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- Coronavirus live news: Melbourne outbreak has 'explosive potential'; new US cases dip slightly to 45,300
- ‘It's a tsunami’: Covid-19 plunges Latin America back into poverty and violence
- Trump claims 'victory' as US sees Covid-19 case records in multiple states
- Risks, R numbers and raw data: how to interpret coronavirus statistics
- Trump claims 99% of US Covid-19 cases are 'totally harmless' as infections surge
- Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear from library shelves
- 'Crystal clear' drunk people can't socially distance, say police in England
- Kanye West declares he will run for US president in 2020
- 'Let's keep moving': Ardern launches New Zealand Labour's election slogan
- 166 die during protests after shooting of Ethiopian singer
- Knife-edge Polish presidential race could slow the march of populism
- Hollywood comes to the high court for Johnny Depp face-off
- Woman killed as car drives through Seattle protest crowd
- Gove and Johnson 'sold as slaves' at Oxford student charity event
- Japan floods leave dozens dead, including nursing home residents
- The new age of the queue
- As Welwyn turns 100, does it live up to its garden city name?
- Srebrenica 25 years on: how the world lost its appetite to fight war crimes
- Have a heart, KitKat, don't break with Fairtrade
- Three dead after boat capsizes in waters off Sydney's south
- 'Get me back to Caracas': desperate Venezuelans leave lockdown Bogotá
- Poverty, not just populists, to blame for Covid-19's impact on Latin America
- 'People dying in the ICU is not new, but dying without family and friends around them is very unusual'
- What China's new security law means for Hong Kong – video explainer
- England's pubs reopen as lockdown eases – in pictures
- Record rainfall triggers floods and landslides in Japan – video
- Donald Trump says US 'under siege from far-left fascism' in Mount Rushmore speech – video
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:06 AM PDT Mexico deaths surpass France's toll; global cases jump 200,000 in one day; England reopens pubs
The number of confirmed deaths from Covid-19 has risen by 38 to 864 in Afghanistan, while the health ministry detected 279 new cases on Sunday as Kabul recorded its lowest daily infections in around two months. We did prayers for the departed soul of @YosufGhazanfar, the most senior serving govt official who lost his life to Covid-19. He was a friend, a colleague & an election companion of us. We cherish his memories & appeal to almighty to give strength to his family. RIP my friend. https://t.co/BROVKXJcnz
Here's some more on the sudden lockdown of the Flemington public housing in Melbourne, Australia from Margaret Simons. It seems that the authorities acted quickly - but this left them woefully unprepared for how to deal with the realities of what they were imposing and the community they were dealing with. According to residents on the estate, there were no interpreters, no social workers and no medical staff in this first wave of government response. Community leaders had not been informed or consulted. Residents arrived home only to be told they would not be allowed out again. One mother had left her children with a relative outside the estate, and was allowed by police to do a quick U-turn and go and fetch them. Other residents arrived with large boxes of groceries, having heard of the lockdown while still outside the estate. Related: Melbourne towers' sudden hard lockdown caught police, health workers and residents off-guard Continue reading... |
| ‘It's a tsunami’: Covid-19 plunges Latin America back into poverty and violence Posted: 04 Jul 2020 11:16 PM PDT Years of social progress have been reversed by the virus, amid accusations that politicians have been fatally inept As coronavirus galloped through Latin America in late April, the mayor of Manaus was in despair. "The outlook is dismal," Arthur Virgílio admitted as gravediggers in the Amazon's largest city piled coffins into muddy trenches, Brazil's death toll hit 5,500, and its president, Jair Bolsonaro, responded with a shrug. "It's obvious this won't end well." Two months later, Virgílio's nightmare has come true. Brazil's death toll has risen to more than 60,000 – the second highest in the world after the United States – with some now predicting it could overtake the US, where 130,000 have died, by the end of July. Continue reading... |
| Trump claims 'victory' as US sees Covid-19 case records in multiple states Posted: 04 Jul 2020 02:22 PM PDT Florida says confirmed cases up by record 11,458 but president claims US on the way to 'tremendous victory' over coronavirus On the Fourth of July national holiday, a day after the US reported a third straight day with a more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases and as Florida and Texas reported more record rises, Donald Trump claimed "a tremendous victory" was at hand. Related: 'We don't want things to get out of hand again': as New York reopens, dangers lie ahead Continue reading... |
| Risks, R numbers and raw data: how to interpret coronavirus statistics Posted: 05 Jul 2020 12:11 AM PDT Covid-related facts and definitions are confusing, and as lockdown is eased, clarity is more important than ever We're finally over the first peak of the epidemic, but the numbers relating to the virus keep on spreading. Sometimes, however, things get lost in translation from the spreadsheet to the article, broadcast or tweet. Continue reading... |
