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- Roger Stone: prosecutors quit after DoJ signals plan to reduce sentence
- Coronavirus live updates: China death rate appears to slow as 39 new cases found on cruise ship – latest news
- Global economic growth will take big hit due to loss of nature
- European and US stock markets hit record highs as coronavirus fears ebb – business live
- Ofcom to be put in charge of regulating internet in UK
- Ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars could be brought forward to 2032, says transport secretary - live news
- British nationals working in Brussels snap up Irish passports
- Bitcoin bounces back over $10,000 amid coronavirus concerns
- Jussie Smollett: actor charged again over alleged hoax attack
- 'Lovely surprise': Spanish crisp firm's cameo in Parasite leads to sales boom
- The mattress landfill crisis: how the race to bring us better beds led to a recycling nightmare
- Six terrorists freed from jail committed further terror act, figures reveal
- This government has failed Shamima Begum | Letter
- A humanitarian crisis looms in Africa unless we act fast to stop the desert locust
- New Hampshire Democratic primary: Sanders beats Buttigieg in tight race – live coverage
- Rio's school for Samba – in pictures
- 'It's like a war': the fight for rice and toilet roll as coronavirus convulses Hong Kong
- Anthony Albanese to give evidence at Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald's trial
- The cheating wife, her rich lover and a court case for 'immoral' Pakistan TV hit Meray Paas Tum Ho
- 'It's a pain you will never overcome': crisis in Venezuela as babies die of malnutrition
- Coronavirus: China reports fall in infections but experts remain cautious
- Deaths of 16 Rohingya at sea raises fears trafficking ring has been revived
- Democratic field narrows after New Hampshire but race is far from settled
- 'It's a disgrace': Trump unhappy with Roger Stone prosecution – video
- Coronavirus a test of global solidarity, says WHO director – video
- Joe Biden calls student 'lying, dog-faced pony soldier' at rally – video
| Roger Stone: prosecutors quit after DoJ signals plan to reduce sentence Posted: 11 Feb 2020 03:12 PM PST
Four lawyers who prosecuted political operative Roger Stone have resigned in protest after their sentencing recommendation was overruled and slashed by Donald Trump's justice department. Aaron Zelinsky, Jonathan Kravis, Adam Jed and Michael Marando quit the case while Democrats demanded an independent investigation into what they described as a dangerously politicised and corrupt justice department. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:19 AM PST New figures report 97 deaths up to midnight on Tuesday, as WHO chief warns threat is greater than terrorism. Follow all the developments here
Worthing Hospital, where an A&E worker is among eight confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK, is warning patients displaying flu-like symptoms who have returned from China in the past two weeks to "let the receptionist know immediately". A sign on the hospital's A&E door reads: "If you have travelled to China in the last 2 weeks or have been in contact with anyone from the Wuhan Hubei Province in China and have any of the following symptoms please let the receptionist know immediately. Shortness of breath. Cough. Sore throat."
More on the challenging conditions onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is in quarantine in the port of Yokohama, Japan. A British couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on the vessel disclosed passengers were kept awake one night due to a woman crying in her cabin. David and Sally Abel have been kept onboard the ship, which has 169 confirmed cases of coronavirus, since last Wednesday and say conditions are getting tougher. It is more challenging, as each day progresses we are having additional people testing positive. Passengers are now getting tested, that's why we are seeing the results now on a daily basis, so it is getting people's moods down. One of the passengers in the night was keeping other passengers awake, an old lady who was crying for a couple of hours in her cabin. Life isn't as easy as it was last week – it's a bit more challenging." But it's being brought forward, we understand, for people who have not got the symptoms, who have gone through the testing with all the doctors who are onboard, and we are seeing people leave the ship – it has been happening all day long. I think we will have a quicker disembarkation, if we are cleared the correct medical way it could be brought forward as soon as another couple of days." Continue reading... |
| Global economic growth will take big hit due to loss of nature Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:00 PM PST Damage to environment could wipe £368bn a year from growth by 2050 and UK will be hard hit, WWF warns Loss of nature will wipe £368bn a year off global economic growth by 2050 and the UK will be the third-worst hit, with a £16bn annual loss, according to a study by the World Wildlife Fund. Without urgent action to protect nature, the environmental charity warned that the worldwide impact of coastal erosion, species loss and the decline of natural assets from forests to fisheries could cost a total of almost £8tn over the next 30 years. Continue reading... |
| European and US stock markets hit record highs as coronavirus fears ebb – business live Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:26 AM PST Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Europe's Stoxx 600 index and Germany's Dax hit fresh peaks
