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- Taliban raise flag over presidential palace on 9/11 anniversary as brother of resistance leader slain
- FBI document holds no evidence Saudi government was involved in 9/11
- Emma Raducanu: British 18-year-old makes tennis history with US Open final win
- ‘The harm to children is irreparable’: Ruth Etzel speaks out ahead of EPA whistleblower hearing
- Norway votes – but is Europe’s biggest oil giant ready to go green?
- Apple still reliant on one core product as it nudges $3tn hurdle
- Top security officials to reinstall Capitol fence ahead of far-right rally
- Facebook office cleaner who led protests at London site fears for his job
- US court to hold pretrial conference in Prince Andrew sexual assault suit
- Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru’s Shining Path, dies aged 86
- Louis Armstrong and the spy: how the CIA used him as a ‘trojan horse’ in Congo
- UK vaccine volunteers to help prepare for next virus at new Pandemic Institute
- Coronavirus live news: England to scrap Covid vaccine passport plans; Sri Lanka faces food shortages
- Is it ethical to travel right now? Experts on flying in the age of Delta
- In hindsight there was no foresight: how Australia bungled its Pfizer Covid deal
- Lashana Lynch, the first female 007: ‘I never had a plan B’
- Kathryn Paige Harden: ‘Studies have found genetic variants that correlate with going further in school’
- Something about my perfect partner isn’t doing it for me…
- Travels with George review: Washington, America’s original sin … and its divided present
- ‘Kids need two things – love and education’: how Ian Wright and Musa Okwonga are inspiring young people through fiction
- New York gossip queen Cindy Adams: ‘My loyalty is to anyone who’ll give me the best quote’
- ‘It’s sad, but we didn’t benefit much’: Otley reacts to Tour de Yorkshire’s end
- Alt-right finds new partners in hate on China’s internet
- Victoria to receive ‘surge’ of Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses as 392 cases recorded – as it happened
- Biden’s hard line on vaccine mandates draws praise and pushback
- Kamala Harris and George W Bush call for unity on 20th anniversary of 9/11 – video
- 9/11 anniversary: bell tolls and then silence as New York marks 20 years since attacks – video
- 9/11 anniversary: Joe Biden calls for unity as US marks 20 years – video
- '9/11 attacks failed to divide us,' says Boris Johnson – video
| Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:17 PM PDT Ceremony marks formal beginning of Taliban rule in Afghanistan following chaotic US withdrawal The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as news emerged that the regime's fighters had killed the brother of the country's former vice-president at a checkpoint in Panjshir province. Rohullah Azizi, the brother of former vice-president and anti-Taliban resistance leader Amrullah Saleh, was travelling in his car on Thursday when he and his driver were shot dead at a Taliban checkpoint, his nephew said on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| FBI document holds no evidence Saudi government was involved in 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:06 PM PDT Newly released file relates to logistical support provided to two of the Saudi hijackers before the 2001 attacks The FBI has released a newly declassified 16-page document related to logistical support provided to two of the Saudi hijackers in the lead-up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The document describes contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the US but offers no evidence the Saudi government was complicit in the plot. The document, released on the 20th anniversary of the attacks, is the first investigative record to be disclosed since President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review of materials that for years have remained out of public view. Continue reading... |
| Emma Raducanu: British 18-year-old makes tennis history with US Open final win Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:57 AM PDT
There are so many basic milestones that Emma Raducanu has not yet recorded in a professional tennis career that only began in full three months ago. She has never been a direct entrant to a grand slam main draw, she is yet to play a tour-level three set match and she has not even won a match at a WTA tour event. Yet sometimes a special player comes along and renders convention irrelevant. After three weeks and one of the most astonishing breakout runs in living memory, Raducanu marked herself as a grand slam champion for ever. She ended the US Open where she started it: fearlessly dominating from inside the baseline as she defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in a match of the highest intensity to win the title without dropping a set. Continue reading... |
