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- UK coronavirus live: Matt Hancock hails 'big moment' as Covid-19 alert level reduced from 4 to 3
- Discretion saves lives: quick cleans and ‘Hotel Quarantine' in Niamey
- Charities report rise in Maltese requests for abortion pills during lockdown
- Russian priest who called coronavirus a 'pseudo-pandemic' seizes convent
- Coronavirus live news: US questions Beijing cluster figures as WHO eyes 2bn Covid-19 vaccine doses by end of 2021
- Twitter flags doctored video tweeted by Trump about 'racist baby' as manipulated media
- Cyber-attack Australia: sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says
- Amy Klobuchar rules herself out as possible Biden running mate
- South Korea unification minister quits as tensions with North mount
- Polish president scales down homophobic rhetoric as election nears
- Billie Eilish granted restraining order over man who repeatedly visited home
- Auckland shooting: police officer killed and suspect at large in New Zealand
- Cern poised to back plan for €20bn successor to Large Hadron Collider
- Abandoned bus made famous by movie Into the Wild removed by Alaska authorities
- Werner Herzog: 'I'm fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes'
- Two arrested on suspicion of murder after Solihull boy, six, dies
- L'amour is in the air again as French kissing returns on-screen
- Into the Wild abandoned bus airlifted from Alaska back country – video
- 'My heart jumps when a patient misses a session': the Brazilian students helping prevent suicide
- China charges two detained Canadians with alleged espionage
- Victoria police distances itself from controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI
- Mumbai discovers life isn't so sweet without the workers it once ignored
- As UK lockdowns ease, fears grow of return to pre-pandemic crime and pollution levels
- Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
- Piloted in May, ditched in June: the failure of England's Covid-19 app
- Canada’s failed UN security council bid exposes Trudeau’s 'dilettante' foreign policy
- Police officer killed and suspect on run after Auckland shooting – video
- Rayshard Brooks says US justice system treats people 'like animals' in interview before his death
- Government 'backed both horses' on contact-tracing app, says Matt Hancock – video
- What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday in the US? – video explainer
| UK coronavirus live: Matt Hancock hails 'big moment' as Covid-19 alert level reduced from 4 to 3 Posted: 19 Jun 2020 02:42 AM PDT News updates: Education secretary to reveal details of £1bn funding package for schools to help pupils catch up on lessons missed during the coronavirus lockdown
Reacting to the UK CMO's decision to lower the UK's alert level from Level 4 to Level 3 Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: "The UK moving to a lower alert level is a big moment for the country, and a real testament to the British people's determination to beat this virus.
UK Chief Medical Officers have recommended that the Covid-19 alert level should be reduced from four to three, meaning the epidemic is in general circulation but transmission is no longer "high or rising exponentially." The CMOs for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland said in a statement that it did not mean the pandemic was over but there had been a "steady decrease" in all four parts of the UK. Continue reading... |
| Discretion saves lives: quick cleans and ‘Hotel Quarantine' in Niamey Posted: 19 Jun 2020 01:30 AM PDT Understanding fear of stigma is essential in the battle against coronavirus in Niger's capital. All photographs by Juan Haro for Unicef It feels strange to cover the coronavirus crisis in Niger. Everyday life is taking its normal course, but you sense a strangeness in the air. It is manifested in the neighbourhoods, in the space between people. In a society where physical contact is part of the fabric of things, social distancing remains a challenge. Continue reading... |
| Charities report rise in Maltese requests for abortion pills during lockdown Posted: 18 Jun 2020 09:00 PM PDT Women in Malta, where abortion is banned, have been unable to travel abroad for terminations Women in Malta seeking an abortion during the pandemic are being forced to procure their own miscarriage or keep an unwanted pregnancy, even when the child has a severe abnormality. Overseas charities have reported large increases in requests for abortion pills from women in Malta during the pandemic. Women On Web, an online community based in the Netherlands, received 45 pill requests in March and 47 in April, up from 18 in February, with three women who requested abortion pills saying they had been raped by their partner during lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Russian priest who called coronavirus a 'pseudo-pandemic' seizes convent Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:19 AM PDT Father Sergei Romanov who was banished by church leaders in April says he will only be removed by force A rogue Russian priest who denies the existence of Covid-19 has seized a convent in the Urals region and announced he will only be removed by force. Father Sergei Romanov stormed the Sredneuralsk convent this week, after being banished by church leaders in April for protesting the closure of churches due to the coronavirus epidemic, which he called a "pseudo-pandemic". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2020 02:49 AM PDT Researchers working on more than 200 vaccines, says WHO; global deaths pass 450,000; Brazil nears 1m cases. Follow the latest updates
