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- Coronavirus live news: US Covid-19 deaths could reach 145,000 by August, study estimates
- Coronavirus may have been in Wuhan in August, study suggests
- 'A beautiful day': New Zealand handshakes and hugs its way back to pre-Covid-19 life
- 'Enormous disparities': coronavirus death rates expose Brazil's deep racial inequalities
- 'Retrieving our Hong Kong': pro-democracy protesters mark one year on the streets
- Prince Andrew in war of words with US prosecutors over Epstein
- Rape victim asks Madeleine McCann detectives to review her case
- North Korea to cut all communications with 'enemy' South
- Microsoft's robot editor confuses mixed-race Little Mix singers
- Iran to execute 'CIA agent' over Gen Suleimani's death
- China warns students to reconsider travel to Australia for study
- France bans chokehold arrest as anger mounts over police brutality
- European shares slide despite Nasdaq record; German exports collapse – business live
- 'Trans women are women': Daniel Radcliffe speaks out after JK Rowling tweets
- Republican criticism of Trump grows – but will it make a difference at the polls?
- 'Some evidence' Madeleine McCann is dead, say German authorities
- ‘They have killed us more than corona’: Kenyans protest against police brutality
- UK Black Lives Matter protests live: Oxford demo to target Rhodes statue
- Reconciliation Australia ends partnership with Rio Tinto over destroyed heritage site
- Independent DfID 'imperative' for effective UK overseas aid, say MPs
- 'We’re poor people': Middle East's migrant workers look for way home amid pandemic
- Afghan car blaze deaths prompt fury over mistreatment of refugees in Iran
- 'We feel like prisoners': the Moroccans stuck in Spanish enclaves during lockdown
- Australia’s Pacific minister called Black Lives Matter protests ‘self-indulgent’. He couldn't be more wrong | Watna Mori
- Britain's urban fabric comes under spotlight shone by BLM protests
- Minneapolis pledges to dismantle its police department – how will it work?
- African American film-maker is pepper-sprayed then engages protest police in conversation
- George Floyd tribute: Democrats take a knee for almost 9 minutes – video
- Video shows protester shot by man who drove into George Floyd protest in Seattle – video
- Obamas urge class of 2020 to 'create a new normal' after coronavirus and George Floyd – video
- 'Shame!': Minneapolis mayor heckled by protesters – video
| Coronavirus live news: US Covid-19 deaths could reach 145,000 by August, study estimates Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:39 AM PDT Brazil passes 700,000 infections; WHO warns pandemic is worsening and that asymptomatic transmission 'appears to be rare'; Moscow to lift lockdown. Follow the latest
Spain is not discussing any travel corridor with Britain, a Spanish foreign ministry source has said after a UK tourism lobby group said corridors allowing unrestricted movement with a number of countries would open from 29 June. Spain is discussing with other European Union countries whether and how to allow tourism from Britain and other states, the source told Reuters. Madrid hopes the EU will agree on common criteria over the coronavirus situation in a territory in order to allow tourists to travel, but will adopt its own criteria if there is no agreement at EU level, the source said.
