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- Afghanistan: Taliban claim to have taken control of Panjshir valley
- Brazil v Argentina abandoned as health authorities invade pitch
- Health journals make joint call for urgent action on climate crisis
- European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens
- Brazil: warning Bolsonaro may be planning military coup amid rallies
- ‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns
- Florida shooting: ex-US marine suspected of killing four, including a baby
- Six Palestinian militants escape from high-security Israeli prison
- Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi, released from prison
- New Zealand stabbings: new law to close loophole to pass in September, says Ardern
- Newly discovered Napoleon hat with his DNA up for auction
- Coronavirus live news: Mississippi hospitals overwhelmed; New Zealand eases restrictions outside Auckland
- ‘Their future could be destroyed’: the global struggle for schooling after Covid closures
- Australian music legends join forces in ‘vax the nation’ campaign
- Nadia Whittome MP on trauma and recovery: ‘Some said I couldn’t have PTSD because I haven’t been in a war’
- ‘Sex isn’t difficult any more’: the men who are quitting watching porn
- ‘I went to school drunk in a bikini’: how Sophie Willan turned her chaotic life into sitcom gold
- Story of forgotten black Medici ruler is told in new short film
- From Mansfield Park to Mojo: why Harold Pinter’s acting deserves to be celebrated
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 review: the new Google smartwatch
- Close to home: how US far-right terror flourished in post-9/11 focus on Islam
- ‘Cultural genocide’: mapping the shameful history of Canada’s residential schools
- Calls for asylum seekers to be freed from detention after Melbourne guard tests positive for Covid
- I assessed the Auckland terrorist – our approach has to change | Dr Clarke Jones
- It is time for New Zealand to end gay conversion practices | Shaneel Lal
- Guinea military unit stages coup, claims to have detained president – video
- Chaos as Brazil v Argentina match abandoned after officials storm pitch in Covid-19 row – video
- Nadhim Zahawi: vaccine passports necessary to keep large venues in England open – video
- Hurricane Ida: drone footage shows damage in Grand Isle, Louisiana – video
| Afghanistan: Taliban claim to have taken control of Panjshir valley Posted: 05 Sep 2021 11:08 PM PDT Taliban fighters pictured outside governor's compound, but Ahmad Massoud's rebels deny province has fallen The Taliban have fought their way to the capital of Panjshir, the last Afghan province holding out against their rule, and seem on the brink of total victory. The group posted pictures on social media showing Taliban fighters standing in front of the gate of the governor's compound. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid issued a statement, saying Panjshir was under the control of Taliban fighters. Continue reading... |
| Brazil v Argentina abandoned as health authorities invade pitch Posted: 05 Sep 2021 02:14 PM PDT
A World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil was abandoned amid farcical, confused scenes after four Premier League players apparently violated Brazilian regulations designed to contain a Covid outbreak that has killed more than 580,000 Brazilians. The Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez and Tottenham's Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso were all on the pitch at São Paulo's Neo Química Arena on Sunday afternoon when federal police and officials from Brazil's health agency, Anvisa, took to the field to halt play after just seven minutes. Continue reading... |
| Health journals make joint call for urgent action on climate crisis Posted: 05 Sep 2021 04:01 PM PDT Editorial in publications worldwide urges leaders to take measures to stop 'greatest threat to public health' More than 200 health journals worldwide are publishing an editorial calling on leaders to take emergency action on climate change and to protect health. The British Medical Journal said it is the first time so many publications have come together to make the same statement, reflecting the severity of the situation. Continue reading... |
| European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens Posted: 05 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Barclays and HSBC among banks booking money equivalent to 14% of annual profits in offshore entities Leading European banks are booking around €20bn (£17bn) a year – equivalent to 14% of their total profits – in tax havens, with Barclays, HSBC and NatWest Group among those enjoying the lowest tax rates, according to a new report. The figures emerge from an analysis, conducted by the EU Tax Observatory, of 36 big banks required to publicly report country-by-country data on their activities. Continue reading... |
