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- Israel returns to partial lockdown with immediate weekend shutdown
- UK coronavirus live: Matt Hancock orders urgent review into PHE death statistics
- 'Reckless, callous, cruel': teachers' chief denounces Trump plan to reopen schools
- Victoria reports 428 new coronavirus cases and three deaths as NSW tightens restrictions
- Coronavirus live news: US records world record 77,300 new infections in one day
- UK '95% sure' Russian hackers tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research
- Barr condemns Disney and Hollywood for 'kowtowing' to China
- No backslapping, no bonhomie? EU summit opens with Covid-19 safeguards
- Spain to cull nearly 100,000 mink in coronavirus outbreak
- Munroe Bergdorf receives landmark book deal for trans manifesto
- Eddie Gale, jazz trumpeter and Blue Note star, dies aged 78
- Closest ever images of sun reveal it is covered in miniature flares
- Book by Donald Trump's niece sells nearly 1m copies on its first day
- Huge swells on NSW Central Coast leave Wamberal homes at risk of collapse due to beach erosion
- Japan police seek to stop yakuza handing out Halloween sweets to children
- The power of touch: I didn't hold my daughter until she was three days old | Salamishah Tillet
- Battery firm chooses Welsh site for Britain's first gigafactory
- Coral discovered in uncharted Danish waters – in pictures
- The black African businesses being overlooked by white US investors
- Space oddity: Mexican group claims alien base offers hurricane protection
- Fights break out in Taiwan parliament – in pictures
- Pregnancy warning mandatory on alcoholic beverages within three years
- Protests predicted to surge globally as Covid-19 drives unrest
- Uganda's Quentin Tarantino rolls his camera for Covid-19 comedy fundraiser
- DfiD merger will 'severely impact' UK's status, concludes cross-party inquiry
- Ethical labels not fit for purpose, report warns consumers
- Inexorable spread of coronavirus snuffs out Mexico's 'municipalities of hope'
- Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area?
- 'Work from home': UK chief scientific adviser warns of coronavirus risks – video
- 'So happy I have this on bodycam': Bemused US police catch kangaroo on the run – video
- The science should not stand in the way of schools reopening, says Kayleigh McEnany – video
- Russia targeted Covid-19 researchers and interfered in 2019 UK election, says Raab – video
| Israel returns to partial lockdown with immediate weekend shutdown Posted: 17 Jul 2020 12:47 AM PDT Government unveils measures after marathon emergency cabinet session as infections rise Israel has reimposed some lockdown measures following a vigorous second surge in the number of coronavirus infections, putting in place stringent weekend shutdowns in which shops, hairdressers and attractions will be closed. The government announced the measures in the early hours of Friday morning, following a marathon emergency cabinet session called after daily infection rates climbed to close to 2,000. Continue reading... |
| UK coronavirus live: Matt Hancock orders urgent review into PHE death statistics Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:43 AM PDT News updates: move comes after article saying deaths may have been significantly overestimated; ONS says 50,000 deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales
The ONS has also published a statistical bulletin on the social impact of coronavirus. It puts some numbers on some of the big themes of how to reopen the economy, and how comfortable people are taking the steps necessary to get there. The research says:
The Office for National Statistics has just published its latest coronavirus death figures. They say that between 1 March and 30 June, there were 50,335 deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales. 46,736 of those deaths had Covid-19 assigned as the underlying cause of death. Some 26% of those who died had dementia and Alzheimer's, the ONS said. Continue reading... |
| 'Reckless, callous, cruel': teachers' chief denounces Trump plan to reopen schools Posted: 17 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT 'Angry' AFT president Randi Weingarten tells Guardian proposal from Trump and Betsy DeVos could result in teaching exodus Plans put forward by Donald Trump and his education secretary to reopen America's schools in the fall are "reckless" and could result in many teachers leaving the profession, the president of one of the country's biggest teaching unions has warned. Related: Betsy DeVos insists all US children should be in school this fall Continue reading... |
| Victoria reports 428 new coronavirus cases and three deaths as NSW tightens restrictions Posted: 16 Jul 2020 08:27 PM PDT Gladys Berejiklian announces eight new Covid-19 cases in NSW as Victorian premier Daniel Andrews extends mask advice to regions
