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- Beijing coronavirus outbreak: travel restricted to tackle 'extremely severe' situation
- Coronavirus live news: New Zealand records first new cases for weeks as Beijing bans high-risk travellers from leaving city
- Covid-19 can damage lungs of victims beyond recognition, expert says
- Hydroxychloroquine: US revokes emergency approval of malaria drug for Covid-19
- India says soldiers killed on disputed Himalayan border with China
- North Korea blows up liaison office in row over defectors' leaflet campaign
- Family of Giulio Regeni 'betrayed' by Italian PM over arms sale to Egypt
- French Olympic hopeful climber Luce Douady, 16, dies after cliff fall
- Coronavirus: UK has legal duty to review air pollution targets, say lawyers
- Jo Cox's sister calls for 'compassion and kindness' on anniversary of murder
- Markets gain on US stimulus hopes as 600,000 UK workers lose jobs in Covid-19 crisis – business live
- Man shot as New Mexico protesters try to remove Spanish conquistador statue
- Forced retirement of Malawi's chief justice before June election blocked
- Diego the tortoise, father to hundreds and saviour of his species, finally retires
- Cut and run: the underground hairdressers of lockdown
- National Trust buys romantic landscape of Lorna Doone novel
- Spain may quarantine British visitors in response to UK policy
- Why coronavirus has placed millions more girls at risk of FGM
- Black Lives Matter protests: push for justice and police reform continues - live updates
- Labor's national executive takes over Victorian branch – as it happened
- Jailed for a Facebook post: garment workers' rights at risk during Covid-19
- England: are coronavirus cases falling or rising near you?
- Boris Johnson's racism inquiry: have previous ones changed anything?
- Black Lives Matter - a photographer's view from the London protests
- 'Trust with the police is broken': Rayshard Brooks's family tell of devastation – video
| Beijing coronavirus outbreak: travel restricted to tackle 'extremely severe' situation Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:43 AM PDT Restrictions on travel to and from China capital brought in as neighbourhoods sealed off and venues close Beijing authorities have described the city's coronavirus outbreak as "extremely severe" as dozens more cases emerged, sports and entertainment sites were closed and travel was curtailed. Parts of the Chinese capital were fenced off on Monday night, with security checkpoints set up at residential compounds, and high-risk people – such as close contacts of diagnosed cases – prevented from leaving the city. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:10 AM PDT China reimposes partial lockdown in capital to tackle new cluster; US authorities revoke emergency use of hydroxychloroquine; two imported cases in NZ. Follow the latest updates
In the final installment of our ER diaries, a nurse at a hospital in California reflects on medical unit getting used to a new normal under Covid-19: Yes, the Covid disaster tent in our hospital – that giant eyesore – is packed up and stored for the summer. The waiting rooms are filling up more regularly. As more and more departments open up, eerily quiet halls have a buzz about them again. And yet coronavirus is everywhere, and I'm starting to wonder if it will ever leave. Related: The Covid disaster tent in our hospital is packed up yet the virus remains everywhere
Two weeks after lifting most restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19, Turkey is facing a sharp increase in the number of new infections, raising fears of a second wave of the virus. The number of new cases on Monday reached 1,592, and the daily rate has increased by more than 1,000 for the last four days. In total Turkey has recorded a total of 178,831 infections and 4,825 deaths. |
| Covid-19 can damage lungs of victims beyond recognition, expert says Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:10 AM PDT Organs of some who die after over a month in hospital sustain 'complete disruption', peers told Covid-19 can leave the lungs of people who died from the disease completely unrecognisable, a professor of cardiovascular science has told parliament. It created such massive damage in those who spent more than a month in hospital that it resulted in "complete disruption of the lung architecture", said Prof Mauro Giacca of King's College London. Continue reading... |
| Hydroxychloroquine: US revokes emergency approval of malaria drug for Covid-19 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 05:19 PM PDT Food and Drug Administration says drug is unlikely to work against coronavirus and notes heart risks US regulators revoked the emergency authorization for malaria drugs championed by Donald Trump for treating Covid-19, amid growing evidence they don't work and could cause serious side effects. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were unlikely to be effective in treating the coronavirus. Citing reports of heart complications, the agency said the drugs' unproven benefits "do not outweigh the known and potential risks". Continue reading... |
| India says soldiers killed on disputed Himalayan border with China Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:42 AM PDT First loss of life in area in at least 45 years comes amid renewed dispute Three members of India's armed forces have been killed in a "violent face-off" with Chinese soldiers on their disputed Himalayan border, the Indian army has said in a statement. It said "senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation". Continue reading... |
| North Korea blows up liaison office in row over defectors' leaflet campaign Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:31 AM PDT Kim Jong-un's sister had said office, set up to improve co-operation with South Korea, was 'useless' North Korea has blown up a liaison office set up to improve communications with the South in a row over defectors' plans to send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the heavily armed border. South Korea's unification ministry said the North had set off an explosion at the joint liaison office at 2:49 pm, in the North Korean border town of Kaesong. The reports, from the Yonhap news agency, added that military sources had heard an explosion and seen smoke rising from the building. Continue reading... |
