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- Coronavirus live news: WHO warns of 'second peak' as it drops hydroxychloroquine trial
- UK coronavirus live: minister resigns over Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip
- Global report: 'disaster' looms for millions of children as WHO warns of second peak
- Mexico City records thousands more deaths than usual, amid doubt over official Covid-19 toll
- China's military says it is prepared to protect security in Hong Kong, as protests grow
- FBI investigating Ahmaud Arbery shooting as possible hate crime, lawyer says
- Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket test launch fails
- German court rules against Volkswagen in 'dieselgate' scandal
- Lufthansa agrees €9bn bailout with German government
- 'Ban on bushmeat' after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming?
- Aston Martin confirms sacking of chief after share collapse
- Jimmy Cobb, drummer on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, dies aged 91
- 'I am not Māori': New Zealand MP corrects party deputy leader amid diversity criticism
- The man in the iron lung
- Two die in separate incidents on Cornish coast
- A dodgy dossier? How News Corp hyped a US government reading list into a China coronavirus 'bombshell'
- Fortescue Metals drops legal action against financial data companies
- 'A lot of benign neglect’: how Ghana’s social changes are isolating older people
- New Zealanders – like Jacinda Ardern – might not be shocked by earthquakes, but we do get scared | Charlotte Graham-McClay
- Franco-German plan for European recovery will face compromises
- Palestine cuts off all ties with Israel and US: is it a bluff?
- Donald Trump delivers Memorial Day address, returns to golf course – video
- Joe Biden re-emerges for Memorial Day after two months in quarantine – video
- Californians pack beaches on Memorial Day weekend, defying social distancing rules – video
| Coronavirus live news: WHO warns of 'second peak' as it drops hydroxychloroquine trial Posted: 26 May 2020 02:19 AM PDT Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar denies picnic with friends was rule breach; World health leaders urge green recovery; Singapore warns of worst economic contraction
From my colleague Philip Oltermann in Berlin: Not just in Britain are political figures under the spotlight for breaching lockdown laws. In Austria, president Alexander Van der Bellen has apologised for staying in the garden of an Italian restaurant beyond the 11pm curfew. Police spotted the 76-year-old head of state in the outside dining area of the Vienna restaurant shortly after midnight on Sunday. Van der Bellen has said he lost track of time during his first restaurant visit since the start of the pandemic, and said he would shoulder any fine issued on the restaurant. In Germany, meanwhile, one sector of the economy feels they are being unfairly left out of the latest wave of social distancing relaxations. The country's Federal Association for Sexual Services has issued a statement insisting sex workers are not "super spreaders" of the virus and proposing a three-step programme to reopen brothels, sex clubs and tabledance bars. The umbrella group argues that in most such establishments the "working situation" is one of one-on-one contacts and thus comparable to hair salons or massage parlors. A cross-party group of 16 Bundestag MPs had last week proposed a long-term shutdown of all forms of prostitution in the wake of the pandemic: "Prostitution has the effect of a virus super spreader", the group said in an open letter. "Sexual acts are generally non-negotiable with social distancing."
