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- Coronavirus live news: Democrats pass House bill calling for $3tn stimulus, Brazil health minister quits
- Trump unveils 'warp-speed' effort to create coronavirus vaccine by year's end
- Coronavirus in Europe: Germany and Austria reopen restaurants as new normal beckons
- Anger in Madrid but calm in Barcelona at extended lockdown
- 'Take him down': Fiji's prison commissioner accused of ordering staff to beat inmates
- British negotiator gives EU two-week deadline to drop 'ideological' stance
- 'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
- Iran sentences French-Iranian academic to six years in prison – lawyer
- Mothers in labour, pregnant women and babies were Kabul gunmen's target - MSF
- Thousands of UK students caught in rent trap by private landlords
- Half of Oakland students lack access to computers. Jack Dorsey is stepping in
- 'We're on virus time': Las Vegas on edge amid reopening gamble
- UK researchers hope dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus
- Met police officer investigated after man shot with Taser stun gun is left paralysed
- 'The ship is sinking': Bolsonaro battles to block foul-mouthed cabinet video
- ‘It's our sanctuary’: gardens in lockdown, as seen by drone
- Police say 'dangerous individual' still at large after north London stabbing
- Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance
- 'People are desperate': floods and rock slides devastate western Uganda
- West Africa facing food crisis as coronavirus spreads
- Faced with an appalling US coronavirus death toll, the right denies the figures
- 'Perhaps you should look into it': Kayleigh McEnany dodges Obamagate question – video
- 'That's the sign of love': Trump claims truckers' disruptive honking is 'in favour' of him – video
- Bathing bears and bungee-jumping mayors: the week's most uplifting clips – video
| Posted: 16 May 2020 02:35 AM PDT Trump to restore partial funding to WHO – Fox News; record increase in daily Brazil cases; Covid-19 spreads in Yemen. Follow the latest updates
At the WHO/IOC press conference, Thomas Bach has been asked how all the physical contact involved in sport can be safely managed at next year's Olympics given there is no vaccine in prospect for Covid-19 yet. He replied that, at this point, it is very hard to say: "We are one year and two months away from these games. We will take all the necessary decisions at the right time, relying on the advice of the WHO, discussing it in our joint taskforce. I think nobody can at this moment in time really give you a reliable answer on how the world will look like in July 2021. So we have to be vigilant and we have to be patient, at the same time, to take the right measures to ensure the safe participation of everybody in the games."
Our UK live blog is up and running alongside this global blog – you can join my colleague Lucy Campbell here: Related: UK coronavirus live: 'stop squabbling' over school closures, says children's commissioner Continue reading... |
| Trump unveils 'warp-speed' effort to create coronavirus vaccine by year's end Posted: 15 May 2020 12:57 PM PDT
Donald Trump has announced details of a "warp-speed" effort to create a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, even as experts warn that such a breakthrough could take longer than 18 months. Related: Coronavirus US live: Trump's press conference disrupted by trucker protest Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus in Europe: Germany and Austria reopen restaurants as new normal beckons Posted: 15 May 2020 08:56 AM PDT Restaurants reopen in parts of Germany, while Italy relaxes travel restrictions Europe took a step towards post-virus normality on Friday when restaurants in Germany and Austria reopened for the first time in two months, and other countries loosened travel restrictions and threw open borders. Berlin's restaurants, cafes and snack kiosks were allowed to serve customers again, so long as they obeyed physical distancing. People from two separate households could share a table, but had to keep a distance of 1.5m from each other. Continue reading... |
| Anger in Madrid but calm in Barcelona at extended lockdown Posted: 15 May 2020 10:35 AM PDT Contrast is stark between reactions in Spain's two biggest cities to being excluded from relaxation of coronavirus measures For the past five days, millions of people in Spain have once again been able to indulge in moments of luxury that would have been mundane routines just two months ago. Across half the country, they have been able to meet up with friends and family, and to sit outside bars and sip a café con leche or a cold, refreshing caña (beer). But not so in Madrid or Barcelona. Continue reading... |
| 'Take him down': Fiji's prison commissioner accused of ordering staff to beat inmates Posted: 15 May 2020 05:39 PM PDT Exclusive: Four former prison officers seeking asylum in Australia claim Francis Kean, brother-in-law of Fiji's PM, ran a brutal campaign of intimidation Four former prison officers from Fiji are seeking asylum in Australia claiming the prime minister's brother-in-law, who is the commissioner of the corrections service, routinely ordered the beating and mistreatment of prisoners and at one point ordered them to assault a fellow staff member. Detailed accounts given to the Guardian by the four officers claim Francis Kean, a powerful figure inside Fiji, waged a brutal campaign of intimidation, coercion, bullying and violence on both prisoners and staff – which human rights campaigners say may amount to torture – with impunity. Continue reading... |