EU leaders are gathering virtually for a video summit which is attempting to find consensus for an ambitious €750bn (£676bn; $840bn) EU coronavirus recovery fund. Several northern European nations are unhappy about the EU Commission plan because it involves collectively raising €500bn as grants for countries worst hit by the pandemic, notably Italy and Spain. Related: Europe's big two kiss and make up for pandemic rescue deal
The UK's chief medical officers have agreed that the Covid-19 threat level should be lowered one notch to "epidemic is in general circulation" from "transmission is high or rising exponentially". The joint biosecurity centre recommended the Covid-19 alert level should move from level 4 (a Covid-19 epidemic is in general circulation; transmission is high or rising exponentially) to level 3 (a Covid-19 epidemic is in general circulation). There has been a steady decrease in cases we have seen in all four nations, and this continues. It does not mean that the pandemic is over. The virus is still in general circulation, and localised outbreaks are likely to occur. Continue reading... |
| Twitter flags doctored video tweeted by Trump about 'racist baby' as manipulated media Posted: 18 Jun 2020 09:22 PM PDT Labeling of video made to look like a CNN report marks Twitter's latest effort to label misinformation amplified by the US president Twitter has flagged a video tweeted by Donald Trump, which contained a fake CNN news segment about a "racist baby", adding a warning label that the post contained manipulated media. The video, which had been doctored to make it appear as if it were a CNN broadcast, features two toddlers running and includes a fake graphic that reads "Terrified todler (sic) runs from racist baby". The clip later accuses "fake news" of spreading misinformation. Continue reading... |
| Cyber-attack Australia: sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says Posted: 18 Jun 2020 07:34 PM PDT Security experts say China, Russia and North Korea are the only countries that fit Australian prime minister Scott Morrison's description of culprit A wide range of political and private sector organisations in Australia have come under cyber-attack carried out by a "sophisticated state-based cyber actor", the Australian government has revealed. Scott Morrison disclosed the far-reaching attacks at a media conference in Canberra on Friday, while his defence minister declared that malicious cyber activity was "increasing in frequency, scale, in sophistication and in its impact". Continue reading... |
| Amy Klobuchar rules herself out as possible Biden running mate Posted: 18 Jun 2020 10:44 PM PDT Democratic senator from Minnesota said Biden should 'put a woman of color' on the ticket for the 2020 election Amy Klobuchar has withdrawn from consideration to be Joe Biden's running mate, urging the presumptive Democratic nominee to choose a woman of color instead. The Minnesota senator's prospects of running as vice president alongside Biden faded after the police killing of George Floyd in the state she represents sparked a nationwide reckoning over police brutality and systematic racism in the US. Continue reading... |
| South Korea unification minister quits as tensions with North mount Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:03 PM PDT Kim Yeon-chul, who did not meet any officials from Pyongyang in his 14-month tenure, takes responsibility for deterioration in relations South Korea's minister in charge of relations with North Korea has resigned to take responsibility for a rapid deterioration in cross-border ties that has seen tensions rise on the peninsula in recent weeks. The unification minister, Kim Yeon-chul, is to step down after his offer to resign was accepted by the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, days after North Korea blew up a liaison office on its side of the border that was intended to foster inter-Korean cooperation. Continue reading... |
| Polish president scales down homophobic rhetoric as election nears Posted: 18 Jun 2020 09:00 PM PDT Andrzej Duda, criticised for attacks on 'LGBT ideology', hopes Trump meeting will boost campaign Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, has attempted to move away from homophobic rhetoric in recent days after attacks on "LGBT ideology" during his re-election campaign drew widespread criticism. Duda, who will travel to the White House next week aiming to receive a pre-election boost from Donald Trump just four days before the vote, made a campaign pledge to "defend children from LGBT ideology", which he has claimed could be "even more destructive" than communist ideology. Continue reading... |
| Billie Eilish granted restraining order over man who repeatedly visited home Posted: 19 Jun 2020 01:27 AM PDT New Yorker Prenell Rousseau behaved erratically outside pop singer's Los Angeles home seven times on two days in May A US judge has awarded pop singer Billie Eilish a restraining order against a man who repeatedly visited her family home. Prenell Rousseau, 24, who lives on Long Island, New York, appeared outside Eilish's Los Angeles home seven times on 4 and 5 May, before being arrested and sent back to New York, a court was told. A temporary restraining order was taken out, which has now been extended for three years. Continue reading... |
