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- 'Raise a glass': UK Treasury faces backlash after hailing pubs reopening
- UK coronavirus live: government publishes plan for all schools in England to open full time in September
- 'It's very troubling': alarm grows over Covid-19 spike among young Americans
- China vows to stop UK granting Hongkongers residency
- Ethiopia protests: more than 80 killed as singer's murder lays bare grievances
- Coronavirus live news: Russia cases pass 660,000; US reports 50,000 new cases
- Vladimir Putin wins Russia vote that could let him rule until 2036
- Mudslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 50 people
- Geoffrey Rush case: Daily Telegraph and Nationwide News lose defamation appeal against actor
- US seizes items thought to be made from hair of Muslims in Chinese labor camps
- Scots Gaelic could die out within a decade, study finds
- Revealed: development banks funding industrial livestock farms around the world
- CIA official chose not to tell Trump of Russia bounty report, top adviser claims
- Unseen Picasso portrait of lover and muse to appear at auction
- What's wrong with WhatsApp
- Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman: teenager charged with sisters' murders
- First details emerge of system for checks on goods crossing Irish Sea
- Matsepo Ramakoae and Lesotho’s lost chance to elect its first female leader
- Colombia army chief says 118 soldiers investigated for sexual abuse of minors
- Hong Kong football fan briefly detained 'after shouting long live Liverpool'
- Coronavirus Australia live updates: national Covid-19 cases pass 8,000 as Victoria suburbs in lockdown
- David Clark's resignation 'inevitable' as Ardern seeks to restore trust
- New UK law could challenge China over Hong Kong, but will it go far enough?
- As a homecoming Kiwi, I didn't expect the red carpet – just a nicer welcome | Ellen Falconer
- Christ the Redeemer statue lit up for coronavirus victims – video
- Donald Trump calls allegations of Russian bounty on US soldiers 'a hoax' – video
- Trump hopes coronavirus will 'just disappear' and says he's 'all for masks' – video
- Hong Kong protests over new security law – in pictures
- Italian police seize £900m of 'Isis drug' fenethylline en route from Syria – video
- Hong Kong: Dominic Raab announces citizenship pathway as China imposes security law – video
- Police use water cannon during protests over Hong Kong's new security laws – video report
| 'Raise a glass': UK Treasury faces backlash after hailing pubs reopening Posted: 01 Jul 2020 06:05 PM PDT Critics says tweet encouraging patrons to 'grab a drink' is in poor taste given UK's Covid-19 death toll The Treasury has been accused of taking an irresponsible approach to the coronavirus epidemic after a backlash to a post on its official Twitter account that hailed Saturday's scheduled reopening of England's pubs. "Grab a drink and raise a glass, pubs are reopening their doors from 4 July," the tweet read, while a graphic carried the message: "Pubs are back". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2020 02:25 AM PDT Education secretary to publish guidance for primary and secondary schools on how to deal with Covid-19 outbreaks
Limits on group sizes will be lifted in nurseries, childminders, and other early years providers from later this month, the Department for Education has said. As PA Media reports, early years providers in England have been able to open more widely to children since June 1, but there have been restrictions on group sizes. From July 20, these restrictions will be lifted so that providers can increase the number of children they admit from the start of the summer holiday. Limits on attendance in schools and colleges will be lifted from the autumn term, so all pupils can return to the classroom.
