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- Coronavirus live news: Russia records 10,000 new cases in a day as Wuhan prepares to test 11m residents
- New US coronavirus hotspots appear in Republican heartlands
- UK economy shrinks by 2% as Covid-19 slump begins - business live
- EU faces ‘existential threat’ if coronavirus recovery is uneven
- Gerry Adams illegally held during Troubles, supreme court rules
- Death of five surfers in storm shocks Netherlands
- 'The stakes are higher': Hong Kong's battle lines redrawn for post-Covid protests
- Mushroom foragers warned amid jump in poisonings in Australia
- Tui warns of 8,000 job losses as travel firm faces 'greatest crisis'
- Aston Martin makes £119m loss in first quarter of 2020
- EU's live export trade puts welfare of millions of animals at risk – report
- Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect moderators from 'horrors' of graphic content
- Mike Pompeo breaks travel hiatus for hours-long visit to Israel
- Amateur archaeologists redraw map of Roman Britain – from home
- 'Social mothers': the women who helped a Brazilian city halve its child death rate
- Grant Shapps says he would not get on crowded bus or tube
- Cycling 'explosion': coronavirus fuels surge in US bike ridership
- Asio could question children and more easily use more tracking devices under new powers
- 'Finally, a virus got me': Ebola expert on nearly dying of coronavirus
- Unicef: 6,000 children could die every day due to impact of coronavirus
- Croatian police accused of spray-painting heads of asylum seekers
- 'We wrap services around women': Brazil's innovative domestic violence centre
- Stay alert or stay home? How Covid-19 lockdown rules differ across UK
- UK takes a pasting from world's press over coronavirus crisis
- What is the future for travel and migration in age of Covid-19?
- Tokyo's state of emergency – in pictures
- Anthony Fauci: 'serious consequences' if US exits lockdown too early – video
- What does the 'R' number of coronavirus mean? – video explainer
- Rishi Sunak extends furlough job retention scheme until end of October – video
| Posted: 13 May 2020 02:42 AM PDT Pence avoiding Trump after aide's positive test; Saudi oil profits drop 25%; French schools reopen
A Russian healthcare watchdog has suspended the use of a domestically manufactured ventilator suspected to have caused two deadly fires in Russian hospitals in the last week.
The continuing ban on public and religious gatherings in Nigeria has led to increasingly divided reactions from Churches in Nigeria. In recent weeks, two of the most influential mega-church pastors in the country have grown in hostility to the government's lockdown measures, and questioned the severity of the pandemic altogether. Continue reading... |
| New US coronavirus hotspots appear in Republican heartlands Posted: 13 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT
New coronavirus hotspots are emerging in Republican heartland communities across multiple states, contradicting Donald Trump's claims that infection rates are declining across the nation. Related: Fauci says US reopening could trigger outbreak 'you might not be able to control' Continue reading... |
| UK economy shrinks by 2% as Covid-19 slump begins - business live Posted: 13 May 2020 02:33 AM PDT UK GDP has suffered its biggest quarterly fall since 2008, as the coronavirus lockdown hits the economy
Keen gardeners have seized the opportunity to return to garden centres as they reopened in England this morning. Between 30 and 40 customers queued outside Chessington Garden Centre in Surrey before it reopened at 9am this morning. It's the day gardeners have been waiting for. Between 30 - 40 shoppers queued to get into Chessington Garden Centre as it reopened at 9am this morning pic.twitter.com/2Sp6A4Esud
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has also warned that UK is "very likely" entering a deep recession this year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak tells @ITVJoel 'Yes, it is now very likely that the UK will face a significant recession this year'https://t.co/K6qG9KmFyk On Telegraph leak that says internally "v-shaped" bounce back seem as optimistic: Sunak: " I think it's premature to speculate. But what we do know is in order to make sure that recovery is as swift as strong as we will like it to be we need to take action now to protect jobs..." In terms of payment, we'll have to have future budgets, we'll get to that, but right now we are still in the midst of this thing and we're clear that we're not going to go back to world of austerity in order to do that. Continue reading... |
| EU faces ‘existential threat’ if coronavirus recovery is uneven Posted: 12 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni says bloc needs a sound plan to avoid divisions The risk of an uneven economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis poses an "existential threat" to the European Union, one of its most senior economic policymakers has said. Paolo Gentiloni, a former Italian prime minister and now the EU's economy commissioner, said the bloc also had a "historic opportunity" as it charts a plan to rescue Europe's economy. Continue reading... |
