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- ‘Cold war mentality’: China warns US-UK-Australia submarine pact could ‘hurt their own interests’
- Afghanistan: former Chevening scholars accuse UK of abandoning them
- PM continues reshuffle as Nadine Dorries addresses MPs as culture secretary – UK politics live
- SpaceX launches world’s first ‘amateur astronaut’ crew to orbit Earth
- France says it has killed Islamic State leader in Greater Sahara
- Joe Biden has ‘great confidence’ in top general Milley after Trump revelation
- Simone Biles says ‘burdens’ of Nassar abuse remained with her at Olympics
- EU commissioner calls for urgent action against Pegasus spyware
- Man behind world’s biggest source of child abuse imagery is jailed for 27 years
- Home Office hotels for asylum seekers ‘akin to detention centres’ – report
- ‘That fella down under’: Joe Biden forgets Scott Morrison’s name during historic pact announcement
- Covid live news: France suspends unvaccinated health workers; Israel boosters ‘curb serious illness’
- US vaccine mandates induce bad case of rightwing hysteria – that could worsen
- ‘Despicable’: Sydney police stop Muslim mourners from watching funerals from cars
- ‘He saw the panic’: the Afghan men who fell from the US jet
- ‘Now I know love is real!’ The people who gave up on romance – then found it in lockdown
- MJ Rodriguez on Pose and making Emmy history: ‘I want to play anything: trans, cis, superhero, alien’
- Dennis Billups: he helped lead a long, fiery sit-in – and changed disabled lives
- Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain
- I left a dream job to be closer to my autistic twin
- The end of furlough will lay bare Britain’s twin-speed recovery from Covid
- Ryanair plans to carry 225m passengers by 2026 in Covid rebound
- ‘On the right side of history’: ousted Tennessee vaccine official on mandates, myths and muzzles
- Nicki Minaj claim that Covid vaccine can cause impotence dismissed by Trinidad and Tobago
- Queensland MPs vote to legalise voluntary assisted dying
- UK aid cuts make it vital to address anti-black bias in funding | Kennedy Odede
- The Activist: ‘tone-deaf’ new TV show has activists compete to lobby G20 leaders
- Cold war echoes as Aukus alliance focuses on China deterrence
- In Germany’s election, the fate of the EU is at stake | Timothy Garton Ash
- ‘They couldn’t come into our internal waters': Ardern responds to Aukus submarine deal – video
- Watch in full: Biden, Johnson and Morrison announce Aukus and nuclear-powered submarine deal – video
| ‘Cold war mentality’: China warns US-UK-Australia submarine pact could ‘hurt their own interests’ Posted: 16 Sep 2021 01:49 AM PDT Embassy in Washington calls Aukus 'exclusionary' bloc, as France voices anger at scrapping existing $90bn submarine deal with Australia China has told the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their "Cold War" mentality or risk harming their own interests after the three countries unveiled a new defence cooperation pact. The trilateral security partnership, named Aukus, was announced on Thursday by the three nations' leaders via video link, and will include an 18-month plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Continue reading... |
| Afghanistan: former Chevening scholars accuse UK of abandoning them Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Government has prioritised rescue of current scholars but estimated 70 alumni are still in country A group of former Chevening scholars have accused the British government of abandoning them in Afghanistan, where they say their lives are at grave risk from the Taliban. The UK government has prioritised the rescue of 35 current Chevening scholars who were due to embark on their studies in the UK before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, but an estimated 70 former scholars are also thought to still be in the country. Continue reading... |
| PM continues reshuffle as Nadine Dorries addresses MPs as culture secretary – UK politics live Posted: 16 Sep 2021 02:19 AM PDT Latest updates: Boris Johnson expected to continue reshuffling junior ministers as new cabinet begins work
In the Commons John Nicholson, the SNP's culture spokesperson in the Commons, gives Nadine Dorries a less warm welcome, saying that she has a long anti-gay rights record. "Just as well there are no homosexuals in the arts sector," he says sarcastically. This is what Benjamin Cohen from Pink News tweeted about Dorries' record on gay rights yesterday. In 2012, new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries claimed that she had never met a single gay couple who wanted to marry. When @PinkNews published this, thousands of gay couples tried to enlighten her. She voted against same-sex marriage anyway saying it took 'sex out of marriage' pic.twitter.com/eMBldumZkd
