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- Coronavirus live news: South Korea re-tightens lockdown restrictions after spike in cases
- Matt Hancock fails to say if Dominic Cummings did right thing
- Questions raised over hydroxychloroquine study which caused WHO to halt trials for Covid-19
- 'I realised my body was burning': police brutality in Uganda lockdown
- Chinese parliament approves controversial Hong Kong security law
- Trump draft order could expose Twitter and Facebook to more lawsuits
- David Attenborough to publish 'witness statement' on climate crisis
- Romina Ashrafi: outcry in Iran over so-called 'honour killing' of 14-year-old girl
- Studies add to alarm over deforestation in Brazil under Bolsonaro
- Argentina's abortion campaign launches virtual events to revitalise movement
- Man acquitted of entering a home with a weapon after successful sex fantasy defence
- Sing a song of subversion: US funded Venezuela rock bands to dent Chávez
- Teenager rescued trying to take tiny boat between New Zealand's South and North Islands
- Gary Busey: 'I passed away after brain surgery. Then I came back'
- Lockdown violators using Cummings as excuse, say police
- Which European countries are easing travel restrictions?
- Israel seeks quarantine-free travel with Australia by December as gateway to Europe
- Denied beds, pain relief and contact with their babies: the women giving birth amid Covid-19
- New Zealand's plan for action on seabirds is strong on rhetoric but light on action | Jessica Desmond
- The 'super-driven' ex-TalkTalk chief behind England's track-and-trace scheme
- Masked leaders - in pictures
- Minneapolis police fire teargas at protesters after death of George Floyd – video
- A New York summer in the age of coronavirus – in pictures
| Coronavirus live news: South Korea re-tightens lockdown restrictions after spike in cases Posted: 28 May 2020 02:47 AM PDT Officials have re-implemented lockdown measures in the metropolitan area of Seoul; European commission proposes €750bn coronavirus recovery fund; Kenya records highest one-day case rise
The news recently has been unrelentingly grim, I think we'd all agree. So let's enjoy this postcard from Denmark, where schools, cafes, restaurants, shops and hairdressers (remember those?) have reopened as the country returns to a semblance of normality. You can read the full lovely piece here, but here's an extract: Under the shade of umbrellas, pensioners eat cake at a cafe, children slosh cups of juice, and students clink beer bottles, smoking, laughing and talking loudly enough to be heard above the buzz of people who are now … everywhere. On 18 May, the doors of cafes, restaurants and shops were flung wide in Denmark and the high streets are bustling again. Even hairdressers have reopened (what did we learn during lockdown? How many Danes are natural blondes).
Indonesia has reported 687 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, down from a peak of 973 a week ago. It also confirmed 23 new deaths from the virus, taking total fatalities to 1,496 and infections to 24,538, according to health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock fails to say if Dominic Cummings did right thing Posted: 28 May 2020 02:16 AM PDT Health secretary avoids question and insists public must obey test-and-trace system The health secretary has failed to say whether Dominic Cummings did the right thing when he drove to Durham during lockdown, as he insisted the public must obey government test-and-trace instructions. Asked why the public should follow the new self-isolation rules, when even Conservative MPs believe Boris Johnson's most senior aide breached them, Matt Hancock said it was in everyone's interests that "people follow the instructions from the NHS". Continue reading... |
| Questions raised over hydroxychloroquine study which caused WHO to halt trials for Covid-19 Posted: 27 May 2020 07:27 PM PDT Exclusive: Australian researchers query origin of data used for Lancet study, but stress there is no evidence drug is a safe or effective treatment • Sign up for Guardian Australia's daily coronavirus email Questions have been raised by Australian infectious disease researchers about a study published in the Lancet which prompted the World Health Organization to halt global trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. The study published on Friday found Covid-19 patients who received the malaria drug were dying at higher rates and experiencing more heart-related complications than other virus patients. The large observational study analysed data from nearly 15,000 patients with Covid-19 who received the drug alone or in combination with antibiotics, comparing this data with 81,000 controls who did not receive the drug. Continue reading... |