Hong Kong will let some students from mainland China return to resume classes from 15 June, the government has said, in a selective easing of coronavirus border restrictions. School buses will be arranged and students will be subject to health checks, including temperature screening and submission of health declaration forms in Hong Kong and bordering Shenzhen as they commute to school, Reuters reports. Hong Kong has to date reported 1,108 coronavirus cases and four deaths. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus may have been in Wuhan in August, study suggests Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:43 AM PDT Research finds rise in hospital car park usage and web searches for 'diarrhoea' and 'cough' Coronavirus may have been present and spreading in Wuhan as early as August last year, according to a study that analysed satellite imagery of car parks outside major hospitals and search engine data. The study, by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston University of Public Health and Boston children's hospital, looked at images captured between January 2018 and April 2020 and found a "steep increase" in vehicle counts starting in August 2019 and peaking in December 2019. Between September and October, five of the six hospitals observed had their highest daily volume of cars in the period analysed. Continue reading... |
| 'A beautiful day': New Zealand handshakes and hugs its way back to pre-Covid-19 life Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:17 PM PDT There may be tough economic times, and fresh cases, ahead but for now New Zealanders can enjoy a day free of coronavirus restrictions "I just had a meeting with someone and I thought, 'Do I shake your hand?'" says Casey Allum, who was among those flocking to eat lunch at Wellington's sunny, sparkling waterfront on Tuesday. Handshakes had been verboten until midnight on Monday, as people were required to stay a metre apart from colleagues, or two metres from strangers. "Then he came in with the handshake," Allum says. "And I thought, 'Oh sweet, that's easy'." Continue reading... |
| 'Enormous disparities': coronavirus death rates expose Brazil's deep racial inequalities Posted: 08 Jun 2020 11:45 PM PDT Poverty, poor access to health services and overcrowding all play a part in disproportionate number of deaths, say researchers. Photography by Nicoló Lanfranchi Marcos dos Santos Jr has counted 13 deaths from Covid-19 among Brazilian families he is close to in São João de Meriti, a satellite town of Rio de Janeiro. Like him, they were black, and therefore proportionally more likely to be killed by the pandemic in Latin America's biggest country. All but one of the victims came from families helped by the Inclusion Project, which Dos Santos, 43, and his wife Élida, 40, launched in 2014 to educate teenagers away from drugs and crime. It now helps to feed poorer families who lost jobs or income as shops and businesses across Rio state closed for quarantine. Continue reading... |
| 'Retrieving our Hong Kong': pro-democracy protesters mark one year on the streets Posted: 08 Jun 2020 11:06 PM PDT Twelve months since extradition bill marches gripped the city, demonstrators plan to defy ban on gatherings with small scale protests Hong Kong is preparing for a series of small-scale protests to mark the first anniversary of the anti-extradition bill movement. But a resumption of city-wide unrest is unlikely as activists reel from mass arrests, bans on public gatherings and a looming national security law. The one million people who first marched against an extradition bill on a hot June day in 2019 are now navigating a police force with little tolerance for protests, increasing interference by Beijing and the risks of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew in war of words with US prosecutors over Epstein Posted: 08 Jun 2020 03:59 PM PDT Row centres on whether Duke of York has cooperated with investigation into child sex offender Prince Andrew has become embroiled in a war of words with US prosecutors investigating the disgraced financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers for the Duke of York issued a statement on Monday accusing the American investigators of misleading the public and breaching their own confidentiality rules in their handling of the inquiry. Continue reading... |
| Rape victim asks Madeleine McCann detectives to review her case Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT Exclusive: Irish woman says an earlier assault by new McCann suspect is similar to that on her An Irish rape victim has asked detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann to review her case, after learning that a new suspect in the British girl's abduction was convicted of a sexual assault bearing a similarity to her own experience. Hazel Behan was working in Praia da Rocha, Portugal, 30 minutes' drive from where Madeleine was abducted, when she was viciously assaulted by a stranger in her apartment in 2004. The assailant was never caught. Continue reading... |
| North Korea to cut all communications with 'enemy' South Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:43 PM PDT Pyongyang has said it will make Seoul 'suffer' during worsening spat over anti-North Korean leaflets sent from South North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all means of contact with Seoul, state news agency KCNA has reported. For several days, North Korea has lashed out at South Korea, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and other projects if the South does not stop activists and defectors from sending leaflets and other anti-Pyongyang material into the North. Continue reading... |
