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- Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 33m people
- Sombre EU leaders sign Brexit withdrawal agreement
- Bushfires, ash rain, dust storms and flash floods: two weeks in apocalyptic Australia
- Taylor Swift discloses fight with eating disorder in new documentary
- Sopranos actor re-enacts alleged rape at Weinstein trial: 'I was trying to fight'
- ‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
- Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg says climate demands have been 'completely ignored' - live
- Donald Trump set to unveil Middle East peace plan within days
- ‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging
- Helen Mirren 'profoundly moved' by reconstruction of Anne Frank's room
- North Korea appoints hardline ex-army officer as new foreign minister
- Pet Shop Boys: 'The acoustic guitar should be banned'
- British army photographic competition announced – pictures
- Trump's threat to muzzle Bolton could undermine constitution, experts say
- Scandal overshadows Peru election's focus on gender equality
- Coronavirus: death toll rises to 26 in China, with 830 infected – live news
- 'Food prices shot up': floods spark a scramble for survival in east Africa
- French and Dutch police arrest 23 suspected people smugglers
- 'National shame': MP sounds alarm over UK fast fashion factories
- New Zealand needs to show it's serious about addressing Chinese interference | Anne-Marie Brady
- Leaders warn against antisemitism at World Holocaust Forum – video
- Wuhan in lockdown as residents barred from leaving Chinese city stricken by coronavirus – video
| Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 33m people Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:46 PM PST Public transport suspended in at least 10 cities as death toll rises and heath care centres struggle to cope with influx of patients Hospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan have been thrown into chaos and the movement of about 33 million people has been restricted by an unprecedented and indefinite lockdown imposed to halt the spread of the deadly new coronavirus. The World Health Organisation described the outbreak as an emergency for China, but stopped short of declaring it to be a public health emergency of international concern. Continue reading... |
| Sombre EU leaders sign Brexit withdrawal agreement Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:39 AM PST Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel sign document seven days before exit day A sombre Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the leaders of the European commission and council, have formally signed the withdrawal agreement as Brussels prepares for the UK's exit from the EU in seven days' time. In photographs issued of the signing ceremony in the EU's Europa building on Friday morning, the bloc's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, can be seen standing behind the two presidents. Continue reading... |
| Bushfires, ash rain, dust storms and flash floods: two weeks in apocalyptic Australia Posted: 24 Jan 2020 12:41 AM PST As the country lurches painfully from one extreme weather to another, residents are fearful of what they will face next In Australia this summer, talking about the weather inevitably leads to talking about the apocalypse. "When's the plague of locusts going to arrive?" jokes one Sydney resident after hearing reports that her city is to receive another storm of giant hailstones on Friday afternoon, just a day after it sweltered in temperatures of 40C and toxic smoke kept people stuck indoors, away from the respite of the beach. Continue reading... |
| Taylor Swift discloses fight with eating disorder in new documentary Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:32 AM PST 'There's always some standard of beauty that you're not meeting,' she tells Miss Americana director Lana Wilson Taylor Swift has disclosed her experiences with an eating disorder in a new documentary. In Miss Americana, which received its premiere at the Sundance film festival last night, Swift says that she would starve herself to the extent that she felt as if she might pass out during live performances. Related: From Taylor Swift to Parkland: 10 documentaries to watch in 2020 Continue reading... |
| Sopranos actor re-enacts alleged rape at Weinstein trial: 'I was trying to fight' Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:27 AM PST Annabella Sciorra's shocking testimony marks first time the Weinstein sex crimes trial directly heard from one of his accusers In a packed courtroom in the New York supreme court in Manhattan on Thursday, the former Sopranos actor Annabella Sciorra held her arms above her head, wrists locked, in a physical re-enactment of the moment she alleged that the disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein forcibly pinned her to her bed. "He took my hands and put them over my head to hold them back," the actor said, staring straight at the jury. Some 15ft away on the defense table, the defendant looked impassively at her. Continue reading... |
| ‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels Posted: 24 Jan 2020 12:27 AM PST Exclusive: Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals struck at this week's UK-Africa investment summit were for fossil fuels, despite a government commitment to "support African countries in their transition to cleaner energy". Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the summit on Monday, citing the climate emergency: "We all breathe the same air, we live beneath the same sky, and we all suffer when carbon emissions rise and the planet warms." Continue reading... |
| Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg says climate demands have been 'completely ignored' - live Posted: 24 Jan 2020 02:10 AM PST Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as climate activists speak at the World Economic Forum
Luisa Neubauer says there is "less climate denial, but more climate action denial." (hardly progress!) There is no point waiting for the crisis to come up before acting - the crisis is here now. We had a very good discussion here at Davos, so the dialogue is still going on. Some, or all, of those projects need to be cancelled if we are to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. That is not an impossible demand, that is a rational demand.