| British negotiator gives EU two-week deadline to drop 'ideological' stance Posted: 15 May 2020 07:53 AM PDT David Frost says there has been 'very little progress' in talks with Michel Barnier as clock ticks on Britain's chief negotiator in the talks over the future relationship with the EU has warned Michel Barnier that he must drop his "ideological approach" within the next fortnight, as the latest round of talks ended in stalemate. The comments from David Frost came as both sides offered a gloomy prognosis for the negotiations on trade, security and fisheries, with little sign of the teams finding common ground. Continue reading... |
| 'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama Posted: 16 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what's driving Trump's fixation? President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. "I was immediately struck by Trump's body language," wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. "I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled." Related: Trump campaign focuses fire on Biden as pandemic undermines strategy Continue reading... |
| Iran sentences French-Iranian academic to six years in prison – lawyer Posted: 16 May 2020 01:51 AM PDT Fariba Adelkhah to appeal against sentence on national security charges Iran has sentenced the French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer said. "The court has sentenced her to six years. We have appealed and if accepted, the sentence will drop to five years," Adelkhah's lawyer, Saeid Dehghan, told Reuters on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Mothers in labour, pregnant women and babies were Kabul gunmen's target - MSF Posted: 15 May 2020 07:55 AM PDT Attack still unclaimed, but US defies Afghan government, blames Isis and says negotiations with Taliban must continue Gunmen who attacked a maternity hospital in Kabul came "with the purpose of killing mothers in cold blood", systematically shooting every woman in labour and new mothers they came across, the charity Médecins Sans Frontières has said. The attack on Tuesday morning, aimed at the youngest of children and most vulnerable of women, shocked even a country that has endured decades of bloodshed and tens of thousands of civilian deaths. Continue reading... |
| Thousands of UK students caught in rent trap by private landlords Posted: 15 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT While campuses are shut by Covid-19, students are still being forced to pay for unused accommodation Notttingham Trent University students Eleanora Brown and her boyfriend Nizar Ruiz are in lockdown at home in Norwich, with no prospect of returning to campus any time soon. The teaching buildings are closed and the university has released all of its tenants from paying rent this term. Yet their hall of residence, run by Collegiate, a private developer, is demanding £1,700 from each of its residents to cover the summer term. While students at most university-owned accommodation do not have to pay rent for the third term, Brown and Ruiz are among thousands of students trapped in expensive contracts with private hall operators. Continue reading... |
| Half of Oakland students lack access to computers. Jack Dorsey is stepping in Posted: 15 May 2020 06:20 PM PDT Twitter CEO's $10m pledge will immediately help 'put a device in the hand of every single kid' in Oakland's public schools Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, has announced that he will donate $10m toward computers and internet access for public schools in Oakland, a city where half of students lack reliable access to either. Dorsey dropped the news after the Oakland mayor, Libby Schaaf, tweeted a video of one those 25,000 students without access to the technology. "Every student deserves the ability to learn from home," wrote Schaaf. Continue reading... |
| 'We're on virus time': Las Vegas on edge amid reopening gamble Posted: 15 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT Workers demand to see companies' plans as city centered on hospitality braces for an uncertain future The Las Vegas Strip had a brief jolt of life this week when 10,000 casino workers caravanned down the celebrated boulevard. On Tuesday evening, the parade of cars backed up traffic for miles as occupants honked their horns and held signs out their windows that read "transparency = safety" and "don't roll the dice with workers' lives". Continue reading... |
| UK researchers hope dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus Posted: 15 May 2020 04:01 PM PDT £500,000 government funding for project that 'could revolutionise' screening Dogs are to be trained to try to sniff out the coronavirus before symptoms appear in humans, under trials launched with £500,000 of government funding. Dogs have already been successfully trained to detect the odour of certain cancers, malaria and Parkinson's disease, and a new study will look at whether labradors and cocker spaniels can be trained to detect Covid-19 in people. Continue reading... |
| Met police officer investigated after man shot with Taser stun gun is left paralysed Posted: 15 May 2020 07:09 AM PDT Outcry after man, 23, fell from wall after stun gun was fired in Haringey, north London A police officer has been placed under criminal investigation after a man was shot with a Taser weapon and left paralysed from the waist down, the Guardian has learned. The man, 23, was shot by an officer using a stun gun as he jumped over a wall and fell as officers tried to detain him in Haringey, north London. Continue reading... |
