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- UK could have 50,000 Covid cases a day by mid-October, says chief medical officer
- Madrid opera halted by audience protest over lack of social distancing
- 'Quite a year': couples on being separated by the Covid pandemic
- Coronavirus symptoms: how to tell if you have a common cold, flu or Covid
- Coronavirus live news: Czech health minister quits as cases rise; Germany to set up 'fever walk-in clinics'
- No 10 denies reports Boris Johnson went on secret Italy trip
- Watchmen, Succession and Schitt's Creek dominate virtual Emmys
- Barclays and HSBC shares fall after reports of alleged suspicious transfers
- UK plan to use all-male team to host UN climate summit angers observers
- Revealed: evidence shows huge mail slowdowns after Trump ally took over
- Rio Tinto expected to destroy 124 more Aboriginal sites, inquiry told
- Twitter apologises for 'racist' image-cropping algorithm
- White House: 'very likely' Trump will name supreme court pick before Wednesday – live
- Woman, 117, marks becoming Japan's oldest ever person with cola and boardgames
- Climate takeover: meet the first-time voters guest editing the Guardian US
- Infected blood scandal: Treasury refuses to publish key documents
- Thousands of Britons living in EU told UK bank accounts will be closed
- Trump to go ahead with Iran sanctions despite European objections
- Phages: the tiny viruses that could help beat superbugs
- Nomadland wins Toronto film festival people's choice award
- Chinese authorities threatened to detain ABC journalist’s 14-year-old daughter
- Government paid 10 times too much for land at Western Sydney airport to be used after 2050
- 'She won't be the last': why not enough has changed since the murder of Banaz Mahmod
- 'We pick your food': migrant workers speak out from Spain's 'Plastic Sea'
- I lived the climate crisis every day of my childhood. This November, I'll vote on it | Jessica Díaz Vázquez
- My country may be swept away by the climate crisis if the rest of the world fails to uphold its promises | President David Kabua
- 'Follow your conscience,' Biden urges Republicans as Trump pushes for supreme court nominee – video
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines over replacement – video
- Donald Trump pledges to nominate a 'very brilliant' woman to supreme court – video
| UK could have 50,000 Covid cases a day by mid-October, says chief medical officer Posted: 21 Sep 2020 04:05 AM PDT Country should be prepared for significant restrictions for next six months, says Chris Whitty The UK has "turned a corner" for the worse and is on course for up to 50,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 by mid-October, which could lead to 200 deaths a day by the following month, the chief medical officer for England has warned. The country should be prepared for significant restrictions for the next six months, over the winter period when the virus can be expected to flourish, Prof Chris Whitty said. Continue reading... |
| Madrid opera halted by audience protest over lack of social distancing Posted: 21 Sep 2020 04:22 AM PDT Spectators at Teatro Real say they were crammed into seats without space between them A performance of Verdi's A Masked Ball was abandoned in Madrid on Sunday night after audience members protested over the lack of social distancing measures – especially for those in cheaper seats. One member of the audience at the Teatro Real opera house said there were rows of more than a dozen people without any gaps between them. Continue reading... |
| 'Quite a year': couples on being separated by the Covid pandemic Posted: 20 Sep 2020 04:46 PM PDT Guardian readers tell their stories of being kept apart by illness, work and closed borders The coronavirus pandemic has lead to airport closures, cancelled flights, and some countries not allowing citizens to leave. For couples used to being apart for short periods the restrictions have meant being apart for much longer. For those from different countries, they may have had to choose between visiting or caring for family and being together. Some have been kept apart by illness or essential work. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus symptoms: how to tell if you have a common cold, flu or Covid Posted: 21 Sep 2020 02:05 AM PDT Fever, runny nose, headache? Lost your sense of taste or smell? Your guide to differentiating between the three illnesses With winter approaching, the UK is entering the traditional seasons for colds and flu, with the additional complication this year that symptoms of those two illnesses can be broadly similar to those experienced by people who have caught the coronavirus and may be at risk of spreading it. The NHS in England has produced a guide to differentiate between the three types of illnesses, which health experts hope will make it clearer to people whether they have an illness they would have most likely brushed aside last year, but which this year might lead them to think they need to self-isolate or seek to have a coronavirus test. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Sep 2020 04:54 AM PDT Czech Republic previously hailed for its success; German plan comes at start of cold season; more than one in five Covid deaths globally is in US
The number of novel coronavirus infections in Iran has risen by 3,341 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily tally since early June, taking total cases to 425,481, the health ministry spokeswoman told state TV on Monday. Sima Sadat Lari said 177 people had died in the past day, pushing the official death toll to 24,478 in Iran, one of the hardest hit countries in the Middle East. Iran's deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said last week that the whole country was on coronavirus red alert as daily deaths and cases increased at an alarming rate.