Vanessa Nakate says she believes the leaders at Davos have heard the message from climate activists - but they're choosing to ignore it. Nakate also explains how social media has helped the climate activist movement -- by letting her get her message out across Uganda. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump set to unveil Middle East peace plan within days Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:45 AM PST Palestinians 'will act negatively at first', US president says onboard Air Force One Donald Trump said he will probably release details of his long-delayed peace plan for the Middle East before next Tuesday, after he invited the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the opposition head, Benny Gantz, to Washington for talks. Speaking onboard Air Force One en route to Miami, the US president compared solving one of the world's most intractable territorial disputes to a business deal. Continue reading... |
| ‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging Posted: 24 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST Revealed: emails show Trump and appointees tried to craft a narrative that forest protection efforts are responsible for wildfires Political appointees at the interior department have sought to play up climate pollution from California wildfires while downplaying emissions from fossil fuels as a way of promoting more logging in the nation's forests, internal emails obtained by the Guardian reveal. The messaging plan was crafted in support of Donald Trump's pro-industry arguments for harvesting more timber in California, which he says would thin forests and prevent fires – a point experts refute. Continue reading... |
| Helen Mirren 'profoundly moved' by reconstruction of Anne Frank's room Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:00 AM PST Oscar-winning actor presents documentary retracing life of Jewish teenager killed by the Nazis She has performed on countless film sets, but Dame Helen Mirren was "profoundly moved" by the latest one: a reconstruction of the claustrophobic Amsterdam apartment in which Jewish teenager Anne Frank hid for two years from the Nazis with her family until she was arrested in 1944 and sent to her death in a concentration camp. The Oscar-winning actor is presenting a documentary, to be released in cinemas on Monday, in which Frank's life is retraced through the pages of her diary, a classic of war literature. Continue reading... |
| North Korea appoints hardline ex-army officer as new foreign minister Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Analysts say appointment of Ri Son-gwon suggests tougher stance on nuclear talks with US North Korea has appointed a former army officer with a reputation as a hardliner as its foreign minister, in a possible sign that it is to adopt a tougher stance in nuclear negotiations with the United States. After days of speculation, the KCNA state news agency confirmed on Friday that Ri Son-gwon – who has little diplomatic experience – had replaced Ri Yong-ho, an English-speaking career diplomat who took part in nuclear talks with Washington. Continue reading... |
| Pet Shop Boys: 'The acoustic guitar should be banned' Posted: 23 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST As pop's great satirists reveal their romantic side on their new album, they talk about the misery of modern music, rock feuds and the joy of lunchtime clubbing The new Pet Shop Boys album is, they say, the third in a trilogy. Hotspot follows 2013's Electric and 2016's Super, all collaborations with producer Stuart Price, all examples of the duo's return to "electronic purism" after a succession of albums where, as Neil Tennant puts it, they variously "pretended to be a rock band" (Release), "made a zany one with everything and the kitchen sink on it" (Yes) and "went to LA and made an album about being old" (Elysium). "That was your big idea, being old," says Tennant, nodding in the direction of his fellow Pet Shop Boy Chris Lowe, who is sitting alongside him on the sofa in a record company office in the City of London. "He explained that to our manager and she was absolutely aghast. She looked completely horrified." Continue reading... |
| British army photographic competition announced – pictures Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Cpl Rebecca Brown has become the first female soldier to win the British Army Photographer of the Year award in this year's Army Film and Photographic Competition. The 29-year-old also came runner-up for Best Online Image and for her Professional Sport and Adventure Training pictures Continue reading... |
| Trump's threat to muzzle Bolton could undermine constitution, experts say Posted: 24 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST President's executive privilege claims mark 'wholesale attempt to silence key witnesses', says Obama administration lawyer Donald Trump's threat to assert executive privilege in his impeachment defense to try to curb testimony by his former national security adviser John Bolton is an attempt to silence a key witness and could undermine constitutional principles, ex-justice department officials and legal scholars warn. Bolton, a controversial figure whom a former colleague has testified had grave doubts about Trump's pressure tactics to get Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival Joe Biden, has indicated he would testify before the impeachment trial if he were subpoenaed. Continue reading... |
