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- Cop26 climate deal will be harder than Paris accord, admits Sharma
- Facebook crisis grows as new whistleblower and leaked documents emerge
- Alec Baldwin was given loaded weapon and told it was safe, court records show
- Taliban ‘forcibly evicting’ Hazaras and opponents in Afghanistan
- Nasa announces uncrewed flights around the Moon to begin in February 2022
- China passes law to reduce ‘twin pressures’ of homework and tutoring on children
- Ethiopian government airstrike on Tigray forces UN to abort flight in midair
- China’s ‘piano prince’ Li Yundi detained for allegedly hiring sex worker
- Crown gives go ahead to rival ‘net zero carbon’ North Sea schemes
- Lyft admits it recorded 4,000 sexual assault claims in long-awaited report
- Coronavirus live: UK expert fears lockdown Christmas; vaccines alone not enough to curb variants – WHO
- ‘Nervous giddy excitement’: relieved Melbourne residents enjoy weekend out of lockdown
- Covid testing failures at UK lab ‘should have been flagged within days’
- New Zealand’s Covid outbreak spreads to South Island
- Springsteen and Obama on friendship and fathers: ‘You have to turn your ghosts into ancestors’
- A pioneering pilot, a vast wilderness, a drunken afternoon... Booker shortlisted authors reveal their inspirations
- Jane Fonda on the climate fight: ‘The cure for despair is action’
- Will Ireland’s corporation tax rise see tech companies leave Dublin?
- From gummy worms to snickerdoodles: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Halloween recipes
- Blind date: ‘We were still propping up the bar close to midnight’
- Rishi Sunak to announce £500m package for families
- In Our Paradise review – Bosnian sisters struggling to make it abroad in migrant tale
- Israel labels Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations
- Money and misinformation: how Turning Point USA became a formidable pro-Trump force
- ‘You can sense Selim the Grim’s anger’: portraits of Ottoman sultans go on show
- Cleo Smith: WA police search missing girl’s family home for signs of a stalker
- Navalny honoured, Regeni trial begins: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
- Zimbabwe’s older people: the pandemic’s silent victims
- Aid to Haiti sent by sea to bypass rising gang violence
- China’s hypersonic glider weapons test threatens to drive new arms race
- Merkel hesitates over handshake with EU's Ursula von der Leyen – video
- 'A role model': Obama pays tribute to Angela Merkel – video
- Underwater footage shows La Palma volcano ash covering marine life – video
- La Palma: drone footage reveals massive river of lava – video
| Cop26 climate deal will be harder than Paris accord, admits Sharma Posted: 22 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT Summit president says 2015 global emissions agreement a 'framework' but rules were left for future talks Achieving a global climate deal in Glasgow in the next three weeks will be harder than signing the Paris agreement of 2015, the UK president-designate of the Cop26 talks has said. Alok Sharma, the cabinet minister in charge of the UK-hosted talks, just over a week away, said the task would be to get nearly 200 countries to implement stringent cuts to their greenhouse gas emissions, in line with holding global temperature increases to within 1.5C of pre-industrial levels – a goal fast receding as global carbon output continues to climb. Continue reading... |
| Facebook crisis grows as new whistleblower and leaked documents emerge Posted: 22 Oct 2021 07:25 PM PDT Company under fire as news reports detail spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories even as staff raised concerns Facebook faced mounting pressure on Friday after a new whistleblower accused it of knowingly hosting hate speech and illegal activity, even as leaked documents shed further light on how the company failed to heed internal concerns over election misinformation. Allegations by the new whistleblower, who spoke to the Washington Post, were reportedly contained in a complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the US agency that handles regulation to protect investors in publicly traded companies. Continue reading... |
| Alec Baldwin was given loaded weapon and told it was safe, court records show Posted: 22 Oct 2021 06:02 PM PDT Assistant director who gave actor prop gun did not know it was loaded with live rounds, search warrant says Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released on Friday show. The assistant director did not know the prop gun was loaded with live rounds, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court. Continue reading... |
| Taliban ‘forcibly evicting’ Hazaras and opponents in Afghanistan Posted: 22 Oct 2021 09:00 PM PDT Human Rights Watch has logged illegal seizures of land and homes then given to Taliban supporters Thousands of people have been forced from their homes and land by Taliban officials in the north and south of Afghanistan, in what amounted to collective punishment, illegal under international law, Human Rights Watch has warned. Many of the evictions targeted members of the Shia Hazara community, while others were of people connected to the former Afghan government. Land and homes seized this way have often been redistributed to Taliban supporters, HRW said. Continue reading... |
