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- Cop26 draft calls for tougher emissions pledges by next year
- Trump White House records can be given to Capitol attack panel, judge rules
- Polish PM blames Vladimir Putin for Belarus border crisis
- Prince Harry says ‘Megxit’ is a misogynistic term aimed at his wife Meghan
- Iain Duncan Smith accused of ‘brazen conflict of interest’ over £25,000 job
- Half of Britons do not know 6m Jews were murdered in Holocaust
- ‘Throwing toothpicks at the mountain’: Paul Keating says Aukus submarines plan will have no impact on China
- Queensland man uses pocket knife to fight off crocodile dragging him into river
- Hong Kong prosecutors cite Dominic Raab comments in bid to deny bail for Apple Daily boss
- Peter Jackson sells special effects studio Weta Digital for $1.63bn
- Jacinda Ardern interrupted by daughter Neve during livestream that coincided with bedtime
- Covid live: Germany reports new record daily cases; WHO envoy advises minimising international travel
- Hesitancy, inequity: is the US ‘making the same mistakes’ with kids’ vaccines?
- Emmanuel Macron urges acceleration of France’s Covid booster rollout
- Five reasons NSW Covid case numbers have stayed low since reopening
- ‘There was a bounty on my head’: the chilling rise of the death threat
- Apple Watch Series 7 review: bigger screen, faster charging, still the best
- Antihero to zero: VW rises from ‘dieselgate’ to lead charge on electric vehicles
- ‘Danger unites us’: coalminers on the frontline of clean energy
- ‘There are bodies here’: survivors braced as search begins at Canada’s oldest residential school
- Tom Ford: ‘I paid $90,000 for my own dress. The clothes we make are not meant to be thrown away’
- TikTok’s joy-miners created one of my favourite places on the internet
- ‘Killing us slowly’: dams and drought choke Syria’s water supply – in pictures
- The young taxi bikers killed in Freetown’s fuel blast died trying to scrape a living | Jonah Lipton and James B Palmer
- Trump records can be given to Capitol attack panel | First Thing
- ‘See these glaciers, before they melt’: living on the frontline of global heating
- Voter ID bill may discourage turnout and no evidence it will prevent fraud, committee says
- World’s ‘calamitous’ water crisis being ignored in climate talks – WaterAid
- ‘Unacceptable’: migrants face ‘desperate situation’ at Poland-Belarus border
- ‘She did not deserve to die like this’: family seeks justice for Kenyan woman allegedly killed by UK soldier
- Poland-Belarus border crisis: what is going on and who is to blame?
- ‘You're meant to be in bed, darling’: Ardern interrupted by daughter Neve during livestream – video
- 'We are sinking': Tuvalu minister gives Cop26 speech standing knee deep in seawater – video
| Cop26 draft calls for tougher emissions pledges by next year Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:12 AM PST Move is recognition of gap between current pledges and goals but critics say it does not go far enough A draft of the Cop26 negotiation outcome published overnight urges countries to strengthen their 2030 greenhouse gas emissions targets by the end of next year in a recognition of the yawning gap between current pledges and the landmark 2015 Paris agreement. The text, released by the Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, called on all countries to increase their short-term commitments in 2022, which would be a step forward. It also asks them to agree to an annual high-level ministerial round table focused on raising ambition further starting next November. Continue reading... |
| Trump White House records can be given to Capitol attack panel, judge rules Posted: 09 Nov 2021 07:57 PM PST Trump lawyers vow to appeal move, which would allow transmission of documents as soon as this week A federal judge in Washington has ruled that hundreds of pages of White House records from the Trump administration can be turned over to the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, defying objections from Donald Trump. The decision, handed down late on Tuesday by the US district judge Tanya Chutkan, clears the way for the National Archives to start transmitting the records requested by Congress as early as Friday, though attorneys for Trump immediately vowed to appeal the ruling. Continue reading... |
| Polish PM blames Vladimir Putin for Belarus border crisis Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:23 AM PST Mateusz Morawiecki says Russian president is mastermind behind flow of migrants towards EU borders Poland's prime minister has accused Vladimir Putin of "masterminding" the migrant crisis on Belarus's border with the EU, while Minsk's key ally in the Kremlin pointed the blame at Europe. The escalating rhetoric, including claims from the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, that Russia could join a potential conflict at the border, has underlined the role that regional alliances are playing in the standoff and ensuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading... |