In the Commons David Davis, the former Brexit secretary, tells Nadine Dorries that he welcomes her appointment to cabinet, saying it shows "you don't need to be a boring conformist to get on". Continue reading... |
| SpaceX launches world’s first ‘amateur astronaut’ crew to orbit Earth Posted: 15 Sep 2021 05:41 PM PDT Launch marks biggest advancement so far in space tourism as Elon Musk's company conducts first chartered passenger flight SpaceX has launched the world's first crew of "amateur astronauts" on a private flight to circle Earth for three days. Wednesday night's successful launch marked the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. It's the first chartered passenger flight for Elon Musk's space company and the first time a rocket streaked toward orbit with a crew that contained no professional astronauts. Continue reading... |
| France says it has killed Islamic State leader in Greater Sahara Posted: 16 Sep 2021 01:39 AM PDT Emmanuel Macron claims 'another major success' after death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi Emmanuel Macron has said French military forces have killed the leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, claiming "another major success" in the fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel. The French president, who recently moved to reduce French troop deployment in the troubled sub-Saharan region amid broad consensus that the intervention was not achieving its aim, gave no further details in his statement on Wednesday night, though he mentioned French casualties. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden has ‘great confidence’ in top general Milley after Trump revelation Posted: 15 Sep 2021 12:17 PM PDT The chair of the joint chiefs of staff sought to prevent the former president from 'going rogue', according to new Woodward book Joe Biden threw his weight behind the top US military officer on Wednesday, saying he had "great confidence" in the general who, according to a new book, took steps to prevent the outgoing Republican president Donald Trump from "going rogue" and launching a nuclear war or an attack on China. Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, also defended phone calls he made to his Chinese military counterpart in the tumultuous final months of Trump's presidency, signaling that the hitherto secret conversations were in keeping with his duties. Continue reading... |
| Simone Biles says ‘burdens’ of Nassar abuse remained with her at Olympics Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:57 AM PDT
Simone Biles offered emotional testimony on Tuesday at a US senate hearing into the Larry Nassar abuse scandal, an episode that rocked the world of gymnastics and involved some of the most famous young athletes in America. Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, is serving an effective life sentence after abusing dozens of athletes under his care. Biles and other Olympic gold medalists such as Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney are among the survivors of the abuse. On Tuesday, they appeared in front of a senate committee to give searing testimony at the hearing into the FBI's failed 2015 investigation into the case. Continue reading... |
| EU commissioner calls for urgent action against Pegasus spyware Posted: 15 Sep 2021 08:49 AM PDT Didier Reynders condemns hacking of political opponents and journalists and says bloc closely watching Hungary investigation The EU must swiftly legislate to further protect the rights of activists, journalists and politicians following the Pegasus spyware scandal, and the perpetrators of illegal tapping must be prosecuted, the bloc's justice commissioner has told the European parliament. Didier Reynders told MEPs that the European Commission "totally condemned" alleged attempts by national security services to illegally access information on political opponents through their phones. Continue reading... |
| Man behind world’s biggest source of child abuse imagery is jailed for 27 years Posted: 15 Sep 2021 04:43 PM PDT Investigators found what appeared to be more 8.5 million images and videos on dark web servers created by Eric Eoin Marques A man described by US authorities as the world's most prolific purveyor of child sexual abuse images at the time of his arrest in Ireland has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison. Eric Eoin Marques, 36, created and operated computer servers on the dark web that enabled users to anonymously access millions of illegal images and videos, many depicting the rape and torture of infants and toddlers. Law enforcement had never seen many of those images before finding them on Marques' servers, according to prosecutors. Continue reading... |
