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- Revealed: countries facing coronavirus rise as lockdown relaxed
- My pandemic epiphany: I loved becoming a fitness junkie
- Britain beyond lockdown: can UK become cleaner?
- Coronavirus live news: US infections 'may be 10 times official toll'; France plans 1.3m tests to find 'hidden clusters'
- Police attacked at illegal street party in Notting Hill
- Liverpool fans jubilant after Premier League title win as police warn of Covid-19 risks
- Rebecca Long-Bailey sacking reignites Labour turmoil over antisemitism
- Iran explosion: large blast seen near military base outside Tehran
- Japan backs out of costly US missile system despite 'imminent threat' from North Korea
- New Zealand supermarket chain becomes first to use 'period' label on menstrual products
- Lightning strikes kill more than 100 in India
- UK Foreign Office urged to secure safety of three human rights activists
- End of Tripoli siege raises fears of full-scale proxy war in Libya
- Sumo's heaviest ever wrestler urges others to keep eating habits in check
- 'There hasn't been rehabilitation': Afghanistan struggles with fate of 'Daesh wives'
- Swedish exceptionalism has been ended by coronavirus | Erik Augustin Palm
- South Africa tobacco ban greeted with cigarette smuggling boom
- Key findings: the Guardian's water poverty investigation in 12 US cities
- Global report: rationing returns to Australia as panic buying spreads
- Coronavirus Australia: Brendan Murphy expects country's borders will stay closed until Covid-19 vaccine found – as it happened
- Viruses do not take breaks. The world can learn from how the DRC is beating Ebola
- Victoria coronavirus hotspots: can you travel to and from suburbs with Covid outbreaks?
- Coronavirus UK: are cases rising or falling near you?
- Iran: large explosion near military base outside Tehran – video
- 'He's like a child': Biden attacks Trump's coronavirus response - video
- Huge crowds on England's south coast as people flock to beaches - video
- From miracle cures to slowing testing: how Trump has defied science on coronavirus – video explainer
| Revealed: countries facing coronavirus rise as lockdown relaxed Posted: 25 Jun 2020 04:00 AM PDT Of the 45 countries to have recorded more than 25,000 coronavirus cases to date, 21 currently have relaxed responses to the pandemic. Of these, 10 are reporting a rising number of cases Ten countries currently facing serious increases in coronavirus infections are among those nations with less stringent approaches to managing their outbreaks. Guardian analysis of coronavirus data, in combination with the University of Oxford's coronavirus government response tracker, has identified that 10 of the 45 most badly-affected countries are also among those rated as having a "relaxed response" to the pandemic, underlining the mitigating impact of effective government public health policies. Continue reading... |
| My pandemic epiphany: I loved becoming a fitness junkie Posted: 25 Jun 2020 09:00 PM PDT Ammar Kalia reflects on his transformation after years spent seeing his body as a receptacle for beer and cigarettes In this new series, Guardian writers reflect on what they've learned in lockdown. Share your experience in the comment section Ever since my gym teacher stood, arms folded, laughing at my inability as a four-year-old to tuck myself into a ball and perform a somersault, exercise has been a foreign concept. Team sports were an orgy of disappointment – of realizing I was the weak link leading us to yet another defeat – while individual endeavors were equally dispiriting. Running made me feel like my lungs were about to explode, I never learned to ride a bike, and swimming made me realize you could sweat underwater and almost drown in the shallow end of the pool. Continue reading... |
| Britain beyond lockdown: can UK become cleaner? Posted: 25 Jun 2020 04:31 AM PDT As Covid-19 accelerates the shift towards renewable energy, Jonathan Watts hears how this change risks causing intergenerational injustice in Aberdeen Like many young people in Aberdeen, Mike Scotland dreamed of a well-paid job on a rig in the North Sea, in the oil and gas field that has made his home town a boom town for most of the past 40 years. In February the 28-year-old landed the position he had wanted with Shell, and he was due to take a helicopter to the Shearwater platform in July once he had completed training. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:10 AM PDT More than 20m Americans could have contracted Covid-19, as Mike Pence to hold first taskforce briefing in weeks on Friday
The French health authorities will carry out 1.3 million coronavirus tests in the Ile-de-France (greater Paris) region in an experimental scheme aimed at establishing if there are "hidden clusters". The aim is to test people who have no coronavirus symptoms but are in proximity to identified clusters, so may be transmitting the virus without knowing.
