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- Japan urges Europe to speak out against China’s military expansion
- Canary Islands: 5,000 evacuated as La Palma volcano eruptions continue
- Emmys 2021: Ted Lasso and The Crown triumph
- Barnaby Joyce says Australia proved its commitment to France during world wars amid Aukus dispute
- Justin Trudeau’s bid for third term in balance as Canada goes to polls
- Meeting Cop26 finance goals ‘going to be tough’, says Boris Johnson
- British ‘baby shortage’ could lead to economic decline, says thinktank
- Pro-Putin party wins majority in Russian elections despite declining support
- Shares in China’s Evergrande plunge again as fears of contagion grow
- Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’
- Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute
- Coronavirus live news: UK starts vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds; China reports 49 new cases
- Victoria holds construction crisis talks after protest against mandatory Covid vaccination turns violent
- Gordon Brown calls for urgent action to avert ‘Covid vaccine waste disaster’
- Crash and burn: the intense and fleeting romances of the Covid era
- One month in Kabul under Taliban rule– a photo essay
- Rebellion and redemption: how the Slits gave a voice to female prisoners
- Eat the rich! Why millennials and generation Z have turned their backs on capitalism
- Electric vehicles divide opinion as car-loving Germany goes to polls
- Trauma, trust and triumph: psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk on how to recover from our deepest pain
- ‘We didn’t want to do a Grease’: how Everybody’s Talking About Jamie became a film
- Man arrested after four found dead in house near Sheffield
- Afghan women stage protest in Kabul after Taliban crack down on women's rights – video report
- Covid booster shot vote ‘not the end of the story’ says Fauci | First Thing
- New Zealand is not as clean or green as we think – plastic waste is creating a crisis | Lizzy Carmine
- Global shipping is a big emitter, the industry must commit to drastic action before it is too late | Casten Ned Nemra
- Lava erupts from a volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands – video
| Japan urges Europe to speak out against China’s military expansion Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:14 AM PDT Exclusive: in the first piece in a new Guardian series on China and tensions in the Indo-Pacific, Japan's defence minister says the international community must bolster deterrence efforts against Beijing's military Japan has urged European countries to speak out against China's aggression, warning that the international community must bolster deterrence efforts against Beijing's military and territorial expansion amid a growing risk of a hot conflict. In an interview with the Guardian, Japan's defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, said China had become increasingly powerful politically, economically and militarily and was "attempting to use its power to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas", which are crucial to global shipping and include waters and islands claimed by several other nations. Continue reading... |
| Canary Islands: 5,000 evacuated as La Palma volcano eruptions continue Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:02 AM PDT At least 20 homes destroyed and people told to stay away as lava pours from volcano on Spanish island Authorities on the Canary island of La Palma have told spectators to stay away from the continuing volcanic eruption that began on Sunday and has forced the evacuation of 5,000 people and destroyed at least 20 homes. The island had been on high alert after more than 22,000 tremors were reported within a week in Cumbre Vieja, one of the most active volcanic regions in the archipelago. Continue reading... |
| Emmys 2021: Ted Lasso and The Crown triumph Posted: 19 Sep 2021 09:23 PM PDT The big night for TV saw triumphs for Brits – including Olivia Colman, Kate Winslet and Michaela Coel – yet a diversity problem remains The 73rd Emmy awards mostly stuck to the predicted script on Sunday, celebrating favorites Ted Lasso, The Queen's Gambit and The Crown, in an awards-stuffed return to a (mostly) normal ceremony that celebrated diversity yet handed almost all the acting awards to white performers. Related: Emmys 2021: the full list of winners Continue reading... |
| Barnaby Joyce says Australia proved its commitment to France during world wars amid Aukus dispute Posted: 19 Sep 2021 11:35 PM PDT Acting prime minister says he understands France's disappointment over submarine deal but Australia has nothing to prove
