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- US buys up world stock of key Covid-19 drug remdesivir
- Revealed: Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants are being kept quiet
- Post-Covid New Zealand tackles a new threat – anxiety over an uncertain future
- Hong Kong: protests erupt as China brings in controversial new security law – live
- New York attorney general reaches $19m settlement in Harvey Weinstein lawsuits
- Coronavirus live news: Australia puts 300,000 back into lockdown; tourist flights to Greece resume
- Ten years of the sun in one hour – Nasa releases mesmerising space film
- Oscars voting body invites 819 members in campaign to diversify the Academy
- Tesla shareholders urged to oust Elon Musk over $55bn pay deal
- US urges allies to maintain UN embargo on arms sales to Iran
- Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe 'dirtier' than black market 'bush' fuel
- France bans Dutch bike TV ad for creating 'climate of fear'
- Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi vows to resign if war crimes trial goes ahead
- 'Where are you Roger Ailes?' Trump appears to ask dead Fox News chairman for help
- ‘I don’t let regret in’: Pierce Brosnan on love, loss and his life after Bond
- 'Office for talent' to be set up for scientists who want to work in UK
- ‘Decolonise and rename’ streets of Uganda and Sudan, activists urge
- US politics: QAnon-linked Lauren Boebert wins primary in Colorado – live updates
- 'Don't you get it?': late doctor's family urge Mexicans to heed Covid-19 risk
- Hong Kong's security laws usher in new era of Chinese control
- Coronavirus Australia updates: Victoria reports 73 new Covid-19 cases as NSW refuses to accept diverted flights – live news
- Colombian soldiers accused of raping indigenous teen in second case to emerge in a week
- Iranian authorities move to block release of female rights activists
- Former England boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz wins 16-year battle to stay in UK
- Coronavirus UK: are Covid-19 cases rising or falling near you?
- Trump views US troops as disposable – the Russian bounty scandal makes that clear | Simon Tisdall
- 'New deal' risks fuelling emissions and eroding building standards
- What we can do now about Stone Mountain's 150ft Confederate carving | Ryan Gravel and Scott Morris
- 'We are not in total control': Fauci issues stark coronavirus warning – video
| US buys up world stock of key Covid-19 drug remdesivir Posted: 30 Jun 2020 11:32 AM PDT No other country will be able to buy remdesivir, which can help recovery from Covid-19, for next three months at least The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the next three months of one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19, leaving none for the UK, Europe or most of the rest of the world. Experts and campaigners are alarmed both by the US unilateral action on remdesivir and the wider implications, for instance in the event of a vaccine becoming available. The Trump administration has already shown that it is prepared to outbid and outmanoeuvre all other countries to secure the medical supplies it needs for the US. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants are being kept quiet Posted: 01 Jul 2020 02:00 AM PDT Testing has found positive cases at North Carolina facilities, but officials refuse to release the information A chicken processing facility in western North Carolina reportedly underwent widespread testing for Covid-19 in early June. Workers at the plant were scared. Several employees had already tested positive and the company, Case Farms – which has been repeatedly condemned for animal treatment and workers' rights violations – was not providing proper protective equipment. Continue reading... |
| Post-Covid New Zealand tackles a new threat – anxiety over an uncertain future Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:07 AM PDT Nation living with 'reduced visibility' of what will happen in the coming months and a growing sense of isolation When Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders to stand firm behind her government's decision to keep the country's borders tightly closed against Covid-19, the prime minister described a reality that many around the world could only imagine with envy. "We get to enjoy weekend sport, go to restaurants and bars, our workplaces are open, and we can gather in whatever numbers we like," she said. New Zealanders returned in June to normal life with strict border controls the only remnant of a pandemic that months ago had threatened to sweep the country as it had in most others before a strict lockdown quashed its spread. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: protests erupt as China brings in controversial new security law – live Posted: 01 Jul 2020 02:58 AM PDT Police make first arrest since new law comes into force after man held Hong Kong Independence flag in protest
Police confirm they are making more arrests, and issue another warning to protesters #BREAKING: Over 180 have been arrested for participating in unauthorised assemblies, disorderly conduct, possession of offensive weapon and other related offences, including 7 for suspectedly violating #NationalSecurityLaw. Arrest action is underway. Stop breaking the law.
