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- Coronavirus live news: Spain proposes €1.5tn EU Covid-19 fund as Trump backs lockdown protesters
- Oil prices sink to 20-year low as UN sounds alarm on Covid-19 relief fund
- Trump plays misleading clips of 'support' from Cuomo at coronavirus briefing
- 'People have been awakened': seeking Covid-19 answers in Wuhan
- Canada shooting: gunman kills 16 people after rampage in Nova Scotia
- Harry and Meghan tell UK tabloids they will no longer deal with them
- Mozambique expels suspected Brazilian drug lord
- Florida: endangered sea turtles thriving thanks to Covid-19 restrictions
- Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies
- Dallas police kill gunman who hijacked bus and shot officers
- Vanuatu elects new prime minister as country reels from devastating cyclone
- Fire wrecks Greek refugee camp after unrest over woman's death
- Dutch flower park's virtual tour brings its blooms to living rooms
- ‘Of course I smoked marijuana!’ Elliott Gould on stardom, Streisand and Elvis Presley
- Flowering hawthorn heralds spring: Country diary, 24 April 1920
- Workers without degrees hardest hit by Covid-19 crisis - study
- The good neighbour who wants to iron out the problems of the weekly wash
- Trump holds Covid-19 briefing as governors ask for more help - as it happened
- Hong Kong using Covid-19 crisis as 'golden opportunity' for crackdown, says arrested leader
- Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance
- 'I'm trapped': the UAE migrant workers left stranded by Covid-19 job losses
- UN agencies issue urgent coronavirus appeal after $2bn request falls well short
- My shrunken world: lockdown in Camden – in pictures
- Air traffic before and after Europe's coronavirus lockdowns – video
- Protests in Maryland, Texas and Ohio against coronavirus stay-at-home orders – video report
- 'Together at home': Lady Gaga, Rolling Stones and Lizzo headline tribute to key workers – video
- Trump warns China could face consequences for coronavirus outbreak – video
| Coronavirus live news: Spain proposes €1.5tn EU Covid-19 fund as Trump backs lockdown protesters Posted: 20 Apr 2020 02:25 AM PDT Trump says 'some governors have gone too far'; deaths in Italy and Spain fall; China reports no new deaths and 12 new cases
On the theme of lockdown restrictions being eased, the Guardian's Paris correspondent Kim Willsher has more from France: French schools will begin to open next month at the planned end to the strict lockdown but the return to classes will be gradual, the prime minister Édouard Philippe has said. Our aim is to find a good method and that method will be progressive. They will not open everywhere on 11 May...but we have to start opening schools for the continuity of national life.
Spain has reported 399 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, lower than Sunday's figure of 410 and confirming the downward trend. A total of 20,852 people have died of the disease in Spain, with over 200,000 infected and more than 80,000 cured. As of 27 April, it's expected that parents will be allowed to take children under 12 years old out for exercise, tough there are complaints that this leaves 12-16-year-olds in limbo. There are no signs as yet of lifting the current restrictions under which people are only permitted to leave their houses to go to work, to buy food or for medical reasons, although there is growing pressure to allow people out for short periods of exercise. Continue reading... |
| Oil prices sink to 20-year low as UN sounds alarm on Covid-19 relief fund Posted: 19 Apr 2020 10:23 PM PDT US crude dipped below $15 as Trump battled states over economy and UN warned it has only a quarter of its requested coronavirus funding Oil prices have slumped to their lowest for two decades as doubts grew about Donald Trump's hopes of ending the US lockdown and investors braced for a week of potentially damaging figures about the impact of the coronavirus on the world economy. The price of US crude oil plunged almost 20%, to below $15, in early trading on Monday – its lowest point since 1999 – as stockpiles continued to build owing to a crash in demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Trump plays misleading clips of 'support' from Cuomo at coronavirus briefing Posted: 19 Apr 2020 07:41 PM PDT US president accused of going into campaign mode after showing selectively edited videos containing praise by one of his most trenchant critics Donald Trump has been accused of using another White House coronavirus task force briefing to broadcast a "campaign ad" in which New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, one of his most trenchant critics, appeared to shower him with praise. The US president dimmed the lights and played two selectively edited videos on screens behind the briefing room podium featuring Cuomo, whose state has been hardest hit by the deadly pandemic. Continue reading... |
