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- German police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for Russia
- Taliban fighters capture Afghan city at strategic junction north of Kabul
- ‘Like I wasn’t a person’: Ethiopian forces accused of systematic rape in Tigray
- Prince Andrew cannot ignore US court case, says accuser’s lawyer
- Michael Spavor trial: China court sentences Canadian to 11 years for spying
- Walter Yetnikoff, label exec who championed Michael Jackson, dies aged 87
- Thailand forced by court to rescind ‘public fear’ order
- Biden hails Senate passage of giant $1tn bipartisan infrastructure bill
- UK could allow animal tests for cosmetic ingredients for first time since 1998
- China to ban karaoke songs with ‘illegal content’ that endangers national unity
- Coronavirus live news: Russia reports record 799 deaths; Thailand set for nasal spray vaccine trial
- Facebook shuts accounts in anti-vaccine influencer campaign
- Nurse in Germany suspected of replacing Covid vaccines with saline solution
- Heathrow reports busiest month since March 2020 as travel recovery begins – business live
- ‘I don’t intend to let my son down twice’: the bereaved father trying to end suicide
- A moment that changed me: I met my soulmate at Istanbul airport security
- Why is Virginia Giuffre suing Prince Andrew and what could happen next?
- Peaceophobia: Muslim men who love their modified motors
- Elegantly wasted: has lockdown made booze dangerously aspirational?
- ‘Please pray for me’: female reporter being hunted by the Taliban tells her story
- Chinese media in fake news claims over Swiss scientist critical of US
- Wildfires in Algeria leave more than 40 dead including soldiers – video
- Vanishing point: inside the 13 August Guardian Weekly
- Oregon declares state of emergency as another ‘extreme heatwave’ looms
- New Order review – a brutally unforgiving attack on Mexico’s super-rich
- Australia Covid live news update: NSW reports 344 cases, two deaths; Dubbo lockdown; Victoria extends Melbourne lockdown
- Princess Latifa campaigners disband after cousin says she is ‘happy and well’
- Canada: pressure on Catholic church to compensate victims of residential schools abuses
- Black bear captured after visiting California supermarket – video
- Australia urged to help Afghan allies under threat from Taliban – video
- Andrew Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment allegations – video
- Drone footage shows devastating aftermath of wildfires – video
| German police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for Russia Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:51 AM PDT Employee at British embassy in Berlin suspected of passing on documents in exchange for cash German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The German prosecutors said in a statement that the apartment and workplace of the man, identified only as David S, had been searched and he would be brought before an investigating judge later on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Taliban fighters capture Afghan city at strategic junction north of Kabul Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:09 PM PDT Officials in Pul-e-Khumri say government forces abandoned compounds during heavy fighting, as Biden says Afghans must fight for themselves The Taliban have captured the key Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, 140 miles north of the capital Kabul, giving the insurgents control of a strategic road junction linking Kabul to the north and west, according to insurgents and local officials. Two officials in the city told the Guardian it fell to Taliban after heavy fighting on Tuesday, with officials and security forces abandoning their compounds. Continue reading... |
| ‘Like I wasn’t a person’: Ethiopian forces accused of systematic rape in Tigray Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:01 PM PDT Mutilation, slavery and torture of women and girls detailed in accounts published by Amnesty, in what organisation says could amount to war crimes
Ethiopian government forces have been systematically raping and abusing hundreds of women and girls in the current conflict in Tigray, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Adding to a growing body of evidence that rape is being used as a weapon of war in the northern region of Ethiopia, Amnesty's research offers a snapshot of the extent of the crimes in an area where communications with the outside world have been deliberately restricted by federal authorities. Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew cannot ignore US court case, says accuser’s lawyer Posted: 11 Aug 2021 12:53 AM PDT Virginia Giuffre's lawyer says it 'would be very ill-advised for Prince Andrew to ignore judicial process' Prince Andrew cannot hide behind his wealth and power from allegations he sexually abused a child, a lawyer for his accuser has said, warning the duke that he risks a "default judgment" if he ignores the civil case brought against him in the US. David Boies, representing Virginia Giuffre, has said he and his client have tried everything they can to resolve the matter after alleging that the Duke of York had sex with her while she was 17 – knowing she had been trafficked by his former friend, the disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading... |