| Microsoft's robot editor confuses mixed-race Little Mix singers Posted: 08 Jun 2020 11:00 PM PDT Firm's plan to replace editors with AI backfires after wrong image of musician is published Microsoft's decision to replace human journalists with robots has backfired, after the tech company's artificial intelligence software illustrated a news story about racism with a photo of the wrong mixed-race member of the band Little Mix. A week after the Guardian revealed plans to fire the human editors who run MSN.com and replace them with Microsoft's artificial intelligence code, an early rollout of the software resulted in a story about the singer Jade Thirlwall's personal reflections on racism being illustrated with a picture of her fellow band member Leigh-Anne Pinnock. Continue reading... |
| Iran to execute 'CIA agent' over Gen Suleimani's death Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:07 AM PDT Spokesman said Iranian citizen passed information to US and Israel before general killed in drone strike An Iranian citizen who provided information to US and Israeli intelligence services about the location of Iran's top commander Qassem Suleimani will be executed soon, Iran's judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday. The general, head of Iran's elite Quds force, was killed during a US drone strike on 3 January. "Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for CIA and Mossad, has been sentenced to death. He gave the whereabouts of martyr Suleimani to our enemies," said Gholamhossein Esmaili in a televised news conference. Continue reading... |
| China warns students to reconsider travel to Australia for study Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:09 AM PDT Students advised to conduct a 'risk assessment' before going to Australia due to 'multiple incidents of discrimination' targeting people of Asian descent China has warned students to reconsider going to Australia to study because of a string of "incidents of discrimination" targeting people of Asian descent. China's ministry of education said in a statement on Tuesday that students preparing to study abroad should do a "good risk assessment" and "exercise caution" in choosing to go to or return to Australia for study. "During the pandemic, Australia has seen multiple incidents of discrimination targeting those of Asian descent." Continue reading... |
| France bans chokehold arrest as anger mounts over police brutality Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:10 PM PDT Interior minister says method will no longer be taught after outcry over George Floyd's death in US puts focus back on police racism France will ban the controversial chokehold used to detain suspects after the death in custody of George Floyd in the US intensified anger at the conduct of French police. Floyd's fatal arrest magnified attention on the 2016 death in French police custody of Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old black man, and renewed controversy over claims of racism and brutality within the force. Continue reading... |
| European shares slide despite Nasdaq record; German exports collapse – business live Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:39 AM PDT
While the eurozone GDP number is slightly better than expected, European stock markets continue to slide after last week's rally.
The number of people employed fell by 0.2% in the first quarter compared with the previous quarter, marking the first decline since the spring of 2013, according to Eurostat figures. France, Italy and Spain were the worst hit economies, the GDP stats show. Continue reading... |
| 'Trans women are women': Daniel Radcliffe speaks out after JK Rowling tweets Posted: 08 Jun 2020 08:25 PM PDT Harry Potter star responds to controversy after the author is accused of transphobia The Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has spoken out over JK Rowling's recent comments about the transgender community and said he hopes they will not "taint" the series for fans. The statement comes in response to a series of controversial tweets from Rowling over the weekend. Continue reading... |
| Republican criticism of Trump grows – but will it make a difference at the polls? Posted: 09 Jun 2020 12:00 AM PDT Party members and former allies are increasingly willing to criticize the president. But grassroots support remains strong Now they were truly on different sides of the fence. Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican nominee for president, spent Sunday tweeting from inside the White House. Outside the fortified cage, Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, wore a face mask and joined marchers supporting Black Lives Matter. It was a symbolic standoff between the new Republican party and the old. And it came on the same day that Colin Powell, former secretary of state under George W Bush, announced that he would be voting for Democrat Joe Biden in November. Trump, Powell told CNN, "lies about things". Continue reading... |
| 'Some evidence' Madeleine McCann is dead, say German authorities Posted: 08 Jun 2020 11:43 PM PDT Appeal for further information as authorities investigate convicted child sex offender German authorities have said they have "some evidence" that Madeleine McCann is dead but are appealing for more information in order to bring a suspect to court. The investigation into Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 from Praia da Luz, Portugal, has attracted renewed attention after authorities announced they were investigating a 43-year-old convicted German child sex offender. Continue reading... |
| ‘They have killed us more than corona’: Kenyans protest against police brutality Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT Peaceful demonstration in Nairobi a response to increase in violence and killings during the coronavirus curfew Photographs by Ed Ram A crowd of up to 200 people peacefully marched through Mathare slum in Nairobi on Monday to protest against police brutality and an increase in extrajudicial killings in the Kenyan capital. The march was organised by three grassroots organisations from the area in response to a rise in the number of police killings since a dusk-till-dawn curfew was enforced in March to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. It was also organised to show solidarity with movements worldwide to protest against police brutality. Continue reading... |
