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- Leading figures urge drugs firm to lower price of ‘game-changing’ HIV prevention drug
- Wild cheetahs to return to India for first time since 1952
- Pope Francis to visit Canada in ‘pilgrimage of penance’ over church-run schools
- Plan for Shinzo Abe state funeral faces growing opposition
- Japan urges ‘highest level of vigilance’ as Omicron subvariant drives record Covid surge
- Weather tracker: record-breaking heat continues to scorch western Europe
- Dozens killed and thousands displaced in election fighting in Papua New Guinea, UN says
- Japan sees increasing threat to Taiwan amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip ‘not a good idea right now’, says Biden
- NT minister says deaths of Indigenous woman and baby should have been ‘all over the news’
- Government establishes new measures at airports to stop FMD; 63 Covid deaths – as it happened
- ‘Disgraceful’: report reveals Morrison government pressured border force to promote election day boat arrival
- Woman jailed for attempting to suffocate father in Queensland aged care home
- ‘Growing pains’: researchers question if diagnosis is at all useful
- ‘Fanciful, nonsense’: case against Ben Roberts-Smith ‘based on conjecture’, lawyer tells defamation trial
- Russia-Ukraine war: Google to be banned in occupied Donetsk; Russia says up to 300 Ukrainian soldiers killed in school strike – live
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 149 of the invasion
- Deal to restart Ukrainian grain exports in Black Sea ‘to be signed on Friday’
- Ukraine calls for international tribunal to bring Putin to justice more quickly
- Far right in front for snap Italy election after Draghi goes
- Saudi citizen arrested after non-Muslim journalist sneaks into Mecca
- MPs claim Foreign Office ‘inaction’ on sanctioning Iranians for hostage-taking
- Iraq accuses Turkey of deadly attack on tourists near Kurdish city
- Sri Lanka security forces raid protest camp as Ranil Wickremesinghe flexes muscles
- Wickremesinghe’s election as Sri Lankan PM could have severe consequences
- Dover port declares ‘critical incident’ as travellers face six-hour queues
- Ben Goldsmith: next PM must back plan for farm subsidies to protect nature
- Rishi Sunak has time to win over Tory members and is not making promises he can’t keep, leading supporter says – UK politics live
- Green Man festival owners accused of endangering protected habitats
- Rishi Sunak vows to press ahead with Channel 4 privatisation
- Prince Harry’s case against Home Office can proceed, high court judge rules
- House panel showed Trump conspired to seize the election – but was it illegal?
- Trump ‘chose not to act’ during attack on US Capitol | First Thing
- Shares in Snapchat owner slump 25% amid slowdown in ad revenue
- Kennedy Center Honors 2022: George Clooney, U2 and Gladys Knight among honourees
- January 6 panel: shining a light on American democracy’s nose dive
- As the US watched the January 6 hearing, Fox News showed outrage – at Biden getting Covid
| Leading figures urge drugs firm to lower price of ‘game-changing’ HIV prevention drug Posted: 21 Jul 2022 07:35 AM PDT Signatories including Olly Alexander, Stephen Fry and Joseph Stiglitz issue a letter asking ViiV to make cabotegravir affordable to low- and middle-income countries Nobel laureates, business leaders, former premiers and celebrities have urged a UK pharmaceutical company to lower the price of its groundbreaking HIV prevention drug and ensure it is not kept "out of reach" of the world's poor. In a letter signed by dozens of high-profile figures, including Sir Richard Branson, the singer Olly Alexander, the economist Joseph Stiglitz and Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand, the pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare is praised for having developed the first of a new kind of HIV prevention drug. Continue reading... |
| Wild cheetahs to return to India for first time since 1952 Posted: 21 Jul 2022 05:51 AM PDT Officials announce eight cats will be brought from Namibia in effort to reintroduce animal to its former habitat Cheetahs are to return to India's forests this August for the first time in more than 70 years, officials have announced. Eight wild cats from Namibia will roam freely at Kuno-Palpur national park in the state of Madhya Pradesh in efforts to reintroduce the animal to their natural habitat. |
| Pope Francis to visit Canada in ‘pilgrimage of penance’ over church-run schools Posted: 21 Jul 2022 09:00 PM PDT Pope will meet Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors, thousands of whom were taken from families Pope Francis will spend the next week on a "pilgrimage of penance" in Canada, meeting with Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors as he looks to atone for the church's grim legacy in the country. For the first papal visit to Canada in two decades, the pontiff plans to visit First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities as he travels from Alberta to Quebec, ending his visit in the Arctic territory of Nunavut. Continue reading... |
