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- US claims 2019 airstrike that hit Syrian women and children was justified
- Polish PM urges ‘concrete steps’ by Nato to address border crisis
- Boris Johnson plays down weakening of Cop26 coal ambitions
- Counter-terrorism police arrest three
- Patients are dying from being stuck in ambulances outside A&E, report says
- Bannon may not be only Trump ally indicted over Capitol attack – Schiff
- Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales
- Biden’s approval ratings continue to plunge amid crisis over inflation
- Republican senator won’t condemn Trump for defending chants of ‘Hang Mike Pence’
- UK must be ready for war with Russia, says armed forces chief
- Elon Musk targets Bernie Sanders over tax: ‘I keep forgetting you’re still alive’
- Covid live: Israel offers jabs to five to 11-year-olds; Austria puts unvaccinated under lockdown from Monday
- UK officials have compiled ‘Covid exit strategy’ from April – report
- Three snow leopards die of Covid-19 at children’s zoo in Nebraska
- ‘Detox’ routines won’t undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxers
- ‘Boris is a waste of space’: sleaze row to test Tory loyalties in byelection
- Harry Potter turns 20: where are stars of the film franchise now?
- The #FreeBritney movement finds its moment: ‘All the hard work was worth it’
- Dan Savage: ‘When politicians leave sex alone, I’ll leave politics alone’
- I used to hate exercise, but with support from my parents, I’m now jumping for joy
- Why staring at screens is making your eyeballs elongate – and how to stop it
- The agony of choosing termination for my baby who had foetal anomaly
- The Guardian view on Bosnia and Herzegovina: past time to take a stand | Editorial
- Military chief pledges UK cooperation with Kenya in Wanjiru case
- Kaiser Permanente strike off after deal between unions and healthcare giant
- Ecuador: 68 inmates killed and 25 injured in latest prison massacre
- Alok Sharma ‘deeply frustrated’ by India and China over coal
- Josh Cavallo: the world’s only openly gay top-tier men’s footballer
- Is Europe’s Covid wave coming here – or is Britain ahead of the curve?
- Avian adventurers: BirdLife Australia 2022 calendar – in pictures
| US claims 2019 airstrike that hit Syrian women and children was justified Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:49 AM PST Baghuz bombing of people trying to escape fighting was covered up, says NY Times report The US military has confirmed for the first time a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed up to 80 people, mostly women and children, but claimed the strike was justified as it killed Islamic State fighters who were attacking coalition forces. The confirmation from US Central Command followed a report by the New York Times in which former and current Pentagon officials alleged there had been a cover-up of a likely war crime. Central Command argued that because some women and children had taken up arms for IS, whether by indoctrination or choice, they "could not strictly be classified as civilians". Continue reading... |
| Polish PM urges ‘concrete steps’ by Nato to address border crisis Posted: 14 Nov 2021 07:55 AM PST EU to impose new sanctions against Lukashenko regime as dozens of asylum seekers reportedly break through from Belarus The Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has called for Nato to take "concrete steps" to solve the migrant crisis on Europe's border as dozens of asylum seekers reportedly broke through Poland's border defences with Belarus. Morawiecki said that Poland, Lithuania and Latvia may ask for consultations under article 4 of the Nato charter, indicating they believe their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson plays down weakening of Cop26 coal ambitions Posted: 14 Nov 2021 11:17 AM PST PM says 'not much difference' between 'phasing down' and 'phasing out' of the fossil fuel Boris Johnson has admitted it was disappointing that China and India watered down the Cop26 climate agreement, but claimed there was actually little difference between "phasing out" and "phasing down" coal usage. The prime minister declared the summit in Glasgow a historic success, rating it "more than 6/10", but acknowledged his "delight at this progress is tinged with disappointment". Continue reading... |
| Counter-terrorism police arrest three Posted: 14 Nov 2021 11:41 AM PST Men detained under Terrorism Act after incident outside hospital that also injured taxi driver Three men have been arrested under terror legislation after a passenger was killed when the taxi he was in exploded outside a Liverpool hospital. The men – aged 29, 26 and 21 – were detained in the Kensington area of the city and arrested under the Terrorism Act, police said. Continue reading... |