Indonesia reported 1,240 new coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the total number of cases to 51,427. There were 63 more deaths recorded, with total fatalities now at 2,683, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Continue reading... |
| Police attacked at illegal street party in Notting Hill Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:54 PM PDT Objects were thrown at officers attempting to disperse crowds at Colville Gardens, Scotland Yard says Officers attempting to disperse crowds at an unlicensed music event have been attacked by revellers in west London, police said. Scotland Yard said objects were thrown at officers dispersing the crowd at an event at Colville Gardens, Notting Hill. It comes after "appalling scenes" of violence at a street party in Brixton on Wednesday evening. Continue reading... |
| Liverpool fans jubilant after Premier League title win as police warn of Covid-19 risks Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:11 PM PDT As a huge crowd celebrated outside Anfield, Merseyside police said the region had a responsibility to prevent the coronavirus spread Thousands of jubilant Liverpool supporters have spent the night celebrating the team's first league title for 30 years, prompting warnings from police concerned about mass gatherings flouting social-distancing rules. As a huge crowd sang songs and let off flares outside Anfield, Merseyside police assistant chief constable Rob Carden said the region had been "disproportionately affected" by the coronavirus pandemic and its residents had a responsibility to prevent further cases. Continue reading... |
| Rebecca Long-Bailey sacking reignites Labour turmoil over antisemitism Posted: 25 Jun 2020 02:03 PM PDT Swift decision by Keir Starmer is praised by Jewish groups but condemned by Labour left Keir Starmer is facing a showdown with the left of Labour after his decisive sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey reignited the party's internal turmoil over the issue of antisemitism. In a swift move, Long-Bailey was summarily dismissed as shadow education secretary for sending an approving tweet about an interview in which the actor Maxine Peake said the US police tactic of kneeling on someone's neck was taught by the Israeli secret service. Continue reading... |
| Iran explosion: large blast seen near military base outside Tehran Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:46 PM PDT Footage emerges of huge bright light illuminating sky over the capital, near a military site Iranian authorities are investigating a large explosion just east of the capital, Tehran, near a military base thought to have played a role in the country's past nuclear testing activities. Videos and pictures posted on social media that were picked up by local news outlets showed a bright light flaring out across the sky over the city early on Friday, followed by a large plume of smoke. Witnesses said the blast came from the direction of Parchin, a major military site. Continue reading... |
| Japan backs out of costly US missile system despite 'imminent threat' from North Korea Posted: 25 Jun 2020 11:39 PM PDT Decision raises possibility Japan would create its own first-strike capability, which some say violates its constitution Japan has scrapped plans to buy a multibillion-dollar missile defence system from the US that was intended to boost its ability to counter the "serious and imminent" threat posed by North Korea. Japan's defence minister, Taro Kono, conceded the land-based Aegis Ashore system would prove too costly and time consuming because it would require a hardware upgrade to ensure booster rockets did not fall on populated areas near host sites. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand supermarket chain becomes first to use 'period' label on menstrual products Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:17 PM PDT Shoppers at NZ supermarket chain Countdown will no longer see euphemistic language like 'sanitary' to describe pads, tampons and menstrual cups Shoppers at a New Zealand supermarket chain will no longer see euphemistic language like "sanitary" or "feminine hygiene" products to describe pads, tampons and menstrual cups after the chain said it would be the first in the world to use the word "period" to describe the items. No other local or international retailer used the word "period" to describe the products shoppers buy for menstruation, according to a spokesperson for Countdown, a major supermarket chain in New Zealand that operates 180 stores. Continue reading... |
| Lightning strikes kill more than 100 in India Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:03 PM PDT Bihar state records one of the highest daily tolls from lightning in recent years as monsoon begins At least 107 people have died from lightning strikes in northern and eastern India, officials said, during the early stages of the annual monsoon season. Some 83 people were killed in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar after being struck by lightning, and another 24 died in northern Uttar Pradesh state. Dozens more were injured, officials said. Continue reading... |
| UK Foreign Office urged to secure safety of three human rights activists Posted: 26 Jun 2020 01:43 AM PDT MPs call for intervention amid fears activists face risk from Covid-19 outbreak The UK Foreign Office has been urged by a cross party group of British MPs to intervene to secure the safety of three prominent Gulf human rights activists, including Saudi women's rights campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul, who are thought to be at risk from the coronavirus outbreak still present in prisons across the region. The MPs calling for a Foreign Office human rights intervention include the father of the house Peter Bottomley and they see the three cases as a test for the UK human rights policy in the coronavirus era. The letter coincides with the UN international day for victims of torture on Friday, and all three claim to have been tortured. Continue reading... |