| Prince Harry says ‘Megxit’ is a misogynistic term aimed at his wife Meghan Posted: 09 Nov 2021 08:02 PM PST Duke of Sussex says the term was created by a troll to describe their decision to quit royal duties, which was then amplified by the press Prince Harry has said the word "Megxit", used by the British press to describe the decision by him and his wife Meghan to quit their royal duties, was a misogynistic term. He said the word was an example of online and media hatred. "Maybe people know this and maybe they don't, but the term Megxit was or is a misogynistic term, and it was created by a troll, amplified by royal correspondents, and it grew and grew and grew into mainstream media. But it began with a troll," Harry said. He did not elaborate. Continue reading... |
| Iain Duncan Smith accused of ‘brazen conflict of interest’ over £25,000 job Posted: 09 Nov 2021 11:56 AM PST Ex-Tory leader chaired government taskforce that recommended new rules benefiting firm he was employed by Iain Duncan Smith is facing questions over his £25,000-a-year second job advising a multimillion-pound hand sanitiser company after he chaired a government taskforce that recommended new rules benefiting the firm. The MP and former Conservative party leader chaired the Task Force on Innovation, Growth, and Regulatory Reform, which reported back in May after he and two other MPs were asked by Boris Johnson to recommend ways of cutting supposed EU red-tape. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Half of Britons do not know 6m Jews were murdered in Holocaust Posted: 09 Nov 2021 09:01 PM PST Survey also finds majority of UK respondents believe fewer people care about Holocaust today than used to Just over half of Britons did not know that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, and less than a quarter thought that 2 million or fewer were killed, a new survey has found. The study also found that 67% of UK respondents wrongly believed that the government allowed all or some Jewish immigration, when in fact the British government shut the door to Jewish immigration at the outbreak of the war. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2021 10:44 PM PST Former Australian prime minister also says Britain 'like an old theme park sliding into the Atlantic' compared to modern China
The former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has denounced the US- and UK-backed plan for nuclear-powered submarines as "like throwing a handful of toothpicks at the mountain", declaring Australia should avoid being drawn into a war with China. The former Labor leader on Wednesday accused the major Australian political parties of losing their way on foreign policy, while dismissing the credibility of the UK's "tilt" to the Indo-Pacific region. Continue reading... |
| Queensland man uses pocket knife to fight off crocodile dragging him into river Posted: 09 Nov 2021 03:46 PM PST Cape York man, 60, was fishing on his property when the reptile clamped its jaws around his boots A Queensland man has escaped the jaws of a crocodile by stabbing it in the head with a pocket knife as it dragged him into a river on Cape York. Parks and Wildlife officers said the 60-year-old had been fishing on his property on the banks of a remote part of the McIvor River, near Hope Vale, last Wednesday. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong prosecutors cite Dominic Raab comments in bid to deny bail for Apple Daily boss Posted: 09 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Prosecutors successfully claim criticism of Hong Kong crackdown by US and UK shows Cheung Kim-hung has links to foreign political groups A Hong Kong newspaper executive on trial for national security offences had his bail denied in part because of comments made by Dominic Raab after his arrest, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a "close association" with foreign political groups. The ruling handed down on 5 November against Cheung Kim-hung, the former chief executive of Apple Daily's parent company Next Digital Media, also cited the US awarding of a congressional medal to Cheung and his colleagues, and a statement by the US state department. Continue reading... |
| Peter Jackson sells special effects studio Weta Digital for $1.63bn Posted: 09 Nov 2021 04:21 PM PST The Wellington-based studio built characters and scenes for films including Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Wonder Woman and Planet of the Apes The special effects studio co-founded by Sir Peter Jackson, which has brought blockbusters including Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones to life, has been sold for more than $1.6bn, in the latest blow to New Zealand's film and TV industry. The cash and shares deal, which will see Weta Digital sold to US-based video game company Unity Software for $1.63bn, comes less than three months after Amazon made the shock decision to move its $1bn-plus development of a small screen adaptation of JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (LOTR) from New Zealand to the UK after shooting just one series. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern interrupted by daughter Neve during livestream that coincided with bedtime Posted: 09 Nov 2021 02:48 PM PST The New Zealand prime minister was trying to explain changing Covid rules when her three-year-old daughter appeared off-screen The New Zealand prime minister has been interrupted by a persistent heckler: her three-year-old daughter, who had "escaped" and was up past her bedtime while Jacinda Ardern was trying to give a live update on the country's Covid response. The prime minister was conducting a livestream about shifting public health restrictions when she was interrupted by an apparently wide awake Neve. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:44 AM PST Germany's infection rate rises to 232.1 per 100,000 residents; WHO expert says 'try not to travel if you don't have to'
