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- Coronavirus live news: Russia overtakes Germany and France after record rise in cases
- UK coronavirus live: Johnson says 'maximum caution' needed as part of lockdown easing; Notting Hill carnival cancelled
- Revealed: the secret report that gave ministers warning of care home coronavirus crisis
- ‘We are living in a catastrophe’: Peru's jungle capital choking for breath as Covid-19 hits
- Hundreds in hospital after deadly gas leak at Indian chemical factory
- US to delay Hong Kong report to see if China 'further undermines' autonomy
- George Pell: cardinal was aware of children being sexually abused, royal commission report finds
- Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
- Police seize 19,000 stolen artefacts in international art trafficking crackdown
- 'First petri dish': Sundance film festival may have been Covid-19 incubator
- Home Office's denial of benefits to migrant families unlawful, court rules
- Revealed: Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn't cover warehouses
- Ahmaud Arbery's parents call for arrests after their son was killed while jogging
- Andy Serkis to read The Hobbit nonstop to raise money for the NHS
- Magnificent holiday meals: nine dishes to transport you instantly – from moules marinieres to jambalaya
- Woman, 29, charged with murder over alleged shop stabbing in south Wales
- Netherlands science university accused of bias over drive to hire female staff
- Australia's national cabinet to set timetable to reopen economy in several stages
- ‘They're fearless’: the women battling to free Myanmar from meth
- Qatar's migrant workers beg for food as Covid-19 infections rise
- 'The virus comes for us': capturing the Covid-19 crisis facing Egypt's poor
- Under Boris Johnson, Putin and Trump the world has uncanny parallels to 1945
- The UK government's changing coronavirus strategy
- Coronavirus antibody tests: what they are and how they work
- A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one | Timothy Garton Ash
- We fear hunger, not coronavirus: Lebanon protesters return in rage - video
- White House: US-China relationship one of 'disappointment and frustration' - video
- Venezuela leader calls for extradition of US security contractor after failed raid - video
- Venezuela: captured US mercenary describes failed plot to abduct Maduro – video
- Live and Let Die plays as Donald Trump visits mask factory without a mask – video
- Footage shows Venezuelan arrest of 'mercenary' in alleged US incursion – video
- How coronavirus is dividing India – video explainer
| Coronavirus live news: Russia overtakes Germany and France after record rise in cases Posted: 07 May 2020 05:55 AM PDT International tourism to plunge 80%; deaths in Europe exceed 150,000 as UN warns of multiple famine risk; White House says US-China relationship one of 'disappointment'
Another three million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the Guardian's Dominic Rushe and Lauren Aratani report. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to extract its terrible toll on the US jobs market, some 33 million jobless Americans have now made claims in the past seven weeks. Related: Coronavirus: three million more Americans file for unemployment Continue reading... |
| Posted: 07 May 2020 05:57 AM PDT ONS says risk of death significantly higher among some ethnic groups than others; Sturgeon will consider allowing more outdoor exercise; Johnson to give speech on lockdown plans at 7pm on Sunday
The Notting Hill Carnival has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the carnival's board announced. For the first time in more than 50 years, the August bank holiday event on the streets of west London will not take place, but the board said they are working on holding a celebration on the same weekend in an alternative form. We, of course, work very closely with them for carnival and want to take this opportunity to express our utmost respect, admiration and gratitude for their work. We look forward to welcoming you back to the streets of Notting Hill in 2021. NHC PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has emphasised the importance of a cross-UK consensus on leaving lockdown and called on Boris Johnson to involve the devolved nations and opposition parties in "meaningful" discussion. Having different approaches and rival strategies isn't going to help. I'm not talking about [more cautious nations having] a veto but my strong preference is that the whole of the UK move as as one on this. It is really important in Scotland and across the UK that we are cautious about this, that nothing is done that might push the infection rate above one. There is a strong preference on my part that this is done across the UK as a whole. That's the approach we took going into lockdown, that's the approach we should be taking coming out. The danger if we don't act together is that there are then different rules for different places, that makes it much more difficult to police," adding that it was "very hard to see how you could have separate regimes in different countries or regions. It is very important that we build a national consensus about what happens next ... It does mean that the prime minister has got to involve the devolved nations, trade unions civic society and opposition parties in a very meaningful way. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: the secret report that gave ministers warning of care home coronavirus crisis Posted: 07 May 2020 04:42 AM PDT Care providers say government did not discuss key Exercise Cygnus concerns with them A secret government report that said the UK was not prepared for a pandemic and forewarned of the Covid-19 crisis in care homes is being published by the Guardian. The report is based on the findings of a government simulation of an influenza pandemic, codenamed Exercise Cygnus. It concluded starkly that Britain was not adequately prepared for a flu-like pandemic's "extreme demands". Continue reading... |
| ‘We are living in a catastrophe’: Peru's jungle capital choking for breath as Covid-19 hits Posted: 07 May 2020 03:45 AM PDT Iquitos, still reeling from a dengue fever outbreak and plagued by poverty, relies on air deliveries for medicine, equipment and oxygen In the final hours before Covid-19 claimed her life, Cecilio Sangama watched helplessly as his eldest sister Edith gasped for breath. Hospitals across Peru's largest Amazon city had run out of oxygen, and the shortage had pushed the black market price of a cylinder well above $1,000 (£810). Continue reading... |
| Hundreds in hospital after deadly gas leak at Indian chemical factory Posted: 07 May 2020 12:18 AM PDT Gas from LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh leaked into nearby homes while families slept A gas leak at a chemical factory in south-east India has killed at least nine people, including two children, and led to hundreds being taken to hospital, with fears the death toll could grow. Styrene from the plastics plant owned by Korea's LG Corp started leaking into the surrounding residential area from about 3am on Thursday morning, incapacitating some people in their homes and causing others to collapse in the streets in the area on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam city on India's east coast. Continue reading... |
| US to delay Hong Kong report to see if China 'further undermines' autonomy Posted: 07 May 2020 01:49 AM PDT Delay comes after Beijing's highest office in Hong Kong referred to city's protesters as 'virus' that must be eradicated The US will delay its report on Hong Kong's autonomy until after the Chinese government's major annual meeting later this month, in anticipation of what actions Beijing "may be contemplating" to further undermine the independence of the semi-autonomous territory. It comes after Beijing's highest office in Hong Kong referred to the city's protesters as a "virus", which must be eradicated. Continue reading... |
| George Pell: cardinal was aware of children being sexually abused, royal commission report finds Posted: 06 May 2020 05:29 PM PDT Previously redacted findings from the commission's report into Pell's handling of child sexual abuse claims have now been made public Cardinal George Pell was aware of children being sexually abused within the Archdiocese of Ballarat by notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, Australia's child abuse royal commission found, and it was "implausible" that other senior church figures did not tell Pell abuse was occurring. More than 100 previously redacted pages of the child abuse royal commission report relating to Cardinal George Pell and what he knew about child sexual abuse within the Catholic church were tabled to parliament on Thursday morning. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds Posted: 07 May 2020 03:07 AM PDT First major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea Europe's first national, government-backed basic income experiment did not do much to encourage recipients into work but did improve their mental wellbeing, confidence and life satisfaction, according to the first big study of a Finnish scheme that has attracted fresh interest in the coronavirus outbreak. "The basic income recipients were more satisfied with their lives and experienced less mental strain than the control group," the study, by researchers at Helsinki University, concluded. "They also had a more positive perception of their economic welfare." Continue reading... |
| Police seize 19,000 stolen artefacts in international art trafficking crackdown Posted: 07 May 2020 03:09 AM PDT 101 suspects arrested and rare cultural treasures recovered in huge global investigation Two huge international police operations targeting the trade in stolen artworks and archaeological artefacts have led to the arrest of 101 people and the recovery of more than 19,000 items, including a pre-Colombian gold mask, a carved Roman lion and thousands of ancient coins. Continue reading... |