The NAHT, the union for headteachers, has put out a statement saying that, although it supports the aim of getting all pupils in England back to school in September, it thinks the government also needs a "plan B" in case that is not possible. Here is an extract from the statement from the NAHT general secretary, Paul Whiteman. He says: What is clear is that school will continue to look and feel different for the foreseeable future. This will certainly not represent a return to normality for pupils, parents or staff. Whilst a model of larger group sizes is perhaps the only feasible way to get all pupils back to school on a full-time basis, no-one should underestimate the scale of the challenge school leaders will now face in making these plans work in practice, especially in secondary schools. Significant time will now need to be spent implementing the new measures government is asking schools to take. NEW: @PaulWhiteman6 comments on @educationgovuk guidance for #September #schoolreopeninguk https://t.co/u3XUcy5uUO pic.twitter.com/zXvRZFWknQ Continue reading... |
| 'It's very troubling': alarm grows over Covid-19 spike among young Americans Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT Doctors are seeing more and more young patients – and health experts are urging young people to take the virus seriously Until recently, the majority of coronavirus cases that Dr Quinn Snyder, an emergency doctor at one of Arizona's largest emergency departments, saw were older people. But since mid-May, when the state's stay-at-home order was lifted, and particularly after the Memorial Day holiday, the demographic has shifted. Snyder says he has seen an "explosion" in cases among 20-44 year-olds. Continue reading... |
| China vows to stop UK granting Hongkongers residency Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:56 PM PDT Chinese ambassador says UK offer breaches international law, after UK foreign secretary admits it cannot force Beijing to let citizens leave China has said the UK has no right to grant residency to Hongkongers fleeing a harsh new national security law, and vowed to take "corresponding measures" to stop such a move. The comments, from the Chinese embassy in the UK, come after prime minister Boris Johnson pledged to honour a promise to offer nearly 3 million residents of the former British colony, those with British National (Overseas) status (BNO), the right to settle in the UK. Continue reading... |
| Ethiopia protests: more than 80 killed as singer's murder lays bare grievances Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:15 PM PDT Troops on Addis Ababa streets as political tensions erupt over Haacaaluu death and wider Oromo claims Ethiopian troops have been deployed in the country's capital in a second day of unrest, sparked by the assassination of the popular musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, which has claimed more than 80 lives. Protests after Haacaaluu's murder on Monday tapped into grievances fuelled by decades of government repression and what the Oromo, Ethiopia's biggest ethnic group, describe as their historic exclusion from political power. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Russia cases pass 660,000; US reports 50,000 new cases Posted: 02 Jul 2020 01:45 AM PDT Worst-hit nation records another new daily record of infections; Middle East at 'critical threshold' says WHO; NZ health minister David Clark resigns
Until recently, the majority of coronavirus cases that Dr Quinn Snyder, an emergency doctor at one of Arizona's largest emergency departments, saw were older people. But since mid-May, when the state's stay-at-home order was lifted, and particularly after the Memorial Day holiday, the demographic has shifted. Snyder says he has seen an "explosion" in cases among 20-44 year-olds. Related: 'It's very troubling': alarm grows over Covid-19 spike among young Americans
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has warned that the US risks a greater outbreak of coronavirus after it failed to lock down as effectively as countries in Europe. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: What we have seen over the last several days is a spike in cases that are well beyond the worst spikes that we have seen. We have got to get that under control, or we risk an even greater outbreak in the United States. Continue reading... |
| Vladimir Putin wins Russia vote that could let him rule until 2036 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:25 PM PDT Russians back amendments including constitutional mention of 'faith in God', pension and minimum wage boosts and a ban on gay marriage The Kremlin and its supporters have won a controversial vote to amend the constitution and reset Vladimir Putin's term limits, potentially allowing him to rule as president until 2036. The ad-hoc vote, which did not fulfil legal criteria to be a referendum, saw 77.93% of voters endorse constitutional amendments, with 21.26% against the changes, and 99.9% of the ballots counted. Turnout was 64.99%, the election commission said. Continue reading... |