| Family of Giulio Regeni 'betrayed' by Italian PM over arms sale to Egypt Posted: 15 Jun 2020 09:00 PM PDT Murdered student's mother and rights groups condemn $1.2bn deal approved by Giuseppe Conte Rights groups and the family of the murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni have heavily criticised an arms deal between Italy and Egypt worth an estimated $1.2bn (£960m). Regeni's mutilated body was found by the side of a major road on the outskirts of Cairo in early 2016. His murder remains unsolved, but there are widespread suspicions that he was abducted, tortured and killed by Egyptian security forces. Continue reading... |
| French Olympic hopeful climber Luce Douady, 16, dies after cliff fall Posted: 15 Jun 2020 04:46 PM PDT
Teenage French climbing prodigy Luce Douady was killed on Sunday when she fell on a footpath in a climbing area in the French Alps, the French Mountain Climbing Federation (FFME) and its club in Chambery said. The 16-year-old reigning world junior champion fell 150m as she and a group of friends were crossing a tricky path equipped with a handrail between two climbing areas. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: UK has legal duty to review air pollution targets, say lawyers Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:00 PM PDT Letter cites growing evidence of link between dirty air and Covid-19 infections and deaths Growing evidence of a link between air pollution and the impact of coronavirus means the government has a legal obligation to urgently review its air quality strategy, according to lawyers. In a letter to ministers, the lawyers argue that refusing to order a review would breach UK law, the precautionary principle and the European convention on human rights. Continue reading... |
| Jo Cox's sister calls for 'compassion and kindness' on anniversary of murder Posted: 15 Jun 2020 04:01 PM PDT Kim Leadbeater says there is still a lot of work to do on the issues that concerned the MP four years after her death The sister of Jo Cox has said it is more important than ever that people "pull together with compassion and kindness" on the fourth anniversary of the MP's murder. Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed by far-right extremist Thomas Mair on 16 June 2016. She had been the Labour MP for Batley and Spen for just over a year when she was killed by Mair in Birstall, West Yorkshire, part of her constituency. Continue reading... |
| Markets gain on US stimulus hopes as 600,000 UK workers lose jobs in Covid-19 crisis – business live Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:19 AM PDT Live rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as latest official figures also showed the number of hours worked dropped a record 9%
The European commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Apple's conduct in connection with Apple Pay violates EU competition rules. #EUAntitrust Commission opens investigation into Apple practices regarding Apple Payhttps://t.co/iggSq0adrk pic.twitter.com/kiKIUL4yzl Mobile payment solutions are rapidly gaining acceptance among users of mobile devices, facilitating payments both online and in physical stores. This growth is accelerated by the coronavirus crisis, with increasing online payments and contactless payments in stores. It appears that Apple sets the conditions on how Apple Pay should be used in merchants' apps and websites. It also reserves the "tap and go" functionality of iPhones to Apple Pay. It is important that Apple's measures do not deny consumers the benefits of new payment technologies, including better choice, quality, innovation and competitive prices. I have therefore decided to take a close look at Apple's practices regarding Apple Pay and their impact on competition."
Unemployment data are grim, but bound to get a lot grimmer, writes the Guardian's economics editor. Unemployment is nudging 3 million, vacancies have plummeted and pay packets are shrinking. All this while the government is paying the wages of millions of workers through its furlough scheme. Related: UK unemployment outlook is grim – it's going to be tough | Larry Elliott Continue reading... |
| Man shot as New Mexico protesters try to remove Spanish conquistador statue Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:15 AM PDT Man in hospital after clash between protesters and armed men near statue of Juan de Oñate A man was shot on Monday night as protesters in New Mexico's largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum, prompting the city to announce that the statue would be removed until officials determine the next steps. The man was in a critical but stable condition, police said. Continue reading... |
| Forced retirement of Malawi's chief justice before June election blocked Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:30 PM PDT Bid to remove Andrew Nyirenda from post condemned as an 'unprecedented assault on judicial independence' by campaigners Attempts by the Malawi government to remove the country's chief justice days before presidential elections have been blocked following protests from law and civil society groups. On Friday, the government announced that Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda had been placed on leave pending retirement with immediate effect. The notice read that Nyirenda had accumulated more leave days than the remainder of his working days until his retirement, due in December 2021. Continue reading... |
| Diego the tortoise, father to hundreds and saviour of his species, finally retires Posted: 15 Jun 2020 05:36 PM PDT Giant tortoise, whose reproductive efforts almost single-handedly saved his species, has been moved to an uninhabited island Diego, the giant Galápagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, has been put out to pasture on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said. Diego was shipped out from the Galápagos national park's breeding program on Santa Cruz to the remote and uninhabited Española. Continue reading... |
