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- China: coronavirus cases surge, fuelling fears of major outbreak
- Prince Harry: we had 'no other option' than to stand down as royals
- Live export: animals at risk as giant global industry goes unchecked
- Boris Johnson says UK will stop using overseas aid to support coal mining or coal power plants – live news
- Tony Hall to step down as BBC director general
- Huge dust storms in Australia hit central New South Wales
- Guantánamo: psychologists who designed CIA torture program to testify
- Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling
- Pentagon causing toxic pollution by burning foam, campaigners say
- English journalist 'trapped' in Ireland over extradition bid
- David Olney: acclaimed US songwriter dies on stage after apologising mid-song
- How a Belgian port city inspired Birmingham's car-free ambitions
- Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after triple stabbing in Seven Kings, London
- Bridge linking Sweden to Denmark to get new lick of paint in 13-year operation
- 'Passengers of light' visit Iran-Iraq war memorials – a photo essay
- Brexit: UK immigration will 'put people before passports', Johnson tells African leaders
- Virginia rally: thousands expected to protest against gun control bills
- The Guardian view on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex: goodbye and good luck | Editorial
- Huge hail batters Canberra as severe thunderstorms hit south-eastern Australia
- World's 22 richest men wealthier than all the women in Africa, study finds
- Britain must open a new chapter in its relationship with Africa
- Large hailstones batter parts of Canberra — video
- What young women think in 2020
| China: coronavirus cases surge, fuelling fears of major outbreak Posted: 20 Jan 2020 12:31 AM PST Authorities on alert ahead of lunar new year holiday as 139 new cases of strain detected A mysterious Sars-like virus has spread around China – including to Beijing – fuelling anxiety about the prospect of a major outbreak in the country as millions begin travelling for lunar new year celebrations. Authorities reported 139 new cases of the new strain of coronavirus over the weekend, more than doubling the total number of infected patients since the virus was first detected last month in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cases have also been reported in Thailand, Japan and South Korea. Continue reading... |
| Prince Harry: we had 'no other option' than to stand down as royals Posted: 19 Jan 2020 02:53 PM PST Duke of Sussex makes heartfelt speech about his and Meghan's decision to step back from roles The Duke of Sussex has expressed his sadness over his decision to step down from royal duties in his first public remarks on the move, saying he had taken a "leap of faith". Giving a speech at a private dinner in London for his charity Sentebale, Prince Harry said: "Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the Commonwealth, and my military associations without public funding. Unfortunately that wasn't possible." Continue reading... |
| Live export: animals at risk as giant global industry goes unchecked Posted: 20 Jan 2020 04:12 AM PST More demand for meat sets nearly 2 billion farm animals on the move a year despite concerns about poor transport conditions and inhumane slaughter The global trade in live farm animals has more than quadrupled in size over the past 50 years, but patchy regulation means animals may be put at risk on some journeys, or exposed to cruelty when they reach their destination. Every year nearly 2 billion farm animals are loaded on to trucks or ships and sent to new countries in journeys that can take days and sometimes weeks. Every day, at least 5 million animals are in transit. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2020 04:08 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen
This is from my colleague Peter Walker, who is at the UK-Africa summit. Boris Johnson and Prince Harry have had a private talk on the margins of the UK-Africa investment summit in London, it's understood. No officials in the room so we don't know what was said.
