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- Coronavirus live news: more new cases in China as parts of Europe ease restrictions
- Boris Johnson's lockdown release condemned as divisive, confusing and vague
- Global report: Covid-19 lockdown rules relax in European nations amid confusion in UK
- Covid-19 crisis stokes European tensions over migrant labour
- Cargo ship sailors press-ganged into keeping the world's trade afloat
- Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'
- Iran says 19 dead in Gulf of Oman friendly-fire incident
- Carrie Lam blames Hong Kong education system for fuelling protests
- Jerry Stiller, star of Seinfeld and father of Ben Stiller, dies aged 92
- Indian and Chinese soldiers injured in cross-border fistfight, says Delhi
- Bangladesh garment factories reopen despite coronavirus threat to workers
- Trump's environmental 'blitzkrieg' advances under cover of coronavirus
- Athens hotel ordered to demolish top floors blocking Acropolis view
- Lockdown spurs 11-year-old skateboarder to make history with first 1080-degree turn
- Barcelona without the tourists: ‘We've reclaimed our city but inherited a ghost town’
- Stranded circus in Morecambe gets local support – in pictures
- Europe's marginalised Roma people hit hard by coronavirus
- Covid-19: nursing homes account for large share of US deaths, data shows
- Emma Donoghue: the lockdown lessons she learned from writing Room
- South Korea struggles to contain new outbreak amid anti-gay backlash
- Australia coronavirus live update: Covidsafe app downloads reach 5.5m as Victoria begins easing Covid-19 restrictions – latest news
- Family reunion rescue flight to bring vulnerable migrants from Athens to UK
- Johnson address shows he has been swayed by hawks in his cabinet
- Coronavirus economic shocks could prove catalyst for Erdoğan's political decline
- Elites have failed us. It is time to create a European republic | Lorenzo Marsili and Ulrike Guérot
- Veep impact: battle to be Joe Biden's running mate plays out in public
- I don't know what 'stay alert' means: Sturgeon decries UK government's new Covid-19 advice – video
| Coronavirus live news: more new cases in China as parts of Europe ease restrictions Posted: 11 May 2020 03:26 AM PDT Boris Johnson's plans for UK labelled vague and divisive; China records new cases in Wuhan and Shulan; New Zealand to move to level 2 restrictions
Saudi-backed authorities in Yemen have declared Aden an "infested" city after the number of coronavirus cases there rose, Reuters reports. The Aden-based national coronavirus committee late on Sunday announced 17 new Covid-19 cases, 10 of them in the southern port city, to raise the total count in areas under the Saudi-backed government's control to 51 with eight deaths.
Hi this is Damien Gayle taking the reins on the blog now for the next eight hours, with the latest coronavirus developments from around the world. As usual, I'm keen to hear your input. If you have any tips, suggestions or ideas for things we could be covering from your part of the world, please do drop me a line, either via email to damien.gayle@theguardian.com, or via a direct message through Twitter to @damiengayle. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson's lockdown release condemned as divisive, confusing and vague Posted: 10 May 2020 01:24 PM PDT Coronavirus lockdown stays in place but more outdoor activity will be allowed in England
Boris Johnson urged the country to take its first tentative steps out of lockdown this week in an address to the nation that was immediately condemned as being divisive, confusing and vague. In a speech from Downing Street, Johnson said if the circumstances were right, schools in England and some shops might be able to open next month, and the government was "actively encouraging" people to return to work if they cannot do so from home. Continue reading... |
| Global report: Covid-19 lockdown rules relax in European nations amid confusion in UK Posted: 10 May 2020 08:50 PM PDT Boris Johnson criticised for vague blueprint; China reports more infections in Wuhan; Belgium and Greece also ease some measures Millions of people across Europe are set to embrace a relaxation of stay-at-home rules on Monday, as countries around the world plot their way tentatively through the coronavirus crisis. In France, from Monday members of the public were able to walk outside without filling in a permit for the first time in nearly eight weeks, teachers will start to return to primary schools, and some shops – including hair salons – will reopen. Bars, restaurants, theatres and cinemas will, however, remain closed. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 crisis stokes European tensions over migrant labour Posted: 10 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Farmers risk losing harvests but populists are seeking to cash in on fears of foreigners taking jobs The mountain slopes of Aragón, a Spanish region bordering France, are one corner of Europe where there is no ambivalence about migrant farm workers. The humans want them and the sheep want them. "We're trying to make sure these people can get here soon because the weather is getting warmer and we need to get the wool off the animals or it'll be awful," said Pedro Barato, the president of Spain's largest farming association, Asaja. Continue reading... |
