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- Global report: India becomes third worst-affected country as giant Covid-19 hospital opens
- Britain beyond lockdown: what we learned from two weeks on the road
- Mariachi Mecca: Mexico’s national heritage under threat from Covid-19
- Coronavirus live news: India cases third-highest globally as Australian state of Victoria closes border
- Ennio Morricone, Oscar-winning Italian film composer, dies aged 91
- Croatia’s rightwing ruling party wins election victory
- Algae turns Italian Alps pink, prompting concerns over melting
- Rescuers search for survivors of Japan floods as more heavy rain expected
- Ghislaine Maxwell: prosecutors request Friday court appearance in New York
- New Zealand's Stuff newspaper group joins Facebook boycott as 'experiment'
- Iran admits incident at Natanz nuclear site caused major damage
- Xu Zhangrun, outspoken critic of Xi Jinping, detained by police in Beijing
- Dukes of Hazzard car not going anywhere, says US auto museum
- Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate'
- Grenfell Tower inquiry distancing rules anger the bereaved
- Are you a parent, or are you childfree? We want to hear from you
- TikTok may be 'data collection service disguised as social media', Liberal senator says
- Melbourne towers residents translated Covid-19 information sheet into 10 different languages in 24 hours
- It's time the UN faced up to its own treatment of black people like me | Rosebell Kagumire
- Farmers' markets go hi-tech: how online sales are saving Indian farmers
- NSW-Victoria border closure: when does it start, and are there exemptions?
- Coronavirus UK: are Covid-19 cases rising or falling near you?
- India registers record spike in Covid-19 cases, opens 10,000 bed temporary hospital – video
- John Bolton says Trump's Russian bounty intelligence denial 'not how system works' – video
- Stanley Johnson defends trip to Greece, saying he had to make villa 'Covid-proof' – video
| Global report: India becomes third worst-affected country as giant Covid-19 hospital opens Posted: 05 Jul 2020 09:44 PM PDT Cases reach almost 700,000 to pass Russia in third place; Iran suffers record death toll; alarm in South Africa as cases jump amid easing of lockdown India has passed Russia as the country with the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after recording a record number of cases for one day. The health ministry added 23,000 new cases on Monday, taking India's total to 697,000 and almost 20,000 deaths. On Sunday India racked up nearly 25,000, its highest total for one day. Continue reading... |
| Britain beyond lockdown: what we learned from two weeks on the road Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT People do not want to go back to the way things were, but the good intentions could fade without the right leadership Britain is crying out for a better normal. Communities across the country are emerging from lockdown with a new sense of what is possible and what is necessary – and the answers to both go a lot further than Westminster's efforts to drive the country back to business as usual. That was the overriding impression from a two-week reporting trip around Britain, asking people in different regions how they view recovery and whether there is an appetite for more fundamental change. Continue reading... |
| Mariachi Mecca: Mexico’s national heritage under threat from Covid-19 Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT The mariachi musicians of Mexico City are struggling to eke out a living during the pandemic. Photojournalist Rubén Salgado has been documenting the community The Mariachi musician is one of Mexico's most best-known symbols and Plaza Garibaldi their home in Mexico City's historic downtown, known as the Mariachi Mecca. Normally the plaza will have hundreds of tourists and locals present to see them perform. With the new government restrictions in place due to Covid-19, there are hundreds of jobless musicians vying for the work that may allow them to feed themselves and their families that day. Dozens of men wait on the main avenue stepping in front of traffic looking for clients. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:41 AM PDT India overtakes Russia with third-highest number of cases; Peru cases pass 300,000; Iran sees highest daily deaths; Spain puts part of Galicia back into lockdown
Wearing masks on public transport has become mandatory across Switzerland from today, a u-turn from the Alpine country in the face of a rising number of new infections, writes Philip Oltermann, the Guardian's Berlin bureau chief. Until this week, Swiss officials had merely advised commuters to wear face mask on public transport during rush-hour.