| Patients are dying from being stuck in ambulances outside A&E, report says Posted: 14 Nov 2021 11:29 AM PST Exclusive: handover delays across England are also causing permanent harm to those needing urgent care People are dying in the back of ambulances and up to 160,000 more a year are coming to harm because they are stuck outside hospitals unable to be offloaded to A&E, a bombshell report has revealed. Patients are also dying soon after finally getting admitted to hospital after spending long periods in the back of an ambulance, while others still in their own homes are not being saved because paramedics are trapped at A&E and unable to answer 999 calls, said the report by NHS ambulance service bosses in England. A patient died after spending about an hour in an ambulance outside Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge on 24 October. The patient had suffered a cardiac arrest. The hospital said the patient had "remained in the ambulance due to significant pressures on A&E". John Swinney, Scotland's deputy first minister, last week apologised for the "agony" endured by the family of Richard Brown, who died on the stairs outside his flat in Glasgow after waiting five hours for an ambulance A patient died of a cardiac arrest in Worcestershire royal hospital in Worcester on 4 October after waiting five hours in an ambulance outside. Paramedics warned A&E staff the patient was having trouble breathing but the patient died despite being rushed into the resuscitation room. A woman died in eastern England last month after waiting an hour for an ambulance crew to reach her on what should have been a seven-minute response. No crews were available in the 50 miles between Cromer and Waveney in Norfolk, so an ambulance from Ipswich in Suffolk had to answer the 999 call. Continue reading... |
| Bannon may not be only Trump ally indicted over Capitol attack – Schiff Posted: 14 Nov 2021 09:31 AM PST
Criminal charges are possible for more associates of Donald Trump refusing to cooperate with the House committee investigating the 6 January Capitol attack, a senior Democrat warned on Sunday, two days after the indictment of former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Adam Schiff, chair of the House intelligence committee and a member of the panel investigating the deadly Capitol riot, also said some witnesses could be offered immunity in exchange for testimony in order to advance the inquiry. Continue reading... |
| Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:30 AM PST Public health experts liken phasing out tobacco retailing to removing asbestos and lead paint from the market Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say. It comes as research published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) on Monday found 1,466 respondents (52.8%) to a Victorian Cancer Council survey agreed with phasing out the sale of cigarettes in retail outlets. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Biden’s approval ratings continue to plunge amid crisis over inflation Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:29 AM PST
Aides to Joe Biden took to the political talk shows on Sunday in a bid to talk up the US economic recovery despite confidence in the president continuing to plunge amid a crisis over inflation and supply chain problems. In alarming news for the White House, only 41% of voters approved of Biden in a Washington Post/ABC survey published on Sunday, continuing a steady downward trend in the president's ratings. Continue reading... |
| Republican senator won’t condemn Trump for defending chants of ‘Hang Mike Pence’ Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:38 AM PST
A senior Senate Republican refused four times on Sunday to condemn Donald Trump for defending supporters who chanted "Hang Mike Pence" during the deadly assault on the US Capitol on 6 January. Trump made the comments about his vice-president, who did not yield to pressure to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, in an interview with ABC's chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Karl. Continue reading... |
| UK must be ready for war with Russia, says armed forces chief Posted: 14 Nov 2021 04:06 AM PST Nick Carter says Russia has become bigger threat in eastern Europe, but he doesn't think it wants 'hot war' The outgoing head of the UK's armed forces has said the military will have to be ready for war with Russia after recent tensions in eastern Europe, but he does not believe Vladimir Putin really wants "hot war" with the west. Gen Sir Nick Carter said Russia was now a greater threat in eastern Europe than it was when he started in the role eight years ago, as he gave a series of interviews before his departure as chief of the defence staff at the end of the month. Continue reading... |
| Elon Musk targets Bernie Sanders over tax: ‘I keep forgetting you’re still alive’ Posted: 14 Nov 2021 09:47 AM PST
Elon Musk waded into yet another Twitter controversy on Sunday, the Tesla owner and world's richest person responding to a tweet about tax from Senator Bernie Sanders by writing: "I keep forgetting that you're still alive." Sanders, 80, wrote: "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 Nov 2021 11:42 AM PST Israel's decision follows similar move by US; Austria vaccination rate 'shamefully low', says chancellor Alexander Schallenberg