| 'People have been awakened': seeking Covid-19 answers in Wuhan Posted: 19 Apr 2020 05:00 PM PDT Residents are looking for an explanation from the government about its handling of coronavirus In early January, Hu Aizhen, 65, heard that a new coronavirus had emerged in her home city, Wuhan. She was not worried – officials said it was not contagious – so she went about her days as usual and prepared for the lunar new year at the end of the month. Just before the city was put under lockdown, Hu developed pneumonia symptoms. After days of waiting and searching for a hospital, she was tested for the virus. Her result was negative, but tests at the time were known to be inaccurate and she showed obvious signs of the virus. Nevertheless, she was refused treatment by six hospitals. Continue reading... |
| Canada shooting: gunman kills 16 people after rampage in Nova Scotia Posted: 19 Apr 2020 11:03 PM PDT Gabriel Wortman suspected of shooting spree in the coastal town of Portapique before he died during standoff with police A gunman in Canada posing as a police officer has killed 16 people after a 12-hour shooting rampage across Nova Scotia in the worst act of mass murder the country has seen in modern times. Several bodies were found inside and outside one home in the small, rural town of Portapique, police said, and several homes were set on fire. Bodies were found at other locations and one police officer was also among the dead. Continue reading... |
| Harry and Meghan tell UK tabloids they will no longer deal with them Posted: 19 Apr 2020 04:01 PM PDT Duke and Duchess of Sussex accuse outlets of running stories that are 'distorted, false, or invasive beyond reason' The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have told the editors of British tabloid newspapers that they will never again deal with their outlets, in an unprecedented direct attack on a large part of the media that leaves little chance of repairing the relationship. On Sunday night Prince Harry and Meghan sent a letter to the editors of the Sun, Daily Mail, Mirror and Express saying that from now on they would not respond to any inquiries from journalists working for the outlets. Instead there will be a policy of "zero engagement", except when necessary through the couple's lawyers. Continue reading... |
| Mozambique expels suspected Brazilian drug lord Posted: 20 Apr 2020 12:37 AM PDT Gilberto 'Fuminho' Aparecido dos Santos arrested in international sting operation Mozambique has expelled one of Brazil's most wanted criminals, an alleged drug lord who has been on the run for two decades. Gilberto "Fuminho" Aparecido dos Santos was sent home on a Brazilian air force plane that left Maputo at 1.30am on Monday with dozens of police officers onboard, the authorities said. Continue reading... |
| Florida: endangered sea turtles thriving thanks to Covid-19 restrictions Posted: 19 Apr 2020 02:52 PM PDT Researchers are seeing an increase in nests as restrictions keep humans and harmful waste off beaches Marine life researchers in Florida say that coronavirus restrictions keeping humans and harmful waste off beaches are having a beneficial effect on the numbers of endangered leatherback sea turtles in the state. With the summer nesting season barely two weeks old, staff from the Loggerhead MarineLife Center in Juno Beach have already found and marked 76 nests of the world's largest species of sea turtle on the nine and half mile stretch they monitor, a "significant" increase from the same stage last year. Continue reading... |
| Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies Posted: 19 Apr 2020 10:30 AM PDT Mandatory code being developed by ACCC will create 'level playing field' in media landscape, Josh Frydenberg says Facebook and Google will be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies after the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, instructed the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct for the digital giants amid a steep decline in advertising brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. In its response to the landmark digital platforms inquiry in December, the federal government asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop a code between media companies and digital platforms including Google and Facebook. Continue reading... |
| Dallas police kill gunman who hijacked bus and shot officers Posted: 19 Apr 2020 04:04 PM PDT Investigation opened after police shoot dead man who held driver hostage and conducted chase through Dallas suburbs A man opened fire on a Dallas-area public bus on Sunday, hijacking it with two people aboard and leading officers on a chase. The pursuit ended in a shootout in which the man was killed and three officers were wounded, according to police. A man boarded the bus in Richardson, just north of Dallas, at around 11am and opened fire, shattering windows, said Gordon Shattles, a spokesman for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Dart). Continue reading... |