| 'I realised my body was burning': police brutality in Uganda lockdown Posted: 27 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Street vendor Alanyo Joyce says she was about to close her fried chicken stall for curfew when an official kicked a pan of boiling oil over her In her small home in Gulu, northern Uganda, Alanyo Joyce dabs at her bare breasts. In some areas, pink and oozing, the skin has been burnt off. It hurts, deeply, from the bone, she says. She is also grappling with her new appearance – the burns extend across her face, arms and legs, as well as her chest. On Wednesday, 8 April, the softly-spoken 31-year-old was cooking chips and chicken at her usual spot in the city when she realised it was approaching 7pm. A nationwide curfew had been in place for just a week, as part of Uganda's coronavirus lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Chinese parliament approves controversial Hong Kong security law Posted: 27 May 2020 08:59 PM PDT Move paves way for anti-sedition laws, which human rights advocates say will threaten city's freedoms, as US opposition builds China's legislature has approved a decision to force a controversial national security law on Hong Kong, in an extraordinary and unprecedented move aimed at bringing the semi-autonomous territory further under Beijing's control. On Thursday, China's National People's Congress passed a decision that paves the way for sweeping anti-sedition laws to be directly enacted in Hong Kong. Continue reading... |
| Trump draft order could expose Twitter and Facebook to more lawsuits Posted: 27 May 2020 11:54 PM PDT Review planned of law that protects social media firms from responsibility for users' content Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Google from being responsible for material posted by their users, according to a draft executive order seen by Reuters. Trump has threatened to shut down websites he accuses of stifling conservative voices, after Twitter tagged two of Trump's tweets with a fact-check warning. Continue reading... |
| David Attenborough to publish 'witness statement' on climate crisis Posted: 28 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT Broadcaster and historian says A Life on Our Planet book will record 'dreadful damage wrought by mankind' and propose solutions David Attenborough is to publish his "vision for the future" of Earth this autumn, laying out "the dreadful damage" done by humanity, and the ways "we can begin to turn things round". A Life on Our Planet, which the 94-year-old has described as his "witness statement", will cover his career documenting the natural world and his first-hand observations of the decline of the planet's environment and biodiversity, as well as possible solutions. Continue reading... |
| Romina Ashrafi: outcry in Iran over so-called 'honour killing' of 14-year-old girl Posted: 27 May 2020 05:14 PM PDT Police let teenager who ran away be taken back home by father despite her fears he would be violent Iran's president has called for swift action to outlaw so-called "honour killings" after the death of a 14-year-old Iranian girl allegedly at the hands of her father prompted a nationwide outcry. Hassan Rouhani urged his cabinet to act after Romina Ashrafi was allegedly killed by her father for running away with her boyfriend, 34-year-old Bahamn Khavari, in Talesh, 320km (198 miles) north-west of Tehran. Continue reading... |
| Studies add to alarm over deforestation in Brazil under Bolsonaro Posted: 27 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT Research published after video shows environment minister calling for deregulation while public distracted by Covid-19 Two studies have raised further alarm about deforestation in Brazil during the first year of the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro's government. One study showed the country lost 12,000 km2 (4,633 sq miles) of forest last year and also provided important information about those behind deforestation. The other research flagged a 27% increase in the destruction of tropical forests in eastern Brazil. Continue reading... |
| Argentina's abortion campaign launches virtual events to revitalise movement Posted: 28 May 2020 01:30 AM PDT Activists seemed on the brink of victory when they were stalled by the pandemic, now Congress is back in session with a historic bill Feminists in Argentina like to say: "la lucha está en la calle" — the battle is in the streets. But with the country under a strict coronavirus lockdown, the women's movement can no longer flood the streets. So on Thursday, activists have planned a series of virtual events to mark 15 years of their campaign to legalize abortion – and inject new momentum to campaign which was stalled by the pandemic, just as it seemed on the brink of victory. Continue reading... |
