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- Coronavirus live news: Brazil sees record increase as cases jump by 33,000
- Trump justice department forces out top FBI lawyer in Flynn case – report
- Global report: coronavirus cases pass 6 million as Donald Trump postpones G7
- Dominic Cummings has broken Covid-19 policy trust, say top scientists
- Donald Trump postpones G7 summit and signals wider invitation list
- Church welcomes back Rwandan bishop accused of defending genocide
- Crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as industry group rejects substitute
- The Hawaii navy base fueling Trump's quest for 'super duper' missiles
- Children of former Azeri security chief acquired luxury UK properties
- Rio Tinto apologises to traditional owners after blasting 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site
- Cook Off, the no-budget romcom that became the first Zimbabwean film on Netflix
- SpaceX successfully launches Nasa astronauts into orbit
- Death of Algerian girl, 10, in 'faith healing' ceremony sparks outcry
- Michael Angelis, Thomas the Tank Engine narrator, dies aged 76
- Out on the 'microbeats' where police hope to reclaim London's streets from gangs
- George Floyd: police forcefully crack down on protests across US – live
- Morrison government announces return to mutual obligation for jobseekers
- Wars without end: why is there no peaceful solution to so much global conflict?
- Is Donald Trump's love-hate relationship with Twitter on the rocks?
- Police violence in America: six years after Ferguson, George Floyd's killing shows little has changed
- Killer Mike: 'You have a duty not to burn your own house down' – video
- Rules 'apply to all' says deputy medical officer for England in answer to Cummings question – video
- Protests spread across US in response to George Floyd killing – video
| Coronavirus live news: Brazil sees record increase as cases jump by 33,000 Posted: 31 May 2020 02:33 AM PDT Brazil cases near 500,000; Pope asks world leaders to provide Covid relief; lockdown eased for clinically vulnerable in UK. Follow the latest updates
Canada is to invest 30 million Canadian dollars (US $21.8 million) to enable its provinces and territories to promote holidays in their "own back yard" because of the closure of the country's borders due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Destination Canada, the country's national marketing body which usually focuses on luring international visitors, is due to announce the new funding later on Sunday, according to a statement seen by Reuters before its official release.
The Afghan health ministry has warned that a "catastrophe" is spreading across the war-torn country as number of confirmed coronavirus cases passed 15,000, amid continued surge of transmission in Kabul. Wahid Majroh, deputy health minister warned on Sunday that the virus was spreading as lockdown rules continued to be flouted. |
| Trump justice department forces out top FBI lawyer in Flynn case – report Posted: 30 May 2020 02:52 PM PDT
A top FBI lawyer who was criticised on Fox News for his role in the investigation of Michael Flynn has resigned after being asked to do so by senior figures at the Department of Justice, NBC News reported on Saturday. Related: What is 'Obamagate' and why is Trump so worked up about it? Continue reading... |
| Global report: coronavirus cases pass 6 million as Donald Trump postpones G7 Posted: 30 May 2020 10:07 PM PDT Trump hopes to expand G7 in delayed summit; Brazil's death toll passes France; Mexican health care workers to march The number of people infected by the coronavirus around the world has passed 6 million, as the pandemic forced Donald trump to postpone the G7 summit in Washington. According to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University tracking site, there have now been more than 6,059,000 cases of the disease around the world, with 369,126 deaths. Continue reading... |
| Dominic Cummings has broken Covid-19 policy trust, say top scientists Posted: 30 May 2020 12:30 PM PDT Health experts warn lives 'put at risk', as Opinium/Observer poll shows slump in Tory support Britain's top public health leaders and scientists have warned Boris Johnson that trust in the government has been shattered by the Dominic Cummings affair and now poses real danger to life when lockdown measures are lifted this week. In a letter sent to No 10 on Friday, 26 senior UK academics and health administrators warn that public faith in the government is essential if the Covid-19 crisis is to be tackled effectively. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump postpones G7 summit and signals wider invitation list Posted: 30 May 2020 06:49 PM PDT After Angela Merkel pulls out, US president postpones Camp David meeting but says he wants to invite Australia, Russia and India in future US president Donald Trump has postponed the Group of Seven summit that he wanted to hold in June and will also expand the list of countries invited to attend the rescheduled event to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One during his return to Washington from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Trump said the G7 in its current format was a "very outdated group of countries". Continue reading... |
| Church welcomes back Rwandan bishop accused of defending genocide Posted: 30 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Church of England reinstates Jonathan Ruhumuliza, who left former post after Observer report on his part in 1994 atrocities The Church of England has reinstated a Rwandan bishop who left his role as a parish priest in Worcestershire after he was accused of complicity in the 1994 genocide of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis. The Right Rev Jonathan Ruhumuliza, 64, left his position in the village of Hampton Lovett six years ago after the Observer reported that he was accused by human rights groups of acting as a public apologist for the genocidal government, and of being complicit in the atrocities. Ruhumuliza's former archbishop in Rwanda called him an "errand boy" for the Hutu extremist regime. Continue reading... |
| Crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as industry group rejects substitute Posted: 30 May 2020 07:53 PM PDT Animal rights groups have been pushing a synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood in drug safety testing Horseshoe crabs' icy-blue blood will remain the drug industry's standard for safety tests after a powerful US group ditched a plan to give equal status to a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss biotech Lonza and animal welfare groups. The crabs' copper-rich blood clots in the presence of bacterial endotoxins and has long been used in tests to detect contamination in shots and infusions. Continue reading... |
| The Hawaii navy base fueling Trump's quest for 'super duper' missiles Posted: 30 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT Kauai has one of the Pentagon's most valued testing sites. It's an economic driver, but some residents say the military shouldn't be on the islands at all Hawaii's "garden island", Kauai, is known for its breathtaking scenery and laid-back vibe, a place of plunging waterfalls and cliffs cloaked in green tropical forests. But beyond its beauty it is one of the Pentagon's most valued testing and training sites in the Pacific. In Hawaii, where the military is the second-largest economic driver, after tourism, weapons testing and training enjoy widespread support, but some residents view the islands' highly militarized state as misguided or even illegal. Continue reading... |
| Children of former Azeri security chief acquired luxury UK properties Posted: 30 May 2020 11:29 PM PDT Investigation into hacked bank files reveals £100m business empire owned by family of former Azerbaijan minister Eldar Mahmudov A string of luxury properties, including a £17m home near Harrods, were acquired by the children of Azerbaijan's former security chief, an investigation has revealed. Eldar Mahmudov was dismissed as national security minister by a presidential order in 2015. No official explanation was given for his removal. Continue reading... |
| Rio Tinto apologises to traditional owners after blasting 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site Posted: 31 May 2020 01:33 AM PDT Mining giant detonated explosives at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia, destroying two ancient rock shelters Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised to traditional owners in Western Australia's north after destroying a significant Indigenous site dating back 46,000 years, saying it is urgently reviewing plans for other sites in the area. Rio detonated explosives in a part of the Juukan Gorge last Sunday, destroying two ancient rock shelters, which has devastated the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people. Continue reading... |
| Cook Off, the no-budget romcom that became the first Zimbabwean film on Netflix Posted: 30 May 2020 06:13 PM PDT Shot in the chaotic last days of Robert Mugabe's regime, Cook Off is a feel-good tale of resilience and hope A Zimbabwean film about a woman who enters a TV cooking show and which cost only $8,000 to make has become the first feature from the country to make it onto Netflix. "Seeing myself on Netflix, I have to punch myself every day. Like, is that really me?" asked actress Tendaiishe Chitima, star of Cook Off, which has now been acquired by the streaming giant. Continue reading... |
| SpaceX successfully launches Nasa astronauts into orbit Posted: 30 May 2020 01:18 PM PDT
A rocketship named Dragon breathed new fire into America's human spaceflight programme on Saturday, carrying two astronauts on a much-anticipated adventure. Related: Trump wants America looking at the stars as he drags it through the gutter Continue reading... |
| Death of Algerian girl, 10, in 'faith healing' ceremony sparks outcry Posted: 30 May 2020 06:54 PM PDT A 28-year-old man has been arrested over the death of the girl, who showed signs of 'blows and burns' A 10-year-old girl who died in eastern Algeria while undergoing faith healing appeared to suffer "blows and burns", a prosecutor said, sparking angry reactions online after the arrest of a man. The public prosecutor in Guelma, 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of the capital Algiers, announced a 28-year-old man had been arrested on Thursday after the death of the girl "who was abused during a ruqya (faith healing) to which she was subjected in her family home". Continue reading... |
| Michael Angelis, Thomas the Tank Engine narrator, dies aged 76 Posted: 30 May 2020 07:33 PM PDT The Liverpudlian actor voiced the children's programme for 13 series and was known for TV work in The Liver Birds and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Michael Angelis, best known as the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine series Thomas and Friends, has died at the age of 76. The actor died suddenly while at home with his wife on Saturday, his agent said. Continue reading... |
| Out on the 'microbeats' where police hope to reclaim London's streets from gangs Posted: 30 May 2020 11:04 PM PDT Crime has fallen in lockdown, and the Met has a new strategy to take back control. The Observer goes out with the 'violence suppression unit' in Croydon They are known as MBs – microbeats – small sections of London synonymous with drugs and violence. The scruffy strip of shops that lines London Road outside West Croydon station is the most notorious MB in the south London borough, itself one of the metropolis's most violent by far. Covid-19 brought a brief hiatus to Croydon's cycle of violence. Now signs suggest it is slowly returning. Continue reading... |
| George Floyd: police forcefully crack down on protests across US – live Posted: 31 May 2020 02:07 AM PDT
Rioting appears to be ongoing and intense in the Californian city of La Mesa, close to San Diego. A curfew has been imposed but at least two banks and a fire truck have now been set on fire, local media is reporting, with unverified footage on social media indicating the damage may be far more extensive.