The Guardian's daily rundown of coronavirus cases and deaths around the world has been updated. Related: Coronavirus world map: which countries have the most Covid-19 cases and deaths? Continue reading... |
| Ennio Morricone, Oscar-winning Italian film composer, dies aged 91 Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:08 AM PDT Morricone's work helped define the western but he went on to work across all film genres Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose symphonic scores backed everything from spaghetti westerns to romance, horror and sci-fi films, has died aged 91. Morricone had broken his femur days ago and died during the night in a clinic in Rome. His death was confirmed by his lawyer, Giorgio Assumma. In a statement, Assumma said that the composer "died at dawn on 6 July in Rome with the comfort of faith. He preserved until the final moment full lucidity and great dignity. Continue reading... |
| Croatia’s rightwing ruling party wins election victory Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:45 AM PDT Governing HDZ set to form ruling coalition amid row over intervention by EC president Croatia's rightwing governing party has won parliamentary elections, amid controversy over a political intervention in the campaign by European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. With 95% of the votes counted on Monday morning, the governing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was set to win 66 seats in the 151-seat parliament, after an election that took place amid a spike in coronavirus cases. The HDZ is likely to form a ruling coalition with a number of smaller parties, which will give the prime minister, Andrej Plenković, a second term in office. Continue reading... |
| Algae turns Italian Alps pink, prompting concerns over melting Posted: 05 Jul 2020 04:57 PM PDT Pink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier believed to be caused by plant that makes the ice darker, causing it to melt faster Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change. There is debate about where the algae come from, but Biagio Di Mauro of Italy's National Research Council said the pink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier is likely caused by the same plant found in Greenland. Continue reading... |
| Rescuers search for survivors of Japan floods as more heavy rain expected Posted: 05 Jul 2020 08:53 PM PDT At least 50 people have been killed after the river Kuma in Kyushu burst its banks, triggering floods and mudslides Rescue workers were combing through the wreckage of houses hit by flooding and landslides in Japan after extreme weather left more than 50 people dead or missing on the southern island of Kyushu. The Kyodo news agency said 40 people had died in the floods and at least 11 were missing. Among the dead were 14 residents of an elderly care home in Kuma village, Kumamoto, where the nearby Kuma river flooded. More torrential rain is forecast for coming days. Continue reading... |
| Ghislaine Maxwell: prosecutors request Friday court appearance in New York Posted: 06 Jul 2020 02:40 AM PDT British woman accused of grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein labelled as 'extreme risk of flight' Prosecutors in the US have asked a judge to schedule a Friday court appearance in New York for Ghislaine Maxwell, the British former confidante of Jeffrey Epstein who is accused of grooming underage girls to be sexually abused by the late US financier. Maxwell was arrested on Thursday at a $1m estate in Bradford, New Hampshire. She has been detained without bail after agreeing to be moved to New York. Prosecutors have labelled her an "extreme risk of flight" and said they want her jailed until trial. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand's Stuff newspaper group joins Facebook boycott as 'experiment' Posted: 05 Jul 2020 07:52 PM PDT Company says it has 'paused' its relationship with the social media company as part of global movement against hate speech New Zealand's largest newspaper group has temporarily quit Facebook in a bold "experiment" aligning itself with a global boycott of the social media site, which has been condemned for failing to crack down on escalating hate speech. Stuff is the biggest news media website in New Zealand and owns dozens of newspapers around the country, employing more than 400 journalists. Continue reading... |
| Iran admits incident at Natanz nuclear site caused major damage Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:22 PM PDT Country says suspected attack could slow production of advanced centrifuges, which Israel and US see as threat Iran has admitted an incident at one of its main nuclear sites last week caused major damage and could slow down the country's production of advanced centrifuges, technology Israel and the US see as a threat, intensifying suspicions there may have been a deliberate attack on the facility. Newly released satellite imagery showed the damage from what Iranian authorities attributed to a fire at the Natanz nuclear facility was far more extensive that previously disclosed. Continue reading... |
| Xu Zhangrun, outspoken critic of Xi Jinping, detained by police in Beijing Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:08 PM PDT Professor had been under house arrest after writing an essay lambasting the president over his response to coronavirus Chinese professor Xu Zhangrun, known for his scathing and public criticisms of China's leader Xi Jinping, has been detained, according to friends of the legal scholar. Two friends of Xu, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid reprisals, told the Guardian that he had been detained on Monday morning. According to one, around 20 police officers and 10 vehicles arrived at his home in Beijing and took Xu away. Continue reading... |
| Dukes of Hazzard car not going anywhere, says US auto museum Posted: 05 Jul 2020 05:09 PM PDT Despite toppling of civil war-era statues, Illinois museum says no one has complained about TV show's Dodge Charger painted with Confederate flag A museum in the United States has vowed to continue displaying the car from the Dukes of Hazzard television show that had the Confederate battle flag painted on its roof. The Dodge Charger car, known as the General Lee after the head of the southern forces during America's civil war, is in the Volo Auto Museum about 50 miles (80km) north-west of Chicago. Continue reading... |
| Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT The world's most relatable megastar talks about his Covid-19 experience, his fears for the future, and whether he's really just so gosh darned nice "Welcome to the future, Hadley!" Tom Hanks says from my computer screen, as he makes a quick glance to the right of his own to check my name. "Can you remember the last time you felt comfortable running around with other people?" he asks. I tell him it was probably the last time I saw him, which was when we were at the Academy Awards in February, where he had ratcheted up his fifth Oscar nomination, for his performance as beloved US children's TV host Fred Rogers, in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell Tower inquiry distancing rules anger the bereaved Posted: 05 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Hundreds of survivors and the bereaved will be unable to attend under distancing rules Builders behind the disastrous Grenfell Tower refurbishment are finally set to face public questioning over the June 2017 fire that killed 72 people, as the delayed public inquiry resumes on Monday with strict social distancing rules that have angered the bereaved. Hundreds of survivors, families and residents are among those who will be prohibited from attending the hearings, which will be conducted with only the inquiry panel, led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, witnesses, their lawyers and cross-examining inquiry counsel present in the Paddington hearing room. Everyone else is being invited to follow proceedings online. Continue reading... |
