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- Wuhan evacuation: US and Japan to fly out citizens as coronavirus death toll rises
- New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern promises stability as she sets poll date
- Prince Andrew told to 'stop playing games' over Epstein inquiry
- Japan in raptures as outsider wins sumo contest – and bursts into tears
- Migration committee advises against full points-based system for UK
- Netanyahu withdraws immunity from prosecution request
- Boris Johnson gets final warning with Huawei 5G verdict imminent
- Labour says government claim to be reversing Beeching rail cuts 'meaningless' - live news
- Raab 'incandescent' with US conduct over Anne Sacoolas – Dunn family
- Fluorescent pink slug, unique to Australian mountaintop, survives bushfires
- Why 1917 should win the best picture Oscar
- 'Get Ready for Brexit' campaign had little effect, says watchdog
- African continent is 'blind spot': the world's top 10 forgotten crises
- Voters' response to shocking tapes of a Trump-style mayor offers 2020 hint
- Scores dead as heavy rains bring landslides and evacuations in Brazil
- What is the coronavirus and how worried should we be?
- Canberra fires: worst bushfires threat since 2003, chief minister says – live news
- The disease always gets a head start: how to handle an epidemic
- Salvini's failure brings respite for embattled Italian government
- Ardern: New Zealand election race should be free of misinformation – video
- Jacinda Ardern lets phone call from Scott Morrison go to voicemail – video
- Auschwitz survivors share their stories on 75th anniversary – video
- Bolton's book 'goes to the heart of charges against Trump' – video
- Varadkar: EU will have upper hand in Brexit trade talks – video
| Wuhan evacuation: US and Japan to fly out citizens as coronavirus death toll rises Posted: 27 Jan 2020 11:09 PM PST Nations scramble to extract citizens from Wuhan as first death is recorded in Beijing The death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 106, Chinese officials have confirmed, as countries scrambled to fly their citizens out of the city at the centre of the outbreak. Japan said it would send a chartered flight to Wuhan on Tuesday night to evacuate its citizens, while the US government is also preparing an airlift. The state department had planned a flight for Tuesday evening, but it was unclear if it would land as scheduled. Both South Korea and France are also aiming to fly out citizens this week. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern promises stability as she sets poll date Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:51 PM PST Vote on 19 September will also see referendums on legalising euthanasia and recreational marijuana Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her country's next general election will be held on 19 September, firing the starting pistol on a campaign race lasting more than seven months. On Tuesday, Ardern said the forthcoming election campaign would be "positive, factual and robust", and that her party had signed up to Facebook's advertising transparency tool to counter misinformation. Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew told to 'stop playing games' over Epstein inquiry Posted: 28 Jan 2020 12:18 AM PST US lawyer representing alleged victims tells duke to 'do the right thing' and assist inquiry A US lawyer has called on Prince Andrew to "stop playing games" and assist authorities with their investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking inquiry. Lisa Bloom, who represents five of Epstein's alleged victims, said it was time for the Duke of York to "do the right thing" and speak with investigators in the US. Continue reading... |
| Japan in raptures as outsider wins sumo contest – and bursts into tears Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:30 PM PST The 188kg wrestler Tokushoryu bulldozes his way into the hearts of fans in a sport unaccustomed to displays of emotion Sumo fans in Japan are celebrating after the lowest-ranked wrestler beat incredible odds to emerge victorious at the first main tournament of the year. Tokushoryu, a relative unknown until his winning streak at the new year tournament, shoved and threw his way through a succession of "superior" opponents in Tokyo, ending the 15-day contest on Sunday with an unassailable 14 wins and one defeat. Continue reading... |
| Migration committee advises against full points-based system for UK Posted: 28 Jan 2020 02:02 AM PST Report gives first detailed insight into how immigration system might look after Brexit The independent migration advisory committee does not recommend a full shift to an Australian points-based system in research giving the first detailed insight into how a reformed immigration system might look after Brexit and the ending of freedom of movement for EU nationals. In a report published on Tuesday, the independent committee, which provides research-based advice to the government, recommends a mixed system, which would rely on a minimum salary threshold for those people coming to the UK with a job offer, and a points-based system for those coming to the UK without a pre-arranged job. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu withdraws immunity from prosecution request Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:34 AM PST Israel PM makes move hours before Knesset proceedings on subject are set to begin Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has withdrawn his request for immunity from prosecution hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin. Netanyahu, who was visiting Washington before the launch of Donald Trump's long-anticipated peace plan, said he decided "not to let this dirty game continue," in a statement issued on his official Facebook page. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson gets final warning with Huawei 5G verdict imminent Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:49 AM PST Former senior government figures voice security fears as PM chairs meeting of NSC Former ministers have sounded their final warnings to Boris Johnson about the Chinese telecoms firm Huawei ahead of his expected decision on whether it will play a part in the UK's 5G network. The prime minister will chair a meeting of the national security council (NSC) later on Tuesday before making a judgment on the firm's future in the country after months of concern around security, including from the US president, Donald Trump. Continue reading... |
