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- Coronavirus live news: cases worldwide near 2 million as Trump repeats WHO funding threat
- Global Covid-19 cases near 2 million as Putin warns Russia faces 'extraordinary' crisis
- Trump claims 'total authority' and attacks media in chaotic coronavirus briefing
- Growth in surveillance may be hard to scale back after pandemic, experts say
- Israeli president allows more time for parties' effort to form coalition
- Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president
- Ukraine: wildfires draw dangerously close to Chernobyl site
- Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight
- Police investigating George Pell over fresh child sexual abuse allegation – report
- France to remain in strict lockdown for another month
- South Korea's first feminist party holds out hope of election miracle
- UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE
- Animal Crossing game removed from sale in China over Hong Kong democracy messages
- Prince Harry may quit hunting over Meghan's dislike of sport, says conservationist friend
- Olive oil industry under increasing threat from 'olive leprosy'
- Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill'
- Heathrow passenger demand expected to plunge by 90% in April
- 'It will disappear': the disinformation Trump spread about the coronavirus – timeline
- Coronavirus in Cuba - in pictures
- Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance
- 'We're abandoned to our own luck': coronavirus menaces Brazil's favelas
- Second wave of locusts in east Africa '20 times worse', says UN
- Photographing poverty's pandemic: 'It's a different beast in South Africa'
- Wounded by media scrutiny, Trump turned a briefing into a presidential tantrum
- Parents of nurse who treated Boris Johnson 'exceptionally proud' – video
- Donald Trump: 'When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total' – video
- Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president: 'We need you in the White House' – video
- Christ the Redeemer statue lit up as doctor in coronavirus tribute – video
- 'These houses are flattened': tornadoes and storms hit US south – video report
- 'All you hear is oxygen': New York doctor films inside coronavirus ward – video
| Coronavirus live news: cases worldwide near 2 million as Trump repeats WHO funding threat Posted: 14 Apr 2020 02:16 AM PDT UK daily deaths likely to rise this week; France to ease lockdown starting 11 May; Russia told to prepare for 'extraordinary' crisis. Follow the latest updates
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival have met in a final effort to finalise an agreement on an emergency government that would tackle the coronavirus threat and prevent yet another costly and divisive election amid the crisis. Reuters reports that the meeting between Netanyahu and former military chief Benny Gantz followed an overnight session in which the two asked for, and received, a deadline extension from President Reuven Rivlin to try to complete the talks.
Germany's health authorities are appealing to medically qualified migrants to help them tackle the coronavirus, reports Kate Connolly in Berlin. As increasing numbers of doctors and nurses fall ill or are quarantined, the shortage of medical staff is putting pressure on a usually well-resourced health service. Related: Germany calls on migrant medics to help tackle coronavirus Continue reading... |
| Global Covid-19 cases near 2 million as Putin warns Russia faces 'extraordinary' crisis Posted: 13 Apr 2020 10:11 PM PDT Russian president suggests army could be drafted in as China also sounds alarm at cross-border cases The number of Covid-19 cases recorded worldwide is nearing 2 million, as Vladimir Putin warned warned officials to brace for "complex and extraordinary" scenarios in Russia as a result of the outbreak. The country reported 2,558 new cases on Monday, its highest daily figure yet, as officials tightened lockdown restrictions in Moscow. The overall nationwide tally stood at 18,328 and the death toll was 148. Continue reading... |
| Trump claims 'total authority' and attacks media in chaotic coronavirus briefing Posted: 13 Apr 2020 06:41 PM PDT In a bizarre tirade, the president bristled at a suggestion by one of the media that his power was restricted Donald Trump has declared in a White House briefing that his "authority is total" when it comes to lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic, and he denied that he was weighing firing Dr Anthony Fauci, the country's foremost infectious diseases expert who sits on the coronavirus task force. After a weekend reprieve from presidential briefings that have been likened to Trump rallies for their uninterrupted flow of Trumpian id, the president returned to the lectern on Monday to deliver one of his most bizarre performances yet. Continue reading... |
| Growth in surveillance may be hard to scale back after pandemic, experts say Posted: 13 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Coronavirus crisis has led to billions of people around the world facing enhanced monitoring The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented global surge in digital surveillance, researchers and privacy advocates around the world have said, with billions of people facing enhanced monitoring that may prove difficult to roll back. Governments in at least 25 countries are employing vast programmes for mobile data tracking, apps to record personal contact with others, CCTV networks equipped with facial recognition, permission schemes to go outside and drones to enforce social isolation regimes. Continue reading... |