| Vanuatu elects new prime minister as country reels from devastating cyclone Posted: 19 Apr 2020 11:24 PM PDT Bob Loughman, an MP from the island of Tanna, will become the next prime minister of the south Pacific nation Vanuatu's parliament has elected a new prime minister more than a month after the country went to the polls, as the country is reeling from a devastating category-five cyclone and preparing for a potential coronavirus outbreak. Bob Loughman, an MP from the island of Tanna, will become the next prime minister of the south Pacific nation, after defeating the former foreign minister Ralph Regenvanu in a vote in parliament on Monday, by 31 votes to 21. Continue reading... |
| Fire wrecks Greek refugee camp after unrest over woman's death Posted: 19 Apr 2020 05:41 AM PDT Iraqi woman, 47, dies after going to hospital with fever but testing negative for Covid-19 A fire ripped through one of Greece's largest migrant camps, leaving widespread damage and many people homeless after the death of an Iraqi woman sparked unrest. The blaze late on Saturday at the Vial refugee camp on Chios island destroyed the facilities of the European asylum service, a canteen, warehouse tents and many housing containers, Greek migration ministry secretary Manos Logothetis said. Continue reading... |
| Dutch flower park's virtual tour brings its blooms to living rooms Posted: 19 Apr 2020 03:43 AM PDT Keukenhof will showcase 7m plants to online viewers after coronavirus forces closure The 7m bulbs were planted and now the flowers are in bloom: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, orchids, roses, lilies and more. Everything is ready at the Dutch flower park of Keukenhof – everything, except the visitors. For the first time in its 71-year history, the renowned flower park in South Holland will not open to the public. Instead, managers hope to bring the park to the people via a virtual opening. Every week, three new videos are posted on social media showcasing the profusion of blooms in the English-style landscape park. Continue reading... |
| ‘Of course I smoked marijuana!’ Elliott Gould on stardom, Streisand and Elvis Presley Posted: 19 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT The star of M*A*S*H, The Long Goodbye – and more recently, Friends – talks about drugs, his fiery marriage to Barbra Streisand and getting his best reviews from Groucho Marx and Muhammad Ali The best review ever received by Elliott Gould – renowned actor and star of M*A*S*H and The Long Goodbye; not to mention, Ross and Monica's dad on Friends – was from Groucho Marx. The two of them had become close in the comedian's latter years – so close, Gould says, "he used to let me shave him". One day Marx asked Gould to change a lightbulb in his bedroom. Gould took off his shoes, stood on the bed and replaced the broken bulb. Marx told him: "That was the best acting I've ever seen you do." Gould, now 81, has been telling the story for decades – but it is clear even in our pixelated video call that it still delights him. "Isn't that great?" he says, his distinctive nasal, New York baritone now deepened with age. As we speak he is sitting at a computer at a friend's house in Los Angeles, relaxed in a blue hoodie, with a seemingly bottomless mug of coffee before him. In isolation on either side of the Atlantic, neither of us has anywhere to be. And after more than half a century in Hollywood, in which he went from leading man to exile and, eventually, fixture – Gould could fill days, not just hours, with his stories. Even without his eight-year marriage to Barbra Streisand. Continue reading... |
| Flowering hawthorn heralds spring: Country diary, 24 April 1920 Posted: 19 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT 24 April 1920 The yellow gorse lives in a pleasant hum of bees while fowls and ducks find a feast of small live things that have come to life Surrey, April 22 Related: Country diary: the atmosphere in the hawthorn hedge is electric Continue reading... |
| Workers without degrees hardest hit by Covid-19 crisis - study Posted: 19 Apr 2020 10:01 PM PDT UK and Europe face growing inequality with layoffs hitting non-university educated Workers without a university degree will be hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis, raising fears of increasing inequality across Europe, where up to 59m jobs are at risk. Nearly 80% of workers facing job insecurity – including cuts to hours or pay, temporary furloughs, or permanent layoffs – do not have a university degree, according to new research by the consultancy firm McKinsey. Continue reading... |
| The good neighbour who wants to iron out the problems of the weekly wash Posted: 20 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT A low-tech washing machine offers a way to wash where there is limited access to power and running water With a plastic drum, plywood and a few secret components, a London-based engineer has created a rudimentary washing machine that he says will ease the workload for families with little power or water. Nav Sawnhey has designed a £24 crank-handled machinefor people in places without reliable, affordable power. Continue reading... |
| Trump holds Covid-19 briefing as governors ask for more help - as it happened Posted: 19 Apr 2020 05:19 PM PDT This blog is now closed.