| Cut and run: the underground hairdressers of lockdown Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT Many stylists and barbers are secretly working to keep us groomed during the pandemic, despite it being against the rules. But who are their clients – and aren't they worried about spreading coronavirus? The women come with their hair already wet. The men have soft fuzz trailing down their necks, like the asphalt of a tropical runway that has turned to grass. Surreptitiously, they duck into residential houses or barber shops with newspapered windows. They emerge pristine: women with bouffant blow-dries and men with edges so precise you could take a ruler to them. They are clients of the illegal hairdressers of lockdown – and there are more of them than you may think. Officially, of course, no one is supposed to be getting their hair cut. Not professionally, at least. Since lockdown began in England, on 23 March, hairdressers and barbers have been closed. Many in the sector are gearing up for a 4 July reopening, although this has not yet been confirmed by the government. Wales looks likely to be the same day; 11 August has been mooted in Scotland; Northern Ireland is yet to set a date. Social media is full of videos of people attacking their own hair with kitchen scissors, with varying degrees of success. Continue reading... |
| National Trust buys romantic landscape of Lorna Doone novel Posted: 15 Jun 2020 04:01 PM PDT Nine acres in Exmoor includes buildings, rivers and moorland linked to 19th-century tale It is a place of wooded valleys, tumbling rivers and rugged moorland that was immortalised in the 19th-century novel Lorna Doone, a twisty tale of romance, murder and outlaws by RD Blackmore. The National Trust announced on Tuesday it had bought nine acres of land in Doone country, including farmhouses and cottages, and is hoping to encourage more visitors to explore this tucked-away area of Exmoor. Continue reading... |
| Spain may quarantine British visitors in response to UK policy Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT Foreign minister says coronavirus situation worse in UK as Spain reopens borders Spain is considering introducing a quarantine rule for UK visitors when the country reopens its borders to EU and Schengen area members on Sunday, the foreign minister has said. Arancha González Laya said the measure was being considered in response to the British government's decision to require all international arrivals into the UK, including returning British residents, to self-isolate for 14 days. Continue reading... |
| Why coronavirus has placed millions more girls at risk of FGM Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:15 PM PDT As lockdowns linger and economies falter, girls who are out of school are at increased risk of being cut Covid-19 has exposed just how much work remains to be done to wipe out female genital mutilation (FGM) around the world. Two million girls who would otherwise be safe from the practice are believed to be at risk over the next decade as a direct result of the virus. As lockdowns linger and economies tumble, many families have been spurred into action over the fate of their daughters, using school closures to cut them and marry them off, campaigners say. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Black Lives Matter protests: push for justice and police reform continues - live updates Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:08 AM PDT
There's some very dramatic pictures coming in of the protest at Albuquerque against the statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate. A man was shot and is now in hospital in a condition described as critical but stable.
Good morning, welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the country. Here's some of the key points from yesterday and overnight. Continue reading... |
| Labor's national executive takes over Victorian branch – as it happened Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:28 AM PDT Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin will lead an internal review into Victorian Labor. This blog is now closed
Here's what you might have missed on Tuesday:
The foreign minister, Marise Payne, is answering questions now at the ANU's national security college. She was asked about Scott Morrison's Lowy speech last year – which had led many observers to focus on his remarks about "negative globalism" – and whether the government was now rediscovering multilateralism. Continue reading... |
| Jailed for a Facebook post: garment workers' rights at risk during Covid-19 Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:30 AM PDT Global fashion brands urged to speak out after arrest of factory employee fuels fears that rights are eroded during pandemic On the evening of 31 March, at the height of the Covid-19 epidemic, Soy Sros, a young Cambodian garment worker, took out her phone and posted a message on Facebook. The Cambodian garment sector was in freefall with billions of dollars of clothing orders cancelled and factories closing. Continue reading... |
| England: are coronavirus cases falling or rising near you? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:04 AM PDT How has Covid-19 progressed where you live? The map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where there are very few cases, and so a rise from 1 to 2 is a doubling. Increased testing also means that more cases may be being detected than previously, although the impact of this between one week and the next is likely to be slight. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson's racism inquiry: have previous ones changed anything? Posted: 15 Jun 2020 04:33 AM PDT The PM's commission will be the latest in a line of initiatives examining race inequalities Boris Johnson has announced a "cross-governmental commission" into racial disparities in education, health and criminal justice. It is the latest of a series of reports into ethnic injustices over recent years. Continue reading... |
| Black Lives Matter - a photographer's view from the London protests Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:41 PM PDT Photographer Henry J Kamara writes about his experience photographing the Black Lives Matter protest in London last weekend Continue reading... |
| 'Trust with the police is broken': Rayshard Brooks's family tell of devastation – video Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:29 AM PDT The family of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot and killed by a white police officer, have paid tribute to him and told of their devastation. During a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, Brooks's cousin said the trust between the Atlanta community and its police department had been broken and called for the officer involved to be charged and convicted. The press conference comes a day after a medical examiner concluded that Brooks, 27, died by homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back
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