| Home Office hotels for asylum seekers ‘akin to detention centres’ – report Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Lawyers documented deterioration in health of asylum seekers while staying in accommodation Conditions in hotels used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers during the pandemic are akin to detention centres, according to a report that also says accommodation is often sub-standard and sometimes unsafe. The report, Safe Environment: investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers during the Covid-19 outbreak, explores experiences in hotels and similar accommodation. It was conducted by academics at Edinburgh Napier University in partnership with grassroots organisation Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment. Continue reading... |
| ‘That fella down under’: Joe Biden forgets Scott Morrison’s name during historic pact announcement Posted: 15 Sep 2021 09:14 PM PDT US president calls Australian prime minister 'that fella down under' at press conference for new trilateral security partnership
Scott Morrison has been called many things, but "that fella down under" may be the one that stays with the Australian prime minister the longest. The blunder came as the US president, Joe Biden, announced a trilateral security partnership with Britain and Australia, called Aukus. It will see the US share nuclear technology that will help Australia create a multibillion-dollar fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. Continue reading... |
| Covid live news: France suspends unvaccinated health workers; Israel boosters ‘curb serious illness’ Posted: 16 Sep 2021 02:06 AM PDT Thousands of unvaccinated French health workers suspended without pay; Israel experts say data suggests boosters stem rise in serious cases
Thousands of health workers in France who did not get vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of a deadline this week have been suspended without pay, the health minister has said. "Some 3,000 suspensions were notified yesterday to employees at health centres and clinics who have not yet been vaccinated," Olivier Veran told RTL radio. "Several dozens" had turned in their resignations rather than take vaccines, he added. Continue reading... |
| US vaccine mandates induce bad case of rightwing hysteria – that could worsen Posted: 15 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Joe Biden has been called 'fascist' and 'tyrannical' for his Covid prevention measures but the public appears to be on his side When Joe Biden announced sweeping federal coronavirus vaccine requirements for 100 million Americans, the White House was braced for objections from Republican opponents. But this being 2021, the rightwing backlash has gone way beyond mere political debate into the realm of incendiary language that, analysts fear, could translate into direct and violent action. Continue reading... |
| ‘Despicable’: Sydney police stop Muslim mourners from watching funerals from cars Posted: 15 Sep 2021 07:34 PM PDT NSW police say people were in breach of public health orders as four men arrested at Rookwood cemetery
In Islam, it is essential that the dead are buried as soon as possible. The body is washed, prayed over, taken to the cemetery and buried, with some small prayer or invocation said by the grave. It is usually a quick process, sometimes drawn out by lingering family, but one that can be shortened in times of difficulty, such as in a pandemic. Continue reading... |
| ‘He saw the panic’: the Afghan men who fell from the US jet Posted: 15 Sep 2021 11:30 PM PDT One was a young footballer, another a dentist. Their shocking deaths haunt the families who could not stop their desperate bids to escape When Zaki Anwari scaled the fence of Kabul airport, he was determined to escape. The 17-year-old footballer with the Afghan national youth team had taken a break from studying maths for his exams to accompany his brother as he tried to catch a flight. Zaki had always told his family he was not interested in going abroad, unless he could return to Afghanistan. But the Taliban takeover had changed things. Zaki did not have a passport but, as night fell on Kabul after the Taliban took control of the city, he told his brother Zakir that he wanted to leave. Zakir did his best to talk him out of it, but he would not let go of the idea. Continue reading... |
