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- Revealed: Italy's call for urgent help was ignored as coronavirus swept through Europe
- Coronavirus live news: 160,000 Catalans back into lockdown; Florida records new daily death toll high
- 'A record of telling the truth': Fauci stands ground as Trump works to undermine him
- Egypt: doctors targeted for highlighting Covid-19 working conditions
- Chinese media calls for 'pain' over UK Huawei ban as Trump claims credit
- Edward Colston statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester
- Revealed: Phoenix officer brutalized woman during minor traffic stop, then took her to jail
- Allegations over offshore funds swirl around Spain's former king
- World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below UN forecasts, study suggests
- Governments put 'green recovery' on the backburner
- Trump twists stats on police brutality: 'more white people' are killed
- Race too close to call as North Macedonia holds first poll since name change
- Competitive hotdog eaters nearing limit of human performance
- 'Hope flows through her': artist Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with a Black Lives Matter statue
- Coronavirus: nurses not wearing masks led to A&E closure, inquiry finds
- 'A small fracture in national frontiers': the Mont Blanc road tunnel opens – archive, 1965
- Migrant workers in Qatar face ‘structural racism’ says UN report
- Extremist fighter's groundbreaking sex slavery trial opens at ICC
- Authoritarian voters pushed Trump to victory. Can they do it again?
- Killing nearly 500 wolves in a year failed to protect endangered caribou – study
- Victoria reports 238 new coronavirus cases and one death as NSW Crossroads cluster worsens
- Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area?
- If anyone can demand New Zealand's National party pull its socks up, it is Judith Collins | Claire Robinson
- Abortion drugs remain inaccessible, unsafe and unaffordable for many Australian women | Gina Rushton
- How many Hongkongers will want to come to Britain is unclear
- Sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester replaces Edward Colston statue – video
- Masked not muzzled - the art of the political mask
- Revealed: Phoenix woman's brutal police assault shown on body-camera footage – video
- Health minister admits he first read findings of government pandemic report in the Guardian – video
- Face masks to be mandatory in shops in England, says Hancock – video
| Revealed: Italy's call for urgent help was ignored as coronavirus swept through Europe Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:02 PM PDT Exclusive: A litany of failings meant that when Italy faced disaster, its distress call to the EU met with a shocking silence It was a moment of chilling clarity. On 26 February, with the numbers of Italians known to be infected by coronavirus tripling every 48 hours, the country's prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, appealed to fellow EU member states for help. His hospitals were overwhelmed. Italian doctors and nurses had run out of the masks, gloves and aprons they needed to keep themselves safe, and medics were being forced to play God with the lives of the critically-ill due to an acute lack of ventilators. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:43 AM PDT India Covid-19 cases top 900,000 as 133m re-enter lockdown; Venezuela's capital Caracas to go into a strict lockdown on Wednesday
AP is carrying a story that you really need to read on their site, to see the wonderful photos that illustrate the personal stories, about the artists who perform in the concerts, acrobatic shows, striptease dance revues that typically entertain thousands of tourists in Las Vegas, as they wait for their venues to reopen. Though casinos have been allowed to reopen with rules about sanitising, social distancing and mandatory face masks, hundreds of performers, including those who've come to the city from all over the world, are waiting in Las Vegas for the shows and crowds to return. As they wait, they try to keep their bodies in top form, practice their skills and find a way to perform.
