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- Facebook sued by Australian information watchdog over Cambridge Analytica-linked data breach
- Hong Kong police seize homemade bombs and arrest 17
- Oil price plunges almost 30% as Saudis vow to step up production
- World's biggest porn site under fire over rape and abuse videos
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health improves despite coronavirus fears
- Austria avalanche: six die in two separate incidents
- North Korea fires projectiles into sea for second week running
- MoD put pressure on regulators to delay drone safety warnings, documents reveal
- Legal heavyweights prepare for start of Alex Salmond trial
- Carbon emissions fall as electricity producers move away from coal
- ‘My life is not over. But it feels like it is sometimes’: the Rev Richard Coles on losing his partner
- Coronavirus live updates: stock markets plunge as infections pass 110,000
- FTSE plunges to below 6,000 amid global coronavirus sell-off
- We won’t eradicate FGM if we keep misunderstanding its history | Sada Mire
- Bernie Sanders returns to Michigan in need of 2016 repeat
- World Bank accused over ExxonMobil plans to tap Guyana oil rush
- Mining giant given millions in grant by Coalition from fund for Indigenous disadvantage
- Pornhub needs to change – or shut down
- Seven out of 10 global health leaders are men – and change is half a century away
- Donald Trump needs a media he despises to fight coronavirus | Emily Bell
- Can a face mask stop it spreading? Coronavirus facts checked
- Health authorities check all passengers travelling from northern Italy – video
- Italy extends coronavirus lockdown in Lombardy – in pictures
- 'We are power': the world marks International Women's Day - video report
- Crufts, skijoring and kissing: best photos of the weekend
- International Women's Day 2020 around the world - in pictures
- Women's rights activists detained in Kyrgyzstan after hooligans attack IWD rally – video
- Italy lockdown: PM outlines new measures to prevent spread of coronavirus – video
| Facebook sued by Australian information watchdog over Cambridge Analytica-linked data breach Posted: 08 Mar 2020 10:09 PM PDT Facebook alleged to have committed serious breaches with data collected by This is Your Digital Life app used by Cambridge Analytica for political profiling Australia's information commissioner is suing Facebook over allegedly breaching the privacy of over 300,000 Australians caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In a case lodged in the federal court on Monday, the Australian information commissioner Angelene Falk has alleged Facebook committed serious and repeated interferences with privacy in contravention of Australian privacy law because data collected by Facebook was passed onto the This is Your Digital Life app by Cambridge Analytica for political profiling, which was not what it was collected for. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong police seize homemade bombs and arrest 17 Posted: 09 Mar 2020 01:04 AM PDT Raids were in connection with campaign calling for border closures over coronavirus Hong Kong authorities say they have seized "significant quantities of homemade explosives" and arrested more than a dozen people in raids across the city. Separately, police were accused of overzealous responses at two protests on Sunday, arresting people and pepper-spraying journalists. Continue reading... |
| Oil price plunges almost 30% as Saudis vow to step up production Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:18 PM PDT Move follows Russian refusal to join Opec-led production cut aimed at keeping prices high The price of crude oil has plunged by almost 27% after Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, said it would step up production from next month, flooding global markets and most likely depressing petrol and diesel prices. A barrel of Brent crude stood at $33.09 a barrel on Monday morning, a fall of 27%. It was the worst one-day fall for Brent since the start of the first Gulf war in 1991. US crude fell 27% to $30. Continue reading... |
| World's biggest porn site under fire over rape and abuse videos Posted: 09 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT Petition highlighting failure of Pornhub to protect rape and revenge porn victims has attracted over 350,000 signatures An online petition accusing Pornhub, the UK's biggest open access porn site, from profiting from videos of rape and sexual abuse has reached over 350,000 signatures. Pornhub is the world's biggest porn site and was visited 42bn times last year. It is free to access, with no age restrictions, and raises revenue through advertising and paid-for promotions by porn producers. Continue reading... |
| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health improves despite coronavirus fears Posted: 09 Mar 2020 01:24 AM PDT Promise last week that British-Iranian dual national would be freed failed to materialise Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health is improving after fears last week that she had contracted coronavirus while in prison in Tehran. However, her family have said she has not been tested and a promise of temporary release made last week by prison officers has not materialised, causing her deep distress. Continue reading... |
| Austria avalanche: six die in two separate incidents Posted: 08 Mar 2020 06:19 PM PDT Five killed on Sunday morning in Dachstein range, sixth person killed in Carinthia region Avalanches have killed six people in Austria in two separate incidents, police say. At least five people were swept away on Sunday morning by a large avalanche on a mountain in upper Austria. The victims were part of a group walking in snow shoes on the Dachstein range. Continue reading... |
| North Korea fires projectiles into sea for second week running Posted: 08 Mar 2020 05:25 PM PDT South Korean military says three projectiles were launched on Monday, following launch of two short-range missiles on 2 March North Korea has fired three unidentified projectiles off its eastern coast a week after firing two short-range missiles, South Korea's military said. The projectiles were launched on Monday from the coastal town of Sondok, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The town hosts a military airfield and North Korea fired missiles from the area last year. Continue reading... |
| MoD put pressure on regulators to delay drone safety warnings, documents reveal Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Exclusive: Ministry was embroiled in behind-the-scenes row over US-built drone The Ministry of Defence put pressure on regulators to delay safety warnings about a new drone it planned to fly over British skies to avoid tipping off protesters, according to official documents obtained by the Guardian. They reveal how the ministry was embroiled in a behind-the-scenes row with British safety regulators over the US-built drone, which was being flown from North Dakota to a military base in Gloucestershire. Continue reading... |
| Legal heavyweights prepare for start of Alex Salmond trial Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Former first minister of Scotland to face sexual assault charges in Edinburgh court It is a trial expected to capture wide attention in Scotland and beyond, involving one of the country's defining political figures and most famous men, Alex Salmond – and it has a legal cast with the stature to match. On Monday, three of Scotland's most experienced trial lawyers will appear in court in Edinburgh when Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland, faces trial on multiple charges of sexual assault, including one of attempted rape – charges he has strongly denied. Continue reading... |
| Carbon emissions fall as electricity producers move away from coal Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:01 PM PDT Global emissions down by 2% amid mild winter and reduced use of coal-fired power plants Carbon emissions from the global electricity system fell by 2% last year, the biggest drop in almost 30 years, as countries began to turn their backs on coal-fired power plants. A new report on the world's electricity generation revealed the steepest cut in carbon emissions since 1990 as the US and the EU turned to cleaner energy sources. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT The former pop star's world was shattered when his partner of 12 years died. Three months on, he talks about the 'madness' of grief Death is par for the course for the Rev Richard Coles. Whether it's pastoral care for the bereaved, discussions about the afterlife with parishioners or being called out to perform the last rites – death comes with the job. But since his partner, the Rev David Coles, died in December, a lot about death has taken Coles by surprise. "I got in the other night," he says, "and fed the dogs and lit a fire and cooked some supper. I got into my pyjamas and had a nightcap. I then looked at my watch and it was 10 past six." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live updates: stock markets plunge as infections pass 110,000 Posted: 09 Mar 2020 02:07 AM PDT With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumbling
The EU council, the Brussels institution that brings together diplomats and ministers from the member states for policy-making, said this morning it would hold only essential meetings due to Coronavirus – and officials have suggested everyone avoid "handshakes and kisses". Meanwhile, the former prime minister of Romania, Dacian Cioloș, who leads the Renew group in the European parliament, is seeking either the suspension of the chamber or a substantial reduction to its agenda. The session this week has already been moved to Brussels rather than Strasbourg due to the epidemic.