| End of Tripoli siege raises fears of full-scale proxy war in Libya Posted: 25 Jun 2020 09:00 PM PDT Diplomatic efforts intensify to avert Cairo's entry into Libya's nine-year civil war amid wider tensions A standoff on the north African coast between rival factions in Libya's nine-year civil war is threatening to drag in the powerful Egyptian military and escalate tensions between some of the Middle East's most implacable foes. Diplomatic efforts have intensified in Europe and regional capitals this week to avert Cairo's entry into the conflict – a move that would spark reactions as far away as Ankara and Abu Dhabi. Continue reading... |
| Sumo's heaviest ever wrestler urges others to keep eating habits in check Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:13 AM PDT Ōrora, who hit 292kg before he retired, warns wrestlers need to care of themselves after death of colleague from coronavirus Japan's sumo wrestlers should rein in their enormous appetites and take better care of their health. The advice comes not from doctors or nutritionists, but from a former wrestler who weighed more than any other man in the sport's long history. "It's never easy to stay healthy as long as you're living the life of a sumo wrestler," Ōrora, a retired professional wrestler, or rikishi, said in a recent interview with the Asahi Shimbun, soon after a young wrestler died after contracting coronavirus. "You are the only person that can take care of yourself. Nobody in your sumo stable cares about you." Continue reading... |
| 'There hasn't been rehabilitation': Afghanistan struggles with fate of 'Daesh wives' Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:15 PM PDT The Afghan government is facing hard decisions over the futures of hundreds of detained radicalised women and their children The "Daesh wives" from the Afghan branch of Islamic State look very young. Most are already mothers. Hundreds of them have fled combat, airstrikes and near-starvation in eastern Afghanistan where the faction of Isis known as Islamic State in Khorasan (ISK) has been under fierce bombardment from Afghan and US special forces, as well as involved in violent clashes with rival militants the Taliban. Continue reading... |
| Swedish exceptionalism has been ended by coronavirus | Erik Augustin Palm Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:00 AM PDT It has taken a shocking Covid-19 death toll to dent the national self-image of moral superiority. But dented it has been "Haverist" is a Swedish word meaning "shipwrecked person". During the course of Sweden's shambolic response to Covid-19, dissent – whether from epidemiologists or journalists – has often been met with this insult, which implies the critics are fighting a losing battle. It's telling of the way Sweden has handled its failure. Through a uniquely slack approach (seen by many as the largely debunked "herd immunity" approach, even if the government denies this), Sweden reached the highest Covid-19 deaths per capita in the world in May. It still circles around the top, with more than 5,200 deaths – five times as many as in Norway, Finland and Denmark combined. After months of a mainly one-sided debate, critical voices are mounting. Even Sweden's state epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, admits to fault. But this has not been enough to change his agency's strategy, which a majority of Swedes still have confidence in – although that support has waned. Continue reading... |
| South Africa tobacco ban greeted with cigarette smuggling boom Posted: 25 Jun 2020 11:15 PM PDT With tobacco sales banned in effort to curb coronavirus, illegal trade has surged on border with Zimbabwe South Africa and Zimbabwe have stepped up border patrols in a bid to stop cigarette smuggling, which has boomed since Pretoria banned the sale of tobacco in March. The country claimed smokers were more prone to Covid-19 – something that has been challenged by tobacco companies – but the illegal trade has increased, despite South Africa erecting a R37m (£1.7m) 25-mile fence across the border in April as part of its measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. Smugglers have been crawling through broken sections of the fence and taking advance of the particularly porous Beitbridge/Musina crossing point. Continue reading... |
| Key findings: the Guardian's water poverty investigation in 12 US cities Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:15 AM PDT For many Americans across the US, water bills are becoming unaffordable. That poses a threat to health, housing and families Water is essential to life. Yet running water is becoming unaffordable across the US, in cities large and small. Water bills weigh heavily on many Americans as utilities hike up prices to pay for environmental clean-ups, infrastructure upgrades and climate emergency defenses to deal with floods and droughts. Federal funding for America's ageing water system has plummeted, and as a result a growing number of households are unable to afford to pay their bills; millions of homes are being disconnected or put into foreclosure every year. As we've seen during the coronavirus pandemic, unaffordable water poses a threat to individual and public health, housing and families. It also poses a threat to water quality: if people can't afford to pay their bills, utility companies can't raise the money needed for clean-ups. Continue reading... |
| Global report: rationing returns to Australia as panic buying spreads Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:33 PM PDT Dozens of fresh coronavirus cases reported in state of Victoria; Brazil nears 55,000 deaths; Trump repeats claim that testing to blame for rise in cases Australian supermarkets have reintroduced national rationing of essential groceries after panic buying resumed in some states, provoked by a rise in cases in Victoria. The southern state reported its 10th straight day of new cases in double digits on Friday. Thirty new cases were reported after what premier Daniel Andrews called a "suburban testing blitz" in hotspot suburbs, involving ambulances and mobile test centres. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 26 Jun 2020 01:19 AM PDT Outgoing chief medical officer 'confident' a vaccine will be developed, while Tasmania sets date to reopen borders. This blog is now closed
We will leave you for now. Thank you for reading. Have a great Friday night.