| ‘The harm to children is irreparable’: Ruth Etzel speaks out ahead of EPA whistleblower hearing Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:13 PM PDT The former EPA scientist is among five who have come forward alleging that the agency has become deeply corrupted The US Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect children by ignoring poisons in the environment and focusing on corporate interests, according to a top children's health official who will testify this week that the agency tried to silence her because of her insistence on stronger preventions against lead poisoning. "The people of the United States expect the EPA to protect the health of their children, but the EPA is more concerned with protecting the interests of polluting industries," said Ruth Etzel, former director of the EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP). The harm being done to children is "irreparable", she said. Continue reading... |
| Norway votes – but is Europe’s biggest oil giant ready to go green? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:15 AM PDT The Scandinavian country faces a crisis of conscience on the eve of elections Norway goes to the polls on Monday in parliamentary elections that are forcing western Europe's largest oil and gas producer to confront its environmental contradictions. Climate issues have dominated the campaigning since August, when the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its starkest warning yet that global heating is dangerously close to spiralling out of control. Continue reading... |
| Apple still reliant on one core product as it nudges $3tn hurdle Posted: 11 Sep 2021 04:05 PM PDT The iPhone maker may be set to break market records, but it's starting to look more and more like a one-gadget pony If Apple is to become the world's first three-trillion-dollar company, the iPhone will play a key role in that feat. The tech firm unveils the latest iteration of its signature product on Tuesday, and the success of the iPhone 13 will determine how quickly Apple goes from its current market capitalisation of just under $2.5tn (£1.8tn) to $3tn. "We believe Apple is on a trajectory to hit $3tn by early 2022 and the iPhone 13 will be a lynchpin of growth," says Dan Ives of investment firm Wedbush Securities. Continue reading... |
| Top security officials to reinstall Capitol fence ahead of far-right rally Posted: 12 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT
Top security officials in Congress are expected to reinstall fencing around the Capitol and authorize the use of deadly force ahead of a planned rally by far-right Trump supporters next weekend demanding the release of rioters arrested in connection with the 6 January insurrection. Related: How 9/11 led the US to forever wars, eroded rights – and insurrection Continue reading... |
| Facebook office cleaner who led protests at London site fears for his job Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:03 PM PDT Suspended union rep calls on social media giant to intervene after exhausted workers complain of extra workload Facebook's facilities management firm has demanded the removal of a union activist leading a campaign against "impossible workloads" imposed on exhausted cleaners at the US tech giant's London offices. Emails seen by the Observer show JLL @ Facebook, which manages the social media firm's London sites, asked Churchill Group, which employs the cleaners, to remove the workers' elected union rep, Guillermo Camacho, from Facebook's offices after he helped organise protests against a doubling of cleaning duties in July. Continue reading... |
| US court to hold pretrial conference in Prince Andrew sexual assault suit Posted: 11 Sep 2021 11:10 AM PDT Lawyers claiming to represent Duke of York question whether papers were properly served A US court will hold a pretrial conference on Monday in the civil suit filed by a woman who claims Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her, as the two sides argue over whether the prince was properly served with documents in the case. Lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre say the documents were handed over to a Metropolitan police officer on duty at the main gates of Andrew's home in Windsor Great Park on 27 August. Continue reading... |
| Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru’s Shining Path, dies aged 86 Posted: 11 Sep 2021 12:02 PM PDT Founder of Maoist insurgents that terrorised Peru in 1980s and 1990s dies in military prison where he was serving life sentence Abimael Guzmán, the founder and leader of the Shining Path, the Maoist insurgents which terrorised Peru in the 1980s and 1990s, has died in military hospital aged 86, the Peruvian government has said. After nearly 30 years serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison inside a naval base, Guzmán died at 6.40am on Saturday due to "health complications", Peru's prison service confirmed. Continue reading... |
