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- Coronavirus live news: Japan extends state of emergency as global cases top 3.5m
- An unfinished odyssey: six Italians on lives changed by coronavirus
- Coronavirus UK: health passports 'possible in months'
- Global summit hopes to raise $8.2bn for coronavirus vaccine
- Gretchen Whitmer backs Joe Biden on alleged assault: 'not every claim is equal'
- Syria's richest man inflames rare public dispute with Assad
- Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months
- Norwegian Air wins support for rescue plan ahead of crunch vote
- 'Swastikas and nooses': governor slams 'racism' of Michigan lockdown protest
- More than 300,000 UK smokers may have quit owing to Covid-19 fears
- Top Israeli court hears challenge to Netanyahu forming government
- Rohingya refugees sent to remote Bangladeshi island after weeks at sea
- First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain
- 'A short but vibrant life': revisiting the life and death of Natalie Wood
- North-west overtakes London for number of Covid-19 hospital cases
- Mitch McConnell could yet pay price for 'tone deaf' coronavirus response
- Eden-Monaro byelection: Liberals line up Andrew Constance as Labor confirms Kristy McBain
- Uganda megachurch criticised for choir tour as children stranded by Covid-19
- Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
- Is air pollution making the coronavirus pandemic even more deadly?
- North and South Korea exchange fire across demilitarised zone - video
- Mike Pompeo: 'Enormous evidence' Covid-19 came from Wuhan lab - video
- Coronavirus 'reinfections' were false positives, says WHO technical lead – video
- Grant Shapps: greater Covid-19 testing capacity could have cut deaths – video
| Coronavirus live news: Japan extends state of emergency as global cases top 3.5m Posted: 04 May 2020 02:38 AM PDT Trump claims vaccine will be found by end of year; Brazil passes 100,000 cases; New Zealand records no new cases for first time
The French prime minister Édouard Philippe will present more details of the government's "deconfinement" or end of lockdown plan as well as the bill extending the "state of health emergency" until 24 July, to the Sénat, the upper house of parliament, on Monday afternoon. The government is hoping for a quick passage through the house and on to the Assemblée Nationale tomorrow where the debate is likely to be more heated, but where Emmanuel Macron's centrist government has a large majority.
For a second consecutive day, Spain's overnight coronavirus death toll has reached 164, according to the latest figures from the health ministry. To date, there have been 218,011 confirmed cases in the country and 25,428 deaths. |
| An unfinished odyssey: six Italians on lives changed by coronavirus Posted: 03 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT As Europe's longest lockdown ends we talk to medics, survivors, daughters and volunteers about their experiences Annalisa Malara, a 38-year-old anaesthetist at Codogno hospital in the northern Lombardy region, was horrified when she saw the image of the lungs of Mattia Maestri, an otherwise fit and healthy person of the same age, as he underwent a CT scan on the morning of 20 February. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus UK: health passports 'possible in months' Posted: 03 May 2020 11:13 PM PDT Tech firm Onfido in talks with government about system to help Britons return to work Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial recognition. Facial biometrics could be used to help provide a digital certificate – sometimes known as an immunity passport – proving which workers have had Covid-19, as a possible way of easing the impact on the economy and businesses from ongoing physical distancing even after current lockdown measures are eased. Continue reading... |
| Global summit hopes to raise $8.2bn for coronavirus vaccine Posted: 03 May 2020 11:25 PM PDT Aim is to streamline and coordinate research and ensure poorer countries also benefit A global alliance of world leaders is expected to pledge to raise an initial $8.2bn (£6.5bn) at a virtual summit on Monday to research and equitably distribute vaccines and therapeutics to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. It is hoped national research efforts will be streamlined so that vaccines are manufactured quickly for distribution to poorer countries, and not just for the benefit of the wealthy economies that produce them. Continue reading... |
| Gretchen Whitmer backs Joe Biden on alleged assault: 'not every claim is equal' Posted: 03 May 2020 02:30 PM PDT
Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has spoken out in support of Joe Biden, telling CNN that when it comes to accusations of sexual assault, "not every claim is equal". Related: Tara Reade says she didn't explicitly accuse Biden of assault in Senate report Continue reading... |
| Syria's richest man inflames rare public dispute with Assad Posted: 03 May 2020 10:21 AM PDT Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of the Syrian leader, has accused him of arresting his employees Syria's richest man and first cousin of President Bashar al-Assad, who is accused by the US and EU of bankrolling the regime, has exacerbated a spectacular falling out with the Syrian leader, accusing him of sending security forces to arrest his employees and take over his businesses. Rami Makhlouf on Sunday released a second Facebook video –two days after an earlier shock appearance – which lifted the lid on his split with Assad and laid bare the workings of the ruling family's normally inscrutable inner sanctum. Continue reading... |
| Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months Posted: 04 May 2020 12:41 AM PDT Tory minister is resisting calls to sell stake in Faculty as it expands its Whitehall reach An artificial intelligence startup that was hired to work with Dominic Cummings on the Vote Leave campaign has been awarded at least seven government contracts worth almost £1m in the space of 18 months. Faculty, which has links to senior Tory figures in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, is rapidly expanding its reach into various corners of Whitehall and last year was tasked with finding ways to apply artificial intelligence across government. Continue reading... |
| Norwegian Air wins support for rescue plan ahead of crunch vote Posted: 04 May 2020 01:50 AM PDT Lessors agree debt-for-equity scheme just before emergency shareholder meeting begins The embattled carrier Norwegian Air has won support from aircraft lessors for its rescue plan as it faces a crunch shareholder vote on the $1.2bn (£950m) plan to convert debt into equity at an emergency meeting on Monday. Norwegian's shareholder meeting got under way in Oslo on Monday morning, as the European Union's competition watchdog approved French state aid worth €7bn (£6bn) for Air France. The Covid-19 pandemic has plunged the global aviation industry into its worst crisis, bringing air travel to a near-standstill. Continue reading... |
| 'Swastikas and nooses': governor slams 'racism' of Michigan lockdown protest Posted: 03 May 2020 04:49 PM PDT Gretchen Whitmer says heavily armed men and Confederate flags at state capitol 'depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history' Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan issued a rebuke of the armed protesters who gathered inside the state capitol last week in defiance of statewide lockdown orders, saying the demonstrators embodied some of the "worst racism" of the nation's history. "Some of the outrageousness of what happened at our capitol depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country," Whitmer said during a Sunday interview on CNN's State of the Union. Continue reading... |
| More than 300,000 UK smokers may have quit owing to Covid-19 fears Posted: 03 May 2020 04:01 PM PDT Health groups welcome survey suggesting many have quit, are trying to or have cut down More than 300,000 in the UK may have quit smoking during the coronavirus crisis as evidence mounts that the habit makes them more vulnerable to Covid-19, a survey suggests. A further 550,000 have tried to quit, while 2.4 million have cut down, according to the joint study by YouGov and the campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (Ash). Continue reading... |
| Top Israeli court hears challenge to Netanyahu forming government Posted: 03 May 2020 09:04 AM PDT Judges agree to livestream hearing to allow public scrutiny during coronavirus pandemic Benjamin Netanyahu could be barred from forming a government after Israel's high court began assessing petitions that seek to obstruct the prime minister because he is under criminal indictment. Sunday's hearing threatens to end the political career of the country's longest-serving leader. It could also return Israel to political crisis just two weeks after it appeared the year-long stalemate had finally been resolved. Continue reading... |
| Rohingya refugees sent to remote Bangladeshi island after weeks at sea Posted: 03 May 2020 03:06 AM PDT Hundreds more refugees still stranded on boats after being turned away by Malaysia Rohingya refugees believed to have spent weeks stranded on cramped boats at sea have been sent to a remote, uninhabited island by Bangladesh, while hundreds more remain adrift. Dozens of Rohingya landed on the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, an official said, with some sent to Bhasan Char, a silt island in the estuary of Bangladesh's Meghna River. Continue reading... |
| First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain Posted: 03 May 2020 05:16 AM PDT Images captured on cameras being used for film shoot in thinly populated area of Galicia A brown bear has been spotted traversing a rugged and sparsely populated area of north-west Spain for the first time in 150 years thanks to a set of camera traps and a bit of luck. Images of the animal were captured on cameras set up by a crew shooting the film Montaña ou Morte (Mountain or Death) in the Invernadeiro national park in Galicia's Ourense province. Continue reading... |
| 'A short but vibrant life': revisiting the life and death of Natalie Wood Posted: 04 May 2020 01:10 AM PDT In a new documentary, Natasha Gregson Wagner confronts speculation over her mother's drowning death head on, but honors her life and career first Natasha Gregson Wagner was 11 years old when her mother, the actor Natalie Wood, drowned off Catalina Island on Thanksgiving weekend, 1981. Wagner's recollection of hearing the news of her mother's death that rainy morning is the first scene of Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, a HBO documentary reflecting on Wood's storied life and career. Wood's death at 43 was a public spectacle – a vibrant, famous life cut short, compounded by mysterious circumstances ripe for speculation: a night-time drowning, no witnesses. Related: Natalie Wood: reinvestigating the mysterious death of a movie star Continue reading... |
| North-west overtakes London for number of Covid-19 hospital cases Posted: 03 May 2020 10:54 AM PDT Latest figures reveal English regional differences in spread and peak of coronavirus More people are in hospital with coronavirus in the north-west of England than in London, as regional differences in the spread and peak of the pandemic become increasingly apparent. Latest figures show 2,033 people in London hospitals compared to 2,191 in the north-west, where the peak for hospitalisation appears to have been on 13 April, compared to 8 April in the capital. Continue reading... |