Here's a recap of Sunday's major news lines:
Trump is asked whether he is inciting violence by calling for people to liberate states. "They've got cabin fever," he says. "They want to get back. They want their life back. Their life was taken away from them. And you know, they learned a lot during this period. They learned to do things differently than they have in the past and they'll do it hopefully until the virus has passed. And when the virus passes, I hope we're going to be sitting next to each other at baseball games, football games, basketball games, ice hockey games. I hope we're going to be sitting next to each other. The Masters is going to have 100,000 people, not 25 people waching at the course." Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong using Covid-19 crisis as 'golden opportunity' for crackdown, says arrested leader Posted: 19 Apr 2020 11:34 PM PDT Lee Cheuk Yan says recent arrests help ensure potential candidates cannot run in upcoming elections Beijing and the Hong Kong government are using the pandemic as a "golden opportunity" to crack down on dissent and the growing pro-democracy movement, according to a senior protest leader arrested over the weekend. The arrest of Lee Cheuk Yan, a veteran politician and activist, and 14 other high-profile people on Saturday, came amid a run of acts by authorities seen as alarming intrusions on Hong Kong's autonomy, ahead of elections in September. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance Posted: 20 Apr 2020 01:51 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia
Good evening, this is Calla Wahlquist bringing you the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia on Monday 20 April. Continue reading... |
| 'I'm trapped': the UAE migrant workers left stranded by Covid-19 job losses Posted: 19 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT In debt, unable to earn and refused repatriation over coronavirus fears, many migrant workers face an uncertain future Each night, Bipul* is kept awake by the fear of loan sharks hounding his parents for the money he owes. Five months ago, the 25-year-old Sri Lankan borrowed $1,400 (£1,120) to pay recruiters to take him to the United Arab Emirates, where he got a job as cleaner at a five-star hotel. But since the coronavirus outbreak there are no longer any guests, so he no longer has work and the loan is going unpaid. "I really need a job so I can repay it," he says. "I also need to earn money to help my family. This is such a big problem." Continue reading... |
| UN agencies issue urgent coronavirus appeal after $2bn request falls well short Posted: 19 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Exclusive: aid officials seek $350m for transport system to get support to poorest regions The heads of all the UN's major agencies have issued a graphic warning of the risk of coronavirus to the world's most vulnerable countries after disclosing that international donors had pledged around a quarter of the $2bn the UN requested for its emergency Covid-19 response in March. In an open letter shared before publication with the Guardian, the world's most senior emergencies, health and development officials, warned that help for the world's weakest countries was in everyone's "interest to stop the virus from spreading unchecked, destroying lives and economies, and continuing to circle around the world". Continue reading... |
| My shrunken world: lockdown in Camden – in pictures Posted: 19 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Challenging herself to see her immediate environment in a new way, photographer Sarah Lee, who has been on complete lockdown for over four weeks, shot these images on an iPhone within a one-mile radius of her home in Camden Town, north London |
| Air traffic before and after Europe's coronavirus lockdowns – video Posted: 19 Apr 2020 09:34 AM PDT An animated graphic released by an international aviation organisation shows the dramatic impact the lockdowns have had on air travel. Eurocontrol, which manages flight networks across Europe, said the continent's largest airports had 90% fewer flights compared with April 2019 Continue reading... |
| Protests in Maryland, Texas and Ohio against coronavirus stay-at-home orders – video report Posted: 19 Apr 2020 05:50 AM PDT Demonstrations have taken place across the US against orders put in place to limit the spread of coronavirus. The protests were organised by the far-right media site Infowars. Rallies were held in state capitals, with more planned for next week in other states. Hundreds of people stood and chanted for the US to be reopened. Rightwing media and Donald Trump have supported the protests but they appear to represent a minority opinion
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| 'Together at home': Lady Gaga, Rolling Stones and Lizzo headline tribute to key workers – video Posted: 19 Apr 2020 03:54 AM PDT Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Lizzo and Elton John headlined a special broadcast on Saturday celebrating frontline workers around the world fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The two-hour 'One World: Together at Home' event, broadcast across multiple television channels in the US and overseas, featured a who's who of pop culture in the biggest celebrity gathering of the crisis
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| Trump warns China could face consequences for coronavirus outbreak – video Posted: 19 Apr 2020 03:51 AM PDT Donald Trump said on Saturday that China should face unspecified consequences if it was 'knowingly responsible' for the Covid-19 pandemic. 'If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible, yeah, I mean, then, sure, there should be consequences,' he told reporters at the daily briefing
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