Indonesia has today reported 415 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, and 27 deaths. This brings its total number of infections to 23,165, with 1,418 fatalities. Malaysia today reported 187 new coronavirus cases, and no new fatalities. Continue reading... |
| UK coronavirus live: minister resigns over Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip Posted: 26 May 2020 02:19 AM PDT Douglas Ross resigns as Under Secretary of State for Scotland over adviser's actions
Another Tory MP has come out against Dominic Cummings, saying if he had been in the advisor's shoes he would have considered his position over his actions in making a 264-mile lockdown trip. Simon Jupp, who represents East Devon, explained he had been contacted by hundreds of people in response to Cummings' actions, saying he has "felt a mixture of anger, disappointment and frustration in recent days" over the revelations. I decided not to comment publicly on the situation with Dominic Cummings until I'd heard the full details. You can find my response and actions in response to this deeply unhelpful and disappointing situation on my Facebook page. https://t.co/7MIUhIkAVN
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has topped 47,000, according to the latest available data. The total includes new figures published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics which show that 42,173 deaths involving coronavirus occurred in England and Wales up to May 15 (and had been registered up to May 23). Continue reading... |
| Global report: 'disaster' looms for millions of children as WHO warns of second peak Posted: 25 May 2020 09:40 PM PDT Children at risk of forced labour; WHO says don't assume cases will keep declining; US brings forward Brazil travel ban to Tuesday The coronavirus pandemic will have a "disastrous" impact on children's rights worldwide, making them more vulnerable to forced labour and underage marriage, a rights group has said, as the World Health Organization warned of an "immediate second peak" in cases if restrictions were lifted too soon. Millions of children would fall into extreme poverty because of the outbreak, which has left governments short of money for health and education for the young, Dutch NGO KidsRights said. Continue reading... |
| Mexico City records thousands more deaths than usual, amid doubt over official Covid-19 toll Posted: 25 May 2020 04:48 PM PDT Research found 8,000 more death certificates have been issued so far this year than the four-year average Mexico City issued 8,072 more death certificates than usual between 1 January and 20 May, according to a new study that suggests the country's coronavirus death toll could be significantly higher than the official figure of nearly 7,400. Research published in the Mexican magazine Nexos on Monday used information from the capital's 52 civil registries to estimate the number of death certificates created in the period up to 20 May. Continue reading... |
| China's military says it is prepared to protect security in Hong Kong, as protests grow Posted: 25 May 2020 09:55 PM PDT PLA commander says 10,000 troops are prepared to 'safeguard' city's sovereignty as Beijing warns against 'underestimating' China China's military is ready and able to "safeguard" Chinese sovereignty in Hong Kong, the commander of the city-based garrison has said, amid growing anger at Beijing's plans to bypass Hong Kong's legislature and impose national security laws in the city. The warning came as protesters prepared for further demonstrations on Wednesday when the legislature starts debate on a controversial bill to criminalise ridicule of the Chinese national anthem. Continue reading... |
| FBI investigating Ahmaud Arbery shooting as possible hate crime, lawyer says Posted: 25 May 2020 03:19 PM PDT Attorney for family of black jogger shot by white men says federal authorities are looking into prosecutors and police in case The FBI is investigating the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a black jogger, by two white men as a possible hate crime, the Arbery family's attorney said Monday, claiming that federal authorities had launched a criminal inquiry into two district attorneys and the police department involved in the case. Lee Martin, who represents the family of Arbery, 25, whose 23 February killing in Brunswick, Georgia, was captured on a graphic video recording that sparked national outrage, said he met with officials from the Department of Justice last Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube Posted: 25 May 2020 05:33 PM PDT British environmental photographer's copyright claim prompts website to remove film that has been condemned by climate scientists YouTube has taken down the controversial Michael Moore-produced documentary Planet of the Humans in response to a copyright infringement claim by a British environmental photographer. The movie, which has been condemned as inaccurate and misleading by climate scientists and activists, allegedly includes a clip used without the permission of the owner Toby Smith, who does not approve of the context in which his material is being used. Continue reading... |
| Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket test launch fails Posted: 26 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Mission terminated early in flight over Pacific Ocean off coast of southern California Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has failed in its first test launch of a new rocket carried by a Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California. The inaugural launch had appeared to be going well until moments after the rocket was dropped from beneath the left wing of the jumbo jet dubbed "Cosmic Girl". Continue reading... |