| Nasa announces uncrewed flights around the Moon to begin in February 2022 Posted: 22 Oct 2021 07:58 PM PDT The Orion capsule will be launched on the Space Launch System, paving the way for the resumption of people to walk on Earth's satellite again Nasa has announced plans to launch an uncrewed flight around the Moon in February 2022, paving the way for astronauts to once again set foot on Earth's satellite. The US space agency said on Friday that it was in the final phase of testing to send its Orion capsule on an orbit around the Moon on its Space Launch System rocket. Continue reading... |
| China passes law to reduce ‘twin pressures’ of homework and tutoring on children Posted: 22 Oct 2021 10:38 PM PDT Law makes local authorities and parents responsible for ensuring children are spared stress of overwork China has passed a law to reduce the "twin pressures" of homework and off-site tutoring on children. The official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday the new law, which has not been published in full, makes local governments responsible for ensuring that the twin pressures are reduced and asks parents to arrange their children's time to account for reasonable rest and exercise, thereby reducing pressure and avoiding internet overuse. Continue reading... |
| Ethiopian government airstrike on Tigray forces UN to abort flight in midair Posted: 22 Oct 2021 06:30 PM PDT UN says government was aware of plane carrying 11 aid workers as year-long conflict with TPLF escalates in Tigray and Amhara An Ethiopian government airstrike on the capital of the northern Tigray region has forced a UN aid flight to abort a landing in midair. The UN has suspended its twice-weekly passenger flights to Mekelle for humanitarian personnel after the plane with 11 passengers had to abort the landing on Friday and return to the capital, Addis Ababa. Continue reading... |
| China’s ‘piano prince’ Li Yundi detained for allegedly hiring sex worker Posted: 22 Oct 2021 08:49 AM PDT State media says the pianist is being held by Beijing police along with 29-year-old woman Chinese police have detained a prominent concert pianist and reality TV personality, Li Yundi, dubbed the "piano prince", on allegations of hiring a sex worker. The charges were revealed by Beijing police in posts on a Chinese social media network that read more like a trailer for a TV show than an official law enforcement notice. Continue reading... |
| Crown gives go ahead to rival ‘net zero carbon’ North Sea schemes Posted: 22 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT Exclusive: crown estates accused of greed in selling rights to 'incompatible' carbon capture and windfarm projects A clash between two multibillion pound "net zero carbon" schemes is brewing in the North Sea after the Queen's property manager granted development rights for one patch of seabed to two different projects at the same time. The crown estate will earn millions of pounds after agreeing to lease an area off the Yorkshire coast to the latest phase of the giant Hornsea offshore windfarm, as well as to a scheme led by BP which plans to begin storing carbon dioxide under the seabed. This has prompted concern that the giant wind turbines could interfere with seabed sensors for the carbon storage project. Continue reading... |
| Lyft admits it recorded 4,000 sexual assault claims in long-awaited report Posted: 22 Oct 2021 05:40 PM PDT Company reveals figures, promised in 2019, as ride-hailing companies face growing safety scrutiny The ride-hailing app Lyft received more than 4,000 reports of sexual assaults during rides from 2017 to 2019, the company revealed in a new report, including 1,800 reports in 2019 alone. Lyft revealed the numbers on Thursday, after having pledged in 2019 to do so. In its report, the company said the number of sexual assault reports collected through its app had risen from 1,096 in 2017 to 1,255 in 2018 and 1,807 in 2019. Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 802 9999. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:41 AM PDT Government adviser says measures need to be in place now to get transmission rates down; WHO says whole world needs to be vaccinated
Here is a good picture to start your weekend with as a zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia, reopens following a dramatic fall in Covid cases in the country. In case you missed it last night, the senior official credited with the early success of the Covid vaccine rollout in England is returning to the NHS to resume her role overseeing the programme, months after leaving to become the head of Boris Johnson's Downing Street delivery unit. The next phase of the vaccination programme is extremely important. We know that the vaccine is helping us to save lives and so we must focus all of our efforts on rolling out the booster campaign to everyone eligible, as well as ensuring that everyone who has not yet had their first jab, including young people, gets the chance to come forward. Continue reading... |