| Auckland shooting: police officer killed and suspect at large in New Zealand Posted: 18 Jun 2020 07:23 PM PDT Second police officer seriously injured and member of the public hit by suspect's car during getaway One police officer has been killed and another sustained serious injuries after a shooting during a routine traffic stop in Auckland, New Zealand, with a hunt for the suspect continuing. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said the death of the officer was "absolutely devastating … This is a shocking situation, this is the worst news police and their families can receive," he told a press conference on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Cern poised to back plan for €20bn successor to Large Hadron Collider Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:01 PM PDT Proposed 100km circular tunnel would be four times as big and six times as powerful as LHC As the largest scientific instrument on the planet enters its twilight years, Cern scientists have been facing the question of what next after the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Following extensive debate, they appear to have landed on an answer: go bigger or go home. Cern's council is expected to announce its backing on Friday for a proposed new collider with a 100km circular tunnel, four times the size and six times as powerful as the LHC. A formal vote on the plan is due to go ahead on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Abandoned bus made famous by movie Into the Wild removed by Alaska authorities Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:15 PM PDT Helicopter removed the bus where adventurer Christopher McCandless died of starvation in 1992, to prevent others trying to reach it An abandoned bus in the Alaska back country, popularized by the book Into the Wild and movie of the same name, was removed on Thursday as a public safety measure, state officials said. The bus has long attracted adventurers to an area without cellphone service and marked by unpredictable weather and at-times swollen rivers. Some have had to be rescued or have died. Christopher McCandless, the subject of the book and movie, died of starvation there in 1992. Continue reading... |
| Werner Herzog: 'I'm fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes' Posted: 18 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT At 77 and holed up in lockdown, the veteran director and latterday actor shows no signs of slowing down or accepting any limitations The digital world, what a fabulous place, Werner Herzog declares from his home in Los Angeles. Fraught with danger. Filled with possibility. It is thanks to digital that he can stream his films to audiences in Africa and Asia, despite the fact that the theatres are closed. It is thanks to digital that he can receive an email from a student in Missoula, Montana and respond to her question in less than a minute. It is thanks to digital that we are able to converse over Skype, peering into each other's houses from a 5,000-mile distance. "So this is wonderful," he cries. "Wonderful, wonderful!" Then the connection cuts out and I have to dial his number again. We were meant to meet in person , but the pandemic intervened. As a director, Herzog goes about life like a pith-helmeted explorer – dragging his camera to the mouth of volcanoes, hauling a steamship up a Peruvian mountain. But he is 77 and slap-bang in the Covid-19 danger zone, and accepts that now is the time to sit tight, wait it out. The lion in winter. Napoleon stuck on Elba. I am picturing him bouncing off the walls or staring into the abyss, but he insists he's doing fine, staying positive. "I'm constantly being made fun of as this terrible doom-sayer. The dour German. But this is not the whole story," he says. Herzog contains multitudes. He suspects that most people do. Continue reading... |
| Two arrested on suspicion of murder after Solihull boy, six, dies Posted: 19 Jun 2020 02:12 AM PDT West Midlands police say they are investigating how child sustained serious head injuries A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a six-year-old boy died in hospital. West Midlands police said officers were attempting to determine how the child, who has not been named, sustained serious head injuries on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| L'amour is in the air again as French kissing returns on-screen Posted: 19 Jun 2020 01:59 AM PDT Culture minister announces on-screen smooching is back as cinemas reopen in France Actors have started kissing again on French film shoots, the country's culture minister has said. Franck Riester said kissing had resumed on sets where the actors had been tested for coronavirus. Continue reading... |
| Into the Wild abandoned bus airlifted from Alaska back country – video Posted: 19 Jun 2020 01:27 AM PDT An abandoned bus in the Alaska back country, made popular by the book Into the Wild and film of the same name, was airlifted on Thursday as a public safety measure. The bus has long attracted adventurers to the area, which is affected by unpredictable weather and sometimes swollen rivers where some have had to be rescued or have died. The Alaska army national guard moved the bus as part of a training mission 'at no cost to the public or additional cost to the state' using a heavy-lift helicopter Continue reading... |
| 'My heart jumps when a patient misses a session': the Brazilian students helping prevent suicide Posted: 19 Jun 2020 01:05 AM PDT More than 1,500 people at high risk of suicide have been supported by an innovative mental health programme Iana RaÃssa is a 21-year-old psychology student, but her skills and training are already being put to use in a highly responsible professional setting. Every Thursday afternoon RaÃssa treats suicidal patients at Walter CantÃdio University hospital in Fortaleza, a city in north-east Brazil. Continue reading... |
| China charges two detained Canadians with alleged espionage Posted: 18 Jun 2020 10:08 PM PDT Spying charges against former diplomat and businessman are seen as retaliation for Canadian arrest of Chinese telco chief Chinese prosecutors have charged two detained Canadians with alleged espionage, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were arrested in late 2018 on state security charges, after Canadian authorities arrested Huawei Technologies Co's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver on a US warrant. Continue reading... |