| Gerry Adams illegally held during Troubles, supreme court rules Posted: 13 May 2020 02:31 AM PDT Ex-Sinn Féin leader wins fight to overturn two convictions for attempting to escape from Maze prison The former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was interned illegally at the height of Northern Ireland's Troubles because the wrong minister approved his detention order, the supreme court has ruled. His two convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze prison in the 1970s have also been quashed by the UK's highest court. Continue reading... |
| Death of five surfers in storm shocks Netherlands Posted: 12 May 2020 06:42 PM PDT Fears more victims could be found after experienced group caught in heavy seas and thick sea foam off coast of The Hague At least five experienced surfers have drowned after going out in stormy weather off the coast of The Hague, Dutch authorities have said. The group of men, aged between 22 and 38, were among 10 surfers and swimmers who took to the water in Scheveningen on Monday evening in heavy weather that generated a thick layer of sea foam and hampered rescue efforts. Continue reading... |
| 'The stakes are higher': Hong Kong's battle lines redrawn for post-Covid protests Posted: 12 May 2020 05:41 PM PDT The territory is braced for a summer of activism, but mass demonstrations may be a thing of the past as police target leaders, reporters and freedoms Hong Kong is bracing for another summer of protest after renewed violence in parliament, shopping malls, and streets over the weekend. But after almost a year of Beijing's escalating anger, a growing sense of impunity among police, and a still-dangerous pandemic the rules of engagement are being redrawn. On Friday the Legislative Council (LegCo) hosted alarming scenes as pro-Beijing legislators protected by security took control of a committee chair, sparking a standoff which escalated to violence. They were seeking to pass a controversial law which would criminalise disrespect of the national anthem. A weekend of flash mobs followed. Continue reading... |
| Mushroom foragers warned amid jump in poisonings in Australia Posted: 12 May 2020 10:12 PM PDT Wet, mild weather brings abundance of fungi – but picking them requires expert knowledge Health authorities across the country are urging Australians not to eat wild mushrooms as favourable growing conditions and coronavirus lockdowns lead to a rise in people attending hospital after eating potentially deadly fungi. Poison information line experts are reporting their busiest period in decades, including inquiries from perplexed emergency room doctors, with Victorian authorities recording eight hospital admissions among foragers who have ingested toxic mushrooms in the past two weeks. Continue reading... |
| Tui warns of 8,000 job losses as travel firm faces 'greatest crisis' Posted: 13 May 2020 12:36 AM PDT Coronavirus forces Europe's largest travel group to permanently cut costs by 30% Tui plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs in response to the coronavirus chaos engulfing the tourism industry. Europe's largest travel group said it needed to reduce costs permanently to tackle "unquestionably the greatest crisis the industry and Tui has ever faced". Continue reading... |
| Aston Martin makes £119m loss in first quarter of 2020 Posted: 13 May 2020 02:43 AM PDT Carmaker's woes escalate, with 45% fewer cars sold to dealers than in same period last year Aston Martin Lagonda's losses ballooned to £119m in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic caused the already struggling British carmaker's sales to plunge across the world. The company sold only 578 cars to dealers in the first quarter, down 45% from the same period in 2019. Continue reading... |
| EU's live export trade puts welfare of millions of animals at risk – report Posted: 12 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT European commission finds welfare gaps, non-compliance and poor planning in trade of animals to North Africa and the Middle-East The welfare of millions of cattle, sheep and goats exported from the EU is being put at risk by failings including heat stress, bad planning and a lack of information from the destination country, a new European commission report has found. Among the systemic problems identified were poor planning for high temperatures, an issue that has been raised repeatedly by campaigners. In summer, the report said, animals "in many vehicles arriving to ports" must sometimes "endure temperatures of over 35C". Continue reading... |
| Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect moderators from 'horrors' of graphic content Posted: 12 May 2020 06:06 PM PDT Each worker will get $1,000, more if they were diagnosed with a disorder as a result of the material they viewed Facebook has agreed to pay a settlement of $52m in a court case alleging the company failed to protect workers tasked with moderating disturbing content from the grave mental health impacts of the job. As part of the settlement, which was announced Tuesday, moderators will get a minimum of $1,000 each from Facebook with the potential for additional compensation if they have been diagnosed with mental health disorders, including PTSD. Continue reading... |
| Mike Pompeo breaks travel hiatus for hours-long visit to Israel Posted: 12 May 2020 10:15 PM PDT US secretary of state to discuss Israeli plans to annex swathes of the Palestinian territories The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has arrived in Israel amid the coronavirus pandemic to discuss US-backed plans to annex large parts of the Palestinian territories. The single-stop visit – Pompeo's first in nearly two months – will last just a few hours, with a small US team afforded exemptions from strict Israeli coronavirus restrictions that require any arrivals to self-isolate for two weeks. Continue reading... |
| Amateur archaeologists redraw map of Roman Britain – from home Posted: 12 May 2020 04:01 PM PDT Volunteers find 'astounding' number of unknown sites in south-west from aerial surveys Digging at archaeological sites around the UK has been brought to a shuddering halt by the coronavirus, but research being undertaken from home by a group of amateurs is helping to redraw the map of the south-west of Britain in Roman times. Volunteers poring over detailed aerial surveys of the borderlands between Cornwall and Devon spotted telltale signs of dozens of previously unknown settlements and miles of roads linking Roman forts. Continue reading... |
| 'Social mothers': the women who helped a Brazilian city halve its child death rate Posted: 13 May 2020 12:30 AM PDT Sobral had one of Brazil's highest infant mortality rates, but a groundbreaking health scheme has halved its number of child deaths Rita de Cássia, 46, chokes on her words and tears stream down her face as she recounts her time working with a new mother who was a frequent drug user. She remembers when she first walked into the mother's apartment she shared with her partner – also a drug user – and seeing it covered in mud. There was no toilet, and no sink; they had been sold to buy drugs. The other children in the family were asking for food but there was nothing to give them. Continue reading... |
| Grant Shapps says he would not get on crowded bus or tube Posted: 13 May 2020 01:46 AM PDT Transport secretary urges people not to 'flood back' on to public transport as lockdown eases Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, has suggested he would not personally get on a crowded bus or tube, following busy scenes this week after Boris Johnson encouraged people to get back to work. The cabinet minister urged people not to "flood back" on to public transport, saying walking, cycling or cars should be considered instead. Continue reading... |
| Cycling 'explosion': coronavirus fuels surge in US bike ridership Posted: 13 May 2020 02:30 AM PDT It's fun, freeing, socially distant and good for you – no wonder bicycle usage has soared across the US Such is the demand for bicycles that Denver bike shop co-owner Phillip Brown and his colleagues can't build them quick enough. Related: Loud sex, thunderous dancing: how coronavirus strains neighborly ties Continue reading... |
| Asio could question children and more easily use more tracking devices under new powers Posted: 13 May 2020 02:42 AM PDT Morrison government's proposed changes to spy agency's rules draw fire from Greens and Law Council Australia's domestic spy agency would be allowed to question children as young as 14 and have easier access to tracking devices under a new bill to beef up Asio's powers. The bill – introduced to parliament on Wednesday – would also extend the power of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to question people over "foreign interference". Continue reading... |
| 'Finally, a virus got me': Ebola expert on nearly dying of coronavirus Posted: 12 May 2020 11:20 PM PDT Peter Piot tells of his brush with death and predicts people will suffer effects of the virus for years Peter Piot, the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus, and the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has told of his brush with death after contracting Covid-19. The professor had never previously been seriously ill, but after 40 years studying and leading the global response to infectious diseases including HIV and Aids, he said that "finally, a virus got me". Continue reading... |
| Unicef: 6,000 children could die every day due to impact of coronavirus Posted: 12 May 2020 10:01 PM PDT Disruption of essential maternity and health services is the biggest crisis faced by under fives since second world war As many as 6,000 children around the world could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months due to the impact of coronavirus on routine health services, the UN has warned. Global disruption of essential maternal and child health interventions – such as family planning, birth and postnatal care, and vaccinations – could lead to an additional 1.2 million deaths of under fives in just six months, according to analysis by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in the Lancet Global Health Journal. Continue reading... |
