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- Coronavirus's ability to spread getting stronger, China suggests
- We won’t back off on pension protests, union ‘Asterix’ warns Macron
- Farewell Europe: the long road to Brexit
- Video appears to show Trump ordering Marie Yovanovitch's removal
- Kenya suffers worst locust infestation in 70 years as millions of insects swarm farmland
- Race to exploit the world’s seabed set to wreak havoc on marine life
- ‘Talk less, do more’: World Jewish Congress leader’s call to halt antisemitism
- Corbyn allies ‘line up top jobs before new Labour leader is elected’
- Grenfell inquiry panellist steps down over cladding company links
- Court to probe Carrie Symonds’ influence on PM after cancellation of badger cull
- How is the most unpopular and divisive president on his way to a second term?
- Brighton, Bristol, York ... city centres signal the end of the road for cars
- Coronavirus outbreak: China promises tougher crackdown to stop spread – live updates
- Netanyahu hopes to 'make history' during White House visit
- ‘Whitewashed’: how gentrification continues to erase LA's bold murals
- Coronavirus: Australia considers evacuating citizens caught in China amid lockdown
- World Bank urged to scrap $500m loan to Tanzania over schoolgirls' rights concerns
- 'The president did nothing wrong': key takeaways from Trump defense's opening arguments
- Welcome to the Trump show: defense argues president is a victim and Democrats are villains
- Video appears to show Trump talking to Lev Parnas about 'taking out' Ukraine ambassador – video
- 'I hope God will help us': search for Turkey earthquake survivors continues – video
| Coronavirus's ability to spread getting stronger, China suggests Posted: 26 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST Officials announce new measures to contain disease, including wildlife trade ban and bus suspensions Restrictions to halt the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China will be intensified, the country's health commission minister has said, warning that the virus's ability to spread appeared to be getting stronger. "The transmissibility shows signs of increasing and the 'walking source of infection' [where patients have few signs of disease] has made it difficult to control and prevent the disease," said Ma Xiaowei. Continue reading... |
| We won’t back off on pension protests, union ‘Asterix’ warns Macron Posted: 25 Jan 2020 09:45 AM PST Head of powerful CGT tells French president of trouble to come unless he cancels reform The union leader heading protests against France's bitterly contested pension reforms has accused Emmanuel Macron of playing with fire and showing contempt for the country's workers. Philippe Martinez, head of the powerful CGT, said the president and his government were "disconnected" from the real world, and their advisers needed to "shake the hands of a few who actually work". Continue reading... |
| Farewell Europe: the long road to Brexit Posted: 25 Jan 2020 11:34 PM PST The Observer's political editor has reported on Britain's place in the EU for more than 30 years. Here he charts the key moments in a stormy relationship and the missed chances to save it from destruction Last week, with the end of the UK's 47-year membership of the club of European nations just days away, I looked back at some newspaper cuttings from my time as a Brussels correspondent. A picture of worried-looking farmers eyeing up their cattle at a market in Banbury stared out alongside banner headlines. "British beef banned in Europe. Cattle prices fall. School meals hit. EU 'rules' broken." Among the many crises in British relations with the EU down the years – from Margaret Thatcher's bust-up over the European budget in the early 1980s to the UK's exit from the ERM in 1992 – the beef war between London and Brussels ranks among the biggest. It was 29 March, 1996, and the European commission had just announced a worldwide ban on the export of British beef. The EU's executive opted for decisive action after the Tory government admitted there could be a link between "mad cow" disease and the mutant strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which could kill humans. I had been in Brussels less than three months. It was a huge story, and reading through articles I had written at the time, it felt like yesterday. But what was most striking, as my mind fixed again on events of 24 years ago, was how relevant that one prolonged and tortuous episode seemed today, in the context of Brexit. Continue reading... |
| Video appears to show Trump ordering Marie Yovanovitch's removal Posted: 26 Jan 2020 03:52 AM PST 'Get rid of her. Get her out tomorrow,' president seems to say of ambassador to Ukraine Donald Trump demanded the dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch, then US ambassador to Ukraine and now a key figure in the president's impeachment trial, according to a video recording released to the media. The footage was reportedly taken during an April 2018 donor dinner at a hotel and released to news media by an attorney for Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Continue reading... |
| Kenya suffers worst locust infestation in 70 years as millions of insects swarm farmland Posted: 25 Jan 2020 07:51 PM PST UN urges immediate action as east African nations already experiencing devastating hunger see large areas of crops destroyed The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the insects swarm into the east African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. Those two countries have not had an infestation like this in a quarter century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region with devastating hunger. "Even cows are wondering what is happening," said Ndunda Makanga, who spent hours Friday trying to chase the locusts from his farm. "Corn, sorghum, cowpeas, they have eaten everything." Continue reading... |