| Plan for Shinzo Abe state funeral faces growing opposition Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:46 AM PDT Cabinet has approved event for 27 September but critics question cost and possible political exploitation Opposition is mounting to plans to hold a state funeral for the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead earlier this month. The cabinet on Friday approved arrangements for the funeral – only the second of its kind for a former Japanese leader in the postwar period – on 27 September. Continue reading... |
| Japan urges ‘highest level of vigilance’ as Omicron subvariant drives record Covid surge Posted: 22 Jul 2022 12:31 AM PDT People in Okinawa asked to avoid non-essential outings amid new wave of infections driven by highly transmissible BA.5 Japan's government has urged people to exercise the "highest level of vigilance" after the country reported a record number of new Covid-19 cases in a new wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant. More than 186,000 cases were recorded nationwide on Thursday, while Tokyo easily beat its existing daily record with 31,878 cases. The capital, along with Osaka and Fukuoka, were among 30 of the country's 47 prefectures to report record highs this week. Continue reading... |
| Weather tracker: record-breaking heat continues to scorch western Europe Posted: 21 Jul 2022 11:34 PM PDT UK temperatures exceed 40C while France and Portugal hit new highs, with some extreme consequences Record-breaking heat continued to affect parts of western Europe during the past week, with UK temperatures exceeding 40C (104F) for the first time since records began. On Tuesday, several weather stations across London, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire broke the 40C barrier, with a top temperature of 40.3C in Coningsby, Lincolnshire. A further 39 stations across central and southern England also broke the previous highest temperature of 38.7C, which was set in July 2019. Continue reading... |
| Dozens killed and thousands displaced in election fighting in Papua New Guinea, UN says Posted: 21 Jul 2022 10:16 PM PDT Warning comes after 18 people allegedly killed in gruesome attack in Highlands region Dozens of people have been killed in Papua New Guinea during a tense few weeks of voting during the country's elections, along with reports of sexual abuse, including of children, and 3,000 people displaced due to conflict, the UN has warned. The warning comes after 18 people were allegedly killed in a gruesome attack on Wednesday by warring tribes in Porgera, Enga Province, in the north of the Highlands region. Continue reading... |
| Japan sees increasing threat to Taiwan amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Posted: 21 Jul 2022 09:45 PM PDT Defence ministry also sounds alarm at prospect of Beijing-Moscow ties deepening amid expectations Tokyo will boost defence spending Japan's defence ministry has said it is alarmed at fresh threats from Russia and has growing worries about Taiwan, in an annual report that comes as Tokyo considers significantly increasing military spending. The document includes a chapter on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which it says risks sending the message "that an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force is acceptable". Continue reading... |
| Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip ‘not a good idea right now’, says Biden Posted: 21 Jul 2022 06:27 AM PDT US military advises against House speaker's reported trip as president is due to talk to Xi Jinping for first time in four months Joe Biden has cautioned against the reported trip to Taiwan next month by the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, saying the US military had assessed "it is not a good idea right now". The Financial Times reported earlier this week that Pelosi would lead a delegation to Taiwan in August to show support for the democratically ruled island, which Beijing claims is a breakaway province. The trip was initially scheduled for April but was postponed due to Pelosi testing positive for Covid at the time. Continue reading... |
| NT minister says deaths of Indigenous woman and baby should have been ‘all over the news’ Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:59 AM PDT Deaths prompt renewed calls for attention on First Nations domestic violence victims and needs-based funding
The shooting of an Indigenous woman and her infant child should have been "all over the news", the Northern Territory's police minister has said, in a push for needs-based domestic violence prevention funding in the region. The bodies of a 41-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a baby were found at an outstation 25km north of Alice Springs on Sunday, prompting renewed calls for more attention on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of domestic violence. Continue reading... |
| Government establishes new measures at airports to stop FMD; 63 Covid deaths – as it happened Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:46 AM PDT
