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- Coronavirus live news: fresh restrictions in French cities include ban on parties; global deaths near 1m
- UK coronavirus live: Burnham says 10pm closing time for pubs 'doing more harm than good'
- Coronavirus symptoms: how to tell if you have a common cold, flu or Covid
- ‘Like the English civil war’: Covid crisis inflames neighbour disputes
- New York Times publishes Donald Trump's tax returns in election bombshell
- More casualties as Armenian and Azerbaijani forces clash for second day
- Who runs Hong Kong: party faithful shipped in to carry out Beijing's will
- Court temporarily blocks Trump order banning TikTok from US app stores
- Brad Parscale, former Trump campaign manager, hospitalised after self-harm threats
- Confidence in UK's global role plunges after Brexit, poll finds
- World leaders pledge to halt Earth’s destruction ahead of UN summit
- Uber granted London licence as court rules it is 'no longer a risk'
- Create safe, legal routes for refugee families to reunite in UK, stars urge PM
- Portugal sees surge in racist violence as far right rises
- Borat 2 imminent, reports suggest, with Trump, Epstein and Giuliani as targets
- ‘There is a fear that this will eradicate dwarfism’: the controversy over a new growth drug
- Food factory workers: tell us about your UK workplace experiences
- How Tunisia’s shrinking economy and fish stocks put shark on the menu
- The family whose Black Lives Matter sign shook their conservative town
- Argentina president under pressure to keep election promise on abortion
- Rehoming pigeon: kererū returns to hatchery 24 years after flying the coop
- Victoria hotel quarantine failures 'responsible' for Covid second wave and 768 deaths, inquiry told
- Since reunification, Germany has had its best 30 years. The next 30 will be harder | Timothy Garton Ash
- Will the New York Times taxes report sink Donald Trump?
- Trump claims Joe Biden is on 'performance-enhancing drugs' – video
- 'Fake news': Trump denies tax claims from New York Times – video
- 'We swam to Hong Kong for freedom half a century ago. What now?' – video
- Frustrated Madrid residents call for new approach in Covid pandemic – video
- Protesters in Jerusalem call for Benjamin Netanyahu to step down – video
| Posted: 28 Sep 2020 02:48 AM PDT Ban in Paris and 11 other cities includes wedding receptions, festivals and student parties; first virus death among asylum seekers in Greece
In Russia, a consumer health watchdog believes that the number of new coronavirus infections in Russia will reach a plateau at the beginning of October before a small decline, Reuters report the RIA news agency as saying.
In Greece, a dozen crew members on the first cruise ship to dock after the coronavirus lockdown have tested positive, the coastguard said on Monday. The Maltese-flagged Mein Schiff 6 operated by German travel giant TUI, with 922 passengers on board, is currently moored off the Aegean island of Milos, a coastguard spokeswoman told AFP. Continue reading... |
| UK coronavirus live: Burnham says 10pm closing time for pubs 'doing more harm than good' Posted: 28 Sep 2020 02:45 AM PDT Greater Manchester mayor says rule 'creates an incentive for people to gather in the streets or at home'
There was speculation that we might get a Commons urgent question this afternoon about students and coronavirus restrictions, but we won't. There are no statements either, meaning that the general Covid-19 debate (on a 'take note' motion - MPs won't decide anything) will start at 3.30pm. No Statements or UQs today https://t.co/okKKIJiyp2
Health leaders have said NHS Test and Trace has "a long way to go" to be ready for winter. NHS Providers, which represents hospitals and other NHS trusts, has made the argument in a document published today setting out 12 tests the service needs to meet to be "fit for purpose" over the winter. It says these include: "dramatically improving test turnaround times; creating a range of new testing facilities to enable those who need a test to get one closer to where they live and work and improving performance at every stage of the end to end contract tracing process." An effective test and trace system is a key weapon in the fight against Covid. It is vital to protect our economy and help the NHS to continue to care for patients. It has to succeed and we all have a contribution to make to ensure that success. But the size of task facing NHS Test and Trace is about to increase significantly as winter approaches and we have to be sure that this key public service will be able to cope. That is why we have clearly set out what NHS trusts believe NHS Test and Trace needs to do to build, extend and improve its service. We can't have a repetition of the problems of the last few weeks where NHS staff had to stay off work because they, or their family members, haven't been able to access a test. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus symptoms: how to tell if you have a common cold, flu or Covid Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:37 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... |