| Race to exploit the world’s seabed set to wreak havoc on marine life Posted: 25 Jan 2020 06:10 AM PST New research warns that 'blue acceleration' – a global goldrush to claim the ocean floor – is already impacting on the environment. The scaly-foot snail is one of Earth's strangest creatures. It lives more than 2,300 metres below the surface of the sea on a trio of deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Here it has evolved a remarkable form of protection against the crushing, grim conditions found at these Stygian depths. It grows a shell made of iron. Discovered in 1999, the multi-layered iron sulphide armour of Chrysomallon squamiferum – which measures a few centimetres in diameter – has already attracted the interest of the US defence department, whose scientists are now studying its genes in a bid to discover how it grows its own metal armour. Continue reading... |
| ‘Talk less, do more’: World Jewish Congress leader’s call to halt antisemitism Posted: 26 Jan 2020 12:43 AM PST Ronald Lauder's Auschwitz memorial address will demand action against a rising tide of hatred The president of the World Jewish Congress has accused leaders of contributing to the "drip, drip method" of spreading antisemitism, comparing it to the defamation campaigns that culminated in the Holocaust. Ahead of the 75th anniversary on Mondayof the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ronald Lauder said that governments spent too much time talking about the dangers of antisemitism and not enough time tackling it. Continue reading... |
| Corbyn allies ‘line up top jobs before new Labour leader is elected’ Posted: 26 Jan 2020 01:13 AM PST Party HQ, under its general secretary, Jenny Formby, has rejected criticism for advertising senior posts in emails to staff Allies of Jeremy Corbyn have been accused of trying to cement their power at the top of the party after they announced plans to appoint new staff to senior posts before the next leader is elected. The party sent an email to staff last week advertising posts of head of press and broadcasting, head of policy development, and deputy regional director in London. The applications have to be made by early February. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell inquiry panellist steps down over cladding company links Posted: 25 Jan 2020 10:54 AM PST Benita Mehra had been the target of fury from survivors and bereaved of 2017 tragedy A key member of the Grenfell Tower public inquiry has resigned after fury among survivors and the bereaved at her links to the company that made the combustible cladding. Less than 48 hours before the inquiry is due to start hearing evidence about "decisions which led to the installation of a highly combustible cladding system", Boris Johnson announced Benita Mehra was standing down from a panel advising the chairman of the inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick. It followed 10 days of rising pressure on the prime minister from the community devastated by the fire on 14 June 2017 – which claimed 72 lives – to reverse her appointment. Continue reading... |
| Court to probe Carrie Symonds’ influence on PM after cancellation of badger cull Posted: 25 Jan 2020 09:35 AM PST Boris Johnson's partner and animal rights activist was briefed by Badger Trust weeks before the policy was changed The influence exerted on the prime minister by his partner, Carrie Symonds, will be explored in court after permission was granted last week for a judicial review into how the government came to pull a cull on badgers in Derbyshire. The case could embarrass Boris Johnson and raise questions about the government's willingness to listen to its advisers when formulating policy. Continue reading... |
| How is the most unpopular and divisive president on his way to a second term? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 12:15 AM PST Donald Trump has been campaigning since his inauguration with a lethal blend of rollicking rallies and rigorous data-gathering Long after nightfall, an exultant Donald Trump takes the stage in a hotel ballroom, punching the air in front of giant TV screens. A delirious crowd is wearing "Keep America Great" caps and chanting "USA! USA!" These are the early hours of 4 November 2020 and lightning has just struck twice: Trump has won a second term. For millions of people outside America, the notion of Trump's re-election might seem hard to believe. How could one of the most unpopular and divisive presidents in the country's history, impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and reeling from one self-inflicted crisis to another, possibly win the White House again? Continue reading... |
| Brighton, Bristol, York ... city centres signal the end of the road for cars Posted: 26 Jan 2020 02:35 AM PST The city with the only Green MP in the country is the latest council to consider banning private vehicles from its centre to reduce pollution and improve citizens' quality of life In a multi-storey car park in the centre of Brighton, Peter Willcocks – on hand in a hi-vis jacket in case any motorists needed assistance – had two short words in response to the council's plan to create a car-free zone by 2023. "It's crap," he said. "This is a seaside town, it relies on visitors. If they ban cars, people won't come. It will really damage the town's economy." The car park was "always busy", he added, although he personally hadn't driven a car for 25 years, preferring to use the "excellent" buses. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus outbreak: China promises tougher crackdown to stop spread – live updates Posted: 26 Jan 2020 04:02 AM PST Officials announce new measures to contain disease, including wildlife trade ban and bus suspensions, as confirmed death toll reaches 56
Chinese associations in Paris cancelled Sunday afternoon's Chinese new year's parade in the centre of the city following the coronavirus epidemic. The mayor Anne Hidalgo said Paris's Chinese community was "very emotional and concerned" so decided it was best for the parade not to go ahead.
