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- Cop26: ‘World conflict and chaos’ could be the result of a summit failure
- Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’
- Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord, Otoniel, captured in jungle hideout
- UK government paves way to bring in tough ‘plan B’ Covid rules
- Crew on Baldwin film raised prop gun concerns before fatal shooting
- Mummy’s older than we thought: new find could rewrite history
- Mystery of the environmental triggers for cancer deepens
- US wants to help Taiwan participate ‘meaningfully’ in UN, as China prepares to mark key anniversary
- Turkey threatens to eject 10 western diplomats over support for activist
- Hilary Mantel tells a great tale but ruined abbeys tell a different one, says expert
- Coronavirus live: UK travel rules relaxed as arrivals can now use cheaper lateral flow tests
- ‘Darker skies and colder weather provide perfect conditions... for Covid-19 to thrive’
- Leos are most likely to get vaccinated, say Utah officials. Is it written in the stars?
- ‘It was quite overwhelming’: how it feels to have your business thrive in a pandemic
- Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’
- Edgar Wright: how Martin Scorsese helped me through lockdown
- Murder, missing money and cover-up claims: South Carolina family mystery grips America
- I used to have a rewarding life, but now I feel stuck
- Dune review – sci-fi epic gets off to a flying start
- I’ve never thought about being a dad. Until now…
- Sunak criticised for failing to deliver on key infrastructure projects
- UK ‘will not cave in over role of European court in NI protocol’
- New Iranian regional governor slapped in face at inauguration
- Anger over ‘shambolic’ phone app shares sale
- ‘I hug them’: meet the farmer raising 2,000lb pumpkins
- Risen from the ashes: mural painted using ash marks Brazil’s wildfire tragedy
- Survivors of 1965 Indonesia massacres urge UK to apologise
- Nationals agree to net-zero target by 2050 despite Barnaby Joyce’s opposition
- ‘We planted a seed’: the Afghan artists who painted for freedom
- Why is the idea of ‘gender’ provoking backlash the world over? | Judith Butler
- Iranian regional mayor is slapped in the face during inauguration – video
| Cop26: ‘World conflict and chaos’ could be the result of a summit failure Posted: 24 Oct 2021 12:35 AM PDT Top climate official issues strong warning on effect of unchecked greenhouse gases ahead of summit Global security and stability could break down, with migration crises and food shortages bringing conflict and chaos, if countries fail to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, the UN's top climate official has warned ahead of the Cop26 climate summit. Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said: "We're really talking about preserving the stability of countries, preserving the institutions that we have built over so many years, preserving the best goals that our countries have put together. The catastrophic scenario would indicate that we would have massive flows of displaced people." Continue reading... |
| Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’ Posted: 23 Oct 2021 06:02 PM PDT Frances Haugen says chief executive has not shown any desire to shield users from the consequences of harmful content The Facebook whistleblower whose revelations have tipped the social media giant into crisis has launched a stinging new criticism of Mark Zuckerberg, saying he has not shown any readiness to protect the public from the harm his company is causing. Frances Haugen told the Observer that Facebook's founder and chief executive had not displayed a desire to run the company in a way that shields the public from the consequences of harmful content. Continue reading... |
| Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord, Otoniel, captured in jungle hideout Posted: 23 Oct 2021 11:51 PM PDT The leader of the powerful Clan del Golfo, who had a $5m bounty on his head, was seized in a raid by military and police Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, Colombia's most sought after drug trafficker and leader of the Clan del Golfo, has been captured at his jungle hideout by the country's armed forces. Colombia had offered a reward of up to 3bn pesos (about $800,000) for information concerning Otoniel's whereabouts, while the United States government had put up a reward of $5m for help locating him. Continue reading... |
| UK government paves way to bring in tough ‘plan B’ Covid rules Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:30 PM PDT Councils consulted over support for measures such as vaccine passports amid warnings by senior doctors that NHS faces winter illness 'triple whammy' • Coronavirus – latest updates • See all our coronavirus coverage New evidence has emerged that the government is paving the way to implement "plan B" measures in England to combat the spread of Covid-19, amid warnings from health chiefs that a "vortex of pressures" is encircling the NHS. In the clearest sign to date that Whitehall is actively considering additional measures, the Observer has learnt that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) contacted local authorities on Friday to canvass their level of support for the "immediate rollout of the winter plan – plan B". Continue reading... |
| Crew on Baldwin film raised prop gun concerns before fatal shooting Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:17 PM PDT Text message warning of 'super-unsafe' conditions was later followed by a walkout by camera operators A picture of chaos and concern on the set of Alec Baldwin's new western, Rust, has emerged from fresh accounts of the lead-up to the fatal shooting during filming on Thursday. Only days into the three-week production schedule, new reports suggest that a worker had been so worried about weapon safety he had sent a text message to his manager warning of "super-unsafe" conditions. Continue reading... |
