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- Guinea junta allows former leader Alpha Conde to leave country
- Australia election 2022 live: PM-elect Albanese wants to ‘change the way politics works’; Morrison speaks at church in Sydney
- Scott Morrison sheds tears as he gives last prime minister’s speech at his church
- Liberal MPs yet to concede to teal independents as outcomes hinge on postal votes
- Dams discharged and flood warnings issued as rain buckets south-east Queensland
- France’s outgoing foreign minister welcomes defeat of Scott Morrison
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 88 of the invasion
- Violence disrupts Panathinaikos’s Greek Cup final win over PAOK
- Bravo! Music at reopened Kyiv opera replaces noise of Russian artillery
- Zelenskiy signals readiness for new talks if Mariupol troops are not harmed
- Temperatures in parts of Spain reach highest on record for May
- Dozens dead, millions stranded as floods ravage Bangladesh and India
- Pakistan: former human rights minister arrested over land grabbing allegation
- Treasury criticised for agreeing £500k spend on focus groups and polls
- Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures
- More victim support needed, says MP who lost daughter in hit-and-run
- Boris Johnson to sacrifice top official over Partygate to save himself
- Grenfell families ‘enraged’ by plan to keep ‘stay put’ policy
- Revealed: one in five patients leave some A&E departments in England without treatment
- US air force academy cadets denied commission over vaccine refusal
- Human skull found by Minnesota kayakers 8,000 years old, experts say
- Monkeypox outbreak: WHO working on sexual contact theory, top adviser says
- US heatwave brings historically high temperatures to dozens of states
- San Francisco archbishop bars Pelosi from communion over abortion stance
- ‘Extremely active’ jumping worms that can leap a foot raise alarm in California
| Guinea junta allows former leader Alpha Conde to leave country Posted: 21 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT 84-year-old who was ousted last year boards plane for Turkey to receive medical treatment Guinean ex-leader Alpha Conde boarded a plane for Turkey on Saturday after the junta that toppled him authorised his travel abroad for medical treatment, officials said. The 84-year-old Conte, who was ousted last year, has been allowed to travel out of respect for his "dignity and integrity" and for "humanitarian reasons", the junta's governing body said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 May 2022 09:00 PM PDT Anthony Albanese to be sworn in ahead of Quad meeting; Scott Morrison praises 'great foundation' of church; Labor hopeful of forming majority government; Josh Frydenberg says retaining seat 'very, very difficult'; Monique Ryan and teal independents vow to push on climate action; nation records 20 Covid deaths. Follow all the day's developments
That Paul Karp wields his words real good: The Liberals flirted with turning the ABC coverage on blast on the big screen, but when Antony Green observed that he couldn't see the Liberals winning more than 70 seats, suddenly the feed was cut in favour of soft aimless jazz, pervasive elevator music the soundtrack to attenuated disappointment. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison sheds tears as he gives last prime minister’s speech at his church Posted: 21 May 2022 08:38 PM PDT Morrison visited Horizon church on Sunday morning where he quoted Bible verses to the congregation
Scott Morrison has choked back tears as he addressed his church hours after conceding election defeat in what he said would be "the last thing I say as PM". The outgoing prime minister said he had experienced "a very difficult walk over the last four years", thanking members of his Horizon church at Sutherland for their support and reading a Bible verse. Continue reading... |
| Liberal MPs yet to concede to teal independents as outcomes hinge on postal votes Posted: 21 May 2022 08:07 PM PDT Tim Wilson and Josh Frydenberg maintain theoretical path to victory despite being thousands of votes behind
Several Liberal MPs who appear to have lost to independents – including Tim Wilson, Josh Frydenberg and Trent Zimmerman – are yet to concede, as record postal votes leave the incumbents a theoretical path to victory. Despite independents leading with margins of at least 4,000 votes in the blue-ribbon inner-city seats of Goldstein and Kooyong in Melbourne, as well as North Sydney, the incumbent MPs are yet to concede the apparent teal sweep that may wipe out a generation of moderate Liberals. Continue reading... |
| Dams discharged and flood warnings issued as rain buckets south-east Queensland Posted: 21 May 2022 07:13 PM PDT Over 100mm of water fell across multiple catchments with communities warned of potential isolation by floodwaters into next week Queensland's south-east is back on flood watch with more than 100mm of rain dumped on several soaked catchments, and dams releasing water ahead of more wet weather. The Sunshine Coast suburb of Maroochydore recorded 122mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday. Nearby Mooloolaba copped 112mm, while over 100mm also fell farther south at Parrearra Weir and inland at Mountain Creek. Continue reading... |