There's been a lot of news recently about reopened travel routes, including the opening of the US-Mexico border and the resumption of transatlantic flights. One person not looking to take advantage of that is the World Health Organization's Dr David Nabarro. As part of his Sky News interview in the UK this morning he had this to say about travel: Why am I not travelling very much? Because I don't want to get Covid – I'm in the wrong age group and I've got other adverse factors as well. So, I'm trying to say to everybody travel if you must – and there are often essential emotional reasons as well as essential economic and another reasons – but try not to travel if you don't have to. Continue reading... |
| Hesitancy, inequity: is the US ‘making the same mistakes’ with kids’ vaccines? Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST Only half of children aged 12 and above have been vaccinated, despite vaccine being available for months When Nia Heard-Garris's son found out the Covid vaccines were authorized for adults in the US late last year, he was thrilled, then asked, "But what about us? What about kids?" The eight-year-old is finally signed up for his first shot later this week. Even though he's afraid of needles, he can't wait to get vaccinated so he can return to a greater semblance of normal kid life – hanging out with his friends, going to school, playing sports – without worrying about getting sick or bringing the virus home. Continue reading... |
| Emmanuel Macron urges acceleration of France’s Covid booster rollout Posted: 09 Nov 2021 12:40 PM PST French president also announces many people will need third jab to keep valid health pass Emmanuel Macron has called for an acceleration of Covid-19 booster shots for elderly and vulnerable people in France and announced that many citizens will need a third vaccination for a valid health pass from next month. In a televised address, the French president said "the pandemic is not over" and warned of the emergence of a fifth wave of infections in Europe, citing a significant rise in cases in the UK and Germany. He said the incidence rate of Covid infections in France had also recently risen. Continue reading... |
| Five reasons NSW Covid case numbers have stayed low since reopening Posted: 09 Nov 2021 08:30 AM PST Officials feared 'freedom day' would bring more cases and hospitalisations. But a month on, the numbers continue to drop
When New South Wales exited lockdown in October, the premier, Dominic Perrottet, warned that with extra freedoms would likely come extra cases and hospitalisations. Modelling predicted up to 1,900 daily cases during the state's first easing and a second, larger peak around Christmas. The Burnet Institute forecast hospitalisations would peak between 2,286 and 4,016 in Sydney by the end of September. Continue reading... |
| ‘There was a bounty on my head’: the chilling rise of the death threat Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST From MPs to GPs, reality TV contestants and even teachers, it seems that anyone in public life can be made to fear for their survival. What's behind the abuse – and how can it be stopped? When Jon Burke went into local politics in 2014 he never imagined there would come a time when he considered carrying a rolling pin hidden inside his raincoat when he left the house – "just in case someone jumped out of a car at me with a wrench". But his mind turned to raiding his kitchen drawers for protection last September, after Hackney council officials called him to say they had received a handwritten letter that threatened to burn down his house while he was sleeping and hurt not just him, but his wife and children. His crime? Trying to make Hackney a better, safer place – in his eyes – to walk or ride a bike, via the introduction of low traffic neighbourhoods. As the London borough's cabinet member for transport, Burke found himself at the centre of a row that had become part of the culture wars in which four wheels were pitted against two. The anonymous letter writer made clear they were a car driver: "You fucking cunts ride a bicycle," they observed. Continue reading... |
| Apple Watch Series 7 review: bigger screen, faster charging, still the best Posted: 09 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST Small updates keep Apple at top of smartwatch market, even if it's not worth upgrading from recent models The Apple Watch gets a bigger, better screen, faster charging and a small price cut for 2021, which is enough to keep it at the top of the smartwatch market. The Series 7 version costs from £369 ($399/A$599) and, despite being £10 cheaper than last year's Series 6, is Apple's most expensive smartwatch, above the Watch SE costing from £249 ($279/A$429). It requires an iPhone 6S or newer and does not work with Android. Continue reading... |