| Labour says government claim to be reversing Beeching rail cuts 'meaningless' - live news Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:41 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen
At this stage in the electoral cycle (just after a big election win for the governing party, and with the opposition in the middle of a leadership election), opinion polls don't count for much. But if you do want to know what the polls are saying, the Times' Matt Chorley has the latest figures from YouGov. New @YouGov poll for @thetimes puts the Tories on 49%
Boris Johnson's government spent £46m on a "Get Ready for Brexit" campaign in October, but demonstrated little evidence it left the public better prepared, Whitehall's spending watchdog has found. My colleague Rajeev Syal has the full story here. Related: 'Get Ready for Brexit' campaign had little effect, says watchdog Continue reading... |
| Raab 'incandescent' with US conduct over Anne Sacoolas – Dunn family Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:51 AM PST Apparent thaw in foreign secretary's relations with family after meeting to discuss options Dominic Raab, the UK foreign secretary, is "incandescent with rage" at the US government's refusal to grant the extradition of Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat charged with causing the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn in a crash in August, it has been claimed. The family's spokesman, Radd Seiger, made the claim after meeting Raab on Monday with Dunn's parents, including his mother Charlotte Charles. Seiger said he was astonished at Raab's anger. Continue reading... |
| Fluorescent pink slug, unique to Australian mountaintop, survives bushfires Posted: 27 Jan 2020 11:29 PM PST Around 60 of the brightly coloured Mount Kaputar slugs have been spotted, but fires have burnt their habitat A fluorescent pink slug, found only on a single mountaintop in northern New South Wales, has survived the bushfires that burnt through much of its alpine habitat. Around 60 of the brightly coloured Mount Kaputar slugs, which can grow to a size longer than a human hand, were spotted by National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers after recent rainfall in Mount Kaputar national park. Continue reading... |
| Why 1917 should win the best picture Oscar Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST We start our annual series with the frontrunner: Sam Mendes's cinematic groundbreaker, which immerses us in the horror of war as never before Ever since All Quiet on the Western Front, the least we've come to expect from a war-is-hell actioner is grungy realism. Yet in Sam Mendes's 1917, the trenches are dry, wide and handsomely constructed. Uniforms look fresh out of Brooks Brothers. Even the rats seem pet-shop friendly. The flatlands of Flanders improbably furnish rapids and a plunging cataract, while corpse-strewn, shell-ravaged battlefields quickly give way to flower-strewn meadows. The incineration of a town becomes an alluring firework display. This unconvincing backdrop foregrounds cardboard cutout protagonists devoid of backstory or interiority. Minor roles are cliched caricatures, peppered with pointlessly distracting star cameos. Wooden dialogue limits the scope for acting prowess. A bald, subplot-less storyline embraces both sentimentality and implausibility, as our hero-in-a-hurry takes time out to succour an abandoned baby with milk he happens to have picked up on the way, and skips across no man's land miraculously immune to shot and shell. Continue reading... |
| 'Get Ready for Brexit' campaign had little effect, says watchdog Posted: 28 Jan 2020 12:43 AM PST Campaign cost £46m but left public little better informed, say Whitehall auditors Boris Johnson's government spent £46m on a "Get Ready for Brexit" campaign in October, but demonstrated little evidence it left the public better prepared, Whitehall's spending watchdog has found. Auditors said the numbers of people looking for information about Brexit did not notably change as a result – ranging from 32% and 37% during the campaign, to 34% when it stopped, having spent just under half of the allotted money. Continue reading... |
| African continent is 'blind spot': the world's top 10 forgotten crises Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:58 AM PST Climate emergency is fuelling drought, food poverty and disaster in the global south but humanitarian crises under-reported The African continent is a "blind spot" for coverage of the humanitarian crises that are being fuelled by the climate emergency, according to a new analysis [pdf]. Madagascar's chronic food crisis, where 2.6 million people were affected by drought in 2019, came top of the list of 10 of the most under-reported crisis last year, Care International's annual survey found. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Voters' response to shocking tapes of a Trump-style mayor offers 2020 hint Posted: 28 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST Jim Fouts was recorded making a series of racist, sexist and vulgar comments but the people of the swing district of Warren, Michigan, re-elected him In late December, an alleged recording of Jim Fouts, the mayor of the Detroit suburb of Warren, surfaced in which he can be heard apparently claiming black people commit more crimes and call 911 more frequently than white people. Related: Key Republicans signal openness to Bolton testimony in impeachment trial Continue reading... |
| Scores dead as heavy rains bring landslides and evacuations in Brazil Posted: 27 Jan 2020 11:57 AM PST Storms have submerged entire neighborhoods and sent homes tumbling down hillsides, causing more than 30,000 to flee More than 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in south-east Brazil that have killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms have caused floods and landslides, submerging entire neighborhoods and sending homes tumbling down hillsides in the states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. Rains subsided by Monday, but were expected to resume later this week in some areas. Continue reading... |
| What is the coronavirus and how worried should we be? Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:58 AM PST What are the symptoms, how is it transmitted from one person to another, and how is the virus from Wuhan in China related to Sars?
