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- Sudan’s prime minister detained ‘for his own safety’ says military leader
- World has wasted chance to build back better after Covid, UN says
- Prince Andrew given deadline to face questions in Virginia Giuffre case
- Astronomers spot first possible exoplanet outside our galaxy
- Businesses in Thailand urge government to reverse alcohol ban
- Japan’s Princess Mako marries and loses royal status
- MP Owen Paterson faces suspension for breaking lobbying rules
- Amazon to host classified material for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ
- All Time Low: US rock band deny allegations of sexual misconduct
- Heathrow says travel may not return to pre-Covid levels until 2026
- Covid live: Oxford vaccine boss says it’s unfair to ‘bash UK’ over high cases; Czech Republic in ‘epidemic of unvaccinated’
- The psychology of masks: why have so many people stopped covering their faces?
- Why people believe Covid conspiracy theories: could folklore hold the answer?
- Boom time for Cape Verde’s sea turtles as conservation pays off
- ‘Gunmen killed a midwife who refused to leave a woman in labour’
- Sex: Unzipped review – perverse Sesame Street is a TV disgrace
- How the US fails to take away guns from domestic abusers: ‘these deaths are preventable’
- ‘Conditioning an entire society’: the rise of biometric data technology
- ‘We are so divided now’: how China controls thought and speech beyond its borders
- ‘For 18 months, I thought I was a leper’: Frankie Dettori on his cocaine ban, bulimia and banter with the Queen
- David Frost says EU close to breaching Brexit deal over science programme
- Progressives raise concern over potential US reconciliation bill cuts – live
- Regulating indigenous medicine in Mexico ‘could violate rights’
- Staff at Tasmanian youth detention centre allegedly covered up child sexual abuse, inquiry hears
- The Nigerian fish market where gods and commerce meet
- The world was woefully unprepared for a pandemic. Let’s be ready for the next one | Elhadj As Sy
- ‘Countdown to catastrophe’: half of Afghans face hunger this winter – UN
- My father’s senseless murder must be a wake-up call for Nigeria
- Seeds of Sudan coup sown after fall of Omar al-Bashir
- 'One of the greatest injustices': Pacific islands on the frontline of the climate crisis – video
- Protesters march in Khartoum after Sudan's military launches coup – video
| Sudan’s prime minister detained ‘for his own safety’ says military leader Posted: 26 Oct 2021 06:45 AM PDT Abdalla Hamdok and other ministers have not been seen since Abdel Fattah al-Burhan took power in bloody coup The Sudanese military leader who took power in a bloody coup on Monday has said he is keeping the deposed prime minister detained at the general's personal residence "for his own safety", as concerns mount over the wellbeing of senior arrested officials. The prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and other ministers have not been seen since their detention amid international demands for their immediate release. Continue reading... |
| World has wasted chance to build back better after Covid, UN says Posted: 26 Oct 2021 06:15 AM PDT Report warns countries face disastrous temperature rises if they fail to strengthen climate ambitions The world has squandered the opportunity to "build back better" from the Covid-19 pandemic, and faces disastrous temperature rises of at least 2.7C if countries fail to strengthen their climate pledges, according to a report from the UN. Tuesday's publication warns that countries' current pledges would reduce carbon by only about 7.5% by 2030, far less than the 45% cut scientists say is needed to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C, the aim of the Cop26 summit that opens in Glasgow this Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew given deadline to face questions in Virginia Giuffre case Posted: 26 Oct 2021 05:27 AM PDT Duke must make himself available by 14 July in US lawsuit brought by woman who accuses him of sexual abusing her Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by 14 July next year in a civil lawsuit brought by a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. While not specified in the court papers, the Duke of York and his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, are both expected to answer questions under oath. Depositions must be completed on or before 14 July, said the district judge Lewis Kaplan, who serves in the southern district of New York. Continue reading... |
| Astronomers spot first possible exoplanet outside our galaxy Posted: 26 Oct 2021 05:16 AM PDT Saturn-sized planet candidate has been identified in Whirlpool Galaxy 28m light years away A possible Saturn-sized planet identified in the distant Whirlpool Galaxy could be the first exoplanet to be detected outside the Milky Way. The exoplanet candidate appears to be orbiting an X-ray binary – made up of a normal star and a collapsed star or black hole – with its distance from this binary roughly equivalent to the distance of Uranus from the sun. Continue reading... |
| Businesses in Thailand urge government to reverse alcohol ban Posted: 26 Oct 2021 06:17 AM PDT Borders set to open after 18 months of restrictions that did 'catastrophic damage' to the tourism sector Businesses in Thailand have urged the government to lift restrictions on alcohol sales as the country reopens to tourists, warning the measures are destroying its famous nightlife and risk deterring visitors. Thailand plans to reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 45 countries on 1 November, following 18 months of restrictions that have devastated the tourism industry. Just weeks ahead of the reopening, many bars, clubs and restaurants are closed or struggling to survive. Continue reading... |
