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- Coronavirus live news: India sees record daily case rise as global deaths near 750,000
- 20 offices turned into 2,000 individual pods for post-Covid working
- Bolivia’s solution to surging Covid-19 deaths: a mobile crematorium
- South Korea installs anti-virus bus shelters with temperature sensors and UV lamps
- New Zealand PM says Covid-19 outbreak will 'get worse' as Auckland cluster grows
- Belarus protests: 25-year-old man dies in police custody
- Harris and Biden make first appearance as running mates and excoriate 'failure' Trump
- Jimmy Lai says swift arrest points to 'great disorder' between Hong Kong and China police
- 'Operation empty plate': Xi Jinping makes food waste his next target
- Trump ally making 'high-risk' changes at USPS, says former postal service deputy
- Supertrawlers ramp up activity in UK protected waters during lockdown
- Large blue butterfly flutters in Cotswolds for first time in 150 years
- Bob Woodward obtains letters between Trump and Kim Jong-un for new book Rage
- Looted landmarks: how Notre-Dame, Big Ben and St Mark's were stolen from the east
- Scottish minister warns of climate challenge after Stonehaven crash
- Beirut explosion devastates Sursock Palace and Museum – in pictures
- 3,000 sheep die after live exports rejected by Saudi Arabia
- Coronavirus US: highest daily Covid-19 death toll recorded since mid-May – live updates
- Brazil experiences worst start to Amazon fire season for 10 years
- Cartier criticised for 'censoring' gay couples in Chinese ring ads
- Asic fears man behind troubled Dunk Island development may flee Australia and move assets
- Hidden survivors of sexual violence during Syria's war must not be left behind
- Stonehaven tragedy highlights threat to rail from climate crisis
- 'My hair has to be perfect': Trump prompts change in showerhead rule – video
- New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern warns Covid-19 cluster will 'grow before it slows' – video
- Donald Trump continues attack on Kamala Harris, calling Biden's running mate 'a big failure' – video
- Russia says suggestion its coronavirus vaccine may be unsafe is 'groundless' – video
- Why Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate – video explainer
- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai released on bail – video
| Coronavirus live news: India sees record daily case rise as global deaths near 750,000 Posted: 13 Aug 2020 03:07 AM PDT India's infections grow by nearly 67,000 in one day; Russia vaccine not yet completed its final trials; global deaths climb towards 750,000
Hi everyone, this is Jessica Murray taking over the coronavirus live blog for the next few hours. Please do get in touch with any suggestions or story tips.
Lyon and Bordeaux have joined the lengthening list of major French cities to have made wearing a mask obligatory in public in their busiest areas, where narrow streets or large numbers of people make physical distancing impossible. Since the end of last month, city halls and government prefects in Lille, Nice, Tours Biarritz, Marseille and Annecy have adopted similar measures, along with popular tourist spots such as Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy and Locronan in Brittany. Continue reading... |
| 20 offices turned into 2,000 individual pods for post-Covid working Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:00 PM PDT Entrepreneur Xu Weiping is building 3-metre square workspaces with a chair, desk, fridge, microwave and fold-down bed, in east London Welcome to cube city. Xu Weiping, a Chinese multimillionaire, has a vision for the future of office work in the post-Covid-19 pandemic world: thousands of office pods where each person works in their own self-contained 3m x 3m cube. Xu reckons the coronavirus pandemic will have such a fundamental impact on the way people work that he is converting 20 newly constructed office buildings in east London into 2,000 of the individual cube offices. Continue reading... |
| Bolivia’s solution to surging Covid-19 deaths: a mobile crematorium Posted: 12 Aug 2020 09:00 PM PDT Bolivia considers a pragmatic, if not macabre, option as it struggles to keep pace with Covid-19 deaths As surging Covid-19 cases across Latin America leave cemeteries and funeral homes struggling to keep pace, engineers in Bolivia have come up with a solution as pragmatic as it is macabre: a mobile crematorium. The five-metre by two-and-half-metre oven is small enough to fit on to a trailer, and is powered by locally produced liquefied petroleum gas – making it a cheap option for families who cannot afford a funeral service. Continue reading... |
| South Korea installs anti-virus bus shelters with temperature sensors and UV lamps Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:24 PM PDT Glass-walled booths in Seoul won't let you in unless your temperature is normal South Korea has opened a high-tech new front in the battle against coronavirus, fortifying bus shelters in the capital with temperature-checking doors and ultraviolet disinfection lamps. To enter, passengers must stand in front of an automated thermal-imaging camera, and the door will slide open only if their temperature is below 37.5C. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand PM says Covid-19 outbreak will 'get worse' as Auckland cluster grows Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:42 PM PDT Jacinda Ardern sound ominous tone, with expectation of a long lockdown for the country's biggest city Covid-19 may have been circulating in New Zealand's biggest city for weeks, the country's top health official has said, as 13 new community cases were confirmed – all linked to the four cases announced on Tuesday. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said the growing cluster in Auckland, now totalling 17, "would get worse before it gets better" in the city of more than 1.4 million people. Continue reading... |
