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- Exclusive: nearly 600 US health workers died of Covid-19 – and the toll is rising
- Coronavirus live updates: India overtakes Italy as sixth worst-hit country
- 'I'm squeaking by right now': voices of America's unemployment crisis
- WHO advises public to wear face masks when unable to distance
- Madeleine McCann suspect investigated over two other missing children – reports
- US drops charges against banker investigated by Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Joe Biden officially clinches Democratic presidential nomination
- Nepali climbers and support staff destitute after Everest closure
- Drama schools accused of hypocrisy over anti-racism statements
- Venezuela's supreme court rules against opposition in vote setback
- French forces kill al-Qaida's north Africa chief in Mali
- Donald Trump orders 9,500 US troops to leave Germany
- Global alliance formed to counter China threat amid rising tensions
- Prince William volunteering for mental health crisis service
- The Vanuatu island in the eye of the storm
- Hackney shooting: man dies of gunshot wounds
- 'We need the Brits': Benidorm banks on August tourist surge
- Egyptian father to stand trial on charges of forced FGM of three daughters
- George Floyd killing: Washington expecting biggest march yet as mourners prepare for a second memorial service – live
- Thousands attend Sydney Black Lives Matter rally that was authorised minutes before start – video
- Malawi factories ordered to close after ignoring plastics ban
- In life and death, George Floyd's plight reflected the burden of being black in America
- Justin Trudeau takes a knee at anti-racism protest in Ottawa – video
- What the George Floyd protests say about America – video explainer
- Donald Trump: 'This is a great day' for George Floyd – video
| Exclusive: nearly 600 US health workers died of Covid-19 – and the toll is rising Posted: 05 Jun 2020 11:00 PM PDT The Guardian and KHN release new figures showing the harsh toll that the pandemic is taking on the frontline health workers Nearly 600 frontline healthcare workers have died of Covid-19, according to Lost on the Frontline, a project launched by the Guardian and Kaiser Health News (KHN) that aims to count, verify and memorialize and every healthcare worker who dies during the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live updates: India overtakes Italy as sixth worst-hit country Posted: 06 Jun 2020 03:06 AM PDT China warns citizens of Covid-linked 'racial violence' overseas; UK is second country to pass 40,000 deaths
Poland is planning to extend a ban on international flights until June 16 due to the Covid-19, according to reports. Citing a government decree, state-run news agency PAP reported the news last night.
More from the Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney, which saw thousands take to the city's streets to protest. Aerial footage shows demonstrators snaking through the Australian city as at least 2,000 people marched on the 'Stop All Black Deaths in Custody' rally. |
| 'I'm squeaking by right now': voices of America's unemployment crisis Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:00 AM PDT The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the US economy, costing 42 million people to file for unemployment insurance The coronavirus pandemic has wrought destruction on US workers at a scale and speed that is almost unfathomable. It was only in February that Donald Trump was touting an unemployment level of 3.5%, a 50-year low. The unemployment rate dropped on Friday to 13.3% – but is still at its highest level since the 1980s – and many economists fear the real figure is far higher. Continue reading... |
| WHO advises public to wear face masks when unable to distance Posted: 05 Jun 2020 11:30 AM PDT Over-60s should use medical-grade masks and all others three-layer fabric ones, health body says People over 60 or with health issues should wear a medical-grade mask when they are out and cannot socially distance, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization, while all others should wear a three-layer fabric mask. The announcement on Friday marks a significant change of stance by the WHO, which until now has been reluctant to advocate the wearing of masks by the public because of limited evidence that they offer protection. Continue reading... |
| Madeleine McCann suspect investigated over two other missing children – reports Posted: 05 Jun 2020 03:24 PM PDT Christian Brückner may be linked to disappearance of a five-year-old girl in Germany and six-year-old boy in Portugal German prosecutors are investigating whether the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was involved in a similar case of a five-year-old girl who went missing in Germany in 2015. Reports on Friday night also said authorities were looking into connections with the disappearance of a six-year-old German boy in Portugal in 1996. Continue reading... |
| US drops charges against banker investigated by Daphne Caruana Galizia Posted: 05 Jun 2020 08:07 PM PDT Family of murdered journalist call on Malta to prosecute Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejadin, whose Pilatus Bank was shut down for money laundering The US department of justice has made an unusual decision to drop charges against a prominent Iranian banker who was convicted of bank fraud in March after prosecutors in New York said they did not have the resources to continue to prosecute the case on appeal. The decision by the DOJ represents an extraordinary turn of events in an investigation that began in 2013 and was closely followed in Malta, where the defendant in the case controlled Pilatus Bank, which had ties to the country's former prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and other top officials. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden officially clinches Democratic presidential nomination Posted: 05 Jun 2020 09:19 PM PDT Former vice-president crosses delegate threshold in latest round of primaries as he campaigns largely from home Joe Biden has officially captured the Democratic presidential nomination, crossing the delegate threshold to represent the party in a general election contest against Donald Trump. The Associated Press called the nomination for the former vice-president on Friday night. Continue reading... |