Canada has warned its citizens in Hong Kong that they faced a higher risk of arbitrary detention and extradition to mainland China following the introduction of the new law. The warning illustrates Western governments' heightened concern for citizens under the new law that criminalizes subversion, secession, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces, reports Agence France-Presse. Continue reading... |
| New York attorney general reaches $19m settlement in Harvey Weinstein lawsuits Posted: 30 Jun 2020 07:37 PM PDT Agreement would resolve two sexual misconduct lawsuits on behalf of multiple women against imprisoned former film producer The attorney general for New York said on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached to settle two sexual misconduct lawsuits on behalf of multiple women against Harvey Weinstein for nearly $19m. But attorneys representing six of the women who have made accusations against the imprisoned former film producer called the proposed deal a "sellout" that did not require Weinstein, 68, to accept responsibility or personally pay out any money. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Australia puts 300,000 back into lockdown; tourist flights to Greece resume Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:09 AM PDT Fauci says new US coronavirus cases could hit 100,000 a day; schools in Thailand reopen; global cases near 10.5m
Hello everyone, this is Jessica Murray taking over the global coronavirus blog for the next few hours. As always, please do send over any story tips and suggestions.
The French education minister, Jean-Louis Blanquer, has said he expects all the country's schools to return to normal at the start of the new academic year in September. Blanquer said the situation with Covid-19 in France, where the virus has been deemed under control, meant the return to classes after two month summer holidays, known in France as "la rentrée", would "be a normal return". "Today, our main outlook is quite optimistic. We think that the health conditions will allow us to have a normal return to classes," the minister told French radio, RTL. "Everyone should be there ... except if there is a worsening of the situation. Of course, we will prepare for any further crisis." Continue reading... |
| Ten years of the sun in one hour – Nasa releases mesmerising space film Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:41 AM PDT The space agency gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun, which have now been stitched together to form the video Nasa has released a mesmerising timelapse video of the sun that condenses an entire solar cycle into an hour of footage, using images of the star taken every hour continuously over a decade. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun, from its launch in February 2010 until June this year, which have now been stitched together to form the video. Continue reading... |
| Oscars voting body invites 819 members in campaign to diversify the Academy Posted: 30 Jun 2020 07:15 PM PDT Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the new class of invitees which is 36% people of color and 45% women Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the Hollywood figures invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year, as the Oscars voting body continues its push to diversify. The Academy announced it had invited 819 new members on Tuesday, including Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington and Constance Wu. The new class of invitees is 36% people of color and 45% women. Those who accept will have voting privileges at this year's Oscars. Continue reading... |
| Tesla shareholders urged to oust Elon Musk over $55bn pay deal Posted: 30 Jun 2020 01:22 PM PDT Adviser Pirc says Musk's pay and Twitter outbursts pose 'serious risk of reputation harm to the company' Tesla investors are being urged to vote to remove Elon Musk, the electric vehicle company's chief executive, from the board of the firm as anger mounts over his bonus deal that could pay him a record $55.8bn (£40bn). Pirc, an influential adviser to shareholders, including the UK's local authority pension funds, on Tuesday recommended that investors voted against Tesla's executive pay deal because it "unfairly enriches the chief executive". Continue reading... |
| US urges allies to maintain UN embargo on arms sales to Iran Posted: 30 Jun 2020 03:00 PM PDT Mike Pompeo opposes lifting embargo, which is due to end in October, citing risk to stability A US attempt to destroy the Iran nuclear deal, reimpose sanctions and extend a UN embargo on arms sales to Iran risks a "generational setback for the cause of multilateralism and international law", Iran's foreign minister has told the UN security council. Russia's ambassador to the UN also said the latest US moves to isolate Tehran was like "putting its knee to the neck of the Iranian people". Vassily Nebenzia described the policy as "a maximum suffocation policy" and said the US's goal was to make Iran the scapegoat for an uncontrollable escalation in the Middle East. Continue reading... |
| Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe 'dirtier' than black market 'bush' fuel Posted: 30 Jun 2020 11:30 PM PDT Samples from illegal refineries in Niger delta found to be of a higher quality than imported petrol in new analysis Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary "bush" refineries hidden deep in the creeks and swamps of the Niger delta is less polluting than the highly toxic diesel and petrol that Europe exports to Nigeria, new laboratory analysis has found. Shell, Exxon, Chevron and other major oil companies extract and export up to 2m barrels a day of high quality, low sulphur "Bonny Light" crude from the Niger delta. But very little of this oil is refined in the country because its four state-owned refineries are dysfunctional or have closed. Continue reading... |