| Japan’s Princess Mako marries and loses royal status Posted: 26 Oct 2021 06:18 AM PDT Emperor Naruhito's niece and her college sweetheart make announcement at press conference Japan's Princess Mako has lost her royal status after marrying her "commoner" college sweetheart, Kei Komuro – a man she described as "irreplaceable" – while the couple voiced sadness over a scandal that has plagued their engagement. After years of criticism of their relationship that has left Mako struggling with her mental health, the couple announced at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday that they had wed. They declined to take questions from reporters. Continue reading... |
| MP Owen Paterson faces suspension for breaking lobbying rules Posted: 26 Oct 2021 03:23 AM PDT Ex-minister could be suspended from Commons for 30 days after working as a consultant with two firms The Tory MP Owen Paterson faces a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons for an "egregious" breach of lobbying rules, raising the possibility he could lose his seat if enough constituents trigger a byelection. The former cabinet minister was found to have breached paid advocacy rules, two years after the Guardian published documents revealing how the former environment secretary helped lobby for two firms he was paid to advise – Randox and Lynn's Country Foods. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org. Continue reading... |
| Amazon to host classified material for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ Posted: 26 Oct 2021 02:30 AM PDT US firm Amazon Web Services to host classified material in cloud system, raising sovereignty concerns The UK's spy agencies have given a contract to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host classified material in a deal aimed at boosting the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence for espionage. GCHQ had supported the procurement of a high-security cloud system, which would be used by its sister services, MI5 and MI6. Other government departments, such as the Ministry of Defence, would also use the system during joint operations. Continue reading... |
| All Time Low: US rock band deny allegations of sexual misconduct Posted: 26 Oct 2021 02:17 AM PDT 'We have to state with outright certainty that what is being said about us is completely and utterly false,' band members say The US rock band All Time Low have denied allegations of sexual misconduct made against the band, including that guitarist Jack Barakat sexually abused an underage girl, calling them "absolutely and unequivocally false". Earlier this month, a woman posted a video on TikTok claiming that an unnamed famous pop-punk act had invited her on to their tour bus when she was 13. She alleged inappropriate behaviour, including attempts "to take my bra off for their nasty collection" and that they "offered me beers" and subsequently prank-called her friend. Continue reading... |
| Heathrow says travel may not return to pre-Covid levels until 2026 Posted: 26 Oct 2021 01:02 AM PDT Airport reports losses of £3.4bn since start of pandemic but says UK is 'on cusp of recovery' Heathrow airport has warned that air travel may not recover to pre-Covid levels until 2026 despite improving passenger numbers in the past three months, as it reported that losses since the start of the pandemic have reached £3.4bn. The airport said international travel could be "on the cusp of a recovery" but it faced a "long road ahead". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2021 06:54 AM PDT Prof Andrew Pollard says UK testing much more than European neighbours; Czech Republic faces surge in cases
Headteachers have described the "sinister" intimidation tactics being used by protesters against the vaccination against Covid of teenagers in schools. "It started with a few emails from a group calling itself Lawyers for Freedom," the Guardian was told by the headteacher of one of a number of Liverpool schools that have come under pressure from anti-vaccine activists. "An email is relatively easy to ignore." Continue reading... |
| The psychology of masks: why have so many people stopped covering their faces? Posted: 26 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT In England, masks are expected and recommended in crowded and enclosed spaces – but not legally required. Many have abandoned them altogether. What would convince everyone to put them back on? Dave stopped wearing his face mask "the second I didn't have to. I grudgingly wore it, because it was the right thing to do and because it was mandatory," says the teacher from East Sussex. "But I felt, and still do, that the reason we were told to wear masks was to make scared people feel less scared." He didn't feel awkward abandoning his mask, he says, as "hardly anybody bothers", but he will put one on when visiting the vet, pharmacist or doctor, because he knows they want him to. "I feel it's the respectful thing to do, but it's a bit of theatre." Every month since July, when the legal requirement to wear face masks – along with other restrictions – ended in England, the number of mask-wearers has dropped. In figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) last week, 82% of adults reported they had worn a mask outside their home in the previous seven days – a drop from 86% the previous month. But that seems high to me. In my own highly unscientific survey of people coming out of a shopping centre in a south coast town centre last week, only around one in 25 were wearing a mask and overwhelmingly they tended to be older people – the most vulnerable social group. "When everyone else stopped, I stopped," says Holly. Her friend Chantelle works in a supermarket and also hasn't worn a mask since July. Does she mind customers not wearing masks? "Not really," she says, "because I'm not wearing one. Doing an eight-hour shift in it was horrible." Would they go back to wearing masks? "If we had to, then yeah, I would," says Holly, but neither would by choice. Continue reading... |