Acting prime minister Barnaby Joyce said Australia did not have to prove its "affinity" and "affection" for the French, because "tens of thousands of Australians died on French soil" during both world wars. The French government's anger at the announcement of the strategic partnership between Australia, the US and the UK, known as Aukus, and the subsequent cancellation of the French-Australian $90bn submarine deal, has shown no signs of abating, with the French ambassador saying the nation felt it had been "fooled". Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau’s bid for third term in balance as Canada goes to polls Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Post-vaccination election gamble may backfire as parties face off in tightly contested vote battle As Canadians head to the polls on Monday, prime minister Justin Trudeau will be watching nervously to see if his gamble to call an election will win his party more power in parliament – or leave him with even fewer seats and rivals sensing a growing political weakness. But in a tightly contested election marred by a public health crisis and concerns over delays in ballot counting, it could take days to learn the winner. Continue reading... |
| Meeting Cop26 finance goals ‘going to be tough’, says Boris Johnson Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Prime minister estimates just 60% chance of securing $100bn in aid pledges before Glasgow conference Boris Johnson has said he fears there is only a 60% chance that the $100bn in climate finance viewed as key to securing an ambitious outcome to the Cop26 summit will be in place by the time world leaders meet in Glasgow in November. Speaking to journalists en route to New York at the start of a three-day visit to the US, in which he hopes to "galvanise" progress towards a new climate deal, the prime minister said he would be urging developed countries to come forward with additional funding. Continue reading... |
| British ‘baby shortage’ could lead to economic decline, says thinktank Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:01 PM PDT Social Market Foundation suggests measures including better childcare provision to increase birthrate Britain is facing a "baby shortage" that could lead to "long-term economic stagnation", a thinktank has said. The Social Market Foundation (SMF) said the birthrate was almost half what it was at its postwar peak in the 1960s, and the country's ageing population could lead to economic decline. Continue reading... |
| Pro-Putin party wins majority in Russian elections despite declining support Posted: 19 Sep 2021 05:04 PM PDT Partial results show ruling United Russia party will retain power in parliament after winning over 45% of the vote Russia's ruling United Russia party, which supports president Vladimir Putin, retained its majority in parliament after a three-day election and a sweeping crackdown on its critics, despite losing around one fifth of its support, partial results on Monday showed. With 50% of votes counted, United Russia was ahead with 46.11% of the vote, the election commission said, followed by the Communist party with 21.4%. Continue reading... |
| Shares in China’s Evergrande plunge again as fears of contagion grow Posted: 19 Sep 2021 11:25 PM PDT Hong Kong stock fell almost 17% amid default fears that are beginning to have a knock-on effect on other markets Shares in the embattled Chinese property company Evergrande have plunged again as investors weigh up whether the group's massive debt problems could trigger a broader sell off across all financial markets. Related: 'China's Lehman Brothers moment': Evergrande crisis rattles economy Continue reading... |
| Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’ Posted: 19 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Droughts and floods forcing workers from rural areas, leading to their exploitation in cities, report warns Millions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern slavery and human trafficking over the coming decades, a new report warns. The climate crisis and the increasing frequency of extreme weather disasters including floods, droughts and megafires are having a devastating effect on the livelihoods of people already living in poverty and making them more vulnerable to slavery, according to the report, published today. Continue reading... |
| Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Performer pulls Royal Albert Hall gig over decision he compared to musical segregation Violinist Nigel Kennedy has pulled out of a concert at the Royal Albert Hall with only days to go after accusing the radio station Classic FM of preventing him from performing a Jimi Hendrix tribute. Kennedy said the "culturally prejudiced" decision amounted to "musical segregation", with the station he now calls "Jurassic FM" preferring him to play Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Wednesday's show. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: UK starts vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds; China reports 49 new cases Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:27 AM PDT Children will be offered jabs at school from Monday; China cases down from 66 a day earlier
Workers in Ireland have started returning to offices for the first time since March 2020 after the latest easing of Covid restrictions. The government on Monday also allowed the resumption of indoor group activities such as dance and yoga for up to 100 people who are vaccinated or have recovered from the virus. Bowling alleys and amusement arcades can also reopen. If we continue this progress, we can look forward to the further removal of public health restrictions, to be replaced by guidance and advice.
Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ago. Two samples from horseshoe bats were collected in 2010 in Stung Treng province near Laos and kept in freezers at the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) in Phnom Penh. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:34 AM PDT Government set to make announcement Monday night after Victoria police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to move crowd outside CFMEU office
The Victorian government is holding crisis talks with the construction industry and unions after a protest against mandatory vaccines for workers in the sector became violent. Guardian Australia has confirmed high-level meetings were being held on Monday night and the state government was reportedly poised to announce a two-week shutdown of the construction industry. Continue reading... |
| Gordon Brown calls for urgent action to avert ‘Covid vaccine waste disaster’ Posted: 19 Sep 2021 12:00 PM PDT More than 100m doses could be discarded by December if global leaders do not share jabs with poorest countries, warns former PM More than 100m Covid vaccine doses are due to expire and be "thrown away" unless global leaders urgently share surplus supplies with the world's poorest countries, Gordon Brown has warned. The "staggering" number of stockpiled "use now" jabs will be of no use to anyone by December, according to a new report from the research group Airfinity. Continue reading... |
| Crash and burn: the intense and fleeting romances of the Covid era Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT The unspoken rules of dating went out the window as people found themselves deeply alone – perhaps it's no surprise these couples didn't make it On 4 July 2020, 34-year-old Samantha Higdon, a tech worker in Austin, Texas, was swiping through the dating app Hinge when she came across a profile that made her thumb pause and hover over the screen. His smile struck her as warm and somehow familiar: "He just felt right," she says. And so it began. Continue reading... |
| One month in Kabul under Taliban rule– a photo essay Posted: 19 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Photojournalist Stefanie Glinski reports from Kabul on the events of the past four weeks and the capital's new rulers Above its tightly clustered houses and peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains, Kabul's blue skies were once dotted with countless colourful kites, flown by children from the hilltops or their rooftops. Since the Taliban took the Afghan capital a month ago, they have disappeared. Continue reading... |
| Rebellion and redemption: how the Slits gave a voice to female prisoners Posted: 19 Sep 2021 04:01 PM PDT Playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm on how the groundbreaking female punk band helped her tell the story of women suffocating in the prison system It was a bit of a "pinch me" moment, to be honest. Earlier this month I sat in the rehearsal room for Typical Girls and watched our incredible cast play the music of the Slits to Tessa Pollitt, an original member of the band. When I first started writing this show, never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined we would get to this point. This absolute legend, punk royalty, was beaming at the liveness of it all and so were we. This is what we've all been aching to do. Continue reading... |
| Eat the rich! Why millennials and generation Z have turned their backs on capitalism Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Nearly eight out of 10 of young Britons blame capitalism for the housing crisis and two-thirds want to live under a socialist economic system. How did that happen? The young are hungry and the rich are on the menu. This delicacy first appeared in the 18th century, when the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau supposedly declared: "When the people shall have no more to eat, they will eat the rich!" But today this phrase is all over Twitter and other social media. On TikTok, viral videos feature fresh-faced youngsters menacingly raising their forks at anyone with cars that have start buttons or fridges that have water and ice dispensers. So should the world's billionaires – and fridge-owners – start sleeping with one eye open? Hardly. It's clear that millennials (those born between the early 80s and the mid-90s) and zoomers (the following generation) are not really advocating violence. But it is also clear that this is more than just another viral meme. Continue reading... |
| Electric vehicles divide opinion as car-loving Germany goes to polls Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Election has framed future of automobility as showdown between petrolheads and green zealots The second Steve Dumke spots a gap in the traffic on the road from Eggersdorf to Strausberg, his white Hyundai Ioniq lurches forward and nestles between two fast-moving Volkswagens in the right-hand lane. "A tap on the accelerator and the gap is mine," he howls with glee. Dumke, a 37-year-old former chef, is less a speed freak than, in his own words, "a vehicle eroticist". "I love cars with curves and the growl of an eight-cylinder piston engine," he says. But for the last four years the vehicular object of his desires has run on megawatts rather than litres. Continue reading... |
| Trauma, trust and triumph: psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk on how to recover from our deepest pain Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT His 2014 book, The Body Keeps the Score, has become a huge pandemic hit, topping bestseller lists this summer and becoming a meme on social media. What does it tell us about the world we live in? When Dr Bessel van der Kolk published The Body Keeps the Score in 2014, it was a huge hit with yoga people. That is not a euphemism for "rich, underoccupied people", it is just people who do yoga. Certain physical activities do something weird to your brain: ancient memories resurface, often with new feelings or perspectives attached; you start treating yourself with more compassion. It doesn't make sense until you read Van der Kolk. After that, nothing has ever made more sense. His thesis centres on trauma: the urgent work of the brain after a traumatic event is to suppress it, through forgetting or self-blame, to avoid being ostracised. But the body does not forget; physiological changes result, a "recalibration of the brain's alarm system, an increase in stress hormones, an alteration in the system that filters relevant information from irrelevant", as he says in his book. The stress is stored in the muscles and does not dissipate. This has profound ramifications for talking therapies and their limits: the rational mind cannot do the repair work on its own, since that part of you is pretending it has already been repaired. Continue reading... |