| Cargo ship sailors press-ganged into keeping the world's trade afloat Posted: 10 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT 'Ticking time bomb' as contracts aren't honoured and ports stop crews going ashore even for urgent medical care Thomas Stapley-Bunten was due to finish his contract aboard the Al Shamal, a huge cargo ship carrying liquid natural gas, early last month. The ship docked at the LNG terminal in Fos Cavaou, southern France, as planned, but by then the world was in coronavirus lockdown. He couldn't disembark, and international flights were grounded, preventing him from getting home to Newcastle, UK. So the 27-year-old former Royal Navy warfare officer has been stuck onboard as the Al Shamal criss-crosses the ocean from Qatar to Turkey and France and back. The 34-man crew, from the Philippines, India, Russia and Ireland, have had their pay increased by 50%, but they just want to go home. Continue reading... |
| Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history' Posted: 10 May 2020 12:42 PM PDT
Donald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days after the justice department said it would drop its case against Michael Flynn, Trump's first national security adviser. Related: Kayleigh McEnany - the 'acceptable' face of Trumpism who infuriates liberals Continue reading... |
| Iran says 19 dead in Gulf of Oman friendly-fire incident Posted: 11 May 2020 02:23 AM PDT The Konarak was helping set targets for warships when it was struck, according to state TV An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing 19 Iranian sailors and wounding 15, Iran's state media reported on Monday, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. The statement significantly raised the death toll in Sunday's incident from that reported hours earlier, when Iran's state media said at least one sailor had been killed. Continue reading... |
| Carrie Lam blames Hong Kong education system for fuelling protests Posted: 11 May 2020 01:27 AM PDT Pro-Beijing leader pledges to overhaul school system, after weekend of heavy-handed police action Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader, Carrie Lam, has vowed to overhaul the city's education system, saying its liberal studies curriculum helped to fuel last year's violent pro-democracy protests. Her intervention follows a weekend of heavy-handed police responses to scattered protests across the city, with journalists pepper-sprayed and searched, at least 18 people injured, a 12-year-old student journalist detained, and an estimated 200 people arrested. Continue reading... |
| Jerry Stiller, star of Seinfeld and father of Ben Stiller, dies aged 92 Posted: 11 May 2020 02:18 AM PDT Comedian who formed a popular duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died of natural causes The comedian Jerry Stiller has died at the age of 92. His death was announced on Monday on Twitter by the actor Ben Stiller, who called him "a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband". Jerry Stiller enjoyed a long career on stage and screen, often accompanied by his wife, Anne Meara, with whom he formed a popular comedy act. They met in 1953, married the following year and regularly teamed up for improv sketches, performing in Las Vegas nightclubs and on The Ed Sullivan Show and other TV programmes, often in character as the squabbling spouses Mary Elizabeth Doyle and Hershey Horowitz, playing upon their Irish Catholic and Jewish cultures. In 2010, they took their act online, performing from the front room of their New York apartment. Meara died in 2015. Continue reading... |
| Indian and Chinese soldiers injured in cross-border fistfight, says Delhi Posted: 10 May 2020 05:37 PM PDT Troops also threw stones in face-off involving 150 soldiers at remote crossing point near Tibet, says Indian army Several Indian and Chinese soldiers have been injured in a cross-border clash involving fistfights and stone-throwing at a remote but strategically important mountain pass near Tibet, the Indian army said on Sunday. There have been long-running border tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, with a bitter war fought over the Indian north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh in 1962. Continue reading... |
| Bangladesh garment factories reopen despite coronavirus threat to workers Posted: 10 May 2020 11:30 PM PDT In an effort to revive the stricken industry plant owners restart production, but labour activists claim safety measures are illusory Workers in garment factories in Bangladesh, which have reopened despite a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, have said their lives are being put at risk as they are forced to return to work in cramped conditions where mask-wearing and physical distancing are not enforced. Directives by the Bangladesh government stated that garment factories, which supply some of the biggest brands in the world and produce 84% of the country's total exports, would be allowed to resume operations, but only if they maintain physical distancing and the ban on public transportation. Continue reading... |