Large parts of Wales in the UK will go into lockdown from 1700 GMT on Tuesday as the novel coronavirus spreads. Coronavirus laws are being tightened in four Welsh authorities * Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport * following a sharp rise in cases, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said. Continue reading... |
| No 10 denies reports Boris Johnson went on secret Italy trip Posted: 21 Sep 2020 12:51 AM PDT Minister also rejects airport's statement PM flew into Perugia in past fortnight One of Boris Johnson's ministers has denied a report in the Italian media that the UK prime minister made a secret trip to the country less than a fortnight ago, a claim Downing Street has also rejected as "completely untrue". Asked if Johnson had landed in Perugia in the past two weeks, which the Umbrian airport said had happened in a statement, Grant Shapps, the transport minister, told Sky News: "Not that I'm aware of. I think it's mistaken, as far as I'm aware." Continue reading... |
| Watchmen, Succession and Schitt's Creek dominate virtual Emmys Posted: 20 Sep 2020 09:03 PM PDT The most diverse field in Emmys history garnered several awards for black actors and a full sweep for a Canadian sitcom It was uncharted waters for the 72nd Emmy awards – the first major acting awards show held since the pandemic began, a strange and subdued ceremony in which stars accepted awards on Zoom. But unwelcome new methods (the telecast required more than 100 live feeds), and the end of former Emmys juggernauts Game of Thrones and Veep, ushered in a celebration of new series and talent: Canadian comedy Schitt's Creek swept the comedy awards, HBO's Succession dominated in drama and the evening's most-nominated show, HBO's prescient, eerie Watchmen, cleaned up in the limited series category. Related: Emmy winners 2020: the full list Continue reading... |
| Barclays and HSBC shares fall after reports of alleged suspicious transfers Posted: 21 Sep 2020 01:09 AM PDT Standard Chartered stock also falls after claims banking sector handled $2tn in potentially corrupt transactions Shares in the banking sector have fallen after media reports that some of the world's largest banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over nearly two decades, despite red flags about the origins of the money. Barclays fell by 4% in early trading in London on Monday and HSBC and Standard Chartered both lost 3%. Earlier in Hong Kong, HSBC dropped more than 4%, taking the shares to their lowest level since May 1995. Continue reading... |
| UK plan to use all-male team to host UN climate summit angers observers Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:08 AM PDT All senior politicians, civil servants and negotiators to represent Britain at next year's Cop26 talks are men The UK is fielding an all-male team to host a vital UN climate summit next year, flouting international norms and angering activists and observers, who say the lack of gender balance imperils progress on key issues. All of the politicians who will host the Cop26 talks for the UK in Glasgow are men, from the business secretary Alok Sharma, who will act as president of the summit, to his team of climate and energy ministers – Lord Callanan, Lord Goldsmith and Kwasi Kwarteng – who have represented the UK in recent online meetings. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: evidence shows huge mail slowdowns after Trump ally took over Posted: 21 Sep 2020 02:14 AM PDT Louis DeJoy's policies, which he said were intended to boost efficiency, led to widespread outcry this summer The United States Postal Service (USPS) saw a severe decline in the rate of on-time delivery of first-class mail after Louis DeJoy took over as postmaster general, according to new data obtained by the Guardian that provides some of the most detailed insight yet into widespread mail delays this summer. Shortly after taking the helm, DeJoy - a major Republican donor with no prior USPS experience - implemented operational changes he said were intended to make the financially beleaguered agency more efficient. Those changes, which included an effort to get postal trucks to run on time, led to severe delays and widespread public outcry this summer. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rio Tinto expected to destroy 124 more Aboriginal sites, inquiry told Posted: 20 Sep 2020 11:25 PM PDT Inquiry also hears doubts over validity of Juukan Gorge approval mean WA could be liable for compensation claim An inquiry into the destruction of Juukan Gorge has heard that Rio Tinto is expected to destroy another 124 Aboriginal heritage sites at a new iron ore development less than 100km away from the exploded rock shelters. Questions have also been raised over whether the approval granted by the WA government to destroy the 46,000-year-old sites in Juukan Gorge was valid. Continue reading... |