| Are you a parent, or are you childfree? We want to hear from you Posted: 06 Jul 2020 03:00 AM PDT As Americans have fewer babies, tell us about what drove your decision Continue reading... |
| TikTok may be 'data collection service disguised as social media', Liberal senator says Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:28 AM PDT Jim Molan's warning to Australian users comes after Nationals MP said app 'used and abused' by China's Communist party Popular video messaging app TikTok may be "a data collection service disguised as social media" that requires greater scrutiny by Australian users, the deputy chair of the Foreign Interference through Social Media inquiry has said. Liberal senator Jim Molan made the comments to Guardian Australia after Nationals MP George Christensen accused TikTok of being "used and abused" by the Chinese Communist party and called for it to be banned. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has also urged caution on people handing over their data to the app. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2020 12:11 AM PDT Lockdown necessary but residents should have been seen as government partners not detainees, expert says
Residents inside the nine public housing towers under lockdown translated an information sheet about the restrictions and public health measures needed to contain Covid-19 into 10 different languages. This information was distributed within the affected buildings via social media and text messaging in just 24 hours. Infectious disease physician Dr Chris Lemoh, who works with culturally and linguistically diverse communities at a Melbourne public hospital, said he had been in contact with several people inside the tower blocks in Flemington and North which are now being surveilled by police to ensure residents do not leave while they undergo Covid-19 testing following a cluster of cases in the buildings. Continue reading... |
| It's time the UN faced up to its own treatment of black people like me | Rosebell Kagumire Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:45 PM PDT An honest conversation about race has to recognise the marginalisation and exploitation of many aid workers The global push for racial justice following the death of George Floyd in the US has resulted in a flurry of solidarity statements from within the international aid industry, including the UN. After a shaky start, where its secretary general, António Guterres, was forced to backtrack on a note to staff that suggested they shouldn't participate in Black Lives Matter (BLM), UN People of African Descent (Unpad) launched a survey to "allow staff to provide data, including on the extent of perceptions of systemic inequality inside the UN, its manifestations, and the responsiveness of the organisation to reports of incidents of systemic racism". Continue reading... |
| Farmers' markets go hi-tech: how online sales are saving Indian farmers Posted: 05 Jul 2020 11:15 PM PDT Facing the prospect of rotting crops and ruined livelihoods, Indian farmers have embraced virtual marketplaces to sell produce When the call finally comes, the connection is so poor that Silme Marak can barely catch the words. After running upstairs to the roof of her house for a better signal, the 39-year-old farmer finally hears the first piece of good news to come her way in months: an order for 600 pineapples from a harvest that she had feared might have to be left to rot. Marak lives in the Tura town of Meghalaya, a hilly place in north-east India whose name translates as "the abode of clouds". She is among millions of farmers in India – agriculture contributes nearly a seventh of the country's GDP – in despair at the prospect of seeing their produce rot as the country entered a severe lockdown in the third week of March. According to a Credit Suisse report, vegetable farmers alone have lost upwards of Rs 20,000 crore (£2.5bn). Continue reading... |
| NSW-Victoria border closure: when does it start, and are there exemptions? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:37 AM PDT Melbourne's Covid-19 spike has prompted the 'unprecedented' move to stop people coming into NSW from Victoria. We look at the details
NSW will temporarily close its border with Victoria at 12.01am Wednesday 8 July in response to Melbourne's coronavirus outbreak. The closure, announced at a press conference by Victorian premier Daniel Andrews on Monday, will be enforced by NSW police. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus UK: are Covid-19 cases rising or falling near you? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 01:05 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... |
| India registers record spike in Covid-19 cases, opens 10,000 bed temporary hospital – video Posted: 05 Jul 2020 08:12 PM PDT India has reported its largest one day increase in coronavirus cases, as the country continues to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The health ministry reported 25,000 new cases and 613 deaths in 24 hours, weeks after the country when into a strict lockdown. The news comes as a new temporary hospital capable of housing 10,000 beds is opened in the capital, New Delhi Continue reading... |
| John Bolton says Trump's Russian bounty intelligence denial 'not how system works' – video Posted: 05 Jul 2020 06:23 PM PDT Former US national security advisor John Bolton says Donald Trump's claim to not have been briefed over allegations Russia paid Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill coalition forces is 'not the way the system works'. Speaking on Face the Nation after the release of his tell-all book, The Room Where It Happened , Bolton said the notion that only 100% verified information would reach the president would mean they would receive 'almost nothing'. 'And this intelligence in 2020, by the administration's own admission, was deemed credible enough to give to our allies' Continue reading... |
| Stanley Johnson defends trip to Greece, saying he had to make villa 'Covid-proof' – video Posted: 05 Jul 2020 03:56 AM PDT The prime minister's father, Stanley Johnson, has defended travelling to his villa in Greece amid growing condemnation by saying that he was making the property 'Covid-proof'. Interviewed by Greek media outside his mountain villa in Pelion overlooking the Aegean sea on Saturday, Johnson senior said: 'I don't know what the reaction of the British public is. I've been, you know, not particularly … I came here to have a quiet time, to organise the house, and so I'm not 100% up to speed'
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