| Victoria police distances itself from controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI Posted: 19 Jun 2020 02:08 AM PDT The force says it has discontinued using the service and the technology was deemed unsuitable Victoria police is distancing itself from the controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI, after documents released under freedom of information exposed the force's use of the technology. Clearview AI is a facial recognition service that claims to have built up enormous databases – reportedly containing more than 3bn labelled faces – through the controversial practice of scraping Facebook and other social media sites, despite a number of those companies sending cease and desist letters to Clearview. Continue reading... |
| Mumbai discovers life isn't so sweet without the workers it once ignored Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:30 PM PDT Lockdown precipitated an exodus of day labourers and "wallahs" but as monsoon season breaks their loss is being felt As the monsoon lashes Mumbai and black clouds darken the skyline, the city is in the grip of nostalgia for the men who used to keep daily life ticking as rhythmically and comfortingly as a Swiss watch. Men who are missing. The men who cleared the drains of silt so that the rains don't cause flooding and water-borne diseases such as leptospirosis. The electricians who came to fix breakdowns caused by wind and rain. The sanitation workers who used to spray neighbourhoods with mosquito repellent before the monsoon to prevent vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya. All are missing even though the monsoon officially arrived last weekend. Continue reading... |
| As UK lockdowns ease, fears grow of return to pre-pandemic crime and pollution levels Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:00 PM PDT Carbon emissions, crime and air pollution all fell but are now starting to rebound In a sudden realisation of what climate campaigners have been urging for years, flights were cancelled, vehicle use plummeted and the oil industry found itself in turmoil as lockdown restrictions took hold. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state Posted: 18 Jun 2020 01:15 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... |
| Piloted in May, ditched in June: the failure of England's Covid-19 app Posted: 18 Jun 2020 12:05 PM PDT How the government came to scrap its contact-tracing app in favour of Apple and Google's Designed to be a key component of the test, track and trace programme to forge a way out of lockdown, the NHS Covid-19 app has been beset by problems from day one – despite repeated claims to the contrary. After a trial on the Isle of Wight at the start of May, the contact-tracing app was meant to be rolled out to the rest of England by the middle of the month. That soon slipped to some time in June. Then on Wednesday it emerged that we would have to wait until the winter. Now – after much behind-the-scenes scrambling, and head-scratching in Westminster – officials have decided to ditch the app entirely in its current form. Continue reading... |
| Canada’s failed UN security council bid exposes Trudeau’s 'dilettante' foreign policy Posted: 18 Jun 2020 09:45 AM PDT Second failed attempt to win seat raises questions about messaging and clarity in Canada's foreign policy, experts say When Justin Trudeau was first elected in 2015, he promised that his victory would help Canada vault back on to the world stage, and reclaim a global influence that had eroded in previous years. "To this country's friends all around the world, many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world," Trudeau told a raucous crowd on election night. "Well, I have a simple message for you. On behalf of 35 million Canadians: we're back." Continue reading... |
| Police officer killed and suspect on run after Auckland shooting – video Posted: 18 Jun 2020 08:34 PM PDT New Zealand police commissioner Andrew Coster says one of the two officers shot in the Auckland suburb of Massey has died from their wounds. Coster said the officers were carrying out a routine traffic stop on Friday morning when a person began firing at them before driving away. Continue reading... |
| Rayshard Brooks says US justice system treats people 'like animals' in interview before his death Posted: 18 Jun 2020 07:04 PM PDT Four months before he was killed, Rayshard Brooks opened up about his life and the US justice system. In the interview, Brooks says that the justice system treats people like 'animals'. 'Some of the system could, you know, look at us as individuals. We do have lives, you know...it's just a mistake we made. You know, and you know, not not just do us as if we are animals,' Brooks said. The 27-year-old black man was killed outside a Wendy's restaurant by an Atlanta police officer on 12 June 2020. Continue reading... |
| Government 'backed both horses' on contact-tracing app, says Matt Hancock – video Posted: 18 Jun 2020 11:16 AM PDT The health secretary has insisted the government 'backed both horses' in Covid-19 contact-tracing trials, after it abandoned development of its NHSX app. After the trial on the Isle of Wright revealed the app was highly inaccurate on iPhones, focus will turn instead to technology from Google and Apple
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| What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday in the US? – video explainer Posted: 18 Jun 2020 02:00 AM PDT Every 19 June for more than 150 years African Americans across the US have celebrated freedom from slavery. Guardian US reporter Kenya Evelyn explores the significance of Juneteenth, how celebrations have evolved over the years and looks at whether it is time for the holiday to receive federal recognition Continue reading... |
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