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- Coronavirus live news: deaths surge in Brazil and Russia as Trump says US is quitting WHO
- Global report: new clues about how coronavirus formed as US severs ties with WHO
- 'Gross incompetence at highest levels': ex-Obama adviser blasts Trump's Covid response
- 'Demand is huge': EU citizens flock to open-air cinemas as lockdown eases
- Hong Kong officials lash out at Trump plan to strip city of special status
- Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements
- 'Look what he's taken from me': the deadly toll of Catholic church sex abuse on Guam
- SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype explodes during test
- Israeli police shoot dead 'unarmed' Palestinian man in Jerusalem
- Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots
- Atlanta police chief says 'black lives being diminished' as Floyd protests grow
- June Brexit summit on cards as talks head for deadlock
- Italy considers charges over Malta's 'shocking' refusal to rescue migrants
- Monkeys steal Covid-19 test samples from health worker in India
- I like the sound of my own voice – but does that make me a narcissist?
- 'Dominic Raab must resign or be sacked': Harry Dunn's parents on their long fight for justice
- Pussy Riot and Chilean group join forces against state repression
- 'I want my kids back': how overseas adoptions splinter Uganda's families
- George Floyd protests: man killed in Detroit as demonstrations rage across US – live
- Cemeteries braced for surge in Covid-19 dead as Mexico readies to reopen
- 'There's a huge amount of anxiety': New Zealand wrestles with back-to-school virus blues
- Ruby Princess passengers warned after crew member tests positive to tuberculosis
- Covid-19 has gifted us a chance to end gender-based violence. We must take it
- Rainforest Alliance certifying unethical pineapple farms, activists claim
- Surge in deaths in North Darfur raises fears of disastrous Covid-19 outbreak
- Ethiopia's security forces accused of torture, evictions and killings – report
- 'We are losers in this crisis': research finds lockdowns reinforcing gender inequality
- The Minnesota paradox: how race divides prosperous Minneapolis
- Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
- Hong Kong: what are the implications of China's anti-sedition laws?
- Protests erupt in US after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor – in pictures
- Van Jones on George Floyd killing: 'the world witnessed a lynching' – video
- How we live now: social distancing across the globe - in pictures
- How the killing of George Floyd has upended America – video report
- Donald Trump announces US plans to sever all ties with WHO – video
- Minnesota governor pledges justice after George Floyd killing: 'normal was not working' – video
- Coronavirus furlough scheme to be gradually withdrawn, Sunak says – video
| Coronavirus live news: deaths surge in Brazil and Russia as Trump says US is quitting WHO Posted: 30 May 2020 02:06 AM PDT President claims body has 'failed to reform'; UK expert says country not ready to ease lockdown; Australia to relax rules on 1 June. All the developments live
Indonesia reported 557 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, Reuters reports. The figure takes the south-east Asian nation's tally to 25,773, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said.
It's not the carefree city Celia Topping is accustomed to, but as more restrictions are lifted in Berlin, she writes a dispatch on the happy unmasked faces as campsites, lidos and lakes reopen for the summer. Related: Life after lockdown in Berlin: campsites, lidos and lakes reopen for summer Continue reading... |
| Global report: new clues about how coronavirus formed as US severs ties with WHO Posted: 29 May 2020 10:39 PM PDT Outbreak in US linked to Ozarks pool party; Brazil see news spike in deaths; Australian authorities test sewage water amid mystery of 30-year-old's death Scientists claim to have unearthed more clues about how the new coronavirus could have spread from bats through pangolins and into humans as the number of infections worldwide neared six million. Writing in the journal Covid-19 Science Advances, researchers said that an examination of the closest relative of the virus found that it was circulating in bats but lacked the protein needed to bind to human cells. Continue reading... |
| 'Gross incompetence at highest levels': ex-Obama adviser blasts Trump's Covid response Posted: 29 May 2020 06:13 AM PDT Samantha Power also tells online Hay festival that former US administration underestimated how 'ripped off' Americans felt, and discounts possibility of Michelle Obama as vice-president The US has shown "gross incompetence … at the highest levels" in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Samantha Power, who served as US ambassador to the United Nations under Barack Obama. Speaking to Philippe Sands for the online version of the Hay festival, Power said that Donald Trump's administration had failed to learn from the countries hit by the coronavirus before the US. Continue reading... |
