied to weaken green taxes and reduce restrictions on fracking. Continue reading... |
| ‘Please explain what OG means’: delight as Fiji politician discovers Twitter Posted: 27 Jul 2021 09:59 PM PDT Pio Tikoduadua, president of the opposition National Federation Party, has won praise and followers with his faltering attempts to understand social media A leading opposition MP from Fiji is delighting new social media followers with his wide-eyed discovery of Twitter, even as the country is experiencing heightened political tensions. Pio Tikoduadua, who is the president of the National Federation Party, announced on Monday that while his Twitter account had been created a while ago, it had been run by his staff until now. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:36 AM PDT Tokyo reports 3,177 new cases; South Korea reports 1,896 new cases; Thailand reports 16,533 new cases and Malaysia registers 17,405 new infections
Italy's medicine regulator has approved the use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for children 12-17 years old, following the approval of Pfizer for adolescents. Moderna announced in May that its vaccine had been found to be safe and effective in teenagers, and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended its authorisation be extended for use on over-12s.
Tokyo has reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases, setting an all-time high and surpassing 3,000 for the first time days into the Olympic Games. Experts say the surge is being driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. Continue reading... |
| Thailand puts Covid patients on sleeper trains home to ease crisis in Bangkok Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:34 PM PDT More than 100 patients have already been sent home as country faces its third and deadliest wave of coronavirus Thailand has begun using sleeper trains to transport Covid patients out of Bangkok, where hospitals have been overwhelmed by a recent surge in cases. The first train left the capital on Tuesday, transporting 137 patients who were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms to their home towns in the north-east of the country. Continue reading... |
| UK poised to end amber list quarantine for people vaccinated in US and EU Posted: 27 Jul 2021 04:09 PM PDT Ministers to discuss plans, with talks also to determine if they will apply to England only or all UK nations Plans to significantly open up international travel are expected to be announced on Wednesday, with UK ministers poised to let people who have been fully vaccinated in the US and EU avoid quarantine if arriving from amber list countries. The move would benefit millions of people by finally letting them be reunited with family and friends based in the UK, as well as businesses in the aviation and tourism sectors that have been hit hard by the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| ‘I advise everyone to get it’: UK Covid patients tell of regrets over refusing jab Posted: 26 Jul 2021 08:27 AM PDT Doctors say most patients now arriving in intensive care are unvaccinated, and deeply regret their decision For some people, the moment the ambulance arrives is the time they start expressing regrets about not receiving a coronavirus vaccine. For others, it's the death of a loved one. Healthcare workers and Covid patients have spoken out about growing numbers who, once faced with the serious reality of catching the virus, realise that they made a huge mistake. Continue reading... |
| Countdown to the airstrike: the moment Israeli forces hit al-Jalaa tower, Gaza Posted: 28 Jul 2021 01:00 AM PDT First comes the warning call – then the race to evacuate. Residents of a Gaza apartment block recall the frantic minutes before their homes to were turned to rubble |
| Leading the charge! Can I make it from Land’s End to John o’Groats in an electric car? Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2030, and sales of electric vehicles are rising fast. But with drivers reliant on charging points how practical is the greener option? One writer finds out Range anxiety hits hard on the A9 in the Highlands of Scotland. For the uninitiated, this is the fear that an electric vehicle (EV) won't reach its destination before running out of power. I'm driving through some of Britain's loveliest landscape – mountains, rivers, lochs and firths – but I hardly notice. I'm focused hard – on the road in front, but mainly on two numbers on the dashboard. One is how far it is in miles to where I'm going; the other is the range in miles remaining in the battery. Sometimes, especially on downhill stretches when what is known as "regenerative braking" means the battery is getting charged, I tell myself it's going to be OK, I'll make it. But going uphill the range plummets. Squeaky bum time. Plus, I've read Michel Faber's Under the Skin. I know what happens to men stranded on the A9. To range anxiety add the fear of being processed and eaten by aliens. Continue reading... |
