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- Dominic Cummings says UK always intended to ditch NI protocol
- Apple may cut iPhone 13 production by millions as US warns of Christmas shortages
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- ‘Toilet of Europe’: Spain’s pig farms blamed for mass fish die-offs
- Dutch royals can marry person of same gender without giving up throne, says PM
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- 63% of Black music makers have experienced racism in UK industry – study
- William Shatner to blast off on Bezos rocket to become oldest person in space
- Gabby Petito was strangled to death, Wyoming officials say after autopsy
- Sámi people ask Danish queen to return sacred witchcraft trial drum
- Squid Game is Netflix’s biggest debut hit, reaching 111m viewers worldwide
- Bali is reopening to tourists, but nervous locals wonder what the future will bring
- Covid news live: Russia death toll breaks records again; US set to open land borders
- Local Covid vaccines fill gap as UN Covax scheme misses target
- Back from the brink: how Japan became a surprise Covid success story
- ‘It is devastating’: the millennials who would love to have kids – but can’t afford a family
- Critically ill Afghans suffer as Taliban tighten Pakistan border
- A moment that changed me: Patrick Stewart on the teacher who spotted his talent – and saved him
- K-boom! How the unstoppable stars of K-pop went gunning for the art world
- ‘Museums overlooked these artists’: celebrating the forgotten women of abstract art
- Do we really need a new version of Home Alone?
- Sue Fish: the ex-police chief who fights to stop misogynist cops
- Brexit live: Irish deputy PM suggests UK negotiated ‘in bad faith’ after Cummings’ NI protocol claims
- Why white people get wealthier after disasters but others suffer – an illustrated story
- Felixstowe backlog improving, so shop normally for Christmas, says minister
- Jordan Shanks argues NSW police legal bid to shut down criticism is ‘an abuse of process’
- Government must be transparent about science advice it receives
- Kamala Harris: European colonizers ‘ushered in wave of devastation for tribal nations’ – video
| Dominic Cummings says UK always intended to ditch NI protocol Posted: 13 Oct 2021 01:59 AM PDT Ex-adviser to PM says flawed Brexit deal was way to 'whack Corbyn' and 'of course' government can break it The UK government always intended to "ditch" the Northern Ireland protocol, Boris Johnson's former adviser Dominic Cummings has claimed. In a string of tweets, Cummings said the flawed Brexit deal had been a way to get out of the electoral doldrums and "whack [Jeremy] Corbyn", and "of course" the government should be allowed to "sometimes break deals… like every other state does". Continue reading... |
| Apple may cut iPhone 13 production by millions as US warns of Christmas shortages Posted: 12 Oct 2021 06:02 PM PDT Shares in Apple fall as global chip shortage and supply chain issues prompt White House to admit there could be empty shelves during festive season Apple may slash the number of iPhone 13s it will make this year by up to 10m because of a shortage of computer chips amid a worldwide supply chain crunch that led the White House to warn that "there will be things that people can't get" at Christmas. Apple was expected to produce 90m units of the new iPhone models this year but has told its manufacturers that the number would be lower because chip suppliers including Broadcom and Texas Instruments were struggling to deliver components, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’ Posted: 12 Oct 2021 09:00 PM PDT International Energy Agency says $4tn investment needed over decade to reach net zero target Current plans to cut global carbon emissions will fall 60% short of their 2050 net zero target, the International Energy Agency has said, as it urged leaders to use the upcoming Cop26 climate conference to send an "unmistakable signal" with concrete policy plans. In its annual World Energy Outlook, redesigned this year as a "guidebook" for world leaders attending the summit in Glasgow, the IEA predicted that carbon emissions would decrease by just 40% by the middle of the century if countries stick to their climate pledges. Continue reading... |
| ‘Toilet of Europe’: Spain’s pig farms blamed for mass fish die-offs Posted: 12 Oct 2021 10:01 PM PDT Exclusive: pork industry's role in pollution of one of Europe's largest saltwater lagoons may be greater than publicly acknowledged, investigation reveals Pollution from hundreds of intensive pig farms may have played a bigger role than publicly acknowledged in the collapse of one of Europe's largest saltwater lagoons, according to a new investigation. This summer, as lifeless fish continued to wash up on the shores of Mar Menor, the regional government banned the use of fertilisers within 1.5km (0.9 miles) of the lagoon, hinting that blame for the crisis lay solely with the wide expanse of agricultural fields that border the lagoon. The central government was more direct, accusing local officials of lax oversight when it came to irrigation in the fields. Continue reading... |
