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- Coronavirus live news: Japan extends state of emergency; US hands $50m Covid-19 aid to fossil fuel firms
- Revealed: NHS procurement official privately selling PPE amid Covid-19 outbreak
- Whistleblower complaint set to lift lid on Trump pressure to push untried drug
- Lingering and painful: the long and unclear road to coronavirus recovery
- Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation from former staffer Tara Reade
- Meghan privacy claim against Mail on Sunday owner 'continues' despite setback
- British lawyer sues EU over her removal from its court due to Brexit
- Tony Allen, legendary drummer and Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 79
- Indian students trapped in UK by coronavirus 'actually starving'
- Egyptian TV show about Israel's destruction opens real world rift
- Man who starved after benefits cut off 'had pulled out own teeth'
- Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease
- Mosaic glorifying Crimea annexation ditched from new Russian cathedral
- Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat eels who are forgetting humans exist
- Tony Allen: the Afrobeat maverick who blazed a trail across the globe
- Brexit 'could impede coronavirus contact tracing on island of Ireland'
- 'You think we care about masks?': anger and poverty grip Lebanese city
- Coronavirus US live: Trump says Michigan governor should 'make a deal' with protesters
- The bison calf taking the first step to rewild the Canadian prairies
- Sydney aged care home reports 13th death – as it happened
- Africa's heavy-handed lockdown policing must not become the new normal | Karen Allen and Anton du Plessis
- ‘No food, water, masks or gloves': migrant farm workers in Spain at crisis point
- Covid-19 could mark a deadly turn in Ghana's fight against fake drugs
- 'This moment is leaving a mark on me': framing Rio under Covid-19's shadow
- Has Sweden's coronavirus strategy played into the hands of nationalists? | Gina Gustavsson
- If Australia and New Zealand restart travel, they should include the Pacific in their bubble | Michael Rose
- Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
- Why the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is false – video explainer
- Armed protesters enter Michigan's state capitol demanding end to coronavirus lockdown – video
- May Day workers confronting coronavirus around the world – in pictures
- Trump says he has seen evidence Covid-19 was created in a Wuhan lab - video
- Coronavirus: New York subway to close at night for disinfection, says Cuomo – video
- Captain Tom Moore: flypast in honour of veteran's 100th birthday – video
- Fauci: 'clear-cut' evidence potential Covid-19 drug remdesivir works – video
| Posted: 01 May 2020 07:39 AM PDT Donald Trump contradicts intelligence on virus origin; worldwide recoveries pass 1m; outbreak increasing in Africa
A day after armed protesters against Michigan's stay-at-home order entered the statehouse in Lansing, Donald Trump has once again expressed support for the rightwing movement, writes Joan E Greve, a Guardian US politics reporter. Michigan's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, should, the president wrote in a tweet on Friday morning, "make a deal" with the demonstrators. The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.
Cities around the world are taking the lead in post-coronavirus planning, with a raft of environmental initiatives being rolled out in places from Bogotá to Barcelona to ensure public safety and bolster the fight against climate breakdown, Guardian environment correspondents Matthew Taylor and Sandra Laville report. Mayors from cities in Europe, the US and Africa held talks this week to coordinate their efforts to support a low-carbon, sustainable recovery from the crisis as national governments begin to roll out huge economic stimulus packages. Our immediate priority is to protect the health of our residents and overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we must also look towards how we will keep our people safe in the future. How we structure our recovery efforts will define our cities for decades to come. Related: City leaders aim to shape green recovery from coronavirus crisis Continue reading... |
| Revealed: NHS procurement official privately selling PPE amid Covid-19 outbreak Posted: 01 May 2020 07:23 AM PDT NHS launches inquiry after Guardian investigation exposes senior official trading protective gear amid pandemic A head of procurement for the NHS has set up a business to profit from the private sale of huge quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, an undercover investigation by the Guardian can reveal. David Singleton, 42, a senior NHS official in London who has been working at the capital's Covid-19 Nightingale hospital, launched the business two weeks ago to trade in visors, masks and gowns. Continue reading... |
| Whistleblower complaint set to lift lid on Trump pressure to push untried drug Posted: 30 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Dr Rick Bright says he was removed as head of office working on a Covid-19 vaccine for refusing to boost hydroxychloroquine Donald Trump's musing over whether cleaning people's lungs with disinfectant might treat the coronavirus caused a furore but it may be the US president's pushing of anti-malarial drugs that does far more lasting damage to his administration. Related: Trump stops hyping hydroxychloroquine after study shows no benefit Continue reading... |