| 'First petri dish': Sundance film festival may have been Covid-19 incubator Posted: 07 May 2020 04:21 AM PDT The Hollywood Reporter says numerous attendees returned from the late-January festival with coronavirus symptoms A new report suggests that January's Sundance film festival, the annual gathering of cinephiles in Park City, Utah, may have been a key early hub for coronavirus in the US. The article, in the Hollywood Reporter, cites numerous attendees who experienced Covid-19-like symptoms either during or immediately after the festival. None were believed to have been tested for the disease. Sundance this year attracted about 120,000 people to the small mountain resort, to watch films and party in confined spaces. The snowy conditions that make Park City perfect for skiing mean that socialising indoors is common, as are some flu-like symptoms as a result of the low temperature and high altitude. Continue reading... |
| Home Office's denial of benefits to migrant families unlawful, court rules Posted: 07 May 2020 03:37 AM PDT Eight-year-old boy took case to high court, arguing NRPF policy increased public health risks Lawyers for an eight-year-old British boy have won a ruling that a Home Office policy denying families like his access to the welfare safety net is unlawful. The boy took a case to the high court arguing that the Home Office's no recourse to public funds (NRPF) policy increased the risk of families like his becoming destitute and heightened public health risks by forcing people into overcrowded accommodation or on to the streets. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn't cover warehouses Posted: 07 May 2020 03:00 AM PDT California workers say the company is pressuring sick employees to show up – and flouting a California law meant to protect them from Covid-19 Amazon workers in southern California's industrial heartland say the company's policies are forcing sick employees to work and that warehouses are refusing to comply with a state paid sick leave law meant to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks. In the Inland Empire region outside Los Angeles, Amazon workers told the Guardian they fear losing their jobs if they are ill and stay home. At least four Amazon warehouses in the region have recorded Covid-19 cases. Continue reading... |
| Ahmaud Arbery's parents call for arrests after their son was killed while jogging Posted: 07 May 2020 05:35 AM PDT Video surfaced online this week of a black man killed by two white men in Georgia, causing public outcry The parents of a black man killed by two white men in Georgia have called for immediate arrests after video footage of the incident surfaced online this week. Public outcry over the shooting on 23 February of Ahmaud Arbery has intensified following the video's release. A large crowd of demonstrators marched in the neighborhood where Arbery was killed, and the state opened its own investigation, which the governor and attorney general pledged to support. Continue reading... |
| Andy Serkis to read The Hobbit nonstop to raise money for the NHS Posted: 07 May 2020 02:54 AM PDT The actor, best known for playing Gollum in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, will read the entire JRR Tolkien novel Andy Serkis is to give a continuous, live reading of The Hobbit – lasting around 12 hours – in aid of charity. The actor, best known as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, will read the entire book from start to finish with no breaks. Money raised from the performance will be split equally between NHS Charities Together and Best Beginnings. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 07 May 2020 03:43 AM PDT During lockdown, readers have been recreating food that takes them back to happy travel memories and delicious voyages of discovery Sarah Vaughan, 33, events manager, London Continue reading... |
| Woman, 29, charged with murder over alleged shop stabbing in south Wales Posted: 06 May 2020 04:23 PM PDT Zara Anne Radcliffe, 29, accused of killing John Rees, 88, and injuring three others A 29-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of an elderly church warden and the attempted murder of three other people in an alleged stabbing incident in south Wales, police said. Zara Anne Radcliffe will appear before Cardiff magistrates' court on Thursday accused of stabbing to death John Rees, 88, who was allegedly attacked in a Co-op store in Penygraig, Rhondda Valley. Continue reading... |
| Netherlands science university accused of bias over drive to hire female staff Posted: 07 May 2020 05:52 AM PDT Eindhoven rector says he wants to improve representation among engineering academics One of Europe's leading engineering universities is being investigated over claims of unfair sexual discrimination after it increased its cohort of female academics by 25% through opening its vacancies exclusively to women. Eindhoven University of Technology has been asked by the Dutch Institute for Human Rights to justify a policy under which only women may apply for posts in the faculty in the first six months that they are advertised. Continue reading... |