| Sajda Mughal: the woman who survived 7/7 – and began fighting extremism Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT After the tube she was commuting on was blown up, Mughal's life changed for ever. A Muslim herself, she was horrified to hear Muslims been behind the attack. So she quit her job and started her own programme to take on extremism Sajda Mughal was on her daily commute to her dream job in City recruitment on the morning her world was turned upside down. It was a July day in London, 16 years ago, one that throbbed with the summer heat, and Mughal was running late for work. She ducked into Turnpike Lane tube station in north London, as she usually did, and boarded the Piccadilly Line train. The one thing she did differently that morning was not getting into the first carriage of the train. "Every day until 6 July 2005, I would sit in that first carriage. Maybe it was a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or maybe I knew the first carriage was where I'd get a seat. But, on that particular day, I was late, so I rushed on to the platform and, instead of doing my usual thing, I just got on." This detail became all-important when, a few stops later, at King's Cross, the 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay got on to Mughal's train, boarding the first carriage, and blew himself up. "Twenty-six people died, most of whom were in the first carriage," she says. Continue reading... |
| A moment that changed me: my mother died – and I became my brother’s legal guardian Posted: 27 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT I had told my mum that I would look after Declan after her death. But standing in an airport car park, the ramifications began to rush through my head It was in Stansted airport's Pink Elephant car park that I realised all the adults were going home. It was early January 2007 and we had just returned from Mum's funeral in Derry. I watched as uncles and aunts ambled over to their cars, and there the three of us were left: me, 25, my girlfriend, Jade, 26, and my little brother, Declan, who had just turned 16. I was now his legal guardian. This moment shouldn't have been a surprise. Mum had been ill, on and off, for eight years and, in her last 12 months, had made plans for what would happen if she didn't make it. It was a no-brainer when she asked: "What about Declan?" "I'll look after him," I instantly replied. Continue reading... |
| How an RNLI training pool gave me an insight into crossing Channel as a migrant Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Sitting in a small dinghy in darkness as it took on water was frightening enough in a sea survival exercise let alone for real As I paddled through crashing waves in the darkness, stomach churning, I watched our small dinghy starting to fill up with water with a sinking feeling – it wouldn't be long before we went overboard, and I was worried that at least one person in my boat was paddling in the wrong direction. But, then again, it might have been me: I was wielding an oar twice my size and it was impossible to tell in the frenzy. This was the RNLI's sea survival pool, used to train volunteers in the rigours of life-or-death aquatic rescue. All I had done was traverse a 25-metre swimming pool four times, but it was enough to assure me that repeating that at least 325 more times across the Channel would be a deeply traumatic experience. What's more, it is a journey that would probably be much longer as a migrant is, in many cases, guided by only a smartphone compass. Continue reading... |
| ‘We have to pay the price’: Oslo’s plan to turn oil wealth into climate leadership Posted: 28 Jul 2021 01:00 AM PDT The mayor of the Norwegian capital argues that the 'moral' duty to cut emissions from burning waste can be met by carbon capture The city of Oslo was built on wealth generated by the North Sea, which for decades has produced billions of barrels of oil and gas. But Oslo now hopes to lead Norway's transformation from one of the world's largest exporters of fossil fuels to a global green pioneer. For Raymond Johansen, Oslo's governing mayor, helping to lead global efforts to tackle the climate crisis is both a pragmatic economic response to Norway's declining fossil fuel industries, and a moral obligation to provide solutions for a crisis it helped to create. Continue reading... |
| London court reopens $7bn Brazil dam collapse lawsuit against BHP Posted: 27 Jul 2021 07:30 PM PDT Six years after deadly Fundao dam rupture, lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant proclaimed as 'an opportunity for real justice' London's court of appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a US$7bn lawsuit by 200,000 claimants against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, reviving a case over a dam rupture behind Brazil's worst environmental disaster. Lawyers for one of the largest group claims in English legal history have been pushing to resurrect the £5bn ($6.9bn) lawsuit against BHP since a lower court struck out the lawsuit as an abuse of process last year – and a court of appeal judge upheld that decision in March. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:28 AM PDT NSW records 177 local cases, lockdown extended four weeks; single bubbles now allowed in greater Sydney; those on welfare support now eligible for federal disaster payments, NSW premier says; Victoria records eight local cases overnight, and a new local, non-quarantined case today. Follow all the day's news
And with that, we'll be closing the blog for today. Thanks as always for reading, and thanks to Matilda Boseley for running the whole thing for the first half of the day.
