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- Coronavirus live news: Malaysia rounds up migrants as UN warns of crackdown on vulnerable
- UK commuters may be asked to check temperature before travelling
- No leadership and no plan: is Trump about to fail the US on coronavirus testing?
- Madrid residents emerge to exercise as Spain eases lockdown
- Row over EU office in Belfast threatens to derail Brexit talks
- Kim Jong-un reappears in North Korea after weeks of speculation - reports
- Isis mounts deadly assault on Iraqi militia members near Samarra
- Somali medics report rapid rise in deaths as Covid-19 fears grow
- Malaysia cites Covid-19 for rounding up hundreds of migrants
- Hong Kong calls foreign criticism of crackdown on pro-democracy figures 'irresponsible'
- Trudeau announces Canada is banning assault-style weapons
- Riot in Venezuela prison kills at least 40 and injures 50, including warden
- Five crew of Canadian helicopter presumed dead after crash off Greek coast
- Foreign Office obstructed search for truth, say Harry Dunn lawyers
- NK Jemisin: 'It’s easier to get a book set in black Africa published if you're white'
- Two suspects arrested over murder of NHS worker David Gomoh
- The US and Iran are still perilously close to conflict | Ali Vaez
- ‘We needed to do more’: volunteers step up in lockdown Lagos
- Who is Tara Reade and what are her allegations against Joe Biden?
- Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance
- ‘Let the boats in’: Rohingya refugees plead for stranded relatives to be saved
- Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation
- Trump 'cannot tell a lie' – but can Kayleigh McEnany, his new press secretary?
- Is 100,000 tests a day an effective strategy against coronavirus?
- Kim Jong-un makes reported reappearance after health speculation – video
- Trudeau: assault-style weapons banned 'effective immediately' – video
- Why BAME people may be more at risk from coronavirus – video explainer
| Coronavirus live news: Malaysia rounds up migrants as UN warns of crackdown on vulnerable Posted: 02 May 2020 06:14 AM PDT Somalia reports rapid rise in Covid-19 deaths; 98 people die in one New York nursing home; Singapore eases restrictions as second wave subsides
The son of a care home nurse who died in the UK after contracting Covid-19 has said a lack of personal protective equipment is what killed his mother, as the family were forced to say goodbye via an iPad. In an online tribute, Ian O'Neal described Suzanne Loverseed, 63, as a "lioness" who gave everything for her children.
Mick Jagger and Will Smith will be among dozens of international celebrities performing from their homes in a four-hour concert to raise funds for the battle against coronavirus in India, where the number of cases is surging. The country's cricket captain Virat Kohli, Bollywood actors Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan are some of the top domestic names billed to perform or read messages during the event on Sunday. Related: Mick Jagger and Will Smith to perform in India Covid-19 concert Continue reading... |
| UK commuters may be asked to check temperature before travelling Posted: 02 May 2020 03:35 AM PDT Other ideas to ease lockdown reportedly include wearing face masks and a reduction from 2 to 1 metres distancing UK commuters could be asked to check their temperatures at home before travelling under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown being considered by the government. A change in physical distancing measures, including reducing the recommended gap between people in public from 2 metres to 1 metre, is also being considered, according to reports, as Boris Johnson prepares to lay out a "roadmap" next week for schools and businesses reopening. Continue reading... |
| No leadership and no plan: is Trump about to fail the US on coronavirus testing? Posted: 02 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT Declarations of false victory and a vacuum of federal leadership have undermined testing as experts warn reopening the US could result in disaster A broad coalition of US health systems has mobilized to ramp up coronavirus testing in a national effort on a scale not seen since the second world war. But declarations of false victory by the Trump administration and a vacuum of federal leadership have undermined the endeavor, leading experts to warn that reopening the US could result in a disaster. Related: The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life Continue reading... |
| Madrid residents emerge to exercise as Spain eases lockdown Posted: 02 May 2020 04:39 AM PDT Fear tempers relief as people remain worried about safety of streets after 50 days indoors The birds' seven-week reign in Madrid is coming to an end. By 9.30 on Saturday morning, the musings of blackbirds, the cooings of pigeons and the hooligan shrieks of parakeets had begun to mix with the rhythmic fall of foot on pavement, the whizzing of bikes and the wheezing of long-confined lungs. Continue reading... |
