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- Turkish fires sweeping through tourist areas are the hottest on record
- IRS must turn over Trump tax returns to Congress, DoJ says
- Tokyo 2020 Olympics: rugby sevens, Djokovic beaten again, athletics and more – live!
- Pedro Francke: relief in Peru as moderate is made finance minister
- Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly booing Chinese anthem while watching Olympics
- Eutelsat Quantum: breakthrough reprogrammable satellite launches
- First image revealed of Imelda Staunton as the Queen in The Crown
- Floods block food from reaching thousands of refugees in Colombia
- Myanmar junta accused of crimes against humanity six months on from coup
- Father hopes to reopen case of British woman who disappeared 20 years ago
- Bob Odenkirk says he had small heart attack but vows ‘I’ll be back soon’
- Coronavirus live: UK businesses warned over ‘no jab no job’ policies, Germany anti-lockdown protests banned
- Sarah Perry: As an author, I felt useless in the pandemic. So I trained to be a vaccinator
- ‘The war has changed’: CDC paper warns Delta variant is far more transmissible
- Extroverted, self-centred men less likely to comply with Covid restrictions, study suggests
- Billie Eilish: ‘To always try to look good is such a loss of joy and freedom’
- Blind date: ‘He kept name-dropping celebrities he’s worked with’
- How Games Workshop grew to become more profitable than Google
- Decimated by famine, Florida’s manatees face an uncertain future
- The knock that tears families apart: ‘They were at the door, telling me he had accessed indecent images of children’
- Lula 2022? Brazil poised for sensational political comeback
- UK weather: flood warnings as Storm Evert moves eastwards
- Israel blames Iran for attack on tanker that killed Briton and Romanian
- Biden’s political appointments for ambassador posts rile career diplomats
- NSW reports 210 cases as protesters a no-show; Queensland announces snap lockdown – as it happened
- On China, Covid-19 and being the first woman in the job: Samoa’s first female PM– video
- 'We went through hell': friends taking food to firemen find road blocked by Turkish wildfire – video
- Submarine robot captures underwater footage of ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars – video
| Turkish fires sweeping through tourist areas are the hottest on record Posted: 30 Jul 2021 10:13 AM PDT Thousands of holidaymakers evacuated from Aegean Sea resorts as country fights more than 50 blazes The heat intensity of wildfires in Turkey on Thursday was four times higher than anything on record for the nation, according to satellite data passed on to the Guardian. At least four people were killed by blazes that swept through the tourist regions of Antalya and Muğla, forcing thousands of holidaymakers to be evacuated from their hotels by a flotilla of boats. Continue reading... |
| IRS must turn over Trump tax returns to Congress, DoJ says Posted: 30 Jul 2021 02:40 PM PDT Department says House panel has 'sufficient reasons' for requesting returns as Nancy Pelosi hails 'victory for the rule of law' The US Department of Justice on Friday ordered the Internal Revenue Service to hand Donald Trump's tax returns to a House committee, saying the panel had "invoked sufficient reasons" for requesting them. Related: Trump pressured DoJ officials to falsely claim election corrupt, memos show Continue reading... |
| Tokyo 2020 Olympics: rugby sevens, Djokovic beaten again, athletics and more – live! Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:17 AM PDT
Basketball: Half time for Australia, leading Germany 44-40 in the men's competition. The Aussies started strong with 10 points to nothing before the Germans reeled off 9 in a row. Pretty even at the break. Australia are second in Group B on 4 points, Germany third on 3. Only the top team in each of the three groups is guaranteed to go through, plus one second-placed team. I cannot tell you why, but teams get two points for a win and one point for a loss. So Italy lead the group with five points (two wins, one loss). Australia would tie the group three ways with a loss here, bringing in points difference and head-to-head to decide the qualification. Much more simple, they can lead the group with a win.