| Dutch royals can marry person of same gender without giving up throne, says PM Posted: 12 Oct 2021 05:21 PM PDT The prime minister was responding to book arguing old laws would prevent same-sex marriage for a monarch or their heirs A Dutch monarch can marry a person of whatever gender they choose without forfeiting their right to the throne, prime minister Mark Rutte has said. Rutte was responding to questions from parliament that arose from a recent book, Amalia, Duty Calls, which argued that old laws would appear to exclude the possibility of a same-sex couple on the throne, despite same-sex marriage being legal in the Netherlands since 2001. Continue reading... |
| House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December Posted: 12 Oct 2021 04:57 PM PDT
The US House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9tn, putting off the risk of default at least until early December. Democrats, who narrowly control the House, maintained party discipline to pass the hard-fought, $480bn debt limit increase. The vote was along party lines, with every yes from Democrats and every no from Republicans. Continue reading... |
| 63% of Black music makers have experienced racism in UK industry – study Posted: 13 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT Survey of 1,718 performers, creatives and staff reveals microgression, pay disparities and discrimination are rife Despite increased representation within the British music industry, the UK sector remains hostile to Black creators and professionals, according to a report that highlights the effects of systemic racism on mental health and a racial pay gap that disproportionately affects Black women. The first Black Lives in Music study found that 63% of Black music creators had experienced direct or indirect racism, including explicit racist language or different treatment because of their race or ethnicity, and 67% had witnessed such behaviour. Racial microaggressions were rife, experienced by 71% of Black music creators and witnessed by 73%. Continue reading... |
| William Shatner to blast off on Bezos rocket to become oldest person in space Posted: 12 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT
William Shatner, the veteran actor who spent four decades playing the fearless commander of Star Trek's USS Enterprise, is set for a real-life leap into the stars on Wednesday on the next stage of billionaire Jeff Bezos's quest to dominate the fledgling space tourism industry. The successful completion of the 11-minute flight alongside three civilian crew mates, with lift-off of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket scheduled for 8.30am CT (2.30pm BST) from its Van Horn, Texas, launchpad, would make Shatner, 90, the oldest human to fly into space. Continue reading... |
| Gabby Petito was strangled to death, Wyoming officials say after autopsy Posted: 12 Oct 2021 12:02 PM PDT Coroner estimates Petito died three to four weeks before her body was found, on 19 September Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, and the manner of death was homicide, Wyoming authorities have announced. The Teton county coroner, Brent Blue, announced the findings of Petito's autopsy at an afternoon news conference on Tuesday. He also estimated that Petito had died three to four weeks before her body was found, on 19 September. Continue reading... |
| Sámi people ask Danish queen to return sacred witchcraft trial drum Posted: 13 Oct 2021 02:23 AM PDT Norway's indigenous people seek permanent ownership of artefact seized after 17th-century trial Norway's indigenous people are asking for a sacred drum confiscated by Denmark after a witchcraft trial in 1691 to be returned to them permanently, and they have asked the Danish queen for help. The drum belonged to a Sámi shaman, Anders Poulsson, who was arrested and imprisoned, according to court records. It was confiscated and became part of the Danish royal family's art collection before being transferred to Denmark's National Museum in 1849. Continue reading... |
| Squid Game is Netflix’s biggest debut hit, reaching 111m viewers worldwide Posted: 12 Oct 2021 06:43 PM PDT The dystopian drama tops the streaming service's charts in more than 80 countries, bumping aside recent Regency-era romp, Bridgerton Dystopian South Korean drama Squid Game has become Netflix's most popular series ever, drawing 111 million fans since its debut less than four weeks ago, the streaming service said Tuesday. The unprecedented global viral hit imagines a macabre world in which marginalised people are pitted against one another in traditional children's games. While the victor can earn millions in cash, losing players are killed. Continue reading... |