| France’s outgoing foreign minister welcomes defeat of Scott Morrison Posted: 21 May 2022 11:15 AM PDT Undiplomatic remarks from Jean-Yves Le Drian follow war of words between nations over abandoned submarine deal France's outgoing foreign affairs minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has undiplomatically welcomed the election defeat of Australia's conservative government after a war of words last year over an abandoned submarine deal between the two countries. Australia scrapped the purchase worth up to A$90bn (£50bn) last September in favour of a security pact with the US and the UK. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 88 of the invasion Posted: 21 May 2022 06:37 PM PDT Moscow considers prisoner swap for Putin ally; Russia bans 963 Americans including president Biden from entering the country Ukraine has suggested it is willing to resume talks with Russia as Moscow claimed to have taken full control of the besieged city of Mariupol. Speaking to a television channel on Saturday, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that "discussions between Ukraine and Russia will undoubtedly take place". "Under what format I don't know … but the war will be bloody, there will be fighting and [it] will only definitively end through diplomacy." The Kremlin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, responded by blaming Ukraine for stopping the talks. The last discussions between the two sides took place on 22 April, according to Russian news agencies. Russia is considering giving up Ukraine fighters captured in Mariupol for Viktor Medvedchuk, a detained ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin. "We are going to study the possibility," said Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of Russia's negotiating team on Ukraine, speaking from the separatist city of Donetsk in south-eastern Ukraine, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. Russia banned 963 Americans, including president Joe Biden, from entering the country. The list also includes the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and the CIA chief, William Burns. Biden signed a funding bill that will provide nearly $40bn (£32bn) in aid to Ukraine. Zelenskiy met Portugal's prime minister, António Costa, and described the meeting as "important and meaningful". Portugal later announced an agreement to provide €250m ($264m) in financial aid to Ukraine. The Ukraine president also had a phone conversation with Italy's prime minister, Mario Draghi, and says he stressed the importance of more sanctions on Russia and unblocking Ukrainian ports. Russia destroyed a Ukrainian special-operations base near Odesa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port, as well as a significant cache of western-supplied weapons in northern Zhytomyr region, Russia defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. There was no confirmation from the Ukrainian side. Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow. Zelenskiy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Kyiv would not accept any deal with Russia that involved ceding territory. He said making concessions would backfire on Ukraine because Russia would hit back harder after any break in fighting. "The war will not stop [after concessions]. It will just be put on pause for some time," Podolyak, Ukraine's lead negotiator, told Reuters on Saturday. "They'll start a new offensive, even more bloody and large-scale." Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, who has objected to Sweden and Finland joining Nato, held phone calls with the leaders of the two countries on Saturday and discussed his concerns about terrorist organisations. Turkey surprised its Nato allies last week by objecting to the two countries' accession to the military alliance, but western leaders have expressed confidence that Ankara's objections will not be a roadblock for the membership process. Russia's state gas company, Gazprom, halted gas exports to Finland, which refused Moscow's demands to pay in roubles for Russian gas after western countries imposed sanctions over the invasion. Canada has imposed sanctions on the Russian-born billionaire and newspaper proprietor Alexander Lebedev. The former KGB agent is the owner of UK newspapers the Evening Standard and the Independent. Continue reading... |
| Violence disrupts Panathinaikos’s Greek Cup final win over PAOK Posted: 21 May 2022 02:39 PM PDT Rival fans threw flares and clashed with police inside the Olympic stadium in Athens Panathinaikos beat PAOK 1-0 to clinch the Greek Cup on Saturday in a match marred by crowd trouble as rival fans threw flares and clashed with police inside the Olympic stadium. Violence broke out an hour before the match was due to start as spectators began arriving at the stadium, delaying the kickoff. Continue reading... |
