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- Coronavirus live news: Trump steps back from briefings as global deaths pass 200,000
- Coronavirus: Johnson faces lockdown dilemma as scientists warn over grim data
- Trump says briefings 'not worth the effort' amid fallout from disinfectant comments
- Kim Jong-un's train possibly spotted at North Korean resort
- Donald Trump set to fall back on xenophobia with re-election plan in tatters
- Top Tories join calls to bar Cummings from scientific advisory group
- Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling
- Why Britain’s 2.5 billion paper coffee cups are an eco disaster
- Alone and disconnected: the woman left unable to call her dying partner
- UK will need to extend Brexit transition, Merkel ally warns Britain
- El Salvador imposes prisons lockdown after 22 murders in a day
- Crisis in Yemen as Aden separatists declare self-government
- First wild stork chicks to hatch in UK in centuries poised to emerge
- I lost my temper with my daughter. I feel I’m failing as a parent | Dear Mariella
- UK military to operate coronavirus mobile testing units for frontline workers
- Australia coronavirus update latest: government launches Covidsafe contact tracing app, as WA and Queensland announce plans to relax curbs – live news
- ‘It's just beginning here’: Africa turns to testing as pandemic grips the continent
- To tackle this virus, local public health teams need to take back control
- World leaders agree to cooperate on coronavirus vaccine, but US does not take part – video
- Brazilians take part in pot-banging protests against Bolsonaro's coronavirus response – video
| Coronavirus live news: Trump steps back from briefings as global deaths pass 200,000 Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:09 AM PDT Boris Johnson to return to work on Monday; Kim Jong-un's train possibly spotted at North Korean resort; global infections near 2.9m. Follow the latest updates
Sweden's deputy prime minister, Isabella Lövin, just gave a very interesting interview to the BBC's Andrew Marr show in the UK. She was asked whether Sweden's less-restrictive social distancing measures – bars, borders and restaurants remain open, as do schools for the under-16s – had led to a higher death toll in the country. Sweden's death rate from Covid-19 is nearly 200 per million people, compared to 31 in neighbouring Finland and 36 in Norway. We have really a big problem with our main strategy that was to protect the elderly and the most vulnerable. We had Covid-19 contagion in the elderly homes and this is something we're learning from . This is mainly in the Stockholm area. but we see that we are always prepared to take new measures but we have confined the gathering of people to a maximum of 50 people. There's also a ban on visiting the elderly at elderly care homes. but it's a mixture of legally bound measures and very strong recommendations. That is not the strategy...The strategy is to try to confine the spread of the virus and limit the deaths and the disease in the population. The experts tells us they don't even know 100% when immunity is reached in one individual person.
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has taken to the airwaves today to urge its 1.3 billion citizens to strictly comply with the nationwide lockdown as the number of confirmed cases increased steadily despite the month-long curfew. In a radio address, Modi said the country was in the midst of a "war" and said Indians must maintain the "people-driven" fight and not be misled into believing the spread of the virus has been brought fully under control. He was quoted by Reuters: I will urge you that we should not be trapped into over-confidence and nurse the belief that in our city, in our village, in our streets, in our office, coronavirus has not reached and that is why it will not reach. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: Johnson faces lockdown dilemma as scientists warn over grim data Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:34 AM PDT Prime minister returns to work on Monday to cabinet at odds over easing social distancing The number of new cases of Covid-19 being diagnosed is still much too high to allow any easing of the lockdown soon, leading scientists have warned, as the virus death toll in UK hospitals passed 20,000 on Saturday. The home secretary, Priti Patel, described the figure as a "terrible milestone" and a "deeply tragic and moving moment". She said it showed the need for the British public to "stay strong" and remain at home for the foreseeable future. Continue reading... |
| Trump says briefings 'not worth the effort' amid fallout from disinfectant comments Posted: 25 Apr 2020 03:26 PM PDT The president remained behind closed doors after advisers reportedly warned him that the briefings were hurting his campaign After more than a month of near-daily White House coronavirus press briefings, Donald Trump stayed behind closed doors on Saturday after advisers reportedly warned the president that his appearances were hurting his campaign. Trump himself referenced his absence when he wrote on Twitter that the briefings are "not worth the time & effort". The president wrote the tweet on Saturday evening, when he would usually be taking the podium to address journalists. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un's train possibly spotted at North Korean resort Posted: 25 Apr 2020 05:19 PM PDT As rumours persist that ruler is in poor health, satellite images emerge showing train parked at Wonsan's 'leadership station' A special train possibly belonging to the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has been spotted at a resort town, according to satellite images reviewed by a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, amid conflicting reports about Kim's health and whereabouts. The monitoring project, 38 North, said in its report on Saturday that the train was parked at the "leadership station" in Wonsan on 21 April and 23 April. The station is reserved for the use of the Kim family, it said. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump set to fall back on xenophobia with re-election plan in tatters Posted: 26 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT The president had been intending to campaign on a strong economy and facing a socialist opponent but scapegoating foreigners has worked for him before Donald Trump had been intending to run a re-election campaign based on a strong economy and a socialist opponent. Both have vanished in the past month. But the US president still has his ultimate weapon: xenophobia. Related: Debacle of Trump's coronavirus disinfectant comments could be tipping point Continue reading... |
| Top Tories join calls to bar Cummings from scientific advisory group Posted: 25 Apr 2020 02:00 PM PDT Cross-party demand for transparency after chief adviser is revealed as attending meetings of Sage Boris Johnson is facing cross-party calls to stop his chief adviser from attending meetings of the secret scientific group advising him on the coronavirus pandemic, as demands grow for the committee's deliberations to be made public. The former Brexit secretary, David Davis, is among those calling for Dominic Cummings and Ben Warner, an adviser who ran the Tories' private election computer model, to be prevented from attending future meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage). Continue reading... |
| Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:00 AM PDT Excavations reveal that rubbish left outside the city walls wasn't just dumped. It was being collected, sorted and resold They were expert engineers, way ahead of the curve on underfloor heating, aqueducts and the use of concrete as a building material. Now it turns out that the Romans were also masters at recycling their rubbish. Researchers at Pompeii, the city buried under a thick carpet of volcanic ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, have found that huge mounds of refuse apparently dumped outside the city walls were in fact "staging grounds for cycles of use and reuse". Continue reading... |
| Why Britain’s 2.5 billion paper coffee cups are an eco disaster Posted: 25 Apr 2020 11:05 PM PDT With only one in 400 cups recycled, and even those barely 'green', the hunt is on for an alternative Britain gets through 2.5 billion of them every year, and the number is set to increase. But despite a growing clamour for coffee chains to make their cups more environment-friendly, the vast majority are used only once, which critics say is a considerable waste of natural resources. One company vying to produce a truly recyclable alternative claims that the UK's caffeine addiction is responsible for the felling of a million trees a year. An independent study it commissioned suggests that almost 1.5 billion litres of water go into making the cups the UK uses annually. Continue reading... |
| Alone and disconnected: the woman left unable to call her dying partner Posted: 25 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Problems with internet and phone service were once just an inconvenience. Now they can prove to be catastrophic Barbara Parry* arranged to switch her phone and broadband account from Sky to Now TV in March, a week before lockdown. Instead, she was left incommunicado as her line was cancelled and her phone number reallocated. During the following four weeks, as she pleaded in vain to be reconnected, her partner contracted Covid-19. He died four days later in hospital. Due to the blunders by Now TV, he was unable to call Parry from his deathbed and she was unable to say goodbye. The news was broken by a relative as the hospital could not get through on her cancelled number. Continue reading... |
| UK will need to extend Brexit transition, Merkel ally warns Britain Posted: 25 Apr 2020 11:15 PM PDT UK will need extension to agree Brexit deal as pandemic derails talks Boris Johnson must extend the UK's transition out of the EU for up to two years to avoid compounding the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic with a hugely disruptive and disorderly Brexit, according to a close ally of Angela Merkel. In an interview with the Observer, Norbert Röttgen, chair of the Bundestag's foreign affairs committee, said it was now impossible to see how the UK and other EU countries could agree even a minimal outline free trade agreement this year because the talks were so behind schedule. Continue reading... |
| El Salvador imposes prisons lockdown after 22 murders in a day Posted: 25 Apr 2020 01:37 PM PDT 'Maximum emergency' to allow police investigate highest single-day homicide tally The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, late on Friday ordered a 24-hour lockdown of prisons containing gang members, and said their leaders would be sent into solitary confinement after a sudden spike in homicides during the day. "No contact with the outside world. Shops will remain closed and all activities are suspended until further notice," Bukele tweeted shortly before midnight. "Gang leaders will go into solitary confinement." Continue reading... |