Judo: Germany win the mixed team bronze over Netherlands, 4-2. There's another bronze up for grabs from the other half of the draw, with Israel and the Home Brand Russians. |
| Pedro Francke: relief in Peru as moderate is made finance minister Posted: 30 Jul 2021 11:21 PM PDT President Pedro Castillo completes his cabinet after causing shockwaves with appointment of controversial Guido Bellido as prime minister After 24 hours of uncertainty and the worst Friday in years on the stock exchange, Peru's new president, Pedro Castillo, has completed his cabinet, swearing in the moderate leftist economist Pedro Francke as finance minister, and in the process calming jittery investors and anxious Peruvians alike. Aníbal Torres was also sworn in, as justice minister, on Friday, filling the remaining empty cabinet posts. The rest were sworn in late on Thursday, amid deep unease over Castillo's choice of prime minister, Guido Bellido, who is under investigation for allegedly defending the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group that killed tens of thousands of Peruvians in the 1980s and 1990s, and is also accused of making homophobic remarks. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly booing Chinese anthem while watching Olympics Posted: 30 Jul 2021 09:48 PM PDT Man allegedly also waved colonial-era flags while watching fencer Edgar Cheung's medal ceremony at a mall Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of insulting the national anthem, after he allegedly booed the Chinese national anthem while watching an Olympic event at a mall. The 40-year-old man was detained on Friday after allegedly waving colonial-era Hong Kong flags and booing, while urging others to join him in insulting the song, according to a police statement posted on Facebook. Continue reading... |
| Eutelsat Quantum: breakthrough reprogrammable satellite launches Posted: 30 Jul 2021 07:53 PM PDT Transmission beams can be reconfigured from the ground, whereas most commercial satellites are hard-wired before launch The world's first commercial fully reprogrammable satellite has been launched, ushering in a new era of more flexible communications. Unlike conventional models that are designed and "hard-wired" on Earth and cannot be repurposed once in orbit, the UK-engineered Eutelsat Quantum allows users to tailor it almost in real-time. Continue reading... |
| First image revealed of Imelda Staunton as the Queen in The Crown Posted: 30 Jul 2021 09:39 AM PDT Actor best known for Vera Drake takes over from Olivia Colman for fifth series about the UK royal family The first image of Imelda Staunton in character as the Queen in season five of The Crown has been revealed. Staunton has taken over from the Golden Globe winner Olivia Colman, as the fresh series ushers in a new era for the royal family. Netflix gave fans a first glimpse of Staunton as the monarch while she was still filming the next instalment of the Netflix show. Continue reading... |
| Floods block food from reaching thousands of refugees in Colombia Posted: 30 Jul 2021 11:01 PM PDT Families fleeing drug gangs and paramilitaries have been cut off, with government accused of being 'incapable' of protecting them Flooding and landslides have left thousands of refugees cut off from food supplies in Ituango, the conflict-strewn municipality in north-western Colombia. Roads have been blocked by mud and debris after heavy rains, while helicopters have been unable to land. As a result, the delivery of food and medical supplies has been stymied, and communications cut off. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar junta accused of crimes against humanity six months on from coup Posted: 30 Jul 2021 11:01 PM PDT Human Rights Watch says army's suppression of protests has included torture and murder, as small protests mark milestone Human Rights Watch has accused Myanmar's military junta of crimes against humanity as small groups of protesters marked six months since the armed forces seized power. Bands of university students rode motorbikes around the country's second-largest city Mandalay on Saturday waving red and green flags, saying they rejected any possibility of talks with the military to negotiate a return to civilian rule. Continue reading... |
| Father hopes to reopen case of British woman who disappeared 20 years ago Posted: 30 Jul 2021 09:00 PM PDT Louise Kerton went missing in 2001 after travelling to stay with her boyfriend's family in Germany Twenty years since the disappearance of Louise Kerton, who travelled to Germany to holiday with her boyfriend's family and disappeared, her father is looking for fresh leads. Phil Kerton is hoping publicity to mark the anniversary might trigger memories or encourage police in Germany, the UK or Belgium – which she is supposed to have travelled through via rail and sea – to reopen the case. Continue reading... |