| Israeli president allows more time for parties' effort to form coalition Posted: 13 Apr 2020 03:37 PM PDT Extension granted after joint request from Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz Israel's president has accepted an 11th-hour request from the opposition leader, Benny Gantz, to extend his deadline to form a coalition government after seemingly-moribund talks with his rival, Benjamin Netanyahu, restarted. Reuven Rivlin had said he would not extend the deadline, which expired at midnight on Monday, as it was not clear that Gantz and Netanyahu were close to signing a power-sharing agreement. Continue reading... |
| Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president Posted: 13 Apr 2020 11:35 AM PDT
Bernie Sanders endorsed his former rival Joe Biden for president on Monday, during a surprise appearance on a live stream related to the US response to the coronavirus pandemic. Related: Coronavirus US live: Andrew Cuomo details 'horrific level of pain' as deaths pass 10,000 in New York Continue reading... |
| Ukraine: wildfires draw dangerously close to Chernobyl site Posted: 13 Apr 2020 01:50 PM PDT Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disaster Wildfires in Ukraine have spread to just over a mile from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a disposal site for radioactive waste, according to activists, as more than 300 firefighters work to contain the blaze. A video posted by a Chernobyl tour operator showed flames and a cloud of smoke rising within sight of the protective shelter over the carcass of Chernobyl's Unit 4 nuclear reactor, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history. Continue reading... |
| Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight Posted: 13 Apr 2020 06:55 PM PDT Sixty-four-year-old lands in field after grabbing ejection handle to steady himself, French air investigators find A surprise outing in a fighter jet unnerved one defence company executive so much he accidentally ejected himself while flying at over 500km/h (320mph), an investigation into the debacle in France has found. The 64-year-old civilian got the most unwelcome ride of his life after the force of the take-off made him "float" off his seat, causing him to stand up and involuntarily grab the ejection handle to steady himself. Continue reading... |
| Police investigating George Pell over fresh child sexual abuse allegation – report Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:05 PM PDT News Corp says acquitted cardinal faces new claims over alleged incident in the 1970s when he was a priest in Ballarat Cardinal George Pell is being investigated by police over a new allegation of child sexual abuse, according to News Corp reports. Pell was released from jail last Tuesday after the high court acquitted him on five historical child sexual abuse charges. Pell, 78, spent more than 400 days in jail after being convicted by a jury in December 2018. The high court acquitted Pell after finding the jury should have held a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. Continue reading... |
| France to remain in strict lockdown for another month Posted: 13 Apr 2020 12:25 PM PDT Emmanuel Macron admits failings and tells nation that end to crisis not yet in sight France's president, Emmanuel Macron, has announced that the country will remain in coronavirus lockdown for another month. In a national address on Monday evening, he said that only by respecting the confinement rules would the battle against Covid-19 be won. Continue reading... |
| South Korea's first feminist party holds out hope of election miracle Posted: 13 Apr 2020 10:43 PM PDT Formation of the Women's party comes after campaigns to end spy cam porn and rebellions against strict beauty standards in the conservative nation Two years year after South Korea became the centre of Asia's #MeToo movement, the country's first feminist party is hoping to keep women's issues on the political agenda by winning seats in Wednesday's national assembly elections. In a campaign dominated by the government's response to the coronavirus epidemic, the newly formed Women's party has warned that South Korea's poor record on sexual discrimination and violence risked being overlooked. Continue reading... |
| UK missed three chances to join EU scheme to bulk-buy PPE Posted: 13 Apr 2020 11:01 AM PDT Exclusive: Britain did not take part in €1.5bn order for kit to protect against Covid-19 despite shortages in NHS Britain missed three opportunities to be part of an EU scheme to bulk-buy masks, gowns and gloves and has been absent from key talks about future purchases, the Guardian can reveal, as pressure grows on ministers to protect NHS medics and care workers on the coronavirus frontline. European doctors and nurses are preparing to receive the first of €1.5bn (£1.3bn) worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) within days or a maximum of two weeks through a joint procurement scheme involving 25 countries and eight companies, according to internal EU documents. Continue reading... |