| ‘Now I know love is real!’ The people who gave up on romance – then found it in lockdown Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Dating apps can be difficult and daunting at the best of times, and many users give up on them entirely. But for some the pandemic was a chance to reassess their priorities, and they were able to forge a much deeper connection When the country first went into lockdown, I – reluctantly – reloaded my dating app. With the world on pause and friends navigating the choppy waters of home schooling, I needed something to pass the time. I had never had much luck with the apps but, this time, I connected with Bart, a Dutch PR manager who lived in Windsor. To begin with, I assumed our conversation would follow the same pattern as most of my chats on the apps – last a few days, then fizzle out. To my surprise, this time was different. Instead of ending in the great bin-fire of Hinge matches lost, a friendship grew. We began to have regular Zoom cinema nights – watching the same film online and chatting about it afterwards. As we got to know each other, I began to notice how kind and thoughtful he was, and I appreciated his interest in my life. Slowly I found myself opening up, something that had not happened for years. Before the world turned upside down, I was happy with my single life. I have never wanted children, and spent my time with friends, occasionally dipping my toes into the murky pool of online dating. The process was always the same. Dates lasted an hour or two, before I would slink off home to catch up on Love Island. Every few years I would find that elusive spark but it was always with a charismatic, gym-honed banker who would allude to a string of heartbroken ex-girlfriends and send me aubergine emojis at 3am. I knew this penchant for unavailable men was unhealthy, but despite my efforts, I somehow never managed – or bothered – to break the cycle. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Her huge-hearted portrayal of Blanca has made Rodriguez the first trans performer to be up for a leading actress Emmy. Will she take the crown on Sunday? We join her for a Zoom call with a twist MJ Rodriguez can see me but I can't see her. This is not the sort of existential issue that afflicted pre-pandemic interviews, but minutes before my Zoom encounter with the actor and singer I get an email from Rodriguez's rep saying she will no longer be appearing on camera. This comes hot on the heels of another message saying Rodriguez, who this year became the first trans actor in history to be nominated for an Emmy award in a lead acting category, for her fantastic performance in Pose, would rather I didn't ask her about the ballroom scene. Which is basically the entire world of Pose, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's era-defining drama, set in the New York underground vogueing culture of the late 1980s and early 1990s. I take from this nervy preamble two things. First, constantly being seen as the living embodiment of the importance of representation is exhausting, and curiously diminishing. And second, Rodriguez is ready to walk out of the shadow of her character on Pose: Blanca Evangelista, the no-nonsense "house mother" who takes all of queer New York under her wing, has a seemingly never-ending supply of wise words for them, and a heart bigger than any disco ball. Continue reading... |
| Dennis Billups: he helped lead a long, fiery sit-in – and changed disabled lives Posted: 16 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Blinded by medical intervention as a baby, Billups became one of the leaders of a groundbreaking, world-shaking 1977 protest. He talks about what drives him and why Barack Obama loves his energy "My mother used to tell us we had to be really good," says Dennis Billups. "There were always two strikes against us – so you had to hit the third strike out of the park." The "strikes" were being Black and being blind. And growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s and 70s, both were potential sources of open discrimination. "There were times when, even walking in our own neighbourhood, we would get: 'You're supposed to stay inside.' 'Don't you have a dog?' 'Don't you have a cane?'" At times this could turn physical. "Some neighbours would turn water on us and stuff like that." Finding employment was also a challenge. "Being blind, they didn't have to do too much except say: 'We're not going to hire you,' or: 'We don't think you can do this.' So it was a glass ceiling, more or less. I'm sure with my twin sister there was a lot more, being a woman, African American and blind as well, but she was a hell of a fighter." Billups is a fighter, too, albeit one whose principal weapons are determination, congeniality, optimism – and a mellifluous voice. Now in his late 60s, speaking on Zoom from the San Francisco public library, he still radiates an infectious positivity that helped him as a young man when he played a key role in a lesser-known battle for civil rights. Continue reading... |
| Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic level Five years ago, the textile giant Welspun found itself mired in a scandal that hinged on a single word: "Egyptian". At the time, Welspun was manufacturing more than 45m metres of cotton sheets every year – enough to tie a ribbon around the Earth and still have fabric left over for a giant bow. It supplied acres of bed linen to the likes of Walmart and Target, and among the most expensive were those advertised as "100% Egyptian cotton". For decades, cotton from Egypt has claimed a reputation for being the world's finest, its fibres so long and silky that it can be spun into soft, luxurious cloth. In Welpsun's label, the word "Egyptian" was a boast and a promise. But the label couldn't always be trusted, it turned out. In 2016, Target carried out an internal investigation that led to a startling discovery: roughly 750,000 of its Welspun "Egyptian cotton" sheets and pillowcases were made with an inferior kind of cotton that didn't come from Egypt at all. After Target offered its customers refunds and ended its relationship with Welspun, the effects rippled through the industry. Other retailers, checking their bed linen, also found Welspun sheets falsely claiming to be Egyptian cotton. Walmart, which was sued by shoppers who had bought Welspun's "Egyptian cotton" products, refused to stock Welspun sheets any more. A week after Target made its discoveries public, Welspun had lost more than $700m from its market value. It was cataclysmic for the company. Continue reading... |
| I left a dream job to be closer to my autistic twin Posted: 15 Sep 2021 09:00 PM PDT The pandemic has forced many of us to rethink our lives, not least of which is how we work. For me, it meant returning home Ten days before our birthday, I drove my 2005 blue Nissan Sentra over the Verrazano Bridge and let the tears roll out. He didn't know it, but I was almost home. The Verrazano spills into Brooklyn, where Scott and I entered the world. We were born a little after 11am on 28 July 1994 in Maimonides hospital, fraternal twins. "Two boychiks!" my father boasted, still in his blue scrubs, as he burst into the waiting room. The cheering section – two grandmas, two grandpas – erupted. Continue reading... |
| The end of furlough will lay bare Britain’s twin-speed recovery from Covid Posted: 15 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Workers in depressed sectors or regions won't be able to plug gaps in areas that have been quicker to recover, ministers are being warned There are signs outside almost every pub, restaurant and hotel dotting Torquay's harbour: Staff wanted. "It's been packed solid busy, you can't get a table anywhere," said Brett Powis, owner of three hotels in the area including the Riviera and Lincombe Hall. For the hotelier, staff shortages made it harder to take full advantage of the busiest summertime boom in the Devon resort for decades. Continue reading... |
| Ryanair plans to carry 225m passengers by 2026 in Covid rebound Posted: 16 Sep 2021 02:06 AM PDT Airline has also said it will create 5,000 new jobs across Europe over five-year period Ryanair has said itplans to fly an extra 25 million passengers a year by 2026, as the no-frills airline tries to take advantage of the industry's slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Irish airline said it hopes to carry 225 million passengers annually by March 2026, 25 million higher than its previous target of 200 million, as it prepared for its annual meeting in Dublin on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| ‘On the right side of history’: ousted Tennessee vaccine official on mandates, myths and muzzles Posted: 16 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Dr Michelle Fiscus says vaccine mandates, like seat belt laws, will get people to do the right thing for the good of all Dr Michelle Fiscus worked in the health sector for almost 20 years, most recently as Tennessee's top vaccine official. Until the day she was fired, she got excellent job performance reviews. And then one day she sent out a reminder that in Tennessee, children over the age of 14 may choose to be vaccinated without asking their parents first. And she lost her job. Continue reading... |
