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- Cop26 live: third draft text retains many key elements after talks overrun
- Steve Bannon indicted for refusal to comply with Capitol attack subpoena
- Britney Spears’s conservatorship terminated after nearly 14 years
- Hong Kong denies visa to Economist journalist in latest media blow
- Tech mogul who joined William Shatner in space on Blue Origin dies in air crash
- Syrian man found dead on Polish side of border with Belarus
- Meghan chose to write letter to father to protect Prince Harry, texts reveal
- North Carolina man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years pardoned
- Claridge’s to part ways with chef after rejecting plan for all-vegan menu
- Covid live news: catastrophic winter wave unlikely in UK, says scientist; Russia reports record 1,241 deaths
- Melbourne protests: prop gallows seen as thousands march against Victoria’s Covid powers
- Netherlands imposes lockdown measures as Covid cases hit new high
- Crooks, creeps and indecent proposals: Emily Ratajkowski on being paid to hang out with rich men
- Jon Ronson and Adam Curtis on the culture wars: ‘How has this happened? Where is the escape hatch?’
- Olivia Colman: ‘Portraying a murderer? It was less pressure than playing the Queen’
- ‘No sharks but I’ve seen porpoises’: the rebirth of the River Thames
- Blind date: ‘He mentioned he is trained to butcher animals – right after I told him I was a vegetarian’
- Kyle Rittenhouse trial: yelling, tears and surprises reflect divided America
- We’re going to need a bigger planet: the problem with fixing the climate with trees
- Birmingham tram services suspended due to cracks
- ‘I’ve never known it like this’ – the UK’s struggle to get the Christmas turkey to the table
- Martin Rowson on attempts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies at Cop26 – cartoon
- LA has imposed the strictest vaccine mandate in the US. Will it prevent a Covid surge?
- Transform approach to Amazon or it will not survive, warns major report
- Anti-pandemic law protesters seen carrying prop gallows; Cop26 in extra time – as it happened
- My family history omits all mention of violence against Māori – I want to break the silence | Richard Shaw
| Cop26 live: third draft text retains many key elements after talks overrun Posted: 13 Nov 2021 03:04 AM PST The third draft will be discussed by nations in a 'stocktaking session' in the coming hours The veteran climate activist Bill McKibben has written in today's Guardian about how any progress that has been made is as a result of protest and citizens holding governments to account. Copenhagen failed because there was too little movement building in the years preceding it, allowing a leader like Barack Obama to go home empty-handed and pay no political price. The global climate movement remedied that deficiency before Paris: many governments had no choice but to reach some kind of credible deal and hence a workable framework emerged, albeit without the actual pledges to make it capable of the task. Glasgow was supposed to be the place where countries lived up to the resolutions they'd proudly announced in France, and the decidedly mixed results reflect, at least in part, the difficulties activists have faced over the last few years. "This text is still pretty good and one I hope that all countries can embrace. It continues to request countries to deliver more ambitious pledges next year. "Countries will leave Glasgow painfully aware that collectively current pledges for emissions cuts by 2030 are not ambitious enough. They are not aligned with the goal of the Paris Agreement of holding the rise in warming to well below 2C degrees, and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C. The draft text also still calls on all countries to accelerate efforts towards the phase-out of unabated coal power and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Continue reading... |
| Steve Bannon indicted for refusal to comply with Capitol attack subpoena Posted: 12 Nov 2021 02:30 PM PST Former Trump adviser indicted by grand jury on two counts for contempt of Congress Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon has been charged with contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. The justice department said Bannon had been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts: refusing to appear for a deposition and refusing to provide documents in response to the committee's subpoena. Continue reading... |
| Britney Spears’s conservatorship terminated after nearly 14 years Posted: 12 Nov 2021 03:11 PM PST Musician regains independence after legal arrangement denied her right to make key life decisions A judge has approved the termination of Britney Spears's conservatorship, freeing the pop star from the controversial legal arrangement that has controlled her life for nearly 14 years. The ruling marks an extraordinary victory for the singer who had fought for years to regain her independence from the courts, which in 2008 took away her rights to make basic decisions about her finances, career and personal life. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong denies visa to Economist journalist in latest media blow Posted: 12 Nov 2021 11:16 PM PST Sue-lin Wong becomes latest foreign journalist to be forced out of the city as concerns about press access and freedoms grow Hong Kong has refused to renew the visa of an Australian correspondent from the Economist, the newspaper's chief editor said, amid a crackdown on free speech and dissent in the city. Sue-lin Wong is one of several foreign journalists working in Hong Kong to be forced out in recent years. Continue reading... |