| Mitch McConnell could yet pay price for 'tone deaf' coronavirus response Posted: 04 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT The Senate majority leader oversaw a huge handout to big business and drew bipartisan ire for suggesting struggling states should go bankrupt It was, New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo observed, "one of the really dumb ideas of all time". Larry Hogan, his counterpart in Maryland, called it "complete nonsense". Congressman Pete King of New York said it was the work of the "Marie Antoinette of the Senate". Related: Trump adviser: coronavirus relief aid threat to 'sanctuary cities' could happen Continue reading... |
| Eden-Monaro byelection: Liberals line up Andrew Constance as Labor confirms Kristy McBain Posted: 04 May 2020 02:34 AM PDT NSW minister Constance has not yet committed to running in the federal seat, with Jim Molan still not ruled out The New South Wales minister Andrew Constance is expected to put his hand up to be the Liberal candidate in the Eden-Monaro byelection, although party sources aren't yet certain when he will flag his intentions publicly. Discussions were under way on Monday between Constance and senator Jim Molan, who has been touted as another potential Liberal candidate. John Barilaro, the deputy premier of NSW and state Nationals leader – who has wanted to switch to the federal arena for some time – ruled himself out of contention on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Uganda megachurch criticised for choir tour as children stranded by Covid-19 Posted: 04 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT Watoto church investigated over decision not to pull out as 48 children are among those stuck abroad due to border closures The Ugandan government has launched an investigation into the activities of a megachurch in Kampala after seven members of its internationally renowned children's choir were diagnosed with Covid-19 following an overseas tour. The country's child affairs minister, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, told the Guardian the Internal Security Organisation was investigating Watoto church for allegedly breaching child labour laws, taking the children out of the country without permission and putting them at risk by not cancelling the tour as coronavirus cases escalated and countries closed their borders. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state Posted: 04 May 2020 02:46 AM PDT • Coronavirus: world map of deaths and cases The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to grow in the US. Mike Pence, the vice-president, is overseeing the US response to the coronavirus. So far, 80% of patients experience a mild form of the illness, which can include a fever and pneumonia, and many of these cases require little to no medical intervention. That being said, elderly people and those with underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart and lung issues are the most vulnerable. The coronavirus death rate in China for people 80 or over in the government's study of more than 72,000 cases, was 14.8%. Continue reading... |
| Is air pollution making the coronavirus pandemic even more deadly? Posted: 03 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Dirty air is well known to worsen the heart and lung risk factors for Covid-19 - early research is cause for concern In many respects, it makes perfect sense. Patients with severe Covid-19 are twice as likely to have had pre-existing respiratory diseases and three times as likely to have had cardiovascular problems. Continue reading... |
| North and South Korea exchange fire across demilitarised zone - video Posted: 03 May 2020 10:59 PM PDT North and South Korea exchanged gunfire over the demilitarised zone between the two countries. South Korea confirmed it fired towards the North after it discovered four bullets in the wall of a guard post. The shots come after North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appeared in public for the the first time in 20 days following speculation over his health Continue reading... |
| Mike Pompeo: 'Enormous evidence' Covid-19 came from Wuhan lab - video Posted: 03 May 2020 07:12 PM PDT US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said there is 'enormous evidence' the coronavirus outbreak originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but failed to provide evidence following his statement. Pompeo added,'experts seem to think it was manmade', before reversing his statement after he was reminded the US intelligence dismissed those claims last week. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus 'reinfections' were false positives, says WHO technical lead – video Posted: 03 May 2020 05:52 AM PDT Test results suggesting people in South Korea had been reinfected after recovering from Covid-19 were actually false positives caused by dead lung cells, the World Health Organization's technical lead, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, has told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show Continue reading... |
| Grant Shapps: greater Covid-19 testing capacity could have cut deaths – video Posted: 03 May 2020 04:12 AM PDT Fewer people would have died from coronavirus in the UK if the country's testing capacity had been greater sooner, Grant Shapps has said. Asked that question on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show, the transport secretary replied: 'Yes. If we had had 100,000 test capacity before this thing started and the knowledge that we now have retrospectively I'm sure many things could be different' Continue reading... |
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