| 'The ship is sinking': Bolsonaro battles to block foul-mouthed cabinet video Posted: 15 May 2020 10:29 AM PDT A partial transcript of the meeting in Brasília offers a glimpse of the paranoia and ideological obsessions of Brazil's president The coronavirus pandemic has halted production of Brazil's steamy telenovela soap operas – but one small-screen blockbuster is on everyone's lips. A two-hour video of a heated and expletive-ridden cabinet meeting chaired by President Jair Bolsonaro last month has become the subject of an extraordinary political arm-wrestle, exposing the intrigues and eccentricities at the centre of Brazilian power. Continue reading... |
| ‘It's our sanctuary’: gardens in lockdown, as seen by drone Posted: 16 May 2020 01:00 AM PDT Photographer Robert Ormerod uses his aerial camera to document how neighbours are finding solace in their green spaces. By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Robert Ormerod had just moved house when lockdown began. "We lived in a flat before. We moved for a garden," he says. "So when this kicked off, we couldn't believe how lucky we were to have moved in time." As with most photographers, his ability to work has been limited, so Ormerod hit upon the idea of shooting his Edinburgh neighbours in their gardens. These outdoor spaces have been a boon for millions of families across the UK, who have over the past two months used their patch, however small, to get some fresh air, exercise, escape, grow their own food or get to know the wildlife. Continue reading... |
| Police say 'dangerous individual' still at large after north London stabbing Posted: 16 May 2020 01:57 AM PDT Suspect in murder of Jemal Ebrahim in Seven Sisters 'remains in the community', Met says Police have said a "dangerous individual" is at large after the murder of a 23-year-old in north London. Jemal Ebrahim was found stabbed in Russell Road, Seven Sisters, on Wednesday evening and later died in hospital. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance Posted: 16 May 2020 01:59 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia
Good evening, here are the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia. This is Josh Taylor and it is Saturday 16 May. Continue reading... |
| 'People are desperate': floods and rock slides devastate western Uganda Posted: 16 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Villagers who have lost everything are sheltering in makeshift camps where food, bedding and water are in short supply It was about 1am last Thursday when Dorothy Masika was woken by the rumble of water and boulders as they crashed down Mount Rwenzori. Then came the alarms raised by those living in the hilltop areas, those who could run, racing down to warn people along the valley and lowlands to run. A torrent of water was on its way down the mountain. Four rivers in Kasese district – the Nyamwamba, Mubuku, Nyamughasana and Lhubiriha – had burst their banks. Continue reading... |
| West Africa facing food crisis as coronavirus spreads Posted: 15 May 2020 09:20 AM PDT Pandemic adds to jihadi and climate change threats to present 'immense challenge' for region More than 43 million people in west Africa are likely to be in urgent need of food assistance in the coming months – double the initial estimates – as the Covid-19 outbreak accelerates, the World Food Programme has said. Food insecurity could also double this year to affect 265 million people across the continent; west Africa, where the outbreak of the virus is most severe, is of increasing concern. Continue reading... |
| Faced with an appalling US coronavirus death toll, the right denies the figures Posted: 15 May 2020 08:54 AM PDT Fox News is foremost in promoting the idea that official figures are inflated, whereas experts believe more people have died As Donald Trump agitates for the US to reopen, the American right appears to have found a novel way to deal with the rising coronavirus death toll: deny it altogether. Related: 'Obamagate': Fox News focuses on conspiracy theory rather than Covid-19 Continue reading... |
| 'Perhaps you should look into it': Kayleigh McEnany dodges Obamagate question – video Posted: 15 May 2020 02:55 PM PDT During a press briefing, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked why Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of committing a crime this week and asked her to name the crime. After listing issues with people in office while Obama was president, she said it was reporters' responsibility to 'answer the question' of what Obama did that was against the law. She ignored the reporter pointing out it is the White House press secretary's duty to respond to questions about something the president said
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| 'That's the sign of love': Trump claims truckers' disruptive honking is 'in favour' of him – video Posted: 15 May 2020 11:14 AM PDT Trucking industry protesters disrupted a press briefing in the White House rose garden on Friday by honking their horns. Donald Trump said the sound was truckers 'showing support', but the honking may have been a protest. Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that a convoy of trucks in Washington DC blasted their air horns to protest against low shipping rates, which truckers say threaten their livelihoods Continue reading... |
| Bathing bears and bungee-jumping mayors: the week's most uplifting clips – video Posted: 15 May 2020 10:35 AM PDT As countries around the world adjust to life with Covid-19, people are finding new ways to enjoy themselves responsibly. From the restaurant using plush pandas to help with social distancing, to a drive-in rave in Germany, these are the week's most cheering clips Continue reading... |
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