US ambassador arrives in Australia The new US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has arrived this morning and told the media she feels "lucky … to serve here and to live here." There's a big agenda and I can't wait to get started. Personally this means a great deal to me. My my husband is here with me. We first came to Australia on our honeymoon 36 years ago, almost exactly, because three days ago was our anniversary. Then we are were fortunate to come back with our children when we were in Japan. So we met so many wonderful people and I can't believe that I'm lucky enough to get a chance to serve here and to live here and get to know even more people. The weather and staff shortages were all worse than expected. We are doing the best we can – the show will go on rain, hail or shine. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:01 AM PDT Labor says action by former government 'sabotaged' protocols for political gain and was 'without precedent' in Australian history
Morrison government staff pressured the Australian Border Force to draft and issue a statement about an asylum seeker boat intercepted on election day before the operation had finished, a damning departmental report has found. Labor's home affairs minister, Clare O'Neil, released the report on Friday and accused the former Coalition government of having "sabotaged the protocols that protect Operation Sovereign Borders for political gain" in an incident "without precedent". Continue reading... |
| Woman jailed for attempting to suffocate father in Queensland aged care home Posted: 22 Jul 2022 12:53 AM PDT Rebecca Burden was visiting her brain-injured dad for the first time in six months when she says he asked her to kill him
A Brisbane woman has been jailed for at least 10 months after admitting a lapse of judgment when she tried to suffocate her brain-injured father. Rebecca Louise Burden was visiting 68-year-old Steven Burden for the first time she was permitted after Covid-19 restrictions lifted at his aged care home when she says he asked her to kill him. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| ‘Growing pains’: researchers question if diagnosis is at all useful Posted: 22 Jul 2022 12:09 AM PDT Co-author of new analysis finds no clear consensus on definition, says term is a catch-all for 'we don't really know what's wrong'
Most people are no strangers to growing pains. The phrase is widely used in common parlance and by health professionals to describe muscle or joint pain in children and teens. But new analysis suggests there is no clear medical definition of the condition nor its causes. In a review of 145 studies globally, Australian researchers found no scientific consensus on what growing pains really are and how they should be diagnosed. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2022 11:38 PM PDT Former soldier's barrister says newspapers accusing him of murders while part of SAS 'failed to establish any motive' and the case is 'an embarrassment'
The case alleging war crimes and murder against Ben Roberts-Smith is "a nonsense and … an embarrassment … based on conjecture, speculation and imprecise testimony" his lawyers have told the federal court, as his long-running defamation trial enters its final phase. Roberts-Smith was the most decorated soldier of Australia's long war in Afghanistan, a man who undertook dozens of dangerous missions, captured hundreds of prisoners, and, without exception, obeyed the laws of war, his barrister Arthur Moses SC told the court on Friday morning in closing submissions. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:24 AM PDT Pro-Russian separatists accuse Google of promoting 'terrorism'; Russia's defence ministry boasts of attack on school building The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has issued casualty figures for the past 24 hours, claiming that one person was killed and seven injured in the territory it occupies. It claims this was the result of Ukrainian shelling. The claims have not been independently verified. The Donetsk People's Republic is only recognised as a legitimate authority by three UN member states. Pavlo Kyrylenko, Ukraine's governor of Donetsk, has said that five civilians were killed in the region on 21 July, and that a further 10 people were injured. Posting to Telegram, he said three of the deaths occurred in Siversk. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 637 civilians have been killed and another 1,641 injured as a result of shelling and bombing in Donetsk region. The number of Russian victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha is currently unknown. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 149 of the invasion Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:03 AM PDT Russia and Ukraine expected to sign deal on Friday to resume Black Sea grain exports; Google banned in occupied Donetsk for allegedly promoting 'terrorism and violence against all Russians' Continue reading... |
