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- Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan hospital doctor dies from virus as toll hits 41 – updates
- Pentagon says 34 US soldiers suffered traumatic brain injury in Iran strike
- Democrats focus on Ukraine 'cover-up' as marathon impeachment case wraps
- Outrage at whites-only image as Uganda climate activist cropped from photo
- Trump speaks with Boris Johnson about security as Britain nears Huawei decision
- NPR host says Pompeo had a meltdown when she asked him about Ukraine
- Actor Rosie Perez testifies friend told her she was raped by Harvey Weinstein
- Multiple fatalities after earthquake hits eastern Turkey
- 'It should be illegal': protesters call for end to abortion at Washington rally
- Six people killed in shooting in south-west Germany
- Trump unveils logo for Starfleet ... er, Space Force ... and Trekkers take to Twitter
- Exclusive: John Bercow on friends, enemies and the drama of Brexit
- Funding crisis stops referrals to veterans' mental health charity
- Overtourism in Europe's historic cities sparks backlash
- Reporting on the Iran nuclear deal: 'nothing happens until everything happens'
- Examining Britain’s part in the Biafran war | Letters
- Trump impeachment trial: Republicans signal shortened session for Saturday
- Hundreds of Central American migrants rounded up by guardsmen at Mexico border – video
- Australian of the year: Dr James Muecke awarded top prize and Ashleigh Barty also honoured
- Zimbabwe urged to prioritise children as record poverty causes food shortages
- Britain must be held to account for its role in the war in Yemen
- Why are California's mayors lining up to endorse Mike Bloomberg?
- 'Trump tried to cheat, he got caught': Hakeem Jeffries on the president's alleged offences – video
- Billions of locusts swarm through Kenya - in pictures
| Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan hospital doctor dies from virus as toll hits 41 – updates Posted: 25 Jan 2020 02:24 AM PST More than 1,280 infected and 18 cities in lockdown as authorities scramble to stem spread of virus which has now reached Europe, the US and Australia. Follow the latest news
Coronavirus is more likely to affect older or middle aged people, especially those who have had diseases before, according to Dr Nathalie MacDermott, a clinical research fellow in infectious diseases at Imperial College London. For younger people, the virus "may be similar to having the flu", she said, speaking to Sky News this morning.
Wuhan, where the virus originated, is to ban all cars from the downtown area. Only vehicles with a transport pass, or those being used by people working for government services, will be allowed to travel. Continue reading... |
| Pentagon says 34 US soldiers suffered traumatic brain injury in Iran strike Posted: 24 Jan 2020 09:28 AM PST
Thirty-four US soldiers have been diagnosed with concussion or traumatic brain injury from an 8 January Iranian missile attack on their base in Iraq, the Pentagon has revealed. The Pentagon spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said on Friday that eight service members who had been previously transported to Germany had been moved to the United States. Continue reading... |
| Democrats focus on Ukraine 'cover-up' as marathon impeachment case wraps Posted: 24 Jan 2020 04:24 PM PST White House tried to hide records of Trump's call with Ukrainian president and block whistleblower complaint, say Democrats Democrats concluded the presentation of their case against Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Friday, with the lead prosecutor Adam Schiff calling on Republicans to exercise "moral courage" and vote in favor of calling witnesses at the trial next week. "Give America a fair trial," Schiff concluded after three marathon days of argument. "She's worth it." Continue reading... |
| Outrage at whites-only image as Uganda climate activist cropped from photo Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:56 PM PST Associated Press says Vanessa Nakate was excised from image, which also featured Greta Thunberg, 'purely on composition grounds' Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has called out racism in media after she was cropped out of a photo featuring prominent climate activists including Greta Thunberg, Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson. Nakate made the comment in a video which has since gone viral, adding that she now understood "the definition of the word racism" for the first time in her life. Continue reading... |
| Trump speaks with Boris Johnson about security as Britain nears Huawei decision Posted: 24 Jan 2020 07:06 PM PST Trump discusses concerns over Chinese telecoms giant's role in Britain's future 5G network Donald Trump discussed the security of telecommunications networks with Boris Johnson, the White House said, as Britain closes in on a decision on Huawei's role in the country's future 5G network. "The two leaders discussed important regional and bilateral issues, including working together to ensure the security of our telecommunications networks," the White House said in a statement on Friday about the phone call. Continue reading... |