Reuters is reporting that some 160,000 people in the Spanish region of Catalonia returned to confinement today as authorities scrambled to control a fresh surge of coronavirus infections in the area, just weeks after a nationwide lockdown was lifted. A judge finally approved the regional government's stay-at-home order for residents of the city of Lleida and six nearby towns last night after several days of legal wrangling and political tensions over the issue. Continue reading... |
| 'A record of telling the truth': Fauci stands ground as Trump works to undermine him Posted: 15 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT Analysis: The administration's barrage of attacks on the public health expert comes as little surprise, observers say Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious diseases expert, has pushed back at a concerted campaign by Donald Trump and his allies to discredit his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Officials and advisers have publicly sought to undermine Fauci in at least five separate instances over the past four days, even as the coronavirus surges across the US, with the death toll now above 135,000. Continue reading... |
| Egypt: doctors targeted for highlighting Covid-19 working conditions Posted: 14 Jul 2020 09:00 PM PDT Overwhelmed staff detained by state security agency after voicing concerns about lack of PPE Overwhelmed and ill-equipped medical staff in Egypt are being threatened for speaking out about poor working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic, with increasing numbers detained by a domestic security agency. Doctors recounted threats delivered via WhatsApp, official letters or in person. They said hospital managers and government officials told them failing to attend shifts, posting on social media or voicing objections would result in complaints to the National Security Agency, Egypt's primary internal security body, which rights groups say has arrested multiple healthcare workers. Continue reading... |
| Chinese media calls for 'pain' over UK Huawei ban as Trump claims credit Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:41 AM PDT Global Times mouthpiece says Beijing must respond or be seen as 'easy to bully' Chinese state media has foreshadowed "public and painful" retaliation against the UK over its ban of Huawei from the country's 5G networks, as Donald Trump appeared to take credit for the decision. Following Britain's announcement that Huawei would be stripped out of the country's phone networks by 2027, the state-run Global Times said in an editorial that China could not "remain passive". Continue reading... |
| Edward Colston statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Posted: 14 Jul 2020 10:26 PM PDT Exclusive: Artist Marc Quinn leads secret mission to install resin-and-steel figure of Jen Reid at site of toppled Bristol slave trader The statue of slave trader Edward Colston was replaced in Bristol on Wednesday morning – with a sculpture of one of the protesters whose anger brought him down. The figure of Jen Reid, who was photographed standing on the plinth with her fist raised after the 17th century merchant was toppled by Black Lives Matter demonstrators last month, was erected at dawn by a team directed by the artist Marc Quinn. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: Phoenix officer brutalized woman during minor traffic stop, then took her to jail Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:18 PM PDT Body-cam footage shows an officer with a history of misconduct claims slammed 23-year-old Mariah Valenzuela to the ground within seconds of traffic stop One week after police in Phoenix, Arizona, were caught on camera surrounding a parked car and killing a man inside, a young woman is coming forward with footage of a brutal assault by another officer in the department. Mariah Valenzuela, 23, was pulled over one night in January for a minor traffic violation. Body-camera footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the officer involved, Michael McGillis, would not tell the unarmed woman why he stopped her, and that seconds after she said she didn't have ID on her, he tackled and slammed her on to the ground, injuring her head, face, hands and legs. Continue reading... |
| Allegations over offshore funds swirl around Spain's former king Posted: 14 Jul 2020 09:00 PM PDT Questions over Juan Carlos's finances are having an 'unprecedented impact' on the country's monarchy Damaging allegations over the financial arrangements of Spain's former king Juan Carlos have placed the royal family under unprecedented scrutiny but are unlikely to result in current or futures monarchs losing their constitutional immunity, according to legal experts. Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of his son, Felipe, six years ago, renouncing the throne after a series of damaging scandals including in a controversial elephant-hunting trip to Botswana as Spain was devastated by the financial crisis. Continue reading... |
| World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below UN forecasts, study suggests Posted: 14 Jul 2020 10:56 PM PDT Declining fertility and ageing societies could see a huge shift in economic and political clout, University of Washington study says Earth will be home to 8.8 billion people in 2100, 2 billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study published on Wednesday that foresees changes shaped by declining fertility rates and ageing populations. By the century's end, 183 of 195 countries – barring an influx of immigrants – will have fallen below the replacement threshold needed to maintain population levels, an international team of researchers reported in the Lancet. Continue reading... |
| Governments put 'green recovery' on the backburner Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT G20 countries aim their pandemic bailout spending at fossil fuel industries, leaving Paris climate change targets in doubt Governments are spending vastly more in support of fossil fuels than on low-carbon energy in rescue packages triggered by the coronavirus crisis, new data has shown, despite rhetoric from many countries in support of a "green recovery". Data from the Energy Policy Tracker, a new research effort by several civil society groups, shows that at least $151bn (£120bn) of bailout cash has been spent or earmarked so far to support fossil fuels by the G20 group of large economies. Only about a fifth of this spending is conditional on environmental requirements such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions or cleaning up pollution. Continue reading... |