| Why people believe Covid conspiracy theories: could folklore hold the answer? Posted: 26 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT Researchers use AI – and witchcraft folklore – to map the coronavirus conspiracy theories that have sprung up Researchers have mapped the web of connections underpinning coronavirus conspiracy theories, opening a new way of understanding and challenging them. Using Danish witchcraft folklore as a model, the researchers from UCLA and Berkeley analysed thousands of social media posts with an artificial intelligence tool and extracted the key people, things and relationships. |
| Boom time for Cape Verde’s sea turtles as conservation pays off Posted: 26 Oct 2021 01:00 AM PDT The number of nesting sites on the archipelago has risen dramatically, but global heating sees male population plummet It's nearly midnight as Delvis Semedo strolls along an empty beach on the Cape Verdean island of Maio. Overhead, the dense Milky Way pierces the darkness. A sea turtle emerges from the crashing waves and lumbers up the shore. Then another. And another. Semedo is one of about 100 local people who patrol Maio's beaches each night during nesting season to collect data on the turtles and protect them from poachers. This year has been busier than usual. Sea turtle nests on the islands of Sal, Maio and Boa Vista – the primary nesting grounds for loggerheads in Cape Verde – have soared in the last five years. Cape Verde's environment ministry puts nest numbers in 2020 across all 10 islands at almost 200,000, up from 10,725 in 2015. Continue reading... |
| ‘Gunmen killed a midwife who refused to leave a woman in labour’ Posted: 26 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT Zahra Mirzaei pioneered 'groundbreaking' maternity services in Kabul, but has been forced to flee. She says she won't stop fighting for dignified care for Afghanistan's women and girls When Afghanistan's first midwife-led birth centre opened in the impoverished district of Dasht-e-Barchi in western Kabul this year it was a symbol of hope and defiance. It began receiving expectant mothers in June, just over a year after a devastating attack by gunmen on the maternity wing at the local hospital left 24 people dead, including 16 mothers, a midwife and two young children. Continue reading... |
| Sex: Unzipped review – perverse Sesame Street is a TV disgrace Posted: 26 Oct 2021 04:25 AM PDT In this fascinatingly terrible Netflix show, presenter Saweetie cannot contain her cringing as sex-positive puppets masturbate constantly in front of her. What an agonising watch I blame myself, really. I have made repeated pleas in these pages that British people be entirely kept away from any shows about sex or anything remotely sex-adjacent, because of our inability to face cameras or genitals without collapsing in mortal embarrassment. In doing so, I implied that Americans were better suited to the job. I apologise unreservedly. For Sex: Unzipped, billed erroneously by Netflix as a comedy special and presented by rapper Saweetie, has been inflicted upon us all to give the lie to my under-researched claim. Saweetie is, especially for someone used to performing, fascinatingly terrible as a presenter. Uncomfortable, self-conscious and with a relentlessly flat delivery – it's quite agonising. Perhaps she would be better off without the sex-positive puppets? Then again, perhaps we all would. Continue reading... |
| How the US fails to take away guns from domestic abusers: ‘these deaths are preventable’ Posted: 26 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT Every 16 hours, a woman is fatally shot by a current or former intimate partner. Many of the offenders were legally prohibited from having guns Editor's note: This story was produced by the non-profit newsroom Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Get its investigations emailed directly to you. Paige Mitchell and Bradley Gray forged a bond over tragedy. Late one Sunday in October 2009, Mitchell's husband borrowed a motorcycle from a neighbor on a whim, rumbled down a back road in rural Moundville, Alabama, and careened to his death. Almost exactly a year later, at almost precisely the same time of night, Gray's wife died on the same county byway when her car crashed into a tree. Fate seemed to push Mitchell and Gray together, making their relationship hard to sever even as it descended into dysfunction. Continue reading... |
| ‘Conditioning an entire society’: the rise of biometric data technology Posted: 26 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT The use of our bodies to unlock access to services raises concerns about the trade-off between convenience and privacy In a school canteen in Gateshead, cameras scan the faces of children, taking payment automatically after identifying them with facial recognition. More than 200 miles away in North London, staff at a care home recently took part in a trial that used facial data to verify their Covid-19 vaccine status. And in convenience stores around the country, staff are alerted to potential shoplifters by a smart CCTV system that taps into a database of individuals deemed suspect. In each case, biometric data has been harnessed to try to save time and money. But the growing use of our bodies to unlock areas of the public and private sphere has raised questions about everything from privacy to data security and racial bias. Continue reading... |