| Animal Crossing game removed from sale in China over Hong Kong democracy messages Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:16 PM PDT Some players have used the game to create politically sensitive images and slogans which they share on social media The Nintendo Switch game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, has been removed from sale on websites in China, after it was used by Hong Kong activists to spread pro-democracy messages. The popular island-life simulation game disappeared from China's eBay-equivalent, Taobao, last week. Continue reading... |
| Prince Harry may quit hunting over Meghan's dislike of sport, says conservationist friend Posted: 13 Apr 2020 04:01 PM PDT Dame Jane Goodall also reveals Duke of Sussex is finding departure from UK 'a bit challenging' The British primatologist Dame Jane Goodall believes the Duke of Sussex will give up hunting because of his wife's dislike for the sport, and thinks he has been finding life "a bit challenging" since the couple moved to North America. Goodall, 86, a friend of the pair who has been a guest at their Frogmore Cottage home in Windsor, said in an interview with the Radio Times that Harry and his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, were champions of the natural world – "except they hunt and shoot". Continue reading... |
| Olive oil industry under increasing threat from 'olive leprosy' Posted: 13 Apr 2020 12:00 PM PDT Italian, Spanish and Greek farmers set to lose billions unless drastic action is taken to combat bacterium that has killed millions of trees One of southern Europe's most important staples, olive oil, is under pressure from a potentially deadly disease that new research shows could infect nearly all of the productive areas of Italy, Greece and Spain. Economic losses could be as high as €5bn over the next 50 years for Italy, where at least 1m trees have already died, if nothing is done to halt the spread of the disease and olive groves are not replanted, the study found. In Spain, losses could total €17bn over the same period, and Greece could suffer to the tune of about €2bn. Continue reading... |
| Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' Posted: 13 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT Nick Offerman played the bacon-chomping boss in Parks and Recreation. Now the sci-fi show Devs has given him the meatiest role of his life Devs is a slow, beautiful sci-fi drama thriller about a machine that can see backwards and forwards in time – back to Christ on the cross, forward to some looming unknowable crisis. It grapples with all the big questions. Is there such a thing as free will? Do we live in a multiverse? Could we all be part of a complex simulation? Devs is masterminded by Alex Garland, famous for writing The Beach and directing Ex Machina. The series has inspired the sort of frantic online rabbit-holing not seen since the glory days of Lost. It's the show Westworld wishes it was. Its reception in the US has shown what British viewers can expect when it begins on BBC Two this week: give it enough time and it will consume your every waking thought. Continue reading... |
| Heathrow passenger demand expected to plunge by 90% in April Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:15 AM PDT Airport's forecast comes as numbers shrank by 52% in March after Covid-19 lockdown Heathrow airport expects passenger traffic to plunge by 90% in April, as demand is mainly limited to airlines focusing on repatriating citizens stranded abroad during the coronavirus travel restrictions. The airport said passenger numbers had already tumbled by 52% to 3.1 million in March, compared with a year earlier, after the UK government advised against all but essential travel. Meanwhile, the total number of flights landing and taking off at Heathrow – covering passenger planes and cargo – fell 35% to 25,798. Continue reading... |
| 'It will disappear': the disinformation Trump spread about the coronavirus – timeline Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT The president was personally warned about the growing crisis beginning in mid-January – but continued to give false assurances to the American public "What a problem. Came out of nowhere." That's how Donald Trump described the coronavirus pandemic in early March, during a televised visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus in Cuba - in pictures Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:01 AM PDT Cubans can go out only if strictly necessary and always wearing a protective mask Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:45 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia Good evening, and welcome to our daily roundup of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia. This is Naaman Zhou bringing you the main stories on Tuesday 14 April. Continue reading... |
| 'We're abandoned to our own luck': coronavirus menaces Brazil's favelas Posted: 13 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Residents fearful how their families will cope as food runs out and Jair Bolsonaro undermines lockdown message Renato Rosas knows what poverty feels like. The musician and biomedical salesman grew up in one of Brazil's biggest favelas, in the Amazon city of Belém. Relatives still live in the wooden stilt houses that line the black, polluted rivers running into Guajará Bay. "It is the most extreme poverty," he said of the Baixadas da Estrada Nova Jurunas neighbourhood where floods, deadly sucuri snakes lurking in floating rubbish and armed drug gangs are among the challenges. Continue reading... |
