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- Scholz braves conservative attacks to win second German election debate
- North Korea says it has test fired long-range cruise missile
- Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic’s calendar slam dream in US Open final
- Aung San Suu Kyi unable to appear in court for health reasons
- Evergrande investors face 75% hit as company edges closer to restructure
- Afghan women at university must study in female-only classrooms, Taliban say
- Italy investigates alleged abduction of boy who survived cable car crash
- Beijing ‘to break up Ant’s Alipay’ as tech clampdown continues – business live
- Spanish wildfires drive thousands from homes close to Costa del Sol
- Scientists identify key conditions to set up a creative ‘hot streak’
- Britney Spears engaged to boyfriend Sam Asghari
- Coronavirus live news: UK epidemiologist warns over third wave; Philippines facing ‘learning crisis’, says Unicef
- Auckland to remain in strict lockdown as New Zealand battles mystery Covid cases
- Crisis in Philippines as millions of children face second year of remote schooling
- China moves to contain fresh Covid outbreak in south-east Fujian province
- How we met: ‘It took until I was 48 years old to meet the handsome prince’
- Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good
- Emma Raducanu: US Open winner could become Britain’s first billion-dollar sport star
- What I learned from living five years in a van
- Conflict of interest: why Hollywood failed to honestly address the ‘war on terror’
- ‘I would never spend that much on a kitchen!’: Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud on money, ambition – and expensive mistakes
- Policing bill will deepen racial and gender disparities, say experts
- Our Defeats review – French teenagers reckon with politics past
- Iran agrees deal with UN on monitoring of nuclear programme
- The battle for Mekelle: Ethiopia’s civil war over Tigray goes on – in pictures
- Trump’s White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request
- Colombia’s 12-year-old eco-activist refuses to let death threats dim passion
- Australia takes major step towards reopening international travel with new digital passenger declarations
- UK’s ambition to stamp out neglected tropical diseases gets neglected
- US restaurant workers are getting stiffed. It’s time for employers to pay up | Gene Marks
- Wildfire in south of Spain forces thousands to flee their homes – video
- Pope makes veiled critique of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's anti-migration policies – video
| Scholz braves conservative attacks to win second German election debate Posted: 12 Sep 2021 04:39 PM PDT Centre-left frontrunner Olaf Scholz gets another boost after second of three televised debates between would-be Merkel successors Candidates representing the two parties that have governed Germany in a "grand coalition" for 12 out of the past 16 years tore into each other's record on Sunday night, in a televised election debate that saw centre-left frontrunner Olaf Scholz declared winner despite swipes from his conservative rival. In the second of three televised debates, hosted by Germany's two public broadcasters, conservative candidate Armin Laschet of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) tried to turn his fortunes around by attacking finance minister Scholz of the Social Democratic party (SPD) over his track-record on tackling money laundering and corruption. Continue reading... |
| North Korea says it has test fired long-range cruise missile Posted: 12 Sep 2021 08:03 PM PDT The US said the missiles, which North Korea say flew 1,500km, present 'threats' to the country's neighbours and beyond North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, its state media outlet KCNA said, sparking criticism from the US amid a protracted standoff over denuclearisation. The missiles are "a strategic weapon of great significance" and flew 1,500km (930 miles) before hitting their targets and falling into the country's territorial waters during the tests on Saturday and Sunday, KCNA said. The missiles travelled for 126 minutes along "oval and pattern-8 flight orbits", it reported. Continue reading... |
| Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic’s calendar slam dream in US Open final Posted: 12 Sep 2021 03:33 PM PDT
As Daniil Medvedev stood in the tunnel of Arthur Ashe Stadium before the US Open final, the last man standing in front of Novak Djokovic's historic grand slam attempt, he was asked in his pre-match interview exactly what he learned from losing to Djokovic in the Australian Open final in February. He responded calmly and without hesitation: "Well, I learned that I have to be much better." Over the following two hours he simply was. For the majority of his third major final Medvedev bullied Djokovic from the baseline, he erected a defensive wall on his half of the court and he served as if he was standing from a tree. In the process Medvedev thwarted Djokovic's shot at immortality, outplaying the world No 1 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to win his first major title at the US Open. Continue reading... |
| Aung San Suu Kyi unable to appear in court for health reasons Posted: 13 Sep 2021 12:48 AM PDT Deposed Myanmar leader was experiencing motion sickness and could not take the stand, says lawyer The deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unable to appear at a court hearing for health reasons, a member of her legal team has said, describing her condition as dizziness caused by motion sickness. Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, who has been detained on various charges since her overthrow in a military coup on 1 February, did not have coronavirus but felt ill having not travelled in a vehicle for a long time, Min Min Soe, a lawyer, said. Continue reading... |