| UK Black Lives Matter protests live: Oxford demo to target Rhodes statue Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:39 AM PDT Live coverage and reaction from around the UK as Oxford demonstration against Cecil Rhodes statue expected this evening
One common refrain you will have heard from politicians after the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol is that those who object to monuments that glorify colonial figures should use proper democratic channels to achieve change, rather than direct action. Protesters in Bristol, however, will tell you that they had been trying to use the proper channels for years, without success. Most of the controversy generated by the movement has revolved around the figure of Cecil Rhodes – but Rhodes himself is not really central to its aims. What is at issue is an ethos that gives space and even preeminence to such a figure, and hesitates to interrogate Rhodes's legacy. That legacy does not merely include Rhodes's financial bequests and their educational offshoots, like the Rhodes scholarships, but the vision embodied in his will, which called for: "the establishment, promotion and development of a Secret Society, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the extension of British rule throughout the world, the perfecting of a system of emigration from the United Kingdom, and of colonisation by British subjects of all lands where the means of livelihood are attainable by energy, labour and enterprise. Related: The real meaning of Rhodes Must Fall | Amit Chaudhuri
Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu was on Good Morning Britain this morning – put up against Nigel Farage to talk about racism and statues. She is definitely not mincing her words here in this tweet. It's worth watching the segment as well. Nigel Farage embodies everything that is institutionally racist about the United Kingdom. He lives in the wrong era and century. He should be relegated to the shameful past of British history and stay there. #GMB #BlackLivesMatter #EdwardColston #StatuesMustFall https://t.co/8YIvd96gbi Continue reading... |
| Reconciliation Australia ends partnership with Rio Tinto over destroyed heritage site Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:02 AM PDT Not-for-profit says demolition of ancient rock shelters was a 'breathtaking breach' Reconciliation Australia has revoked its endorsement of mining company Rio Tinto as a reconciliation action partner over the destruction of a 46,000 year old Aboriginal heritage site in the Pilbara, branding it a "breathtaking breach of a respectful relationship". The not-for-profit announced its decision on Tuesday, while hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Perth offices of Rio Tinto and as other mining companies in Western Australia defended their management of Aboriginal heritage sites. Continue reading... |
| Independent DfID 'imperative' for effective UK overseas aid, say MPs Posted: 08 Jun 2020 11:15 PM PDT Report says merger with Foreign and Commonwealth Office could erode accountability and shift funds from poverty reduction The Department for International Development (DfID) must be kept separate from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office if Britain is to help end extreme poverty and retain its reputation and influence overseas, MPs have warned. The cross-party international development committee warned that reorganising the aid effort could impair the effectiveness of Britain's £15.2bn aid budget, which includes tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading... |
| 'We’re poor people': Middle East's migrant workers look for way home amid pandemic Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:00 PM PDT Gulf states prepare for demographic shift as migrant workforces return home, with prospects bleak for those who stay During 14 years in Lebanon, Jevie Olido's four children have grown up without her, her marriage has failed and her parents have grown old. Now, the income that kept her far from her home in the Philippines has also gone, rubbed out by the coronavirus crisis and an economic implosion that has forced thousands of desperate domestic workers like her to look for ways to leave. In neighbouring Jordan, Samir Ali, an Indian garment worker, is also waiting to be paid, after only receiving his March salary when he and other foreign workers at their factory threatened to strike. The pandemic has crippled production across the country and caused clashes between labourers and employers. Eight of the 40 men had registered to go back to India once their contracts had finished. "We've decided this factory is really bad," he said. "We're poor people, so we have to find another way." Continue reading... |
| Afghan car blaze deaths prompt fury over mistreatment of refugees in Iran Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:39 AM PDT Protest comes amid investigation into death by drowning of dozens of Afghans who crossed Iranian border illegally The deaths of three Afghan refugees in a car blaze in Iran have prompted an outpouring of anger in Afghanistan, after reports that the vehicle caught fire after it was shot at by Iranian police. Tens of thousands of Afghans have protested on social media against the mistreatment of the refugees. Dozens more have protested on the streets in Kabul and in eastern Nangarhar province, with more demonstrations planned for major cities like London, Washington DC and Toronto in mid-June. Continue reading... |