| Bali is reopening to tourists, but nervous locals wonder what the future will bring Posted: 12 Oct 2021 06:10 PM PDT The pandemic has prompted a rethink of tourism's role on the island as some call for only 'quality' visitors After being shuttered for 17 months, the upmarket Hujan Locale restaurant in the Balinese town of Ubud is slowly coming back to life. Outside, staff greet a box truck driver who delivers fresh vegetables and stacks of lemongrass, ginger flowers and kaffir lime leaves. Kitchen workers are busy preparing for the day ahead. A chandelier above a stairway is once again casting a warm yellow shimmer across the walls. Continue reading... |
| Covid news live: Russia death toll breaks records again; US set to open land borders Posted: 13 Oct 2021 02:36 AM PDT Russia reports 924 new deaths; US will lift restrictions at land borders with Canada and Mexico in November
A regional Victorian newsagent in Australia has backed down on her refusal to be administered a Covid-19 vaccination after she closed her post office, citing state health orders. Angela Spedding, who had operated Merrigum's only post office for more than six years, said she had booked in a jab after being told the post office would close if she hadn't secured an appointment by the end of the working week. Continue reading... |
| Local Covid vaccines fill gap as UN Covax scheme misses target Posted: 12 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT India, Egypt and Cuba among first states to develop and make their own vaccines as Covax falls behind Developing countries are increasingly turning to homegrown Covid vaccinations as the UN-backed Covax programme falls behind. While western countries roll out booster jabs to their own populations, Covax, which was set up by UN agencies, governments and donors to ensure fair access to Covid-19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries, has said it will miss its target to distribute 2bn doses globally by the end of this year. Continue reading... |
| Back from the brink: how Japan became a surprise Covid success story Posted: 12 Oct 2021 10:36 PM PDT Covid infections fall to lowest levels in more than a year, but experts warn winter could spark a fresh wave Just days after the Tokyo Olympics drew to a close, Japan appeared to be hurtling towards a coronavirus disaster. On 13 August, the host city reported a record 5,773 new Covid-19 cases, driven by the Delta variant. Nationwide the total exceeded 25,000. Soaring infections added to resentment felt by a public that had opposed the Olympics, only to be told they could not watch events in person due to the pandemic. Hospitals were under unprecedented strain, the shortage of beds forcing thousands who had tested positive to recuperate – and in some cases die – at home. Continue reading... |
| ‘It is devastating’: the millennials who would love to have kids – but can’t afford a family Posted: 12 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT They are working three jobs, changing careers or moving to faraway areas with affordable housing in order to drum up enough money for children of their own. Sadly the numbers still don't add up "People need to stop telling me to 'just get on with it' if I want to have children," Jen Cleary says, clearly exasperated. "Most of my generation simply cannot afford to. Being childless is out of my hands and it is a devastating and frustrating reality." Cleary, a 35-year-old former teacher, is recounting how financial precariousness means that her dream of having a family may never come true. It is an experience that many millennials – defined roughly as those born between 1981 and 1996 – have encountered. The UK's birthrate is at a record low, with fertility rates for women under 30 at their lowest levels since records began in 1938. There are many factors that contribute to this, including the fact that many people struggle with infertility; some make a positive personal choice not to have children; and others decide against having kids because of the uncertainties and peril of the climate crisis. But finances and the rising costs of living are a persistent and growing issue. Just last month, the Labour party chair, Anneliese Dodds, pointed out that many people are being forced to put off settling down and having families thanks to "cost pressures" overseen by the current Tory government. Continue reading... |
| Critically ill Afghans suffer as Taliban tighten Pakistan border Posted: 12 Oct 2021 09:00 PM PDT Shortage of specialised doctors in Afghanistan means patients seek lifesaving care in Pakistan, but conventions have changed Fareed Ullah has crossed Afghanistan's border to Pakistan 10 times for treatment for his three-year-old son, Taha, who has thalassaemia major, an inherited blood disorder. Up until the Taliban takeover in August he had never experienced a problem, but when he tried to transit via the Torkham crossing late last month, he was stopped by the Taliban from entering. Doctors and family members of patients say conventions at the border have changed since the Taliban takeover, which has made it more difficult for Afghan patients to seek lifesaving care in Pakistan. "There is no system, still," said Ijaz Ali Khan, the founder and chairman of Hamza Foundation, a charity organisation in Peshawar that provides treatment for thalassaemia and other blood disorders. Continue reading... |