| 'Demand is huge': EU citizens flock to open-air cinemas as lockdown eases Posted: 29 May 2020 09:50 AM PDT From Berlin to Madrid the movies are back, albeit with hygiene and distancing restrictions As Madrid's spring evenings warm into summer nights, cinema-goers are parking up to watch Grease. In Munich, they are taking al fresco seats to follow the adventures of a communist kangaroo with a penchant for boozy chocolates, and in Prague they are witnessing a croaky vigilante work out some profound childhood traumas. As Europe begins to stir from its Covid-19 lockdown, people bloated by two-month boxset binges have a new way to feed their entertainment needs as they emerge, blinking, into the daylight. Or, rather, the twilight. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong officials lash out at Trump plan to strip city of special status Posted: 29 May 2020 11:16 PM PDT Criticism follows the US president accusing Beijing of breaking its word over Hong Kong for imposing national security laws Senior Hong Kong government officials have criticised moves by Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the global financial hub. Speaking hours after Trump said the city no longer warranted economic privileges and some officials could face sanctions, security minister John Lee told reporters on Saturday that Hong Kong's government could not be threatened and would push ahead with the new laws. Continue reading... |
| Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements Posted: 29 May 2020 07:14 PM PDT Twitter responded to the president's post, which suggested violence against protesters, by hiding it behind a warning label As Twitter for the second time in a single week took unprecedented action against a tweet by Donald Trump, Facebook declined to take any enforcement action against the president's statements. Trump's threatening statement on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on Thursday night, "Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts," echoed a racist 1960s police chief known for ordering patrols of black neighborhoods with shotguns and dogs. It was widely interpreted as a threat and potential incitement to violence against residents of the Twin Cities who have erupted in protest against the alleged police killing of George Floyd, a black man who begged for his life as a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Continue reading... |
| 'Look what he's taken from me': the deadly toll of Catholic church sex abuse on Guam Posted: 29 May 2020 03:00 PM PDT There are now nearly 300 sexual abuse lawsuits against more than 20 priests on the deeply religious island in the western Pacific Roosters crow in the distance as Walter Denton gestures toward a white one-storey concrete building behind a church in Agat, a village in southern Guam. "You know, just standing here, right behind you, that is where I was raped," says Denton, 56. Continue reading... |
| SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype explodes during test Posted: 29 May 2020 02:04 PM PDT
A prototype of SpaceX's upcoming heavy-lift rocket, Starship, exploded on Friday during ground tests in south Texas as Elon Musk's space company pursued an aggressive development schedule to fly the launch vehicle for the first time. The testing explosion was unrelated to SpaceX's upcoming launch of two Nasa astronauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center using a different rocket system, the Falcon 9 with the Crew Dragon capsule fixed on top. Continue reading... |
| Israeli police shoot dead 'unarmed' Palestinian man in Jerusalem Posted: 30 May 2020 01:43 AM PDT Officers chased man suspected of carrying a pistol in Old City amid heightened tensions Israeli police officers have shot dead a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalem's Old City, but the man was later found to have been unarmed, Israeli media reported. "Police units on patrol spotted a suspect with a suspicious object that looked like a pistol," the police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. "They called upon him to stop and began to chase after him on foot. During the chase officers also opened fire at the suspect." Continue reading... |
| Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots Posted: 29 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Users of the homepages of the MSN website and Edge browser will now see news stories generated by AI Dozens of journalists have been sacked after Microsoft decided to replace them with artificial intelligence software. Staff who maintain the news homepages on Microsoft's MSN website and its Edge browser – used by millions of Britons every day – have been told that they will be no longer be required because robots can now do their jobs. Continue reading... |
| Atlanta police chief says 'black lives being diminished' as Floyd protests grow Posted: 29 May 2020 08:43 PM PDT Erika Shields says reaction is understandable after angry demonstrators took to the streets Atlanta's police chief said on Friday night she understood the anger of African American communities across the United States over the repeated deaths of black men at the hands of police forces in the county. "Whether it's by police or other individuals, the reality is we've diminished the value on their life," Erika Shields said. Continue reading... |
| June Brexit summit on cards as talks head for deadlock Posted: 29 May 2020 08:00 AM PDT PM and commission president likely to meet with progress unlikely in talks next week Brexit talks are heading towards deadlock as senior advisers in Brussels and London concede a breakthrough in the final round of talks next week is unlikely. It means a high-level political summit between Boris Johnson and the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in the middle of June is now almost certain as talks among officials on a trade deal and the future relationship hit the buffers. Continue reading... |