| France bans Dutch bike TV ad for creating 'climate of fear' Posted: 01 Jul 2020 02:41 AM PDT Ad for VanMoof bike unfairly discredits automobile industry, says watchdog A TV commercial for a Dutch-made bicycle has been banned by France's advertising watchdog for creating a "climate of fear" about cars. Despite being aired on Dutch and German television, the Autorité de régulation professionnelle de la publicité (ARPP) said the ad for the VanMoof bike unfairly discredited the automobile industry. Continue reading... |
| Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi vows to resign if war crimes trial goes ahead Posted: 30 Jun 2020 09:01 PM PDT Thaçi says he will leave office if The Hague confirms charges made against him last week Kosovo's president, Hashim Thaçi, has promised to resign immediately if a war crimes indictment filed against him at a special court in The Hague is confirmed. The indictment, yet to be ruled on by the pre-trial judge, was made public in dramatic fashion last week, as Thaçi was on his way to Washington for negotiations at the White House. Continue reading... |
| 'Where are you Roger Ailes?' Trump appears to ask dead Fox News chairman for help Posted: 30 Jun 2020 10:52 PM PDT Plea draws suggestions on social media that the president was not aware the disgraced media figure had died in May 2017 Donald Trump appeared to make an otherworldy plea for help to boost the fortunes of Fox News on Tuesday, asking about the whereabouts of its long-dead and disgraced chairman Roger Ailes. In a tweet criticising the channel's hiring of Democratic figure Donna Brazile, he said: "Where are you Roger Ailes?", drawing suggestions he was not aware that Ailes had died in May 2017, shortly after being forced out of Fox amid a series of accusations of sexual misconduct . Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t let regret in’: Pierce Brosnan on love, loss and his life after Bond Posted: 30 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT He has worked with Tennessee Williams, Robin Williams – and, controversially, Roman Polanski. The former 007 discusses fatherhood, family and the lonely childhood that shaped him I am 10 minutes into my Zoom interview with Pierce Brosnan when his son Dylan arrives off-screen with his father's coffee. "Did you put sugar in this?" he says to the 23-year-old. "Some more milk, please, I don't take mine black." Dylan is sent back to correct it. "He's a wonderful musician and a great academic," Brosnan says. "He just graduated from USC film school." The graduation, like so many others, was cancelled. "We got him a cap and gown and sat here watching it [the online ceremony] on the sofa". Continue reading... |
| 'Office for talent' to be set up for scientists who want to work in UK Posted: 30 Jun 2020 04:01 PM PDT Unit based in No 10 will help researchers navigate post-Brexit immigration system Downing Street is to set up a cross-departmental unit called the "office for talent" as a way to help leading scientists, researchers and others live and work in the UK in the post-Brexit immigration system. The plan, which the Liberal Democrats said was simply trying to make up the damage caused by Brexit, is intended to "ensure excellent customer service across the immigration system", a government announcement said. Continue reading... |
| ‘Decolonise and rename’ streets of Uganda and Sudan, activists urge Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:30 AM PDT Campaigners target statues of slave owners and roads named after imperial armies as protests spread to Africa Campaigners have asked Uganda's parliament to order the removal of monuments to British colonialists and to rename streets commemorating imperial military forces. Uganda gained independence in 1962 after almost 70 years as a British protectorate, and more than 5,000 people have signed a petition to "decolonise and rename" the dozens of statues and street names which remain. Continue reading... |
| US politics: QAnon-linked Lauren Boebert wins primary in Colorado – live updates Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:08 AM PDT
Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics today. Here's a quick catch-up and some of what we can expect from today: Related: 'We had been beat down a lot': the story behind 60s protest anthem Dancing in the Street Continue reading... |
| 'Don't you get it?': late doctor's family urge Mexicans to heed Covid-19 risk Posted: 01 Jul 2020 02:15 AM PDT Dr Iván Cruz wanted to shock people out of pandemic scepticism with X-rays of his coronavirus-scarred lungs The images of Iván Cruz's lungs resemble a dust cloud in outer space: light patches enveloped by the gloom. Before he died in hospital, the young Mexican doctor had intended to publish them online to convince the unbelievers: coronavirus exists, and this is what it does to you. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong's security laws usher in new era of Chinese control Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:08 AM PDT Beijing's new rules appear tailored to cover the actions of protesters and their supporters Beijing has imposed a raft of national security rules on Hong Kong, ushering in a new chapter of Chinese control over the semi-autonomous territory once known as a haven of political freedom and civil liberty. Chinese and Hong Kong officials have said the law would target only a "narrow set" of behaviours, but the full text of the legislation – released only after it was enacted late on Tuesday – shows it covers a broad range of activities under vaguely defined crimes related to security. The harshest penalties are life in prison. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 02:58 AM PDT Residents of 10 postcodes in Melbourne's north and west have been ordered to stay home from midnight tonight. Follow live
The last question is on masks. Asked if Victoria will recommend the wearing of masks in public, Andrews says: "It may well be we get to that point." But we're not there yet. The public health advice around the mandatory use of masks remains unchanged. Things do change. This is a very fluid and dynamic set of circumstances. It may get to the point where we have to close down additional suburbs. It may get to the point where we have to look at a range of other measures. Masks could be part of that but that's not the advice I've received to this point.