| A moment that changed me: Patrick Stewart on the teacher who spotted his talent – and saved him Posted: 12 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT I skipped the 11-plus and was failing at school. Then I met Cecil Dormand, the extraordinary English teacher who transformed my life for ever I never sat my 11-plus. On the day of the test, I wandered around the hills near the golf club above my home town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire. I ate my lunch sitting against a dry stone wall, looking down on the town, where I could see my school pals in the playground during a break in the exams. I doubt if I would have passed, anyway. And, frankly, I just didn't see myself as a grammar-school boy. Had I sat that test, I might never have met Cecil Dormand, a teacher at the secondary modern where I ended up, who would change my life when I was 12, by putting Shakespeare into my hands for the very first time. It was The Merchant of Venice. He gave copies to most of us and told us to look up Act 4 Scene 1 (or the famous trial scene, as I was to learn). He cast all the speaking roles and told us to start reading. We all did, but silently. "No, no, you idiots, not to yourselves!" he yelled. "Out loud! This is a play, not a poem. It's life. It's real." Continue reading... |
| K-boom! How the unstoppable stars of K-pop went gunning for the art world Posted: 12 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT First came K-cinema, then K-pop and K-TV. Now South Korea's young stars are conquering the world with K-art. But what do their dark visions say about their nation's psyche – and ours? Ohnim is having a blue period, just like Picasso. Over Zoom from a gallery in Seoul, the Korean rapper Song Min-ho, better known as Mino to K-pop fans but Ohnim in the art world, shows me a painting he finished the previous evening in collaboration with artist Choi Na-ri. It depicts a blue crouched figure, like a depressed version of Rodin's Thinker. It may be still wet but will soon be shipped to London's Saatchi Gallery for an art fair that showcases work by three of Korea's biggest K-pop stars. The meeting of K-pop and K-art is making the art world lick its lips. Businessman David Ciclitira, who set up the StART Art Fair at the Saatchi, says: "K-pop stars have immense reach through their social media. Guys like Mino, Henry Lau and Kang Seung-yoon, whose work will be in the show, have six to seven million followers each on Instagram. In Seoul, fans queue round the block just to see a work of art by any of them. Then they fight each other to buy. I don't suppose it'll be quite like that at the Saatchi Gallery, but you never know." Continue reading... |
| ‘Museums overlooked these artists’: celebrating the forgotten women of abstract art Posted: 12 Oct 2021 11:06 PM PDT In a new exhibition, the female abstract artists between 1930 and 1950 whose work was sidelined at the time finally get their space in the spotlight In 1934, the abstract painter Alice Trumbull Mason wrote her sister, Margaret Jennings, a letter, noting that she was eager to resume painting, which she had temporarily stopped in order to raise her children. "I am chafing to get back to painting and of course it's at least a couple of years away," Mason wrote. "The babies are adorable and terribly interesting. I'm not saying anything against them, but … I can't be just absorbed in them." Continue reading... |
| Do we really need a new version of Home Alone? Posted: 12 Oct 2021 10:30 PM PDT A new trailer has surfaced for Home Sweet Home Alone, which looks to be a sequel that's also a carbon copy of an original that doesn't need bettering The trailer for the Disney+ movie Home Sweet Home Alone is really quite something. In it, a large and chaotic family tie themselves in knots ahead of a holiday to Tokyo only to discover that, in their haste, they have accidentally left one of their children behind. While they scramble to return to their home, the boy is left to fend for himself – a danger that is only compounded when two sly burglars pick his home to be robbed. What follows is an orgy of cartoonish violence as the abandoned boy jerry-rigs a selection of household items to cause maximum damage to the intruders. Brilliant. Basically, then, Home Sweet Home Alone appears to exist in order to answer one simple question: what if Home Alone was, um, Home Alone? Continue reading... |