| Trump claims 99% of US Covid-19 cases are 'totally harmless' as infections surge Posted: 04 Jul 2020 05:48 PM PDT President's White House speech capping 4 July celebrations says US coronavirus strategy is 'moving along well' Donald Trump has celebrated independence day with a string of false and misleading claims attempting to play down the coronavirus pandemic and warning that China will be "held accountable". The US president staged a "Salute to America" jamboree on the south lawn of the White House with flyovers by military jets, parachute jumps and patriotic songs, but little effort among guests to physical distance or wear face masks. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear from library shelves Posted: 04 Jul 2020 10:09 PM PDT Move follows new security laws and include titles by Joshua Wong and lawmaker Tanya Chan Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city's libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a new national security law on the finance hub. Related: China passes controversial Hong Kong national security law Continue reading... |
| 'Crystal clear' drunk people can't socially distance, say police in England Posted: 04 Jul 2020 11:53 PM PDT Police Federation chair says revellers would not adhere to one-metre-plus rules as pubs opened on Saturday Drunk people are unable to properly socially distance, the chairman of the Police Federation has said as pubs reopened in England for the first time since lockdown. John Apter said it was "crystal clear" revellers would not adhere to the one metre plus rule as restrictions were eased on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Kanye West declares he will run for US president in 2020 Posted: 04 Jul 2020 08:56 PM PDT Rapper uses Independence Day to make announcement, but it's not clear if he has filed any official paperwork to appear on ballots Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any weirder, rapper Kanye West declared his candidacy for US president. The unlikely challenger to Donald Trump – of whom he has been a vocal supporter – and Joe Biden, chose American independence day to make the surprise announcement on Twitter, triggering a social media storm. Continue reading... |
| 'Let's keep moving': Ardern launches New Zealand Labour's election slogan Posted: 04 Jul 2020 09:32 PM PDT PM tells party's annual conference NZ has been 'put to the test' by coronavirus, Christchurch and White Island Jacinda Ardern has delivered a rousing speech to the Labour party faithful at its annual conference ahead of September's election. The prime minister addressed her annual party congress at Te Papa, New Zealand's national museum in Wellington on Sunday, kick-starting the party's campaign and revealing Labour's slogan: "Let's keep moving". Continue reading... |
| 166 die during protests after shooting of Ethiopian singer Posted: 04 Jul 2020 12:01 PM PDT Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was shot dead in Addis Ababa on Monday night, fuelling ethnic tensions At least 166 people have died during violent demonstrations that roiled Ethiopia in the days following the murder of popular singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, police said Saturday. The singer, a member of the Oromo ethnic group, Ethiopia's largest, was shot dead by unknown attackers in Addis Ababa on Monday night, fuelling ethnic tensions threatening the country's democratic transition. Continue reading... |
| Knife-edge Polish presidential race could slow the march of populism Posted: 05 Jul 2020 12:10 AM PDT As liberal Rafał Trzaskowski gains on rightwing Andrzej Duda, LGBT rights are among issues at stake in Poland and beyond When Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, goes up against his liberal challenger in a presidential run-off next Sunday, there will be more at stake than just the medium-term political trajectory of the country. The vote is set to be one of the closest and most important European elections in recent years, and the result will resonate well beyond Poland's borders. Duda takes on liberal challenger Rafał Trzaskowski in a race that numerous polls suggest is too close to call. The final outcome will be watched closely by European leaders wary of Poland's recent political direction, and by progressive politicians worldwide seeking lessons about what does or doesn't work in taking on populists at the ballot box. Continue reading... |
| Hollywood comes to the high court for Johnny Depp face-off Posted: 05 Jul 2020 12:37 AM PDT Libel case over the Sun's claim that star abused his ex-wife Amber Heard opens this week The fusty confines of London's high court get the Hollywood treatment this week when it considers a blockbuster libel action and hears evidence from major movie stars. Johnny Depp's claim against the Sun over allegations that he was violent towards his ex-wife, Amber Heard, 34 – allegations he vehemently denies – has been more than two years in gestation. Continue reading... |
| Woman killed as car drives through Seattle protest crowd Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:02 AM PDT