| ‘Like the English civil war’: Covid crisis inflames neighbour disputes Posted: 27 Sep 2020 10:00 PM PDT Professional mediators report a surge in requests for help as community tensions boil over A couple are having raucous parties in flagrant breach of the "rule of six". An elderly woman with symptoms faces the fury of other residents by touching a communal door. A music teacher is imposing her students' discordant notes on the flat downstairs. And a small child following an exercise routine has prompted a neighbour to declare: "I want to kill Joe Wicks." Over six months of the coronavirus crisis, community relations have been strained to the point that one concerned retiree in the south-west told the Guardian: "It's like the English civil war." Continue reading... |
| New York Times publishes Donald Trump's tax returns in election bombshell Posted: 27 Sep 2020 02:40 PM PDT
Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed billionaire, paid only $750 in federal income taxes in the year he was elected US president, according to a stunning New York Times investigation that could shake up the presidential election. Related: Trump says overturning Roe v Wade 'possible' with Barrett on supreme court Continue reading... |
| More casualties as Armenian and Azerbaijani forces clash for second day Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:38 AM PDT Both sides accuse each other of using heavy military in dispute over breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over a disputed region entered a second day on Monday, with reports of 15 more soldiers killed and both sides accusing each other of using heavy artillery. Hundreds more are said to have been wounded in the fiercest clashes since 2016 in the South Caucasus, a region that provides crucial transit routes for gas and oil to the international market. Continue reading... |
| Who runs Hong Kong: party faithful shipped in to carry out Beijing's will Posted: 27 Sep 2020 05:30 PM PDT Hardliners and allies of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, are remaking the semi-autonomous territory A senior communist party operative whose only previous experience in Hong Kong is a business trip two years ago; a former Guangdong mayor who oversaw the mass arrests of villagers protesting against land seizures; a former provincial party secretary best known for tearing down hundreds of churches and crosses in eastern China. These are China's top officials charged with Hong Kong affairs, hardliners and allies of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, who are remaking the semi-autonomous territory into a city that is directly under Beijing's control in all but name. Continue reading... |
| Court temporarily blocks Trump order banning TikTok from US app stores Posted: 27 Sep 2020 05:33 PM PDT Judge grants injunction sought by app's owner ByteDance to let it remain available for download TikTok has been granted a last-minute reprieve from Donald Trump's executive order banning the service from US app stores, after a judge in Washington DC temporarily blocked the ban from taking effect on Sunday evening. The order, which was due to take effect at one minute to midnight, was the first step towards banning TikTok entirely within the US. It would have required Apple and Google to remove the service from their respective app stores, preventing new users from downloading it, but would not have stopped existing TikTokers from continuing to access the app on their own devices. Continue reading... |
| Brad Parscale, former Trump campaign manager, hospitalised after self-harm threats Posted: 27 Sep 2020 08:00 PM PDT Police called to Fort Lauderdale home said Parscale, who had access to firearms, accompanied officers willingly Donald Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale has been hospitalised after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials. Police were called to the home in Desota Drive in the Seven Isles community of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, late on Sunday afternoon. The home is owned by Bradley and Candice Parscale. Continue reading... |
| Confidence in UK's global role plunges after Brexit, poll finds Posted: 27 Sep 2020 10:00 PM PDT Belief that Britain is force for good in world is down 10 points from April 2019 in UK Belief that Britain is a force for good in the world has plunged in the last 18 months, a national poll has found, with under half of the UK now convinced of the country's positive impact. As negotiations on the UK's future relationship enter a key week in Brussels and with the country set to leave the EU's single market and customs union at the end of the year, a poll by Ipsos Mori suggests there is a lack of confidence in Britain's global role. Continue reading... |