| Man acquitted of entering a home with a weapon after successful sex fantasy defence Posted: 28 May 2020 01:24 AM PDT Terrence Leroy found not guilty after proving that he was hired by another man to tie him up but given the wrong address Two men hired to carry out a stranger's sexual fantasy of being tied up while clad in his underpants went to the wrong rural NSW address with machetes, but politely left after realising their mistake. One of the Sydney men, Terrence Leroy, has now been found not guilty in the NSW district court of entering the home in July 2019 intending to intimidate while armed with an offensive weapon. Continue reading... |
| Sing a song of subversion: US funded Venezuela rock bands to dent Chávez Posted: 27 May 2020 03:28 PM PDT Partially redacted grant application shows scheme involved paying 10 groups to write songs promoting 'freedom of expression' The United States funded rock groups in Venezuela to record songs promoting democracy – and undermine the rule of Hugo Chávez – according to documents released after a Freedom of Information Act request. More than 10 bands were contracted in 2011 to produce new songs promoting freedom of expression in the oil-rich nation. The $22,970 scheme, which was to culminate in a battle-of-the-bands style concert, was approved by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a non-governmental agency responsible for promoting democracy abroad. Continue reading... |
| Teenager rescued trying to take tiny boat between New Zealand's South and North Islands Posted: 27 May 2020 11:09 PM PDT Eighteen-year-old travelled for more than 100km in a motorised vessel before it broke down A teenage boy has been rescued by New Zealand police after sailing more than 100km between the South and North Islands in the middle of the night in a metal dingy. The 18-year-old set off from Kenepuru Sound at the northern tip of the South Island around 10pm on Wednesday night, police said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Gary Busey: 'I passed away after brain surgery. Then I came back' Posted: 27 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT The star of Big Wednesday and Point Break on being the hardest-partying man in Hollywood, the motorbike accident that changed his life – and his new reality show, Pet Judge Gary Busey promises I won't have come across anything like his new show, Pet Judge. He's right; I haven't. But, to be fair, I've never come across anybody like Gary Busey. He really is a one-off – Hollywood legend, coke fiend, brain-damage survivor, sobriety champion, spiritualist and reality-show winner. When he was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice in the US, Donald Trump concluded: "He's either a genius or a moron and I can't figure it out." Well, I know which side I come down on. Pet Judge is a new Amazon Prime series, with Busey playing himself – only this Busey is presiding over a court in which litigants resolve quarrels about their pets. One couple are in dispute over the death of their cat; the wife wants it buried in the family mausoleum and the husband wants a Viking funeral, with the cat sent out to sea on a flaming boat. Then there is the woman convinced that her dog is her reincarnated husband – she's at war with an insurance company that is refusing to include the dog on the family policy. Every so often, Busey bangs his gavel, barks: "PET JUS-TICE!" and brings the court to order. Pet Judge is a fake reality show, cast with actors, largely improvised, sometimes very funny and every bit as bonkers as it sounds. "None of the other judge shows hold a candle fire, bonfire or rocket to this Pet Judge show," Busey says. Continue reading... |
| Lockdown violators using Cummings as excuse, say police Posted: 27 May 2020 10:03 AM PDT Police commissioner warns of public pushback over Covid-19 containment measures Lockdown rule-breakers are using the controversial actions of the prime minister's top adviser, Dominic Cummings, as an excuse, a police and crime commissioner has warned. The West Midlands PCC, David Jamieson, revealed he had received intelligence that officers are getting "pushback" from members of the public breaching Covid-19 containment measures after Downing Street's defence of Cummings' 264-mile lockdown trip. Continue reading... |