Victoria announced another record day of new coronavirus cases on Friday, with more than 428 people diagnosed with Covid-19 and three deaths, as authorities warned the massive growth in infections would lead to further fatalities and dozens more in hospital. The premier, Daniel Andrews, said on Friday that 370 of the new cases discovered over the past 24 hours were under investigation, while 57 were connected to known outbreaks. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: US records world record 77,300 new infections in one day Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:41 AM PDT US sets highest one-day total for the pandemic so far; Brazil cases pass 2m; India cases top 1m; Mexican authorities to impose local restrictions
Despite the allegations that Russian hackers tried to steal UK coronavirus vaccine research, Russia says it expects a deal for it to make a Covid-19 vaccine that is being developed by Astrazeneca and Oxford University to go ahead. Reuters is reporting that Russia sees western allegations that it tried to steal others' vaccine data as an attempt to "unfairly undermine credibility" of its own vaccine.
The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the US by all members of the Chinese Communist party and their families, Reuters is reporting. Quoting "a person familiar with the matter", the move would almost certainly prompt retaliation against Americans seeking to enter or remain in China and exacerbate tensions between the two nations. Continue reading... |
| UK '95% sure' Russian hackers tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:10 AM PDT Minister says Britain and allies confident Russian intelligence was behind cyber-attacks The UK security minister James Brokenshire has said Britain is "more than 95%" sure that Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted UK, US and Canadian organisations involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine. Brokenshire said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its counterparts in the other countries were confident "Russian intelligence agencies" were responsible for the attacks on drug companies and research groups. Continue reading... |
| Barr condemns Disney and Hollywood for 'kowtowing' to China Posted: 16 Jul 2020 08:46 PM PDT Attorney general's speech is part of continuing Trump administration offensive against Beijing The US attorney general, William Barr, has assailed the Walt Disney Company and Hollywood studios, accusing them of "kowtowing" to the Chinese Communist party. Barr's allegations are part of a sustained diplomatic and public relations offensive by the Trump administration against Beijing, which the attorney general accused of engaging in "economic blitzkrieg – an aggressive, orchestrated, whole-of-government (indeed, whole-of-society) campaign to seize the commanding heights of the global economy and to surpass the United States as the world's pre-eminent superpower". Continue reading... |
| No backslapping, no bonhomie? EU summit opens with Covid-19 safeguards Posted: 16 Jul 2020 07:00 PM PDT Leaders gathering for Brussels talks are asked to wear masks on arrival and avoid shaking hands The air will be freshly piped, the rooms deep-cleaned, and handshakes will be banned. As EU leaders gather for their first physical meeting in Brussels to thrash out a coronavirus recovery plan, no effort has been spared to avoid a local outbreak of the disease. The two-day meeting, thought to be the largest gathering of world leaders since the start of the pandemic, will be the first featuring all 27 heads of state and government since February, when an attempt to agree the EU's €1tn seven-year budget collapsed in acrimony. On Friday and Saturday, they will return to the same task and will also seek to hammer out a €750bn (£689bn) recovery plan in response to the biggest economic shock forecast in EU history. Continue reading... |
| Spain to cull nearly 100,000 mink in coronavirus outbreak Posted: 16 Jul 2020 06:06 PM PDT Agriculture minister says origins of outbreak unclear after seven farm workers – and 87% of the mink – test positive Spain has ordered the culling of nearly 100,000 mink on a farm after confirming many were carrying coronavirus, a regional minister said on Thursday. Joaquin Olona, agriculture minister for the north-eastern Aragon region, said the cull would involve the slaughter of 92,700 mink which are prized for their pelt. Continue reading... |