| ‘We are so divided now’: how China controls thought and speech beyond its borders Posted: 25 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT The arrest of a Tibetan New York city cop on spying charges plays into the community's long-held suspicions that the People's Republic is watching them It was a pleasant, breezy day in late September 2020 when the FBI showed up outside the home of a man named Baimadajie Angwang. Angwang, who lived in Long Island with his wife and two-year-old daughter, was a community liaison officer with the New York police department, where his role was to build relations with the neighbourhood in the 111th precinct in Queens. He had arrived in the US in 2005, a 17-year-old asylum-seeker from a Tibetan enclave in China. He joined the marines in 2009 and served one tour in Afghanistan. And then, in 2019, he showed up at the Tibetan Community Center in Queens. He wanted to be part of the community, Angwang told people. He was there to help Tibetan immigrant youth. He was also, according to the charges against him, in regular contact with two members of the Chinese consulate. "Let them know," he had told a consular official in November 2018, "that you have recruited someone in the police department." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT He almost quit, but now the champion jockey is riding high. He discusses his second wind, racing's poverty problem – and why he hopes his kids won't enter the sport All life can be found at Dettori towers. The outside looks forbiddingly formal – a huge new-build mansion, propped up by grandiose pillars, near the Suffolk racing town of Newmarket. Inside, it's a different story. Frankie Dettori's wife, Catherine, is chopping up chicken for the cats, dogs, kids and Dettori. Chilli, the alsatian, is mooching around, chewed-up Frisbee in his mouth, begging for a game of catch. Blue, a friend's 16-week-old working cocker spaniel, is tearing chunks out of Ricky, a Romanian rescue dog three times her size, while the dachshunds Lettie and Possum try to keep up. In the fields outside, horses and miniature donkeys are grazing happily. Catherine's mother pops over for a natter. Blue's owner is chatting with Catherine, while Catherine is telling me how quiet it is now that three of the five kids have left home, their pet pig has gone to pig heaven and their emus have departed for distant shores. Continue reading... |
| David Frost says EU close to breaching Brexit deal over science programme Posted: 25 Oct 2021 11:44 AM PDT Minister 'quite concerned' about delay to finalising UK's participation in €80bn Horizon Europe scheme A fresh Brexit row has been blown open with Brussels after David Frost accused the EU of being close to breaching the trade deal struck last Christmas. He said the UK was "getting quite concerned" about Brussels delaying ratification of the UK's participation in the €80bn (£67bn) Horizon Europe research programme, costing British scientists their place in pan-European research programmes. Continue reading... |
| Progressives raise concern over potential US reconciliation bill cuts – live Posted: 26 Oct 2021 06:54 AM PDT
As centrist Senator Joe Manchin criticizes proposals to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage in the reconciliation package, Democratic leaders are reportedly considering punting on healthcare issues until next year. The Washington Post reports: The infighting over health care also prompted Democratic leadership this month to consider a plan to delay some of the party's health agenda to next year, including a plan to repeal a Trump-era ban on prescription drug rebates, hoping that election-year deadlines would force lawmakers to seal deals that are currently proving elusive, said three people with knowledge of the negotiations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. But further delays could backfire with patients and at the polls. Many Americans say that the cost of health care remains their top voting issue, and that reforms like lowering prescription drug prices are desperately needed. Backers of other popular measures like boosting home care and reducing the cost of health plans sold through ACA marketplaces are also jockeying for their inclusion in the package. Continue reading... |
| Regulating indigenous medicine in Mexico ‘could violate rights’ Posted: 25 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT Academics and traditional medical groups warn against proposed legislation to grant state authority to control practice Proposed legislation that would grant the Mexican state authority to regulate and control the practice of indigenous medicine could violate the country's constitution and international conventions on the rights of ancestral communities, academics and traditional medical groups have warned. The bill, introduced by the governing Morena party and unanimously voted through by the lower house in April, sets out to regulate and standardise traditional and complementary healthcare. Continue reading... |