| Twitter apologises for 'racist' image-cropping algorithm Posted: 21 Sep 2020 04:45 AM PDT Users highlight examples of feature automatically focusing on white faces over black ones Twitter has apologised for a "racist" image cropping algorithm, after users discovered the feature was automatically focusing on white faces over black ones. The company says it had tested the service for bias before it started using it, but now accepts that it didn't go far enough. Continue reading... |
| White House: 'very likely' Trump will name supreme court pick before Wednesday – live Posted: 21 Sep 2020 05:01 AM PDT
Incidentally, before appearing on Fox News this morning, the president has found time to plug a book about himself, while at the same time having a dig at Bob Woodward. The president has claimed to have read the new Woodward book in an evening and found it "boring". "The Trump Century, How Our President Changed the Course of History Forever". On sale tomorrow. A great book by an even greater author. Make Lou NUMBER ONE! Much better than the boring, no new info., Woodward book. Besides, Lou is much smarter and sharper than Bob, by a lot! Related: The right man for the job: how Bob Woodward pinned Trump to the page
Jennifer Rubin has weighed in for the Washington Post this morning, describing Joe Biden's performance last night as "his most compelling speech of the campaign ". She says he blew away the notion that "the Republicans' effort to jam through a confirmation to fill the seat held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in any fashion a plus for the right." Instead, she argues, Biden's words showed why the Trump move to quickly force through a successor to Ginsburg is "a boost to Democrats' chances in winning the Senate majority and the White House — and ultimately reversing any damage two-faced Republicans would do in the meantime." Biden accomplished several essential tasks. First, like Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats earlier Sunday, he formulated that the open seat boils down to preserving the Affordable Care Act. Second, he put the fight in simple terms of fairness. Republicans think they can make up rules and rewrite them for their benefit without regard to — indeed, despite — majority opinion. Bullying your way through fights with nonsensical blather to disguise your motives is antithetical to democracy. Continue reading... |
| Woman, 117, marks becoming Japan's oldest ever person with cola and boardgames Posted: 20 Sep 2020 09:51 PM PDT Kane Tanaka, who has not been able to see her family due to the pandemic, celebrated with a bottle of Coke A 117-year-old woman with a weakness for fizzy drinks and chocolate has become Japan's oldest person on record, as the country marks a public holiday devoted to its senior citizens. Kane Tanaka, who had already been recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest living person in March last year, achieved the all-time Japanese age record on Saturday, when she became 117 years and 261 days old. Continue reading... |
| Climate takeover: meet the first-time voters guest editing the Guardian US Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:00 AM PDT Seven Generation Z climate activists from across the United States come together to curate a special edition of the Guardian US. Read their section here Generation Z didn't cause the climate crisis, but we're paying for it. The damage caused by global heating is already doing untold damage to the entire planet, disproportionately hurting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color). For our generation, the toll isn't just physical, but mental: solastalgia, the stress caused by environmental changes to one's home, is on the rise. We are seven first-time voters from diverse backgrounds across the United States who have come together to curate a special climate edition of the Guardian. We want to bring attention to the physical and mental burdens that our generation is saddled with due to the negligence of past generations. We want to highlight environmental justice during this election season. And we will be keeping environmental issues in mind when we all vote. – Alice Shinn Continue reading... |
| Infected blood scandal: Treasury refuses to publish key documents Posted: 21 Sep 2020 02:16 AM PDT Response to FoI request from victim's son says disclosure may attract 'disruptive' media coverage The Treasury is refusing to publish key documents about the treatment of haemophiliacs infected by the NHS with HIV on the grounds that it would be "disruptive" and material might be "distorted" by the media. The unusual reasons cited by officials for refusing a Freedom of Information (FoI) request have emerged before a new round of public hearings at the Infected Blood Inquiry Continue reading... |