| Scandal overshadows Peru election's focus on gender equality Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:00 AM PST Allegations of domestic violence and marital infidelity have bogged down one of the most diverse parties Scandals involving domestic violence and marital infidelity have overshadowed the campaign to elect a new congress in Peru, in which gender equality and women's rights have been key issues. Peruvians will elect 130 new lawmakers on Sunday after the previous chamber was dissolved by President Martín Vizcarra in a controversial but popular move in September. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: death toll rises to 26 in China, with 830 infected – live news Posted: 24 Jan 2020 02:19 AM PST Possible cases being tested in Scotland and Belfast; World Health Organisation committee says 'too early' to declare emergency
Thailand has confirmed its fifth case of the new coronavirus, a senior public health official said. "The patient is a 33-year-old woman from Wuhan on vacation," Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Patucha told Reuters, adding that she was under quarantine at Rajavithi hospital and her condition was improving.
McDonalds says it is suspending business in five cities in China's Hubei province, centre of the virus outbreak. Continue reading... |
| 'Food prices shot up': floods spark a scramble for survival in east Africa Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST From Somalia to South Sudan, torrential rains have devastated crops and made roads impassable, sending the cost of food soaring Before the floods hit her village, crumpling buildings, ripping out pathways and submerging swathes of land, Nurto Mohamed Hassan could buy a kilogram of rice for the equivalent of about 70p. Now the cost is more than £1. This may not seem a lot in isolation but, for people with little money and families to feed, it is a significant rise. Continue reading... |
| French and Dutch police arrest 23 suspected people smugglers Posted: 23 Jan 2020 10:08 AM PST Europol detains alleged members of group responsible for trafficking 10,000 migrants into Britain Authorities in France and the Netherlands have arrested more than 20 suspected members of a people-smuggling gang responsible for transporting as many as 10,000 migrants from France into Britain, the European police agency has said. The network is believed to have made about €70m (£59m) from its human trafficking operations, which used refrigerated lorries to smuggle Afghan, Iranian, Iraqi-Kurdish and Syrian migrants into the UK. Continue reading... |
| 'National shame': MP sounds alarm over UK fast fashion factories Posted: 23 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST Leicester workers allegedly paid £3 an hour in 'miserable conditions', with other serious labour abuses suspected in the north-west Concerns over the ongoing situation of up to 10,000 garment workers in Leicester, who are feared to be trapped in conditions of modern slavery and paid £3 an hour, have been raised in Parliament. Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, raised a question on Tuesday about the continuing state of working conditions in factories supplying the UK's booming fast fashion industry, and sought a meeting with business secretary Kelly Tolhurst for clarity over enforcement of the national minimum wage. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand needs to show it's serious about addressing Chinese interference | Anne-Marie Brady Posted: 23 Jan 2020 08:00 AM PST Wellington has restricted foreign political donations but its lax approach to Beijing suggests economic interests still trump national security concerns Transparency International announced yesterday that New Zealand is the least corrupt country in the world. This is excellent news, but New Zealand cannot afford to rest on its laurels. Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index assesses whether countries have a corrupt judiciary and public sector. Some other aspects where corruption can also occur, such as political funding, are not included in the index. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Leaders warn against antisemitism at World Holocaust Forum – video Posted: 23 Jan 2020 01:26 PM PST Representatives from Europe, Russia and America warned against the resurgence of antisemitism at a memorial event at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem. Prince Charles, representing Britain, said the lessons of the Holocaust were 'searingly relevant to this day'
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| Wuhan in lockdown as residents barred from leaving Chinese city stricken by coronavirus – video Posted: 22 Jan 2020 11:47 PM PST Authorities have shut down public transport and airports to prevent Wuhan's 11 million residents from leaving the city as they look to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Police have been seen patrolling railway stations and setting up roadblocks Continue reading... |
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