| World leaders pledge to halt Earth’s destruction ahead of UN summit Posted: 27 Sep 2020 04:01 PM PDT France, Germany and UK among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of post-Covid recovery plans World leaders have pledged to clamp down on pollution, embrace sustainable economic systems and eliminate the dumping of plastic waste in oceans by the middle of the century as part of "meaningful action" to halt the destruction of nature on Earth. Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern and Boris Johnson are among 64 leaders from five continents warning that humanity is in a state of planetary emergency due to the climate crisis and the rampant destruction of life-sustaining ecosystems. To restore the balance with nature, governments and the European Union have made a 10-point pledge to counteract the damage to systems that underpin human health and wellbeing. Continue reading... |
| Uber granted London licence as court rules it is 'no longer a risk' Posted: 28 Sep 2020 02:48 AM PDT Ride-hailing service wins appeal a year after TfL refused extension over safety concerns Uber has been granted a fresh licence to continue operating in London, after an appeal found it was now a "fit and proper" firm to run private hire car services. Westminster magistrates court ruled in favour of Uber almost a year after Transport for London refused the global ride-hailing firm a licence extension over safety concerns. Continue reading... |
| Create safe, legal routes for refugee families to reunite in UK, stars urge PM Posted: 27 Sep 2020 11:00 PM PDT Exclusive: High-profile names demand change to family reunion laws in letter to Boris Johnson Some of Britain's biggest cultural stars, including Olivia Colman, Michaela Coel and Stephen Fry, are calling on the government to establish safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to reach the UK. More than 70 high-profile actors, musicians, comedians, artists and sports players have sent a letter, seen by the Guardian, to the prime minister demanding a change to the UK's restrictive refugee family reunion laws. Continue reading... |
| Portugal sees surge in racist violence as far right rises Posted: 27 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT Campaigners call for urgent institutional response after attacks and death threats targeting MPs, academics and activists Over the summer, Mamadou Ba, the head of an anti-racist organisation in Lisbon, received a letter. "Our goal is to kill every foreigner and anti-fascist – and you are among our targets," it read. A few weeks later, it was followed up with a message telling him to leave Portugal or let his family face the consequences. That message was accompanied by a bullet casing. Ba's experience is one of a growing number of racist incidents perpetrated across Portugal that have led the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) to call for "an urgent institutional response". Continue reading... |
| Borat 2 imminent, reports suggest, with Trump, Epstein and Giuliani as targets Posted: 28 Sep 2020 02:14 AM PDT Sacha Baron Cohen said to have test-screened follow-up to his 2006 hit, which was shot during the pandemic Reports that Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed and test-screened a sequel to his 2006 comedy hit, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, have gathered pace with the news that a title for the film was submitted to the Writers Guild America. Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan was submitted to the Writers Guild America in recent days, but the page has since been taken down. Continue reading... |
| ‘There is a fear that this will eradicate dwarfism’: the controversy over a new growth drug Posted: 27 Sep 2020 10:00 PM PDT A new treatment could help children with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, grow taller and avoid health problems in later life. But there are concerns about whether this is ethical Samuel Gray is very brave about his daily injections. At six-and-a-half, confident and happy, he was a boy who knew his own mind and made a big decision about his future. His parents had asked him if he wanted to take part in a clinical trial for a drug that could improve some of the conditions associated with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, with which Samuel was born. It would also, the researchers believed, increase his height. "Maybe children don't know the bigger picture, but they know deep within themselves whether they want to do something or not," says his mother, Kristina Gray, "and we would never force Samuel to do anything that he didn't want to do." She says she is proud of him for taking part, and that for their family it has always been about "the bigger picture, because we never knew if Samuel would benefit, but in the long run, maybe his children or grandchildren will". Samuel is now nine and has grown about 