| 'We feel like prisoners': the Moroccans stuck in Spanish enclaves during lockdown Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:40 AM PDT More than 500 Moroccans remain in limbo, far from home and with few resources to support themselves On 14 March, Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, ordered the country into Covid-19 lockdown, saying "extraordinary decisions" needed to be taken as the country struggled with a "health, social and economic crisis". The Moroccan authorities had taken their own extraordinary decision the day before, when they ordered the shutdown of the border crossings that connect the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla with the rest of the country. With the only land borders between Africa and Europe closed, many citizens from both continents found themselves trapped. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2020 06:16 PM PDT Surely Alex Hawke must realise that he represents Australia to a region of largely black and brown Indigenous peoples On Friday, as the world was gripped by Black Lives Matter protests, Alex Hawke, Australia's minister for the Pacific criticised those who attended the protests in Australia, because of health concerns due to the Covid-19 outbreak. "No one should risk the good position Australia is in, especially to attend a self indulgent 'protest' about matters in other countries," he tweeted. Continue reading... |
| Britain's urban fabric comes under spotlight shone by BLM protests Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:57 AM PDT Force of history demands re-evaluation of colonial statues and street names Cities have always been about apportioning and memorialising power; about writing force into space. Britain's colonial and imperial past is inscribed into the bricks and mortar of every city and town in the country. Mostly this hidden text of power relations and wealth acquisition lies dormant in the half-forgotten significance of street names, in the knotty iconography of grand facades, in the barely read inscriptions on memorials and sculptures, in the nomenclature of grand public buildings. Forming the backdrop of lived lives, these omnipresent clues are rarely fully decoded. The most monumental of sculptures has a habit of fading away to near invisibility if it is sufficiently familiar. At times, though, such associations are activated and become urgent. So it has been in the case of the long-running affair of Edward Colston, who made his fortune in the 17th century from the enslavement of thousands of Africans. Continue reading... |
| Minneapolis pledges to dismantle its police department – how will it work? Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:55 AM PDT A veto-proof council majority says the city will move to a community-based public safety model – but what will that entail? Nine members of Minneapolis city council have vowed to dismantle the city's police department, which was responsible for the death of George Floyd, and replace it with a new community-based system of public safety. Related: George Floyd protests: Democrats take a knee before unveiling police reform bill – live Continue reading... |
| African American film-maker is pepper-sprayed then engages protest police in conversation Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:43 AM PDT This is the moment the film-maker Christopher Frierson was pepper-sprayed by police while recording anti-racism protests in Brooklyn, New York. The footage shows toxic fumes hitting the camera lens; simultaneously you hear Frierson's visceral groans of pain as he stumbles and falls to the ground. Within moments he was dragged by protesters to the side of the road. The 37-year-old was unable to see for 10 minutes after the incident Continue reading... |
| George Floyd tribute: Democrats take a knee for almost 9 minutes – video Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:46 AM PDT Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, led House and Senate Democrats in a moment of silence at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall after reading the names of George Floyd and others killed in police custody. They kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the length of time prosecutors say Floyd was pinned under a white police officer's knee before he died Continue reading... |
| Video shows protester shot by man who drove into George Floyd protest in Seattle – video Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:42 AM PDT Eyewitness video shows a man driving his car into a crowd of protesters, then shooting and wounding a demonstrator who confronted him as he came to a stop in Seattle on Sunday. The suspect, who was later arrested by police, was seen in the video exiting his car as protesters began to surround it. He brandished what appeared to be a gun, dashed through the crowd and turned himself over to police. The injured protester, named as Daniel, 26, was taken to hospital and is in stable condition. He said he had punched the man in the car in an attempt to disarm him after he drove into the crowd of demonstrators Continue reading... |
| Obamas urge class of 2020 to 'create a new normal' after coronavirus and George Floyd – video Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:33 AM PDT In a virtual commencement address, the former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle discuss Covid-19 and the issue of race in the US and say young people should build the society they wish to see Continue reading... |
| 'Shame!': Minneapolis mayor heckled by protesters – video Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:13 AM PDT Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, was heckled by a crowd of protesters telling him to 'go home' on Saturday after he ruled out defunding the police department during a demonstration. A majority of the Minneapolis city council pledged on Sunday to disband the police department, with a veto-proof majority, council members declared their intent to 'dismantle' and 'abolish' the embattled police agency responsible for George Floyd's death
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