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- Covid lockdown rules more divisive than Brexit, survey finds
- Blow for Bangladesh's female crab farmers as Covid stops exports
- I'm Covid vulnerable: dare I do my bit to save our cinemas?
- Teacher, 28, dies of Covid-19 as US schools prepare for return to classrooms
- 'It's unbearable': Lesbos refugees sleep on streets after devastating fire
- Oregon fires force 500,000 to evacuate as blazes across American west kill 15
- Coronavirus live news: India reports daily tally of 96,000 cases, a global record
- Ireland accuses Boris Johnson of trying to sabotage peace process
- Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle
- Nasa is looking for private companies to help mine the moon
- Belgian king's daughter fights for right to call herself a princess
- A new squeeze? Snake mystery after lone, elderly python lays clutch of eggs
- Italian police arrest four people over alleged rape of two British girls
- China and India agree to disengage at disputed border
- Cuties controversy sparks #CancelNetflix campaign
- How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into war
- Hospital boss praised by Matt Hancock told to end ‘toxic management culture’
- Woodward tells how allies tried to rein in 'childish' Trump's foreign policy
- 9/11 remembered amid raging wildfires and coronavirus recriminations – US politics live
- Expert on Amazon tribes killed by arrow from uncontacted group
- UK government hails 'historic' trade deal with Japan
- Coronavirus Australia latest: the week at a glance
- Amnesty investigation links brewer Kirin to Myanmar military crimes
- It feels like no one can be bothered with the New Zealand election any more | Claire Robinson
- Moonshot: five key points from No 10’s leaked coronavirus testing plan
- UK looks to Belgium for Covid inspiration despite infections rise
- Trump continues attacks on Biden, boasts about Nobel peace prize nomination – video
- When will we know who’s won the US election?: Politics Weekly Extra - podcast
- Drone vision captures razed communities and burnt-out cars after Oregon wildfires – video
- Pelosi press conference: Woodward interview shows Trump's contempt for supporters – watch back
- Western wildfires rage in California, Oregon and Washington – in pictures
- Large fire breaks out at Beirut port weeks after fatal blast – video
- Sudan declares emergency as record flooding kills dozens – video
| Covid lockdown rules more divisive than Brexit, survey finds Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:00 PM PDT UK study claims solidarity in early weeks of coronavirus pandemic has given way to distrust Mask-wearing and lockdown rules are now causing deeper social fractures than Brexit, according to a UK-wide study which suggests that the solidarityof the early weeks of the pandemic has given way to distrust. Polling of 10,000 people found that half of mask-wearers in Britain (58%) have severely negative attitudes towards those who do not wear a mask, and the majority (68%) of people who did not break lockdown rules have strong negative views about lockdown rule-breakers. Continue reading... |
| Blow for Bangladesh's female crab farmers as Covid stops exports Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:15 PM PDT Family incomes plummet at cooperative that helped empower women as lucrative trade with China is suspended Female crab farmers in Bangladesh are struggling to feed their families after exports to China collapsed due to Covid-19, a charity has warned. Despite the crab harvesting season being in full swing in Mongla, southern Bangladesh, continued lockdown across the nation and the closure of lucrative external markets have impacted not only farmers' livelihoods but also the country's GDP, which relies heavily on the $43m (£33m) crab export industry, according to the charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Continue reading... |
| I'm Covid vulnerable: dare I do my bit to save our cinemas? Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:09 AM PDT Britain's beleaguered picture palaces desperately need bums back on seats. But some filmgoers have to consider the risks more than others Lockdown in the UK cost its cinemas an estimated £111m in lost revenue, and their annual income could be down 60% on last year's. Abandoned filming means there are few enticing titles in the pipeline, and production safety guidelines are hampering new production. If cinemas are to survive while socialdistancing slashes their capacity, they'll have to fill as many as they can of their remaining available seats. Filmgoers will need to show up in force, whatever their age, gender or physical condition. I'm an ardent film fan; unfortunately, I'm also male and medically vulnerable, which makes me low-hanging fruit for Covid's scythe. An over-75-year-old is 623 times more likely to die from the disease than an under-45-year-old. Men are over twice as much at risk as women, and a dodgy cardiovascular system doesn't improve your chances. Continue reading... |
| Teacher, 28, dies of Covid-19 as US schools prepare for return to classrooms Posted: 10 Sep 2020 02:13 PM PDT
A 28-year-old elementary school teacher in Columbia, South Carolina, died this week from complications due to Covid-19, authorities have said. Demetria "Demi" Bannister, who taught third grade at Windsor elementary school, died on Monday. Continue reading... |
| 'It's unbearable': Lesbos refugees sleep on streets after devastating fire Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:00 PM PDT Residents of Moria camp struggle to salvage what they can as protesters try to block efforts to rebuild Plumes of smoke rise above the ashes and twisted metal. In many parts this is all that remains of Europe's largest refugee camp. Just a few days ago, the Moria camp in Lesbos was home to thousands of children and their families. Now all that is left are the smoldering ruins and jagged outlines of scorched tents. Continue reading... |
| Oregon fires force 500,000 to evacuate as blazes across American west kill 15 Posted: 10 Sep 2020 02:13 PM PDT
More than 500,000 people in Oregon have been forced to evacuate as unprecedented wildfires rage across the state, amounting to more than 10% of the population, authorities said Thursday. Wildfires searing through the American west have killed at least 15 people, leveled entire neighborhoods and forced stretched firefighting crews to make tough decisions about where to deploy. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: India reports daily tally of 96,000 cases, a global record Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:05 AM PDT Infections growing faster in India than anywhere in the world; Fauci warns US to 'hunker down' this winter; France records nearly 10,000 new cases
Ninety people have tested positive and eight have died in two care homes in central Switzerland in two of the largest outbreaks seen in retirement facilities, AFP reports. The new clusters come amid a steady rise in cases in the country since mid-June, despite low and stable case numbers compared to its European neighbours.