| Mummy’s older than we thought: new find could rewrite history Posted: 24 Oct 2021 01:00 AM PDT Discovery of nobleman Khuwy shows that Egyptians were using advanced embalming methods 1,000 years before assumed date The ancient Egyptians were carrying out sophisticated mummifications of their dead 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence which could lead to a rewriting of the history books. The preserved body of a high-ranking nobleman called Khuwy, discovered in 2019, has been found to be far older than assumed and is, in fact, one of the oldest Egyptian mummies ever discovered. It has been dated to the Old Kingdom, proving that mummification techniques some 4,000 years ago were highly advanced. Continue reading... |
| Mystery of the environmental triggers for cancer deepens Posted: 24 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT Study shows that our knowledge of why tumours form is still inadequate Scientists will have to rethink how environmental triggers allow tumours to form and develop, one of Britain's leading cancer experts warned last week. Michael Stratton, director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said recent results from an international cancer research study – which aimed to pinpoint environmental triggers involved in oeosophageal cancer – indicated current scientific understanding of tumour formation was inadequate. The research – on a type known as oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma – was aimed at uncovering why certain parts of the world suffer extremely high rates of the disease. These areas include parts of Iran, Turkey, Kenya and China where the disease is the most common form of cancer. In many other parts of the world, its incidence is relatively low. Continue reading... |
| US wants to help Taiwan participate ‘meaningfully’ in UN, as China prepares to mark key anniversary Posted: 23 Oct 2021 08:36 PM PDT US and Taiwanese officials hold talks ahead of 50th anniversary of PRC replacing Taiwan as China's representative in the UN Taiwanese and US officials have discussed how Taiwan can "meaningfully" participate at the United Nations just days before Chinese president Xi Jinping will give a speech to mark his country's half century since accession to the global body. Taiwan, using its formal name the Republic of China, held the Chinese seat at the UN until 25 October 1971, when it was voted out as representative of the country in favour of the People's Republic of China, whose communist forces had won a civil war in 1949 and forced the republican government to flee to the island. Continue reading... |
| Turkey threatens to eject 10 western diplomats over support for activist Posted: 23 Oct 2021 10:55 AM PDT President Erdoğan says ambassadors from US, Europe and elsewhere are not welcome after call for freeing of Osman Kavala The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said he has ordered the foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors from western countries persona non grata for calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala. Kavala has been in prison for four years, charged with financing nationwide protests in 2013 and with involvement in a failed coup in 2016. He denies the charges. Continue reading... |
| Hilary Mantel tells a great tale but ruined abbeys tell a different one, says expert Posted: 23 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT Final part of Wolf Hall, now on the West End stage, is under fire from English Heritage for its 'Tudor bias' in charting history The staging of the final novel in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy has, arguably, been the flagship theatrical event as the West End re-opens after lockdown. One critic described The Mirror and the Light, which chronicles the downfall of Thomas Cromwell, as the completion of a "magnificent hat-trick". But Dr Michael Carter, the senior properties historian at English Heritage, will not be buying a ticket. Carter, whose role means he is responsible for curating the stories of the ruined monasteries, abbeys and priories of England, is not exactly a Mantel-sceptic. But he is desperate for another set of stories to be told about the events with which she deals. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live: UK travel rules relaxed as arrivals can now use cheaper lateral flow tests Posted: 24 Oct 2021 01:52 AM PDT Latest updates: from today fully vaccinated travellers do not have to use more expensive PCR test on arrival
Which protects you most against Covid - vaccination or prior infection? Here, the data is examined by David Spiegelhalter, chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at Cambridge, and Anthony Masters, statistical ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society. Hillary Clinton, speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, said it was "imperative" that Boris Johnson "do what he can to stop the rise in Covid in the UK." Part of what we've done in New York is all of the big health systems, hospitals and the like, they have mandated vaccines. For example, one very large one, 77,000 employees , 1,000 refused to get vaccinated. They were fired. And I think you have got to make it clear, we're not going to go back to lockdown, that is not going to happen. But, if you don't get vaccinated and if you don't have proof of vaccination when you go into a club or restaurant, and employers don't enforce vaccines, we may see some problems here in the UK as the weather gets colder and people are forced back inside again. Continue reading... |