| Lingering and painful: the long and unclear road to coronavirus recovery Posted: 01 May 2020 05:36 AM PDT People tell of symptoms coming and going weeks after falling ill, even in mild cases Six weeks after first feeling unwell, Jenny* is still recovering from what she believes was Covid-19. On 17 March she, like many others, began preparing for an expected lockdown in the UK, stocking up on supermarket essentials. She was feeling a little flushed – something she put down to a reemergence of cold-like symptoms from a few weeks before. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation from former staffer Tara Reade Posted: 01 May 2020 07:31 AM PDT
Joe Biden has categorically denied allegations from a former Senate aide that he sexually assaulted her in 1993, breaking weeks of silence on a controversy that has roiled his White House campaign. The presumptive Democratic nominee's first public comment on the allegation came at a delicate moment for his campaign, as he attempts to ease frustration from some in his party. Continue reading... |
| Meghan privacy claim against Mail on Sunday owner 'continues' despite setback Posted: 01 May 2020 05:14 AM PDT Judge rules part of Duchess of Sussex's case against Associated Newspapers be struck out Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex have insisted her privacy claim against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday will continue after she was dealt an initial blow when a judge ruled that part of her case should be struck out. Lawyers for Associated Newspapers had argued last month against elements of her claim, including that some words and sentences from a letter sent by Meghan to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, had been "dishonestly" cut out before publication in order to paint a misleading picture of the relationship between the two. Continue reading... |
| British lawyer sues EU over her removal from its court due to Brexit Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT UK's last judicial member of the ECJ is to be replaced before scheduled end of her term The UK's last judicial member of the European court of justice is suing the council of the European Union and the EU court over her removal from office because of Brexit. Eleanor Sharpston QC, advocate general to the court in Luxembourg, has lodged two claims challenging her replacement by a Greek lawyer before her term in office was scheduled to end next year. Continue reading... |
| Tony Allen, legendary drummer and Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 79 Posted: 30 Apr 2020 06:01 PM PDT Gilles Peterson and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers pay tribute to the Fela Kuti collaborator, described by Brian Eno as 'perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived' The Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who is credited with creating Afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly at the age of 79 in Paris on Thursday, his manager said. "We don't know the exact cause of death," Eric Trosset said, adding it was not linked to the coronavirus pandemic. "He was in great shape," said Trosset. "It was quite sudden. I spoke to him at 1pm then two hours later he was sick and taken to Pompidou hospital, where he died." Continue reading... |
| Indian students trapped in UK by coronavirus 'actually starving' Posted: 01 May 2020 04:24 AM PDT Emergency food drops for thousands of young people unable to work or fly home Thousands of Indian students unable to leave the UK because of the coronavirus lockdown are relying on food donations from charities because they can no longer afford to eat. Student groups representing the students, from across the UK, have been coordinating emergency food drops with local community groups and charities. Many of the young people have lost their part-time jobs and can no longer afford even basic living costs. Continue reading... |
| Egyptian TV show about Israel's destruction opens real world rift Posted: 30 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Israel's foreign ministry reminds Egypt of peace deal after sci-fi drama El-Nehaya airs An Egyptian science fiction drama that predicts Israel's destruction has provoked an angry reaction from the Jewish state, including from the country's foreign ministry, which reminded its neighbour of a decades-old peace deal. Set in the year 2120, the series called El-Nehaya, meaning The End, imagines a bleak future with cloned robots, battered skyscrapers, and relentless violence. Continue reading... |
| Man who starved after benefits cut off 'had pulled out own teeth' Posted: 30 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Family provides details of Errol Graham's fatal decline as part of court action against DWP Errol Graham, a 57-year-old grandfather who died of starvation when his benefits were cut off, had become so mentally ill that his family believe he pulled out two of his own teeth with pliers, they have revealed. Fresh details of Graham's decline, and the traumatic impact on his relatives of his lonely death and subsequent inquest, are revealed in a witness statement filed as part of the latest phase of a legal action taken by the family against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Continue reading... |
| Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease Posted: 01 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT Researchers study whether new strain of chronic bee paralysis virus is responsible A viral disease that causes honey bees to suffer severe trembling, flightlessness and death within a week is spreading exponentially in Britain. Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) was only recorded in Lincolnshire in 2007. A decade later, it was found in 39 of 47 English counties and six of eight Welsh counties, according to data collected from visits to more than 24,000 beekeepers. Continue reading... |
| Mosaic glorifying Crimea annexation ditched from new Russian cathedral Posted: 01 May 2020 05:42 AM PDT Kremlin distances itself from artwork of Putin and other officials after leaked photographs prompt ridicule A mosaic depicting Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials will not be mounted in the Russian military's new megachurch, a senior church official has said, after leaked photos of the artwork prompted public ridicule and received little Kremlin support. Photographs of the mosaic, leaked by the MBKh News website last week, showed Putin, his defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and other politicians and top brass in a crowd of people rallying in support of the 2014 annexation of Crimea. A missing panel, photographed separately, shows several women in front of a sign that reads "Crimea is ours". Continue reading... |
| Japanese aquarium urges public to video-chat eels who are forgetting humans exist Posted: 30 Apr 2020 09:29 PM PDT Sensitive creatures are starting to hide when keepers walk past, as a result of the lack of visitors When the garden eels at a Tokyo aquarium remove their heads from the sand, they are usually confronted by pairs of human eyes staring back at them through the glass. But like other animals around the world, the eels at Sumida Aquarium are finding their environment transformed by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading... |
| Tony Allen: the Afrobeat maverick who blazed a trail across the globe Posted: 01 May 2020 07:41 AM PDT The Nigerian musician was a restless creator who embraced the physicality of drumming and innovated until the end Few musicians can claim to have invented a revolutionary rhythm, but then few are quite like the late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. Brian Eno called him "the greatest drummer that ever lived", citing his style alongside James Brown's funk breakbeat and the constant pulse of German band Neu! as the "three great beats of the 1970s". Allen's swirl of jazz, Yoruba and highlife was unlike anything the world had ever heard: a full-body polyrhythmic workout that would give most drummers sore wrists just thinking of it. Allen came to prominence in Lagos alongside Fela Kuti. He started drumming in the late 50s while working at a radio station, looking to jazz icons such as Art Blakey and Max Roach for inspiration as he taught himself to play. In 1964 he met Kuti and they spent the next half-decade fine-tuning their fusion of west African party music and American funk and jazz, in the bands Koola Lobitos and, by 1969, Africa '70. While Kuti, who died in 1997, is more well-known than his musical soulmate, he said that "without Tony Allen there would be no Afrobeat". Continue reading... |
| Brexit 'could impede coronavirus contact tracing on island of Ireland' Posted: 01 May 2020 04:36 AM PDT Northern Ireland's health minister concedes no deal could jeopardise data sharing Brexit could put at risk the contact tracing of coronavirus patients on the island of Ireland if the UK crashes out of the EU without a trade deal at the end of the year, the health minister in the Northern Ireland assembly has conceded. Contact tracing in the region is expected to resume next week but may face challenges if the virus, as is probable, continues to threaten communities beyond the 31 December deadline for a Brexit trade deal, local politicians have said. Continue reading... |
| 'You think we care about masks?': anger and poverty grip Lebanese city Posted: 01 May 2020 03:40 AM PDT Tripoli, a hub of peaceful protest last October, is at the centre of a struggle to survive amid coranavirus In the heart of the city that used to drive Lebanon's economy, workers were busy with a rare jolt of enterprise, bolting steel plates to the ruins of its scorched banks. By dusk on Thursday, all of Tripoli's ransacked branches were encased in armour, shielding piles of smouldering ash and rubble, but coming far too late to protect what had been inside. Over two earlier, violent nights, rioters had looted what they could. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus US live: Trump says Michigan governor should 'make a deal' with protesters Posted: 01 May 2020 07:44 AM PDT
The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization has also issued a statement about Tara Reade's allegation against Joe Biden. After the presumptive Democratic nominee denied sexually assaulting Reade 27 years ago, the group RAINN called for a "rigorous investigation" of the allegation.