And that's me for today. Please give a big hand to Matthew Weaver, who will guide you safely through the next few hours of breaking news. Continue reading... |
| Ireland accuses Boris Johnson of trying to sabotage peace process Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:06 AM PDT Dublin minister says UK plan to undo Brexit deal would have 'unthinkable' consequences The Irish government has accused Boris Johnson of trying to sabotage the Northern Ireland peace process with a "unilateral provocative act" based on spurious claims about the Good Friday agreement. As Brexit talks hang by a thread following the UK's threat to renege on parts of the withdrawal agreement, Thomas Byrne, Ireland's European affairs minister, branded the UK government's claims that its move was to protect the peace process as "completely false". Continue reading... |
| Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:51 PM PDT In a statement to Australian Stock Exchange the company confirms move that follows the blowing up of 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia The Rio Tinto chief executive, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and two other senior executives are leaving the global miner after its board bowed to intense investor pressure for strong action over its decision to blow up 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Rio Tinto said Jacques was leaving "by mutual agreement" with the board. Continue reading... |
| Nasa is looking for private companies to help mine the moon Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:00 PM PDT The agency announced it is buying lunar soil from a commercial provider as part of a technology development program Nasa has announced it is looking for private companies to go to the moon and collect dust and rocks from the surface and bring them back to Earth. The American space agency would then buy the moon samples in amounts between 50 to 500 grams for between $15,000 to $25,000. Continue reading... |
| Belgian king's daughter fights for right to call herself a princess Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:06 AM PDT Delphine Boël, whose mother had affair with ex-king Albert II, also wants to take her father's surname A woman who successfully fought a seven-year legal battle to prove she was the daughter of the former king of Belgium, Albert II, will learn next month whether, against the wishes of her father, she will be able to use the titles Her Royal Highness and the Princess of Belgium. Delphine Boël, 52, an artist and sculptor, whose mother had an extra-marital affair with Albert in the 1960s and 70s, argued in the Brussels court of appeal that she should also be able to use her biological father's surname of Saxe-Coburg. The court will give its judgment on 29 October. Continue reading... |
| A new squeeze? Snake mystery after lone, elderly python lays clutch of eggs Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:20 PM PDT The oldest snake in captivity – known only as 361003 – hasn't been near a male python for two decades Experts at a US zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades. Three of the eggs from the snake in St Louis zoo remain in an incubator, two were used for genetic sampling and snakes in the other two eggs did not survive, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The eggs were laid on 23 July and should hatch in about a month. Continue reading... |
| Italian police arrest four people over alleged rape of two British girls Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:32 PM PDT Minors were at house party in a villa in Marconia di Pisticci in southern Basilicata region Italian police have arrested four people in connection with the alleged gang-rape of two British girls in a small town in the south of the country. The rape reportedly took place on Monday night at a house party in Marconia di Pisticci, a town of about 8,000 people in the Basilicata province of Matera. Continue reading... |
| China and India agree to disengage at disputed border Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:45 PM PDT Foreign ministers issue joint statement after meeting in Moscow, promising to 'avoid actions that may escalate the situation' India and China have agreed to "disengage as soon as possible" after troops were involved in a series of clashes at their disputed Himalayan border, according to a joint statement from the two countries. The nuclear-armed neighbours accused each other this week of firing shots across the contested border in Ladakh, known as the line of actual control (LAC), intensifying a months-long standoff that has already claimed at least 20 lives. Continue reading... |
| Cuties controversy sparks #CancelNetflix campaign Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:55 AM PDT French film Mignonnes sparks 200,000 tweets calling for boycott of streaming service over claims the film sexualises its young stars A call to boycott Netflix on Thursday over the French film Mignonnes – AKA Cuties – has been launched on social media, over claims that its young stars were portrayed in a sexualised way. The film is directed by French-Senegalese director Maïmouna Doucouré, and started streaming on 9 September. More than 200,000 tweets with the hashtag #CancelNetflix became the top trending topic one day later. Continue reading... |