| ‘Darker skies and colder weather provide perfect conditions... for Covid-19 to thrive’ Posted: 24 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT These were the words of the health secretary last week, as it became clear that vaccination alone will not keep the virus in check. But experts in health and education fear that Plan B will come too late Joe Buglass tried 46 times to call his GP about booking a Covid booster jab last Wednesday. "The phone was just ringing and ringing," he said. He had tried several times over the previous six weeks, since getting an NHS text message. "You click the link and it gives you the doctors' surgery number," he said. Buglass, who runs a property maintenance business in Newcastle, is clinically vulnerable because he donated a kidney. When he finally got through, he was told he was ringing the wrong people. Eventually, someone rang him back. Continue reading... |
| Leos are most likely to get vaccinated, say Utah officials. Is it written in the stars? Posted: 23 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT Health authorities compared vaccination rates with Zodiac signs, but the results may require further investigation Exciting news for people who believe in science enough to want mass vaccination, but not enough to think horoscopes are made up: Utah's Salt Lake county health department says there's a big difference in vaccination rates depending on your Zodiac sign. At least, that's what officials found when they analysed anonymised data on 1.2million residents, providing a table of the least and most vaccinated star signs. How many people of each Zodiac sign are vaccinated: Salt Lake county did this using anonymized state data. That's likely quite accurate. How many people of each Zodiac sign live in the county overall: They estimated this by looking at the nationwide distribution of Zodiac signs, using data from the University of Texas-Austin. Then they assumed their county would have a similar distribution. Continue reading... |
| ‘It was quite overwhelming’: how it feels to have your business thrive in a pandemic Posted: 23 Oct 2021 12:00 PM PDT From virtual puppy school to home bubble-tea subscriptions, lockdowns in Australia have created unlikely winners, but victory as an outlier is sometimes bittersweet It's no secret that on the work front, the Covid narrative has predominantly been a negative one, with two-thirds of Australian businesses reporting a hit to revenue in 2020 and underemployment hitting a historic high of 13.8%, impacting 1.8 million people. Despite this, lockdowns have brought growth to certain sectors, with Australians spending big in areas such as beauty, hobbies and home furnishings. This increased desire for little luxuries is sometimes called the lipstick index. So what does it feel like to be an outlier in a downturn? We asked four business owners to share their experiences. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’ Posted: 23 Oct 2021 06:02 PM PDT The woman whose revelations have rocked Facebook tells how spending time with her mother, a priest, motivated her to speak out This was not Frances Haugen's plan A. The Facebook whistleblower says she does not like being the centre of attention, but what she saw while working at Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire compelled her into action – and made her famous. "When I look at what I did, this was not my plan A. It wasn't my plan B, it wasn't my plan C. It was like my plan J or something," she laughs. "No one sat me down and said 'what I want you to do is whistleblow'." Continue reading... |
| Edgar Wright: how Martin Scorsese helped me through lockdown Posted: 24 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT The director talks about his love of British film and 1960s London – and the 'quarantine movie club' of little-known gems recommended to him by Scorsese In March of 2020, at the beginning of the first Covid lockdown, Edgar Wright was in post-production on his new movie, Last Night in Soho. With a cast that includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp and Rita Tushingham, it's a ghostly tale of young 60s-obsessed fashion student Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) who travels from Redruth to London where she finds herself drawn back into the capital's swinging past – with all its dark and sometimes horrifying secrets. Finding himself on an enforced film-making hiatus, Wright decided not to waste his time, but to attempt instead to fill "the yawning gaps in my film knowledge" by working his way through a list of essential international cinema that Martin Scorsese had prepared in 2007. A few months later, Wright wrote to Scorsese, thanking the maestro for turning his attention toward such life-changing gems as Sansho the Bailiff, Rocco & His Brothers and Umberto D, and describing the "profound experience" of discovering or revisiting these classics. Continue reading... |
| Murder, missing money and cover-up claims: South Carolina family mystery grips America Posted: 23 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT In the swampy surrounds of South Carolina's low country, the scandal involving the wealthy, powerful Murdaughs is billowing – but if people know things, they're not saying It's a story as thick and unctuous as South Carolina's low country mud. Those in the know aren't talking, and those who don't know are. But with six active investigations, including a murder inquiry, the case of Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, a 53-year-old tort lawyer and scion of one of the state's most powerful families, has gripped America. Last week, Murdaugh appeared in court in Columbia, the state capital, on a bond hearing over charges he misappropriated $3.5m in insurance settlements relating to the death of the family's longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield. The defense and prosecution approved the bond request. Judge Clifton Newman denied it. Continue reading... |