Let's take a look at the main developments from today. Continue reading... |
| Viruses do not take breaks. The world can learn from how the DRC is beating Ebola Posted: 25 Jun 2020 04:55 AM PDT The African conflict zone has shown resilience and resourcefulness – and leaders tackling Covid-19 should heed its example The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has ended. Thursday marked 42 days since the last person with Ebola was discharged from care, double the maximum length of time it takes for symptoms to appear. Nearly two years of hard work and leadership by the communities in DRC has paid off, with the end of the first Ebola outbreak in a conflict zone. It's a time for celebration but not complacency. Viruses do not take breaks. DRC's 10th Ebola outbreak may have come to a close but an 11th, in the north-west part of the country, was detected on 1 June. Cases are appearing 240km away from Mbandaka, the centre of this latest outbreak. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Victoria coronavirus hotspots: can you travel to and from suburbs with Covid outbreaks? Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:41 PM PDT Residents of Keilor Downs, Broadmeadows, Maidstone, Albanvale, Sunshine West, Hallam, Brunswick West, Fawkner, Reservoir and Pakenham are being urged not to leave Victoria
The message from New South Wales towards Victorians living in 10 hotspot suburbs affected by small outbreaks of Covid-19 has been clear: don't visit. "Normally we welcome our Victorian cousins into NSW, but right now I am asking Victorians, particularly those from the hotspots in Melbourne, to not come," the NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, said on Thursday. People from his state have also been urged not to travel to Victorian hotspots which include Keilor Downs, Broadmeadows, Maidstone, Albanvale, Sunshine West, Hallam, Brunswick West, Fawkner, Reservoir and Pakenham. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus UK: are cases rising or falling near you? Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:15 AM PDT Latest updates: 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... |
| Iran: large explosion near military base outside Tehran – video Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:13 AM PDT Iranian authorities are investigating a large explosion east of the capital, Tehran, near a military base which is thought to have played a role in past nuclear testing activities. Footage circulating on social media appeared to show a bright light illuminating the sky over the city early on Friday, followed by a large plume of smoke Continue reading... |
| 'He's like a child': Biden attacks Trump's coronavirus response - video Posted: 25 Jun 2020 02:10 PM PDT Joe Biden on Thursday travelled to must-win Pennsylvania to attack Donald Trump for what the former vice-president characterised as trying to gut healthcare protections during a pandemic. Biden, who was born in the Pennsylvania rust-belt city of Scranton, has mostly stayed put in his Delaware home in recent months amid coronavirus concerns but has slowly resumed some campaigning. He headed to Lancaster to try to weaken the Republican president's standing with swing-state voters Continue reading... |
| Huge crowds on England's south coast as people flock to beaches - video Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:25 AM PDT Thousands of people defied advice to stay away from beaches and flocked to the south coast of England as the country experiences a bout of exceptionally hot weather. The masses forced Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council to declare a major incident as services were 'completely overstretched'
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| From miracle cures to slowing testing: how Trump has defied science on coronavirus – video explainer Posted: 25 Jun 2020 04:30 AM PDT Donald Trump told thousands of supporters at a rally in Oklahoma he wanted to slow down testing for Covid-19 – despite experts saying the opposite. From masks to 'miracle' treatments, the Guardian's Maanvi Singh looks back at how the US president has long been contradicting and defying science during the coronavirus outbreak and the impact that has had on the country's handling of the pandemic
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