| How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into war Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT Deepening dispute between Nato allies has dragged in neighbours and is in danger of spiralling out of control An increasingly fractious standoff over access to gas reserves has transformed a dispute between Turkey and Greece that was once primarily over Cyprus into one that now ensnares Libya, Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, and feeds into other political issues in the Mediterranean and has raised fears of a naval conflict between the two Nato allies in the Aegean Sea. The crisis has been deepening in recent months with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, leading those inside the EU opposing Turkey's increasingly military foreign policy and saying Turkey can no longer be seen as partner in the Mediterranean. He has offered French military support to the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, including the possible sale of 18 Rafale jets. Continue reading... |
| Hospital boss praised by Matt Hancock told to end ‘toxic management culture’ Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:00 PM PDT Royal College of Anaesthetists criticise West Suffolk hospital chief executive after staff complaints A hospital boss championed by Matt Hancock has been told to end "a toxic management culture" after doctors were asked to provide fingerprint samples to identify a whistleblower. The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) has urged the chief executive of West Suffolk hospital, Steve Dunn, who Hancock described as an "outstanding leader", to take urgent action to improve the wellbeing of senior clinicians and "thereby the safety of patients". Continue reading... |
| Woodward tells how allies tried to rein in 'childish' Trump's foreign policy Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:33 PM PDT On the golf course, Lindsey Graham urged restraint on Iran, while James Mattis slept in his clothes in case of emergency, book says Four days before ordering a drone strike against the Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani, Donald Trump was debating the assassination on his own Florida golf course, according to Bob Woodward's new book on the mercurial president. Trump's golfing partner that day was Senator Lindsey Graham, who had emerged as one of his closest advisers, and who urged him not to take such a "giant step", that could trigger "almost total war". Continue reading... |
| 9/11 remembered amid raging wildfires and coronavirus recriminations – US politics live Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:09 AM PDT
Here's some grim footage of the damage that is being done in Oregon by the wildfires. The drone flyover of Eagle Point shows flattened residential areas. At least three people have died in the state.
Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics on a solemn day. The nation observes the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic and the raging wildfires on the west coast. Continue reading... |
| Expert on Amazon tribes killed by arrow from uncontacted group Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:51 AM PDT Rieli Franciscato struck in chest as he approached indigenous group he was seeking to shield A Brazilian government official and expert on isolated Amazon tribes was killed by an arrow as he approached an indigenous group he was seeking to shield. Rieli Franciscato, 56, spent his career in the government's indigenous affairs agency, Funai, working to set up reservations to protect uncontacted tribes. Continue reading... |
| UK government hails 'historic' trade deal with Japan Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:17 AM PDT Agreement in principle comes as Britain races to secure deals before Brexit transition ends Japan and the UK have agreed a "historic" free trade deal, as Britain races to secure easy access to overseas markets as it prepares to leave the European Union. "This is a historic moment for the UK and Japan as our first major post-Brexit trade deal," Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, said after a video call on Friday with the Japanese foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: the week at a glance Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:03 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the Covid-19 outbreak across the country Here are this week's key developments in the coronavirus pandemic in Australia. This is Elias Visontay and it's Friday 11 September. Continue reading... |
| Amnesty investigation links brewer Kirin to Myanmar military crimes Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:39 AM PDT Billions in dividends from ventures with conglomerate MEHL funnelled to army units implicated in Rohingya crackdown One of the world's largest brewers, Kirin – whose subsidiaries include San Miguel and craft beers brewed in the US and UK – has been linked to crimes committed by the Myanmar military following an Amnesty International investigation. Kirin is partnered with a Myanmar-based conglomerate with interests in mining, beer, tobacco, garment manufacturing and banking, whose shareholders include military units directly implicated in serious human rights crimes against Rohingya people, analysis by the human rights group found. Continue reading... |
| It feels like no one can be bothered with the New Zealand election any more | Claire Robinson Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:50 PM PDT Even Labour's tax policy cant't spark fury. The only numbers people are concerned about are coronavirus-related Parents will be only too familiar with this scenario. It's family holiday time. The car is packed with everything but the kitchen sink. Each child is strapped in with their own screen and headphones. You slip the car into gear and drive off. Finally you can let out a sigh of relief; the holiday has begun! Then a small voice from the back says: "I need to go the toilet." You divert to the nearest petrol station, and sit back and wait for the journey to restart. That, folks, is the New Zealand general election campaign of 2020. Continue reading... |