| Thousands of Britons living in EU told UK bank accounts will be closed Posted: 21 Sep 2020 05:00 AM PDT Lloyds and Barclays among banks taking action due to lack of post-Brexit trade deal Thousands of Britons living in the EU will have their UK bank accounts closed by the end of the year because of the UK's failure to agree a post-Brexit trade deal. Lloyds, Barclays and Coutts have informed retail and business customers that they will lose their accounts before or when the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December and more banks are expected to follow suit. Continue reading... |
| Trump to go ahead with Iran sanctions despite European objections Posted: 21 Sep 2020 04:25 AM PDT US to issue sanctions despite being told by European powers it has no legal power to do so Donald Trump is due to issue an executive order on Monday imposing sanctions on Iranians linked to their country's energy industry, despite key European powers saying the US does not have the legal power to do so. The US president will issue the sanctions on dozens of people and declare that anyone trading arms with Iran will remain subject to sanctions beyond October, the date the embargo was due to be lifted. Continue reading... |
| Phages: the tiny viruses that could help beat superbugs Posted: 20 Sep 2020 11:45 PM PDT Bacteriophages were superseded by modern antibiotics, but scientists believe they could be key to conquering antimicrobial resistance It is, say enthusiasts, the cure that the world forgot. An old therapy that could take on the new superbugs. Discovered in 1917 by French Canadian biologist Félix d'Hérelle, phages – or bacteriophages – are tiny viruses that are natural predators of bacteria. In many countries they were supplanted during the second world war by antibiotics but continued to be used for decades in eastern Europe. Continue reading... |
| Nomadland wins Toronto film festival people's choice award Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:10 AM PDT Victory for Chloé Zhao's drama starring Frances McDormand means it now looks certain to get a best picture Oscar nomination Nomadland, the recession-era retirees study starring Frances McDormand, has won the Toronto film festival people's choice award, adding the influential prize to the Venice Golden Lion it was awarded a week ago. The Toronto award is much prized in the industry, as it counts a significant number of Oscar best picture awards and nominees among its recent winners, including Green Book (2018), Room (2015) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). Nomadland's director Chloé Zhao is also the first woman to win the award since 2011, when Nadine Labaki's Where Do We Go Now? triumphed. Nomadland would now appear to be a major contender for end-of-year awards, with a best picture Oscar nomination a virtual certainty Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Chinese authorities threatened to detain ABC journalist’s 14-year-old daughter Posted: 21 Sep 2020 02:42 AM PDT Official told Matthew Carney she would be taken to undisclosed location over alleged visa breach An ABC journalist has broken his silence on how he and his family were intimidated by Chinese authorities in 2018, including a warning that his 14-year-old daughter might be taken away to an undisclosed location. Matthew Carney, the ABC's former China bureau chief, said he feared "serious trouble" when he and his wife were told to bring their daughter to the ministry of public security in north Beijing for questioning over an alleged breach of visa rules. Continue reading... |
| Government paid 10 times too much for land at Western Sydney airport to be used after 2050 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:15 AM PDT Investigation found department's operations 'fell short of ethical standards' after land was valued at just $3.1m Taxpayers stumped up $26.7m too much for land to build a second runway at Western Sydney airport after 2050, the auditor general has found. In a scathing report, released on Monday, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) found the $30m price tag paid by the infrastructure department was almost 10 times its fair value. Continue reading... |
| 'She won't be the last': why not enough has changed since the murder of Banaz Mahmod Posted: 21 Sep 2020 04:00 AM PDT In 2006, the 20-year-old was killed on the orders of family members. Ahead of an ITV drama on the case, her sister reflects on the police response As a television drama of the real-life investigation into the murder of a young woman by her family airs this month, her sister told the Guardian little had changed since Banaz Mahmod was killed in 2006. "Lessons have not been learned. Banaz is not the first 'honour' killing and she won't be the last," says Payzee Mahmod, a British Kurd, who was a teenager when her sister disappeared from her south London home. Banaz had gone to the police five times for help. Continue reading... |