It is a novel coronavirus – that is to say, a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city, which also sold live and newly slaughtered animals. New and troubling viruses usually originate in animal hosts. Ebola and flu are examples. Continue reading... |
| Canberra fires: worst bushfires threat since 2003, chief minister says – live news Posted: 28 Jan 2020 02:05 AM PST Evacuation centres set up and RFS volunteers recalled as fire threatens southern ACT suburbs and NSW border. Follow latest news and live updates
As the light fades, we're getting a new perspective on the fire burning in the mountains. The flams are lighting up the night sky and illuminating the ridgeline. A reminder that the emergency services agency is saying there is currently no threat to property in Canberra suburbs. Current view from Red Hill now the sun has gone down. Dark smoke and flames clearly visible. There are many dozens of people at the lookout, most silently looking in. Lights of Woden and Tuggeranong visible.#orroralvalleyfire #canberrafires @canberratimes @abccanberra pic.twitter.com/jFb3QZ4NBk My girlfriend just sent me this view from her driveway in Canberra. She's leaving now. #CanberraFires pic.twitter.com/fSLgYsggiL #canberrafires as seen from Macarthur ACT iPhone 11Pro pic.twitter.com/DsBGXxHIA5
We've just had a brief update from the Bureau of Meteorology. Canberra will experience a wind change in the next hour or two. An easterly is going to come through. That will make things difficult on the fire ground. The change is expected to bring wind gusts up to 35km/h to 40km/h. Continue reading... |
| The disease always gets a head start: how to handle an epidemic Posted: 27 Jan 2020 06:20 AM PST Outbreaks such as coronavirus, Sars and Ebola have taught us communication is key, and that the world is only as strong as its weakest health system A patient presents at an emergency department somewhere in the world. They are feverish and vomiting. Doctors suspect it is influenza, but they are wrong. When the outbreak of a virulent new disease such as the coronavirus is identified, the starting gun is fired on a vast, multimillion-dollar international effort to try to contain it. Continue reading... |
| Salvini's failure brings respite for embattled Italian government Posted: 27 Jan 2020 07:30 AM PST Left's win in Emilia-Romagna averts threat of snap elections but could prove a brief reprieve Matteo Salvini's failure to overturn decades of leftwing rule in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna will bring some respite to the embattled national government, staving off the risk of snap elections. The leader of the far-right League campaigned vigorously across the region in his attempt to use elections on Sunday as a platform for his return to power. But a high turnout ensured the Democratic party (PD), which rules nationally alongside the Five Star Movement (M5S), maintained control. Continue reading... |
| Ardern: New Zealand election race should be free of misinformation – video Posted: 27 Jan 2020 09:31 PM PST New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the next general election will be held on 19 September and promises a transparent campaign free of misinformation. She says Labour has signed up to Facebook's advertising transparency tool, adding: 'New Zealanders deserve freedom from misinformation and some of the negative style of campaigning that we have seen take place overseas in the past.' Ardern says Labour will also have its major policy costings independently verified. She says Labour has run 'a strong economy with low unemployment and growth rates that others look to with envy, outstripping countries we often compare ourselves to, like Australia and the UK while making critical investments in health and education and reducing child poverty.' Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern lets phone call from Scott Morrison go to voicemail – video Posted: 27 Jan 2020 07:49 PM PST The prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, lets a phone call from her Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison, go to voicemail during a press conference. Ardern was speaking about the idea of cooperating with Australia on an evacuation of citizens from Australia and New Zealand from coronavirus-hit Wuhan, China Continue reading... |
| Auschwitz survivors share their stories on 75th anniversary – video Posted: 27 Jan 2020 12:24 PM PST World leaders have gathered to hear the stories of Holocaust survivors 75 years after the liberation of the death camp. Batsheva Dagan, Stanisław Zalewski and Marian Turski shared their experiences of life inside Auschwitz and warned that it could happen again if minority rights are not protected Continue reading... |
| Bolton's book 'goes to the heart of charges against Trump' – video Posted: 27 Jan 2020 10:27 AM PST Chuck Schumer has called for John Bolton to testify at Donald Trump's impeachment trial after claims in a book by the president's former national security adviser that Trump tied military aid to Ukraine with his demand to investigate political rival Joe Biden. The Senate minority leader said the revelations in Bolton's book were 'stunning' and that any Republican voting against calling him as a witness would 'be part of the cover-up'.
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| Varadkar: EU will have upper hand in Brexit trade talks – video Posted: 27 Jan 2020 03:53 AM PST Leo Varadkar says the EU has a 'stronger team' than the UK in Brexit trade talks, comparing the size of their respective populations and markets.
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