| Belarus protests: 25-year-old man dies in police custody Posted: 13 Aug 2020 01:13 AM PDT Alexander Vikhor left in van for hours after being detained in Gomel, mother tells local news Belarus has confirmed that a young man has died in police custody, the second death since mass protests began on Sunday against the country's leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Alexander Vikhor, 25, died after being detained on Sunday in the city of Gomel in south-east Belarus during countrywide protests over accusations of mass vote-rigging in presidential elections. Protests continued for a fourth night on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Harris and Biden make first appearance as running mates and excoriate 'failure' Trump Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:10 PM PDT
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of leaving the US "in tatters" by failing to lead the country through the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout, as they debuted the Democratic presidential ticket the party hopes will defeat him in November's election. Related: 'Ready on day one': Joe Biden welcomes Kamala Harris at their first event as running mates – live Continue reading... |
| Jimmy Lai says swift arrest points to 'great disorder' between Hong Kong and China police Posted: 12 Aug 2020 09:00 PM PDT Pro-democracy activist says he did not expect to be arrested so soon given the global outcry, and that it suggested chaos in the ranks Jimmy Lai has said he was surprised to be arrested so quickly, and suggested there was "great disorder" among Chinese and Hong Kong authorities about how to handle the territory's national security law. The 71-year-old media tycoon and prominent pro-democracy figure was arrested on Monday, on suspicion of committing foreign collusion crimes in breach of Beijing's national security law, and conspiracy to defraud. Continue reading... |
| 'Operation empty plate': Xi Jinping makes food waste his next target Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:00 PM PDT Restaurant diners told to order one dish fewer than number of people under new system criticised as overly controlling The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has launched a campaign targeting a new enemy of the country: food waste. "Waste is shameful and thriftiness is honourable," Xi said in a speech published on Tuesday, describing the amount of food that goes to waste in the country as "shocking and distressing", according to the state news agency Xinhua. Continue reading... |
| Trump ally making 'high-risk' changes at USPS, says former postal service deputy Posted: 13 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT Ron Stroman, who stepped down as deputy postmaster general this year, warned new policies at USPS could disenfranchise voters A former top official at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has warned that recent changes at the agency, now led by a Trump ally, could "disenfranchise" voters as they are implemented just months ahead of an election in which a record number of Americans are expected to vote by mail. Amid reports of significant mail delays, Ronald Stroman, who stepped down earlier this year as the second in command at USPS, said he was concerned about the speed and timing of changes that appeared to be implemented after Louis DeJoy, the new postmaster general, took office in June. USPS faces a financial crisis and every postmaster general is interested in cost savings and efficiency, Stroman said, but the question was how to balance those changes with the public's needs. Continue reading... |
| Supertrawlers ramp up activity in UK protected waters during lockdown Posted: 12 Aug 2020 11:00 PM PDT Fishing time in first half of 2020 almost double that in whole of last year, Greenpeace says Supertrawlers vastly stepped up their fishing in the UK's protected waters during the coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, while most of the UK's smaller vessels were confined to port. The amount of time supertrawlers spent fishing in marine protected areas in the first half of this year was nearly double that spent in the waters in the whole of last year, according to a Greenpeace investigation. There were 23 supertrawlers catching fish in UK protected areas in the period, none of them UK-owned. Continue reading... |
| Large blue butterfly flutters in Cotswolds for first time in 150 years Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:00 PM PDT Painstaking conservation effort to accommodate insect's complex lifecycle pays off The biggest reintroduction to date of the large blue has led to the rare butterfly flying on a Cotswold hillside where it has not been seen for 150 years. About 750 butterflies emerged on to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire this summer after 1,100 larvae were released last autumn following five years of innovative grassland management to create optimum habitat. Continue reading... |
| Bob Woodward obtains letters between Trump and Kim Jong-un for new book Rage Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:56 PM PDT
Bob Woodward's second book on the Trump White House has a title, Rage, and promises to reveal the secrets of "25 personal letters exchanged between [Donald] Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that have not been public before". Related: It Was All a Lie review: Trump as symptom not cause of Republican decline Continue reading... |