| 'We pick your food': migrant workers speak out from Spain's 'Plastic Sea' Posted: 20 Sep 2020 04:00 AM PDT In Almería's vast farms, migrants pick food destined for UK supermarkets. But these 'essential workers' live in shantytowns and lack PPE as Covid cases soar Photographs and drone footage by Ofelia de Pablo and Javier Zurita It is the end of another day for Hassan, a migrant worker from Morocco who has spent the past 12 hours under a sweltering late summer sun harvesting vegetables in one of the vast greenhouses of Almería, southern Spain. The vegetables he has dug from the red dirt are destined for dinner plates all over Europe. UK supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl and Aldi all source fruit and vegetables from Almería. The tens of thousands of migrant workers working in the province are vital to the Spanish economy and pan-European food supply chains. Throughout the pandemic, they have held essential worker status, labouring in the fields while millions across the world sheltered inside. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Sep 2020 03:00 AM PDT Chemical headaches, plant sirens – these were the constant background to my home and school life. My community is on the climate frontline My teacher first taught me about global warming in the third grade. She explained how an increase in greenhouse gases increased the amount of heat that could be trapped in our atmosphere. We discussed how climate change is melting the ice caps polar bears call home, leading to their extinction. We didn't discuss how the climate crisis was already at our homes. I grew up with the smell of freshly made salsa from chiles picked from our backyard garden, the bright colors of fruit gifted to us by neighbors, and the sound of off-key singing to Joan Sebastian and Selena Quintanilla. At school, my friends and I slipped between English and Spanish, moving between the topics of our English essay to la quinceañera de nuestra mejor amiga with ease. But looming over my vibrant community was, and is, the fossil fuel industry. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2020 01:00 PM PDT Now is a time for courage. It will take sacrifices from everyone for us all to survive, the president of the Marshall Islands writes My country joined the United Nations nearly 30 years ago, in September 1991. But unless my fellow member states take action, we may also be forced from it: the first country to see our land swept away by climate change. As the UN general assembly meets in New York, celebrating the 75th anniversary of its formation, we must ask: how many of the 193 nations that it brings together will survive to reach its centenary? Continue reading... |
| 'Follow your conscience,' Biden urges Republicans as Trump pushes for supreme court nominee – video Posted: 20 Sep 2020 05:40 PM PDT Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden makes a plea to Senate Republicans, asking them to 'follow their conscience' and defy president Donald Trump's push to name his nominee for the supreme court ahead of November's election. Trump says he plans to nominate a women for the seat as soon as possible, after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died aged 87 six weeks out from the US election. 'I appeal to those few Senate Republicans, that handful who really will decide what happens. Please follow your conscience,' Biden says. 'Don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and Senator McConnell have created. Don't go there. Uphold your constitutional duty, your conscience'
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| Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines over replacement – video Posted: 20 Sep 2020 11:04 AM PDT A further feud has emerged just weeks before the US election after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Donald Trump is advocating that the seat be filled with a 'very brilliant' woman as soon as possible. However, Democrats are rallying in an attempt to prevent Trump filling the seat until after the election. Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have said Republicans should follow the precedent that GOP legislators set in 2016 by refusing to consider a supreme court choice in the run-up to an election. If the Republicans were to get their way it could result in a conservative majority on the supreme court for decades to come Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump pledges to nominate a 'very brilliant' woman to supreme court – video Posted: 20 Sep 2020 05:46 AM PDT Speaking at a campaign rally in North Carolina, the US president told supporters he had a duty to nominate a candidate to fill the supreme court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 'It will be a woman,' Trump said. 'A very talented, very brilliant woman.' Democrats including Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have said Republicans should follow the precedent that GOP legislators set in 2016 by refusing to consider a supreme court choice in the run-up to an election
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