| German court rules against Volkswagen in 'dieselgate' scandal Posted: 25 May 2020 09:48 AM PDT Carmaker must pay compensation to motorist who bought minivan fitted with emissions-cheating software Volkswagen has lost a landmark legal battle in Germany's highest civil court over compensation for the buyer of a secondhand minivan fitted with emissions-cheating software. The world's largest carmaker must take back the plantiff's manipulated car and pay him €28,257.74 (£25,325), in a case that will lead to the company paying compensation to 60,000 German VW owners. Continue reading... |
| Lufthansa agrees €9bn bailout with German government Posted: 26 May 2020 02:01 AM PDT State to take 20% stake in airline, which has been struggling after coronavirus reduced flights Germany has thrown Lufthansa a €9bn (£8bn) lifeline, agreeing a bailout which gives Berlin a veto in the event of a hostile bid for the airline. The largest German corporate rescue since the coronavirus crisis struck will result in the government taking a 20% stake, which could rise to 25% plus one share in the event of a takeover attempt, as it seeks to protect thousands of jobs. Continue reading... |
| 'Ban on bushmeat' after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming? Posted: 25 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Governments and WHO face pressure to ban commercial trade in wild animals, but experts say this would criminalise a way of life for millions of people Antelope is best, monkey is chewy, bats needs a sauce, forest porcupine is mild, and pangolin – one of the most trafficked animals in the world – tastes great roasted but smells awful. That, at least, was what the Gabonese workers told us. We were in a Belgian-owned logging camp in Gabon. The day had been spent watching giant trees being felled for the Chinese market but by evening everyone's thoughts had turned to food. Continue reading... |
| Aston Martin confirms sacking of chief after share collapse Posted: 26 May 2020 12:40 AM PDT Andy Palmer, who had been head of car firm since 2014, will be replaced by Tobias Moers Luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda confirmed on Tuesday that it has sacked its chief executive Andy Palmer as part of a wider board overhaul, following a collapse in its share price and a slump in sales due to the coronavirus pandemic. Palmer's replacement, Tobias Moers, will join on 1 August from Mercedes-AMG, where he is currently the boss of the German carmaker's high-performance division. Continue reading... |
| Jimmy Cobb, drummer on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, dies aged 91 Posted: 25 May 2020 02:41 PM PDT Jazz musician who was key to Davis's sound was the last surviving player on the classic album Jimmy Cobb, the jazz drummer and last surviving player on Miles Davis's seminal 1959 album Kind of Blue has died from lung cancer at age 91. Cobb was key in helping to achieve the cool disposition of a handful of Davis's masterworks, including 1959's Porgy and Bess, 1960's Sketches of Spain, 1961's Someday My Prince Will Come, the 1962 live set Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall and Live at the Black Hawk sessions. Continue reading... |
| 'I am not Māori': New Zealand MP corrects party deputy leader amid diversity criticism Posted: 25 May 2020 07:56 PM PDT Gaffe by Nikki Kaye came after concerns were raised about the new National party frontbench's lack of diversity The new deputy leader of the National party has misidentified one of her frontbench MPs as Māori when defending the party's lack of diversity. The MP, Paul Goldsmith, was forced to clarify Nikki Kaye's comments and state that he was not, in fact, Māori. "Let me make it quite clear, I am not Māori myself," Goldsmith said. "I don't claim to be Māori myself." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for life. Today he is 74, and one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung. But after surviving one deadly outbreak, he did not expect to find himself threatened by another. By Linda Rodriguez McRobbie The summer of 1952 was hot, even by Texas standards: 25 days above 100F (38C), the "cool" days not much cooler. But across the state, swimming pools were shut. Cinemas, too, and bars and bowling alleys. Church services were suspended. Cities doused their streets with DDT insecticide; by now, health officials knew that mosquitoes didn't spread the disease, but they had to be seen to be doing something. Nothing seemed to work. As the summer wore on, the numbers of polio cases grew. One day in July, in a quiet Dallas suburb, a six-year-old boy named Paul Alexander was playing outside in the summer rain. He didn't feel well – his neck hurt, his head pounded. Leaving his muddy shoes in the yard, he walked barefoot into the kitchen, letting the screen door slam behind him. When his mother looked up at his feverish face, she gasped. She made him run out and grab his shoes, then ordered him to bed. Continue reading... |
| Two die in separate incidents on Cornish coast Posted: 25 May 2020 12:24 PM PDT Teenage girl died after boat overturned in Wadebridge, and man died in Treyarnon Bay Two people died in separate incidents along the Cornish coast on bank holiday Monday. Devon and Cornwall police were called to reports of an upturned rigid inflatable boat in the water in Wadebridge at about 2.25pm. Three people were taken to the Royal Cornwall hospital and a teenage girl was later pronounced dead. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 May 2020 02:08 AM PDT A Murdoch media exclusive about China covering up the origin of Covid-19 appears to be based on an unclassified US state department reference paper It was touted as a world exclusive – a "bombshell dossier" that exposed China's "batty science" and backed up Donald Trump and US claims that Beijing was covering up the true origin of Covid-19. Rupert Murdoch's Sydney tabloid, the Daily Telegraph, went big with a Saturday morning splash and six pages of reporting attributed to "a dossier prepared by concerned western governments" – and the story was quickly amplified and exaggerated by Trump's media backers in the United States. Continue reading... |