| Munroe Bergdorf receives landmark book deal for trans manifesto Posted: 16 Jul 2020 10:01 PM PDT Model and activist signs six-figure contract to publish Transitional, 'a manifesto for how I see society changing for the better, bringing us all closer' The first book by Munroe Bergdorf, a manifesto on gender by the black transgender activist and model, has been bought for a six-figure sum after a bidding war between 11 publishers. Bergdorf's Transitional will be published by Bloomsbury in 2021. Exploring six different facets of human experience – adolescence, sexuality, gender, relationships, identity and race – the book will draw on Bergdorf's own experiences, including growing up in a mixed-race family, going to an all-boys school and starting her transition at the age of 24. In it, she will argue that transition is an experience every person faces in every phase in life, "and that only by recognising this can we understand times of change". Continue reading... |
| Eddie Gale, jazz trumpeter and Blue Note star, dies aged 78 Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:31 AM PDT Gale died of prostate cancer at his home in California, following an illustrious career playing with John Coltrane, Sun Ra and more Eddie Gale, the free jazz trumpeter with two celebrated albums on the Blue Note label, has died aged 78. His wife confirmed to the New York Times that he died at his home in California on 10 July, from prostate cancer. Born in Brooklyn in 1941, Gale's music career started when he played bugle for his cub scout brigade. He grew up surrounded by jazz. "People like Jackie McLean, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Payne and Randy Weston were in the neighbourhood. Bud Powell lived around the corner from me," he told Jazz Times. "I will never forget hearing Lester Young wailing from outside of the Club Continental on Ocean Avenue, not far from where I lived." Continue reading... |
| Closest ever images of sun reveal it is covered in miniature flares Posted: 16 Jul 2020 07:46 AM PDT Solar Orbiter images shot from between Venus and Mercury orbits show 'campfires' in corona The closest ever images of the sun reveal its surface is speckled with "campfires", miniature versions of the dramatic solar flares visible from Earth. The observations, beamed back from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, which is a joint Nasa and European Space Agency (ESA) mission, could help resolve why the sun's atmosphere is so staggeringly hot compared to the surface – a central paradox in solar physics. Miniature flares have been proposed as a theoretical explanation for the so-called coronal heating problem, but until now no telescope has had a good enough resolution to observe the sun's atmosphere in sufficient detail. Continue reading... |
| Book by Donald Trump's niece sells nearly 1m copies on its first day Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:20 PM PDT
The bombshell family tell-all book by Mary Trump, the US president's niece, sold almost a million copies by the end of its first day on sale and remains firmly at the top of Amazon's bestseller list. Trump's book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man, referring to Donald Trump, was published on Tuesday and had sold 950,000 copies by the end of the first day, including pre-sales, ebooks and audio books. Continue reading... |
| Huge swells on NSW Central Coast leave Wamberal homes at risk of collapse due to beach erosion Posted: 16 Jul 2020 09:30 PM PDT Several houses on Ocean View Drive now dangerously close to cliff edge as huge waves wash away beaches Beachfront homes along the New South Wales Central Coast have been left dangling over the ocean and in danger of collapse after powerful surf caused massive erosion. A powerful low across Australia's east coast earlier in the week created large swells and high waves battering some coastal areas. Continue reading... |
| Japan police seek to stop yakuza handing out Halloween sweets to children Posted: 16 Jul 2020 11:02 PM PDT Concerns about a turf war in Kobe prompts police to seek legislation to halt traditional handout Police in Japan are planning to deprive children of their trick-or-treat goodies this Halloween – but only because the gifts come from members of the country's biggest underworld organisation. Yamaguchi-gumi gang members, based in the western port city of Kobe, have been distributing sweets to local children at Halloween most years since 2013. Continue reading... |
| The power of touch: I didn't hold my daughter until she was three days old | Salamishah Tillet Posted: 17 Jul 2020 12:30 AM PDT I was afraid my inability to breastfeed her or engage in skin-to-skin contact would harm her, but I was also burdened by another history Welcome to the Guardian's Power of Touch series I had to wait three days after my daughter Seneca was born to hold her. She arrived punctually just before sunrise on her due date, a fact I have interpreted as her over-accommodating me, because it enabled me to drive to UPS and mail off my tenure dossier on time. Nine hours later, as my partner, Solomon, my sister, Scheherazade, and I drove to the hospital with a maternity bag filled with a lavender-scented eye mask, breastfeeding pyjamas and a white-noise machine, I noticed only a handful of cars on the highway, the glare of their headlights guiding us to the hospital, four suburbs and 30 minutes away from our New Jersey townhouse. Continue reading... |