| Evergrande investors face 75% hit as company edges closer to restructure Posted: 12 Sep 2021 11:14 PM PDT Analysts say massively indebted China property group likely to be dismantled to avoid triggering market-wide panic The troubled Chinese property group Evergrande has edged closer to a government-engineered restructuring which could see bondholders take huge losses as Beijing's price for saving millions of homeowners from financial ruin. With the likelihood increasing every day that the massively indebted group will be dismantled to avoid triggering a market-wide panic, trade in one of its bonds was suspended in Shanghai on Monday after it plunged 25%. Continue reading... |
| Afghan women at university must study in female-only classrooms, Taliban say Posted: 12 Sep 2021 06:26 AM PDT Islamic dress code will be compulsory as new regime enforces gender segregation in Afghanistan The Taliban have announced that women in Afghanistan will only be allowed to study at university in gender-segregated classrooms and Islamic dress will be compulsory, stoking fears that a gender apartheid will be imposed on the country under the new regime. On Saturday, the Taliban raised their flag over the presidential palace on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, signalling that their work governing the newly formed Islamic emirate had begun. The white banner bearing a Qur'anic verse was hoisted by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the interim Taliban government. Continue reading... |
| Italy investigates alleged abduction of boy who survived cable car crash Posted: 12 Sep 2021 07:45 AM PDT Six year-old Eitan Biran, who is at centre of custody battle, reportedly taken to Israel by grandfather Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation after a six-year-old boy who was the only person to survive a cable car crash in Italy in May was taken by his grandfather to Israel, against the wishes of other members of his family amid a bitter custody battle. Eitan Biran, whose parents and two-year-old brother died in the Stresa-Mottarone aerial tramway crash on 23 May, has been at the centre of a custody battle between relatives in Italy and Israel. Continue reading... |
| Beijing ‘to break up Ant’s Alipay’ as tech clampdown continues – business live Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:10 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
The trade barriers that made the import of Marks & Spencer's Percy Pig sweets one of the first casualties of Brexit has added an extra £600m in costs to British importers since January, it has emerged. Customs duties paid by UK businesses shot up from £1.6bn in the first half last year to a record £2.2bn in the same period this year, according to an analysis of HMRC data. Related: Brexit trade barriers added £600m in costs to UK importers this year
Despite the ongoing pandemic, transport operator FirstGroup has reassured investors that trading this year is in line with forecasts (helping push its shares up 3.7%). "While the 'Back to School' and end of summer vibe may be a bit of a downer for some, it will definitely put a smile of the face of transport operator FirstGroup as it looks for bus passenger volumes to creep back towards pre-Covid levels. "The return of schools and universities will be expected to drive up the number of people using the bus and it is reassuring that the company feels able to maintain its full year guidance. Continue reading... |
| Spanish wildfires drive thousands from homes close to Costa del Sol Posted: 12 Sep 2021 09:09 AM PDT Firefighters battle to contain blazes in Andalucía as Spain drafts in military to help People have fled their homes in six more Andalucían towns and villages as Spain sent in a military unit to help tackle wildfires raging close to a Costa del Sol resort. A blaze fanned by strong winds has driven out almost 2,000 people and killed one emergency worker since it began on Wednesday in the mountainous Sierra Bermeja above Estepona, a popular spot with British tourists and retirees. Continue reading... |
| Scientists identify key conditions to set up a creative ‘hot streak’ Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Researchers use AI to reveal runs of artistic success are commonly preceded by an experimental phase Whether it is the director Marta Meszaros, or the artist Jackson Pollock, those in creative careers often experience a particular burst of success. Now researchers have used artificial intelligence to reveal such "hot streaks" are commonly preceded by an experimental phase followed by a focus on one particular approach once the winning period has begun. Continue reading... |
| Britney Spears engaged to boyfriend Sam Asghari Posted: 12 Sep 2021 06:04 PM PDT Singer posts video of sparkling ring, days after father filed to end the conservatorship that controls her life Britney Spears has announced her engagement to her boyfriend Sam Asghari with an exuberant post displaying a diamond ring engraved with the word "lioness". She wrote "I can't fucking believe it!" with an Instagram video post in which she winks, kisses a smiling Asghari on the cheek and answers "yes!" when he asks if she likes it. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:14 AM PDT Neil Ferguson says UK must boost immunity by vaccinating more teenagers; 80% of parents in Philippines worried their children 'learning less'
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Russia has recorded 719 deaths and 18,178 new cases in the last 24 hours. The country is preparing to go to the polls on 19 September, with early voting in some areas already taking place for the parliamentary election. Continue reading... |