Iranian state-linked media have announced that 16 people have died from alcohol poisoning in the south-western city of Ahvaz, the latest in a wave of deaths apparently driven by the mistaken belief that alcohol is a vaccine against the coronavirus. Alcohol is banned in the country but is still illegally imported or brewed at home – the latter occasionally resulting in deaths from bad batches. The head of Iran's crisis management authority, Ismail Najjar, is the latest official who has contracted the virus, which has infected 6,500 people according to Iran's official tally. Nearly 200 people have died, including at least 49 people over the weekend. Continue reading... |
| FTSE plunges to below 6,000 amid global coronavirus sell-off Posted: 09 Mar 2020 01:25 AM PDT World markets suffer biggest fall since financial crisis as oil prices drop almost 30% Global stock markets have suffered their biggest falls since the 2008 financial crisis while the oil price crashed amid panic selling because of the double threat of a coronavirus-driven global recession and an oil price war. The FTSE 100 index in London plunged 8.5% to 5,911 points, losing 550 points, when trading began on Monday morning. Germany's Dax tumbled 7.5% and Spain's Ibex lost 7%. Continue reading... |
| We won’t eradicate FGM if we keep misunderstanding its history | Sada Mire Posted: 09 Mar 2020 01:00 AM PDT Despite a century of campaigning the practice persists. But in my work as an archaeologist, I've learned how we can end it This year marks a hundred years of official campaigning against female genital mutilation, a movement which began with an international conference in Egypt in 1920. Yet the practice is still going strong: according to Unicef, 200 million women alive today are affected by it and it is still practised in almost 30 African countries. After so much campaigning, we have to ask: why is FGM not eradicated? Over the last century there have been numerous global resolutions, and FGM is now acknowledged internationally as a human rights violation. It has been criminalised in several western nations, including the UK, and in 19 African countries, FGM carries some sort of penalty. Media campaigns have helped, including the Guardian's. And grassroots organisations in the west, in Africa and in other affected countries are fighting the practice incessantly. Continue reading... |
| Bernie Sanders returns to Michigan in need of 2016 repeat Posted: 09 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT The Vermont senator upset Hillary Clinton four years ago – now he need another victory to stay in the hunt against Joe Biden In 2016, Bernie Sanders' stunning Michigan upset against Hillary Clinton propelled his campaign forwards and dramatically altered the course of the race just as some had begun to write him off. Related: Blame it on Bernie: did Public Enemy really split over politics? Continue reading... |
| World Bank accused over ExxonMobil plans to tap Guyana oil rush Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:35 AM PDT Washington DC-based bank grants funds to redraft south American state's oil laws by lawyers linked to oil giant The World Bank is to pay for Guyana's oil laws to be rewritten by a legal firm that has regularly worked for ExxonMobil, just as the US producer prepares to extract as much as 8bn barrels of oil off the country's coast. The World Bank has pledged not to fund fossil fuel extraction directly, but it is giving Guyana millions of dollars to develop governance in its burgeoning oil sector, as the south American country prepares for an oil rush led by ExxonMobil and its partners. Continue reading... |
| Mining giant given millions in grant by Coalition from fund for Indigenous disadvantage Posted: 09 Mar 2020 12:09 AM PDT Fortescue Metals, Wesfarmers and the Brisbane Broncos NRL team received grants approved by Nigel Scullion Mining giant Fortescue Metals, retail giant Wesfarmers, two NRL clubs, and Catholic and Anglican welfare organisations were awarded millions of dollars from a fund for alleviating Indigenous disadvantage. The former Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion approved more than $560m worth of funding in his final six weeks in the role ahead of the announcement of the federal election in 2019. Continue reading... |
| Pornhub needs to change – or shut down Posted: 09 Mar 2020 12:01 AM PDT A petition is calling on the site to prevent non-consensual videos being posted – and highlights the lack of industry regulation The news that 350,000 people – and counting – have signed a petition calling on Pornhub – the world's most popular porn site – to stop posting non-consensual videos and marketing them as "pornography" is not surprising to me. Pornhub's argument that "extremists" are lobbying to shut them down is ridiculous. I'm non-religious, liberal and sex positive and in no way "anti-porn". Continue reading... |