| Row over EU office in Belfast threatens to derail Brexit talks Posted: 02 May 2020 05:32 AM PDT UK refuses request from Brussels for Northern Ireland presence for second time The Irish border question threatens to derail Brexit talks again as the depth of the row over the EU's desire to have an office in Belfast is revealed. The UK's paymaster general, Penny Mordaunt, has written to the EU to firmly reject a repeated request for an office in Northern Ireland: "The UK cannot agree to the permanent EU presence based in Belfast," she wrote. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un reappears in North Korea after weeks of speculation - reports Posted: 01 May 2020 07:40 PM PDT North Korean state media has released pictures purportedly showing the leader attending the opening of a fertiliser factory The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in public for the first time in almost three weeks, according to state media, following speculation that he had been seriously ill following heart surgery. The state news agency KCNA released photographs purportedly showing Kim opening a fertilizer plant in Sunchon, north of the capital Pyongyang. Continue reading... |
| Isis mounts deadly assault on Iraqi militia members near Samarra Posted: 02 May 2020 03:18 AM PDT Series of recent attacks raises concern the group is staging a comeback in the country Islamic State militants have killed at least 10 Iraqi militia members in a coordinated overnight assault near the central city of Samarra, adding to concerns that the group, which once controlled large areas of the country, is staging a comeback. The Iraqi military and the Popular Mobilisation Forces, an umbrella group of mostly Shia militias allied with the government, confirmed the attack in separate statements. It was the deadliest in a series of attacks in recent weeks that come as the country's economic crisis deepens and the authorities try to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading... |
| Somali medics report rapid rise in deaths as Covid-19 fears grow Posted: 01 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Concerns that official mortality counts in African countries are a big understatement Medics, funeral workers and gravediggers in Somalia have reported an unprecedented surge of deaths in recent days amid growing fears that official counts of Covid-19 deaths reflect only a fraction of the virus's toll in Africa . So far Somalia, one of the poorest and most vulnerable countries on the continent, has announced an official total of 601 confirmed cases and 28 deaths. Continue reading... |
| Malaysia cites Covid-19 for rounding up hundreds of migrants Posted: 02 May 2020 05:06 AM PDT In move condemned by UN, refugees including Rohingya arrested amid rising climate of xenophobia Malaysian authorities have rounded up and detained hundreds of undocumented migrants, including Rohingya refugees, as part of efforts to contain coronavirus, officials said. Authorities said 586 undocumented migrants were arrested in a raid in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. Armed police walked people through the city in a single file to a detention building, according to activists. The UN said the move could push vulnerable groups into hiding and prevent them from seeking treatment. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong calls foreign criticism of crackdown on pro-democracy figures 'irresponsible' Posted: 01 May 2020 11:54 PM PDT Hong Kong's government calls allegations from the US, UK and European parliament 'totally unfounded' The Hong Kong government has accused foreign politicians of being ignorant and irresponsible after they criticised its recent crackdown on pro-democracy figures and accused Beijing of "flagrant breaches" of Hong Kong's autonomy. While it did not name anyone, the Hong Kong government's statement on Friday said allegations voiced by "certain officials and politicians" from the US, UK and European Parliament were "totally unfounded and amounted to a serious intervention in Hong Kong's affairs". Continue reading... |
| Trudeau announces Canada is banning assault-style weapons Posted: 01 May 2020 08:40 AM PDT Move comes after murder of 22 people in worst mass shooting in Canada's history Canada has banned assault-style weapons following the murder of 22 people in the worst mass shooting in the country's history, Justin Trudeau announced on Friday. "These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada," said the prime minister. "Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country." Continue reading... |
| Riot in Venezuela prison kills at least 40 and injures 50, including warden Posted: 01 May 2020 09:45 PM PDT The violence at Llanos penitentiary started when prisoners demanded relatives be allowed to deliver food A riot erupted at a prison in central Venezuela, leaving at least 40 people dead and 50 more injured, including a national guard officer who was wounded by an explosion and the warden, who suffered a knife wound, authorities said. The upheaval at the Llanos penitentiary on Friday started with an inmate protest demanding that their relatives be allowed to deliver them food. An armed confrontation then broke out between inmates and guards, lawmaker María Beatriz Martínez said. Continue reading... |