| Michael Spavor trial: China court sentences Canadian to 11 years for spying Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:18 PM PDT Justin Trudeau says ruling is 'absolutely unacceptable' as tensions grow between countries over fate of arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Canada Justin Trudeau has condemned as "absolutely unacceptable and unjust" China's jailing of Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor for 11 years on charges of spying. Canada's prime minister said: "The verdict for Mr Spavor comes after more than two-and-a-half years of arbitrary detention, a lack of transparency in the legal process, and a trial that did not satisfy even the minimum standards required by international law." Continue reading... |
| Walter Yetnikoff, label exec who championed Michael Jackson, dies aged 87 Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:26 AM PDT Ex-president of CBS Records had hits with Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Pink Floyd and more Walter Yetnikoff, the record label executive who championed the career of Michael Jackson and others, has died aged 87 due to bladder cancer. As president of CBS Records, Yetnikoff oversaw hits such as Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Barbra Streisand's Guilty – her biggest-selling album – and "Weird Al" Yankovic's phenomenally successful comedy records. Continue reading... |
| Thailand forced by court to rescind ‘public fear’ order Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:42 AM PDT Government had been accused of trying to silence critics amid protests over its handling of pandemic The Thai government has been forced by a court injunction to rescind an order banning news that "causes public fear", as it faces growing protests over its handling of the Covid pandemic. The government, which had sought to restrict news that causes public fear, even if it is true, had been accused by journalists and human rights groups of trying to prevent negative reporting and silence critics. The civil court issued an injunction against the regulation last week and it was revoked on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Biden hails Senate passage of giant $1tn bipartisan infrastructure bill Posted: 10 Aug 2021 05:22 PM PDT
The US Senate passed a giant new bipartisan infrastructure bill on Tuesday, with 19 Republicans joining the entire Democratic caucus in helping to get the bill over the finish line. Related: Senate Democrats poised for voting rights push to counter Republican restrictions Continue reading... |
| UK could allow animal tests for cosmetic ingredients for first time since 1998 Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT Exclusive: campaigners say aligning with EU ruling on chemical testing will 'blow a hole' in UK leadership on cruelty-free cosmetics Ministers have opened the door to expanding the use of animal testing to ingredients used in cosmetic products for the first time in 23 years, an animal welfare charity has said. Cruelty Free International (CFI) said animal testing on ingredients exclusively used in cosmetics – which was banned in the UK in 1998 – could be required, after being told by the Home Office that the government had "reconsidered its policy." Continue reading... |
| China to ban karaoke songs with ‘illegal content’ that endangers national unity Posted: 10 Aug 2021 07:19 PM PDT China's nearly 50,000 venues will be encouraged to provide 'healthy' songs rather than those threatening territorial integrity or religious policies China will establish a blacklist of karaoke songs to ban those containing "illegal content" from karaoke venues across the country starting from 1 October, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The ministry said banned content would include that which endangers national unity, sovereignty or territorial integrity, violates state religious policies by propagating cults or superstitions, or which encourages illegal activities such as gambling and drugs. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Russia reports record 799 deaths; Thailand set for nasal spray vaccine trial Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:53 AM PDT Russia reports record-breaking daily deaths for fourth time in a month; two jabs being developed in Thailand to be trialled from end of year
Workers returning to offices in the UK are struggling to cope with noise, according to a new study. Research by the Institute of Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, which spoke to 2,000 adults, were frustrated by the return to office life - including by background noise and inadequate video conferencing facilities. We are now at a tipping point, where the majority of us have had the chance to sample working from the office once again. For far too many this has been a disappointing and frustrating experience. Employers must invest to allow workplaces to reflect new working realities, or risk a calamitous decline in productivity.