| Bob Odenkirk says he had small heart attack but vows ‘I’ll be back soon’ Posted: 30 Jul 2021 03:20 PM PDT US actor, 58. makes first public statement since collapsing on set of Better Call Saul earlier this week Bob Odenkirk, the actor and star of Better Call Saul, said Friday that he "had a small heart attack" but will "be back soon". Related: Nobody review – Bob Odenkirk is a blast in action man mode Continue reading... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:14 AM PDT
Hundreds of thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh were rushing back to major cities on Saturday after the government said export factories could reopen. Factories, offices, transport and shops had been ordered to close from 23 July to 5 August as daily coronavirus infections and deaths hit record levels.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, has said that plans to impose vaccine passports for domestic use was "unworkable, expensive and divisive", as he called for the recall of parliament to debate changes to the NHS app which allows it to be used as proof of vaccine status. Describing the plan as a "Covid ID card", Davey said imposing vaccine passports would "be a real attack on people's freedoms" and a "serious undermining of civil liberties." Because the government told us they weren't going to do this. We've all agreed that for international travel you'll need to have Covid options but domestically, sort of Covid ID cards, the Liberal Democrats have led the campaign against them, we've seen MPs in other parties share our views that this would be a real attack on people's freedoms and particularly hit businesses and young people - it is unworkable, it is expensive and it is divisive. Frankly, this government has given everybody many reasons, time and time again not to trust them. I do not trust Boris Johnson, I do not trust his ministers and we will watch them like hawks, and we will come down on them - that's what we are doing now. They are trying to do this in the recess when parliament isn't sitting - it is a disgrace. Continue reading... |
| Sarah Perry: As an author, I felt useless in the pandemic. So I trained to be a vaccinator Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT Inspired by a desire to be good and help others during the pandemic, novelist Sarah Perry trained to vaccinate people. But what does it mean to be good when there is so much bad faith? Earlier this year – lockdown three: no sign of spring – I travelled to an airport to try to be good. Dogged for months by the sense of my own uselessness, and having wept with relief and accumulated sorrow when the first Covid-19 vaccine was approved, I'd joined an organisation training volunteers to deliver vaccinations, and so arrived at a desolate Stansted shortly after dawn. Here I sat in the basement of a hotel fallen almost out of use, and in the company of a hundred strangers – though alone and masked in a square of carpet marked out with black tape – learned how to treat fainting fits, panic attacks and anaphylactic shock. In our number were a circus performer, a firefighter, a consultant of some kind; and having been starved of unfamiliar faces for so long we were all, I think, happy to be there (putting a woman in the recovery position I apologised for what seemed a shocking intimacy; but she said what a pleasure it was, after all that time, to be touched). Then we attached sponges to our upper arms, and learned how to insert the needle at 45 degrees, stretching the skin to avoid a bleed; how to depress the plunger, and then remove the needle without doing ourselves a mischief. Then, observed by the nurse, who'd hurried out of retirement to train us, we demonstrated our prowess, were awarded a certificate, and went home to await deployment. Related: Sarah Perry: what good are books, in a situation like this? Continue reading... |
| ‘The war has changed’: CDC paper warns Delta variant is far more transmissible Posted: 30 Jul 2021 12:06 PM PDT Rochelle Walensky says 'extreme' measures needed to counter threat of virus that can be spread even by vaccinated people The Delta variant spreads much faster, is more likely to infect the vaccinated, and could potentially trigger more severe illness in the unvaccinated compared with all other known variants, according to an internal report compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The document, a slide presentation prepared by officials within the US's health protection agency first obtained by the Washington Post, warned that the Delta variant is as infectious as chickenpox, and argues that government officials must "acknowledge the war has changed" given how dangerous the variant is. Continue reading... |
| Extroverted, self-centred men less likely to comply with Covid restrictions, study suggests Posted: 30 Jul 2021 01:00 PM PDT Non-compliers more likely to leave home to meet friends, for religious reasons, boredom, or because they want to exercise right to freedom
