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- Trump ally who sought to change CDC Covid reports claims he was fighting 'deep state'
- ‘We’ve learned how we need to act’: Spain braces for second wave of Covid
- Coronavirus: is this the start of a second wave and is the UK prepared?
- I was infected with coronavirus in March, six months on I’m still unwell
- Coronavirus live news: France daily cases top 10,000; Victoria reports 41 new infections
- Roger Stone to Donald Trump: bring in martial law if you lose election
- Blair and Major hit out at Boris Johnson's plans to override Brexit deal
- Killer whales launch ‘orchestrated’ attacks on sailing boats
- Fire crews in Oregon and California fight blazes as officials warn of further deaths
- Teenagers who murder could face life in shake-up of sentencing laws
- How a poet’s son is reclaiming Genoa from Italy’s tainted elite
- No kicks, coughs or slip-ups as party conferences go online
- Radio reporters to be axed by BBC and told to reapply for new roles
- 'Let me in – let me in!' Wuthering Heights house for sale at £1m
- Japan’s young musicians rally to save dying art of shamisen music
- 300 years on, will thousands of women burned as witches finally get justice?
- Kylie Moore-Gilbert's supporters come out in solidarity on second anniversary of Iran detention
- Mali’s military junta agrees to cut transition period to 18 months
- Trump's political play: can his Covid vaccine bet bring election success?
- Salute Toots Hibbert – a reggae pioneer to rival Bob Marley | Kenan Malik
- US accuses China of 'escalation' in latest restrictions on American diplomats
- Police arrest 74 people at Melbourne coronavirus anti-lockdown protest
- Has Trump spent his election war chest before the war really starts?
- Record-breaking wildfires in Brazil threaten endangered species – video
- California governor: 'We are in the midst of a climate emergency' – video
| Trump ally who sought to change CDC Covid reports claims he was fighting 'deep state' Posted: 12 Sep 2020 05:23 AM PDT
A former Trump campaign official now spokesman for the US health department sought to change key reports on the coronavirus pandemic, in some cases "openly complaining" that they "would undermine the president's optimistic messages about the outbreak", according to internal emails seen by Politico. Continue reading... |
| ‘We’ve learned how we need to act’: Spain braces for second wave of Covid Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:03 AM PDT Despite a big rise in infections, particularly among younger people, there is no sense of panic on the streets around Madrid An hour or so before lunch on Thursday, Ángela Falcón stepped out of the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and on to the hot and busy streets of Parla. "I'm scared and I very seldom come out but when I do, I stop by the church to pray," said the 71-year-old. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: is this the start of a second wave and is the UK prepared? Posted: 13 Sep 2020 01:03 AM PDT Cases are increasing here and across Europe as universities plan to reopen. What is the outlook for autumn? Is this the start of a second wave, and if so will it be as bad as the first? Cases are rising quickly… |
| I was infected with coronavirus in March, six months on I’m still unwell Posted: 12 Sep 2020 11:24 PM PDT Charlie Russell, 27, is one of an estimated 600,000 people with post-Covid illness, a condition that may give an insight into ME It's day 182 after being infected by Covid-19, and Charlie Russell is not doing the things that other 27-year-olds are doing. He's not running 5km three times a week like he used to. He's not going to the pub. He's not working. And he's not getting better. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: France daily cases top 10,000; Victoria reports 41 new infections Posted: 13 Sep 2020 01:49 AM PDT Cases also rising in England and Scotland as Europe outbreak worsens; seven more deaths in worst-hit Australian state; Oxford University vaccine trials to resume. Follow latest updates
More from south-east Asia, where Indonesia has reported 3,636 new coronavirus infections and 73 more deaths. The latest report brought the total number of infections to 218,382 and deaths to 8,723, the highest number of deaths in the region.