| Tech mogul who joined William Shatner in space on Blue Origin dies in air crash Posted: 12 Nov 2021 01:07 PM PST Glen de Vries and Thomas Fischer were aboard a single-engine Cessna that went down Thursday in northern New Jersey A wealthy tech mogul who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when a small plane crashed in northern New Jersey, according to state police. Glen de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, were aboard a single-engine Cessna 172 that went down Thursday in a wooded area of Hampton Township. Continue reading... |
| Syrian man found dead on Polish side of border with Belarus Posted: 13 Nov 2021 01:56 AM PST Polish police say cause of death not determined after body discovered in woods near village of Wolka Terechowska The body of a young Syrian man has been found in a wooded area of Poland near the border with Belarus, the latest victim in a political standoff at the European Union's eastern edge. The regime in Minsk has for months been encouraging illegal migration across the border into the EU nations of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. All three countries are reinforcing their borders, seeking to block the route, and the situation is growing more dangerous as winter approaches. Continue reading... |
| Meghan chose to write letter to father to protect Prince Harry, texts reveal Posted: 12 Nov 2021 10:11 AM PST Duchess says in messages to aide that Harry was receiving 'constant berating' from family over Thomas Markle The Duchess of Sussex chose to write a letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, to protect Prince Harry from "constant berating" from the royal family to do something to stop him talking to the media, texts have revealed. Meghan also believed a letter was better than an email or text as it "does not open the door for a conversation". Continue reading... |
| North Carolina man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years pardoned Posted: 12 Nov 2021 07:27 PM PST Dontae Sharpe, who was given a life sentence at age 19, will be able apply for compensation of up to $750,000 A North Carolina man who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has long said he did not commit has been pardoned by the state's governor. Dontae Sharpe has been out of prison since 2019 and the pardon allows him to apply for compensation of up to $750,000 for his wrongful conviction. Continue reading... |
| Claridge’s to part ways with chef after rejecting plan for all-vegan menu Posted: 13 Nov 2021 02:55 AM PST Mayfair hotel says it respects Daniel Humm's plant-based vision but it 'is not the path we wish to follow' The five-star Claridge's hotel in Mayfair has lost its chef after it rejected his vision for an all-vegan menu at his restaurant. Daniel Humm, 45, will leave Davies and Brook at the end of the year after talks with management about transforming the kitchen in his London restaurant at Claridge's hotel to serve only plant-based dishes. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 Nov 2021 03:08 AM PST Prof Neil Ferguson , from Imperial College London, says UK in different situation to other countries in Europe; Russia records 39,256 coronavirus cases'; Thousands protest in Melbourne over compulsory vaccinations These were the scenes in The Hague on Friday night as the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, announced new coronavirus restrictions across the Netherlands. Police fired water cannon against hundreds of firework-throwing protesters gathered outside the justice and security ministry during Rutte's press conference. Continue reading... |
| Melbourne protests: prop gallows seen as thousands march against Victoria’s Covid powers Posted: 12 Nov 2021 09:30 PM PST Protest, which included signs advocating violence against politicians, came as state recorded 1,221 Covid-19 cases and four deaths Thousands of demonstrators descended on to Melbourne's central business district on Saturday, protesting against the Victorian government's new pandemic powers and vaccine mandates. The protest, which included signs advocating violence against politicians and a man carrying a prop gallows with three nooses hanging from it, came as the state recorded 1,221 Covid-19 cases and four deaths. Continue reading... |
| Netherlands imposes lockdown measures as Covid cases hit new high Posted: 12 Nov 2021 11:22 AM PST PM Mark Rutte announces first partial lockdown by a western European country since the summer The Netherlands will become the first western European country to impose a partial lockdown since the summer, introducing strict new measures from Saturday in the face of record numbers of new Covid-19 infections. The restrictions, announced by the caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, on Friday, will last at least three weeks and include the closure of bars, restaurants and essential shops from 8pm, with non-essential retail and services such as hairdressers to close at 6pm. Continue reading... |