Steven Swinford has more from the No 10 lobby briefing. No 10 heaps pressure on Brussels to begin post-Brexit trade negotiations on February 1 |
| Tony Hall to step down as BBC director general Posted: 20 Jan 2020 02:41 AM PST Hall, who will leave this summer after seven years, hailed as 'inspirational creative leader' Tony Hall is stepping down as the director general of the BBC, it has been announced. The news of Lord Hall's departure after seven years leading the corporation was relayed to staff by email on Monday. He said he would leave in the summer after concluding that the next director general needed to be in place before the mid-term review of the BBC's charter in 2022. Continue reading... |
| Huge dust storms in Australia hit central New South Wales Posted: 19 Jan 2020 02:43 PM PST Videos posted to social media show the clouds turning day into night in some areas Damaging winds produced by thunderstorms across central New South Wales have whipped up dust storms that turned daytime into night in some towns. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a series of severe thunderstorm warnings on Sunday evening for inland NSW with the associated winds generating massive dust clouds. Continue reading... |
| Guantánamo: psychologists who designed CIA torture program to testify Posted: 19 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST
The two psychologists who designed the US "enhanced interrogation" programme that included waterboarding and other forms of torture, are due to give evidence in open court for the first time this week. James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen will answer questions at a pre-trial hearing on the 9/11 attacks before a military tribunal in Guantánamo Bay. Continue reading... |
| Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling Posted: 19 Jan 2020 09:27 PM PST Experts say judgment is 'tipping point' that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the United Nations human rights committee has found. The judgment – which is the first of its kind – represents a legal "tipping point" and a moment that "opens the doorway" to future protection claims for people whose lives and wellbeing have been threatened due to global heating, experts say. Continue reading... |
| Pentagon causing toxic pollution by burning foam, campaigners say Posted: 20 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST Environmentalists say incinerating a vast stockpile of firefighting foam containing harmful PFAS is putting communities at risk The Department of Defense is polluting the environment with toxic chemicals by continuing to incinerate a vast stockpile of firefighting foam in a move environmentalists say is in breach of new regulations. In a letter sent last week to the secretary of defense, Mark Esper, several environmental organizations argue the defense department is already out of compliance with new provisions regulating the disposal of the material and insist that it "immediately cease" incineration of the foam – called AFFF – which puts communities at risk. Continue reading... |
| English journalist 'trapped' in Ireland over extradition bid Posted: 19 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Dublin court to consider European arrest warrant for Ian Bailey over unsolved murder of French woman Ian Bailey, an English journalist-turned poet, has said he is trapped in Ireland because of an attempt to extradite him to France where he faces 25 years in jail for allegedly murdering a French film-maker, Sophie Toscan du Plantier. A high court in Dublin will hold a hearing on Monday into a European arrest warrant issued by a Paris court, the latest twist in a legal saga over Ireland's most notorious unsolved murder. Continue reading... |
| David Olney: acclaimed US songwriter dies on stage after apologising mid-song Posted: 20 Jan 2020 03:24 AM PST Nashville folk singer died of an apparent heart attack aged 71 during a performance at a Florida music festival Respected American singer-songwriter David Olney said sorry to fans before he died during a performance in Florida. The 71-year-old was mid-song when he "stopped, apologised and shut his eyes", said musician Amy Rigby, who was performing alongside him at the 30A Songwriters festival in Santa Rosa Beach. Rigby said: "He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket … I want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked as if he was just taking a moment." Continue reading... |
| How a Belgian port city inspired Birmingham's car-free ambitions Posted: 19 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Ghent's transformation produced shorter journeys, cleaner air and a cycling explosion
Those travelling by foot and bicycle in the new Brum won't be inconvenienced: their journeys will be simple and – with fewer cars – safer. With cars out of the way, bus journeys will become swifter and more reliable. Continue reading... |
| Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after triple stabbing in Seven Kings, London Posted: 20 Jan 2020 01:58 AM PST Police believe deaths were result of clash between groups of Sikh men in Redbridge Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after three men were stabbed to death in a clash police believe was between groups of Sikh men. Police responded to reports of a disturbance on Elmstead Road in Seven Kings, Ilford, east London, on Sunday at 7.38pm. Continue reading... |
| Bridge linking Sweden to Denmark to get new lick of paint in 13-year operation Posted: 20 Jan 2020 03:56 AM PST Structure made famous by noir TV series The Bridge to be painted for first time since opening to traffic in 2000 The nearly five-mile (8km) bridge linking Denmark and Sweden will get a new lick of paint for the first time since it opened to traffic in 2000, but it will take an estimated 13 years to complete the project. The Oresund (Öresund if you are Swedish, or Øresund if you're a Dane) Bridge, made famous by the Nordic noir TV crime series The Bridge, needs the fresh coat of paint to maintain its steel structure. The project will involve painting 300,000 sq m of bridge. Continue reading... |