| ‘Nervous giddy excitement’: relieved Melbourne residents enjoy weekend out of lockdown Posted: 22 Oct 2021 08:03 PM PDT The world's lockdown capital emerges for its first Friday night of freedom, but not everyone joined the party
From St Kilda to Coburg the traffic is heavy in Melbourne for the first time in months. The bars are filling up and friends are having long hugs as the world's lockdown capital sheds its Covid restrictions and opens up. "Melbourne is back!" yells one man out of his car window on Lygon Street in the inner-city suburb of Carlton. Continue reading... |
| Covid testing failures at UK lab ‘should have been flagged within days’ Posted: 22 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT Senior scientists say problems at Immensa site show private firms should not be carrying out PCR tests Health officials should have known about major failings at a private Covid testing lab within days of the problem arising, rather than taking weeks to shut down operations at the site, senior scientists say. About 43,000 people, mostly in south-west England, are believed to have wrongly been told they did not have the virus by Immensa Health Clinic's laboratory in Wolverhampton in a debacle described as one of the worst scandals in the UK's Covid crisis. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand’s Covid outbreak spreads to South Island Posted: 22 Oct 2021 09:03 PM PDT The first community case in the south was reported in Blenheim, but officials play down risk of further contagion New Zealand has reported 104 new coronavirus infections, including the first community case of the virus in the country's South Island in nearly a year, health officials said. Most of the new infections reportedon Saturday were in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city that has been under a strict lockdown for more than two months. Looser restrictions are in place in most of the rest of the country of 5 million. Continue reading... |
| Springsteen and Obama on friendship and fathers: ‘You have to turn your ghosts into ancestors’ Posted: 23 Oct 2021 01:00 AM PDT Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen discuss their dads, their unlikely friendship, and second careers – as podcast hosts President Barack Obama When Bruce and I first sat down in the summer of 2020 to record Renegades: Born in the USA, we didn't know how our conversations would turn out. What I did know was that Bruce was a great storyteller, a bard of the American experience – and that we both had a lot on our minds, including some fundamental questions about the troubling turn our country had taken. A historic pandemic showed no signs of abating. Americans everywhere were out of work. Millions had just taken to the streets to protest the murder of George Floyd, and the then occupant of the White House seemed intent not on bringing people together but on tearing down some of the basic values and institutional foundations of our democracy. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT Patricia Lockwood, Anuk Arudpragasam, Richard Powers and more on how they made the 2021 shortlist 'I did not see a character, but rather a horizon' Continue reading... |
| Jane Fonda on the climate fight: ‘The cure for despair is action’ Posted: 23 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT Sometimes the only way to get attention is to break the rules. Fifty years after my first arrest, I've embraced being locked up in the name of the planet. As Cop26 nears, here's why it's time to rise up • The good fight: the climate activists risking everything The first time I was ever arrested, I was picked up for smuggling drugs into the US from Canada. They were vitamin pills, but that didn't seem to matter to the police officer in Cleveland, who mentioned that his orders had come from the Nixon White House. It was 1970. I had just started a campus speaking tour protesting against the Vietnam war, and was under surveillance by the National Security Agency. I raised my fist for the mugshot, and after a night in jail, they let me go. I think the idea was to discredit my opposition to the war, and maybe get my speeches cancelled. Instead, students turned up in their thousands. My first arrest wasn't for an act of civil disobedience, exactly, but the lesson I took away from that surreal experience was just how powerful it can be to set your ideals against the machinery of the state. Half a century later, it still works. And, as the extraordinary activists who tell their stories here attest, it remains an indispensable means of being heard by those who would prefer to ignore us. Continue reading... |
| Will Ireland’s corporation tax rise see tech companies leave Dublin? Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT Analysts question if Dublin's reputation as a leading tech hub could be undermined by new 15% tax rate Continue reading... |