| Nepali climbers and support staff destitute after Everest closure Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:00 AM PDT Guides, sherpas and cooks struggling to feed families due to loss of income from coronavirus measures Nepali climbers who earn a living supporting international mountaineering expeditions to summit Everest have been pushed into destitution by the cancellation of this year's climbing season, and some are struggling to feed their families. Fundraising drives have been launched by climbers to support the community of porters and cooks and lower-paid guides left without any income since the Nepali government cancelled all climbing permits and stopped international flights, just as the peak spring trekking and climbing season was getting under way. Continue reading... |
| Drama schools accused of hypocrisy over anti-racism statements Posted: 05 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT UK's leading institutions apologise after current and former students highlight racist incidents The UK's most prestigious drama schools have apologised for not doing enough to combat racism on their campuses after being accused of hypocrisy over social media posts in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada), the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (Alra), the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Lipa) and the Oxford School of Drama all apologised for incidents at their institutions after students spoke out on social media to detail their experiences. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela's supreme court rules against opposition in vote setback Posted: 05 Jun 2020 09:54 PM PDT Top court complains opposition-held congress did not name electoral body authorities in time Venezuela's government-friendly supreme court has said the opposition-held congress did not name rectors to the South American country's electoral authority in time, a move denounced by the opposition as an attempt to derail election plans. The court declared the national assembly's decisions null and void shortly after the opposition won control of the body in late 2015. With new legislative elections due by the end of 2020, the decision marked a setback to efforts between the two sides to agree on conditions for the vote. Continue reading... |
| French forces kill al-Qaida's north Africa chief in Mali Posted: 05 Jun 2020 03:07 PM PDT Abdelmalek Droukdel was one of the Maghreb's most experienced Islamist militants French forces in northern Mali have killed al-Qaida's north Africa (AQMI) chief, a key Islamist fighter whom its forces had been hunting for more than seven years. "On 3 June, French army forces with the support of their local partners, killed al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb's emir, Abdelmalek Droukdel, and several of his closest collaborators, during an operation in northern Mali," the French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, wrote on Twitter on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump orders 9,500 US troops to leave Germany Posted: 05 Jun 2020 06:31 PM PDT White House says move due to more Nato defence spending, not tensions with Angela Merkel Donald Trump has ordered the US military to remove nearly 9,500 troops from Germany in a move likely to raise concerns in Europe about the US commitment to the region. The move would reduce US troop numbers in Germany to 25,000, compared with the 34,500 currently there, a senior US official said. Continue reading... |
| Global alliance formed to counter China threat amid rising tensions Posted: 05 Jun 2020 09:20 AM PDT Lawmakers from EU parliament and eight other countries create new body International cooperation is needed to protect democratic values from an increasingly assertive communist China, a new group made up of lawmakers from eight countries and the EU parliament has said. The legislators, representing parties across the political spectrum, have formed a global alliance, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, to push their governments to take a stronger stance on relations with the country. Continue reading... |
| Prince William volunteering for mental health crisis service Posted: 06 Jun 2020 01:05 AM PDT Duke of Cambridge reveals he is trained volunteer for UK's Shout text platform The Duke of Cambridge has been secretly working as a volunteer supporting people contacting a crisis helpline for mental health support, he has revealed. Unbeknown to those who have accessed the Shout 85258 text-messaging service, Prince William is one of its 2,000 trained volunteers. Continue reading... |
| The Vanuatu island in the eye of the storm Posted: 05 Jun 2020 03:00 PM PDT Pentecost Island, devastated by Cyclone Harold in April, has been left a silent shadow of its former self. But its people endure Touching down on the island of Pentecost in Vanuatu, it takes hours to notice the silence. After a while it hits you: there's no birdsong, no insects buzzing and chittering. There is no wind in the trees. You don't register the silence at first because your eyes are overwhelmed with the magnitude of the destruction. The eye of category 5 Cyclone Harold passed directly over the central and southern half of this remote and mountainous island on April 5. Continue reading... |