| Deal to restart Ukrainian grain exports in Black Sea ‘to be signed on Friday’ Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:51 AM PDT Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN have agreed a deal to allow ships out of Odesa, says Erdoğan, amid global food crisis Ukraine and Russia are due to sign a UN-backed deal on Friday to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports, potentially averting the threat of a catastrophic global food crisis. The signing of the agreement in Istanbul is expected to be attended by the UN secretary general António Guterres and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's president, who played a key role in the negotiations. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine calls for international tribunal to bring Putin to justice more quickly Posted: 21 Jul 2022 11:31 AM PDT Trying top Russians for act of aggression could bring indictments 'within three months', says official Ukraine has said it wants to establish a one-off international tribunal to try Russia's top regime members for the act of aggression, which could see it issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Andriy Smyrnov, Ukraine's deputy head of the presidential administration, said on Thursday that Ukraine believed trying Russia separately for the act of aggression, with international participation, would speed up its quest to hold the Russian president and his inner circle accountable. Continue reading... |
| Far right in front for snap Italy election after Draghi goes Posted: 21 Jul 2022 11:08 AM PDT Brothers of Italy party favourites to top ballot in September with 24% of votes based on recent polling Italy will hold snap elections on 25 September that could see a coalition led by the far-right Brothers of Italy party win a majority, after Mario Draghi's resignation as prime minister. Announcing on Thursday that he had signed a decree to dissolve parliament, the Italian president, Sergio Mattarella, said: "The period we are going through does not allow for any pause in the [government] action which is needed to counter the economic and social crisis and rising inflation." Continue reading... |
| Saudi citizen arrested after non-Muslim journalist sneaks into Mecca Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:29 AM PDT Gil Tamary of Israel's Channel 13 sparked online fury after he filmed himself in Islam's holiest city despite a ban on non-Muslims A Saudi citizen who allegedly helped a non-Muslim enter the holy city of Mecca has been arrested, police in the kingdom said, after an online backlash against a journalist working for Israeli television. The journalist, Gil Tamary of Israel's Channel 13, posted on Twitter a video of himself sneaking into Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in defiance of a ban on non-Muslims. Continue reading... |
| MPs claim Foreign Office ‘inaction’ on sanctioning Iranians for hostage-taking Posted: 21 Jul 2022 11:59 AM PDT Officials involved in arrest and intimidation of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe named in Commons The Foreign Office has failed to impose sanctions on key Iranians responsible for the arrest and intimidation of the British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe despite having been passed their names in September, MPs have claimed. Chris Bryant, a Labour member of the foreign affairs select committee, named Ameneh Sadat Zabihpour, a state TV journalist, and Hossein Taeb, a former head of intelligence in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as part of a group of 10 Iranians who he said needed to be hit with sanctions for state hostage-taking. It is the first time the two names have been released. Continue reading... |
| Iraq accuses Turkey of deadly attack on tourists near Kurdish city Posted: 21 Jul 2022 09:59 AM PDT Turkey blames PKK after nine people killed at water park in area where there have been frequent clashes The bodies of nine tourists killed in a shelling attack in northern Iraq have been flown to Baghdad, as up to 23 survivors were treated in hospital and a political row intensified over who was responsible. The Iraqi government has accused Turkish forces of an attack on its citizens in a resort near the Kurdish city of Zakho, in the country's far north. Turkey denied it had launched strikes against civilians and instead claimed that its arch-foe, the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK), was responsible. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka security forces raid protest camp as Ranil Wickremesinghe flexes muscles Posted: 21 Jul 2022 10:28 PM PDT Arrests as hundreds of demonstrators evicted from camp blocking presidential office, hours before they were due to vacate area Sri Lankan security forces have carried out a violent early morning raid on the main anti-government protest camp in Colombo, beating protesters, destroying tents and arresting nine people. Friday's raid saw thousands of police and troops armed with riot gear descend on the protest camp, known as Gota Go Gama, where hundreds of people have been living for over three months. More than 50 people were injured and three people were sent to hospital in the attack, according to St John Ambulance volunteers at the scene. Continue reading... |