| Bravo! Music at reopened Kyiv opera replaces noise of Russian artillery Posted: 21 May 2022 11:43 AM PDT Three months after the invasion, the capital's grand old venue stages an emotional comeback See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage The lights dimmed, a hush came over the auditorium and the orchestra struck up the first notes of the overture. This ritual has taken place thousands of times at Kyiv's grand opera house over the past century, but the performance on Saturday afternoon was something out of the ordinary. In a city that over the past three months became used to wailing air-raid sirens and the thuds of artillery from the suburbs, the audience was instead treated to the frothy melodies of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy signals readiness for new talks if Mariupol troops are not harmed Posted: 21 May 2022 10:28 AM PDT Ukrainian leader tells TV station 'there are things that can only be reached at the negotiating table' Ukraine has suggested that it is willing to resume talks with Russia as Moscow claimed to have taken full control of the besieged city of Mariupol – its biggest prize since it invaded Ukraine in February. Speaking to a television channel on Saturday, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said that "discussions between Ukraine and Russia will undoubtedly take place". Continue reading... |
| Temperatures in parts of Spain reach highest on record for May Posted: 21 May 2022 05:49 AM PDT 'Extraordinarily hot' in central and southern areas, say meteorologists, with forecast of 40C in Andalucía Parts of Spain are experiencing their hottest May since records began, as a mass of hot, dry air blows in from Africa, bringing with it dusty skies and temperatures of more than 40C (104F). Spain's state meteorological agency, Aemet, has warned of a weekend heatwave of an "extraordinary intensity", with temperatures between 10C and 15C above the seasonal average and more akin to high summer than mid-May. Continue reading... |
| Dozens dead, millions stranded as floods ravage Bangladesh and India Posted: 21 May 2022 06:44 PM PDT Rains inundate thousands of villages and trigger landslides in north-east Bangladesh's worst flooding in nearly two decades Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead, officials say. In Bangladesh, about 2 million people have been marooned by the worst floods in the country's north-east for nearly two decades. Continue reading... |
| Pakistan: former human rights minister arrested over land grabbing allegation Posted: 21 May 2022 11:48 AM PDT Shireen Mazari's daughter tweeted that her mother was beaten and taken away by police near her Islamabad home on Saturday Pakistan's former human rights minister was arrested on Saturday in the capital over a decades-old land grabbing allegation, her daughter and another former minister said. Shireen Mazari, who served in the cabinet-level position under former prime minister Imran Khan, was detained by police near her Islamabad home, daughter Imaan Mazari said in a tweet. Continue reading... |
| Treasury criticised for agreeing £500k spend on focus groups and polls Posted: 21 May 2022 03:47 PM PDT Labour says it is 'simply staggering' department authorised the move amid a cost of living crisis Treasury bosses have been criticised for authorising £500,000 of taxpayers' money to be spent on focus groups and polls amid the cost of living crisis. Deltapoll, an independent public opinion consultancy firm, was selected to carry out the work with an option to extend the contract for another year which would take the potential total cost to £1m. Continue reading... |
| Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures Posted: 21 May 2022 02:30 PM PDT 'We do not make policy through mob rule,' home secretary will say as she urges MPs to back bill that criminalises obstructing traffic Priti Patel will tell MPs that "we do not make policy through mob rule in this country" as she urges them to give their support to the new public order bill. It represents the home secretary's latest attempt to introduce measures that have previously been blocked by the House of Lords as part of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. Continue reading... |
| More victim support needed, says MP who lost daughter in hit-and-run Posted: 21 May 2022 02:00 PM PDT Labour's Peter Dowd puts pressure on Home Office to do more for families affected by tragedy Bootle MP Peter Dowd said he will never get over the death of his daughter, Jennifer, 31, who was killed in an incident near the Labour MP's Merseyside home in September 2020. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson to sacrifice top official over Partygate to save himself Posted: 21 May 2022 11:25 AM PDT Civil service head will carry the can, amid row over claims that No 10 tried to interfere with Sue Gray's findings Boris Johnson is expected to scapegoat the head of the civil service Simon Case this week in a desperate effort to save his own job, as both men face stinging criticism in a report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street. The long-awaited findings of the senior mandarin Sue Gray will, according to several sources, lay particular blame on Case, the UK's most senior civil servant, for allowing a drinking culture to develop in which rule-breaking parties became commonplace during lockdowns. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell families ‘enraged’ by plan to keep ‘stay put’ policy Posted: 21 May 2022 09:58 AM PDT Grenfell United criticises Home Office papers outlining reason for retaining policy against inquiry recommendations Bereaved relatives of the Grenfell Tower blaze have said they are "enraged" by government plans to keep the controversial "stay put" policy instead of adopting an inquiry recommendation. Grenfell United has criticised new Home Office papers which outline its reasons for retaining the policy – meaning that residents of most buildings should wait for rescue services rather than leaving in the event of a fire. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: one in five patients leave some A&E departments in England without treatment Posted: 21 May 2022 09:00 AM PDT Long waiting times and difficulty in accessing other NHS facilities drive a trebling in those leaving without completing care More than one in five patients at some hospitals are leaving accident and emergency departments before completing treatment, and in some cases before being seen for assessment at all, with the rate across England trebling since before the pandemic. Experts told the Observer that the increase was probably driven by a combination of long A&E waiting times and by difficulties accessing NHS facilities such as GPs, community health services and NHS 111. Continue reading... |