| Looted landmarks: how Notre-Dame, Big Ben and St Mark's were stolen from the east Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:00 PM PDT They are beacons of western civilisation. But, says an explosive new book, the designs of Europe's greatest buildings were plundered from the Islamic world – twin towers, rose windows, vaulted ceilings and all As Notre-Dame cathedral was engulfed by flames last year, thousands bewailed the loss of this great beacon of western civilisation. The ultimate symbol of French cultural identity, the very heart of the nation, was going up in smoke. But Middle East expert Diana Darke was having different thoughts. She knew that the origins of this majestic gothic pile lay not in the pure annals of European Christian history, as many have always assumed, but in the mountainous deserts of Syria, in a village just west of Aleppo to be precise. "Notre-Dame's architectural design, like all gothic cathedrals in Europe, comes directly from Syria's Qalb Lozeh fifth-century church," Darke tweeted on the morning of 16 April, as the dust was still settling in Paris. "Crusaders brought the 'twin tower flanking the rose window' concept back to Europe in the 12th century." Continue reading... |
| Scottish minister warns of climate challenge after Stonehaven crash Posted: 13 Aug 2020 02:59 AM PDT Michael Matheson points to increasing intense weather after train derailment kills three people Scotland's transport secretary has said that the climate crisis is presenting increasing challenges for rail safety, after three people died in a devastating derailment in Aberdeenshire following a night of thunderstorms and torrential rainfall. Train driver Brett McCullough and conductor Donald Dinnie lost their lives along with a passenger when the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service came off the tracks and slid down an embankment at Carmont, just west of Stonehaven, on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Beirut explosion devastates Sursock Palace and Museum – in pictures Posted: 13 Aug 2020 02:43 AM PDT Among the many homes and buildings damaged by the Beirut explosion were the Sursock Museum and Palace. The 19th-century palace was once one of Beirut's grandest town houses, and the mansion housing the museum was left to the city of Beirut in 1952 Continue reading... |
| 3,000 sheep die after live exports rejected by Saudi Arabia Posted: 13 Aug 2020 01:00 AM PDT Animals died of hunger and thirst after 58,000 returned to Sudan due to quarantine compromise Around 3,000 sheep sent back from Saudi Arabia by ship to Sudan have died of hunger and thirst according to a Sudanese government minister. Some drowned on the voyage. Saudi Arabia returned 58,000 sheep to Sudan after finding out that quarantine procedures in Sudan had been compromised, leaving some animals without vaccination against diseases including Rift Valley fever. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus US: highest daily Covid-19 death toll recorded since mid-May – live updates Posted: 13 Aug 2020 03:01 AM PDT
Good morning, welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the coronavirus crisis for the day. Here's a catch-up with where we are, and a bit of what we can expect to see later on today Continue reading... |
| Brazil experiences worst start to Amazon fire season for 10 years Posted: 12 Aug 2020 11:00 PM PDT Over 10,000 blazes seen so far in August, with response of President Bolsonaro condemned as ineffective The Amazon has seen the worst start to the fire season in a decade, with 10,136 fires spotted in the first 10 days of August, a 17% rise on last year. Analysis of Brazilian government figures by Greenpeace showed fires increasing by 81% in federal reserves compared with the same period last year. Coming a year after soaring Amazon fires caused an international crisis, the new figures raised fears this year's fire season could be even worse than last year's. Continue reading... |
| Cartier criticised for 'censoring' gay couples in Chinese ring ads Posted: 13 Aug 2020 02:30 AM PDT Viewers sceptical of commercials with two men identified as 'father and son' A new Chinese commercial for a Cartier ring has drawn scepticism by portraying people who viewers believe were meant to be gay couples as family or friends. The 60-second clip shows several groups of people, including a man and a woman being obviously romantic, as well as two men cycling together, and two women. The commercial has no dialogue or text until the end, when it says: "How far would you go for love?" Continue reading... |
| Asic fears man behind troubled Dunk Island development may flee Australia and move assets Posted: 13 Aug 2020 03:03 AM PDT Regulator has launched legal action against James Mawhinney and Mayfair 101, which has taken $140m from investors The Australian Securities and Investments Commission fears the man behind troubled efforts to redevelop Queensland's cyclone-ravaged Dunk Island, James Mawhinney, may leave the country, a court has heard. Asic also fears assets belonging to Mawhinney's investment group, Mayfair 101, may be moved, counsel for the regulator, Jonathan Moore QC, told the federal court on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Hidden survivors of sexual violence during Syria's war must not be left behind Posted: 13 Aug 2020 12:00 AM PDT Support for abused men, trans women and non-binary people is urgently needed Yousef, a 28-year-old gay man, was raped by Syrian intelligence agents who had detained him for participating in protests during the conflict in Syria. He fled to Lebanon, but found only limited services to help him deal with the traumatic aftermath. By the time I interviewed him, he was resettled in the Netherlands. Geographically speaking, he was away from all the violence, but it still haunted him. "I look behind me when I am walking," he told me. "I still wake up at night. It [the trauma] is not over." Yousef is one of dozens of sexual violence survivors from Syria whom I interviewed for Human Rights Watch. I found that since the beginning of the Syrian conflict men and boys – in addition to women and girls – have been subjected to sexual violence, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, by both government agents and non-government actors. Continue reading... |