| Crisis in Yemen as Aden separatists declare self-government Posted: 25 Apr 2020 07:04 PM PDT Southern Transitional Council breaks with wartorn state's internationally recognised government Yemen's southern separatists on Sunday broke a peace deal with the country's internationally recognised government and claimed sole control of the regional capital of Aden, threatening to resume fighting between the two ostensible allies. In a statement the separatist Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by the United Arab Emirates, declared a state of emergency and said it would "self-govern" the key southern port city and other southern provinces. The separatists accused Yemen's government, which is supported by Saudi Arabia, of corruption and mismanagement. Continue reading... |
| First wild stork chicks to hatch in UK in centuries poised to emerge Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:00 AM PDT More than 100 birds have been living wild in England as part of conservation scheme The first wild stork chicks to hatch in Britain for centuries are expected to emerge next month after three pairs of the huge white birds built nests in West Sussex. Disdaining platforms constructed especially for them, the storks have created their stick nests in the heights of oak trees on the Knepp estate, the centre for a reintroduction project. Continue reading... |
| I lost my temper with my daughter. I feel I’m failing as a parent | Dear Mariella Posted: 25 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT Escalating tensions need to be halted so getting help is essential, says Mariella The dilemma I'm a single mother of two. My 11-year-old daughter and I have constant disputes and I feel I'm failing at parenting. I don't think it's normal to engage in blow-ups at her age and I don't want this to be our relationship. I work and find it very hard to balance everything. I can be quite tired and emotionally spent and then not have the patience I need to be the mum I want to be. I'm not happy with the fact that recently I smacked my daughter. I know I need help. A few years back we did a class together that was supposed to bring us closer, and it was great. However, things have gone bad again now that she's getting older. Her dad and I don't get along well, so I have no back-up from him and never had any while we were living together. We just aren't on the same page when it comes to parenting. Continue reading... |
| UK military to operate coronavirus mobile testing units for frontline workers Posted: 26 Apr 2020 01:02 AM PDT Armed forces will collect swabs from care homes, police stations and prisons across UK The British military is to begin operating mobile coronavirus testing units that will travel to care homes, police stations and prisons across the UK. The units will test essential workers and vulnerable people in areas where there is "significant" demand, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2020 01:50 AM PDT Health minister Greg Hunt says app 'will save lives and protect lives', while Western Australia easing of restrictions to begin tomorrow and Queensland from midnight Friday. Follow live
We'll leave things there for the night. Thanks for sticking with us. Stay safe.
Let's take a look at the major developments today. Continue reading... |
| ‘It's just beginning here’: Africa turns to testing as pandemic grips the continent Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:07 AM PDT Nations battle to contain spread after World Health Organization warns of 10 million cases within six months African nations are banking on aggressive screening and testing strategies as their best – and possibly only – defence against the Covid-19 virus.
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| To tackle this virus, local public health teams need to take back control Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT A massive increase in testing and tracing should be the next phase, but decades of cuts and reorganisations have whittled away the necessary regional expertise Perhaps, the most surprising aspect of the British Covid-19 crisis is the extent to which the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments, and the English regions, have allowed strategy to be decided by Westminster. Health and social care are devolved, and this national epidemic is not homogenous. It is made up of hundreds, if not thousands, of outbreaks around the country, each at a different stage . England had its first confirmed case on 30 January, Wales on 28 February and Scotland on 1 March. Some areas – such as Rutland, Hartlepool, Blackpool, Isle of Wight, Tyneside, Durham, Orkney, Western Isles – had no reported cases until late March, and some even now have relatively few cases. Continue reading... |
| World leaders agree to cooperate on coronavirus vaccine, but US does not take part – video Posted: 25 Apr 2020 07:45 AM PDT Global leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a Covid-19 vaccine and to share research, treatment and medicines around the globe as part of a World Health Organization initiative. The US did not take part in the pledge, made at a virtual meeting, designed to show that wealthy countries will not keep the results of research from developing countries. Britain will co-chair a joint coronavirus global response summit on 4 May aimed at raising funds for vaccine research, treatments and tests.
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| Brazilians take part in pot-banging protests against Bolsonaro's coronavirus response – video Posted: 25 Apr 2020 03:39 AM PDT People protest against the Brazilian president after the resignation of popular minister Sérgio Moro. There were calls for Bolsonaro's impeachment and an investigation into claims he had improperly interfered in the country's federal police. Bolsonaro denied claims from his outgoing justice minister that he had sought to appoint a new federal police chief in order to gain access to secret intelligence reports |
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