| Antihero to zero: VW rises from ‘dieselgate’ to lead charge on electric vehicles Posted: 10 Nov 2021 01:31 AM PST Volkswagen embraces the future with €35bn investment, including in its Zwickau plant Two bronze statues that guard the entrance to Zwickau train station in Saxony tell the tale of Germany's struggle to wean itself off fossil fuels. A crouching miner cradles a lamp in a nod to the lignite, a particularly dirty form of coal, that was dug from this part of former East Germany, fuelling its factories and power stations. His companion, an engineer, represents the car industry that dominates Germany's industrial heartland. Continue reading... |
| ‘Danger unites us’: coalminers on the frontline of clean energy Posted: 09 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST As Romanian mines close, some cannot afford the EU-funded 'Just Transition' retraining Three hundred metres below ground, Sebastian Tirintică operates an elevator at the Livezeni mine in Romania's Jiu valley. His eyes widen with concentration as he guides the lever to lower the cage, ferrying the iron, wood, and other materials his co-workers need to extract coal. His focus keeps his fellow miners alive, which could be said for everyone working at Livezeni. Most of the equipment is more than 30 years old. Miners go underground knowing that a ceiling support could collapse or that a conveyor belt could snap. In seven years working inside the mine, Tirintică has been buried in coal three times. Each time, his co-workers pulled him out. "Danger unites us," he said. "The brotherhood of the underground. You know that your colleague behind you can save your life." Continue reading... |
| ‘There are bodies here’: survivors braced as search begins at Canada’s oldest residential school Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST Long-overdue search for unmarked graves at notorious Mohawk Institute prompts renewed calls for full transparency The yellow tape of the police cordon snapped and fluttered as a chill breeze swept over the grounds of what was once one of Canada's most notorious residential schools. The entire 500-acre property is now being treated as massive a crime scene as the long-overdue search finally begins for the children who were sent to live here – but never returned home. Continue reading... |
| Tom Ford: ‘I paid $90,000 for my own dress. The clothes we make are not meant to be thrown away’ Posted: 10 Nov 2021 12:00 AM PST From fashion with va-va-voom to veganism – ahead of the release of his new book, America's starriest designer takes a moment to reflect Tom Ford answers my phone call in precisely the way I'd hoped he would: with a voice as smooth as butter and the grace of Cary Grant. We are in touch to discuss his latest project, a coffee-table book charting the past 15 years of his career – or "post-Gucci", as those familiar with luxury fashion prefer to describe the era that has followed Ford's departure from the Italian super brand. Continue reading... |
| TikTok’s joy-miners created one of my favourite places on the internet Posted: 09 Nov 2021 04:43 PM PST For me, the TikTok app never added up. It made more sense to go back to where I'd first started watching TikToks – other people's Instagram stories During Melbourne's first lockdown, Jeanette Nkrumah started spending a lot of time on TikTok. At first the videos she saw on her "For You" page – the personalised home screen that appears whenever a user opens the app – weren't particularly compelling. But as she started spending more time there, the recommendations improved. Continue reading... |
| ‘Killing us slowly’: dams and drought choke Syria’s water supply – in pictures Posted: 09 Nov 2021 10:30 PM PST The dwindling flow of the Euphrates River combined with Turkey's occupation of Alouk water station has disrupted access to water for 460,000 people
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| Posted: 09 Nov 2021 10:01 PM PST Riders trying to get fuel from a leaking tanker were among 100 killed when it exploded. It's part of a bigger story of the struggle for survival in Sierra Leone, a country exploited by rich nations More than 100 people were killed by an explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone, last week, after a leaking fuel tanker collided with a lorry on a busy road in the capital city. Many of those who died were young motorbike taxi drivers, after dozens of riders rushed to the leaking tanker to collect free petrol and were caught in the blast. The tanker and lorry drivers tried to keep people away but could not stop the crowd. Half an hour later, it was too late. Continue reading... |