Oh dear. Eurozone industry had even worse December than we thought. Output from euro area manufacturers shrank by 2.1% during the month, and was over 4% lower than in December 2018. Euro area #IndustrialProduction -2.1% in December over November, -4.1% over December 2018 https://t.co/5JvjRD7OLG pic.twitter.com/oG9dnLSsON Ouch! Grim news for the Euro area this morning Bad news for Eurozone economy, as industrial production dips by -2.1% MoM in Dec. more than exp. -1.6% and -4.1% YoY, more than exp. -2.3%, led by Germany and Italy bad performances@graemewearden
Last night, S&P Global warned that the spread of coronavirus will reduce US growth in the first quarter to just 1%, down from a previous forecast of 2.2%, However, it also eyed a recovery later in the year - unless the outbreak worsened. "We expect most of the drag on U.S. growth to be in the first quarter, with a smaller hit in the second quarter and a rebound in the latter half." S&P: Coronavirus will reduce first-quarter GDP growth | TheHill https://t.co/6VJHKexYIB Continue reading... |
| Ofcom to be put in charge of regulating internet in UK Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:21 AM PST Ministers unveil plans to block harmful content, while guaranteeing free speech Ofcom will be put in charge of regulating the internet, the government has announced, with a new range of powers intended to protect users from "harmful and illegal content" online. The announcement comes as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport publishes its response to a consultation over the online harms white paper, unveiled last April. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:03 AM PST Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that it is minded to put Ofcom in charge of policing online platforms. Here is the news release it has just issued, and here is the full document (a response to the consultation on the online harms white paper). And here is my colleague Kevin Rawlinson's overnight preview story. Related: Ofcom to be given role of policing online platforms
Cox says the government has no intention of subjecting judges to US-style confirmation hearings, or making them political appointments. Continue reading... |
| British nationals working in Brussels snap up Irish passports Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:09 AM PST More than 100 officials have acquired dual nationality since article 50 invoked, data reveals More than 50 British nationals working for the European commission in Brussels have obtained Irish passports, which can help secure career progression, it has emerged. Data released by the commission shows 120 officials with British nationality have secured additional passports of an EU state since March 2017, when the official article 50 notice was given that the UK was leaving the bloc. Continue reading... |
| Bitcoin bounces back over $10,000 amid coronavirus concerns Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:01 AM PST Investors seek safe haven because of fears over the economic impact of outbreak Bitcoin has bounced back above $10,000 (£7,731), fuelled by investors seeking a safe haven amid fears over the economic impact of the coronavirus. On Sunday, bitcoin rose above $10,000 for the first time since September and by Wednesday was trading at $10,335 on the Luxembourg-based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp. It marks a significant shift in fortunes for the 10-year-old cryptocurrency, which hit a low of $3,196 in December 2018. Continue reading... |
| Jussie Smollett: actor charged again over alleged hoax attack Posted: 11 Feb 2020 03:13 PM PST
The TV actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted by a special prosecutor on six counts accusing him of lying to Chicago police – almost a year after similar charges against him relating to an alleged hoax attack were dropped amid outcry from many sides. Smollett faces six counts of disorderly conduct, the special prosecutor Dan Webb said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| 'Lovely surprise': Spanish crisp firm's cameo in Parasite leads to sales boom Posted: 11 Feb 2020 07:00 PM PST Bonilla a la vista sees sales surge after its distinctive tins feature in Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning comedy thriller Parasite's Oscar-night triumphs may have been celebrated mainly in its native South Korea and in the many outposts of the country's diaspora, but the film has also been toasted on an industrial estate in north-west Spain. The Galician town of Arteixo is home to a family-owned business that exports 40 tonnes of its crisps to South Korea each year, and whose products have won over more mouths thanks to an unexpected cameo role in Bong Joon-ho's comedy thriller. Continue reading... |
| The mattress landfill crisis: how the race to bring us better beds led to a recycling nightmare Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:00 PM PST As the sleep economy grows, online companies vie to sell us new mattresses, offering 100-day returns. This has helped create an impossible waste mountain – and a wild west of rogue recyclers Mike Scollick and Richard Allsopp are talking about the worst things they ever found in a mattress. "We had one where I think a dog had been lying on it, and the whole thing was just jumping with fleas," Allsopp says, shuddering. No one would touch it, so they had to use a cherry picker to move it. But that's not the worst of it, Scollick says: "I stripped the cover off one once and it looked like somebody …" "Died," interjects Allsopp. It's fair to say you need a strong stomach to be in the mattress recycling game. Which Scollick and Allsopp have, along with several million pounds' worth of equipment in their Coventry warehouse. I have come to see Circom, their mattress recycling firm, at work. It's a dirty but noble enterprise: Circom is one of only a handful of recyclers tackling the UK's ever-growing mattress problem. Continue reading... |