The president and CEO of TIME'S UP Now has issued a statement in response to Joe Biden's interview about Tara Reade's allegation of sexual assault. Tina Tchen, who leads the anti-sexual harassment group, applauded Biden for directly addressing the allegation, unlike Trump, and called for "complete transparency" into Reade's claim. Continue reading... |
| The bison calf taking the first step to rewild the Canadian prairies Posted: 01 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT Wild bison could once again roam over Saskatchewan after a herd welcomed its first calf since 1876 When Europeans settlers first set their eyes upon North America's Great Plains, vast seas of bison stretched as far as the horizon. But, more than a century ago, the last of the thundering herds that stampeded across the grasslands disappeared. But the birth of a wild bison calf has renewed hopes that rebuilding sustainable herds is now a step closer. On 22 April, a herd in Wanuskewin heritage park, an Indigenous-run conservation area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, grew by one member — the first time a calf had been born on the territory since 1876. Continue reading... |
| Sydney aged care home reports 13th death – as it happened Posted: 01 May 2020 02:35 AM PDT This blog is now closed
We'll conclude our Australian rolling coverage of Covid-19 developments here. Thank you for your company and correspondence, commendations and criticisms, all of it a welcome and vital part of our community's discussion. Be well, and stay safe.
And to the Northern Territory: The Northern Territory government insists its health system is prepared for a potential second wave of coronavirus cases, as four defence force members with Covid-19 arrived from overseas. |
| Posted: 01 May 2020 04:06 AM PDT The coronavirus response in South Africa is an eerie throwback to apartheid. State control needs to be carefully monitored across the continent In times of fear, rules go out of the window and the default position is often one of force. A recent doorstep tribute in a Johannesburg suburb to applaud the efforts of essential workers was dubbed an "illegal gathering" by police summoned to break up the event. A resident remarked that it was an eerie reminder of South Africa's past – a throwback to the times of apartheid. "The rules keep changing," admitted one officer when it was suggested that the response was heavy-handed. No harm was done but the incident highlights the potential shifts in power dynamics that fear brings, as well as the disconnect between good intentions and how they are implemented. Continue reading... |
| ‘No food, water, masks or gloves': migrant farm workers in Spain at crisis point Posted: 30 Apr 2020 11:30 PM PDT Workers in lockdown trapped in dire conditions on fruit and salad farms that supply UK supermarkets, UN warns Migrant workers on Spanish farms that provide fruit and vegetables for UK supermarkets are trapped in dire conditions under lockdown, living in cardboard and plastic shelters without food or running water. Thousands of workers, many of them undocumented, live in settlements between huge greenhouses on farms in the southern Spanish provinces of Huelva and Almeria, key regions for European supply chains. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 could mark a deadly turn in Ghana's fight against fake drugs Posted: 30 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT With substandard medicines already in wide circulation, fears are growing that coronavirus could create a lethal 'parallel crisis' When Joana Opoku-Darko's daughter Anna was 18 months old, she came down with malaria, a disease common in Ghana and especially deadly for children. She bought medication from a pharmacy in Ghana's capital, Accra; when Anna's fever didn't subside she took her to a hospital, where they ran some tests. Continue reading... |
| 'This moment is leaving a mark on me': framing Rio under Covid-19's shadow Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:15 PM PDT Nicoló Lanfranchi arrived in Brazil to make a film about traditional medicine and ended up charting a tragedy that acquired a deeply personal dimension Photographing a funeral is never easy, no matter how professional the photographer, and even more so amid a pandemic. But for Nicoló Lanfranchi, capturing the burial of Covid-19 victim Elizabeth Baez, 82, which took place this month at the São João Batista cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, was especially difficult. As he photographed the gravediggers in protective clothing with Elizabeth's son Henrique, 49, the only mourner allowed, watching on from behind a mask, Lanfranchi thought of his own father, Piero. At 72, Piero was in intensive care with Covid-19 in a hospital in Voghera, in Lombardy, northern Italy – one of the worst-affected places on Earth. Continue reading... |