| 'Passengers of light' visit Iran-Iraq war memorials – a photo essay Posted: 19 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Pilgrimages made by loved ones of those who died in combat are also supported and organised by the regime, which sees in them the opportunity to spread its doctrine In Iran, every spring, thousands of families travel to the battle sites of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88). Many of those who make these pilgrimages – called Rahian-e Noor in Persian (the passenger of light) – lost loved ones in the war, which caused more than half a million deaths on the Iranian side. But they are also supported and organised by the regime, which sees the opportunity to disseminate its doctrine. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: UK immigration will 'put people before passports', Johnson tells African leaders Posted: 20 Jan 2020 03:23 AM PST PM's light-on-detail speech at investment summit extols benefits of trade after EU exit Boris Johnson has promised that the UK's new immigration policy will put "people before passports" as he used his first set-piece speech of 2020 to extol the benefits of trade with post-Brexit Britain to a major gathering of African leaders. Addressing more than two dozen African presidents and prime ministers in an opening speech to the UK-Africa investment summit in London on Monday, the prime minister said the UK was the "ultimate one-stop shop" for trade, education and tech. Continue reading... |
| Virginia rally: thousands expected to protest against gun control bills Posted: 20 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST Governor has declared a state of emergency ahead of Monday rally, citing 'threats of violence' from militia and hate groups Tens of thousands of gun rights activists are expected to rally in Virginia's capital on Monday in opposition to a slate of gun control bills introduced by the state's new Democratic majority. Related: Virginia governor bans guns from State Capitol ahead of pro-gun rally Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex: goodbye and good luck | Editorial Posted: 19 Jan 2020 11:37 PM PST Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer be working royals. That should be in everyone's interests A centuries-old institution survives not only through the accumulated weight of tradition, but through the ability to make sharp adjustments to its course when it finally realises it must. The British monarchy, by temperament a tortoise, has just put on a turn of speed again. Saturday's statements from the Queen and the Sussexes will not halt the storm surrounding the couple, but are designed to let the worst of the tempest abate. Less than two weeks before, Prince Harry and Meghan had announced their untenable desire to partially step back, operating half-in and half-out of the institution. Instead, they will effectively stand down, giving up royal duties and relinquishing their share of the sovereign grant from the Treasury. They will also repay the £2.4m public funds used to refurbish their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage. In a classic establishment compromise, they will keep the right to be styled HRH on the understanding that they will not exercise it. In theory, this retention would allow them to return as working royals should they change their minds. But while the arrangements are due for review in a year, the deal looks more like a decree nisi than a trial separation. Continue reading... |
| Huge hail batters Canberra as severe thunderstorms hit south-eastern Australia Posted: 20 Jan 2020 12:24 AM PST Hail smashes into Parliament House and brings down trees in the ACT, with heavy rainfall hitting NSW, Queensland and Victoria Australia's south-east has been lashed by severe thunderstorms and large hailstones that destroyed buildings and cars in Canberra and left two tourists in hospital after they were injured by lightning. Two supercell thunderstorms brought hail and heavy rain to cities and towns across the east coast on Monday, battering the outer suburbs of Sydney about 3pm, with 4.5cm hailstones recorded and strong winds bringing trees down over cars in the Sutherland area. Continue reading... |
| World's 22 richest men wealthier than all the women in Africa, study finds Posted: 20 Jan 2020 01:42 AM PST Startling scale of inequality laid bare as Oxfam report highlights chronically undervalued nature of care work The world's 22 richest men have more combined wealth than all 325 million women in Africa, according to a study. Women and girls across the globe contribute an estimated £8.28tn ($10.8tn) to the global economy with a total of 12.5bn hours a day of unpaid care work, a figure more than three times the worth of the global tech industry, claims an Oxfam report published on Monday ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Continue reading... |
| Britain must open a new chapter in its relationship with Africa Posted: 20 Jan 2020 01:00 AM PST Economic growth in African countries has triggered a global race for influence. Britain cannot afford to be left behind Africa is the coming continent. Its population is predicted to double to 2 billion people over the next three decades. That growth will mean enormous opportunities for business and investment, but will also create huge challenges around sustainability and the environment. An Africa focus is therefore essential, particularly for a post-Brexit Britain. Continue reading... |
| Large hailstones batter parts of Canberra — video Posted: 19 Jan 2020 07:53 PM PST Golfball-size hailstones have hit Canberra as severe thunderstorms move through parts of south-eastern Australia. The hail struck parts of Canberra including Parliament House while roofs, windows and cars were damaged across the city. The wild weather follows weeks where the Australian capital has been enveloped in smoke from nearby bushfires Continue reading... |
| What young women think in 2020 Posted: 18 Jan 2020 11:45 PM PST Children's charity Plan International UK and photographer Joyce Nicholls travelled across the UK talking to young women about the issues important to them in 2020: public safety, body image, social media and feminism. Their research found that girls are fed up and frustrated with the lack of real progress on gender equality. Continue reading... |
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