| Sue Fish: the ex-police chief who fights to stop misogynist cops Posted: 13 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT As Nottinghamshire's top officer, she saw the best of the police – and the very worst, experiencing two indecent assaults. Now she is working to make misogyny a hate crime On the day Sarah Everard's killer admitted to her kidnap, rape and murder, the Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, was speaking about violence against women and girls. "On occasion," she admitted of her force, "I have a bad 'un." This was, perhaps, an attempt to reassure the public that Wayne Couzens, who killed Everard while serving as a Met police officer, was an anomaly. Sue Fish is not reassured. Fish spent her entire career in the police, working her way up to become Nottinghamshire chief constable, before retiring in 2017. "The vast majority of police officers are fantastic," she says. "[But] there are a significant minority who are attracted to it because of the power, and the potential that you've got to abuse that power. I've seen it time and time again, through my service." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2021 02:37 AM PDT Leo Varadkar hits back at Boris Johnson's former adviser after he says UK government always planned to ditch parts of the agreement
Boris Johnson is still on holiday in Spain, and the Daily Mirror has splashed on a picture of him painting at Lord Goldsmith's luxury villa, where he is staying. Ed Miliband, the shadow business secretary and former Labour leader, said that Johnson should not be taking a holiday now, with the start of the Cop26 climate crisis summit less than three weeks away. Miliband told Times Radio: We need prime ministerial leadership on this, I think this is really important. Nobody begrudges the prime minister having a holiday every so often. But I just remember that G20 summit that Gordon Brown was in charge of around the financial crisis. I can't imagine him touring the beaches, two weeks before the summit. He would have been touring the world. I've worked closely with three prime ministers and I can assure you that there's no such thing as a holiday for a prime minister ... The prime minister has been through a challenging time in a lot of different ways - he had Covid-19, he's got a new child on the way, and very sadly he lost his mother just a few weeks ago. Continue reading... |
| Why white people get wealthier after disasters but others suffer – an illustrated story Posted: 13 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT Government programs that help people recover their wealth after natural disasters end up reinforcing inequality Continue reading... |
| Felixstowe backlog improving, so shop normally for Christmas, says minister Posted: 13 Oct 2021 01:42 AM PDT Oliver Dowden's comments come after reports of large vessels bringing goods from Asia being diverted away The backlog at the UK's largest container port is "improving", so Britons should shop normally for Christmas, a cabinet minister has said, after reports of large vessels bringing goods from Asia being diverted away. Oliver Dowden, the new Conservative party co-chair, told Sky News that authorities at Felixstowe "have said the situation is improving" at the Suffolk port, which handles about 40% of containers coming in and out of the UK. Continue reading... |
| Jordan Shanks argues NSW police legal bid to shut down criticism is ‘an abuse of process’ Posted: 13 Oct 2021 02:07 AM PDT Prosecutor claims Shanks is 'interfering in the administration of justice' in stalking trial of Friendlyjordies' Kristo Langker A police bid to find YouTuber Jordan Shanks in contempt of court and silence his commentary about his producer's criminal prosecution has been described as an abuse of process. Police put applications for both orders before Sydney magistrate Jacqueline Milledge on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Government must be transparent about science advice it receives Posted: 12 Oct 2021 11:14 AM PDT Analysis: inquiry into UK's response to Covid crisis shows Sage guidance should be put in public domain as soon as possible The parliamentary inquiry into the UK's response to the Covid crisis raises the serious issue of transparency around scientific advice – and why this remains crucial even as the country moves beyond an emergency situation. The 151-page Coronavirus: lessons learned to date report, led by two former Conservative ministers, has made it clear that advice from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) should be rapidly placed in the public domain. Continue reading... |
| Kamala Harris: European colonizers ‘ushered in wave of devastation for tribal nations’ – video Posted: 12 Oct 2021 11:48 AM PDT Speaking at the National Congress of American Indians 78th annual convention, vice-president Harris discussed the history of colonization in the Americas and its connection to present-day Indigenous communities. Continue reading... |
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