Russia reported 799 Covid deaths on Wednesday - hitting an all-time high for the fourth time in the last month. Meanwhile, there were 21,571 new coronavirus cases, which are gradually declining after peaking last month, reports Reuters. Continue reading... |
| Facebook shuts accounts in anti-vaccine influencer campaign Posted: 11 Aug 2021 12:58 AM PDT Russia-based marketing firm sought to pay social media influencers to smear Covid vaccines Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a mysterious advertising agency operating from Russia that sought to pay social media influencers to smear Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca. A network of 65 Facebook accounts and 243 Instagram accounts was traced back to Fazze, an advertising and marketing firm working on behalf of an unknown client. The network used fake accounts to spread misleading claims that disparaged the safety of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines. One claimed AstraZeneca's shot would turn a person into a chimpanzee. The accounts targeted audiences in India, Latin America and, to a lesser extent, the US, using several social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram. Continue reading... |
| Nurse in Germany suspected of replacing Covid vaccines with saline solution Posted: 10 Aug 2021 05:12 PM PDT Authorities say about 8,600 people may have been affected Authorities in northern Germany have appealed to thousands of people to get another shot of Covid vaccine after a police investigation found that a Red Cross nurse may have injected them with a saline solution. The nurse is suspected of injecting salt solution into people's arms instead of genuine doses at a vaccination centre in Friesland – a rural district near the North Sea coast – in the early spring. Continue reading... |
| Heathrow reports busiest month since March 2020 as travel recovery begins – business live Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:30 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Cybersecurity company Avast are the top riser on the FTSE 100, up 3.3%, after the Prague-based firm agreed to be taken over by US rival NortonLifeLock last night. Related: How remote work opened the floodgates to ransomware At a time when global cyber threats are growing, yet cyber safety penetration remains very low, together with NortonLifeLock, we will be able to accelerate our shared vision of providing holistic cyber protection for consumers around the globe.
In the City, the FTSE 100 index has hit its highest level in eight weeks this morning. The blue-chip stock index is has gained 28 points to 7189, up 0.4% today. There is a lot of optimism among investors and traders as the Senate passed the highly anticipated infrastructure bill worth $1 trillion. Related: Biden predicts 'infrastructure decade' as Senate passes bipartisan bill – as it happened Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t intend to let my son down twice’: the bereaved father trying to end suicide Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT When 18-year-old Edward Mallen killed himself, his father blamed the NHS, society – and himself. He founded the Zero Suicide Alliance to try to make such deaths a thing of the past Not long before Christmas in 2014, Steve Mallen began to worry about the eldest of his three children. Edward, who had just turned 18, was good at everything. A gifted pianist, a talented sportsman and a nurturing big brother, he had secured a place at the University of Cambridge. Then Edward stopped playing the piano. He became withdrawn and began to eat less and lose sleep. On 22 January 2015, he went to see the family's GP, near their home in a village outside Cambridge. He revealed that he had suicidal feelings and had begun to self-harm, something he felt too ashamed to share at home. He had no known history of mental health problems. Continue reading... |
| A moment that changed me: I met my soulmate at Istanbul airport security Posted: 10 Aug 2021 11:00 PM PDT As a recently divorced British Asian Muslim, I didn't expect anyone to understand my mix of culture, faith and life experiences. But the woman who became my best friend saw past my aloof exterior "I was going to take out the wire from my bra and hand it to her!" whispers an annoyed voice from behind me. I turn to see who it is, and in that moment, my life changes. I am at Istanbul airport. It's 2004, a few years after 9/11, and there is still heightened security around air travel. Continue reading... |
| Why is Virginia Giuffre suing Prince Andrew and what could happen next? Posted: 10 Aug 2021 09:28 AM PDT As the alleged victim of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein files a lawsuit in New York, how will taking the action in the US affect the case? On Monday, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in federal court in New York. What has prompted her to take action now, and what may happen next? Continue reading... |
| Peaceophobia: Muslim men who love their modified motors Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT Mistaken for drug dealers? Monitored by police? A new play staged in a Bradford car park weaves stories of everyday racism, faith and petrolheads "I don't go out, I don't really go clubbing, I don't drink, I don't do none of that," says Sohail Hussain, who is explaining how all encompassing his hobby is. "All my money goes on cars – for me it's an investment." Hussain is one of three actors starring in Peaceophobia, a piece from collaborative theatre company Common Wealth that interweaves stories about Islam, faith and modified car culture. Set in a car park in Bradford, the three drivers – Casper Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Yunis and Hussain – chat pistons and prayer over the constant hum of engine noise and tension. Continue reading... |
| Elegantly wasted: has lockdown made booze dangerously aspirational? Posted: 10 Aug 2021 02:00 AM PDT Drinking at home was once a guilty pleasure. Now everyone from bored homeworkers to professional influencers is swapping cocktail recipes and photos of colourful aperitifs. Is gin o'clock turning into unhappy hour? The shadow of a palm frond falls on a young woman in a bikini, holding an emerald-coloured cocktail in one manicured hand. A negroni glows from the depths of a darkened bar; a tray of fruit-laden glasses sits beside a swimming pool. The #cocktail hashtag on Instagram is a passport to a magical land of aspirational drinking, where everything comes garnished with rose petals and nobody ever seems to get hangovers. Its inhabitants are a mix of amateur enthusiasts reviewing their latest discoveries, and professional "ginfluencers" making a living from creating lusciously photographed cocktail recipes or sponsored posts promoting this rhubarb gin or that new tequila. Colourful drinks are popular, says Inka Kukkamäki, a full-time drinks influencer whose @onthesauceagain account has 21,000 Instagram followers. "Something a bit interesting and unusual, or just something simple like a negroni – any kind of negroni twist becomes popular. The Italian aperitivo culture has really spread into the UK in the last year." Continue reading... |