The continent is now the centre of the global epidemic – again. As countries from the Baltic to the Med brace for harsher winter measures, The Observer reports on what is driving the fourth wave. The Netherlands on Saturday became the first western European country since the summer to impose a partial lockdown, Berlin bars its restaurants to the unvaccinated, and France races to improve its booster campaign, Europe is once again the centre of the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| UK officials have compiled ‘Covid exit strategy’ from April – report Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:55 AM PST No 10 sources say ministers had not seen leaked plan to wind down testing and self-isolation Officials have been working on a "Covid exit strategy" called Operation Rampdown, under which the government could wind down testing and people would no longer be forced to isolate if they are ill from April, leaked documents reveal. The documents, prepared by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), give ministers the option of dismantling the official government-backed testing system and tracing operations. Continue reading... |
| Three snow leopards die of Covid-19 at children’s zoo in Nebraska Posted: 14 Nov 2021 04:58 AM PST Lincoln Children's Zoo says deaths of Ranney, Everest and Makalu are 'truly heartbreaking', as two tigers recover Three snow leopards have died at the Lincoln children's zoo in Nebraska of complications from Covid-19. The zoo made the announcement in a Facebook post on Friday, describing the deaths of the three leopards – named Ranney, Everest, and Makalu – as "truly heartbreaking". Continue reading... |
| ‘Detox’ routines won’t undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxers Posted: 13 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST TikTok video calls for bath in borax – but once a person is vaccinated, there's no way back, doctors say Medical experts are speaking out against Covid-19 vaccine "detoxes" that some inaccurately claim can remove the effects of vaccinations received under mandates and other public health rulings. In one TikTok video that has received hundreds of thousands of views, Carrie Madej, an osteopath based in Georgia, falsely claims a bath containing baking soda, epsom salts and the cleaning agent borax will "detox the vaxx" from anyone who has received a jab. Continue reading... |
| ‘Boris is a waste of space’: sleaze row to test Tory loyalties in byelection Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:34 AM PST People in Old Bexley and Sidcup say their faith has been undermined but they are still likely to vote Tory Residents in Old Bexley and Sidcup are vacillating over whether to return the Conservatives to power in an upcoming byelection that will test their loyalty following the high-profile corruption allegations that have beset the party. Gillian Moore, 64, a poll clerk and retired bank receptionist, said the sleaze row and the government's mishandling of the pandemic response had undermined her faith in the Conservatives. Continue reading... |
| Harry Potter turns 20: where are stars of the film franchise now? Posted: 14 Nov 2021 09:21 AM PST We find out what happened to the young cast of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone As fans prepare to mark the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first film adaptation of JK Rowling's hit series, on Tuesday, rumours abound of a potential reunion, with reports that members of the main cast have been issued with invitations for a one-off show. As Potterheads fantasise about the gang getting together one last time, we take a look at where the cast members are now and the paths their careers have taken in the years since. Continue reading... |
| The #FreeBritney movement finds its moment: ‘All the hard work was worth it’ Posted: 14 Nov 2021 01:00 AM PST From being called conspiracy theorists to working on legislation to reform conservatorships in California, organizers are realizing their power Friday's liberation of Britney Spears from her nearly 14-year conservatorship was a landmark moment for the pop star. It was also a once-unimaginable triumph for the #FreeBritney movement, the fan-led campaign that was largely dismissed by the public and that Spears's father had called a "joke" run by "conspiracy theorists". Fans had been pushing to "free Britney" from the conservatorship for years, but the movement took off in 2019. With full-time jobs and no professional organizing background, they took it upon themselves to investigate the arrangement that controlled Spears's life, scouring the star's social media posts for clues, examining court documents, organizing online and holding demonstrations outside court hearings and concerts to raise awareness of what was going on. Continue reading... |