| NPR host says Pompeo had a meltdown when she asked him about Ukraine Posted: 24 Jan 2020 06:57 PM PST Secretary of state used the F-word and demanded host Mary Louise Kelly find Ukraine on a map, journalist says Mike Pompeo is said to have unleashed a foul-mouth tirade at a well known US radio host after she asked him questions about Ukraine in an interview. Mary Louise Kelly, a respected broadcaster on National Public Radio (NPR), sat down for a pre-arranged interview with the secretary of state on Friday, whose wrath was apparently triggered by a string of questions about Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine. Kelly asked Pompeo whether he owed Yovanovitch an apology for not defending her in the face of a smear campaign orchestrated by Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his associates. Continue reading... |
| Actor Rosie Perez testifies friend told her she was raped by Harvey Weinstein Posted: 24 Jan 2020 02:45 PM PST
US actor Rosie Perez testified in New York on the third day of the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein on Friday, describing phone calls she had with Annabella Sciorra where she learned Sciorra was allegedly raped. Perez said she called Sciorra on a chilly night in 1993. Perez was in a good mood, saying, "Girl, what's up? Wanna hang out?" hoping Sciorra was interested in going out that night. Continue reading... |
| Multiple fatalities after earthquake hits eastern Turkey Posted: 24 Jan 2020 10:20 PM PST Officials confirm 20 people killed as rescue teams works to free trapped survivors An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has killed at least 20 people in eastern Turkey. More than 500 have been left injured and several are trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings. Rescue teams from neighbouring provinces were dispatched to the affected areas, working in the dark with floodlights, and defence minister Hulusi Akar said troops were on standby to help. Continue reading... |
| 'It should be illegal': protesters call for end to abortion at Washington rally Posted: 24 Jan 2020 01:33 PM PST Protesters out in numbers for annual March for Life, at a time when US reproductive rights are under serious threat America's largest annual anti-abortion protest drew tens of thousands of people to Washington in one of the most precarious years in decades for reproductive rights. Related: Trump tells anti-abortion activists at March for Life: 'I am fighting for you' Continue reading... |
| Six people killed in shooting in south-west Germany Posted: 24 Jan 2020 06:17 AM PST Police arrest suspect after incident in Rot am See Six people have been killed and several injured in a shooting in the south-western German town of Rot am See, police have said. A suspect has been arrested and no further suspects are believed to be at large, police from the nearby town of Aalen said. Continue reading... |
| Trump unveils logo for Starfleet ... er, Space Force ... and Trekkers take to Twitter Posted: 24 Jan 2020 03:57 PM PST In a move that would please Gene Roddenberry – or make him ask for royalties – the president showed off a familiar looking symbol As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump continued in earnest on Friday, the president was boldly unveiling his new logo for the US Space Force. After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers, and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military! pic.twitter.com/TC8pT4yHFT Continue reading... |
| Exclusive: John Bercow on friends, enemies and the drama of Brexit Posted: 25 Jan 2020 01:00 AM PST After a decade as Speaker, he recalls toxic times in the House of Commons and gives his no-holds-barred verdict on the key players It is 11.30am on Wednesday, 25 September 2019. Unexpectedly, the House of Commons is sitting again. It ceased to do so on 9 September and had not thought it would resume until a state opening on 14 October. Without a doubt, it is the most peculiar atmosphere I have known in the chamber in my more than 22 years as a member of parliament. The expressions on government ministers' faces range from affronted dignity to sheepish embarrassment to world-weary resignation. Opposition MPs, meanwhile, are jubilant. Surveying the scene from my vantage point of the Speaker's chair, I began proceedings on this extraordinary day with a gentle but clear signal of contentment that the government's plan to close down or "prorogue" parliament for five weeks at the height of the unresolved Brexit crisis had been foiled. "Colleagues, welcome back to our place of work." Continue reading... |
| Funding crisis stops referrals to veterans' mental health charity Posted: 25 Jan 2020 01:29 AM PST Combat Stress says decision to turn down new cases was taken 'with great sadness' A mental health charity for military veterans is no longer able to take new cases in England or Wales because of a funding crisis. Combat Stress said its income has fallen from £16m to £10m in this financial year partly because of a cut in its NHS funding support, and said the decision to turn down new cases had been taken "with great sadness". Continue reading... |
| Overtourism in Europe's historic cities sparks backlash Posted: 24 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST Angry protests from residents in popular areas force city hall officials to take action Across Europe, historic cities are buckling. Mass tourism, encouraged by cash-hungry councils after the 2008 crash and fuelled by the explosion of cheap flights and online room rentals, has become a monster. The backlash, however, has begun. In the past decade, the number of low-cost airline seats available each year in Europe has risen by more than 10% annually, more than doubling to more than 500m. Continue reading... |