| Second wave of locusts in east Africa '20 times worse', says UN Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:28 AM PDT UN warns of 'alarming and unprecedented threat' to food security and livelihoods in the region A second wave of desert locusts is threatening east Africa with estimates that it will be 20 times worse then the plague that descended two months ago. The locusts present "an extremely alarming and unprecedented threat" to food security and livelihoods, according to the UN. A swarm of just more than a third of a square mile can eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people. Continue reading... |
| Photographing poverty's pandemic: 'It's a different beast in South Africa' Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT In the first of a series focusing on the work of photographers during the coronavirus crisis, Jerome Delay trains his lens on South Africa We've become used to the images of western cities around quarantine. In the empty streets of industrial and post-industrial societies tightly connected by globalisation, absence has become one of the most powerful metaphors of the coronavirus. It's a very different story in countries where inequality and poverty are much more acute; where access to a safe and distanced space in which to isolate is limited by poverty, social status and economics, and intimate social connections have a different importance. Continue reading... |
| Wounded by media scrutiny, Trump turned a briefing into a presidential tantrum Posted: 13 Apr 2020 06:47 PM PDT President lashed out at reporters, swiped at Biden and refused to accept that he had put a foot wrong in coronavirus response A toddler threw a self-pitying tantrum on live television on Monday night. Unfortunately he was 73 years old, wearing a long red tie and running the world's most powerful country. Donald Trump, starved of campaign rallies, Mar-a-Lago weekends and golf, and goaded by a bombshell newspaper report, couldn't take it any more. Years of accreted grievance and resentment towards the media came gushing out in a torrent. He ranted, he raved, he melted down and he blew up the internet with one of the most jaw-dropping performances of his presidency. Continue reading... |
| Parents of nurse who treated Boris Johnson 'exceptionally proud' – video Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:58 AM PDT The parents of a New Zealand nurse working in the NHS who cared for Boris Johnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus have said they are 'exceptionally proud' of their daughter. Jenny McGee's parents, Mike and Caroline, said: 'She has told us it doesn't matter what patient she's looking after, this is what she does and I just find it incredible.'
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| Donald Trump: 'When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total' – video Posted: 13 Apr 2020 11:01 PM PDT US president Donald Trump has claimed he has 'total authority' to supersede decisions made by state governors to ease social restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. 'When someone is president of the United States the authority is total', Trump said during a White House press briefing. Reporters questioned the assertion, asking: 'You said that when someone is the president of the United States their authority is total. That is not true. Who told you that?' Trump replied 'We are going to write up papers on this'. Although claiming he had the authority to 'call the shots' for each state's lock-down regulations, Trump insisted he was 'getting on very well with the governors' and is 'certain there won't be a problem'
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| Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for president: 'We need you in the White House' – video Posted: 13 Apr 2020 01:36 PM PDT Former campaign rival Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden as the next president of the United States as he made a joint online appearance with the former vice-president. 'We've got to make Trump a one-term president,' Sanders said. 'I will do all that I can to make that happen' Continue reading... |
| Christ the Redeemer statue lit up as doctor in coronavirus tribute – video Posted: 13 Apr 2020 04:52 AM PDT The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro was lit up for Easter on Sunday night, paying tribute to health workers in Brazil and across the world tackling the coronavirus crisis. Images of health workers asking people to remain at home and flags from different countries with the word 'Hope' were also projected during the event Continue reading... |
| 'These houses are flattened': tornadoes and storms hit US south – video report Posted: 13 Apr 2020 04:02 AM PDT A tornado strike destroyed homes and left a trail of devastation across large parts of the US south on Sunday. In northern Louisiana, up to 300 homes and other buildings were damaged, and utility companies reported thousands of power outages. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency confirmed at least six deaths in the state from the severe weather Continue reading... |
| 'All you hear is oxygen': New York doctor films inside coronavirus ward – video Posted: 13 Apr 2020 02:28 AM PDT A New York doctor has filmed inside an emergency ward treating Covid-19 patients. Dr Erik Blutinger, of Mount Sinai Queens hospital, said in the footage, shot on 7 April: 'Things are just totally crazy right now. Everyone is Covid positive in these hallways. All you hear is oxygen.' He also films inside one of the tents erected outside the hospital to handle admissions Continue reading... |
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