| Staff at Tasmanian youth detention centre allegedly covered up child sexual abuse, inquiry hears Posted: 26 Oct 2021 03:53 AM PDT Calls for centre to be closed urgently after concerns for safety of children went unaddressed for decades Allegations that staff at Tasmania's youth detention centre covered up child sexual abuse, destroyed records and failed to report complaints will be examined by an inquiry. The Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings held its first hearing on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| The Nigerian fish market where gods and commerce meet Posted: 25 Oct 2021 11:00 PM PDT The all-women market appoints a 'mother of wealth' to pray for their good fortune – and in this recession-hit country the role is more important than ever Folasade Ojikutu wears a traditional white lace dress for her work at the lagoon dock behind Oluwo market in Epe. The small town is home to one of the largest and most popular fish markets in Lagos – and almost all 300 traders are women. Many are from families who have sold fish here for generations, and Ojikutu, 47, is their "Iya Alaje", meaning the mother or carrier of wealth. As she strides past a small waterfront shrine, dozens of women fishing waist-deep in the water chant and hail her, calling out "Aje"- in part a reference to the Yoruba goddess of wealth. Every day, hundreds of people travel, sometimes for hours, to buy fish at Epe market, as it is commonly known, where the spiritual and commercial merge. And the mainly women traders look to Ojikutu– who acts as an intercessor, praying for good fortune, alongside managing affairs at the market. Continue reading... |
| The world was woefully unprepared for a pandemic. Let’s be ready for the next one | Elhadj As Sy Posted: 25 Oct 2021 10:00 PM PDT The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board is calling for a coherent action plan to counter future health emergencies Two years ago, three months before coronavirus erupted, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) issued a warning to the international community that a pandemic was only a matter of time, and that the world was not prepared. Tragically, we were proved right. After 20 months of Covid-19, with nearly five million directly attributed deaths and economic devastation, we say again that the world is not prepared. It has neither the capacity to end the current pandemic in the near future, nor to prevent the next one. Continue reading... |
| ‘Countdown to catastrophe’: half of Afghans face hunger this winter – UN Posted: 25 Oct 2021 06:15 AM PDT An economic crisis aggravated by conflict and drought have caused a collapse in food security since the Taliban takeover More than half of Afghanistan's population is facing acute hunger as the country has been thrown into one of the world's largest food crises. Almost 23 million Afghans will be hungry due to conflict, drought and an economic downturn that is severely affecting livelihoods and people's access to food as a harsh winter looms, the UN has warned; an increase of nearly 35% compared with last year. Continue reading... |
| My father’s senseless murder must be a wake-up call for Nigeria Posted: 25 Oct 2021 04:00 AM PDT A surgeon dedicated to his patients, Chike Akunyili was on the frontline of people's suffering. We must address the problems that drove his killers to pull a trigger just because they could
On the afternoon of 28 September 2021 my father was murdered in broad daylight by Nigeria's ubiquitous "unknown gunmen", the name given to unidentified attackers. His killing, which happened to be on my birthday, was gruesome, cruel and senseless. As he struggled for his life no one helped or comforted him in his hour of need. Worse still, his body was robbed. Continue reading... |
| Seeds of Sudan coup sown after fall of Omar al-Bashir Posted: 25 Oct 2021 07:42 AM PDT Analysis: democratic transition that followed 30 years of military rule only papered over faultlines In 2019, in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Sudan's authoritarian leader Omar al-Bashir – who had himself seized power in a military-backed coup in 1989 – the potential for fissures in the country's nascent political settlement were already obvious. As representatives of the country's rebel movements sent delegations to the huge and sprawling public protests in Khartoum and students discussed the possibilities of democracy at coffee stalls set up on the pavement outside universities, the military – which had removed their backing from Bashir – was keeping a watchful eye with its soldiers manning checkpoints. Continue reading... |
| 'One of the greatest injustices': Pacific islands on the frontline of the climate crisis – video Posted: 25 Oct 2021 10:01 PM PDT Pacific countries are among those most at risk amid the climate crisis. Islands are becoming more difficult to inhabit and people across the region face an impossible decision: to stay in a dangerous place, or leave their homes and culture behind. Samoan journalist Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson talks about the cost of global heating and what Pacific leaders are asking for at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| Protesters march in Khartoum after Sudan's military launches coup – video Posted: 25 Oct 2021 06:15 AM PDT Demonstrators blocked roads in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Monday after the military launched a coup, arresting leading politicians and declaring a state of emergency. Footage shows anti-military protesters chanting slogans while tyres burn in the streets. Sudan's prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and other senior members of its transitional government have been arrested. Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who led Sudan's power-sharing sovereign council, justified the seizure of power by saying infighting between the military and civilian parties threatened the country's stability Continue reading... |
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