A woman has been killed and another seriously injured by a car whose driver sped through a protest-related closure on a freeway in Seattle, authorities have said. Related: US under siege from 'far-left fascism', says Trump in Mount Rushmore speech Continue reading... |
| Gove and Johnson 'sold as slaves' at Oxford student charity event Posted: 05 Jul 2020 12:01 AM PDT After PM's behaviour with the Bullingdon Club, evidence emerges of further antics at Union Society fundraiser It may have only merited a few paragraphs in the student newspaper and have taken place 33 years ago, but an Oxford Union Society "slave auction" in which Boris Johnson and Michael Gove were involved is powerful proof of how politicians' pasts can come back to haunt them. "Union slave auction" was the headline in Cherwell, the journal for Oxford students, on 12 June 1987. The small story has escaped the notice of the two men's biographers and their profile writers until now. Continue reading... |
| Japan floods leave dozens dead, including nursing home residents Posted: 05 Jul 2020 02:57 AM PDT Record rainfall triggers landslides in western Kumamoto region, stranding hundreds Deep floodwaters and the risk of further mudslides that have leftmany people dead have hampered search and rescue operations in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen residents died and scores were left stranded. Helicopters and boats rescued more people from their homes in the Kumamoto region. More than 40,000 troops, the coast guard and fire brigades took part in the operation. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT The British are famous for queueing, but during the pandemic we've gone to new lengths. What does our ability to stand patiently say about us? The line snaked ominously around the forecourt. I knew B&Q mid-lockdown would be bad, but I hadn't quite appreciated how bad. "They should call it Q&Q," my son remarked. There were at least 50 people in a socially distanced trolley conga, braving airborne particles and suspicious glances to lay their hands on shelf brackets, parasols, titanium-tipped screws. What was my excuse? Just as a driver complains about being "in traffic" when they are in fact, traffic, so the queuer laments the phenomenon they create. I was painting my kitchen, I had run out of paint, a retail park just off the M5 was the only place where I could lay my hands on the right brand and shade, the government had said it was OK and we were wearing masks. But I also wanted to subject the queue to the sort of study that the anthropologist Kate Fox pioneered while researching her 2004 classic, Watching the English, which spends a lot of time discussing the commonly held notion that we are a nation of queuers. "An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one," noted the Hungarian émigré George Mikes in his bestselling 1946 book, How to be an Alien. In his 1944 essay The English People, George Orwell remarked on "the orderly behaviour of English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling, the willingness to form queues." Continue reading... |
| As Welwyn turns 100, does it live up to its garden city name? Posted: 04 Jul 2020 11:40 PM PDT It was built as a happy, healthy alternative to urban squalor but its ideals are being buried as the need for housing stock grows From the station in Welwyn they walked along a farm track to Sherrardspark Wood, minding their step on the grassy floor, and made their way down to a naturally forming hollow, where they paid two shillings and sixpence to see a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Surrounded by larch trees, 130 players took to the stage of the Dell theatre. They travelled on Saturday 6 June 1925 not only to see Shakespeare performed in this oddly magical, bucolic setting, but also to visit one of the new, radical communities being built in England that people from all over the world were talking about – the garden city. This year marks the centenary of Welwyn Garden City, one of England's two official garden cities, a concept pioneered by Ebenezer Howard in his visionary book, To-Morrow – A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, published in 1898. Disheartened by the squalor and overcrowding in England's Victorian cities, Howard boldly promised "a new hope, a new life, a new civilisation", and, thankfully, attached the plans to create it. His vision of a garden city married the best aspects of town and country to create a new, healthier, happier way for people to exist. And while garden cities today are usually noted for their peaceful, tree-lined suburban streets and carefully maintained Arts and Crafts cottages, there was much more to Howard's plan than design. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Srebrenica 25 years on: how the world lost its appetite to fight war crimes Posted: 05 Jul 2020 12:06 AM PDT Ratko Mladić was brought to justice but where's the desire to investigate mass killings in Syria, Yemen and Myanmar? Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb general convicted of ordering the execution of 8,000 men and boys from Srebrenica, will spend this week's 25th anniversary of the slaughter in a cell in The Hague, where he has spent the past nine years. A quarter century on from Srebrenica, the world has become painfully used to atrocities. Mass killings in Syria or Yemen no longer always make the news. China has incarcerated more than a million Muslim Uighurs and forced contraception, sterilisation and abortions on them. Continue reading... |