| Auckland to remain in strict lockdown as New Zealand battles mystery Covid cases Posted: 12 Sep 2021 09:58 PM PDT Covid cases are on a downward trajectory but experts are worried by a small number that can't be linked to others New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, will remain under a strict lockdown for at least another week, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, as the country battles to stamp out an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. The country reported 54 new cases of Covid-19 over the weekend, and 33 new cases on Monday – a slight rise from last week's average. There have now been a total of 955 cases in the outbreak. While its overall trajectory is still moving well down from its peak, officials are concerned about a number of mystery cases that investigators and contact tracers have not yet been able to link with others. Continue reading... |
| Crisis in Philippines as millions of children face second year of remote schooling Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:07 PM PDT Frustration mounts as Rodrigo Duterte rejects a pilot reopening of schools for fear children could pass coronavirus to elderly relatives Classrooms in the Philippines were silent on Monday as millions of schoolchildren hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational "crisis". While nearly every country in the world has partially or fully reopened schools to in-person classes, the Philippines has kept them closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN says. Continue reading... |
| China moves to contain fresh Covid outbreak in south-east Fujian province Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:47 PM PDT China has largely stopped the spread of the virus through strict measures including lockdowns and mass testing China is pushing to contain a coronavirus outbreak in the south-eastern Fujian province with measures including mass testing, suspended transport services and closures of bars and cinemas. There were at least 85 cases recorded in Fujian province as of Monday. That figure includes symptomatic and asymptomatic cases, which Chinese authorities count separately. Continue reading... |
| How we met: ‘It took until I was 48 years old to meet the handsome prince’ Posted: 12 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Cathy, 56 and Maurizio, 58, became close after she hired him as a massage therapist in 2014. They now live together at their home in Welling, Kent After splitting up from her partner at the age of 35, Cathy didn't feel as if she would find love again. "I developed lymphedema around the same time, which made my leg balloon," she says. "My relationship had failed and I could hardly move because of my condition. I didn't feel like anyone would find me attractive. It felt like my life was over." Over the next few years she focused on her health and wellbeing. "I became interested in different types of therapies and took a training course in lymph drainage massage," she says. Although she dabbled in dating, she never met anyone suitable. In April 2014, a friend introduced her to an Italian massage therapist called Maurizio. After training in Auroville, an experimental community in Tamil Nadu, south India, he had come to London to start his practice. "I'd fallen in love with England in the 70s when I first visited," he says. "I came here to promote my work because I enjoyed the lifestyle so much." Continue reading... |
| Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Women have long been taught to be ashamed of their vulvas, with increasing numbers turning to cosmetic surgery in pursuit of genital 'perfection'. But a new generation is fighting back When Florence Schechter opened the Vagina Museum – the world's first museum dedicated to gynaecological anatomy – in London in 2019, it was partly a response to a dramatic rise in labiaplasty surgery. Instances of such surgery more than doubled in the first decade of this century, then carried on climbing. Zoe Williams, the spokesperson for the museum (who shares my name), says part of the problem is that most women have not seen other vulvas. "Quite a lot of people have never even seen their own, so it's hard to have a concept of what's normal. Certainly, throughout art history, the pictures of nude women very seldom had any protruding labia; you just had a neat little cleft." Labiaplasty is surgery to alter the appearance of the vulva – generally by trying to reduce the size of the labia minora, the inner genital lips, so that they don't hang below the labia majora, the outer ones. The reasons for such surgery are not solely cosmetic – they could be related to childbirth, or chafing during sport – yet the rise is staggering. The number of labiaplasty surgeries in 2016 was up 45% on 2015 – the biggest growth of any cosmetic surgery procedure, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Continue reading... |
| Emma Raducanu: US Open winner could become Britain’s first billion-dollar sport star Posted: 12 Sep 2021 11:40 PM PDT PR experts agree the champion is a marketer's dream – with strongly engaged online fans and talent and charisma to burn Most fledging British stars spend years trying to crack America. Emma Raducanu did it in three giddy weeks. And such was the skill and breathtaking scale of her first grand slam victory – which ended with her blitzing an ace before collapsing to the floor and rubbing her eyes, as if to make sure she was not in some impossible dream – it felt entirely natural to immediately speculate where it ranked in the pantheon of the nation's great sporting triumphs. High, for sure. Perhaps even highest of all. Certainly for an individual. Continue reading... |