| Wickremesinghe’s election as Sri Lankan PM could have severe consequences Posted: 21 Jul 2022 05:37 AM PDT Analysis: Political turmoil could hinder any chance of tackling the ongoing economic crisis On Thursday morning, 45 years to the day since he was first elected to parliament, Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the eighth president of Sri Lanka, replacing the ousted and exiled Gotabaya Rajapaksa. His path to executive power – the office Wickremesinghe has clamoured after for so many years – was extraordinary. As a searing editorial in Sri Lanka's Daily FT newspaper put it on Thursday morning: "Wickremesinghe has no popular mandate and he has won the presidency by proxy." Many believe Wickremesinghe's election, far from stabilising Sri Lanka after the toppling of Rajapaksa, will instead create ongoing turmoil and unrest. For a country grappling with the worst economic crisis since the great depression, the consequences could be severe. Continue reading... |
| Dover port declares ‘critical incident’ as travellers face six-hour queues Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:26 AM PDT Kent port apologises for delays and blames French border control as summer getaway kicks off The Port of Dover has declared a "critical incident", blaming "woefully inadequate" French border control staffing for queues of up to six hours as the busiest summer getaway in years kicks off. The Kent port apologised to travellers facing long waits to cross the Channel on what was also expected to be an extremely busy day for air, road and rail travel as most schools across England and Wales break up for the holidays. Continue reading... |
| Ben Goldsmith: next PM must back plan for farm subsidies to protect nature Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:21 AM PDT Green Tory hits out at critics of Boris Johnson's environmental land management policy The next prime minister must press ahead with changes to farm subsidies that prioritise protecting nature and the environment, despite attacks on the policies from within the Conservative party, the prominent green Tory Ben Goldsmith has urged. "Environmental land management contracts should be defended at all costs," he told the Guardian. "They would tie agriculture subsidies to stewardship and the restoration of soils and nature. They incentivise the transition to more regenerative agriculture. They are about making space for nature. They are a huge win for the natural environment in this country." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:12 AM PDT Chair of the Commons education committee defends former chancellor's record on the economy and insists he was not disloyal to Boris Johnson Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, has been hosting an LBC phone-in this morning, standing in for James O'Brien, who is on holiday. As the Sun's Noa Hoffman reports, Streeting said that, when Jeremy Corbyn was leader, Keir Starmer asked him if he thought he should resign from the shadow cabinet over the party's handling of antisemitism. Streeting said he told Starmer to stay put. Yesterday Liz Truss visited a charity for children in Peterborough. Sky News has released this footage, showing that the youngsters she met had surprisingly strong views about Boris Johnson. Continue reading... |
| Green Man festival owners accused of endangering protected habitats Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:06 AM PDT Welsh government under pressure over £4.25m purchase of land for Green Man to use as base for expansion Green Man festival, which rises up each August from the parkland and rolling countryside of the Usk Valley in mid-Wales, is facing accusations that its plans for a sustainable future will threaten some of the most vulnerable and protected wildlife and habitats in the country. The Welsh government is under pressure over its decision to spend £4.25m of public money to buy a farm in Talybont-on-Usk for the Green Man owners to use as a base for its expansion. Continue reading... |
| Rishi Sunak vows to press ahead with Channel 4 privatisation Posted: 22 Jul 2022 02:37 AM PDT Tory leadership candidate's backing for privatisation clears way for sale of broadcaster next year Rishi Sunak has pledged to push ahead with the privatisation of Channel 4 if he becomes prime minister, clearing the way for the sale of the broadcaster next year. His backing for privatisation all but kills any hope that Channel 4 bosses had that a new Conservative leader might choose to drop the sale process, which is opposed by the vast majority of the British media industry. Continue reading... |
| Prince Harry’s case against Home Office can proceed, high court judge rules Posted: 22 Jul 2022 02:31 AM PDT Judge grants permission for part of claim over duke's security arrangements to have judicial review The Duke of Sussex has won a bid to bring part of his high court claim against the Home Office over his security arrangements while in the UK. Harry is bringing legal action over a decision not to allow him to pay for police protection for himself and his family when they are in the UK. Continue reading... |
| House panel showed Trump conspired to seize the election – but was it illegal? Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:00 AM PDT Analysis: the panel has laid out its case that the 45th president orchestrated a plot to keep himself in office, but its work is not done During the course of its landmark summer of hearings, the House select committee investigating the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol has sought to show that Donald Trump was at the center of a multi-layer conspiracy to seize a second term in office, accusing him of having "summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack". In a dramatic capstone on Thursday, the panel argued that Trump betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his duty when he refused to act for 187 minutes on 6 January as rioters carrying poles, bear spray and the banners of his campaign, led a bloody assault on the US Capitol. Continue reading... |