| Have a heart, KitKat, don't break with Fairtrade Posted: 04 Jul 2020 11:30 PM PDT Nestlé is big in York, but the city is fighting the brand's decision to make life harder for African cocoa farmers Here's a quiz question: how many KitKats are produced in the Nestlé factory in York each year? A hundred million? Keep going. The plant makes a billion of the UK's bestselling chocolate bars annually. That volume is one reason that the company's shameful decision to end the brand's Fairtrade certification will have such a devastating effect on cocoa farmers. I visited some of the Fairtrade-certified cocoa farms in Ivory Coast last year. Seeing the difference that a measure of financial security can make to some of the poorest villages on earth is a lasting lesson in the mechanics of hope. Continue reading... |
| Three dead after boat capsizes in waters off Sydney's south Posted: 05 Jul 2020 02:47 AM PDT Seven weekend fatalities in Australian waters, including death of diver and spear fisherman Three men have died after their boat capsized off Sydney's southern coastline. Emergency services were called to La Perouse about 12.30pm on Sunday following reports a boat had capsized near the lighthouse. Continue reading... |
| 'Get me back to Caracas': desperate Venezuelans leave lockdown Bogotá Posted: 04 Jul 2020 12:30 AM PDT Their ambitions for a new life in Colombia shattered, migrants are lining up for the bus journey back to an uncertain future Rosa Vera, a 40-year-old from a small town in crisis-ridden Venezuela, thought moving to Colombia would give her the chance to find work. Five months ago, she left her family and began the arduous journey to Bogotá, the Colombian capital, to look for a job. Instead, as coronavirus shut down economic life in the city, Vera and more than 400 Venezuelans had no choice but to camp out for a month, waiting for help to get them home. Continue reading... |
| Poverty, not just populists, to blame for Covid-19's impact on Latin America Posted: 05 Jul 2020 01:30 AM PDT Mexico and Brazil have been hit hard by the pandemic, but so too have countries that were quicker to respond Coronavirus arrived in Latin America later than in Europe, but it has taken firm hold. A quarter of global confirmed cases are in the region, and researchers have warned the death toll is likely to triple by October to nearly 400,000. The two countries with the deadliest outbreaks share populist leaders, Brazil's rightwing Jair Bolsonaro and Mexico's leftwing Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 04 Jul 2020 09:00 AM PDT An emergency medicine physician on the terrors of Covid-19, and why lockdown is being lifted too soon My impression is that the population thinks that it's all settled down now and everything's OK. And that's not true. Every time you go on to the intensive care unit you get a visual reminder of why it's not, because of the amount of equipment that you have to put on to just go and simply say hello to a patient. The real difficulty now is that we know full well there's a bunch of patients out there who need management of their underlying conditions, such as operations or transplants. We've been working towards starting that up again but it's difficult. It's not a tap you can turn off and on. |
| What China's new security law means for Hong Kong – video explainer Posted: 04 Jul 2020 10:10 AM PDT Beijing has imposed sweeping new national security legislation on Hong Kong, criminalising 'secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces'. Critics fear the law will enable a crackdown on protest and dissent as China seeks to exert new levels of control over the semi-autonomous territory. The Guardian's Beijing bureau chief, Lily Kuo, explains what this means for the city after a year of unrest
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| England's pubs reopen as lockdown eases – in pictures Posted: 04 Jul 2020 09:48 AM PDT Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, cinemas and theme parks reopen, and weddings and baptisms take place as lockdown rules relaxed Continue reading... |
| Record rainfall triggers floods and landslides in Japan – video Posted: 04 Jul 2020 08:40 AM PDT Record heavy rain in western Japan has caused widespread flooding and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 76,000 residents. Television footage shows homes and vehicles in Kumamoto prefecture partly submerged, and several bridges have been washed away
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| Donald Trump says US 'under siege from far-left fascism' in Mount Rushmore speech – video Posted: 04 Jul 2020 05:24 AM PDT Standing beneath Mount Rushmore on the eve of independence day in the US, the president said the nation's history was 'under siege from far-left fascism'. He defended the symbolism of statues and monuments, including Mount Rushmore - which features the carved faces of four US presidents. They include George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who were slave owners. Trump said: 'These heroes will never be defaced. Their legacy will never, ever be destroyed. Their achievements will never be forgotten' Continue reading... |
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