| Mudslide at Myanmar jade mine kills at least 50 people Posted: 02 Jul 2020 01:52 AM PDT Hundreds more missing after wave of mud buries many people alive At least 50 people were buried alive when a wave of mud swept through a jade mine in northern Myanmar, officials have said, while hundreds more are reportedly missing. Workers had been collecting stones in the mountainous terrain of Hpakant township when they were trapped by the landslide, according to Myanmar's fire service. In a statement on Facebook, it said that 50 dead bodies had been recovered so far, adding: "We are still working on the rescue process." Continue reading... |
| Geoffrey Rush case: Daily Telegraph and Nationwide News lose defamation appeal against actor Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:04 PM PDT Oscar winner to be awarded full $2.9m in damages after judges reject all publisher's grounds of appeal The Sydney Daily Telegraph will have to pay the actor Geoffrey Rush a record $2.9m in damages after the tabloid lost its appeal against a historic defamation ruling. The newspaper and its publisher, Nationwide News – part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire – had challenged an Australian federal court decision from April 2019 that found claims conveyed in two of its news articles from 2017 that the Oscar winner had behaved inappropriately towards a colleague were not credible. Continue reading... |
| US seizes items thought to be made from hair of Muslims in Chinese labor camps Posted: 01 Jul 2020 04:15 PM PDT Border officials say shipment contained 13 tons of weaves and other hair products worth $800,000 US federal authorities have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been taken from Muslims in labor camps in China's western Xinjiang province. Customs and Border Protection officials said that 13 tons (11.8 metric tonnes) of weaves and other hair products worth an estimated $800,000 were in the shipment. Continue reading... |
| Scots Gaelic could die out within a decade, study finds Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:01 PM PDT Language is used routinely only by a diminishing number of elderly islanders A casual visitor to Scotland might assume that the Gaelic language is thriving, with every police car carrying the word poileas and every ambulance ambaileans. Yet in the few places where it is spoken, the language is in a profound, potentially terminal crisis. Without radical action, Scots Gaelic will be dead within a decade, according to a study. The language is rarely spoken in the home, little used by teenagers, and used routinely only by a diminishing number of elderly Gaels dispersed across a few island communities in the Hebrides. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: development banks funding industrial livestock farms around the world Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT Investigation uncovers finance worth $2.6bn pumped into meat and dairy industries, despite warnings of links to climate catastrophe Two of the world's leading development banks have pumped billions of dollars into the global livestock sector, despite warnings that reducing meat and dairy consumption is essential for tackling the climate crisis. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) – the commercial lending arm of the World Bank – and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have provided $2.6bn (£2.1bn) for pig, poultry and beef farming, as well as dairy and meat processing, in the past 10 years. Continue reading... |
| CIA official chose not to tell Trump of Russia bounty report, top adviser claims Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:48 PM PDT
The US national security adviser said a CIA official tasked with briefing the president decided not to tell him about reports that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers because it was "unverified intelligence". Related: Trump views US troops as disposable – the Russian bounty scandal makes that clear | Simon Tisdall Continue reading... |
| Unseen Picasso portrait of lover and muse to appear at auction Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Sotheby's will auction 1931 charcoal drawing that shines light on artist's affair with Marie-Thérèse Walter A tender and largely unseen portrait by Picasso of his lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, which the artist personally kept until his death, is to appear at auction for the first time. The 1931 charcoal drawing shines light on one of the great love affairs of the 20th century and was made by Picasso when his affair with Walter was still a closely guarded secret. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT As social media has become more inhospitable, the appeal of private online groups has grown. But they hold their own dangers – to those both inside and out. By William Davies In the spring, as the virus swept across the world and billions of people were compelled to stay at home, the popularity of one social media app rose more sharply than any other. By late March, usage of WhatsApp around the world had grown by 40%. In Spain, where the lockdown was particularly strict, it rose by 76%. In those early months, WhatsApp – which hovers neatly between the space of email, Facebook and SMS, allowing text messages, links and photos to be shared between groups – was a prime conduit through which waves of news, memes and mass anxiety travelled. At first, many of the new uses were heartening. Mutual aid groups sprung up to help the vulnerable. Families and friends used the app to stay close, sharing their fears and concerns in real time. Yet by mid-April, the role that WhatsApp was playing in the pandemic looked somewhat darker. A conspiracy theory about the rollout of 5G, which originated long before Covid-19 had appeared, now claimed that mobile phone masts were responsible for the disease. Across the UK, people began setting fire to 5G masts, with 20 arson attacks over the Easter weekend alone. Continue reading... |
| Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman: teenager charged with sisters' murders Posted: 02 Jul 2020 01:25 AM PDT Danyal Hussein, 18, of Blackheath, to appear at Westminster magistrates court A teenager has been charged with the murder of sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a park in Wembley, north London, on June 6. Danyal Hussein, 18, of Blackheath in south-east London, has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon and will appear in custody at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| First details emerge of system for checks on goods crossing Irish Sea Posted: 01 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT HMRC document shows firms in Great Britain will be obliged to complete three types of electronic paperwork The first details of the controversial Brexit checks Boris Johnson insisted would not apply to trade across the Irish Sea have emerged, with mandatory paperwork for businesses in Great Britain supplying goods to Northern Ireland from January. An HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) document marked "sensitive", seen by the Guardian, reveals that firms in Great Britain will be obliged to complete three rounds of customs, security and transit forms on all goods. Continue reading... |
| Matsepo Ramakoae and Lesotho’s lost chance to elect its first female leader Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:30 AM PDT After the resignation of Thomas Thabane the small south African nation could have addressed its huge political gender imbalance. What happened? Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom in southern Africa, has always been dwarfed in size and achievements by its neighbour South Africa. Many people around the world were not even aware of Lesotho's existence until the beginning of this year when then prime minister Thomas Thabane and his third wife, Maesaiah Thabane, were accused of murdering Thabane's estranged second wife, Lipolelo, in 2017. Continue reading... |
| Colombia army chief says 118 soldiers investigated for sexual abuse of minors Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:07 PM PDT
At least 118 members of the Colombian army have been investigated since 2016 for alleged involvement in sexual abuse against minors, the head of the army has said, amid accusations of sexual violence by soldiers against young girls. Related: Colombian soldiers accused of raping indigenous teen in second case to emerge in a week Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong football fan briefly detained 'after shouting long live Liverpool' Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:43 PM PDT Police reportedly interrogated lifelong fan who said he 'felt an urge' to voice his joy at club winning Premier League title Hong Kong media say police briefly detained a man in a Liverpool FC shirt who shouted "long live Liverpool" during anti-government protests on Wednesday, over suspicion he was inciting independence. More than 370 people have been arrested in Hong Kong protests, including at least 10 for offences under the newly enacted national security laws which came into effect late on Tuesday night. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2020 02:21 AM PDT Prof Michael Kidd says the milestone was passed in the last 24 hours; stay-at-home orders in place for 10 postcodes in Melbourne's north
Just before we go, we wanted to let you know that the Australian Federal Police has this evening announced that it will refer ABC journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark for prosecution over their 2017 reports, the Afghan files. The AFP have sent a brief of evidence to the Commonwealth DPP, after years of investigating ABC journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark over the 2017 'Afghan Files' series of stories.