| Moonshot: five key points from No 10’s leaked coronavirus testing plan Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:03 AM PDT From the £100bn cost to the plan for getting football crowds back: what the official documents reveal Operation Moonshot – the government's bid to accelerate testing from around 200,000 a day to 10m a day by early 2021 – was met with derision by Labour MPs in the House of Commons on Thursday when the health and care secretary Matt Hancock set out the scale of the ambition. They were "naysayers", Hancock responded. "They would do far better to support their constituents and get with the programme." Here are five key parts of that programme as revealed in the leaked official documents obtained by the British Medical Journal and the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| UK looks to Belgium for Covid inspiration despite infections rise Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:02 AM PDT Matt Hancock hails Belgian model amid rollout of new curbs in England – but data shows jump in new cases Belgium has been cited by the UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, as a model for getting coronavirus under control – just as its public health body recorded a 15% rise in the number of daily infections compared with the previous week. Despite a dip in the number of new infections in August, after a tightening of rules by the Belgian prime minister, Sophie Wilmès, the most recent data suggests the country's success may be short-lived as people return to work and school. Continue reading... |
| Trump continues attacks on Biden, boasts about Nobel peace prize nomination – video Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:08 AM PDT Donald Trump continued his attacks on Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, calling him 'the worst presidential candidate in the history of presidential politics'. Speaking from a rally in Freeland, Michigan, two months ahead of the election, the president said 'If Biden wins, China wins. If Biden wins, the mob wins. If Biden wins, the rioters and anarchists, arsonists and flag burners win.' Trump also boasted of his recent Nobel peace prize nomination, which he received for normalising of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates • Norwegian far-right MP nominates Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize Continue reading... |
| When will we know who’s won the US election?: Politics Weekly Extra - podcast Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian's Sam Levine about why election night might turn into election week … or month This week the question might seem a simple one, but it isn't. Jonathan asks Sam Levine in New York about how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the US election on 3 November, and the conversation leads to Jonathan reminiscing about the infamous 2000 presidential election, when George W Bush narrowly (and potentially wrongly) pipped Al Gore to the Oval Office. So, when will we know who's won this year? Continue reading... |
| Drone vision captures razed communities and burnt-out cars after Oregon wildfires – video Posted: 10 Sep 2020 07:24 PM PDT Footage shot over Eagle Point shows flattened residential areas after nearly 100 major wildfires ripped through the US west. At least three people have been killed in Oregon with the governor, Kate Brown, warning that the state faces further hardship as authorities battle to contain the blazes Continue reading... |
| Pelosi press conference: Woodward interview shows Trump's contempt for supporters – watch back Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:40 AM PDT Nancy Pelosi has said that Donald Trump's interview with Bob Woodward, where the president said he intentionally downplayed the coronavirus pandemic to avoid panic, was evidence of 'contempt' for Americans' health. During her weekly press conference, the House speaker said Trump's comments were not a sign of real leadership Continue reading... |
| Western wildfires rage in California, Oregon and Washington – in pictures Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:03 AM PDT More than 85 significant wildfires are burning across the west, where a record 2.5m acres have been destroyed in the latest batch of blazes. At least seven people have died and the dense plumes of smoke have turned skies red and amber Continue reading... |
| Large fire breaks out at Beirut port weeks after fatal blast – video Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:23 AM PDT A store of oil and tyres at Beirut port burst into flames on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The blaze began in the duty-free zone, sending a huge column of smoke above a city still traumatised by the explosion on 4 August that killed about 190 people and injured 6,000 others. That blast occurred in ammonium nitrate that had been stored at the port in poor condition for years Continue reading... |
| Sudan declares emergency as record flooding kills dozens – video Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:31 AM PDT Sudan has declared a three-month state of emergency after flooding that has killed and injured dozens of people and damaged more than 100,000 homes, according to the government. Much of the flooding was triggered by heavy seasonal rains, mainly in neighbouring Ethiopia, which caused the Nile to rise to nearly 17.5 metres (57ft) at the end of August – the highest level in 100 years, according to the authorities Continue reading... |
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