| Fortescue Metals drops legal action against financial data companies Posted: 26 May 2020 01:38 AM PDT Argus Media and S&P subsidiary Platts were being sued over information they published about prices clients paid Fortescue Metals, the mining group controlled by the West Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, has dropped legal action against two financial data companies that published information about prices its Chinese customers paid. The lawsuit, against publisher Argus Media and S&P subsidiary Platts, was abandoned after a judge in the UK refused to extend an order forbidding the outlets from publishing the pricing information. Continue reading... |
| 'A lot of benign neglect’: how Ghana’s social changes are isolating older people Posted: 26 May 2020 02:15 AM PDT The modernising economy is changing family structures – but can 'western' residential homes be accepted culturally? After breakfast on a Friday morning, a small group of elderly people are engaging in gentle exercises – walking to one end of a walled compound and back. Some of them need the assistance of nurses or walkers, or both, to complete the journey. "Usually, we do this a couple of times but it is a little bit cold today so we are going just once," says Henry Ofori Mensah, administrator at Comfort For The Aged, a residential care home in Kasoa, a dormitory town west of Accra, Ghana's capital. |
| Posted: 25 May 2020 10:05 PM PDT Many of us recognised ourselves in the PM's cool response to an earthquake on live TV, but we do fear the 'big one' As I awoke to the bedroom shuddering and rattling around me on Monday morning, my first thought was a frantic household census, followed by the realisation that I was alone at home and not responsible for anyone's safety but my own. My second, before my eyes had even properly unstuck themselves from sleep, was: "Ugh, not this again." Moments later, the earthquake – a magnitude 5.9 shake that hit about an hour's drive north of Wellington, New Zealand, where I live – was subsiding. It rattled the lower part of the North Island for just 15 seconds or so, long enough for a little tendril of fear to uncurl – would it build, or die away? Was this "the big one"? Continue reading... |
| Franco-German plan for European recovery will face compromises Posted: 25 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Macron-Merkel plan to borrow on behalf of EU to help worst-hit countries is already being challenged by 'frugal four' When France and Germany announced a plan to raise €500bn (£448bn) on financial markets to fund a European coronavirus recovery plan, leaders sought to underscore the magnitude of the moment. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, hailed "a real change of philosophy", with the plan for the European commission to borrow money on behalf of the entire EU and issue grants to the most stricken industries and regions. Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, declared: "The nation state has no future standing alone," and the German finance minister, Olaf Scholz, evoked the legacy of the US founding father Alexander Hamilton, who helped to transform the US into a true political unit with his scheme for the national government to take on debts accrued by individual states. Continue reading... |
| Palestine cuts off all ties with Israel and US: is it a bluff? Posted: 25 May 2020 07:19 AM PDT Mahmoud Abbas says all agreements with US and Israel are void but others call move a cry for help It was a speech intended to define a new era. In a final, do-or-die attempt to block what appeared to be Israeli plans for a permanent land grab, the Palestinian president announced he would renege on decades of diplomacy. From the 1990s-era Oslo accords – the first steps of a peace process – to deep security coordination between the Palestinian leadership, Israel and US intelligence agencies, all were now void, Mahmoud Abbas said in a late-night speech last week. He said the Palestinian leadership was "absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments". Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump delivers Memorial Day address, returns to golf course – video Posted: 25 May 2020 08:50 PM PDT US president Donald Trump marked the Memorial Day weekend with visits to Arlington National Cemetery, Fort McHenry and his Trump National Golf Club. Trump delivered a speech at Fort McHenry thanking those serving in the military as the country battles the 'invisible enemy', Covid-19. The president also returned to the golf course for the first time since early March on the same weekend US coronavirus deaths closed in on 100,000 Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden re-emerges for Memorial Day after two months in quarantine – video Posted: 25 May 2020 08:04 PM PDT Joe Biden has made his first public appearance since March, emerging from isolation to lay a wreath to mark Memorial Day at a park in Delaware. "It feels good to be out of my house," the 77-year-old said. After abruptly cancelling a campaign rally in Cleveland on 10 March, Biden built a television studio in his home which he has used to appear on news programs and campaign fundraising events. Continue reading... |
| Californians pack beaches on Memorial Day weekend, defying social distancing rules – video Posted: 25 May 2020 04:59 AM PDT Americans across the country appeared to abandon social distancing guidelines as they sunbathed on beaches and gathered for pool parties on Memorial Day weekend. The long weekend traditionally signals the start of the US summer, and despite the country's Covid-19 death toll approaching 100,000, many revellers dismissed any safety concerns to celebrate. Continue reading... |
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