| Dan Savage: ‘When politicians leave sex alone, I’ll leave politics alone’ Posted: 14 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST Dan Savage is the world's most influential sex columnist, who regularly offends both conservatives and liberals with his radical views. On the 30th anniversary of his column he tells Eva Wiseman how, for all the controversy, what he's really interested in is how to make long-term relationships work Dan Savage is not easily shocked, but recently, well. A few weeks ago he got a letter. A 24-year-old man wanted advice – he'd taken his partner, bisexual, older, to meet his parents for what both thought would be the first time. Except, it turned out he'd met them a decade earlier, when he'd joined them for a threesome. On Zoom from Seattle, Savage chuckles darkly and adjusts his cap. "I was like, oh God," he says. "It's all my fault! I felt implicated. Because I helped create a world where middle-aged, married, straight couples can have threeways." He shrugs. He's right. His advice column started as a joke; soon it cracked open, and revealed a map to new ways of living. When Savage Love launched 30 years ago in Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper The Stranger, the idea was that a gay man – Savage, then 26 and working in a video shop – would give sex advice to straight people. "Hey Faggot!" each letter began. Early questions were easy. "Things like, what's a butt plug? How do you give a good blowjob?" Straight people had always intuited that their gay friends knew more about sex than they did, "which is true, not because gay people are magic, but because we have to communicate about sex. Straight people get to consent and then… stop talking." "Use your words!" he tells straights today, often. With the 1990s came the internet, and suddenly most of the answers were immediately Googlable. But the letters kept on coming. "Right away, it was no longer a 'how to' column but a 'why?' Why did they do that? Why did I do this? And what happens now?" Continue reading... |
| I used to hate exercise, but with support from my parents, I’m now jumping for joy Posted: 14 Nov 2021 05:00 AM PST I was turning 40 and very unfit. Now my super-healthy parents, both in their 70s, have inspired me to exercise and I love it It's Saturday morning and I'm standing in the middle of Osterley Park, west London, between my mum and dad, getting ready for the weekly parkrun. My dad is jogging on the spot, my mum is doing the same. I am thinking how do I get out of this? Both of them are full of energy, encouraging me to get warmed up. All I want is a chocolate and nice masala chai – my favourite spicy tea. I hear the countdown, getting nervous now, and off we go. My dad has sped ahead and with his hand he signals to me to keep up. Behind me is my mum. I can't go anywhere, they are both watching me and I will have to finish this run stuck between them. Finally, we get to the finishing line and I'm shattered. My dad can do a 5km in 33 minutes. I can barely do it in 45. My mum and I walk and run together. Later on my dad will encourage me to do some skipping, and Mum will get me hula-hooping. This, along with their nutritional advice, has been my daily routine for the past six months. Who needs expensive personal trainers when I can turn to Mum and Dad? Continue reading... |
| Why staring at screens is making your eyeballs elongate – and how to stop it Posted: 14 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST How much extra time on screen have you had in the past 18 months? It may be causing nearsightedness – but there's hope for reversing it How close is the smartphone or laptop you're reading this on from your eyes? Probably just a few inches. How long have you spent looking at a screen today? If you're close to the average it's likely to be over nine hours. New research from ophthalmologists shows that our constant screen time is radically changing our eyes. Just like the rest of our bodies, the human eye is supposed to stop growing after our teens. Now it keeps growing. Continue reading... |
| The agony of choosing termination for my baby who had foetal anomaly Posted: 14 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST There is a silence around the death of a baby, and a greater hush around the issue of termination for foetal anomaly. Laura Doward shares her life-changing experience I'm looking at my name, handwritten in capital letters, neat as a button. Considering asking for another form to rewrite it, make it shakier. "Foeticide," the doctor is saying. Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Bosnia and Herzegovina: past time to take a stand | Editorial Posted: 14 Nov 2021 10:46 AM PST Serb separatist provocations must not be tolerated – and the people must be offered hope of something better Better late than never? The US and Europe finally show signs of awakening to the dangers facing Bosnia. A crisis with long roots has escalated dramatically, with the international community's chief representative, Christian Schmidt, warning that the country could soon break apart. He described a "very real" prospect of a return to conflict, 26 years after the Dayton peace accords ended a war that cost 100,000 lives, and the Srebrenica massacre of Muslim men and boys that was the worst atrocity in Europe since the second world war. Since then, Bosnia has been made up of the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosniaks and Croats, with a tripartite presidency composed of one Serb, one Bosniak and one Croat. Milorad Dodik, the genocide-denying leader of the Bosnian Serbs, has pressed for years for them to go their own way. The limited international pushback has emboldened him. In response to the introduction of a genocide denial law by the previous high representative, Mr Dodik is threatening to quit state institutions – including the national armed forces. This would be, as Mr Schmidt noted, secession in all but name. In creating a new Bosnian Serb army, it would also revive the very body responsible for genocide. Mr Dodik has said he would force Bosnian troops out of the Republika Srpska and that, if necessary, his "friends" would back him. Continue reading... |