| From gummy worms to snickerdoodles: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Halloween recipes Posted: 23 Oct 2021 01:30 AM PDT Sweet and savoury treats for the big night: black lime gummy worms, a deep-fried noodle snack with fried peanuts and curry leaves, and pumpkin spice cookies For anyone doing the sweet-sweep rounds next weekend, Halloween can feel more like trick and treat, rather than trick or treat. No sooner have our kids been plied with sweets than we try to trick them out of eating them. Or did Scrooge just come early to our house this year? Anyway, for 2021, I'm going to lean into making Halloween snacks instead: black lime gummy worms, pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies and something savoury to offset the night's sugar excesses. All treats, no tricks. UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado Continue reading... |
| Blind date: ‘We were still propping up the bar close to midnight’ Posted: 22 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT Rebecca, 36, researcher, meets James, 28, primary school teacher Rebecca on James What were you hoping for? |
| Rishi Sunak to announce £500m package for families Posted: 23 Oct 2021 12:38 AM PDT Labour describes plan as 'smokescreen for the Conservatives' failure to deliver' in the past Hundreds of thousands of families are to receive extra support as part of a £500m package from the government. The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will announce a range of investments to give children the "best possible start in life" during Wednesday's budget and spending review. Continue reading... |
| In Our Paradise review – Bosnian sisters struggling to make it abroad in migrant tale Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:25 AM PDT Claudia Marschal's documentary about two sisters leaving the Balkans is short on the intimacy that film can deliver Featuring Indira and Mehdina, two Bosnian sisters who try to escape their life of poverty in their homeland, Claudia Marschal's documentary observes the xenophobia and financial insecurity faced by immigrants from the Balkans, an area already troubled by a history of political turbulence. The "paradise" hinted at in the title, however, is a mirage, as the women and their families struggle to settle down in France and Germany. Indira and her young children are placed in an immigration centre in Germany where they apply for asylum – which is ultimately denied. As Indira is turned away from what she hoped to be a brighter future, Mehdina is arguably more fortunate, as she was able to emigrate to France – though, at the time, she was only 14 and already married. While people at home presume she has a better life in her new country, she faces constant money worries, forced even to sell her jewellery. Amid such hardships, the film's most moving sequences involve the sisters' children, most of whom are oblivious to the adults' turmoil: Indira's children, for example, can still enjoy a game of hide and seek in the cramped conditions in the immigration centre. Continue reading... |
| Israel labels Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations Posted: 22 Oct 2021 08:59 AM PDT Defence ministry says the six groups have undercover links to militant PFLP movement Israel has accused six prominent Palestinian human rights groups of being terrorist organisations, saying they have undercover links to a militant movement. Most of the groups document alleged human rights violations by Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Continue reading... |
| Money and misinformation: how Turning Point USA became a formidable pro-Trump force Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT The rightwing group outgrew its origins on campuses to hobnob with Republican operatives and donors – despite some discomfort in the party The powerful conservative youth group Turning Point USA, which has forged strong ties to Donald Trump and his son Don Trump Jr, has raised tens of millions of dollars from super rich donors and secret backers while pushing disinformation about Joe Biden's win in 2020, Covid-19 vaccines and other extremist and rightwing issues. The group is campaigning on college campuses across the US, as well as expanding into rightist media and faith activities and – through its campaign arm – is getting directly involved with elections, where it often supports pro-Trump and conservative candidates. Continue reading... |
| ‘You can sense Selim the Grim’s anger’: portraits of Ottoman sultans go on show Posted: 22 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT Set of six copies of portraits first produced in 1579 in Venice are going up for auction in London next week They were powerful rulers of perhaps the mightiest empire the world has ever seen, and their portraits oiled the wheels of diplomacy. Six sultans of the Ottoman empire, which spanned more than six centuries and dominated a great swathe of the world, gaze out beneath magnificent, bulbous turbans, a symbol of their wealth and status. An original set of 14 portraits was produced in Venice in 1579, and copies were made later. The only surviving intact set is in Munich, but a set of six goes on display at Christie's in London this weekend before being sold at auction on 28 October. Continue reading... |