| Five crew of Canadian helicopter presumed dead after crash off Greek coast Posted: 01 May 2020 05:58 PM PDT Search and rescue mission that began after Wednesday's crash is called off with one body and additional remains found Five missing crew members of a Canadian navy helicopter that crashed during a Nato operation this week into the Mediterranean Sea are presumed dead. A search and rescue mission that began on Wednesday when the aircraft with six crew on board went missing has been turned into a recovery effort, the Canadian defence ministry said in a statement on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Foreign Office obstructed search for truth, say Harry Dunn lawyers Posted: 01 May 2020 09:39 AM PDT Legal team for family of dead 19-year-old to seek answers in meeting with Raab aides The Foreign Office has obstructed a search for truth into the death of 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn, lawyers for his family have claimed prior to a potentially tense meeting with aides to Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary. Dunn died in August when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer stationed at a US spy base at RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire. Sacoolas immediately admitted to the police she had caused the accident by driving on the wrong side of the road. Continue reading... |
| NK Jemisin: 'It’s easier to get a book set in black Africa published if you're white' Posted: 02 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT The three-time Hugo award winner is one of the biggest names in modern scifi. She talks about overcoming racism to rewrite the future In 2018, NK Jemisin became the first writer ever to win three consecutive Hugo best novel awards for science fiction and fantasy. Her first award had been in 2016, for her novel The Fifth Season, and its two sequels, The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky, won in the following years. Yet speaking on the phone from her home in coronavirus-hit Brooklyn, Jemisin says she never thought she'd be published. "I honestly didn't think I had a chance. You just didn't see characters like me in fiction," she says. Growing up in Mobile, Alabama and New York, Jemisin was an avid reader, making up her own stories from the age of eight, but the lack of black women writing science fiction and fantasy, the genre she loved, made her believe it wasn't for her. "We were all exposed to nothing but white dude fiction, occasionally young white women fiction, and if that's how you've grown up, then that is what is normal." Continue reading... |
| Two suspects arrested over murder of NHS worker David Gomoh Posted: 02 May 2020 06:07 AM PDT Pair, aged 19 and 17, in custody after Londoner, 24, stabbed days before father's funeral Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering David Gomoh, the NHS worker killed outside his home in east London last weekend. Gomoh, 24, worked for Barts Health NHS trust in supplies and procurement. He was stabbed to death just days before he was due to attend the funeral of his father, who died from a Covid-19-related illness. Continue reading... |
| The US and Iran are still perilously close to conflict | Ali Vaez Posted: 02 May 2020 04:00 AM PDT Even amid the coronavirus crisis, the countries are trading threats. A de-escalation hotline is desperately needed A dangerous encounter between the Iranian and US navies in the Persian Gulf last month, provoked by 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards' speedboats, and President Trump's threat one week later to shoot Iranian gunboats out of water if this happens again, are stark reminders of the short fuse between the two countries amid growing tensions. If they want conflict to wag the dog and deflect attention from their failures to fight the Covid-19 outbreak in their respective countries, they can easily stumble into one; but if they don't, as they often claim, they should find a way to establish a military hotline. Related: Iranian boats come 'dangerously' close to US navy warships Continue reading... |
| ‘We needed to do more’: volunteers step up in lockdown Lagos Posted: 02 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Groups of professionals are helping deliver essential packages in Nigeria's largest city Twelve friends fill hundreds of carefully arranged aid packages into four cars, then trail through Oniru's empty streets, past sky-coloured luxury apartment blocks. In what is notionally an affluent suburb along Lagos's coastline, the cars stop outside the shells of abandoned, part-constructed buildings, and the friends file into the informal housing compounds that sprawl within. Continue reading... |