| I used to have a rewarding life, but now I feel stuck Posted: 23 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT You are in that scary place of not knowing how to be. But have faith, says Philippa Perry The question I seem to have lost all momentum in my life and I don't know what to do. Until a couple of years ago, I had a stressful but rewarding life working abroad and travelling. I had a long-distance relationship and friends around the world. Then my relationship broke up, my father died and Covid happened. Because of the pandemic my company limited my job to a desk-only role, and they are happy with that despite me doing almost nothing. My family struggled at first without my dad, so I spent time supporting them, but now they're in a good place, so I'm not needed. A lot of my friends settled during this time. They've now got dogs, marriages and kids and, although I'm happy for them, it means they are less available. Covid stopped my dating life, except online where the women all seem to be looking for someone to settle down with. Continue reading... |
| Dune review – sci-fi epic gets off to a flying start Posted: 24 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT The French-Canadian director of Blade Runner 2049 brings an astonishing visual sensibility to Frank Herbert's 'unfilmable' sci-fi classic For years, it seemed that the greatest film ever to come from Frank Herbert's quasi-biblical 1960s sci-fi novel Dune would be a 2013 documentary about the failure to make a great film out of Herbert's novel. In Jodorowsky's Dune, director Frank Pavich documented the Chilean-French maverick's unhinged (and ultimately abortive) effort to mount a screen adaptation with a projected 14-hour running time, featuring a starring role for Salvador Dalí and a burning giraffe. Really. Crucially, Pavich's engrossing doc suggested that although Jodorowsky's film never actually existed, it still cast a long creative shadow, with the pre-production work of the French graphic novelist Moebius and Swiss artist HR Giger influencing Star Wars, Alien and pretty much all subsequent screen sci-fi, a claim that cannot be made about David Lynch's finished but fatally flawed 1984 version. Continue reading... |
| I’ve never thought about being a dad. Until now… Posted: 23 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT Michael Segalov always presumed fatherhood was not for him. Then his beloved grandmother died and he found himself thinking about having kids. But that meant learning about new and radical approaches to being a parent It wasn't the first time my nephew had called my mum "Grandma". This was, if anything, a staple of the fairly limited vocabulary this three-year-old possessed. Mum, my sister and I had been strewn out on the grass, exhausted. Unperturbed, he announced he wanted escorting to the swings. A few years earlier, it had felt strange to hear Mum being called by her new moniker. But it became normal in no time… At least, until now. Before that day, I'd thought little of procreation. That was for proper grownups, adulthood's far-off frontier. Firmly in my late 20s, that's very much a privilege of my gender: there'd been no overbearing societal pressure or talk of an ever-ticking biological clock. Being gay, meanwhile, put my present and past partners in the same position. And neither they nor I could ever find ourselves pregnant, however relaxed about precautions, or hard we might try. Continue reading... |
| Sunak criticised for failing to deliver on key infrastructure projects Posted: 24 Oct 2021 01:48 AM PDT Labour criticises chancellor ahead of budget for 'lots of announcements and not much delivery' Labour has criticised Rishi Sunak for "lots of announcements and not much delivery" on infrastructure projects, as the chancellor conceded that of £7bn in this week's budget for expanding regional transport links, only £1.5bn is new money. Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, said that while she welcomed moves to improve transport in cities such as her own, Leeds, she was deeply sceptical about what would happen, citing long delays and uncertainty surrounding projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2. Continue reading... |
| UK ‘will not cave in over role of European court in NI protocol’ Posted: 23 Oct 2021 02:30 PM PDT Government sources say talks with EU 'constructive' but 'we are still far apart on big issues' The UK government has described talks with the EU over the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol as "constructive" but insisted it was not about to cave in on its demands that the role of the European court of justice be scrapped. Government sources dampened hopes of a breakthrough, saying the two sides were still "far apart on the big issues". Continue reading... |
| New Iranian regional governor slapped in face at inauguration Posted: 23 Oct 2021 11:12 AM PDT Attack on Brig Gen Abedin Khorram in East Azerbaijan province an unusual breach of security in Islamic Republic The new governor of a north-western Iranian province was slapped in the face by an angry man during his inauguration on Saturday in an unusual breach of security in the Islamic Republic. A motive for the attack in Iran's East Azerbaijan province remained unclear, though it targeted a new provincial governor who once served in the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and reportedly had been kidnapped at one point by rebel forces in Syria. One report referred to it as a personal dispute. Continue reading... |
| Anger over ‘shambolic’ phone app shares sale Posted: 24 Oct 2021 01:15 AM PDT Trading suspended in South African healthcare firm's shares after police arrest two over fraud allegations Britain's financial regulator faces criticism this weekend over the "shambolic" listing on the London Stock Exchange of a healthcare company facing allegations that some of its shares were traded fraudulently. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved Umuthi Healthcare Solutions for admission to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in March. The company has developed a smartphone app to help medicines reach doctors in remote rural areas. Continue reading... |