| What I learned from living five years in a van Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT I was kicked out of corporate America after the economic crisis – but I learned to find joy and meaning in a life on the road "Happy birthday," my boyfriend said, sheepishly handing me a brown paper sack. We were standing in "the kitchen" of our van, meaning in front of the mini-fridge and tiny stove situated between the platform bed and the two captain's chairs. Continue reading... |
| Conflict of interest: why Hollywood failed to honestly address the ‘war on terror’ Posted: 13 Sep 2021 01:00 AM PDT Twenty years on, cinema is littered with failed attempts at helping people understand the aftermath of 9/11, from American Sniper to W In November 2001, George W Bush's White House met studio bosses to discuss how the entertainment industry could help in the "war on terror". Twenty years on, Hollywood's role in portraying the conflict remains unclear. Cinema ought to have been central to how we perceived the aftermath of 9/11 but, in retrospect, the bad films outweigh the good. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT For more than 20 years the designer and presenter has shown viewers what it really costs to build a dream home. He talks about the frayed emotions, failure and why the UK needs radical land reform The first couple of episodes of the current series of Grand Designs have already aired, but – as if it was itself an over-running building project – Kevin McCloud is still filming. When we speak over Zoom, from the small studio he set up "in a cupboard", he has only just got home from filming; and as soon as we finish, he will be recording a line or two of his famously lyrical thoughts for an episode that goes out this week. It sounds stressful and I feel every bit as on edge as I do watching one of his couples race to finish a house before the weather closes in, or the woman gives birth, or the money runs out, but McCloud looks relaxed. He has, after all, been doing this for more than 20 years. The current series of Grand Designs is the 22nd. McCloud says he is always coming up with new reasons for its popularity. "The oldest explanation is I think it's the last great big adventure that we can all go on and, therefore, we all connect to the idea of that," he says, of the huge task that is building a house. "Also, we connect to the idea of home, because the notion of home is not simply a concept, it's a place of psychological dependency." Watching someone else create a home "strikes at something very primal within us", he reasons. The characters are fascinating, of course – how do they have so much money? Why does this man (it's almost always a man) think it's a good idea to turn a nuclear power station or a sewage plant into a family home? And there is something deeply satisfying in the end result – an imposition of order on a quagmire of a building site, overcoming supply issues and dwindling funds. Finally, despite McCloud's scepticism early on in the episode and the occasional barbed comment, his climactic monologue will be celebratory. At the very least, he will find something to praise. It is not a cynical show. Continue reading... |
| Policing bill will deepen racial and gender disparities, say experts Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:01 PM PDT More than 600 health, social work and education professionals write to home secretary over 'oppressive' bill A new policing bill that will be debated this week risks deepening racial and gender disparities in the justice system while forcing professionals to betray the trust of vulnerable people, hundreds of experts and a report have warned. In a letter to the home secretary, 665 GPs, nurses, social, youth and outreach workers and teachers have warned that the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill is "oppressive" and would force frontline professionals to betray the trust of vulnerable people and become complicit in surveillance, ahead of a debate in the House of Lords this week. Continue reading... |
| Our Defeats review – French teenagers reckon with politics past Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Jean-Gabriel Périot's slow-burn doc asks current students to re-enact films from a different political era and share their thoughts Filmed in collaboration with students from Ivry-sur-Seine on the edge of Paris, Our Defeats is a snapshot of their feelings about 21st-century society and commitment, or lack of it, to political change. But it conducts this litmus test with a twist: having them first stage scenes from films, including largely soixante-huitard-flavoured ones by Jean-Luc Godard and Chris Marker, featuring disenchanted workers, fulminating strikers and revolutionary manifestos. And then – comprehension exercise-style – it asks the actors what they think of the ideas expressed in each. Confronted with teenagers struggling to define "trade union" or "revolution", initially it feels like juxtaposing them with such fervent material is a passive-aggressive move on the part of director Jean-Gabriel Périot. There is indeed a striking gap between the often highly charged and persuasive performances they give, and the embarrassed bemusement with which many engage with Périot's questions. But these rec-room Brechtian tactics seem to have a double purpose: to highlight the theatre inherent in all forms of politics while also to suggest that only by leaping between watcher and actor, and actively grappling with the concepts batted about, do they actually start to have any meaning. Continue reading... |
| Iran agrees deal with UN on monitoring of nuclear programme Posted: 12 Sep 2021 05:59 AM PDT Talks aim to revitalise stalled inspections process and could ease path towards lifting of US sanctions Iran has agreed to allow UN nuclear inspectors to install new memory cards into its cameras monitoring the country's controversial nuclear programme in a move that could keep the inspection process on life support, and even ease a path towards a lifting of US sanctions. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, struck the deal in Tehran on Sunday after two hours of talks and will report to the IAEA's board meeting on Monday. Continue reading... |