| Six terrorists freed from jail committed further terror act, figures reveal Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:29 AM PST Data published as parliament to debate emergency laws to keep extremists in prison for longer Six convicted terrorists have been released from prison and convicted of a further terrorist offence within seven years, it has been revealed, as parliament heads into a debate over emergency laws designed to keep extremist prisoners in jail for longer. Between January 2013 and December 2019, 196 individuals convicted of a terrorist offence were released from prison in England and Wales with 3.06% of them going on to be convicted of a further terrorist offence. Continue reading... |
| This government has failed Shamima Begum | Letter Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:27 AM PST The woman who travelled to Syria as a teenager was born and radicalised in this country, writes Anish Kapoor, and the decision to strip her of her citizenship is shameful I am saddened and appalled to hear of the British government's refusal to allow Shamima Begum the right to return to Britain, the country of her birth. This decision is shameful and politically motivated (Begum loses first stage of fight to be British citizen, 8 February). The home secretary, Priti Patel, declared in advance of the recent Special Immigration Appeals Commission judgment that Shamima would never be allowed back into the UK. The land where she was born and bred radicalised her and ultimately failed her. Lest we forget, Shamima left the UK when she was 15, after she had been extensively groomed under the noses of the very authorities tasked to protect her. Continue reading... |
| A humanitarian crisis looms in Africa unless we act fast to stop the desert locust Posted: 11 Feb 2020 11:00 PM PST The destructive migratory pest threatens catastrophe as it swarms through countries already plagued by food insecurity A colleague at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tells a terrifying story about the desert locust. In 2005 she visited farmers in Niger as they prepared to harvest their crops. Just hours later, a swarm of locusts swept through the area and destroyed everything. One month later, truckloads of families were forced to leave their homes because they had nothing to eat. Continue reading... |
| New Hampshire Democratic primary: Sanders beats Buttigieg in tight race – live coverage Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:03 AM PST
Bernie Sanders got the clean victory he was denied in Iowa last night in New Hampshire, with a win over rival Pete Buttigieg that was closer than expected but avoided the chaos of last week's Iowa caucuses. With 87% of precincts reporting in the second race of the 2020 Democratic primary, the socialist Vermont senator had won 25.7% of the vote to 24.4% for the young former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Related: New Hampshire primary results: track the votes as they come in Related: New Hampshire: Bernie Sanders declares victory with Buttigieg a close second Related: Democratic field narrows after New Hampshire but race is far from settled Related: New Hampshire primary: five key takeaways Related: Winners and losers: Sanders takes first as Biden flees a New Hampshire loss Continue reading... |
| Rio's school for Samba – in pictures Posted: 12 Feb 2020 01:00 AM PST Such is the reputation of the Paraíso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro that dancers travel from as far afield as the UK, Russia and Japan to train in the ways of hip-swivelling and hot-stepping. During Rio's world-famous carnival, members of the school will dance in front of 70,000 spectators and tens of millions of television viewers Continue reading... |
| 'It's like a war': the fight for rice and toilet roll as coronavirus convulses Hong Kong Posted: 12 Feb 2020 02:26 AM PST Widespread anxiety that epidemic could last many months and basic necessities will run out is gripping the city It is reminiscent of the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Queues form at the crack of dawn every morning in front of supermarkets across Hong Kong, with people scrambling to lay their hands on the basics: rice, toilet rolls and disinfectant. For the third week in a row, supermarkets shelves that usually heave with bags of rice – a staple food for Hong Kongers – are empty, and packs of noodles are running out too, although there is still plenty of meat and vegetables. Continue reading... |
| Anthony Albanese to give evidence at Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald's trial Posted: 12 Feb 2020 12:25 AM PST Former NSW Labor MPs allegedly conspired over mining properties in Bylong Valley, near Mudgee The federal opposition leader, Anthony Albanese, a former New South Wales premier, Morris Iemma, mining figures and public servants are expected to give evidence in the trial of former mining ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald. The former state Labor MPs – with Obeid's son Moses, 50 – are being tried in the NSW supreme court over their alleged conspiracy to commit an offence between 2007 and 2009, when Macdonald was mineral resources minister and the Obeids owned land in coal country. Continue reading... |