| Has Sweden's coronavirus strategy played into the hands of nationalists? | Gina Gustavsson Posted: 01 May 2020 02:35 AM PDT Talk of Swedish exceptionalism and wounded national pride has echoes of the forces unleashed in Britain by Brexit Sweden has persisted with the strategy of coronavirus mitigation that the UK government eventually abandoned in March. The policy is widely supported by the public, even though the Swedish Covid-19 mortality rate is among the 10 highest in the world, at 240 per million population and steadily rising, and many of the nursing homes in Stockholm are now affected. The typical explanation for this continued public support is that Swedes are trusting and unflappable. The country's chief epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, the public face of the Swedish response to the pandemic, is after all a dry scientist-turned-bureaucrat, not some populist politician trying to whip up nationalist go-it-alone emotion. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2020 06:35 PM PDT Many Pacific nations are Covid-free and their economies depend on tourism. Cautiously restarting travel there could be an important move As Australia and New Zealand tentatively celebrate successes in their battles to bring Covid-19 under control, Winston Peters, New Zealand's deputy prime minister, has raised the possibility of the two nations opening up travel to one another. The mooted "trans-Tasman bubble" would allow travel between these two countries, which seem – for now – to have brought infection rates under control, while keeping their borders with the rest of the world closed or tightly managed. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state Posted: 30 Apr 2020 02:25 AM PDT • Coronavirus: world map of deaths and cases The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to grow in the US. Mike Pence, the vice-president, is overseeing the US response to the coronavirus. So far, 80% of patients experience a mild form of the illness, which can include a fever and pneumonia, and many of these cases require little to no medical intervention. That being said, elderly people and those with underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart and lung issues are the most vulnerable. The coronavirus death rate in China for people 80 or over in the government's study of more than 72,000 cases, was 14.8%. Continue reading... |
| Why the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is false – video explainer Posted: 01 May 2020 03:57 AM PDT Conspiracy theories linking 5G technology to coronavirus have resulted in dozens of phone masts across the UK being vandalised in recent weeks. Theories about the dangers of 5G had already been circulating, despite regulators confirming that the radiation levels of the new technology are well within safe boundaries. So how did the conspiracy incorrectly linking it to 5G start? And is 5G really dangerous? We explain why 5G has nothing to do with Covid-19 Continue reading... |
| Armed protesters enter Michigan's state capitol demanding end to coronavirus lockdown – video Posted: 01 May 2020 12:44 AM PDT Hundreds of protesters, some armed, attempted to enter the legislative chamber of Michigan's state capitol, in response to moves to extend Covid-19 lockdown orders. The demonstrators gathered as Democrat governor, Gretchen Whitmer, pushed for stay-at-home orders to continue to mid-May. The state has recorded 3,789 coronavirus deaths at time of publication Continue reading... |
| May Day workers confronting coronavirus around the world – in pictures Posted: 30 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT A celebration of the cleaners, transport workers, shop assistants, tradespeople, health workers and more who continue to serve despite the difficulties and risks of the pandemic Continue reading... |
| Trump says he has seen evidence Covid-19 was created in a Wuhan lab - video Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:17 PM PDT US President Donald Trump claims he has seen evidence of Covid-19 originating in a Wuhan lab. When asked at a press briefing if he has seen anything that gives you a "high degree of confidence" that coronavirus originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, President Trump replied: "Yes, I have." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: New York subway to close at night for disinfection, says Cuomo – video Posted: 30 Apr 2020 11:11 AM PDT New York state governor Andrew Cuomo has said the New York subway will close between 1am and 5am from 7 May to allow the MTA to disinfect the carriages, train and stations, and protect essential workers from contracting coronavirus
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| Captain Tom Moore: flypast in honour of veteran's 100th birthday – video Posted: 30 Apr 2020 05:55 AM PDT A flypast over Capt Tom Moore's house by a wartime Spitfire and a Hurricane was broadcast live on BBC Breakfast to mark the second world war veteran's 100th birthday. The centenarian, who has helped to raise over £30m for the NHS during the coronavirus crisis with a sponsored walk around his garden, has been appointed an honorary colonel Continue reading... |
| Fauci: 'clear-cut' evidence potential Covid-19 drug remdesivir works – video Posted: 29 Apr 2020 02:33 PM PDT Anthony Fauci, the US government's top infectious disease expert, has said that potential Covid-19 treatment remdesivir has shown a 'clear-cut positive effect' in a trial. 'This will be the standard of care,' Fauci said. 'What it has proven is a drug can block this virus.' Continue reading... |
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