50% faster than would be expected of a child of his age with achondroplasia. He has no problem with tasks such as getting dressed by himself or washing his hair, which children with achondroplasia can find difficult because of their shortened arms, has more stamina and can walk for longer periods. "He doesn't need any help from us. He is like any other child," says Gray. She acknowledges that she does not know how much of that is due to the drug, given as a daily injection in the evening, but she suspects it has had an effect. Samuel's legs are straighter – people with achondroplasia tend to have bowed legs, which can make walking difficult or painful, and may require surgery. "Samuel doesn't; his legs are straight. Hopefully, lots of children will benefit from this. Some of the challenges that these children go through physically – the multiple operations they may have to have – if this puts an end to that, I think it's incredible," says Gray. Continue reading... |
| Food factory workers: tell us about your UK workplace experiences Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:53 AM PDT Many worked from home during the pandemic, but food factory workers often continued to go to workplaces We would like to hear from food production workers in factories about their experiences in their workplaces during the pandemic. What are conditions like? What precautions are in place? Continue reading... |
| How Tunisia’s shrinking economy and fish stocks put shark on the menu Posted: 27 Sep 2020 10:30 PM PDT A lack of awareness and ever-increasing competition among fishing boats threaten one of the sea's most vital species The temperature is cooling down in the fish market in Monastir, Tunisia. Still, the suffocating smell of the fish guts that have sat through the full force of the day's heat hangs heavy in the air. The stallholders have left now, but on the floor amid the detritus is the unmistakable shape of a severed shark's head. Nearby, in a skip, the bodies of two guitarfish rays lie discarded, stripped of meat to the cartilage. Continue reading... |
| The family whose Black Lives Matter sign shook their conservative town Posted: 28 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT In the small community of White Sulphur Springs, everyone knows each others' political stance. But does it promote any fruitful debate? The hamlet of White Sulphur Springs, two hours northwest of New York City, tumbles toward the rolling foothills of the Catskill mountains off New York state route 52 in rural, verdant Sullivan county. The first white settlers, drawn by the dense hemlock forest, set up sawmills; later, dairy farms and tanneries were the area's main economic drivers. But now and for the past hundred or so years, this bucolic wedge of New York countryside relies on tourism. Nowadays in White Sulphur Springs, there's one inn, a gardening store, a small grocery that doubles as the local post office, a quaint used bookstore, a Methodist church, and a Dollar General. Continue reading... |
| Argentina president under pressure to keep election promise on abortion Posted: 27 Sep 2020 11:15 PM PDT Over 1,000 public figures call for Alberto Fernández to stay true to his election pledge despite distraction of coronavirus pandemic Pro-choice campaigners are renewing pressure on president Alberto Fernández to make good on his electoral pledge to legalise abortion in Argentina. More than 1,000 public figures, writers, journalists and artists added their names to an advert published in three Argentinian newspapers on Sunday, calling for the government to keep its commitment. Continue reading... |
| Rehoming pigeon: kererū returns to hatchery 24 years after flying the coop Posted: 27 Sep 2020 09:55 PM PDT 'Pidge' disappeared from Rainbow Springs in New Zealand in 1996 and was not seen again before his return in August He might not have had the best homing instincts. But a New Zealand native pigeon – or kererū – named Pidge made it back, eventually, to the place of his hatching after 24 years missing in the wild. Pidge, who was hand-reared at Rainbow Springs – a wildlife and nature park in Rotorua, on New Zealand's North Island – disappeared in 1996 and was not seen again before his return in August. That would make the bird, identified by a numbered band on his leg, 29 years old; most references list kererū lifespans as between 15 and 25 years. Continue reading... |
| Victoria hotel quarantine failures 'responsible' for Covid second wave and 768 deaths, inquiry told Posted: 28 Sep 2020 01:42 AM PDT Counsel assisting say in final submissions that decision-making breakdown over use of private security meant police 'preference became the outcome'