| Italy considers charges over Malta's 'shocking' refusal to rescue migrants Posted: 29 May 2020 05:20 AM PDT Foreign ministry condemns Valletta for not abiding by international rules and ordering stricken boat to Sicily at gunpoint The Italian government has confirmed that Malta's armed forces turned a migrant boat away at gunpoint from Maltese waters, after giving them fuel and the GPS coordinates to reach Italy. Police in Sicily are investigating and the prosecutor's office may open an investigation against Malta in the next few days. Maltese officers risk being charged with aiding illegal immigration. Continue reading... |
| Monkeys steal Covid-19 test samples from health worker in India Posted: 29 May 2020 07:06 AM PDT Blood samples later recovered undamaged after fears incident could have helped spread virus Monkeys mobbed an Indian health worker and made off with blood samples from coronavirus tests, prompting fears they could have spread the virus in the local area. After making off with the three samples this week in Meerut, near Delhi, the monkeys scampered up nearby trees and one then tried to chew its plunder. Continue reading... |
| I like the sound of my own voice – but does that make me a narcissist? Posted: 29 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Millennials are said to be more narcissistic than any other cohort of society. A self-confessed self-obsessive works out whether that's a problem I was on the phone to a friend recently, blathering away as usual, when I realised that there was no one on the other end of the line. How long ago had this happened? I checked my phone and discovered, to my horror, that the call had ended almost five minutes ago. In the pub with another friend, not long after this incident, I asked how self-obsessed she thinks I am – a question only self-obsessed people ask, along with our other hobbies: stalking ourselves on social media and planning our own funerals. Without deliberation, she concluded that I was an 8.5 out of 10. "OK…" I reeled, deeply offended. "But I ask about you too, right? I am a good friend?" Quickly, the subject was changed. Continue reading... |
| 'Dominic Raab must resign or be sacked': Harry Dunn's parents on their long fight for justice Posted: 30 May 2020 01:00 AM PDT The teenager died last August after being hit by a car whose driver has yet to face charges. His parents won't stop asking why It is November 2019, 10 weeks since 19-year-old Harry Dunn was killed, and his four parents are distraught. Charlotte, Tim, Bruce and Tracey say that some mornings they can barely get out of bed, never mind begin to mourn. "You wake up and you're just a complete wreck, and nothing you can do is processed without thinking of Harry," says his mother, Charlotte Charles. She and Harry's father, Tim, split up when he was 10 months old; six months later, Tim was with Tracey, and Charlotte was with Bruce. Both couples were parents to Harry and his twin brother Niall, and the families have always been close. "The last three or four days have been the worst for me," Tim says. "I'm struggling. Every time I see his face I start crying." Continue reading... |
| Pussy Riot and Chilean group join forces against state repression Posted: 29 May 2020 11:00 AM PDT Activists release manifesto, calling on civilians to set the institutions of the state on fire – 'in a figurative sense' Governments around the world are using the coronavirus as an excuse to step up repression and push back civil liberties, warns a new song by Pussy Riot, released alongside a new manifesto written with the Chilean feminist collective Lastesis. Related: Chile security forces' crackdown leaves toll of death and broken bodies Continue reading... |
| 'I want my kids back': how overseas adoptions splinter Uganda's families Posted: 29 May 2020 12:30 AM PDT Birth mother's legal battle to bring back son from US highlights flaws in system that allows children to be taken abroad When Mugalu* was adopted, his birth family says they were told they would still be able to speak to him regularly and he would come back for visits. "They said we would be one big happy family," says his mother, Sylvia, wiping away tears. But Sylvia, 40, has not seen her son since he was adopted from Uganda almost seven years ago by an American couple. She is now fighting to get her son back, taking her case to the high court in Uganda and exploring her legal options in the US. Continue reading... |
| George Floyd protests: man killed in Detroit as demonstrations rage across US – live Posted: 30 May 2020 02:15 AM PDT
The musician Killer Mike has given an impassioned address to the citizens of his home town of Atlanta, calling for an end to looting. The rapper was invited to speak at a press conference held by the mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and used his speech to point out the successes of African-Americans in the city, as well as calling for structural change to combat racism. The whole country needs to stop right now and listen to Killer Mike. He's verbalizing what a lot of us don't know how to express pic.twitter.com/yiBEaicRGT
A DC based photographer, Matthew Rodier, has been streaming live pictures from protests outside the White House. DC Protest at the White House https://t.co/PxXSVwqKHw Continue reading... |