| Hackney shooting: man dies of gunshot wounds Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:34 AM PDT Man in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene in east London on Friday night A man in his 20s has died following reports of a shooting in Hackney, police said. Metropolitan police were called to Brackenfield Close about 11.30pm on Friday following reports of shots being fired. Continue reading... |
| 'We need the Brits': Benidorm banks on August tourist surge Posted: 06 Jun 2020 02:55 AM PDT Spanish resort 'like a ghost town' as UK's Covid-19 lockdown keeps its best customers away There'll be no craic at the Shamrock tonight, says Lisa Griffin, who has run the Irish pub in Benidorm for 25 years. Griffin's 15 staff, who include a four-piece band, are on furlough and no one knows what will happen when the Spanish government's scheme comes to an end on 30 June. Continue reading... |
| Egyptian father to stand trial on charges of forced FGM of three daughters Posted: 05 Jun 2020 05:04 AM PDT Girls were allegedly told they were to have Covid-19 vaccinations but were cut by doctor after being sedated Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered the immediate trial of a father on charges of forcing his three young daughters to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), after he told them they were going to be vaccinated against coronavirus. The doctor involved will also go on trial. The procedure was banned in 2008 and criminalised in 2016. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2020 03:07 AM PDT Latest updates as the protests over the killing of George Floyd enter their second weekend
Hi, welcome to our US politics live blog which will be following the Black Lives Matter protests across the world sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis 12 days ago. I'm Jessica Murray, I'll be steering the blog for the next few hours - feel free to get in touch via email (jessica.murray@theguardian.com) or via Twitter (@journojess_) Continue reading... |
| Thousands attend Sydney Black Lives Matter rally that was authorised minutes before start – video Posted: 06 Jun 2020 02:30 AM PDT At least 2,000 people marched in Sydney for the 'Stop All Black Deaths in Custody' rally, which was declared an authorised public assembly minutes before its scheduled start time of 3pm, after a court ruling was overturned. Thousands of protesters rallied in cities and towns across Australia to march against Indigenous deaths in custody and the killing of George Floyd
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| Malawi factories ordered to close after ignoring plastics ban Posted: 05 Jun 2020 07:45 AM PDT Activists welcome move but say government is still dragging its feet over crackdown on waste in lakes and waterways The Malawian government this week ordered the closure of factories belonging to two major plastic producers for flouting the country's plastics ban. The companies – OG plastics and City Plastics – were found to still be manufacturing thin plastics, often used to make plastic bags, despite a ruling last year that banned its production, import and use. Continue reading... |
| In life and death, George Floyd's plight reflected the burden of being black in America Posted: 06 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT Floyd's struggles resonate with many black Americans and the timing of his killing created a spark that lit this week's uprising over centuries of racism With a knee to his neck and head against the concrete, George Floyd became the face of one of the largest uprisings in modern American history. His final moments at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers was replayed on social media and television all across a country that was already in crisis. Americais in economic free fall as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. And it is black Americans who have been disproportionately impacted by mounting deaths and crushing job losses, making up a disproportionate number of the 42 million people left unemployed. Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau takes a knee at anti-racism protest in Ottawa – video Posted: 05 Jun 2020 03:13 PM PDT Justin Trudeau took a knee in solidarity with demonstrators at an anti-racism protest in Ottawa on Friday. Wearing a black cloth mask, the Canadian prime minister kneeled after protesters asked him to. Trudeau said earlier this week that Canadians were watching what was unfolding in the US with horror and consternation, and he paused for 21 seconds when asked about Donald Trump and the use of teargas against protesters to clear the way for a photo opportunity
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| What the George Floyd protests say about America – video explainer Posted: 05 Jun 2020 01:05 PM PDT Guardian US reporter Kenya Evelyn explains why the unrest sparked by the police killing of George Floyd could be a defining moment for racial politics in America, and how the coronavirus pandemic set the backdrop for the protests
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| Donald Trump: 'This is a great day' for George Floyd – video Posted: 05 Jun 2020 09:31 AM PDT Donald Trump has claimed it is a 'great day' for George Floyd, after the US posted better than expected job numbers. 'Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying: "This is a great thing happening for our country,"' the US president said of Floyd, who died while being restrained by police last week
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