| Battery firm chooses Welsh site for Britain's first gigafactory Posted: 16 Jul 2020 10:45 PM PDT Startup firm Britishvolt, serving energy storage and electric cars, plans 30GWh battery plant at Bro Tathan A startup company with plans to build Britain's first gigafactory to make batteries for electric cars has chosen a site in south Wales for the plant after discussions with the Welsh government. Britishvolt, which in May launched an ambitious effort to create a £1.2bn factory, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Welsh government ahead of signing a lease for a former Royal Air Force base at Bro Tathan business park, south Wales. Continue reading... |
| Coral discovered in uncharted Danish waters – in pictures Posted: 17 Jul 2020 01:00 AM PDT A mapping project led by the conservationist Klaus Thymann has revealed a rich, varied habitat off the coast of Jutland Continue reading... |
| The black African businesses being overlooked by white US investors Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:25 AM PDT American venture capital and private equity is dominating Africa, but it's mostly funding other white foreign founders as black entrepreneurs struggle to raise financing "Sorry for asking, but do you understand that the money belongs to the company and is not your personal fund?" When Jesse Ghansah saw this question in an email from a prominent white investor in San Francisco while fundraising for his first startup four years ago, he refused the deal. Continue reading... |
| Space oddity: Mexican group claims alien base offers hurricane protection Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:38 AM PDT Gulf coast cities have little to fear from extreme weather thanks, apparently, to extraterrestrials lurking underwater As communities on Mexico's Gulf coast brace themselves for what is predicted to be a grueling hurricane season, a group of stargazers in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas are confident that a unique form of disaster preparation will keep their city safe. Members of the Association of Scientific UFO Research of Tamaulipas, or Aicot, believe that an inter-dimensional underwater base of extraterrestrial origin has protected the coastal cities of Ciudad Madero and Tampico from hurricanes for more than 50 years. Continue reading... |
| Fights break out in Taiwan parliament – in pictures Posted: 17 Jul 2020 01:11 AM PDT Brawls erupted inside and outside Taiwan's parliament on Friday over the disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a top government watchdog post, which the main opposition party has said is cronyism Continue reading... |
| Pregnancy warning mandatory on alcoholic beverages within three years Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:09 AM PDT Warning labels have been voluntary since 2011, but AMA president says they can not be left in the hands of those motivated by profit The alcohol industry has been given a 12-month extension but will have to ensure pregnancy health warning labels are placed on all bottles and cans within three years. Australian and New Zealand ministers on Friday granted beverage makers an extra year for the transition with the labels to say "pregnancy warning" rather than "health warning" as initially proposed. Continue reading... |
| Protests predicted to surge globally as Covid-19 drives unrest Posted: 16 Jul 2020 11:15 PM PDT New analysis finds economic shock of pandemic coupled with existing grievances makes widespread public uprisings 'inevitable' The economic impact of coronavirus is a "tinderbox" that will drive civil unrest and instability in developing countries in the second half of 2020, according to new analysis. Highest risk countries facing a "perfect storm", where protests driven by the pandemic's economic fallout are likely to inflame existing grievances, include Nigeria, Iran, Bangladesh, Algeria and Ethiopia, the analysis said. Continue reading... |
| Uganda's Quentin Tarantino rolls his camera for Covid-19 comedy fundraiser Posted: 16 Jul 2020 10:30 PM PDT Wakaliwood's Isaac Nabwana has switched from directing shootouts to parody rap to fund rural projects during lockdown The helicopter and the bling are made of cardboard and the dollar bills carefully drawn on paper by local children. But the people are very real and the music is totally authentic. A new video from Ugandan film director Isaac Nabwana is a move away from his previous output – movies heavy on blood and gore and ultra-low on budgets – which is gaining him an international cult following. And he says the pandemic's impact in pushing film online, with the trend towards all-digital film festivals, has helped. Continue reading... |