| Trump's environmental 'blitzkrieg' advances under cover of coronavirus Posted: 10 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Administration is weakening protections ahead of the election, making changes that could take years for a Democratic president to undo The Trump administration is diligently weakening US environment protections even amid a global pandemic, continuing its rollback as the November election approaches. During the Covid-19 lockdown, US federal agencies have eased fuel-efficiency standards for new cars; frozen rules for soot air pollution; proposed to drop review requirements for liquefied natural gas terminals; continued to lease public property to oil and gas companies; sought to speed up permitting for offshore fish farms; and advanced a proposal on mercury pollution from power plants that could make it easier for the government to conclude regulations are too costly to justify their benefits. Continue reading... |
| Athens hotel ordered to demolish top floors blocking Acropolis view Posted: 10 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Campaigners 'overjoyed' at landmark ruling but say review of planning laws still needed A battle over the right to enjoy uninterrupted views of the Acropolis has resulted in a five-star hotel being ordered to demolish its top two floors, in a landmark ruling hailed by residents of Athens. Owned by Coco-Mat, the Greece-based mattress maker, the hotel — whose "breathtaking terrace" had been its selling point — opened its doors barely a year ago. Citizens enraged about the ten-storey establishment blocking their own views of the citadel took the case to the highest court in the land. Continue reading... |
| Lockdown spurs 11-year-old skateboarder to make history with first 1080-degree turn Posted: 10 May 2020 07:35 PM PDT
The closure of schools in Brazil due to the coronavirus pandemic gave 11-year-old prodigy Gui Khury plenty of time to perfect his skateboarding skills as he became the first person to land a 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp. More than two decades after Tony Hawk completed the first 900-degree turn, Khury shattered a long-standing record by flying off the top of a ramp and completing three full spins in the air before landing cleanly and skating off. The manoeuvre has long been one of the holy grails of skateboarding. Continue reading... |
| Barcelona without the tourists: ‘We've reclaimed our city but inherited a ghost town’ Posted: 10 May 2020 10:30 PM PDT Last year Barcelona received 30 million visitors – now there are none. Emerging from Europe's strictest coronavirus lockdown, how do its tourist-weary residents feel about getting their city back? For six weeks, the streets of Barcelona were deserted. Not a soul except the Deliveroo and Glovo riders and the occasional shopper, masked and gloved, making a foray to the nearest supermarket before scurrying back home. In a city with one of the highest population densities in Europe, there was no one to be seen. Throughout this time, people here have shown an extraordinary and perhaps unexpected degree of discipline, stoicism and collective spirit in sticking to the rules of one of Europe's strictest lockdowns. Continue reading... |
| Stranded circus in Morecambe gets local support – in pictures Posted: 11 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Big Kid Circus has been stranded overlooking the beach and promenade at the Lancashire resort since lockdown began Continue reading... |
| Europe's marginalised Roma people hit hard by coronavirus Posted: 11 May 2020 02:56 AM PDT Pandemic has increased deprivation and stigmatisation of continent's largest minority Europe's largest minority, the Roma people, are being particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic in many countries, because they face a combination of health risks, economic deprivation and increased stigmatisation. Around 80% of Europe's 10 million Roma live in densely populated neighbourhoods and overcrowded houses, and many do not have access to running water. This means the basic distancing and sanitary measures required to combat the spread of the virus are more difficult. In some countries this has already led to scapegoating of Roma communities as potential illness hotspots. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19: nursing homes account for large share of US deaths, data shows Posted: 11 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT Yale professor describes as 'staggering' research that reveals more than half of all deaths in 14 US states from elderly care facilities Residents of nursing homes have accounted for a staggering proportion of Covid-19 deaths in the US, according to incomplete data gathered by healthcare researchers. Related: 'We're living in fear': why US nursing homes became incubators for the coronavirus Continue reading... |
| Emma Donoghue: the lockdown lessons she learned from writing Room Posted: 11 May 2020 12:40 AM PDT The author's bestselling novel of confinement has gained new resonance during coronavirus As the author of Room, a story about a mother and child held captive for years in a garden shed, Emma Donoghue mapped the mental toll of extreme confinement long before coronavirus lockdowns. Her character Ma endured boredom, frustration, anguish and worse – yet somehow created a rich, nurturing environment for her son. Continue reading... |
| South Korea struggles to contain new outbreak amid anti-gay backlash Posted: 11 May 2020 02:58 AM PDT Fears people will fail to get tested out of fear after new cases linked to Seoul gay district Authorities in South Korea are struggling to contain a new coronavirus outbreak linked to the capital's nightclub district as a backlash against the country's gay community increases, prompting fears LGBT people will fail to get tested out of fear of being outed. South Korea had been praised for its innovative efforts to contain the pandemic, going from the second most infected region outside China to having just a handful of cases before the latest outbreak a week ago. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 May 2020 03:11 AM PDT Deputy CMO says there are 'very serious risks' from overcrowding as Victoria plans to lift lockdown rules and another Newmarch resident dies after testing negative. Follow all the latest news and updates, live