| Trump twists stats on police brutality: 'more white people' are killed Posted: 14 Jul 2020 05:42 PM PDT In fact, studies have found that Black Americans are up to 3.5 times as likely to be killed by law enforcement Donald Trump has once again stoked racial grievances, telling an interviewer who asked a question about the police killing of George Floyd that white people also get killed by law enforcement in the US. In an echo of his comments on white nationalist marchers and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, when he said there were "fine people on both sides", the president did not take the opportunity to talk about the problem of racially-motivated police brutality on Tuesday but switched to talk about white victims. Continue reading... |
| Race too close to call as North Macedonia holds first poll since name change Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:26 AM PDT Vote will decide whether country continues on course of pro-European reform North Macedonians are going to the polls in an election viewed as crucial for the Balkan state's future after months of political drift exacerbated by voting being postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. The vote, originally due to be held in April, is the first since the country changed its name from Macedonia in a landmark deal with Greece two years ago. It is hoped the election will end the political uncertainty that has lingered since the European Union's refusal to set a date for North Macedonia to begin eagerly-awaited accession talks with the bloc. Continue reading... |
| Competitive hotdog eaters nearing limit of human performance Posted: 14 Jul 2020 04:01 PM PDT A maximum of 84 hotdogs in 10 minutes is possible, says sports science study The four-minute mile and the two-hour marathon were once believed impossible: now a new gauntlet has been thrown down for the world of elite competition. A scientific analysis suggests competitive eaters have come within nine hotdogs of the limits of human performance. The theoretical ceiling has been set at 84 hotdogs in 10 minutes. The current world record, set by Joey "Jaws" Chestnut earlier this month, stands at 75. Continue reading... |
| 'Hope flows through her': artist Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with a Black Lives Matter statue Posted: 15 Jul 2020 12:52 AM PDT Today the sculptor placed a statue of a woman doing a black power salute on the vacant plinth in Bristol. We tell the full story of its creation – and speak to Jen Reid, the protester whose gesture so inspired him There's a lookout stationed at the end of Colston Street and a load of people, some dressed in hi-vis vests, are gathering at a nearby restaurant. Then, in the dawn light, a statue concealed in plastic wrapping can be seen approaching on a hiab truck. It turns the corner and reverses towards the plinth where the statue of Edward Colston once stood. There's a sense of mischief in the air on this bright clear morning in Bristol – and revolution. The team spring into action and, minutes later, a new statue has been placed on the spot where Colston's stood and swiftly unwrapped. It's of a young black woman, her fist raised in a black power salute. "There's a new woman in power!" a cyclist shouts as he turns the bend. On Twitter, responses start coming in fast. Dr Lola Solebo writes: "Am waking my girls up early so I can show them this. What a thing of beauty. What a thing to wake up to." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: nurses not wearing masks led to A&E closure, inquiry finds Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:16 PM PDT Exclusive: training session at Hillingdon hospital resulted in 70 staff being quarantined Nurses not wearing face masks or staying two metres apart led to an outbreak of Covid-19 that shut an A&E unit after 70 staff at a hospital had to go into quarantine, an inquiry has found. An investigation by Hillingdon hospital in north-west London has found that a nurse who had coronavirus unwittingly infected 16 others during a training session they all attended on 30 June, in what was described by a doctor as a "super-spreading event". Continue reading... |
| 'A small fracture in national frontiers': the Mont Blanc road tunnel opens – archive, 1965 Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:38 AM PDT Sixty years after the longest railway tunnel opened, a record-breaking car tunnel connected France and Italy beneath the highest mountain in western Europe From Geoffrey Moorhouse |
| Migrant workers in Qatar face ‘structural racism’ says UN report Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:45 PM PDT World Cup host heavily criticised over discrimination and 'coercive conditions' experienced by labourers from south Asia and Africa The United Nations has raised "serious concerns of structural racial discrimination against non-nationals" in World Cup host nation Qatar, in a highly critical report to be presented to the UN human rights council this week. The report, by the UN's special rapporteur for racism, Tendayi Achiume, is notable for its uncompromising language, saying a "de facto caste system based on national origin" exists in Qatar, "according to which European, North American, Australian and Arab nationalities systematically enjoy greater human rights protections than South Asian and sub-Saharan African nationalities". Continue reading... |
| Extremist fighter's groundbreaking sex slavery trial opens at ICC Posted: 14 Jul 2020 08:19 AM PDT Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud accused of torture and extrajudicial punishments The trial of a former Islamic militant who allegedly forced hundreds of women into sexual slavery has opened at the international criminal court, where he has been accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and in a first, persecution on the grounds of gender. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 42, was transferred to the court's custody more than two years ago from Mali, where he had been held by local authorities for more than a year. Continue reading... |
| Authoritarian voters pushed Trump to victory. Can they do it again? Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:00 AM PDT Trump took advantage of American's authoritarian streak in 2016 and has been busily eroding democratic norms ever since As Donald Trump's celebration speeches, tweets, and interviews sound increasingly authoritarian, should we be worried? The answer, of course, is yes. Continue reading... |