The Philippines has recorded 3,372 new coronavirus cases and 79 more deaths. |
| Roger Stone to Donald Trump: bring in martial law if you lose election Posted: 12 Sep 2020 07:12 PM PDT Trump meanwhile promises to 'put down' leftwing protests and says US Marshals killing Portland suspect was 'retribution' Roger Stone, whose 40-month prison sentence for lying to Congress and witness tampering in the Russia investigation was commuted by Donald Trump, has said Trump should seize total power and jail prominent figures including Bill and Hillary Clinton and Mark Zuckerberg if he loses to Joe Biden in November. The long-time Republican strategist and dirty trickster, who has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back, lied about contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 election regarding emails hacked from Democratic party accounts. Continue reading... |
| Blair and Major hit out at Boris Johnson's plans to override Brexit deal Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:35 AM PDT Former prime ministers urge MPs to reject legislation, saying it endangers Irish peace process Boris Johnson is facing mounting criticism over his plans to introduce legislation to override his Brexit deal, as former prime ministers Sir John Major and Tony Blair criticised the threat to break international law. The former Conservative and Labour leaders united to condemn Johnson's UK internal market bill in an article for the Sunday Times. Continue reading... |
| Killer whales launch ‘orchestrated’ attacks on sailing boats Posted: 12 Sep 2020 11:27 PM PDT From the Strait of Gibraltar to Galicia, orcas have been harassing yachts, damaging vessels and injuring crew Scientists have been left baffled by incidents of orcas ramming sailing boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. In the last two months, from southern to northern Spain, sailors have sent distress calls after worrying encounters. Two boats lost part of their rudders, at least one crew member suffered bruising from the impact of the ramming, and several boats sustained serious damage. Continue reading... |
| Fire crews in Oregon and California fight blazes as officials warn of further deaths Posted: 12 Sep 2020 05:53 AM PDT
Fire crews in California and Oregon reported making progress on several blazes over the weekend, as lighter winds and lower temperatures aided the battle against the massive fires raging across the west. But officials in both states told residents to brace for bad news, as rescue teams start combing through towns and neighborhoods leveled by the infernos. Continue reading... |
| Teenagers who murder could face life in shake-up of sentencing laws Posted: 12 Sep 2020 11:01 PM PDT Proposed changes follow sentencing of Hashem Abedi, brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi Teenagers who commit murder could be sent to prison for life with no chance of parole, under a major shake-up of sentencing laws to be outlined by ministers this week. The proposed changes, to be unveiled by the justice secretary, Robert Buckland, in a white paper, follows the sentencing in August of Hashem Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi, who was found guilty of murdering 22 people but was spared a whole life sentence because of his age. Continue reading... |
| How a poet’s son is reclaiming Genoa from Italy’s tainted elite Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:03 AM PDT As Liguria prepares for next week's regional elections, an unlikely candidate has energised the fight against the far right A procession of about 100 people, most of them young, departs from the church of San Martino di Struppa, up a track into the mountains around Genoa. Above, every shade of green; below, the port and the sea, like an aqueous mirror reflecting the blue sky. There's history on these steep slopes, and that is why these people are here: the ancient paths were used by partisans during the war, and when they blew up a bridge, severing German troops from their supply lines, the priest of San Martino, Don Andrea Ricchini, was taken to Auschwitz in reprisal. He survived, and – after a funeral had been held, in absentia – returned to serve the parish for 30 more years. Continue reading... |
| No kicks, coughs or slip-ups as party conferences go online Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:05 AM PDT Attendees of this year's virtual gatherings may be spared any gaffes, but at what cost? Utter the phrase "conference season" to a Westminster veteran and don't be surprised if their initial reaction is a shudder. For regular attendees of the annual party gatherings, which kick off next weekend, they raise the prospect of lengthy policy sermons and curled cheese sandwiches by day, followed by sweaty bars and third-hand gossip by night. Related: Keir Starmer's conference challenge is to avoid the shadow of past leaders | Zoe Williams Continue reading... |
| Radio reporters to be axed by BBC and told to reapply for new roles Posted: 12 Sep 2020 10:13 PM PDT Critics fear end of an era because of plans to make audio journalists work across media platforms BBC radio voices have described and defined modern British history. Live reports from inside a British bomber over Germany during the second world war, or with the British troops invading Iraq in 2003, or more recently from the frontline of the parent boycott of a Birmingham school over LGBT lessons have also shaped the news agenda. But now the BBC plans to axe all its national radio reporters and ask them to reapply for a smaller number of jobs as television, radio and digital reporters, rather than as dedicated audio journalists. Many fear it is not just the end of their careers but the premature end of an era for the BBC. Continue reading... |
| 'Let me in – let me in!' Wuthering Heights house for sale at £1m Posted: 12 Sep 2020 10:30 PM PDT Ponden Hall, thought to have inspired the famous ghost scene in Emily Brontë's novel, is on the market A scratching on a window pane, the fingers of a small ice-cold hand, a melancholy voice begging to be let in. The appearance of Cathy's ghost at the start of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is familiar to millions of readers and devotees of the 19th-century literary sisters. Now the house that is believed to have inspired the scene at the window is up for sale, although enthusiasts will need to find £1m for this piece of Brontë heritage. The owners of Ponden Hall – a Grade II* listed property in Stanbury, near Haworth in West Yorkshire, and a thriving B&B – are retiring and downsizing more than 20 years after taking on the then-dilapidated house and carefully restoring it. The hall was owned by the Heaton family, who were trustees of Haworth parish church where Patrick Brontë, the sisters' father, became vicar in 1820. Continue reading... |
| Japan’s young musicians rally to save dying art of shamisen music Posted: 12 Sep 2020 10:55 PM PDT The makers of this ancient instrument were near to closure. But could it get a new lease of life? Katsuhiro Otaki confesses he can't play a note on the shamisen, a three-stringed instrument whose sound has been the backdrop to Japanese traditional theatre for centuries. But tens of thousands of men and women who do know their way up and down a shamisen neck have Otaki to thank for their exquisite instruments, hand-crafted by three generations of his family. Continue reading... |