| Nicki Minaj claim that Covid vaccine can cause impotence dismissed by Trinidad and Tobago Posted: 15 Sep 2021 02:51 PM PDT Minister says health officials found no evidence that any patient reported such side effects: 'We wasted so much time running down this false claim' Trinidad and Tobago's health minister has dismissed claims by the rapper Nicki Minaj that a cousin's friend had become impotent after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, saying that health officials in the Caribbean country had found no evidence that any patient had reported such side-effects. "As we stand now, there is absolutely no reported side effect or adverse event of testicular swelling in Trinidad … and none that we know of anywhere in the world," the minister, Terrence Deyalsingh, said in a press conference on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Queensland MPs vote to legalise voluntary assisted dying Posted: 16 Sep 2021 02:11 AM PDT An overwhelming majority of MPs voted in favour of the laws, after an emotional three-day debate Queensland has passed laws that will allow voluntary assisted dying for people with a terminal illness, with an overwhelming majority of MPs voting in favour. The state – often perceived as Australia's most socially conservative – becomes the fifth Australian jurisdiction to allow voluntary euthanasia. Continue reading... |
| UK aid cuts make it vital to address anti-black bias in funding | Kennedy Odede Posted: 15 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Covid-19 has shown the effectiveness of local partners. If the sector is to respond and rebuild, it must redistribute power The UK's cut to its aid budget comes to about £4bn a year. Such a dramatic reduction is a blow to many, but most of all to the local organisations who perpetually find themselves last in line for funding. New research by the Vodafone Foundation reveals that, too often, only a small proportion of philanthropic funding earmarked for African development reaches local, African-led civil society organisations. Instead, most development funding favours intermediaries in the global north and international organisations. Continue reading... |
| The Activist: ‘tone-deaf’ new TV show has activists compete to lobby G20 leaders Posted: 15 Sep 2021 08:44 AM PDT CBS programme has caused a social media storm for its crass choice of format and ill-qualified judges Producers have billed it as an exciting new twist on reality television: an X-Factor style competition between campaigners that will give them the chance to lobby world leaders at the G20. But The Activist, a show announced last week by the American network CBS, has already learned to its cost that people power can be unpredictable, ruthless and highly effective. Continue reading... |
| Cold war echoes as Aukus alliance focuses on China deterrence Posted: 15 Sep 2021 06:20 PM PDT Analysis: military alliance is more wide-ranging than Five Eyes agreement and may come to define future approach to Indo-Pacific security For those who study the history of the cold war, Washington's new initiative with London and Canberra – known by its acronym "Aukus" – has eery echoes of an intelligence-sharing agreement signed 75 years ago. This agreement is now more commonly known as the Five Eyes partnership. When the seven-page full text of UKUSA agreement – as it was originally known – was finally released in June 2010, Time magazine called it one of the cold war's most important documents that "reveals one of the foundations of the special relationship the UK and the US still hold dear". Continue reading... |
| In Germany’s election, the fate of the EU is at stake | Timothy Garton Ash Posted: 15 Sep 2021 07:20 AM PDT After Merkel, the incoming coalition will have to prove that democracy can meet Europe's great challenges
That points to the deepest question underlying this pivotal European event: can democracy deliver? More precisely: can the European model of change through democratic consensus, of which Germany is a prime example, produce the actions Europe badly needs if it is to hold its own in the 21st century? Continue reading... |
| ‘They couldn’t come into our internal waters': Ardern responds to Aukus submarine deal – video Posted: 15 Sep 2021 11:23 PM PDT New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says her country was 'not approached' to be part of a new security pact between Australia, the UK and US. 'Nor would I expect us to be,' she adds. 'The anchor of this arrangement are nuclear-powered submarines and it will be very clear to all New Zealanders and to Australia why New Zealand would not wish to be a part of that project.' Since the mid-1980s, New Zealand has had a strict policy keeping its territorial sea, land and airspace as nuclear-free zones
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| Watch in full: Biden, Johnson and Morrison announce Aukus and nuclear-powered submarine deal – video Posted: 15 Sep 2021 03:09 PM PDT The US, the UK and Australia have announced they are setting up a trilateral security partnership aimed at confronting China, which will include helping Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines. US President Joe Biden, UK prime minister Boris Johnson and Australian prime minister Scott Morrison announced the deal together virtually
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