| The battle for Mekelle: Ethiopia’s civil war over Tigray goes on – in pictures Posted: 12 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT An estimated 2.2 million people have been forced from their homes and thousands have been killed in the civil war that broke out in Ethiopia last November when government troops entered Mekelle, capital of the Tigray region. Witnessed by photographer Sergio Ramazzotti, the city was retaken by the Tigray Defence Forces in June, but peace in the region seems a long way off
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| Trump’s White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT House select committee investigating 6 January wants telecom and social media companies to preserve records on Mark Meadows The House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol has instructed telecom and social media companies last week to preserve records of Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, according to a source familiar with the matter. The move positions the select committee on the doorstep of the Oval Office as it pursues a far-reaching inquiry into whether Trump and his White House helped plan or had advance knowledge of the insurrection perpetrated by the former president's supporters. Continue reading... |
| Colombia’s 12-year-old eco-activist refuses to let death threats dim passion Posted: 13 Sep 2021 12:13 AM PDT Nine months after Francisco Vera was targeted on social media, no arrests have been made. But he continues to campaign for the wildlife he loves Ever since someone threatened to kill her 12-year-old son, Ana Maria Manzanares says life has felt like Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. In January, Francisco Vera was sent anonymous death threats on Twitter after the young environmentalist called for better access to education for children during the Covid-19 pandemic. The news caused outrage in Colombia and made headlines around the world. President Iván Duque pledged to find the "bandits" that sent the message. Nine months later, nobody has been arrested. But the fear and anxiety have not gone away. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:11 AM PDT Tourism minister Dan Tehan says the system will allow Australians to use MyGov to upload proof of vaccination to a QR code linked to their passport The Morrison government has taken a major step towards establishing a vaccine passport for international travel, awarding a contract to international IT company Accenture for new digital passenger declarations. The declarations will replace incoming passenger cards and Covid-19 travel declarations, capturing information including vaccination status to facilitate international travel at scale into Australia. Continue reading... |
| UK’s ambition to stamp out neglected tropical diseases gets neglected Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:29 PM PDT £200m project to tackle avoidable blindness and disfigurement in Africa is axed with cut to aid budget A chandelier sparkling in the background, the grandeur of Downing Street gleaming behind him, Boris Johnson looks into the camera and speaks with solemnity. He is marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, he says, to raise awareness of these "terrible afflictions … which impose an immense burden of suffering in developing countries". Huge progress has been made, he says, in the fight against the diseases, not least as a result of British aid to some of the poorest parts of the world. But there is more – much more – to be done: more than a billion people are still at risk, he warns, and that is why the UK "fully supports" the World Health Organization's big elimination push over the next decade. Continue reading... |
| US restaurant workers are getting stiffed. It’s time for employers to pay up | Gene Marks Posted: 12 Sep 2021 04:00 AM PDT The tipped wage scale allows restaurants to pay workers less than the legal minimum wage. Some unscrupulous owners nevertheless try to get away with paying even less This may come as a shock to some but there's a different minimum wage for restaurant employees than for workers in most other industries. In Pennsylvania, for example, that minimum wage is just $2.83 an hour. Every statein the US has these "tipped wages". According to minimumwage.org, the tipped wage is as little as $2.13 an hour in 19 states and as high as $10 in New York. Continue reading... |
| Wildfire in south of Spain forces thousands to flee their homes – video Posted: 12 Sep 2021 06:39 PM PDT People have been forced to flee their homes across many Andalucían towns and villages as fire crews in Spain worked to contain wildfire blazes. A military unit has been sent in to help tackle the fires raging close to a Costa del Sol resort. Evacuees, some elderly, took shelter in a sports centre in the nearby town of Ronda, as volunteers brought in bottled water and supplies. Regional environment chief Carmen Crespo said the blaze appeared to have been started deliberately and investigators were working to uncover more details. Continue reading... |
| Pope makes veiled critique of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's anti-migration policies – video Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:17 AM PDT In his first international trip since undergoing intestinal surgery in July, Pope Francis urged Hungary to 'extend its arms towards everyone'. His stance on immigration and refugees stands in stark contrast to Viktor Orbán, who was in in the front row as the pontiff spoke Continue reading... |
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