| Killing nearly 500 wolves in a year failed to protect endangered caribou – study Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:42 PM PDT
With their ability to glide silently through snow drifts and vanish into forests, mountain caribou have been called the grey ghosts of western Canada's alpine region. But in recent years, a steep drop in their population has raised fears the knobby-kneed ungulates may disappear forever. Continue reading... |
| Victoria reports 238 new coronavirus cases and one death as NSW Crossroads cluster worsens Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:35 AM PDT Victorian police fine Pokémon Go players, a KFC patron and find people hiding in cupboards and garages
Victoria has recorded 238 new cases of Covid-19 and the death of a woman in her 90s and New South Wales has recorded 13 new cases, including 10 linked to the Crossroads hotel cluster in south-west Sydney which has now affected 34 people. Victoria's deputy police commissioner, Rick Nugent, outlined a number of breaches of Covid-19 lockdown measures including people refusing to leave KFC restaurants, playing Pokémon Go and poker in groups, and hiding in garages and closets when caught by police on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area? Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:32 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... |
| Posted: 14 Jul 2020 06:44 PM PDT Only once in the past hundred years has a party formed government after changing leader in an election year, but that was Ardern in 2017 According to conventional wisdom, it's electoral suicide for political parties to change leaders in an (ordinary) election year. But what about in extraordinary election years? And what about changing leaders twice in the midst of the first global pandemic and recession in a hundred years? When the much-needed rule book is written on this, central to its exposition will be whether Judith Collins, the New Zealand National party's fifth leader in four years, was able to pull off one of the biggest upsets in the country's electoral history. Only once in the past hundred years has a party formed a government after changing its leader in an election year, and that was three years ago in 2017. Confronted with his party in opinion poll freefall, then Labour leader Andrew Little stood aside seven weeks from election day to see if his more publicly popular deputy, Jacinda Ardern, would be able to stem the flow of voters leaving it for the Green party. It was an audacious move, and it paid off. Continue reading... |
| Abortion drugs remain inaccessible, unsafe and unaffordable for many Australian women | Gina Rushton Posted: 14 Jul 2020 10:30 AM PDT A dearth of political leadership means abortion drugs remain inaccessible, unsafe and unaffordable for many women It has been 24 years since the federal government chose the partial privatisation of Telstra over the rights of Australian women to safely terminate a pregnancy with abortion drugs. In 1996, anti-abortion independent Brian Harradine, who held the balance of power in the Senate, agreed to support John Howard's one-third float of the telecommunications company if the government amended legislation to give the health minister veto to prohibit the import, manufacture or use of abortion drug RU486 (mifepristone). A perpetual dearth of political leadership in the subsequent quarter century has meant the drugs remain inaccessible, unaffordable and at times unsafe for many women in Australia outside of a certain income or major city. Continue reading... |
| How many Hongkongers will want to come to Britain is unclear Posted: 14 Jul 2020 09:26 AM PDT There are 3 million eligible for citizenship, but many factors will determine if it is taken up The Foreign Office claim that 200,000 Hong Kong citizens will want to come to the UK over the next five years to take up Britain's offer of citizenship is a very broad estimate and not a forecast, diplomats have said. The figure suggests less than 10% of the 3 million Hongkongers eligible for a British National Overseas passport will be attracted to a new life in Britain. Continue reading... |
| Sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester replaces Edward Colston statue – video Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:17 AM PDT A Black Lives Matter protester, Jen Reid, says she 'shed a tear' when she saw a sculpture of her replace that of the slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol on Wednesday. The artist Marc Quinn had the new statue installed without council permission. It replicates a photograph of Reid with her fist raised taken after the statue of Colston, a 17th-century merchant, was toppled by Black Lives Matter demonstrators in June. Arriving in two lorries before 5am, a team of 10 people worked quickly to install the figure of Reid, who said she had been secretly working with Quinn on the idea for weeks Continue reading... |
| Masked not muzzled - the art of the political mask Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT Wearing a mask may feel like being muzzled to some, but across the world people are using masks to send political messages Continue reading... |
| Revealed: Phoenix woman's brutal police assault shown on body-camera footage – video Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:34 AM PDT Video obtained exclusively by the Guardian shows an officer with a history of misconduct slamming 23-year-old Mariah Valenzuela to the ground within seconds of a traffic stop |
| Health minister admits he first read findings of government pandemic report in the Guardian – video Posted: 14 Jul 2020 07:12 AM PDT Edward Argar, a health minister, has told MPs at the public administration and constitutional affairs committee that he first read the findings of Exercise Cygnus in a Guardian report Continue reading... |
| Face masks to be mandatory in shops in England, says Hancock – video Posted: 14 Jul 2020 06:54 AM PDT Face coverings protect workers and give the public greater confidence to shop, Matt Hancock has said. The health secretary confirmed in a statement to the House of Commons that shoppers would be required to wear masks while in shops and supermarkets. Those who do not will face fines of up to £100
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