AFP reports that some of the private cars on the road in Wuhan have been given special dispensation to travel to ferry the sick: Defying the threat from a contagious respiratory illness that broke out in the city and has killed dozens of people, Zhang Lin and other Wuhan residents are pitching in by driving sick fellow citizens to hospital. "We're from Wuhan, and even though you guys are here to help us, our own citizens should also come out to (help)," Zhang Lin told AFP journalists as he waited for a patient to emerge from a clinic for the drive back home. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu hopes to 'make history' during White House visit Posted: 26 Jan 2020 03:49 AM PST Israeli prime minister travels to US for unveiling of Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he hopes to "make history" during his upcoming visit to the White House for the unveiling of Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan. Addressing his cabinet before departing for the US, Netanyahu described the current environment, characterized by close ties with Trump, as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Israel should "not miss." Continue reading... |
| ‘Whitewashed’: how gentrification continues to erase LA's bold murals Posted: 26 Jan 2020 04:00 AM PST The artwork in the Highland Park area told the story of its history and culture – until newcomers decided to wipe it out Kathy Gallegos remembers the first time she saw John "Zender" Estrada's striking mural of an Aztec warrior flanked by two eagles. She was parking behind a music venue in Highland Park, a heavily Latino working-class neighborhood northeast of downtown Los Angeles, and couldn't help noticing the bold imagery of a piece that Zender had painted in the wake of the 1992 riots to urge ordinary Angelenos to "resist violence with peace". "I remember thinking, that's a really nice mural," Gallegos recalled. "Next thing I knew, the place was bought and it was gone." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: Australia considers evacuating citizens caught in China amid lockdown Posted: 25 Jan 2020 09:51 PM PST Chief medical officer says Australia is 'incredibly well prepared to isolate and deal with' any more cases Australia's chief medical officer has warned there will likely be more cases of the deadly coronavirus confirmed in the country, as the federal government explores plans to evacuate Australian citizens from the pandemic's epicentre in central China. Prof Brendan Murphy, Australia's chief medical officer, said more cases of 2019-nCoV were likely, following the confirmation of four cases. NSW Health said on Sunday afternoon a fourth person had tested positive, according to their preliminary test results, though more follow-up was needed. Continue reading... |
| World Bank urged to scrap $500m loan to Tanzania over schoolgirls' rights concerns Posted: 25 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST Campaigners say education funding would be 'inappropriate if not irresponsible' in light of ban on pregnant girls attending school An opposition MP and activists in Tanzania are urging the World Bank to withdraw a $500m (£381m) loan to the country, amid concerns over deteriorating human rights, particularly for women and girls. In a letter addressed to the bank's board members, Zitto Kabwe said he feared the money would be used by the ruling party "to distort our electoral processes'" and ensure an easy victory in an election year. Continue reading... |
| 'The president did nothing wrong': key takeaways from Trump defense's opening arguments Posted: 25 Jan 2020 11:41 AM PST President's defense repeatedly came around to a basic argument: nothing Trump did in withholding aid to Ukraine was unusual Donald Trump's legal defense team began their argument Saturday during a three-hour session of the impeachment proceedings against the president. Here are the five key takeaways: Continue reading... |
| Welcome to the Trump show: defense argues president is a victim and Democrats are villains Posted: 25 Jan 2020 11:21 AM PST White House counsel says prosecution aims to pull off 'the most massive interference in an election in American history' Welcome to Day One of the Trump Show. It was, admittedly, an inauspicious start to what was teased as a "trailer" for the rollicking show to come next week in the historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Continue reading... |
| Video appears to show Trump talking to Lev Parnas about 'taking out' Ukraine ambassador – video Posted: 26 Jan 2020 03:52 AM PST Footage obtained from Parnas's lawyer, dating back to April 2018, appears to show Donald Trump ordering attendees at a meal to 'get rid' of the US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. The video surfaced on Saturday 25 January. Parnas, who was involved in the impeachment proceedings, worked with Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani to oust Yovanovitch and claimed the president 'knew exactly what was going on', in a televised interview. Although they have been pictured together, Trump has said of Parnas: 'I don't know him, I don't believe I've ever spoken to him. I don't need the help of a man I haven't met before, other than perhaps taken a picture.' The removal of Yovanovitch has played a key role in the current impeachment proceedings against the president Continue reading... |
| 'I hope God will help us': search for Turkey earthquake survivors continues – video Posted: 25 Jan 2020 05:45 AM PST The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit eastern Turkey stood at 29 on Saturday night and could rise further, warn officials. Footage showed rescuers pulling the injured from under a collapsed building in Elâzığ province as the search for people continued Continue reading... |
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