| Australia's national cabinet to set timetable to reopen economy in several stages Posted: 07 May 2020 05:32 AM PDT Morrison government's move to ease coronavirus restrictions comes as it worries about the mounting cost of lockdowns
The Morrison government wants to emerge from Friday's national cabinet meeting with a timetable for reopening parts of the economy in several stages, with intervals between easing the restrictions of up to four weeks to establish whether Covid-19 infections have flared, and manage any outbreaks. While the premiers from the two most populous states warned on Thursday that easing restrictions too quickly could trigger a second wave of infections, undoing the progress in flattening the curve, Canberra remains concerned about the mounting fiscal and economic costs of the restrictions. Continue reading... |
| ‘They're fearless’: the women battling to free Myanmar from meth Posted: 07 May 2020 03:15 AM PDT From jungle stakeouts to burning drug dealers' property, a group of mothers is willing to do whatever it takes to free their community from addiction Sister Ester keeps several small plastic bags of colourful methamphetamine – or meth – tablets beside her bed, along with a pistol and a plastic box of bullets. "All of these items were seized by our group in raids on houses selling drugs over the past few weeks," she says. Continue reading... |
| Qatar's migrant workers beg for food as Covid-19 infections rise Posted: 06 May 2020 11:30 PM PDT Desperation and fear mount in the Gulf state as thousands of labourers are left with no job, no money and no way out Low-wage migrant workers in Qatar, one of the richest countries in the world, say they have been forced to beg for food as the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic takes a devastating toll, following a surge in the outbreak that has seen one-in-four people test positive. In more than 20 interviews, workers in the World Cup host nation have described a mounting sense of desperation, frustration and fear. Many told the Guardian they have suddenly been left jobless, with no other way to earn a living. Others say they are desperate, but unable, to return home. Some have been forced to plead for food from their employers or charities. Continue reading... |
| 'The virus comes for us': capturing the Covid-19 crisis facing Egypt's poor Posted: 06 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT As the coronavirus lockdown clamps down on the informal economy and tourism dries up, Egypt's most vulnerable are left without protection or food security Continue reading... |
| Under Boris Johnson, Putin and Trump the world has uncanny parallels to 1945 Posted: 06 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Russia on the offensive, Brexit Britain stands alone, and US disdain for European allies recalls its naivety with Stalin Victory in Europe was made possible by a remarkable military collaboration between the main anti-Axis powers – the US, Russia and Britain. But the three-way relationship, between Franklin D Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, was never easy, and it set a pattern of national rivalry, suspicion, fear and distrust that persists to this day. A row over a top-secret message, known as SCAF-252, sent to Stalin in late March 1945 by Gen Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander, shows how fraught the relationship could be. In it, Eisenhower detailed his plans for the final defeat of Nazi Germany – but omitted to first consult or inform his British allies. Continue reading... |
| The UK government's changing coronavirus strategy Posted: 06 May 2020 11:05 AM PDT Public messaging over testing, herd immunity, death toll and PPE sometimes changed within days Since the coronavirus outbreak hit the UK the government has changed its strategy and public messaging a number of times, in some cases within days. Here are some of the areas where the line has changed: Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus antibody tests: what they are and how they work Posted: 06 May 2020 09:34 AM PDT Tests have been hailed as key to helping end the UK lockdown. But what can they tell us? Antibody tests have been hailed as a key to understanding the spread of the coronavirus and even as a means of easing us out of lockdown. But what are they, and what can they tell us? Continue reading... |