| DfiD merger will 'severely impact' UK's status, concludes cross-party inquiry Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:30 PM PDT Commons committee chair warns of 'damage beyond repair' over abolition of overseas aid department A cross-party committee of MPs has said Boris Johnson's "rushed and impulsive" merger of the Foreign Office and Department for International Development will "severely impact the UK's superpower status". Attacking the prime minister's decision as "coming out of the blue", a report published on Thursday from the Commons international development committee (IDC) said it was likely it would be disruptive and "incredibly costly". Continue reading... |
| Ethical labels not fit for purpose, report warns consumers Posted: 16 Jul 2020 05:48 AM PDT Certification schemes may serve to mask human rights abuses and allow government inaction, study claims Many of the world's leading certification standards are not only failing to improve the ethical conduct of large corporations but are serving to entrench abusive business practices, a damning new report argues. Related: Rainforest Alliance certifying unethical pineapple farms, activists claim Continue reading... |
| Inexorable spread of coronavirus snuffs out Mexico's 'municipalities of hope' Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:15 AM PDT More than 300 towns free of Covid-19 were allowed to reopen in May to mitigate the pandemic's economic cost. With cases surging, most have been forced to close As the coronavirus pandemic advances across Mexico, leaving thousands dead in its wake, Tepango de RodrÃguez has – so far – remained untouched. The town of about 4,000 people sits high in the mountains of the Sierra Norte in Puebla state, and was quick to apply strict preventive measures, closing its food market and installing health checkpoints. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area? Posted: 17 Jul 2020 01:21 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... |
| 'Work from home': UK chief scientific adviser warns of coronavirus risks – video Posted: 17 Jul 2020 01:12 AM PDT The UK government's chief scientific adviser has said working from home is still the best option where possible to maintain physical distancing, as he acknowledged that the outcome of Britain's response to the Covid-19 outbreak 'has not been good'. Sir Patrick Vallance's advice during a two-hour appearance before the science and technology select committee contrasts with Boris Johnson's recovery 'roadmap' under which the prime minister is encouraging more people to return to their workplaces in an effort to help city centre economies recover
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| 'So happy I have this on bodycam': Bemused US police catch kangaroo on the run – video Posted: 16 Jul 2020 07:18 PM PDT Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighbourhood on Thursday morning. One officer is heard saying: 'I am so happy I have this on bodycam. Bob, in your how many years have you ever seen a kangaroo?' After receiving a call about a kangaroo running loose, Fort Lauderdale police officers managed to tie a lead around the two-year-old male and place him in a squad car. The marsupial was taken to a stable where the police department keeps its horses. Continue reading... |
| The science should not stand in the way of schools reopening, says Kayleigh McEnany – video Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:29 PM PDT Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, has suggested that US schools should reopen regardless of what the science says. 'The president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open,' she said. 'The science should not stand in the way of this.' Donald Trump has said school districts must offer a full schedule of classes, arguing that parents are under tremendous strain from managing their children and work at the same time |
| Russia targeted Covid-19 researchers and interfered in 2019 UK election, says Raab – video Posted: 16 Jul 2020 11:46 AM PDT Foreign secretary accuses Russia of seeking to interfere in last year's general election by amplifying an illegally acquired NHS dossier that was seized upon by Labour during the campaign. Raab also confirms reports that Russian state-sponsored hackers are targeting UK, US and Canadian organisations involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, describing it as 'completely unacceptable'.
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