| Which European countries are easing travel restrictions? Posted: 28 May 2020 02:49 AM PDT As some countries in Europe restart tourism, and shops, bars and attractions reopen, we round up lockdown-easing measures and restrictions country-by-country The UK Foreign Office (FCO) is currently advising against all but essential international travel for an indefinite period. However, countries across Europe have begun to ease lockdown measures and border restrictions and prepare for the return of domestic and international tourists. Reciprocal travel deals – as proposed in a leaked European commission document on 12 May – may be struck between countries with similar coronavirus risk profiles. For example, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have formed a "travel bubble" allowing movement between those countries. A similar idea was proposed by the UK's transport secretary Grant Shapps on 18 May, whereby travel would be allowed to and from countries with an R-number – a key measure of transmission – below one to try to boost confidence in aviation travel. The so-called "air bridges" would permit re-entry without quarantine. Continue reading... |
| Israel seeks quarantine-free travel with Australia by December as gateway to Europe Posted: 28 May 2020 02:14 AM PDT Exclusive: Israel plans direct flights to Australia, as countries that have contained Covid-19 discuss extending the 'bubble' Israel wants to introduce direct flights to Australia and waive quarantine requirements for travellers by December, as countries that have so far successfully contained Covid-19 jostle to be the next destination added to the Australia-New Zealand tourism bubble. Israel, seeking to make permanent the roughly 17 hour-direct flight from Tel Aviv to Melbourne or Sydney, is also working with other nations to position itself as a gateway hub for Australian travellers to transit quarantine-free on their way to European countries considered safe, such as Greece, Norway, Denmark and the Czech Republic. Continue reading... |
| Denied beds, pain relief and contact with their babies: the women giving birth amid Covid-19 Posted: 28 May 2020 01:00 AM PDT Following reports worldwide, experts are warning that pandemic is pushing back progress on prenatal and maternity care After Denisa's son was born premature at 26 weeks she was unable to hold him, but spent as much time as possible near his incubator so he could get used to her voice. By the time he was well enough to be held by his mother, a state of emergency had been declared in Slovakia and Denisa was told to vacate her bed and leave the hospital to make way for Covid-19 patients. The rush of patients never came, but strict rules meant she was unable to see her baby until he was discharged six weeks later. "Instead of a hug, I went home empty-handed only with my head full of questions," she says. "Each day without my baby was taking away my strength and harming my mental health." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 May 2020 05:36 PM PDT Vision for commercial fishing to reduce deaths to zero is right, but implementation will fall short From our hotly contested Bird of the Year competition, to the constant updates from backyard bird watchers during lockdown, it's safe to say New Zealand is a nation of avian obsessives. It's hardly surprising given our history. This small island nation has been shaped by bird life like no other, with endemic species part of our national identity. From the Kākāpō to the Kiwi, we share our home with some of the most unique feathered creatures on the planet. Continue reading... |
| The 'super-driven' ex-TalkTalk chief behind England's track-and-trace scheme Posted: 27 May 2020 01:11 PM PDT With UK's route out of lockdown dependent on success, Dido Harding faces a huge challenge The ex-TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding is facing one of the biggest moments in her eventful career, as she leads the government's new track-and-trace programme upon which the country's path out of lockdown depends. Lady Harding, 52, the chair of NHS Improvement, was brought in to shoulder the responsibility of this significant new strategy, personally risking the fallout if it does not go to plan. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT The issue of wearing a mask to reduce spread of Covid-19 is contentious Continue reading... |
| Minneapolis police fire teargas at protesters after death of George Floyd – video Posted: 27 May 2020 09:08 AM PDT Police have clashed with protesters on the streets of Minneapolis amid outrage over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. George Floyd died after an officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Large crowds gathered in the city on Tuesday night and police in riot gear fired teargas and rubber bullets at demonstrators
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| A New York summer in the age of coronavirus – in pictures Posted: 27 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT Photographer Jordan Gale was curious to see how New Yorkers would adapt to a post Covid-19 summer. What he found was a combination of resilience, resourcefulness and joy – exhibited through socially distant block parties, community service, and people from all walks of life soaking up the sun Continue reading... |
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