People who do not comply with Covid-19 pandemic restrictions are mostly male, more extroverted and more likely to put their own self-interests above those of others, suggests a new study of behaviours internationally. University of Sydney researchers assessed behaviours and attitudes towards Covid regulations in 1,575 people in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US between April and May last year, during the first wave of the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Billie Eilish: ‘To always try to look good is such a loss of joy and freedom’ Posted: 30 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT In an exclusive interview, Gen Z's biggest pop star talks about body image, oversharing with fans and what she's missed most since becoming famous Billie Eilish is making me nervous. She has called, as arranged, bang on time – 11pm in Los Angeles – but, she admits, she is not quite ready to speak: "This is a mess, I'm so sorry!" Her pale face and platinum hair loom from her phone screen, surrounded by darkness. Her head is at a funny angle and… oh God, she's driving, her mobile apparently balanced on the car's dashboard. Help! I don't want to inadvertently cause the death of one of the world's most gifted and valuable pop stars; to watch as a generation-defining musician at the top of her game crashes her car. Continue reading... |
| Blind date: ‘He kept name-dropping celebrities he’s worked with’ Posted: 30 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Will, 27, A&E doctor, meets Owen, 26, stage manager What were you hoping for? |
| How Games Workshop grew to become more profitable than Google Posted: 31 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT Tabletop gaming, based on a mix of science fiction and fantasy worlds, has seen sales surge during lockdown It started in a small flat in west London, with three friends selling board games and a fanzine via mail order; now Games Workshop is worth more than Marks & Spencer and Asos and is more profitable than Google. This week the Nottingham-based company, which produces the Warhammer fantasy role-playing brand, announced all of its workers would get a £5,000 bonus after sales and profits surged during the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Decimated by famine, Florida’s manatees face an uncertain future Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT 2021 is already the deadliest year on record for Florida manatees. Scientists and activists are scrambling to avert further disaster On a bright morning in July, a crowd gathered on a boat ramp in St Augustine, Florida, awaiting the arrival of a young male manatee named Gerard. The marshy Matanzas River gently flowed around oyster beds and sawgrass islands as biologists organized their equipment. Nearby about a dozen onlookers paced by the shore, waiting to catch a glimpse of Gerard's return to the wild following weeks of captivity. Earlier in spring, beachgoers discovered Gerard stranded and sunbaked in Palm Coast, about 25 miles south of St Augustine, on the Atlantic Ocean. Samaritans draped wet towels over the feeble marine mammal, keeping him cool and shaded from the subtropical sun, as a rescue team raced to the scene. Gravely thin, Gerard was transported to Jacksonville Zoo, where he spent the next 10 weeks in critical care until he was plump enough to re-enter the wild. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2021 01:00 AM PDT Every month in the UK, hundreds of homes are visited by police officers dropping a bombshell: someone has been viewing images of child abuse. What happens to the families left behind? It was an ordinary summer evening in 2016 for Emma when her ex-husband, Ben, dropped their young children back after a weekend visit at his place. The couple had been divorced for less than a year. Their split had brought with it the usual pain and sadness that comes when a long relationship ends, but things were amicable. He lived nearby in the town they had grown up in and saw the children almost daily.Emma was running a bath for the kids when she heard a knock on the door: "I thought he had forgotten something." Instead, she was confronted by a female police officer, behind whom was her ex-husband, standing by his car, surrounded by plainclothes police. "I immediately thought someone was dead," Emma says. "The policewoman told me to settle the children in front of the TV and before she even had time to tell me what had happened, the senior officer came in, looked me in the eye and said: 'I'm so sorry, life is never going to be the same again. The next few months are going to be hell.' And then they told me they were arresting Ben for accessing indecent images of children. I felt like the world dropped away." Continue reading... |
| Lula 2022? Brazil poised for sensational political comeback Posted: 30 Jul 2021 07:00 AM PDT With former president's political rights restored, polls suggest he would thrash Jair Bolsonaro if he stands for election Anazir Maria de Oliveira has a simple message for the man they call Lula. "Comrade, I want you back," said the 88-year-old union veteran and black activist as she celebrated the return of her "guru" to Brazil's political fray. Continue reading... |