A man has been seriously injured by a shark in Western Australia, according to the state's SharkSmart site. "A male fisher has received injuries after being bitten by a Lemon shark at approximately 8.00 pm on Tuesday 27 July," it said. Continue reading... |
| ‘We walked 18 hours, no food’: Taliban advance triggers exodus of Afghans Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:01 PM PDT As the conflict intensifies amid the withdrawal of US-led forces, a new wave of families are being forced to flee via perilous routes to Iran and Turkey A weary Zebah Gul and her eight children are gathered quietly in a small room at a transit centre in Herat, north-eastern Afghanistan. Their six-month attempt to escape the war and find safety has failed. They have just spent a week in Iranian police detention after being caught trying to cross the border into Turkey, and are beginning to make their way back to their besieged home province of Takhar, on the opposite side of the sprawling country. Continue reading... |
| Canadian police investigating Manitoba residential school abuse claims Posted: 27 Jul 2021 11:07 AM PDT RCMP reveals it has spent 10 years conducting 'large-scale investigation' into allegations A branch of Canada's federal police force says it has spent the last decade conducting a "large-scale investigation" into allegations of sexual abuse at a former residential school. On Tuesday, the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it launched a criminal investigation in 2011, investigating claims that students were assaulted during their time at the Fort Alexander residential school. Continue reading... |
| Powerbrokers of Arab world will be closely watching Tunisia Posted: 27 Jul 2021 11:20 AM PDT Analysis: while the politics behind the government's dismissal are local, regional players will want to influence what happens next In the decade since the Arab spring, the crucible of the uprisings has been where its legacy has been thrashed out. Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, where it all began from mid-December 2010, have remained central to the narrative of what took place when autocracies crumbled in the face of restive streets. And for the region's powerbrokers, all three north African states have since been the centre of an even bigger tussle for influence. Continue reading... |
| Teens getting the AstraZeneca vaccine: ‘They want a light at the end of the tunnel’ Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:30 AM PDT When I heard my 18-year-old nephews had received their first jab, it was like sunshine slicing through the clouds Even by pandemic standards, Saturday was a rattling day. As Covid cases in Sydney reached their highest tally to date, anti-lockdown protests turned violent in the CBD. The day before, New South Wales had begged both the federal government and other Australian states for more Pfizer vaccines. The proposed approach gave me new hope, which by afternoon was extinguished. No solution appeared to be in sight. Continue reading... |
| Capitol riot police officer: 'I was at risk of being killed with my own firearm' – video Posted: 27 Jul 2021 08:45 AM PDT Metropolitan police department officer Michael Fanone told the select committee investigating the 6 January insurrection at the Capitol how pro-Trump insurrectionists attacked him. 'I was grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country. I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm, as I heard chants of "kill him with his own gun",' Fanone said. He went on to say that a fellow officer later took him to a nearby hospital, where he was told he had suffered a mild heart attack. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson cautious despite six-day fall in Covid infections – video Posted: 27 Jul 2021 07:56 AM PDT The prime minister, Boris Johnson, said it was important that people did not draw premature conclusions about several days of better Covid case data and urged the public to remain cautious. 'I've noticed that obviously that we're six days into some better figures, but it is very, very important that we don't allow ourselves to run away with premature conclusions about this,' Johnson said. 'People have got to remain very cautious and that remains the approach of the government.' Continue reading... |
| Smoke rises after explosion at German chemicals site – video Posted: 27 Jul 2021 05:54 AM PDT An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies shook the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, killing at least one person with four missing and 16 injured and sending a large black cloud into the air. Operators of the Chempark site, about 13 miles north of Cologne, said the cause of the explosion was unclear Continue reading... |
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