| US air force academy cadets denied commission over vaccine refusal Posted: 21 May 2022 02:27 PM PDT Trio will receive college degrees but will not be commissioned 'as long as they remain unvaccinated', spokesperson says For refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, three US air force academy cadets won't be commissioned as military officers, though they will receive college degrees, a spokesperson for the school said Saturday. Academy spokesperson Dean Miller said in a statement that the three cadets in question won't be commissioned as air force officers "as long as they remain unvaccinated," though they would get their bachelor's of science degrees. The military branch had not decided yet whether to require the trio to reimburse the US for education costs in lieu of service, Miller said. Continue reading... |
| Human skull found by Minnesota kayakers 8,000 years old, experts say Posted: 21 May 2022 01:40 PM PDT Skull discovered in drought-depleted Minnesota River last summer to be returned to Native American officials Native American officials will be given a partial skull discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota after investigations determined it was about 8,000 years old. The kayakers found the skull in the drought-depleted Minnesota River about 110 miles (180km) west of Minneapolis, Renville county sheriff Scott Hable said. Continue reading... |
| Monkeypox outbreak: WHO working on sexual contact theory, top adviser says Posted: 21 May 2022 12:17 PM PDT David Heymann says experts developing guidance for countries, as New York City resident tests positive for Orthopoxvirus A senior adviser for the World Health Organization has said the monkeypox outbreak seems to be spreading through sexual contact, and warned that case numbers could spike over the summer months as people attend major summer gatherings and festivals. David Heymann, chair of the WHO's Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential, led a meeting of the group on Friday "because of the urgency of the situation". Continue reading... |
| US heatwave brings historically high temperatures to dozens of states Posted: 21 May 2022 11:21 AM PDT Temperatures between 20 and 30F above average in the mid-Atlantic and north-east, with Washington set to hit 96F (35.5C) Dozens of states across the US began the weekend grappling with historically high spring temperatures, as a blistering heatwave that has scorched the country's south and west moves east. The early arrival of sweltering weather, before what's expected to be another hot, dry summer, is forecast to break or tie roughly 130 heat records for this time of year, with temperatures between 20F and 30F above average in the mid-Atlantic and north-east. Continue reading... |
| San Francisco archbishop bars Pelosi from communion over abortion stance Posted: 21 May 2022 07:51 AM PDT Ultra conservative Salvatore Cordileone accuses pro-choice House speaker of failing to 'understand the grave evil she is perpetrating' The Roman Catholic archbishop in Nancy Pelosi's home town of San Francisco has banned her from receiving communion there over her staunch support of abortion rights, which she has strengthened as supreme court justices weigh finalizing a draft ruling outlawing the termination of pregnancies in more than half the county. In a letter addressed to the US House speaker and posted on his Twitter account, ultra conservative Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone argued that Pelosi's "position on abortion has become only more extreme over the years, especially in the last few months," and he had decided to block her from communion after she had ignored his requests to explain her stance to him. Continue reading... |
| ‘Extremely active’ jumping worms that can leap a foot raise alarm in California Posted: 21 May 2022 06:10 AM PDT Earthworm native to east Asia and known for its large appetite poses threat to forest ecosystems, scientists say An invasive worm species known for its "voracious appetite" and ability to jump a foot in the air is raising alarm in California, where scientists have expressed concerns about the threat the worms pose to forest ecosystems. The Amynthas agrestis, also known as the Asian jumping worm, Alabama jumper or crazy snake worm, have been spotted in California in recent months. The earthworm is native to east Asia, particularly to Japan and the Korean peninsula. However, in recent years the worms made their way to North America via various landscape plants that have been imported from the region. Continue reading... |
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