| Louis Armstrong and the spy: how the CIA used him as a ‘trojan horse’ in Congo Posted: 12 Sep 2021 01:45 AM PDT Book reveals how the jazz musician unwittingly became party to secret cold war manoeuvres by the US in Africa It was a memorable evening: Louis Armstrong, his wife and a diplomat from the US embassy were out for dinner in a restaurant in what was still Léopoldville, capital of the newly independent Congo. The trumpeter, singer and band leader, nicknamed Satchmo as a child, was in the middle of a tour of Africa that would stretch over months, organised and sponsored by the State Department in a bid to improve the image of the US in dozens of countries which had just won freedom from colonial regimes. Continue reading... |
| UK vaccine volunteers to help prepare for next virus at new Pandemic Institute Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:06 PM PDT The Liverpool site will work with other international centres to research the threat of emerging disruptive diseases A new scientific institute which aims to prevent future pandemics may have been able to save thousands of lives by accelerating vaccine development had it existed before December 2019, its researchers believe. Liverpool's new Pandemic Institute will include a new human challenge facility, where volunteers will test new vaccines and treatments under controlled conditions. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: England to scrap Covid vaccine passport plans; Sri Lanka faces food shortages Posted: 12 Sep 2021 02:31 AM PDT Latest updates: Follow all our coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic from the UK and around the world
On the subject of PCR tests for travel, Javid said he wanted to get rid of them "as soon as I possibly can". He told Sky News's Trevor Phillips On Sunday: I'm not going to make that decision right now, but I've already asked the officials that the moment we can, let's get rid of these kinds of intrusions. The cost that generates for families, particularly families just trying to go out and holiday, you know we shouldn't be keeping anything like that in place for a second longer than is absolutely necessary.
Javid also said he expects the booster vaccination programme for Covid-19 to start this month. He told Sky News: There is evidence of waning immunity, particularly in older people, more vulnerable people. And we are already taking action on that. So for example just a week ago I announced that those people that are immuno-suppressed that they should get a third jab as part of their primary treatment. That has already started. Continue reading... |
| Is it ethical to travel right now? Experts on flying in the age of Delta Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT Questions to consider before you inflict the 'moral injury' of a risky, nonessential trip A new season is here and, with it, seedlings of holiday escape plans to some sun-drenched beach or snowy mountain ski slope. In view of passenger data from the US and the UK, air travel is on its way toward recovering from the slump of a pre-vaccine Covid-19 pandemic – despite the rise of the Delta variant. But does that mean it's a good idea to buy that plane ticket, even if you're vaccinated? And if you're comfortable assuming some degree of personal risk, is it unethical to do so? Continue reading... |
| In hindsight there was no foresight: how Australia bungled its Pfizer Covid deal Posted: 11 Sep 2021 01:00 PM PDT Missed opportunities, gaps in correspondence and a failure to plan ahead. If this was a vaccine race, did Australia fall at the first hurdle?
On 30 June 2020, Victoria's Covid cases were doubling. Within a week the state would be in its second lockdown. That same day Pfizer wrote to the federal health minister, Greg Hunt, with a clear sense of urgency, wanting to discuss a vaccination deal. Continue reading... |
| Lashana Lynch, the first female 007: ‘I never had a plan B’ Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT Lashana Lynch, star of the new Bond movie, on ninja training, doing her own stunts and why now's the time for an agent who's a 'real woman' Lashana Lynch knew she was on a very short shortlist. She had taped a couple of auditions for Barbara Broccoli, the producer of the James Bond films since 1995. She met and read with Daniel Craig, who would be making his fifth and final appearance in No Time To Die, the 25th 007 adventure, a new release that you may have caught wind of by now. Then, finally, there was the stunt test, overseen by the Bond stunt and armoury teams (yes those are actual departments). Is that like circuit training? "Deeper than that," Lynch replies. "They hand you a bunch of weapons and they teach you a routine for a few seconds or a minute and then you basically have to copy the routine. So it was like, 'OK, grab the gun! Shoot! Get down on your knees! Shoot! Roll on your back! Land on your feet! Shoot! Run, run, run! You've run out of ammo! Throw that away! Assemble this gun! Shoot!' And that was the first out of five routines they taught me." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:30 PM PDT The behaviour geneticist explains how biology could have an influence on academic attainment – and why she takes an anti-eugenics approach Kathryn Paige Harden argues how far we go in formal education – and the huge knock-on effects that has on our income, employment and health – is in part down to our genes. Harden is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she leads a lab using genetic methods to study the roots of social inequality. Her provocative new book is The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality. To even talk about whether there might be a genetic element to educational attainment and social inequality breaks a huge social taboo – particularly on the political left, which is where you say your own sympathies lie. The spectre of eugenics looms large, and no one wants to create a honeypot for racists and classists. To be clear, it is scientifically baseless to make any claims about differences between racial groups, including intelligence, and you are not doing that. But why go here? |
| Something about my perfect partner isn’t doing it for me… Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Love is something you do rather than a thing you fall into, says Philippa Perry The question My partner and I are both 33. We met around two years ago. He is a kind, attractive person, and from the start it felt safe, relaxed and comfortable, but not especially sparky. This is still true. Yet the more we get to know each other, the more some things improve. Unlike some of my previous partners, he is sensitive, intelligent, consistently kind, caring and generous – qualities I really value and, having had many negative experiences of dating in the past, can appreciate. The problem is, there is some part of me that is unsure and I don't know why. I think I'd like someone who initiated more conversation or more adventure. I love and care for him very much. I enjoy his company and feel loved; we have good sex. It all seems to be there, but I want to feel more excited, more thrilled by the relationship. The sense of passion and excitement I had in previous relationships probably came from an unhealthy dynamic, because I never knew where I stood. Continue reading... |
| Travels with George review: Washington, America’s original sin … and its divided present Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:16 PM PDT In what seems a valedictory to his work on the American revolution, Nathaniel Philbrick considers the legacy of the first president – and of slavery "George Washington slept here" used to be a common sign along the eastern seaboard, even giving rise to a film starring Jack Benny. Related: 'America is not a perfect country': David Rubenstein on Trump, Biden and a nation's troubled history Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT The football star, with help from the author, has turned his experiences of triumph over adversity into a novel for pre-teens, Here the friends discuss fathers, racism and the redemptive power of sport Sometimes the detail of a single life story can stop half a nation in its tracks. One such arresting moment was the footballer Ian Wright's extraordinary Desert Island Discs interview with Lauren Laverne in February last year. I had the radio on in the kitchen in the background while I was working to a tight deadline. As soon as Wright started to talk about his childhood, though, I gave up all hope of finishing what I was writing and gave the broadcast my fullest attention. I texted Lisa, my wife, and my daughters to tell them to stop what they were doing and turn it on. By the end, I was crying nearly as much as Wright was. In recent weeks, when I've mentioned to various friends that I was due to talk to Wright for this piece, they have, unprompted, recalled a similar reaction to hearing him as a castaway: a couple of them remembered blubbing and that compulsion to call loved ones to tell them they had to listen too. Continue reading... |
| New York gossip queen Cindy Adams: ‘My loyalty is to anyone who’ll give me the best quote’ Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:30 PM PDT The 91-year-old tabloid columnist, the star of a new Showtime documentary, on Murdoch, Trump – and why New York is the capital of the world Cindy Adams, the long-serving gossip queen of the New York Post, was battling Hurricane Ida in her Manhattan apartment. Her terriers were disturbed, and she was not sleeping. "A glass-enclosed penthouse is not good," she said. "The pounding of the rain. And not just rain, the thunder. I was up all night." Related: The trial of Elizabeth Holmes: perfect for the age of the Instagram influencer | Emma Brockes Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s sad, but we didn’t benefit much’: Otley reacts to Tour de Yorkshire’s end Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:45 AM PDT Shopkeepers in the market town have mixed emotions about the apparent demise of the acclaimed sporting event On Saturday mornings the West Yorkshire market town of Otley is a hive of activity, an increasingly rare example of a thriving high street full of independent shops and cafes which does not seem to need much help attracting visitors. The pretty and historic stone buildings line one of the most popular parts of the Tour de Yorkshire route, one of the country's most popular new sporting events. But next year's event was cancelled last month and does not seem likely to be held again. Continue reading... |