| Military chief pledges UK cooperation with Kenya in Wanjiru case Posted: 14 Nov 2021 06:55 AM PST Gen Sir Nick Carter says alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru by British soldier was 'truly shocking' The head of the British armed forces has said the military will be working with Kenyan authorities to bring those accused of killing a young woman in the east African country to trial. The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in 2012 after she reportedly went out partying with British soldiers at the Lions Court hotel in the central town of Nanyuki, where the UK army has a permanent garrison. Continue reading... |
| Kaiser Permanente strike off after deal between unions and healthcare giant Posted: 14 Nov 2021 10:10 AM PST
An alliance of unions representing 50,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon and six other states called off strike set for Monday, after reaching a tentative labor deal with the healthcare network. The Alliance of Health Care Unions and Kaiser Permanente jointly announced the agreement, staving off a potentially crippling strike in which 32,000 employees, most of them in southern California, threatened to walk off the job to protest understaffing and wage cuts for new hires. Continue reading... |
| Ecuador: 68 inmates killed and 25 injured in latest prison massacre Posted: 13 Nov 2021 02:30 PM PST Deaths at Litoral penitentiary part of wave of prison violence that has claimed more than 280 lives At least 68 prisoners have been killed and 25 injured in a jail in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador after bloodletting between rival gangs broke out on Friday night, the attorney general's office said on Saturday. The latest massacre occurred in the Litoral penitentiary, the same jail where at least 119 inmates lost their lives a little more than a month before in the country's deadliest ever prison riot. Continue reading... |
| Alok Sharma ‘deeply frustrated’ by India and China over coal Posted: 14 Nov 2021 11:41 AM PST Cop26 president says nations will have to 'explain to climate-vulnerable countries why they did what they did' India and China will "have to explain themselves to poor nations" after watering down the Glasgow climate pact, warned the Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, adding that their actions had left him "deeply frustrated". He told the Guardian: "We are on the way to consigning coal to history. This is an agreement we can build on. But in the case of China and India, they will have to explain to climate-vulnerable countries why they did what they did." Continue reading... |
| Josh Cavallo: the world’s only openly gay top-tier men’s footballer Posted: 14 Nov 2021 08:30 AM PST Adelaide United's Josh Cavallo says the response to his recent coming out as gay has been overwhelming When Adelaide United's Josh Cavallo sat down to film his announcement to the world that he was coming out as gay, he didn't know what to expect. He'd told his teammates and coaches and had a positive and supportive reaction, but the result of posting the video on social media was far less predictable. There are no other out male gay footballers playing in any of the world's top leagues. Cavallo tells Michael Safi that the response has been overwhelming as messages of support have poured in from around the world and from fellow players such as Gerard Piqué, Marcus Rashford and Antoine Griezmann. Continue reading... |
| Is Europe’s Covid wave coming here – or is Britain ahead of the curve? Posted: 13 Nov 2021 06:15 AM PST Analysis: many experts believe that the continent is only now tackling a Delta variant surge that arrived in the UK some time ago Once again the UK and Europe are heading in opposite directions. While Covid-19 cases in Britain have been declining, those in France, Germany, Austria and several other countries have risen dramatically in recent weeks. A fourth pandemic wave threatens to break over these nations, raising the prospect of renewed lockdowns there. This raises a critically important question: is the UK likely to follow suit in a few weeks, or will Europe's rising numbers peak and start to decline, as they have been doing in Britain? Will Europe follow us or will we follow Europe? Continue reading... |
| Avian adventurers: BirdLife Australia 2022 calendar – in pictures Posted: 13 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST At a time when international travel has been mostly out of reach, BirdLife Australia is turning the spotlight on some of the country's mightiest and most threatened migratory birds in its 2022 calendar
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