| ‘Please pray for me’: female reporter being hunted by the Taliban tells her story Posted: 10 Aug 2021 06:22 AM PDT A young female journalist describes the panic and fear of being forced into hiding as cities across Afghanistan fall Two days ago I had to flee my home and life in the north of Afghanistan after the Taliban took my city. I am still on the run and there is no safe place for me to go. Last week I was a news journalist. Today I can't write under my own name or say where I am from or where I am. My whole life has been obliterated in just a few days. Continue reading... |
| Chinese media in fake news claims over Swiss scientist critical of US Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:52 AM PDT State media quietly erases articles on biologist Wilson Edwards after Switzerland says he does not exist Chinese state media articles quoting a Swiss biologist accusing the US of politicising Covid origin investigations have been quietly deleted, after the Swiss government said no such person exists. On 24 July, a Facebook post by an account named Wilson Edwards claimed to have witnessed or learned of US efforts to politicise the World Health Organization's Covid-19 investigations from within. Continue reading... |
| Wildfires in Algeria leave more than 40 dead including soldiers – video Posted: 10 Aug 2021 11:47 PM PDT More than 40 people have died as wildfires sweep through parts of Algeria. Dozens of fires have hit the Kabyle region 60 miles (100km) east of Algiers with remote villages and limited access to water complicating efforts to contain the blazes. The death toll includes 25 soldiers who were killed as they worked to rescue people in Bejaiea and Tizi Ouzou Continue reading... |
| Vanishing point: inside the 13 August Guardian Weekly Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:00 AM PDT Life and death on the Atlantic migrant route. Plus, is it too late to halt global heating? When we think of Europe's migrant crisis, much of our attention understandably focuses on Mediterranean sea crossings from North Africa. But the Guardian Weekly's big story this week casts light on another deadly route, from Africa's western coast to the Spanish Atlantic territory of the Canary Islands. While official death rates are comparatively low, concerns are growing that undocumented fatalities on this extremely dangerous crossing could be many times higher. Sam Jones reports from Gran Canaria. As extreme weather-fuelled wildfires continued to blaze in several parts of the world this week, a major new report from hundreds of top scientists laid bare the severe extent of our damage to the Earth's climate and the disaster looming if the slim chance to avert global heating above 1.5C is not grasped. Environment editor Damian Carrington analyses what the IPCC report means, while on our Opinion pages, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, warns starkly that only a complete transformation of our societies can now arrest the warming process. |
| Oregon declares state of emergency as another ‘extreme heatwave’ looms Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:00 AM PDT Pacific north-west prepares for triple-digit temperatures just months after heat resulted in hundreds of deaths in region The Oregon governor declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the region prepared for triple-digit temperatures mere weeks after a deadly heatwave clobbered the Pacific north-west. Kate Brown said: "Oregon is facing yet another extreme heatwave, and it is critical that every level of government has the resources they need to help keep Oregonians safe and healthy." Continue reading... |
| New Order review – a brutally unforgiving attack on Mexico’s super-rich Posted: 11 Aug 2021 02:00 AM PDT Michel Franco leaves no room for sympathy or redemption in this violent, cynical thriller, a vivid warning against the consequences of inequality Michel Franco's film-making has always had an edge of cold steel; here again is his icy stab and lacerating chill. New Order is an ordeal nightmare, imagining a violent uprising against Mexico's super-rich. Connoisseurs of highbrow arthouse shock will note the fact that the film's titles and credits, with the letter E in reverse, show the influence of France's adulte terrible Gaspar Noé. For decades, this has been the kind of provocative cinema that has faced opposition only in the easily ignored (and maybe secretly welcomed) outrage of conservative print media, but Franco has ironically faced his own uprising from online offence culture in Mexico when the trailer's depiction of vengeful darker-skinned revolutionaries was condemned as racist. Franco wound up having to offer an apology after mishandling the response and claiming his film was suffering reverse racism targeted at what he inelegantly called the "whitexican". It was an object lesson in how the "discourse" cannot absorb complexity or nuance. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2021 02:03 AM PDT Victoria extends lockdown by seven days as it records 20 new cases; Dubbo to enter seven-day lockdown as NSW records 344 new cases and two deaths; Cairns to come out of lockdown as Queensland reports four new cases. Follow all the day's news
Here's the NSW Health release on the stay at home order for not just Walgett, but also Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine and Warren: To protect the people of NSW from the evolving Covid-19 outbreak, new restrictions will be introduced for the local government areas of Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett and Warren, effective from 7pm tonight until the beginning of 19 August 2021. Following updated health advice from NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant, stay-at-home orders will apply to all people who live in these areas in Western NSW or have been there on or after 5 August 2021.