| Alt-right finds new partners in hate on China’s internet Posted: 11 Sep 2021 12:00 PM PDT Populists and nationalists are spreading anti-Muslim, anti-feminist messages – but also backing the Communist party line In the early days of the 2016 US election campaign, Fang Kecheng, a former journalist at the liberal-leaning Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly and then a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, began fact-checking Donald Trump's statements on refugees and Muslims on Chinese social media, hoping to provide additional context to the reporting of the presidential candidate back home in China. But his effort was quickly met with fierce criticism on the Chinese internet. Some accused him of being a "white left" – a popular insult for idealistic, leftwing and western-oriented liberals; others labelled him a "virgin", a "bleeding heart" and a "white lotus" – demeaning phrases that describe do-gooders who care about the underprivileged - as he tried to defend women's rights. Continue reading... |
| Victoria to receive ‘surge’ of Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses as 392 cases recorded – as it happened Posted: 12 Sep 2021 12:11 AM PDT Man in his 20s dies in NSW as state records 1,262 new cases; ACT records 15 new Covid cases. This blog is now closed
That's where I will leave you for today. Here's a wrap of what we learned:
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has taken to twitter to slam the Berejiklian government for calling an end to the 11am daily press conferences. "When I feel like I need to be accountable." |
| Biden’s hard line on vaccine mandates draws praise and pushback Posted: 11 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT Some experts say Biden's move comes at critical moment in pandemic but lawsuits from Republican leaders are also expected Joe Biden's new hard line on vaccine mandates in America has dropped in an already politically fraught environment, where some governors have banned the use of masks in schools even as many experts lament low rates of vaccination and some hospitals are straining under the pressure of the Delta variant of Covid-19. Related: 'Have at it': Joe Biden dares vaccine mandate opponents to take him on Continue reading... |
| Kamala Harris and George W Bush call for unity on 20th anniversary of 9/11 – video Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:29 AM PDT Speaking at the Shanksville memorial ceremony, Kamala Harris called for the US to come together, as passengers and crew of Flight 93 did on 9/11 to fight the hijackers. She was joined by former president George W Bush, who also criticised the divisiveness affecting the US, saying that it turns 'every argument into a clash of cultures'. Continue reading... |
| 9/11 anniversary: bell tolls and then silence as New York marks 20 years since attacks – video Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:47 AM PDT The commemoration to mark 20 years since the attacks began with a tolling bell and a moment of silence at the 9/11 memorial plaza in New York City. President Joe Biden, and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were among the crowd who fell silent to mark the moment the first plane struck. In all there were six moments of silence, marking the times that each tower was struck and the times that each fell, as well as the moment when the Pentagon was attacked and the time that United 93 crashed in Pennsylvania Continue reading... |
| 9/11 anniversary: Joe Biden calls for unity as US marks 20 years – video Posted: 11 Sep 2021 04:39 AM PDT Joe Biden has called for unity as the US remembers the 2,977 people who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. 'We honour all those who risked and gave their lives in the minutes, hours, months and years afterwards,' he said. Biden is due this morning to join families of the victims at three separate locations. But anger at the US president's recent botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is still raw Continue reading... |
| '9/11 attacks failed to divide us,' says Boris Johnson – video Posted: 11 Sep 2021 03:40 AM PDT The 9/11 terrorists failed to undermine the faith of 'free peoples' around the world in open societies, Boris Johnson has said, marking the 20th anniversary of the attacks. 'The fact that we are coming together today – in sorrow but also in faith and resolve – demonstrates the failure of terrorism and the strength of the bonds between us,' Johnson said. A total of 2,977 people were killed in the atrocity, including 67 Britons
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