| Reporting on the Iran nuclear deal: 'nothing happens until everything happens' Posted: 25 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST Our world affairs editor reflects on how, despite years of negotiations, we came once again to the brink of conflict Countries tend to go to war when diplomacy fails. But Washington and Tehran are now facing off because it succeeded. It was because the 2015 nuclear deal was Barack Obama's proudest foreign policy achievement that Donald Trump was so determined to destroy it. The US and Iran are sliding back towards the brink of conflict. If a missile had landed a little bit differently in the course of the latest exchange of hostilities, they would probably be at war by now. Continue reading... |
| Examining Britain’s part in the Biafran war | Letters Posted: 24 Jan 2020 09:31 AM PST Robert Bennett says no account of the war should ignore its origins in a mainly Igbo military coup in 1966. Alan Healey thinks too many people still look at Britain's colonial past as a golden age. Judith Nicoll recalls her father, who was shot down and killed while flying food and medicines into Biafra Frederick Forsyth (Buried for 50 years: Britain's shameful role in Biafra, Journal, 21 January) arrived in Biafra shortly after I was evacuated in June 1967 at the start of the war, just 15 miles north of Nsukka, where I was working as a university lecturer. No account of the Biafran war should ignore its origins in a mainly Igbo military coup in January 1966, a coup in which three Nigerian political leaders were assassinated (none of them Igbo). Among them was a man who, by popular accounts, was a modest and good politician: the prime minister, Tafawa Balewa. Continue reading... |
| Trump impeachment trial: Republicans signal shortened session for Saturday Posted: 25 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST
Republican lawmakers and Donald Trump's legal team have signaled that Saturday's impeachment proceedings would not go all day as they prepare to launch a full-throated defense of the president. Related: The key takeaways from day three of the impeachment trial Continue reading... |
| Hundreds of Central American migrants rounded up by guardsmen at Mexico border – video Posted: 24 Jan 2020 03:16 PM PST National guardsmen in riot gear have blocked the path of hundreds of Central Americans near the town of Frontera Hidalgo in southern Mexico. Security forces corralled the migrants and hauled them on to buses, as Mexico continues with efforts to contain mass migration under pressure from the Trump administration. |
| Australian of the year: Dr James Muecke awarded top prize and Ashleigh Barty also honoured Posted: 25 Jan 2020 02:20 AM PST Barty named young Australian of the year, Prof John Newnham the senior Australian of the year and Bernie Shakeshaft the 2020 Local Hero Dr James Muecke, an eye surgeon who has dedicated his professional career to preventing blindness among the poorest people in the world, has been recognised as the 2020 Australian of the year. Adelaide-born Muecke, who began his medical career in Kenya, said it was an "enormous … tremendous honour" to be named Australian of the year for 2020: "such an auspicious year for eyesight". Continue reading... |
| Zimbabwe urged to prioritise children as record poverty causes food shortages Posted: 24 Jan 2020 03:42 AM PST Researchers sound the alarm after statistics reveal almost half of impoverished children in rural areas do not have enough to eat Poverty has reached unprecedented levels in Zimbabwe, with more than 70% of Zimbabwean children in rural areas living in poverty, a UN study has found. The report, compiled by Unicef and the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, shows high levels of privation in rural areas, where 76.3% of children live in abject poverty. Statistics seen by the Guardian suggest that almost half of these children do not have enough of the right food to eat. Continue reading... |
| Britain must be held to account for its role in the war in Yemen Posted: 24 Jan 2020 02:47 AM PST As the death toll in Yemen passes 100,000, questions must be asked about UK arms exports to the Saudi-led coalition As British politics reverberates with the results of the general election and Brexit approaches, the announcement from researchers that the death toll in the war in Yemen now exceeds 100,000 went unnoticed in the mainstream press at the end of last year. With heightened US-Iranian hostility after the US government's killing of Qassem Suleimani, the prospects for the war in Yemen look increasingly bleak. Continue reading... |
| Why are California's mayors lining up to endorse Mike Bloomberg? Posted: 24 Jan 2020 10:21 AM PST London Breed, San Francisco's first black female mayor, joins campaign following support from Stockton and San Jose mayors There's nothing surprising about a billionaire winning the support of the mayor of San Francisco, a city flush with tech wealth and new money. But when the billionaire is Mike Bloomberg – and the endorsement is the latest from a string of California mayors he mentored and supported – the vow of support raises some eyebrows. Continue reading... |
| 'Trump tried to cheat, he got caught': Hakeem Jeffries on the president's alleged offences – video Posted: 24 Jan 2020 12:35 PM PST On the fourth day of Trump's trial for impeachment in the US senate, impeachment manager Hakeem Jeffries warned that the president's actions toward Ukraine had put the country in jeopardy. |
| Billions of locusts swarm through Kenya - in pictures Posted: 24 Jan 2020 08:34 AM PST Huge locust swarms in east Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods. Dense clouds of the ravenous insects have spread from Ethiopia and Somalia into Kenya, in the region's worse infestation in decades Continue reading... |
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