| Cemeteries braced for surge in Covid-19 dead as Mexico readies to reopen Posted: 30 May 2020 02:15 AM PDT The president says the pandemic has been tamed but experts, and those who must bury the dead, fear an alarming rise in cases Four generations of Enrique Ruvalcaba's family have worked at the Mezquitán cemetery in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. None of them ever saw anything like this. Before the coronavirus, the burial ground was open to the public, and the deceased were honoured by flower-carrying mourners and mariachis. Now the dead arrive in silence and alone. Continue reading... |
| 'There's a huge amount of anxiety': New Zealand wrestles with back-to-school virus blues Posted: 29 May 2020 11:17 PM PDT Researchers call for mental health strategies for students after Covid-19, earthquakes and terrorist attack How will the Covid-19 generation cope with the fallout? As the weeks of New Zealand's strict coronavirus lockdown ticked by, Catherine* observed her 17-year-old daughter, who is in her final year of high school, become more nocturnal and less motivated: "I thought, 'This is actually going to go quite badly,'" she said of her daughter's return to school, which happened in the past fortnight as shutdown restrictions loosened. "It's led to a lot of tricky situations where she's been really upset by the amount of time we've spent saying, 'Are you doing your assessments that you're meant to be doing?'" Catherine said. Her daughter, who has ADHD and dyslexia, performs better when she can talk to people and work in groups. Continue reading... |
| Ruby Princess passengers warned after crew member tests positive to tuberculosis Posted: 29 May 2020 10:49 PM PDT Scientists prepare to examine sewage in attempt to try to find the source of a Covid-19 infection that killed Nathan Turner
Passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise ship have been sent another warning from the New South Wales health department, that they could have been exposed to tuberculosis. The Ruby Princess voyage that arrived in Sydney on 19 March is responsible for about 10% of all coronavirus infections in Australia, and the bungled management of the outbreak has sparked two separate inquiries. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 has gifted us a chance to end gender-based violence. We must take it Posted: 30 May 2020 01:00 AM PDT If the world can unite to beat coronavirus, it should apply the same energy to rooting out abuse The pandemic is gifting us an unprecedented opportunity to take innovative action and comprehensively confront the scourge of violence against women. We have a unique window in which, as a human family, we are able to boldly address the social ills Covid-19 is unearthing, and redesign and rebuild our social fabric. Continue reading... |
| Rainforest Alliance certifying unethical pineapple farms, activists claim Posted: 29 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT Group facing allegations that auditors are being duped in Costa Rica, where undocumented workers are being exploited The Rainforest Alliance, one of the world's most recognisable ethical certification schemes, is facing allegations of labour exploitation, use of illegal agrochemicals and the concealment of hundreds of undocumented workers at some of the pineapple plantations it certifies in Costa Rica. Rainforest Alliance-certified pineapples are sold in their millions at a premium price to consumers across the UK and Europe on the promise that they have been grown and harvested according to strict ethical and environmental standards. Continue reading... |
| Surge in deaths in North Darfur raises fears of disastrous Covid-19 outbreak Posted: 28 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Doctors warn ill-equipped healthcare system may be unable to provide basic care for coronavirus patients The cemeteries of El Fasher are now watched over by Sudanese police guards, posted to stop a surge in rushed burials. The town's elderly are reportedly dying at such an alarming rate that the government has now banned funerals without death certificates as it investigates the cause, and has placed the state of North Darfur on lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Ethiopia's security forces accused of torture, evictions and killings – report Posted: 28 May 2020 10:15 PM PDT Prime minister Abiy Ahmed has been lauded for his democratic reforms. But Amnesty International are now urging him to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses Ethiopia's Nobel peace prize-winning prime minister Abiy Ahmed has been urged to investigate allegations that state security forces have committed a raft of serious human rights abuses including torture and unlawful killings since he came to power in 2018. According to a report by Amnesty International, published on Friday, Ethiopia's military and police in its two most populous regions arbitrarily detained more than 10,000 people, summarily evicted whole families from their homes – some of which were burnt and destroyed – and in some cases were complicit in inter-communal violence targeting minorities. Continue reading... |
| 'We are losers in this crisis': research finds lockdowns reinforcing gender inequality Posted: 28 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Campaign groups warn women across Europe risk being pushed back into traditional roles Life during the coronavirus lockdown has reinforced gender inequality across Europe with research emphasising that the economic and social consequences of the crisis are far greater for women and threaten to push them back into traditional roles in the home which they will struggle to shake off once it is over. Throughout the continent, campaign groups are warning that the burdens of the home office and home schooling together with additional household duties and extra cooking, has been unequally carried by women and that improvements made in their lives by the growth in equality over the past decades are in danger of being rolled back by the health crisis. Continue reading... |