| Crooks, creeps and indecent proposals: Emily Ratajkowski on being paid to hang out with rich men Posted: 13 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST When she landed in LA, aged 19, the model, actor and writer was plunged into a world where wealthy men were desperate to be seen with women like her. At what cost? To be paid $25,000 to show up to an event was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard. In 2014 my manager at the time, Evan, informed me that the billionaire financier behind The Wolf of Wall Street was offering to pay me that much to go to the Super Bowl with him. He explained that this person, Jho Low, "just liked to have famous men and women around" and there would be other celebrities going too. "He's just one of those insanely rich guys from Asia." Jho Low's fortune came from family money, Evan said. "I'm sure Leo will be there, and a bunch of other people you'll know, or, er, recognize. You know their movie is up for five Academy Awards next month?" Continue reading... |
| Jon Ronson and Adam Curtis on the culture wars: ‘How has this happened? Where is the escape hatch?’ Posted: 13 Nov 2021 01:10 AM PST As Ronson's BBC podcast Things Fell Apart begins, the documentary-makers and old friends discuss conspiracy theories, the problem of 'activist journalists' and what happened to Ceaușescu's socks Jon Ronson and Adam Curtis became friends in the late 1990s, having bonded over their shared interests in power, society and the stories we tell about ourselves. Curtis, 66, is a Bafta-winning documentary film-maker whose credits include The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear and HyperNormalisation. His most recent six-part series, Can't Get You Out of My Head, draws on the history of psychology and politics to show how we got to where we are today. Ronson, 54, is a US-based Welsh writer and journalist whose books include 2015's So You've Been Publicly Shamed, about social media brutality and the history of public shaming. In recent years, Ronson has turned to podcasting, investigating the porn industry in The Butterfly Effect and its follow-up The Last Days of August. His forthcoming BBC podcast, Things Fell Apart, is about the roots of the culture wars and the ways the present is echoed in the past. Over eight episodes, he talks to individuals caught up in ideological conflicts, conspiracy theories and moral panics. These include Alice Moore, the wife of a fundamentalist minister and unexpected culture war instigator who campaigned to remove textbooks containing liberal material from schools, and Kelly Michaels, a daycare worker and victim of the "satanic panic" who was wrongfully imprisoned in 1988 by a New Jersey court for child abuse (the verdict was overturned in 1993). Continue reading... |
| Olivia Colman: ‘Portraying a murderer? It was less pressure than playing the Queen’ Posted: 13 Nov 2021 12:00 AM PST From supporting parts on TV to Hollywood stardom to her darkest role yet: the Oscar winner reveals why even the toughest jobs can't compare to her role in The Crown Olivia Colman's husband has written his first TV drama, a true crime series starring his wife, and I have so many questions about this that she says she can bring him downstairs to join in if I like. Ah, the possibilities when interviewing someone over Zoom. "Eddy!" she shouts up the stairs, while I peer into their comfy sitting room, somewhere deep in the English countryside (period fireplace, bookshelves). "I'm slagging you off!" she shouts with glee at him, followed by a distant grunt. We carry on alone, accompanied only by one of their dogs, the excitable Alfred, Lord Waggyson, and a child who briefly pops into the room to a big grin from mum. Colman, blessed with the friendliest, giggliest face on British telly, familiar from so many hit shows, somehow feels as if she belongs in my home, as if we are already friends. This, as we will find out, is something of a problem now she's an international megastar. Continue reading... |
| ‘No sharks but I’ve seen porpoises’: the rebirth of the River Thames Posted: 13 Nov 2021 12:00 AM PST A trip down London's famous waterway reveals many signs of life – but is this another false dawn? The Thames shark hunt begins on a swirling golden brown river, where high above Battersea power station soars a speck that may be another awesome predator: a peregrine falcon. "I haven't seen a shark but I've seen porpoises up the Thames and there were a couple of whales last year," says Alfie Gardner, captain of one of the Thames Clipper Uber Boats that whisk commuters and tourists up and downriver. "We see a lot of seals. Near enough every day." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Zardi, 26, chef, meets Nadia, 32, civil servant Zardi on Nadia What were you hoping for? |
| Kyle Rittenhouse trial: yelling, tears and surprises reflect divided America Posted: 12 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST Analysis: The jury is to hear closing arguments in a murder trial featuring prosecution missteps and a controversial judge As testimony wrapped up this week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, a wary America has realized that the trial of the young man on charges linked to his killing of two racial justice protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has not played out like many people expected. With more than 30 witnesses taking the stand throughout a tumultuous week, a few called on by the state appeared to help Rittenhouse's legal team with its claim that he was acting in self-defense. That added to notable errors made by prosecutors, as well as a judge with a simultaneously stern and flamboyant courtroom style who has shocked with controversial comments and outbursts. Continue reading... |