We're getting more information now from Indianapolis, where police are saying three people were shot, one fatally, after peaceful protests there turned violent on Saturday night. Earlier reports had only mentioned the one fatal shooting. It's still unclear who fired the weapons but police say their officers were not involved. #IMPDNOW: we are investigating multiple shootings Downtown. These are NOT officer-involved incidents. IMPD officers have not fired shots tonight. pic.twitter.com/cnRbrZuFG0 Continue reading... |
| Morrison government announces return to mutual obligation for jobseekers Posted: 30 May 2020 10:48 PM PDT Michaelia Cash says there will be a three-phase restart of welfare requirements The federal government has announced a "limited capacity" return to mutual obligation requirements for Australia's welfare recipients from next week. The employment minister, Michaelia Cash, announced mid-May that mutual obligations for jobseekers, which had been put on pause at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, would be further suspended until 1 June, after which a three-phase reintroduction would commence. Continue reading... |
| Wars without end: why is there no peaceful solution to so much global conflict? Posted: 31 May 2020 12:04 AM PDT A new study shows that 60% of the world's wars have lasted for at least a decade. From Afghanistan to Libya, Syria to Congo DRC, has endless conflict become normalised? Libya's civil war entered its 7th year this month with no end in sight. In Afghanistan, conflict has raged on and off since the Soviet invasion in 1979. America's Afghan war is now its longest ever, part of the open-ended US "global war on terror" launched after the 2001 al-Qaida attacks. Why do present-day politicians, generals, governments and international organisations appear incapable or uninterested in making peace? In the 19th and 20th centuries, broadly speaking, wars commenced and concluded with formal ultimatums, declarations, agreed protocols, truces, armistices and treaties. Continue reading... |
| Is Donald Trump's love-hate relationship with Twitter on the rocks? Posted: 31 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT The president's account is a 24/7 window into his psyche, with even his rage at having his posts factchecked expressed via tweet It has been one of the greatest love affairs in American politics. Related: Twitter taking on Trump's lies? About time too | John Naughton Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT In 2014, Michael Brown's killing by white police prompted talk of reform – but the country has failed to stanch the bleeding After the African American teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, the epidemic of police violence against people of color in the US captured national and global attention, for a time. Related: Police officer filmed kneeling on George Floyd's neck charged with murder Continue reading... |
| Killer Mike: 'You have a duty not to burn your own house down' – video Posted: 30 May 2020 10:20 AM PDT Rapper Killer Mike addressed demonstrators in Atlanta asking them not to destroy the city but to 'plot, plan, strategise, organise and mobilise' for political change. 'I'm mad as Hell,' he said, tearful at a news conference on Friday night, urging protesters to seek political reform instead of destroying the city of Atlanta
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| Rules 'apply to all' says deputy medical officer for England in answer to Cummings question – video Posted: 30 May 2020 09:54 AM PDT Asked whether people in authority should obey the rules imposed in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer for England, said: 'In my opinion the rules are clear and they have always been clear. In my opinion they are for the benefit of all. And in my opinion they apply to all.' Van-Tam emphasised the government would have to make changes slowly and people would have to stick to physical distancing rules to contain the spread of the virus
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| Protests spread across US in response to George Floyd killing – video Posted: 30 May 2020 06:43 AM PDT Protests against police brutality ignited across the US overnight and into Saturday morning following the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, who died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck. Demonstrators chanted 'hands up, don't shoot' and 'I can't breathe' as they clashed with police
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