| 300 years on, will thousands of women burned as witches finally get justice? Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:51 AM PDT Lawyer seeks pardon for 2,500 Scots who were tortured and killed in 'satanic panic' begun by James VI It spanned more than a century and a half, and resulted in about 2,500 people – the vast majority of them women – being burned at the stake, usually after prolonged torture. Remarkably, one of the driving forces behind Scotland's "satanic panic" was no less than the king, James VI, whose treatise, Daemonologie, may have inspired the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Now, almost 300 years after the Witchcraft Act was repealed, a campaign has been launched for a pardon for those convicted, an apology to all those accused and a national memorial to be created. Continue reading... |
| Kylie Moore-Gilbert's supporters come out in solidarity on second anniversary of Iran detention Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:54 AM PDT Friends stage 'Run for Kylie' events for the Australian academic jailed on spying charges, as her family say they remain strong and hopeful The family of the detained academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who faces 10 years in jail in Iran on espionage charges – have said they "remain strong and are far from giving up hope", as hundreds of her friends marked the second anniversary of her detention on Sunday. Moore-Gilbert, a dual UK and Australian citizen, was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards as she attempted to fly out of the country following an academic conference at which she had spoken. Continue reading... |
| Mali’s military junta agrees to cut transition period to 18 months Posted: 12 Sep 2020 03:17 PM PDT Coup leaders under pressure to appoint civilian president to prepare country for elections Mali's military junta, which staged a coup last month, has agreed to an 18-month transition government led by a military or civilian leader that would pave the way to elections. Three days of consultations with leaders of political and civil society groups laid out a charter for the transition on Saturday, which will also include a vice-president and transitional council that will serve as the national assembly. The president and vice-president will be chosen by a group of people appointed by the junta, according to Moussa Camara, spokesman for the talks. Continue reading... |
| Trump's political play: can his Covid vaccine bet bring election success? Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:30 AM PDT Democrats fear promise of vaccine shifts focus to economy – but Trump's strategy might not be as sound as his camp thinks "We're gonna have a vaccine very soon," Donald Trump told reporters last week. "Maybe even before a special date. You know what date I'm talking about." Never in the history of US elections, perhaps, has a so-called "October surprise" been so thoroughly telegraphed by a sitting US president. Trailing rival Joe Biden in the presidential race and running out of money, Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly teased the imminent arrival of a coronavirus vaccine, and explicitly tied it to the election calendar. Continue reading... |
| Salute Toots Hibbert – a reggae pioneer to rival Bob Marley | Kenan Malik Posted: 12 Sep 2020 10:45 PM PDT The late singer was at the heart of an extraordinary collision of music, culture and politics I can still remember the first time I heard Pressure Drop. The little drum intro. The bass riff. The rhythm guitars. And then the voice of Toots Hibbert, a voice both soulful and raw, comforting but just a little menacing too. It was a song to bring joy, to get a roomful of Doc Martens bouncing. It was also a song about revenge and karma. That was the way with Hibbert – the melding of the blissful and the rough, the soothing and the sharp. Continue reading... |
| US accuses China of 'escalation' in latest restrictions on American diplomats Posted: 12 Sep 2020 08:56 PM PDT China says curbs 'legitimate and necessary' as tensions rise The US has called a decision by Beijing to impose restrictions on all American diplomats on Chinese soil an "escalation", the latest rebuke in a tit-for-tat dispute over foreign missions. Relations between the world's top two economies have deteriorated in recent months, with both sides locked in fierce recriminations over trade disputes, human rights and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Police arrest 74 people at Melbourne coronavirus anti-lockdown protest Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:28 AM PDT Riot squad marches through fruit stalls at Queen Victoria market as protest of about 250 people ends in scuffles Police arrested 74 people on Sunday as anti-lockdown protesters massed in Melbourne for a second day, with some throwing fruit at police after raiding market stalls. About 250 protesters chanting "Freedom" and "Power to the people" were encircled by officers at Queen Victoria Market. Continue reading... |
| Has Trump spent his election war chest before the war really starts? Posted: 13 Sep 2020 12:00 AM PDT The president's campaign has paid out $800m, but at a crucial phase he is making cuts while Joe Biden is outspending him More than $180,000 per second. That is what Donald Trump's two TV ads during the Super Bowl worked out at in February, offering vivid proof of the outsized role of money in American politics – and of his re-election campaign's premature and profligate spending. The 2020 presidential election has been described by both sides as the most important in living memory and is certainly proving the most expensive. Hundreds of millions of dollars have flooded both campaigns and, in the pandemic-enforced absence of shaking hands and kissing babies, may prove even more influential than usual. Continue reading... |
| Record-breaking wildfires in Brazil threaten endangered species – video Posted: 12 Sep 2020 01:23 PM PDT Record-breaking wildfires are threatening thousands of acres of one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet, Brazil's Pantanal region. 'Sometimes we are a bit frustrated, but we try to have hope and to rescue the few animals we can,' said 26-year-old vet Karen Ribeiro at one of the shelters, where rescue units and volunteers are bringing in animals including jaguars for evacuation Continue reading... |
| California governor: 'We are in the midst of a climate emergency' – video Posted: 12 Sep 2020 05:35 AM PDT The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said 'this is not a world that anyone should be experiencing' as he surveyed charred mountain terrain devastated by wildfires. 'If you do not believe in science, I hope you believe in observed evidence,' he added. More than 68,000 people are under evacuation orders in California where the largest fire in state history has burned over 740,000 acres in the Mendocino National forest Continue reading... |
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