| Brazil: warning Bolsonaro may be planning military coup amid rallies Posted: 06 Sep 2021 12:55 AM PDT Former world leaders and public figures say nationwide marches are modelled on US Capitol insurrection The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his allies could be preparing to mount a military coup in Brazil, according to an influential group of former presidents, prime ministers and leading public figures on the left. An open letter claims rallies that Bolsonaro followers are staging on Tuesday represent a danger to democracy and amount to an insurrection modelled on Donald Trump supporters' attack on the US Capitol on 6 January. Continue reading... |
| ‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns Posted: 05 Sep 2021 11:01 PM PDT Covid, climate breakdown, poverty and war threaten return to school after pandemic kept 1.5bn children out of classes The education of hundreds of millions of children is hanging by a thread as a result of an unprecedented intensity of threats including Covid 19 and the climate crisis, a report warned today. As classrooms across much of the world prepare to reopen after the summer holidays, a quarter of countries – most of them in sub-Saharan Africa – have school systems that are at extreme or high risk of collapse, according to Save the Children. Continue reading... |
| Florida shooting: ex-US marine suspected of killing four, including a baby Posted: 05 Sep 2021 05:59 PM PDT Police allege Bryan Riley, 33, was dressed in body armour during a shooting rampage in Lakeland before surrendering A former US marine has shot and killed four people in Florida, including a woman and her three-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering, acccording to police. The shooter, alleged by police to be Bryan Riley, 33, a former US marine, also allegedly wounded an 11-year-old girl in a shootout in Lakeland near Tampa in central Florida on Sunday. The girl underwent surgery for seven gunshot injuries. Continue reading... |
| Six Palestinian militants escape from high-security Israeli prison Posted: 06 Sep 2021 01:25 AM PDT Manhunt under way as prisons service says fugitives accessed passages under their cell Six Palestinian militants have broken out of a high-security Israeli prison in what the prime minister, Naftali Bennett, called a grave incident. Israeli police and the military started a search after the escape from Gilboa prison in northern Israel on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi, released from prison Posted: 05 Sep 2021 05:13 PM PDT The 48-year-old, who has been in jail in Tripoli since 2014, left the country immediately for Turkey Authorities in Libya have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising. Prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah said in a tweet early on Monday that Gaddafi, 48, had been released in compliance with a previous court order. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand stabbings: new law to close loophole to pass in September, says Ardern Posted: 06 Sep 2021 02:01 AM PDT PM says supermarket terrorist had fraudulent refugee status amid warnings against kneejerk reactions New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has said that a legal loophole which allowed an Islamic State-inspired terrorist to remain free will be closed off with new legislation by the end of September. The country had tried for years to deport Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen, a 32-year-old Sri Lankan man who was shot dead by police following Friday's attack at a supermarket in Auckland. Seven people were hurt in the attack, five of them with stab wounds. Three of those injured were in a critical condition in hospital on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Newly discovered Napoleon hat with his DNA up for auction Posted: 06 Sep 2021 12:53 AM PDT Buyer at small German auction house did not know bicorne had belonged to the French emperor A newly discovered hat with DNA evidence proving it belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte has gone on display at auction house Bonhams in Hong Kong. Described by Bonhams as the "first hat to bear the emperor's DNA", it is being previewed in Hong Kong before it moves to Paris and then London, where it will be auctioned on 27 October. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2021 02:09 AM PDT Mississippi is least vaccinated state in US; New Zealand reports 20 new cases for third day
The clinical lead for Covid services at the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Dr David Strain, has also been doing the media round in the UK this morning. PA report he told Good Morning Britain: My 16-year-old has already had the vaccine; our 12-year-old, who's actually starting school tomorrow, will be desperately keen to get the vaccine. We have weighed up the evidence and fully accept there is this very small risk of myocarditis after the first jab, but actually the risk of myocarditis after getting Covid is about the same, if not slightly higher. These are the factors, so I would have no hesitation at all to allow my children to have the vaccine.