| Croatian police accused of spray-painting heads of asylum seekers Posted: 12 May 2020 07:10 AM PDT UN has asked the government to investigate latest allegations of abuse against migrants crossing on Balkan route from Bosnia Croatian police are allegedly spray-painting the heads of asylum seekers with crosses when they attempt to cross the border from Bosnia. The Guardian has obtained a number of photographs of what has been described by charities as the "latest humiliation'' perpetrated by the Croatian authorities against migrants travelling along the Balkan route. Continue reading... |
| 'We wrap services around women': Brazil's innovative domestic violence centre Posted: 12 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT With violence against women endemic in the country, new initiatives are desperately needed but slow to arrive Lucas da Silva* sits in a cell while he waits to hear from the court what will happen to him. The 33-year-old is not in a prison, but at Casa da Mulher Brasileira ("house of the Brazilian woman"), a centre for survivors of violence in Campo Grande, central Brazil, that is open 24/7. Continue reading... |
| Stay alert or stay home? How Covid-19 lockdown rules differ across UK Posted: 12 May 2020 09:13 AM PDT What you are allowed to do now depends on what part of the union you live in The UK's approach to Covid-19 now very much depends on what part of the union you live in after Downing Street's decision to drop the "stay at home" slogan in favour of "stay alert" and its plans to begin lifting the lockdown this week. The devolved administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff and at Stormont have all – in their own ways – opted to stick with "stay at home" while Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has described the move by Boris Johnson as "potentially catastrophic". Continue reading... |
| UK takes a pasting from world's press over coronavirus crisis Posted: 12 May 2020 05:18 AM PDT Across Europe to the US, the foreign newspaper verdict is Britain has performed badly Britain's reputation for its handling of the coronavirus epidemic has taken another global pasting after newspapers worldwide reported on what they described as confusion and internal divisions that are rapidly creating a crisis as big as Brexit for the UK. With many diplomats admitting that soft power reputations are being forged or destroyed during the pandemic, the European press in particular is taking time to point out that the UK is experiencing the worst death rate in Europe, revealing a National Health Service that is underfunded and underprepared. Continue reading... |
| What is the future for travel and migration in age of Covid-19? Posted: 12 May 2020 04:49 AM PDT Lockdowns are starting to ease but travel and migration will be disrupted for longer Our globalised world has been brought to a crashing halt by coronavirus. By April, over 90% of the world's population – 7.1 billion people – lived in countries with coronavirus-related travel restrictions on people arriving from abroad, a Pew study found. Continue reading... |
| Tokyo's state of emergency – in pictures Posted: 13 May 2020 02:09 AM PDT As Japan considers lifting state-of-emergency conditions in many regions this week and the country inches towards a gradual return of economic activity, photographer Dai Kurokawa looks at life in the capital Continue reading... |
| Anthony Fauci: 'serious consequences' if US exits lockdown too early – video Posted: 12 May 2020 10:54 AM PDT Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has warned of serious consequences if US states reopen before building capacity to deal with new Covid-19 outbreaks
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| What does the 'R' number of coronavirus mean? – video explainer Posted: 12 May 2020 08:38 AM PDT The 'R' number of coronavirus is a figure that is being closely scrutinised as ministers decide when to end lockdown in the UK. Boris Johnson has said the country must keep the R rate below one in order to avoid the disaster of a second peak. But what does the R number mean and why is it important? Kate Proctor explains why the government is keeping a close eye on it and what it signifies Continue reading... |
| Rishi Sunak extends furlough job retention scheme until end of October – video Posted: 12 May 2020 05:30 AM PDT The chancellor says the coronavirus job retention scheme will be extended for four months, until the end of October. There will be no changes until the end of July, he says, and in August, September and October it will continue with more flexibility. Sunak added that 7.5m jobs have been supported by the furlough scheme and almost 1m businesses helped |
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