Sales asks if Victoria felt pressured by the federal government to open up earlier than it was ready. Andrews: No. I wouldn't say that at all. I think people are rightly alarmed and concerned ... What people want and have received from our government and public health team right throughout these recent months is a clear plan and the absolute determination to get the job done. We've got to bring these cases under control. We have to firstly stabilise. We have seen the last three or four days numbers that are higher than we'd like but they're not doubling every second day. There is some stability and there's an enormous amount of testing going on in those hotspot suburbs. We have to bring stability and drive the numbers down. That's what I'm determined to do. Continue reading... |
| Colombian soldiers accused of raping indigenous teen in second case to emerge in a week Posted: 30 Jun 2020 10:50 AM PDT Allegation comes as nation reels from similarly horrific crime and prompted protests in Bogotá Colombian soldiers have been accused of raping a 15-year-old indigenous girl, in the second such case to emerge in a week. Troops in the southern Guaviare region were accused in September of kidnapping, torturing and repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl from the Nukak Makú tribe, but the case was not widely reported until this week. Continue reading... |
| Iranian authorities move to block release of female rights activists Posted: 30 Jun 2020 03:55 AM PDT New charges brought to circumvent Covid-19 prison release scheme, say human rights groups Female human rights activists imprisoned in Iran are facing a slew of new charges to prevent them from being temporarily released because of the Covid-19 epidemic, rights groups say. Since Covid-19 spread rapidly through the country in early March, Iranian authorities have been under pressure to release all prisoners who pose no risk to society. Around 85,000 prisoners were temporarily released under a furlough scheme earlier this year in response to the coronavirus outbreak, half of whom were believed to be political detainees. Continue reading... |
| Former England boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz wins 16-year battle to stay in UK Posted: 30 Jun 2020 03:27 AM PDT Exclusive: Fawaz, who was trafficked to the UK from Nigeria as a child, won his Home Office appeal last week The former England boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz has won his 16-year legal battle to live and work in the UK after the Home Office granted him leave to remain for 30 months. Fawaz, who has represented England six times and was once an amateur champion, has been struggling to establish his adult nationality and immigration status after being trafficked from Nigeria to the UK as a child and kept in domestic servitude. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus UK: are Covid-19 cases rising or falling near you? Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:23 AM PDT Latest updates: how has Covid-19 progressed where you live? Check the week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 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... |
| Trump views US troops as disposable – the Russian bounty scandal makes that clear | Simon Tisdall Posted: 30 Jun 2020 02:36 PM PDT Time and again, the president has failed to protect military personnel. For Trump, he always comes first, no matter who dies Donald Trump likes to suggest he has got the back of US soldiers battling America's foes around the world. It was a big theme of his 2016 campaign and his West Point speech earlier this month. So great was his boundless care for America's fighting men and women, he said, that he would halt the endless, costly foreign wars prosecuted by his predecessors – and bring them home. Related: Trump's ties to Putin under fresh scrutiny in wake of Russia bounty reports Continue reading... |
| 'New deal' risks fuelling emissions and eroding building standards Posted: 30 Jun 2020 10:19 AM PDT Green campaigners and housing experts warn Boris Johnson's recovery plan could swiftly become a liability Boris Johnson's plan to build tens of thousands of new homes risks locking in high carbon emissions for decades to come, if they are built to today's poor efficiency standards instead of being designed for net zero carbon. The prime minister's plans to "build, build, build" form the centrepiece of his "new deal" to lift Britain's economy out of the coronavirus recession. About £12bn will go to building 180,000 new homes to relieve the housing crisis, while new hospitals and schools will be constructed to improve degraded public services. Continue reading... |
| What we can do now about Stone Mountain's 150ft Confederate carving | Ryan Gravel and Scott Morris Posted: 30 Jun 2020 03:36 AM PDT The largest celebration of the Confederacy should be obscured by vegetation and the park outside Atlanta repurposed away from white supremacy The current national attention to the interrelated issues of policy reform and representation, along with the murder of two Black men here in Georgia, got me thinking again about the state's giant monument to white supremacy on the side of Stone Mountain. It is too big to just tear down, like they are doing with statues in Richmond and elsewhere, but something is going to happen with it eventually. Anti-racist sentiment is growing, and the makeup of Georgia's population is changing so fast that some kind of modification is inevitable. And while I believe decisions about what ultimately happens there should emerge from meaningful public engagement, I don't believe we have to wait any longer to make change. Below are some ideas we can start to implement now. Continue reading... |
| 'We are not in total control': Fauci issues stark coronavirus warning – video Posted: 30 Jun 2020 09:51 AM PDT Dr Anthony Fauci, the White House infectious diseases expert gave a stark warning to the public of a dangerous surge in coronavirus cases in the US, particularly in the south and west. Fauci said the current figures 'speak for themselves' in the middle of his testimony to the US Senate in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren's questioning on the spread of the virus as states reopened
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