Asylum seeker advocates in Australia are calling for people held in immigration detention to be released into the community after Victorian health officials revealed a guard at a facility in Melbourne had tested positive for Covid-19. Victoria's Covid commander, Jeroen Wiemar, on Sunday confirmed at least one coronavirus case at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accomodation centre in Broadmeadows in Melbourne's north. Related: Calls for asylum seekers to be freed from detention after Melbourne guard tests positive for Covid Continue reading... |
| ‘Their future could be destroyed’: the global struggle for schooling after Covid closures Posted: 05 Sep 2021 11:01 PM PDT Hundreds of millions of children fell behind around the world as schools closed during the pandemic. We look at four countries as pupils try to resume their education Children's mental health suffers as schools remain shut Continue reading... |
| Australian music legends join forces in ‘vax the nation’ campaign Posted: 06 Sep 2021 12:16 AM PDT An industry brought to its knees by Covid-19 lockdowns calls on Australians to help bring back live performance in a national advertising campaign
Dozens of the biggest names in the Australian music industry have joined forces for a pro-vaccination advertising campaign launched on Monday. Tim Minchin, Jimmy Barnes, Amy Shark, Paul Kelly and the Hilltop Hoods are just some of the more than 200 acts who have joined forces with major Australian record labels, ticketing agencies, tour promoters and festival organisers for the #Vaxthenation campaign. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT The 25-year-old politician talks about taking time off to address her mental health, dropping out of university because of the cost – and why she'll always give away a large part of her salary Nadia Whittome originally made headlines when she became the "baby of the house" in 2019, elected at the age of 23 as Labour MP for Nottingham East, in an election whose main take-home was how many seats Labour had lost. She was a firebrand or maverick – insert your favourite term for "disobedient" – from the start: hard-remain when Corbyn's office was all about the lexiters, further to the left than Starmer has turned out to be (so far). So she was never going to be a quiet backbencher, working her way strategically through the party ranks, but her next headlines were a long way from politics. In May this year, she announced her decision to take time off because of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a parliamentary culture in which even MPs who have to give birth or have chemotherapy are surrounded by endless discussion about whether they can still do their job, this was a momentous act, signalling to many that Whittome belonged to a new, more honest culture. Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, said at the time that her colleague had "shown so much bravery and … will have helped so many other people", a view shared by many Conservatives. But Whittome wasn't thinking of the career angle. "My symptoms were getting worse rather than better. I couldn't be the energetic, effective MP that Nottingham needs and deserves, and, also for my own health, I needed time and space to recover. I didn't worry about my political future, I wasn't thinking about that at all." Continue reading... |
| ‘Sex isn’t difficult any more’: the men who are quitting watching porn Posted: 06 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Addiction to pornography has been blamed for erectile dysfunction, relationship issues and depression, yet problematic use is rising. Now therapists and tech companies are offering new solutions Thomas discovered pornography in the traditional way: at school. He remembers classmates talking about it in the playground and showing each other videos on their phones during sleepovers. He was 13 and thought it was "a laugh". Then he began watching pornography alone on his tablet in his room. What started as occasional use, at the beginning of puberty, became a daily habit. Thomas (not his real name), who is in his early 20s, lived with one of his parents, who he says did not care what he was doing online. "At the time, it felt normal, but looking back I can see that it got out of hand quite quickly," Thomas says. When he got a girlfriend at 16, he started having sex and watched less pornography. But the addiction was just waiting to resurface, he says. Continue reading... |