| Trump ‘chose not to act’ during attack on US Capitol | First Thing Posted: 22 Jul 2022 02:54 AM PDT The January 6 committee shared testimony showing that the ex-president rejected pleas from even his family. Plus, Twitter reacts to footage of Josh Hawley fleeing rioters Good morning. Donald Trump refused for hours to call off the deadly attack perpetrated by a group of his supporters at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, the House select committee investigating the insurrection said last night. What did the panel say about Trump? The committee member Adam Kinzinger said: "President Trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the Ellipse and telling the mob to go home. He chose not to act." What else was discussed? In chilling new testimony, the committee showed that members of the Secret Service detail for the vice-president, Mike Pence, so feared for his and their safety that they made "calls to say goodbye to family members". Has Biden declared a national emergency? Speaking in Somerset, Massachusetts, about the climate crisis on Wednesday, the president said that global heating is an "emergency" but failed to declare a national emergency, as activists hoped the president would. Are these heatwaves here to stay? It looks like heatwaves – which have spread throughout Europe and Asia this summer – will be a regular fixture. Climate scientists have warned that they will be more intense and prolonged if the climate emergency is not addressed. Continue reading... |
| Shares in Snapchat owner slump 25% amid slowdown in ad revenue Posted: 22 Jul 2022 02:45 AM PDT Parent company Snap talks of 'incredibly challenging' conditions as it seeks new sources of revenue Shares in Snapchat's parent company have fallen 25% after it confirmed investors' fears of a slowdown in advertising revenue for social media firms. Snap painted a grim picture of the effects of a weakening economy on social media in quarterly results on Thursday and declined to make a revenue forecast in "incredibly challenging" conditions, hitting its share price in after hours trading and setting off a chain reaction among listed rivals. Continue reading... |
| Kennedy Center Honors 2022: George Clooney, U2 and Gladys Knight among honourees Posted: 22 Jul 2022 02:41 AM PDT Christian pop singer Amy Grant and Cuban-American composer Tania León also recognised for prestigious yearly award The recipients of one of the United States' most prestigious cultural awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, have been announced for 2022. George Clooney, U2, Gladys Knight, Tania León and Amy Grant are being given the yearly awards, which were founded in 1978 and last year recognised Joni Mitchell and Berry Gordy among others. Continue reading... |
| January 6 panel: shining a light on American democracy’s nose dive Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:00 AM PDT The gripping hearings have laid out a remarkably complex plot of a simple story: a president's attempt to blindly retain power After eight gripping hearings, the panel investigating the January 6 attack has completed its first phase of laying out one of the most consequential stories of the modern era: how America's democracy came to the brink of collapse in the aftermath of the 2020 election. It was a story that at times seemed remarkably complex, involving the vice-president, justice department, advisers inside and outside government, state and federal elected officials, election workers, fringe legal theories and violent extremist groups. But at it's core it was a very simple story: a president who was determined to stay in power and use whatever power he could to do so. Continue reading... |
| As the US watched the January 6 hearing, Fox News showed outrage – at Biden getting Covid Posted: 21 Jul 2022 11:00 PM PDT Fox News' primetime stars chided Biden for contracting the virus they say he alleged couldn't be caught with a vaccine On Thursday night as the Congressional hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot drew to a close, Tucker Carlson directed his outrage at a president he felt had lied and was not being held accountable for falsehoods that shook popular faith in the American democratic system. But he wasn't talking about Donald Trump inciting rioters to storm the Capitol. He was talking about Joe Biden getting Covid. Whilemillions of people last night tuned into America's other TV news channels and heard testimony about what Trump did, or rather did not do, during the hours when the rioters stormed the Capitol, Fox News viewers saw the network's primetime stars Carlson and Sean Hannity chide the "twice jabbed, double-boosted" president for contracting the virus they say he alleged couldn't be caught with a vaccine. Continue reading... |
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