| Who is Tara Reade and what are her allegations against Joe Biden? Posted: 02 May 2020 06:09 AM PDT The former vice-president has denied an accusation that he sexually assaulted a former staffer in 1993 when he was a senator On Friday, the former vice-president Joe Biden flatly denied an accusation from Tara Reade, a former staffer, that he sexually assaulted her in 1993, when he was a senator from Delaware. Related: Benefit of the doubt? Joe Biden – and allies – face key questions over sexual assault claim Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance Posted: 02 May 2020 01:18 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia
Good evening, and welcome to our daily roundup of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia. This is Melissa Davey bringing you the main stories on Saturday 2 May. Continue reading... |
| ‘Let the boats in’: Rohingya refugees plead for stranded relatives to be saved Posted: 02 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Two boats still stranded at sea as Malaysia accused of using Covid-19 as an excuse to turn them back Rohingya refugees whose relatives, including children, have been stranded for weeks on cramped boats have urged international governments to act before they perish at sea. Two boats carrying around 500 people were last spotted off Bangladesh about a week ago, but are believed to have returned to the high seas. The refugees on board, who were fleeing desperate conditions in camps in Bangladesh, had attempted to reach Malaysia but appear to have been turned away. Bangladesh has also said it will not allow the boats to dock. Continue reading... |
| Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation Posted: 01 May 2020 08:11 AM PDT Campaigners welcome move to criminalise those carrying out FGM, but warn it will take time to eradicate practice entirely Sudan looks set to outlaw female genital mutilation (FGM), in a significant move welcomed by campaigners. Anyone found carrying out FGM will face up to three years in prison, according to a document seen by the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Trump 'cannot tell a lie' – but can Kayleigh McEnany, his new press secretary? Posted: 01 May 2020 02:32 PM PDT The latest spokeswoman for the ministry of untruth made an assured debut – but on Covid-19 and more, there were still Trumpian echoes Channeling George Washington, Donald Trump, who has reportedly made 18,000 false or misleading claims in 1,170 days, recently proclaimed: "I cannot tell a lie." Related: Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation from former staffer Tara Reade Continue reading... |
| Is 100,000 tests a day an effective strategy against coronavirus? Posted: 01 May 2020 09:55 AM PDT UK government has been accused of inflating tally to hit goal for Covid-19 testing The government has been accused of counting some tests prematurely, reportedly expanding its daily count to include tests that have been sent out in the post, rather than those actually carried out in labs. While it denies the charge, regardless of whether the 100,000 target has been met, countries that have taken a "test, trace, isolate" approach are running a far higher proportion of tests to positive cases than the UK. Germany, which is down to fewer than 1,000 daily positive cases, is performing nearly 1m tests per week. South Korea is doing 15,000 tests per day, but has had no more than 100 daily cases since the beginning of April. So, for a robust "test, trace, isolate" regime in the UK, the number of tests would need to be vastly increased or we would need to wait for the number of cases in the community to fall significantly. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un makes reported reappearance after health speculation – video Posted: 02 May 2020 04:42 AM PDT The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in public for the first time in almost three weeks, according to state media, following speculation that he had been seriously ill following heart surgery. The authenticity of the images, taken at a fertiliser factory opening and published on the website of the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, could not be immediately verified Continue reading... |
| Trudeau: assault-style weapons banned 'effective immediately' – video Posted: 01 May 2020 11:21 AM PDT Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announced that assault-style weapons will be banned after the murder of 22 people in the worst mass shooting in the country's history in Nova Scotia last week. The government gun control campaign had initially been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic Continue reading... |
| Why BAME people may be more at risk from coronavirus – video explainer Posted: 01 May 2020 08:30 AM PDT NHS staff from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds may be given roles away from the frontline under plans to reduce their disproportionately high death rate from Covid-19. The Guardian revealed last week that minority groups were over-represented by as much as 27% in the overall Covid-19 death toll. Additionally, 63% of the first 106 health and social care staff known to have died from the virus were black or Asian, according to the Health Service Journal. Senior reporter Haroon Siddique looks at the figures and explains why BAME people may be more at risk.
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