| We’re going to need a bigger planet: the problem with fixing the climate with trees Posted: 12 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Planting trees to offset carbon emissions sounds great, but where are we going to put them all? As the United Nations Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow winds down, many world leaders and corporate boards are embracing an increasingly popular idea to solve climate change: trees. The United Arab Emirates – one of the biggest oil producers in the world – promised to plant 100m mangroves by 2030. India said it aims to plant enough trees to cover a third of its land area with forests. Earlier this month the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, announced a $1bn fund towards planting trees, "revitalizing" grasslands in Africa and restoring landscapes across the US. And at the start of the conference, more than 100 countries pledged to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. "These great teeming ecosystems – these cathedrals of nature – are the lungs of our planet," Boris Johnson said, exalting the effort. Continue reading... |
| Birmingham tram services suspended due to cracks Posted: 13 Nov 2021 02:20 AM PST Fleet of 21 trams taken out of service as network between Birmingham and Wolverhampton needs repairs Tram services in the West Midlands have been suspended again due to cracks on the vehicles. The network, which runs between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, was first suspended due to cracks in June, but services were partially reinstated following repairs. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’ve never known it like this’ – the UK’s struggle to get the Christmas turkey to the table Posted: 13 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST Poultry farmers and meat processors have struggled to cope due to Covid- and Brexit-induced staff shortages. But help may soon be at hand These are not just turkeys, these are the "Rolls-Royce of turkeys". Landowner Robert Wynn, Lord Newborough, is gazing out over the rolling hills and green fields of his organic farm of the Rhug Estate near Corwen in north Wales, where the birds lead a suitably luxurious life, eating organic oats, beans and peas and listening to classical music. The Thanksgiving and Christmas tables of local families, upmarket London restaurants and even exclusive Hong Kong hotels depend on receiving one of his 1,300 Norfolk Bronze and Hockenhull Black birds in time for their festive meal. Continue reading... |
| Martin Rowson on attempts to phase out fossil fuel subsidies at Cop26 – cartoon Posted: 12 Nov 2021 12:00 PM PST |
| LA has imposed the strictest vaccine mandate in the US. Will it prevent a Covid surge? Posted: 13 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST Stringent proof-of-vaccine measures are an attempt to prevent the 'incalculable loss' of lives that struck the area last winter This week, Los Angeles embraced one of the strictest vaccine rules in the United States, requiring residents to show proof of full vaccination before entering restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and other public spaces. The latest rules are expected to boost vaccination rates in the US' second most populous city. But they also prompted backlash. On Monday, demonstrators including municipal workers, police officers, dock workers, parents, and teachers protested in front of city hall, carrying signs reading "Freedom Not Force!" and "My body, my choice." Continue reading... |
| Transform approach to Amazon or it will not survive, warns major report Posted: 12 Nov 2021 10:01 AM PST Panel of 200 scientists tells Cop26 Indigenous people, business, governments and scientists must collaborate The world's approach to the Amazon rainforest must be transformed to avoid an irreversible, catastrophic tipping point, according to the most comprehensive study of the region ever carried out. More than 200 scientists collaborated on the new report, which finds that more than a third of the world's biggest tropical forest is degraded or deforested, rainfall is declining and dry seasons are growing longer. Continue reading... |
| Anti-pandemic law protesters seen carrying prop gallows; Cop26 in extra time – as it happened Posted: 12 Nov 2021 10:41 PM PST Thousands march in Melbourne CBD as Victoria reports 1,221 new Covid-19 cases, NSW 250 and the ACT 11. This blog is now closed
The Victorian numbers have also been published. The state recorded 1,221 new Covid-19 cases. Sadly four people infected with the virus have died. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST It is a grim irony that my Irish family – paying to live on land colonised by the English – was involved in alienating Māori from their land On the morning of 5 November 1881 my great-grandfather, Andrew Gilhooly, stood alongside 1,588 other men, waiting to commence the invasion of Parihaka pā (settlement), home to the great pacifist leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi and their people. He would have participated in the weeks and months of destruction and despoliation – of people, property and cultivations – that followed. Andrew remained at Parihaka – which is on the west coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand – as part of the Armed Constabulary's occupying force until late 1884. The occupation was not benign: on one occasion constables tore down 12 houses in retaliation for attempts by neighbouring Māori to bring goods into Parihaka (the attempt to feed starving people was dismissed by the native minister as being "in every way objectionable"). Continue reading... |
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