We will be providing live coverage of state premiers Daniel Andrews, Gladys Berejiklian and Annastacia Palaszczuk on the ABC's Q&A program at 9.30pm. But before we get there, here's what's happened today:
Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy is currently on ABC's 7.30 program. It's a repetition of the lines he said yesterday, and his deputies were saying today. A large second wave. That is the most worrying thing of all. We saw people behaving really badly and congregating ... If people aren't careful and we have lots of pockets of outbreaks and widespread community transmission, you know, thousands more cases — that is what worries me most of all. I don't think it will happen because I think we are as well prepared as we could be, but it will only work if every citizen does the right thing. Continue reading... |
| Family reunion rescue flight to bring vulnerable migrants from Athens to UK Posted: 10 May 2020 06:39 AM PDT Exclusive: Greek PM intervenes to help 50 asylum seekers reach UK despite ban on direct flights An unprecedented family reunion rescue flight is due to leave Athens, bringing 52 vulnerable migrants, including several minors, to join family in the UK. The flight on Monday is the result of intense efforts by refugee families in the UK with the support of campaign group Safe Passage and the peer Alf Dubs. It was organised with collaboration from the UK and Greek governments after direct flights between Greece and the UK were suspended in March. Continue reading... |
| Johnson address shows he has been swayed by hawks in his cabinet Posted: 10 May 2020 12:57 PM PDT PM attempted to strike a balance, but slogan change and back-to-work pledge will please libertarian right Boris Johnson famously dislikes disappointing the people around him. The result is this weekend's barrage of confused messaging over whether the lockdown is ending, as he tries to please both sides in the battle raging within the Tory party about how to respond to the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus economic shocks could prove catalyst for Erdoğan's political decline Posted: 10 May 2020 06:56 AM PDT Collapsing economy and handling of crisis may deal president mortal blow Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is a populist juggernaut, fond of suggesting that his leadership is the only way to protect the country from enemies both real and imagined. The coronavirus pandemic, however, is an existential crisis unlike anything he has faced before. "Erdoğan has gradually managed to reform Turkey's constitution, consolidating power into the presidency's hands," said Nate Schenkkan, the director for special research at Freedom House, a US-based democracy watchdog. Continue reading... |
| Elites have failed us. It is time to create a European republic | Lorenzo Marsili and Ulrike Guérot Posted: 10 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT After the pandemic, EU citizens must seize the moment to build a democracy of equals who share the same protections In 1933, the year of the Nazi takeover, the French writer Julien Benda wrote his Discourse to the European Nation, urging Europeans to come together around their shared universalist values and against the rising monsters of nationalism. As Europe marched towards the murder of its soul and its people, many dared to dream the impossible. Benda was not alone. The Ventotene manifesto, one of the founding texts of European federalism, was drafted in 1941. And it was against the background of a continent in ruins that Churchill spoke of a "United States of Europe" in 1946. The rebirth of Europe would have been unthinkable if the flame of European unity had not been kept alive throughout the continent's darkest hour. Continue reading... |
| Veep impact: battle to be Joe Biden's running mate plays out in public Posted: 10 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT The presumptive Democratic nominee has said his No2 will be a woman and Warren, Abrams, Harris, Whitmer and Klobuchar lead the contenders Traditionally, American presidential candidates pick vice-presidential running mates largely in secret, outside the view of the public or even members of their own party so as to maximize news value – and not offend those passed over for the job. But in 2020 – during a campaign already driven mostly online due to the coronavirus pandemic – Joe Biden's quest to make a vice-presidential pick has been an unusually open, vocal and public audition, both within the campaign and outside it. Continue reading... |
| I don't know what 'stay alert' means: Sturgeon decries UK government's new Covid-19 advice – video Posted: 10 May 2020 08:08 AM PDT Scotland's first minister for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has rebuffed the UK government's new coronavirus advice, saying that she doesn't know what it means, and that her country would not use it. She also announced that people in Scotland would be able to exercise more than once a day
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