| The Minnesota paradox: how race divides prosperous Minneapolis Posted: 29 May 2020 08:16 AM PDT Protests over killing of George Floyd highlight reality of tensions in the Twin Cities It has been called the "Minnesota paradox". The Twin Cities, comprising the conjoined urban areas of Minneapolis and St Paul, regularly tops the list of places in the US with the best quality of living. Largely low rise and sprawling, set around the cities' lakes and the Mississippi, the area is marked by affordable and largely good quality housing with lawns, parks, museums and tree-lined streets. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state Posted: 28 May 2020 04:01 PM PDT
With countries all over the world affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the US has emerged as a global hotspot. The Trump administration has been criticized for being slower to act than other countries. The US currently leads the world in both confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths according to Johns Hopkins University. It's important to point out that the actual death toll is believed to be far higher than the tally compiled from government figures. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: what are the implications of China's anti-sedition laws? Posted: 28 May 2020 08:24 AM PDT 'National security' laws seen as Beijing signalling intention to put city firmly under its control China's unprecedented plans to impose sweeping anti-sedition laws on Hong Kong have prompted mass protests and international condemnation. Beijing says the legislation is meant to stop subversion, terrorism and secessionism as well as foreign interference that could endanger national security. In the aftermath of the increasingly violent mass protests last year, China's government has said such laws are urgently needed to plug Hong Kong's "national security loophole". The legislation will be written in Beijing and directly added into Hong Kong's de facto constitution, known as the basic law. Continue reading... |
| Protests erupt in US after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor – in pictures Posted: 29 May 2020 11:10 PM PDT Demonstrators in cities across the country took to the streets on Friday following police killings in Minneapolis and Louisville Continue reading... |
| Van Jones on George Floyd killing: 'the world witnessed a lynching' – video Posted: 29 May 2020 05:04 PM PDT Activist Van Jones has said that the killing of George Floyd, who died in police custody on Monday night after a white police officer knelt on his neck, was a 'lynching'. In the aftermath, protests have flared up across the US with people demanding justice and systemic change to end police brutality. The CNN political commentator added that everyone should: 'Look in the mirror at how you choke off black opportunity'
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| How we live now: social distancing across the globe - in pictures Posted: 29 May 2020 03:00 PM PDT Coronavirus has changed the way we interact with the spaces around us – and each other Continue reading... |
| How the killing of George Floyd has upended America – video report Posted: 29 May 2020 02:31 PM PDT Cities across the US have been convulsed by protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died after being arrested and handcuffed by a white officer who then kneeled on his neck for several minutes. Floyd pleaded that he 'could not breathe' and among his last words were 'don't kill me'. The incident has caused a reckoning over race and police killings of black Americans - and demonstrations have spread from Minnesota to other parts of the US including New York, Denver, Chicago and Oakland
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| Donald Trump announces US plans to sever all ties with WHO – video Posted: 29 May 2020 01:07 PM PDT Trump has announced that the US will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization and will redirect the funds to 'other bodies'. The US president criticised the WHO, claiming it was 'controlled' by China. Trump also announced the US would begin a process to eliminate policy exemptions that give Hong Kong 'special treatment' due to new security laws imposed on the region by China
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| Minnesota governor pledges justice after George Floyd killing: 'normal was not working' – video Posted: 29 May 2020 10:53 AM PDT Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, pledges 'swift' justice for George Floyd, adding that 'normal was not working for many communities' after huge protests across the state following Floyd's death in which a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck
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| Coronavirus furlough scheme to be gradually withdrawn, Sunak says – video Posted: 29 May 2020 10:43 AM PDT The UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the furlough scheme put in place during lockdown will start to change from August, when employers will be asked to resume paying their staff's national insurance and employer pension contributions. They will then have to pay 10% of wages in September and 20% in October
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