| Trump records can be given to Capitol attack panel | First Thing Posted: 10 Nov 2021 02:58 AM PST Trump lawyers vow to appeal move, which could allow transmission of documents this week. Plus, why Big Bird has angered Ted Cruz Good morning. A federal judge in Washington has ruled that hundreds of pages of White House records from the Trump administration can be turned over to the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, defying objections from Donald Trump. What kind of records are they? They are among the most sensitive: visitor logs, telephone records, and other documents from the files of Trump's former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as well as the former deputy White House counsel Patrick Philbin. How much is there? The National Archives has indicated Trump was invoking executive privilege protections to block the release of at least 750 pages of records. What else has the panel done this week? They have issued 10 new subpoenas to Trump administration officials, including Trump's former senior adviser Stephen Miller and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. What dis the drone footage show? It showed Rosenbaum, 36, following Rittenhouse before Rittenhouse suddenly turned and fired his rifle. Rosenbaum was shown to fall as Rittenhouse ran around a car. Continue reading... |
| ‘See these glaciers, before they melt’: living on the frontline of global heating Posted: 09 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST From extreme weather obliterating homes to rising sea levels ruining crops, climate breakdown is a terrifying daily reality for many Throughout the 2021 United Nations climate change conference, the Guardian will be publishing the stories of the people whose lives have been upended – sometimes devastated – by the climate breakdown. Continue reading... |
| Voter ID bill may discourage turnout and no evidence it will prevent fraud, committee says Posted: 10 Nov 2021 12:42 AM PST Parliamentary committee on human rights warns Coalition's plan could disproportionately impact disadvantaged groups The Coalition's voter ID bill may discourage people from voting and "no evidence" has been provided regarding how it could prevent fraud, a parliamentary committee has warned. The joint committee on human rights, chaired by Nationals MP Anne Webster, issued the warning in a report on Wednesday. It called on the special minister of state, Ben Morton, to explain how the bill would be effective and its impact on vulnerable groups. Continue reading... |
| World’s ‘calamitous’ water crisis being ignored in climate talks – WaterAid Posted: 09 Nov 2021 10:30 PM PST Cop26 summit focusing on slowing down global heating at expense of current impact on water-stressed regions, says head of WaterAid A global water crisis is being ignored at Cop26 to the detriment of billions of people's lives, according to the charity WaterAid. Water had not had "nearly enough" attention at the climate conference in Glasgow, with urgent action needed, said Tim Wainwright, chief executive of WaterAid. Continue reading... |
| ‘Unacceptable’: migrants face ‘desperate situation’ at Poland-Belarus border Posted: 09 Nov 2021 10:53 AM PST Children and families among those being warned to 'go back to Minsk' as police hostility and humanitarian crisis worsens For two days the same looped recording has been blaring out from speakers on the Polish border: "Attention! Attention! Crossing the Polish border is legal only at border crossings." The ominous warning is directed at the thousands of asylum seekers massed in Belarus on the opposite side of the barbed wire running between the two countries. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 09 Nov 2021 03:17 AM PST Reports that British soldier confessed to Kenyan woman's murder in 2012 have deeply affected relatives in Nanyuki A vibrant sisal plant in a public cemetery on the outskirts of Nanyuki in Kenya marks the grave of Agnes Wanjiru, the woman allegedly murdered by a British soldier in March 2012. It is easy to miss the grave due to heavy undergrowth in the unkempt cemetery. Continue reading... |
| Poland-Belarus border crisis: what is going on and who is to blame? Posted: 09 Nov 2021 05:01 AM PST Thousands of migrants are in the freezing region trying to get into Poland and aid is prevented from reaching them More than 1,000 people, many fleeing dangerous conditions in Middle Eastern countries, arrived en masse at Poland's border with Belarus this week, in a dramatic escalation of a simmering migration crisis on the edge of the EU. They had been escorted to the border by Belarusian authorities. Continue reading... |
| ‘You're meant to be in bed, darling’: Ardern interrupted by daughter Neve during livestream – video Posted: 09 Nov 2021 02:29 PM PST New Zealand's prime minister is interrupted by her three-year-old as the leader takes to Facebook live to share a Covid update. 'You're meant to be in bed, darling,' Jacinda Ardern says, turning her head to speak to Neve. 'It's bedtime, darling, pop back to bed, I'll come and see you in a second.' Ardern's mother then ushers Neve back to her room and the PM turns back to camera to joke: 'Well, that was a bedtime fail, wasn't it?' Continue reading... |
| 'We are sinking': Tuvalu minister gives Cop26 speech standing knee deep in seawater – video Posted: 08 Nov 2021 11:22 PM PST Tuvalu's foreign minister has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the frontline of the climate crisis. The video of Simon Kofe standing in a suit and tie at a lectern set up in the sea delivering his speech draws attention to Tuvalu's struggle against rising sea levels. 'We will not stand idly by as the water rises around us. We are not just talking in Tuvalu, we are mobilising collective action at home, in our region, and on the international stage to secure our future,' Kofe said Continue reading... |
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