| A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one | Timothy Garton Ash Posted: 06 May 2020 04:17 AM PDT Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy's capacity to deliver change The coronavirus crisis seems to be encouraging belief in radical change. An astonishing 71% of Europeans are now in favour of introducing a universal basic income, according to an opinion poll designed by my research team at Oxford university and published today. In Britain, the figure is 68%. Less encouraging, at least to anyone who believes in liberal democracy, is another startling finding in the survey: no less than 53% of young Europeans place more confidence in authoritarian states than in democracies to tackle the climate crisis. The poll was conducted by eupinions in March, as most of Europe was locking down against the virus, but the questions had been formulated earlier. It would be fascinating now to ask Europeans which political system they think has proved better at combating a pandemic, as the United States and China, the world's leading democracy and the world's leading dictatorship, spray viral accusations at each other. Those two contrasting but equally striking survey results show how high the stakes will be as we emerge from the immediate medical emergency, and face the subsequent economic pandemic and its political fallout. What kind of historical moment will this turn out to be, for Europe and the world? It could lead us to the best of times. It could lead us to the worst of times. Continue reading... |
| We fear hunger, not coronavirus: Lebanon protesters return in rage - video Posted: 07 May 2020 02:35 AM PDT Lebanon's coronavirus lockdown has sent an economy already in deep trouble into freefall, and many are struggling to survive. Gino Raidy is an activist who was prominent during the October 2019 anti-government corruption protests. Now, with many fearing hunger and believing there is nothing left to lose, he is helping to keep demonstrators safe as they demand real and lasting change Continue reading... |
| White House: US-China relationship one of 'disappointment and frustration' - video Posted: 07 May 2020 12:12 AM PDT Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, described America's relationship with China as 'one of disappointment and frustration' following the coronavirus outbreak. McEnany said Beijing had not shared the genetic sequence of the virus when it could have and refused access to US investigators, putting American lives at risk as the country struggles to contain the spread of Covid-19 |
| Venezuela leader calls for extradition of US security contractor after failed raid - video Posted: 07 May 2020 12:06 AM PDT President Nicolás Maduro has called for the extradition of a US security contractor after an alleged incursion into the country to abduct him failed. Luke Denman, one of two US citizens captured during the incident, said he was contracted to a private security firm run by Jordan Goudreau, in an an interview televised in Venezuela. While the US government has denied any role in the alleged raid, Maduro has called for Goudreau to be extradited to Venezuela
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| Venezuela: captured US mercenary describes failed plot to abduct Maduro – video Posted: 06 May 2020 02:17 PM PDT Luke Denman is shown on Venezuelan TV after being arrested. Denman was one of two American mercenaries apprehended after a failed attempt to topple Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Denman claimed he was on a mission to seize control of Venezuela's main airport in order to abduct its authoritarian leader – and he alleged that he was acting under the command of Donald Trump
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| Live and Let Die plays as Donald Trump visits mask factory without a mask – video Posted: 06 May 2020 01:53 PM PDT A cover of Live and Let Die by rock band Guns N' Roses played in the background as Donald Trump walked around the Honeywell plant making N95 masks in Phoenix, Arizona, while not wearing a mask himself Continue reading... |
| Footage shows Venezuelan arrest of 'mercenary' in alleged US incursion – video Posted: 06 May 2020 09:57 AM PDT Thirteen men were arrested in Venezuela, of which two are believed to be US citizens after what the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, described a failed armed incursion plot coordinated with Washington to enter the country via the Caribbean coast and oust him. Eight people were killed during the incursion attempt on Sunday, Venezuelan authorities said. Donald Trump has denied any involvement by the US government Continue reading... |
| How coronavirus is dividing India – video explainer Posted: 06 May 2020 09:02 AM PDT The spread of Covid-19 in India has been catastrophic for millions of its poorest and marginalised residents who are bearing the brunt of the world's biggest shutdown. Hannah Ellis-Peterson tells us how coronavirus and the lockdown is further dividing the country along class and religious lines This video was amended on 7 May 2020 to clarify that there are millions of migrant workers in India, not 480 million as an earlier version suggested.
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