| The cheating wife, her rich lover and a court case for 'immoral' Pakistan TV hit Meray Paas Tum Ho Posted: 12 Feb 2020 01:00 AM PST Creators of Meray Paas Tum Ho could be facing legal suit amid accusations the hugely popular show was 'misogynistic' A court in Pakistan has summoned the creators of a wildly popular television series after a petition was filed demanding they apologise for portraying Pakistani women as "greedy, selfish and non-professional". In the petition filed at the Sindh high court last month, lawyer Sana Saleem said the television series Meray Paas Tum Ho (I Have You) was "ridiculing a woman who makes the same decision as every other man in society". Continue reading... |
| 'It's a pain you will never overcome': crisis in Venezuela as babies die of malnutrition Posted: 11 Feb 2020 11:45 PM PST As Venezuela enters its seventh year of a crushing depression, doctors are seeing a rise in infant mortality rates due to deprivation Her coffin was little larger than a shoe box. Her life had lasted three short months. "She was a calm little thing," the girl's grandmother, Yamilet Zerpa, remembered as mourners filed into her sitting room to say their last goodbyes. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: China reports fall in infections but experts remain cautious Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:05 PM PST Death toll climbs to 1,115 but lowest number of new cases in Hubei since January prompts hope that containment strategy is working China's Hubei province has reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since January, giving officials hope that measures to contain the outbreak may be working. Health authorities in Hubei, the province at the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 1,638 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, down from a peak of more than 3,000 new cases on 4 February and the lowest number of new infections since 31 January. National infection rates were also down. Continue reading... |
| Deaths of 16 Rohingya at sea raises fears trafficking ring has been revived Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:00 PM PST Smugglers responsible for mass atrocities in Thailand may be linked to capsized boat carrying refugees from Bangladesh to Malaysia Activists fear a dangerous transnational trafficking network is being revived after at least 16 Rohingya refugees drowned in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning. Bangladeshi officials said a wooden fishing boat carrying about 138 people capsized near Bangladesh's St Martin's island in the early hours. Continue reading... |
| Democratic field narrows after New Hampshire but race is far from settled Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:44 PM PST The Democratic presidential primary now appears to be a battle between Bernie Sanders and any candidate who can stop him After the Iowa caucuses failed to produce a clear winner last week, the results of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night helped crystalize the presidential primary - only insomuch as it appears to be a fiercely contested battle between Bernie Sanders and any candidate who can stop him. From a sports arena in Manchester on Tuesday night, the Vermont senator and self-declared democratic socialist claimed "a great victory" and declared the "beginning of the end of Donald Trump" while his rivals sought to convince Democrats nervous about a Sanders nomination that they were the most viable alternative. Continue reading... |
| 'It's a disgrace': Trump unhappy with Roger Stone prosecution – video Posted: 12 Feb 2020 12:46 AM PST Donald Trump has expressed disapproval at the sentencing recommendation for his longtime associate Roger Stone. Four lawyers who prosecuted the political operative quit in protest after their recommendation was overruled by the justice department. The president denied speaking to the justice department about the case but said he would have 'the absolute right' to have done so. Stone, 67, was found guilty last November of seven crimes including obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and witness tampering Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus a test of global solidarity, says WHO director – video Posted: 11 Feb 2020 10:19 AM PST Tedros Adhanom, head of the World Health Organization, calls the coronavirus outbreak a 'test of political solidarity' against a 'common enemy that does not respect borders or ideologies', as well as a test of financial and scientific solidarity. The epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people and infected more 40,000. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden calls student 'lying, dog-faced pony soldier' at rally – video Posted: 11 Feb 2020 08:22 AM PST In an exchange between Joe Biden and a 21-year-old college student in New Hampshire, she challenges him about his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses. Biden responds by asking her if she has ever been to a caucus. When she replies yes, he says – reportedly believing that he was quoting from a film – 'No you haven't! You're a lying, dog-faced pony soldier.' A videoclip of the exchange has goes viral
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