| ‘I went to school drunk in a bikini’: how Sophie Willan turned her chaotic life into sitcom gold Posted: 05 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT She won a Bafta for Alma's Not Normal – and that was just the pilot episode. As the full series launches, the ex-standup talks about growing up in care, getting the comedy bug in Ibiza and finally hitting the big time Earlier this year, Sophie Willan went through an extraordinary run of extreme highs and lows. She was filming her sitcom Alma's Not Normal, a project she started working on years ago, when her grandmother died. She had brought Willan up for part of her childhood and inspired a character in the show. The day after, Willan found out she had been Bafta nominated for comedy writing. A few weeks later, while she watched the ceremony on a laptop on a picnic bench outside the converted barn she was staying in, Willan was named the winner. Her response, posted on Instagram by castmate Jayde Adams, is the most joyous thing you may see all year: Willan takes off on a victory lap, magnificent red sequinned dress matching a tractor in the background, sprinting and shouting "What the fuck?" over and over. "I woke up all the kids that had been put to bed in the house next door," says Willan, laughing. "It was fabulous. It was surreal." Continue reading... |
| Story of forgotten black Medici ruler is told in new short film Posted: 05 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Daphne Di Cinto's period drama Il Moro focuses on the son of a servant who became the Duke of Florence When, on a hot day in July 1510, in the halls of a noble Florentine palace, a servant gave birth to a boy, no one ever would have imagined that the child would become Duke of Florence and heir to the Medicis, one of the most powerful Renaissance dynasties. Even more so as the boy was black. Five-hundred years on, Daphne Di Cinto, the African-Italian actor, writer and director, who appeared in the Netflix TV series Bridgerton as the Duke of Hastings's young mother, is seeking to bring his story back to life and has launched the trailer for her debut short film, Il Moro, a period drama set during Italy's Renaissance and based on the life of Alessandro de' Medici, the first black head of state in modern western Europe. Continue reading... |
| From Mansfield Park to Mojo: why Harold Pinter’s acting deserves to be celebrated Posted: 06 Sep 2021 01:00 AM PDT With the Pinter-penned 1963 classic The Servant back in cinemas, there's a chance to reflect on the playwright's less-acknowledged acting performances Like an unhurried but dependable butler, The Servant is here again. It was only nine years ago that Joseph Losey's crackling psychological drama, about the shifting power games between a toff (James Fox) and his manservant (Dirk Bogarde), was last doing the rounds in cinemas. But this is not a film that ever gets old. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 review: the new Google smartwatch Posted: 05 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Wear OS 3 watch ups ante for Android wearables, now faster and feature-packed with body-fat scanner The Galaxy Watch 4 is Samsung and Google's attempt to combine efforts and compete with Apple's smartwatch – and it gets about 80% of the way there. The Android smartwatch comes in two designs and four sizes, starting at £249 ($250) for the Watch 4 and £349 ($350) – as tested – for the Watch 4 Classic. They succeed the £269 Watch Active 2 and £399 Watch 3 respectively. Continue reading... |
| Close to home: how US far-right terror flourished in post-9/11 focus on Islam Posted: 05 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT The far right and white supremacists are responsible for the vast majority of extremist-related fatalities but only a fraction of counter-terrorism resources are devoted to them The US government acted quickly after 9/11 to prevent further attacks by Islamic extremists in the US. Billions of dollars were spent on new law enforcement departments and vast powers were granted to agencies to surveil people in the US and abroad as George W Bush announced the war on terror. But while the FBI, CIA, police and the newly created Department of Homeland Security scoured the country and the world for radicalized Muslims, an existing threat was overlooked – white supremacist extremists already in the US, whose numbers and influence have continued to grow in the last two decades. Continue reading... |
| ‘Cultural genocide’: mapping the shameful history of Canada’s residential schools Posted: 06 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Recent discoveries of mass graves have shed new light on the country's troubled colonial legacy In May, Canadians were shocked at the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of a former school in British Columbia. The bodies belonged to Indigenous children, some believed to be as young as three years old, who went through Canada's state-sponsored "residential school" system. The schools, scattered across the country, were aimed at eradicating the culture and languages of the country's Indigenous populations. The findings have brought the world's renewed attention to this shameful chapter of Canadian history, left deep wounds in hundreds of communities and sparked fresh demands for justice aimed at the Canadian government and the churches that ran the schools for decades. Continue reading... |