| Stonehaven tragedy highlights threat to rail from climate crisis Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:07 PM PDT Fatal derailment after heavy rains exposes growing danger posed by extreme weather The derailment of a ScotRail train in rural Aberdeenshire with the loss of three lives adds Stonehaven to a grim roll call of names, instantly identifiable with tragedy to those associated with the UK railway: the likes of Potters Bar, Hatfield and Grayrigg. It will be no consolation at all to those grieving lost colleagues, spouses and parents to know just how far apart such tragic events have lately become. The last time a passenger died in a train crash in the UK was the Grayrigg derailment in 2007, when a Virgin high-speed train went down an embankment in Cumbria, miraculously with just one casualty. Before Wednesday, the last time a driver had been killed in a crash was in 2004; and the last disaster with multiple fatalities, Potters Bar, was as far back as 2002. Continue reading... |
| 'My hair has to be perfect': Trump prompts change in showerhead rule – video Posted: 13 Aug 2020 02:54 AM PDT The US president's hair-washing complaints have prompted a proposal on easing of shower-pressure standards. The Trump administration presented rule changes that would allow showerheads to boost water pressure, after Donald Trump complained that bathroom fixtures do not work to his liking. The Department of Energy plan followed Trump's comments last month at a White House event on rolling back regulations where he said he believed water does not come out fast enough from fixtures. 'My hair … I don't know about you, but it has to be perfect,' he said. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern warns Covid-19 cluster will 'grow before it slows' – video Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:28 PM PDT New Zealand leader has said Auckland's Covid-19 outbreak will get worse before it gets better, and warned of extended lockdowns after the country reported the first new cases in 102 days without community transmission. Ardern stressed New Zealand's approach of going hard early remained their best chance of slowing the spread and urged caution over growing misinformation around coronavirus Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump continues attack on Kamala Harris, calling Biden's running mate 'a big failure' – video Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:14 PM PDT President Donald Trump labelled Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris 'a big failure' the day after she was announced as Joe Biden's running mate. Trump's criticism is the second in as many days from his White House press briefings, where called her appointment 'risky'. The president cited previous tension between the two during the primary election debates and backed his own vice-president, Mike Pence Continue reading... |
| Russia says suggestion its coronavirus vaccine may be unsafe is 'groundless' – video Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:54 AM PDT Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine would be ready within two weeks and rejected safety concerns over its rapid approval as 'groundless'. The health minister, Mikhail Murashko, said the vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya Institute, would be administered on a voluntary basis. The vaccine has not yet completed its final trials. Only about 10% of clinical trials are successful and some scientists fear Moscow may be putting national prestige before safety Continue reading... |
| Why Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate – video explainer Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:40 AM PDT Joe Biden has picked his former one-time presidential rival Kamala Harris to be his running mate, making her the first woman of color on a major party presidential ticket. The Guardian's Lauren Gambino explains Harris's trailblazing background, the 'hunger for black, female leadership' and the excitement around the Californian senator's nomination
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| Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai released on bail – video Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:53 AM PDT The Hong Kong pro-democracy figure and media mogul Jimmy Lai has received a hero's welcome on return to his newspaper after his arrest on allegations of foreign collusion. Chinese state media labelled him a 'genuine traitor'. Lai, his sons, senior executives from his Next Digital media company and others including the activist Agnes Chow were detained under Beijing's national security law on Monday. Hundreds of police officers raided the offices and newsroom of Apple Daily, the tabloid Lai founded, in a move decried as an assault on press freedom. Most of the 10 arrested were released on bail Continue reading... |
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