We will leave our live coverage of the coronavirus crisis in Australia there for the night. You can continue to follow our rolling global coverage here and read a wrap of the day in Australia here. This is where things stand: Continue reading... |
| David Clark's resignation 'inevitable' as Ardern seeks to restore trust Posted: 01 Jul 2020 11:02 PM PDT New Zealand's handling of coronavirus was besmirched by health minister's blunders, so a pre-election salvage operation was needed New Zealanders had been confined to their homes for more than two weeks when photographs emerged of David Clark's campaign van parked at a mountain-biking track in Dunedin. His vehicle was the only one there. Continue reading... |
| New UK law could challenge China over Hong Kong, but will it go far enough? Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:00 PM PDT Legislation will allow Foreign Office to confront countries over human rights, but who it will target remains to be seen New UK human rights sanctions legislation set to be published in the next few weeks is being touted as a possible tool with which to confront Chinese officials over Hong Kong, but questions loom about whether the law's range and impact can meet such high expectations. The difficulties inherent in drafting watertight sanctions is reflected in the long delay prior to its publication. An act giving the government the right to introduce what is known as Magnitsky-style laws against human rights offenders was passed in May 2018, but since then Foreign Office lawyers have been working on the detailed secondary parliamentary legislation known as a statutory instrument (SI). Continue reading... |
| As a homecoming Kiwi, I didn't expect the red carpet – just a nicer welcome | Ellen Falconer Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:54 PM PDT We 'Quarantinis' have felt vilified for returning to New Zealand but everyone I've spoken to has been forced to return due to hardship When my mother told me in March that I should return home from London to New Zealand, I scoffed. That would be premature, I said. My job is secure. A few weeks later, the founder-CEO of the travel media start-up I worked for was tearfully telling us via video call that he had to make some redundancies. Now, 110 days since my office was told to work from home indefinitely and my lockdown period began, I am quarantined in a hotel in Rotorua, my nose still tingling after a Covid-19 test a couple of hours ago. Continue reading... |
| Christ the Redeemer statue lit up for coronavirus victims – video Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:48 PM PDT Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated on Wednesday night in tribute to Covid-19 victims. Brazil surpassed 60,000 coronavirus deaths, while overall confirmed infections reached 1.42 million. The country is the second worst hit in the world by the coronavirus after the US Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump calls allegations of Russian bounty on US soldiers 'a hoax' – video Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:21 PM PDT US president Donald Trump has played down allegations Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan, claiming it's a hoax by 'the newspapers and the Democrats'. Trump initially said he had not been told of the allegations, while the White House later claimed there was no consensus in the intelligence community over the reports' veracity Continue reading... |
| Trump hopes coronavirus will 'just disappear' and says he's 'all for masks' – video Posted: 01 Jul 2020 06:54 PM PDT US president Donald Trump says he hopes the coronavirus will "just disappear", despite states across the country experiencing record numbers of new Covid-19 cases. Speaking to Fox Business, the president was asked if he believed the virus will simply disappear. "Yeah sure. At some point. And I think we're going to have a vaccine very soon too," he added. Trump has consistently been criticised for not promoting safety measures such as wearing masks, but told Fox Business he "thinks masks are good" and that when he wore one, he liked the way he looked "like the Lone Ranger". Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong protests over new security law – in pictures Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:29 AM PDT Demonstrators have clashed with police during protests over a national security law imposed by China on the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain Continue reading... |
| Italian police seize £900m of 'Isis drug' fenethylline en route from Syria – video Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:11 AM PDT Police in Italy have seized more than 84m fenethylline tablets, weighing 14 tonnes, at the port of Salerno, in what they say is the biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world. Fenethylline is known by some as the 'Isis drug' after investigations found it was used by Islamic State fighters during battles and sold by the group for profit This video does not include sound Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: Dominic Raab announces citizenship pathway as China imposes security law – video Posted: 01 Jul 2020 07:30 AM PDT Up to 3 million people in Hong Kong could be eligible to live, work or study in the UK under a bespoke immigration system announced by Dominic Raab in response to the imposition of national security legislation on Hong Kong by China. The foreign secretary accused China of a 'clear and serious violation' of the joint declaration signed with the UK, and pledged the government would 'honour' its commitment to citizens of the former British colony
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| Police use water cannon during protests over Hong Kong's new security laws – video report Posted: 01 Jul 2020 05:43 AM PDT Hong Kong police have arrested more than 300 protesters on the first day of life under the controversial national security laws imposed by Beijing, as China confirmed that some suspects could be extradited to the mainland under the new rules. Police were said to have used water cannon and pepper spray on activists and journalists during the demonstrations. Earlier, the city's leader, Carrie Lam, had told a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China that the security laws were 'the most important development in relations between central – HKSAR [Hong Kong Special Administrative Region] since Britain handed over the territory to Beijing Continue reading... |
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