| UK weather: flood warnings as Storm Evert moves eastwards Posted: 30 Jul 2021 06:52 PM PDT Unsettled weather forecast across England and Wales with 'torrential thundery downpours' in the east The Met Office has issued weather and flood warnings as Storm Evert moved eastwards across Britain with thunderstorms forecast for the weekend. Yellow wind warnings are in place for coastal areas in south-east England and East Anglia, and thunderstorm warnings for a swath of England from Nottingham to Norwich and north as far as Hull. Continue reading... |
| Israel blames Iran for attack on tanker that killed Briton and Romanian Posted: 30 Jul 2021 01:27 PM PDT Israeli foreign minister contacts Dominic Raab and says 'Iran is not just an Israeli problem' Israel has blamed Iran for a suspected drone attack on a tanker in the Arabian Sea that killed two crew, including a British national, and has vowed a harsh response. The Liberian flagged Mercer Street, which is linked to an Israeli tycoon, was hit off the coast of Oman late on Thursday in what is thought to have been a swarm attack involving multiple drones. Continue reading... |
| Biden’s political appointments for ambassador posts rile career diplomats Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT Progressives had hoped for fewer Biden allies, more foreign service professionals Joe Biden is sticking to tradition as he slowly fills the vacancies in the ranks of ambassadors across the world, focussing on mixing longtime career diplomatic officials with figures with strong ties to himself and the Democratic party. Among Biden's expected picks is Caroline Kennedy, former US ambassador to Japan, daughter of the former president, and longtime Biden friend, ally and donor, to be ambassador to Australia. He has picked the Los Angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti, who was a prominent Biden surrogate on the presidential campaign trail, to be ambassador to India, despite a relative lack of foreign policy experience. And the president is also widely expected to name the former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel ambassador to Japan. Continue reading... |
| NSW reports 210 cases as protesters a no-show; Queensland announces snap lockdown – as it happened Posted: 31 Jul 2021 12:58 AM PDT New South Wales records 210 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus – two-thirds in people under 40 – as police set up exclusion zone over anti-lockdown protest; Queensland locks down 11 LGAs from 4pm today after six new cases. Follow the latest news
We'll leave it there for today. But before we leave you, here are the main developments of the day.
Tasmania's premier, Peter Gutwein, has been a providing a Covid-19 update this afternoon. The state has closed its borders to south-east Queensland. About 11,000 people who entered the state from Queensland will need to self-isolate. #BREAKING: Anyone who has arrived in Tasmania from south-east Queensland since 17th of July needs to isolate immediately. That's around 11,000 people #covid19tas Continue reading... |
| On China, Covid-19 and being the first woman in the job: Samoa’s first female PM– video Posted: 30 Jul 2021 01:50 PM PDT Samoa's first female prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in her first sit-down interview with foreign media since taking office this week says there was 'a lot of excitement' in the Pacific nation about her election among women and girls . She also opened up about Samoa's relationship with China, saying that while 'of course we know what's happening in the global context' with the US-China tensions Samoa needed to be 'very focused on how we navigate our way through international relations'. Continue reading... |
| 'We went through hell': friends taking food to firemen find road blocked by Turkish wildfire – video Posted: 30 Jul 2021 01:25 PM PDT When restaurant owner Murat Aktan and his friends hit the road to take hot meals to firefighters battling wildfires in the Turkish Mediterranean town of Manavgat on Thursday evening, they had no idea of the ordeal which was awaiting them. After they distributed food to the fire crews, they turned back but found the road ahead of their car blocked by sheets of flame from burning trees and undergrowth. Video filmed by Aktan showed their car almost engulfed by fire as they desperately backed away from the flames and falling embers. The four friends eventually drove to safety and returned home after their ordeal. 'We went through hell,' Aktan told Reuters Continue reading... |
| Submarine robot captures underwater footage of ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars – video Posted: 30 Jul 2021 11:58 AM PDT An ancient Roman ship carrying a cargo load of wine jars, or amphorae, has been found underwater in the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Sicily. The vessel was discovered during an underwater reconnaissance expedition by the island's Regional Agency for Environment Protection. The findings will shed light on Rome's trade activity in the Mediterranean, where the Romans traded spices, wine, olives and other products in north Africa, Spain, France and the Middle East Continue reading... |
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