In the Senate, independent senator Rex Patrick has moved a motion to hold an inquiry into the spy operation targeting the Timor-Leste cabinet in 2004, during treaty negotiations to carve up the resource-rich Timor Sea. The spy operation came to light after an intelligence officer, Witness K, and his lawyer, Bernard Collaery, helped the Timor-Leste government mount a case against Australia in the international courts. This is a very important issue. It's an important issue to make sure the Australian government has complied with the commands of the parliament in respect of collecting intelligence overseas. We also need to understand how we got into this situation where we'd done such a terrible thing to Timor-Leste. Continue reading... |
| Princess Latifa campaigners disband after cousin says she is ‘happy and well’ Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:05 AM PDT Free Latifa's co-founder, Latifa's cousin Marcus Essabri, was photographed with her in Iceland The organisers of a campaign to free Princess Latifa, who was captured three years ago trying to leave Dubai by her father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, have disbanded it after the latest photograph of the princess out with friends emerged, and her cousin, the campaign's co-founder, confirmed he had seen her looking happy and well. A photo of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum and her cousin, Marcus Essabri, in Iceland along with Sioned Taylor, a British woman who has previously appeared in pictures with Latifa, was posted on Taylor's Instagram account on Monday. Latifa has not yet spoken publicly. Continue reading... |
| Canada: pressure on Catholic church to compensate victims of residential schools abuses Posted: 10 Aug 2021 04:50 AM PDT
The Catholic church in Canada has come under growing pressure to compensate victims of the country's residential school system after the scale of its assets were revealed in a string of media investigations. As part of a 2007 agreement, the church agreed to pay C$29m in compensation to survivors, but distributed only a fraction of that figure, citing poor fundraising efforts. Continue reading... |
| Black bear captured after visiting California supermarket – video Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:16 AM PDT A juvenile black bear was filmed on video by stunned shoppers after it wandered into a Los Angeles area supermarket. The bear was spotted inside the Ralphs supermarket in Porter Ranch before it was shooed out. It was later seen outside and was tranquillised and relocated by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Continue reading... |
| Australia urged to help Afghan allies under threat from Taliban – video Posted: 10 Aug 2021 04:53 PM PDT After 20 years on the ground, Australian and allied forces have rapidly exited Afghanistan – ending Australia's longest war. The Taliban has launched a nationwide offensive and violently acquired territory from the Afghan government, leaving local workers who once assisted the Australian defence force fearing for their lives. In this extract from Guardian Australia's Full Story podcast, Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Afghan interpreter Naser Ahmadi about how aiding Australian forces put him and his family in danger, and reporter Ben Doherty explores the situation in Afghanistan and why some Afghan workers have been left behind Continue reading... |
| Andrew Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment allegations – video Posted: 10 Aug 2021 10:06 AM PDT The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, has resigned after an investigation by the state attorney general that found he sexually harassed multiple women, most of whom worked for him, and also retaliated after some made complaints. The Democratic governor had lost the support of the party establishment, with Joe Biden calling on Cuomo to resign and similar demands issued by House speaker Nancy Pelosi
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| Drone footage shows devastating aftermath of wildfires – video Posted: 10 Aug 2021 09:08 AM PDT Devastating wildfires have ravaged large areas in southern Europe as the region endures its most extreme heatwave in three decades. Several people have died in Greece, Turkey and Italy, with many more injured. Huge fires also have been burning across Peru as well as northern Russia, with smoke from forest fires in Siberia reaching the north pole
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