| Cleo Smith: WA police search missing girl’s family home for signs of a stalker Posted: 23 Oct 2021 12:40 AM PDT Forensic officers scour the outside of the four-year-old's Carnarvon house for fingerprints The focus of the investigation into the disappearance of four-year-old Cleo Smith from a remote camping site in Western Australia shifted to her family house on Saturday. Forensic officers spent the day scouring the outside of the missing child's Carnarvon house for fingerprints in attempts to find any new evidence in the ongoing investigation. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Navalny honoured, Regeni trial begins: human rights this fortnight – in pictures Posted: 23 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Russia to Yemen |
| Zimbabwe’s older people: the pandemic’s silent victims Posted: 22 Oct 2021 03:08 AM PDT Care facilities for older people used to be thought 'un-African'. But destitution caused by Covid has seen demand for care homes soar Lunch is Angelica Chibiku's favourite time. At 12pm she sits on her neatly made bed waiting for her meal at the Society of the Destitute Aged (Soda) home for older people in Highfield, a township in south-west Harare. Chibiku welcomes a helper into her room and cracks a few jokes. She loves to interact with those who bring her food and supplies. Continue reading... |
| Aid to Haiti sent by sea to bypass rising gang violence Posted: 22 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT WFP carried out 18 voyages this month from Port-au-Prince to Miragoane, bypassing violent neighborhoods The World Food Programme (WFP) is now using seafaring barges to ship supplies to earthquake victims in southern Haiti, after escalating gang violence made overland journeys unsafe for aid convoys. Since the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the country's southern peninsula in August, thousands of survivors have been sporadically cut off from Port-au-Prince, the capital, by roadblocks set up by warring gangs, leading relief workers to employ novel workarounds, including shifting aid to barges and helicopter airlifts. Continue reading... |
| China’s hypersonic glider weapons test threatens to drive new arms race Posted: 22 Oct 2021 09:59 AM PDT Analysis: China recently tested a nuclear-capable manoeuvrable missile and Russia and the US have their own programmes A new focus on hypersonic glider weapons, after a reportedly successful Chinese test, is helping drive an arms race that is eclipsing hopes of a return to disarmament by the world's major powers. The Chinese test on 27 July, first reported by the Financial Times, involved putting into orbit a nuclear-capable glider, travelling at five times the speed of sound, which then re-entered the atmosphere and performed some turns on its way to a target. Continue reading... |
| Merkel hesitates over handshake with EU's Ursula von der Leyen – video Posted: 22 Oct 2021 01:58 PM PDT Angela Merkel, the outgoing chancellor of Germany, seemed wary of offering her hand for a full handshake with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, at a Brussels summit. Von der Leyen instead grasped Merkel's hand by way of greeting, at what could be her compatriot's final EU summit as chancellor Continue reading... |
| 'A role model': Obama pays tribute to Angela Merkel – video Posted: 22 Oct 2021 09:02 AM PDT The former US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to Angela Merkel in a farewell video during what was expected to be the outgoing chancellor of Germany's final meeting in Brussels. 'Thanks to you, the centre has held through many storms,' Obama said in the video aired in the summit room in the Europa building. 'So many people, girls and boys, men and women, have had a role model who they could look up to through challenging times. I know because I am one of them. Danke schรถn' Continue reading... |
| Underwater footage shows La Palma volcano ash covering marine life – video Posted: 22 Oct 2021 05:19 AM PDT Footage shows how the Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption has affected the marine ecosystem at the lava delta. Habitats are seen covered by volcanic ash and lava landslides down to depths of 400 metres in La Palma. The delta emerged on 29 September when lava from the volcano crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on 19 September, with the eruption showing few signs of abating so far after destroying 2,000 buildings and forcing thousands to leave their homes Continue reading... |
| La Palma: drone footage reveals massive river of lava – video Posted: 22 Oct 2021 03:29 AM PDT Drone footage surveying the Cumbre Vieja volcano shows a massive river of thick lava flowing towards the Atlantic Ocean. Approximately 7,500 people have been forced to leave their homes since the Cumbre Vieja began erupting more than a month ago. Scientists say the eruption could go on for three months Continue reading... |
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