| Calls for asylum seekers to be freed from detention after Melbourne guard tests positive for Covid Posted: 06 Sep 2021 01:48 AM PDT Jeroen Wiemar downplayed the potential for spread at the Broadmeadows facility but advocates fear serious outbreak
Asylum seeker advocates are calling for people held in immigration detention to be released into the community after Victorian health officials revealed a guard at a facility in Melbourne had tested positive for Covid-19. Victoria's Covid commander, Jeroen Wiemar, on Sunday confirmed at least one coronavirus case at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accomodation centre in Broadmeadows in Melbourne's north. Continue reading... |
| I assessed the Auckland terrorist – our approach has to change | Dr Clarke Jones Posted: 05 Sep 2021 10:31 PM PDT Police surveillance and monitoring are key tools for community safety but do not result in rehabilitation. In fact, they could encourage offending On 3 September, seven innocent people were stabbed at a suburban Auckland supermarket. The perpetrator, Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen, was shot and killed by police. In the aftermath of this heartbreaking event, we ask whether it could have been avoided. For those of us who had been trying to support Samsudeen in his transition out of New Zealand's correctional system, this event raises several important questions. Continue reading... |
| It is time for New Zealand to end gay conversion practices | Shaneel Lal Posted: 05 Sep 2021 05:16 PM PDT The National party's opposition to the bill outlawing conversion therapy is anti-children – a ban would send a message to all queer people that they are valid New Zealand's National party promised grassroots activists that they would vote in favour of banning conversion practices, but last month they were the only party to vote against a bill doing just that. We, the queer community, were blindsided by their new position and hurt by the numerous National MPs who had promised us we could trust them to be allies. National party leader Judith Collins maintains that the party supports a ban on gay conversion practices but is concerned that the current bill could criminalise parents who counsel their children and has labelled the proposed bill "anti-parents". As a survivor of conversion practice, I believe National's position is anti-children. Continue reading... |
| Guinea military unit stages coup, claims to have detained president – video Posted: 05 Sep 2021 09:46 PM PDT Guinea's special forces soldiers surrounded the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry, after they appeared to have ousted the country's long-serving president. Videos shared on social media showed president Alpha Condé in a room surrounded by army special forces. Residents in the Guinean capital could be seen celebrating as lines of special forces soldiers drove through the city. Continue reading... |
| Chaos as Brazil v Argentina match abandoned after officials storm pitch in Covid-19 row – video Posted: 05 Sep 2021 05:20 PM PDT Brazil's World Cup qualifier with Argentina in São Paulo was suspended after just seven minutes as health authorities entered the field of play amid farcical scenes at Neo Química Arena. Three Premier League players - the Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez and Tottenham's Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso - were on the pitch while a fourth, Aston Villa's Emiliano Buendía, was in the stands. The quartet had apparently violated Brazilian regulations stating that travellers who have been in the UK, South Africa or India during the previous 14 days are forbidden from entering the country. The bizarre scenes saw officials, accompanied by police officers, march on to the pitch and bring proceedings to a halt.
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| Nadhim Zahawi: vaccine passports necessary to keep large venues in England open – video Posted: 05 Sep 2021 06:15 AM PDT Certification process will be required for nightclubs, mass events and large venues in England by the end of September, the vaccines minister has confirmed, saying that would allow businesses to stay open during the winter months if Covid-19 surges. Zahawi said the government wanted to 'make sure the whole economy remains open' through the autumn amid fears that a return to school could set off a new wave of infections Continue reading... |
| Hurricane Ida: drone footage shows damage in Grand Isle, Louisiana – video Posted: 05 Sep 2021 05:00 AM PDT Drone footage has captured the extent of destruction caused by Hurricane Ida in the barrier island town of Grand Isle in Louisiana. The US death toll from Ida has risen towards 60. In Louisiana, the confirmed storm-related death toll is nine. It is nearly a week since one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US mainland made landfall in Louisiana. The White House has said the president, Joe Biden, will survey storm damage in New York City and Manville, New Jersey Continue reading... |
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