| ‘We didn’t want to do a Grease’: how Everybody’s Talking About Jamie became a film Posted: 19 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT How do you turn hit musicals like Everybody's Talking About Jamie and Dear Evan Hansen into films? You axe songs, throw out plots and don't worry about anyone's favourite bit Choosing a stage musical to see right now can feel like browsing the cinema listings of the 1980s and 90s. Pretty Woman and Back to the Future are playing across the street from one another in London's West End, with The Lion King, Matilda and Heathers nearby. Indecent Proposal opens next month. The speed of traffic travelling in the opposite direction, from stage to screen, tends to be a little faster, though. A film of Dear Evan Hansen, the Broadway hit about an anxious, alienated student who pretends to have been friends with a suicide victim, has arrived only five years after it opened, with Julianne Moore and Amy Adams among the cast. Everybody's Talking About Jamie, which follows a 16-year-old budding drag queen from Sheffield, has taken just four years, picking up Richard E Grant and Sharon Horgan along the way. Continue reading... |
| Man arrested after four found dead in house near Sheffield Posted: 20 Sep 2021 12:25 AM PDT Derbyshire police say man taken into custody and not looking for anyone else in connection with incident A man has been arrested after four people were found dead at a house in a town near Sheffield. Derbyshire police said they were called to an address on Chandos Crescent in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, at about 7.25am on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Afghan women stage protest in Kabul after Taliban crack down on women's rights – video report Posted: 19 Sep 2021 07:58 AM PDT More than a dozen women staged a protest in Kabul on Sunday, holding up signs calling for the participation of women in public life. The protest came as female government employees in Kabul were told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men. The order was given by the interim mayor of Kabul, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers.
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| Covid booster shot vote ‘not the end of the story’ says Fauci | First Thing Posted: 20 Sep 2021 02:22 AM PDT Million deaths avoidable if vaccinations increase, adviser says, plus, Ted Lasso and The Crown triumph at the Emmys A decision not to recommend booster vaccine shots for most Americans is "not the end of the story", White House chief medical adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, insisted on Sunday, two days after a scientific panel appeared to turn the Biden administration's plan for combating coronavirus on its head. Fauci also said he did not believe a million coronavirus deaths in the US was an inevitability, despite the Delta variant-fuelled surge that last week brought the grim milestone of one in 500 Americans having fallen victim to the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2021 05:38 PM PDT Ignorance about plastic recycling has tricked us into guilt-free consumption – decision makers have to give us sustainable options Growing up my school lunches were covered in plastic wrapping, like those of many of my schoolmates. I was taught from a young age to pick up my rubbish and recycle, and I trusted the recycling systems in place especially because New Zealand streets were so clean. Years later, I saw a video on Facebook of a turtle with a straw in its nose, but I knew Kiwis weren't to blame, our rubbish systems were too sturdy. Ignorance is bliss, and ignorance is the cause of the world's plastic pollution crisis. The illusion was shattered for me when I watched For The Blue, a documentary by Project Blue, a group of young ocean enthusiasts from Aotearoa, who travelled across the globe to investigate the world's plastic-waste crisis – only to find themselves back in clean, green New Zealand experiencing the effects of the global plastic epidemic in their own back yard. During their visit to a once pristine area in the South Island, they found plastic trash strewn across the land, after the Fox river breached a closed landfill on its banks. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Sep 2021 11:00 AM PDT Around 80% of global trade is transported across oceans on cargo vessels powered by fossil fuels, Pacific nations are calling for decisive global action
Many communities around the world have recently been confronted with the dangerous impacts of climate change and as world leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, are examining what action needs to be taken. But one of the world's major global greenhouse gas emitters has long escaped global attention. Continue reading... |
| Lava erupts from a volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands – video Posted: 19 Sep 2021 05:03 PM PDT A volcano on the Atlantic island of La Palma erupted on Sunday after a week-long buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for some 1,000 people. Footage obtained by the Associated Press showed plumes of black and white smoke rising up from the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, where scientists had been closely following the accumulation of molten lava below the surface Continue reading... |
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