| ‘I hug them’: meet the farmer raising 2,000lb pumpkins Posted: 24 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT Armed with 'golden seeds', Leonardo Urena is part of an elite group of global growers – and this year produced California's largest specimen It starts with a tiny seed. Leonardo Urena opened his palm to show a small plastic bag containing a single special specimen. Smooth and white, it wasn't yet remarkable, but it will be, because it has the potential to sprout a squash as heavy as a walrus. Continue reading... |
| Risen from the ashes: mural painted using ash marks Brazil’s wildfire tragedy Posted: 24 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT 'Artivist' Thiago Mundano used ash from Amazon fires to paint a towering monument to Brazil's firefighters in São Paulo Continue reading... |
| Survivors of 1965 Indonesia massacres urge UK to apologise Posted: 24 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT After Observer report, families say the move would help heal country's wounds Survivors and descendants of those massacred in Indonesia's anti-communist purge of 1965-1966 are urging the UK government to apologise for its role in what was described in a secret CIA report as "one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century". Last week the Observer published evidence that Britain played a part in inciting the killings. It is estimated that at least 500,000 people were murdered between 1965 and 1966 by the Indonesian army, militias and vigilantes. Continue reading... |
| Nationals agree to net-zero target by 2050 despite Barnaby Joyce’s opposition Posted: 24 Oct 2021 01:51 AM PDT Agreement is conditional on cabinet submission reflecting negotiations between Scott Morrison and Joyce, who refused to reveal if he supported the target Nationals MPs have agreed to sign up to a net zero emissions target by 2050, despite the opposition of leader Barnaby Joyce, in exchange for a regional transition package and an extra cabinet position. In a two-hour long partyroom meeting on Sunday, Joyce said the party had agreed to a "process" to support the net zero target, dependent on cabinet signing off on a package that would protect regional economies. Continue reading... |
| ‘We planted a seed’: the Afghan artists who painted for freedom Posted: 23 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT The Taliban has whitewashed Kabul's political murals – and those who created them have fled into exile Negina Azimi felt shock and fear like never before when she heard that Taliban fighters had entered Kabul on 15 August. As an outspoken female artist in Afghanistan, she knew they would come for her. "We heard reports that the Taliban might raid houses. I was scared because I live in a very central neighbourhood and every room in my house is adorned with the kind of art the Taliban won't approve of," she says, referring to paintings that feature messages about women's empowerment and are critical of the Taliban's atrocities. Negina Azimi, who is now in a refugee camp in Albania with others of the ArtLords collective. They are now planning an exhibition Continue reading... |
| Why is the idea of ‘gender’ provoking backlash the world over? | Judith Butler Posted: 23 Oct 2021 03:29 AM PDT Increasingly, authoritarians are likening 'genderism' to 'communism' and 'totalitarianism' In June, the Hungarian parliament voted overwhelmingly to eliminate from public schools all teaching related to "homosexuality and gender change", associating LGBTQI rights and education with pedophilia and totalitarian cultural politics. In late May, Danish MPs passed a resolution against "excessive activism" in academic research environments, including gender studies, race theory, postcolonial and immigration studies in their list of culprits. In December 2020, the supreme court in Romania struck down a law that would have forbidden the teaching of "gender identity theory" but the debate there rages on. Trans-free spaces in Poland have been declared by transphobes eager to purify Poland of corrosive cultural influences from the US and the UK. Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul convention in March sent shudders through the EU, since one of its main objections was the inclusion of protections for women and children against violence, and this "problem" was linked to the foreign word, "gender". The attacks on so-called "gender ideology" have grown in recent years throughout the world, dominating public debate stoked by electronic networks and backed by extensive rightwing Catholic and evangelical organizations. Although not always in accord, these groups concur that the traditional family is under attack, that children in the classroom are being indoctrinated to become homosexuals, and that "gender" is a dangerous, if not diabolical, ideology threatening to destroy families, local cultures, civilization, and even "man" himself. Continue reading... |
| Iranian regional mayor is slapped in the face during inauguration – video Posted: 23 Oct 2021 10:35 AM PDT The new governor of a northwestern Iranian province was slapped in the face by an angry man during his inauguration on Saturday in an unusual breach of security in the Islamic Republic during a ceremony attended by the country's interior minister. The new governor, Brig Gen Abedin Khorram, had taken the podium in the provincial capital of Tabriz when the man strode out from offstage and immediately swung at the official. Continue reading... |
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