The failures in Victoria's "hastily assembled" hotel quarantine are "responsible" for the state's 768 deaths and 18,418 cases since the end of May, the inquiry heard on Monday. After 25 hearings and 63 witnesses over the course of the past two months, the inquiry heard closing submissions from the counsel assisting the inquiry, with the state's second wave squarely blamed on the hotel quarantine program. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2020 10:00 PM PDT The EU is in the country's DNA. But global threats mean a strong transatlantic western alliance has never been more vital Happy birthday, Germany: 30 years old on 3 October, the anniversary of German unification in 1990. But hang on a minute, isn't Germany 71? Counting, that is, from the foundation of the Federal Republic in 1949. Or 149, if we go back to the first unification of Germany, in 1871? Or 1,220 years old, if we take the coronation of Charlemagne, in 800, to be the beginning of what Germans call the Reich, more widely known as the Holy Roman Empire? Or some 2,000 years, if we detect in the brilliant former FC Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger a remote descendant of those warlike but also proto-democratic tribesmen that Tacitus described in his Germania? Answering the apparently simple question "How old is Germany?" is far from simple. But let me venture this bold claim: the last three decades have been the best in all that long and complicated history. If you can think of a better period for the majority of Germans, and their relations with most of their neighbours, I'd be glad to learn of it. In today's world, roiled by populism, fanaticism and authoritarianism, the Federal Republic is a beacon of stability, civility and moderation – qualities personified by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Continue reading... |
| Will the New York Times taxes report sink Donald Trump? Posted: 27 Sep 2020 06:56 PM PDT His returns examined at last, the president stands exposed as a tax avoider and serial debtor. It raises serious questions – but also, most likely, the passions of his fervent supporters From the moment he rode down an escalator in the marble-clad, gold-trimmed Trump Tower to declare his candidacy for US president, Donald Trump was selling himself as a successful businessman who could run a successful economy. Related: New York Times publishes Donald Trump's tax returns in election bombshell Continue reading... |
| Trump claims Joe Biden is on 'performance-enhancing drugs' – video Posted: 28 Sep 2020 12:08 AM PDT After the New York Times' revelations about his tax returns, Donald Trump hit back with a series of baseless allegations, including that his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, had used 'performance-enhancing drugs' during appearances. In an unfocused White House briefing, the US president also accused Biden's son, Hunter, of corruption and speculated about non-existent Democrat policies of unattended open borders
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| 'Fake news': Trump denies tax claims from New York Times – video Posted: 27 Sep 2020 09:19 PM PDT US president Donald Trump paid very little in income taxes in recent years as heavy losses from his business enterprises offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the New York Times reported on Sunday citing tax-return data. Trump denied the report, calling it 'total fake news' at a White House news conference
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| 'We swam to Hong Kong for freedom half a century ago. What now?' – video Posted: 27 Sep 2020 07:14 PM PDT Hon Man Po is a freedom swimmer who fled China for Hong Kong. He arrived in 1968 after years of trying. Two years prior he swam for five hours in the dark from the mainland to Macau, where he made enough money to take an illegal boat journey to Hong Kong. He was one of hundreds of thousands who followed that route between 1950 and 1980. More than 50 years ago, Hon risked his life in search of liberty, but now – with the implementation of a new national security law by China – he sees that same fear he was escaping invading his life again
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| Frustrated Madrid residents call for new approach in Covid pandemic – video Posted: 27 Sep 2020 09:35 AM PDT Hundreds of protesters gathered in Madrid's working-class neighbourhood of Vallecas demanding that authorities change their tactics on the pandemic. Madrid authorities ordered mobility restrictions in areas where a total of 850,000 people live, sparking complaints of discrimination and protests Continue reading... |
| Protesters in Jerusalem call for Benjamin Netanyahu to step down – video Posted: 27 Sep 2020 08:03 AM PDT Demonstrators rallied in Jerusalem, demanding the resignation of the Israeli prime minister over charges of corruption and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Protests have been a regular occurrence during the summer, with participants saying tightened restrictions as a result of the pandemic are being used as an excuse to curb demonstrations Continue reading... |
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