| Seven out of 10 global health leaders are men – and change is half a century away Posted: 09 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT 'Stagnant' global health system is dominated by rich states, rooted in colonialism and undervalues women, says study A small group of privileged men based in Europe and the US preside over a global health system which is 70% male, according to new research. The Global Health 50/50 report, published on Monday by University College London's Institute of Global Health, warns it could take 54 years until the world's major health organisations have equality in their leadership. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump needs a media he despises to fight coronavirus | Emily Bell Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:00 AM PDT Containing the epidemic requires both reliable news coverage and truth from the president It has taken until the last year of Donald Trump's presidency for the existential risk this narcissistic authoritarian poses to be fully exposed. There have been other tests: the unconstitutional squeezing of immigration; the brief week or so when war with Iran felt inevitable; the imprisoning of children in cages along the United States' southern border; not to mention the engagement with foreign governments in seeking personal gain. But it is the arrival of Covid-19, the infectious respiratory virus, that threatens a presidency reliant on a strategy of all narrative and no truth. Trump has a core support base of people who are most vulnerable to Covid-19. Older people – particularly those who might resist taking the kind of interventionist measures being suggested – are very much at risk. Trump may have to halt his famous rallies in the middle of election season. More alien to him even than that, if containment of the virus is ever going to work he will have to build a good-faith alliance with the press to push out a unified and coherent message. Continue reading... |
| Can a face mask stop it spreading? Coronavirus facts checked Posted: 08 Mar 2020 04:43 AM PDT The truth about how easy it is to catch Covid-19, who is vulnerable and what you can do to avoid infection
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won't get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness). Continue reading... |
| Health authorities check all passengers travelling from northern Italy – video Posted: 08 Mar 2020 01:26 PM PDT Italian health authorities were checking passengers getting off buses and trains from northern Italy and arriving in Salerno and Naples on Saturday. Other countries could soon follow Italy's drastic containment measures as coronavirus threatens to continue its spread across Europe. Italy remains the epicentre of the viral outbreak in Europe, as more than a quarter of the country's population is under quarantine Continue reading... |
| Italy extends coronavirus lockdown in Lombardy – in pictures Posted: 08 Mar 2020 10:38 AM PDT Italy announced a sweeping quarantine on Sunday for its northern regions, igniting travel chaos as it restricted the movement of a quarter of the countries population in an effort to halt the relentless march of the coronavirus Continue reading... |
| 'We are power': the world marks International Women's Day - video report Posted: 08 Mar 2020 10:35 AM PDT People around the world marked International Women's Day on Sunday with rallies, marches and protests. In London, topless protesters formed a human chain on Waterloo bridge to highlight the vulnerability of women in the face of the climate crisis. In Kyrgyzstan, dozens of protesters were arrested after masked men attacked them at a rally for gender equality. On the Greek-Turkish border, asylum seekers marched to demand entry into the EU Continue reading... |
| Crufts, skijoring and kissing: best photos of the weekend Posted: 08 Mar 2020 09:15 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
| International Women's Day 2020 around the world - in pictures Posted: 08 Mar 2020 08:46 AM PDT A selection of images from events and protests across the globe to mark International Women's Day, which has been held every year on 8 March since 1977, when the UN invited member states to declare a day for women's rights and world peace Continue reading... |
| Women's rights activists detained in Kyrgyzstan after hooligans attack IWD rally – video Posted: 08 Mar 2020 07:11 AM PDT Police detained dozens of protesters on Sunday shortly after journalists witnessed them being attacked. The activists gathered in one of the squares of the capital, Bishkek, when masked men, some of whom wore traditional Kyrgyz white felt hats, attacked the protesters, grabbing and tearing apart their banners. The attackers left as soon as police arrived on the scene. Officers detained about 50 activists, mostly women. Continue reading... |
| Italy lockdown: PM outlines new measures to prevent spread of coronavirus – video Posted: 08 Mar 2020 05:28 AM PDT Giuseppe Conte announced a range of tough new measures in the early hours of Sunday to try to contain Italy's coronavirus outbreak, including the virtual lockdown of the country's wealthiest and most populous region. The new rules include telling people not to enter or leave Lombardy, which is home to about 10 million people, and dozen provinces in four of Italy's 19 other regions. The draconian steps come after the number of coronavirus cases in Europe's worst-hit country reached 5,883 on Saturday.
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