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- All of UK facing 'big burden' to prevent second Covid wave, warns minister
- How Europe is tackling spread of Covid-19 with appeal to young people
- 'I had to be sectioned': the NHS staff broken and burned out by Covid
- Coronavirus live news: school closures could hit economy 'for rest of century'; Tour de France director tests positive
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces new charge, Iranian media reports
- Government admits new Brexit bill 'will break international law'
- Trump returns to campaign trail under shadow of military row – live
- Belarus opposition leader 'ripped up passport at Ukraine border'
- Cheng Lei: China says Australian news anchor was arrested on national security grounds
- Irish MEP in line for EU finance role vacated due to lockdown scandal
- Murderer on death row sworn in as Sri Lankan MP
- Julian Assange warned by judge after outburst during extradition trial
- Missing hiker in Yorkshire Dales turns up at police appeal over disappearance
- French book I Hate Men sees sales boom after government adviser calls for ban
- 'The memories never leave me': Uighur teacher describes forced sterilisation – video interview
- Ex-G4S executives charged with defrauding UK government
- Sun Children review – Iranian street kids strike gold
- UN urged to intervene in case of detained Hotel Rwanda dissident
- Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border review – darkness leavened with a dash of wit
- Bottled water flotation makes founder China's third-richest man
- Shark attack: surfer dies after being mauled off Gold Coast beach
- School’s out in Kashmir: classes held in meadows amid closures
- Ardern's promise to make Māori new year a public holiday is well overdue | Leigh-Marama McLachlan
- Coronavirus cases rise steeply among young people in England
- German Greens well placed for share of power despite Covid setback
- Duterte pardons US marine jailed for killing transgender woman Jennifer Laude – video
- Pyrotechnic device at gender-reveal party causes California wildfire – video
| All of UK facing 'big burden' to prevent second Covid wave, warns minister Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:16 AM PDT Comments from Robert Jenrick come amid stricter measures for parts of Scotland and Wales Everyone in the UK must take on the "big burden" of preventing a second wave of coronavirus , a government minister has said, as Caerphilly in south Wales prepared to be placed under local lockdown and stricter measures were extended in Scotland. Robert Jenrick, the housing and communities secretary, echoed claims by the deputy medical officer, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, who warned the UK will face "a bumpy ride over the next few months" if people don't take the virus seriously. Continue reading... |
| How Europe is tackling spread of Covid-19 with appeal to young people Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:41 AM PDT As cases increase, health authorities across continent share a similar message As the number of Covid-19 cases rise sharply in parts of Europe, health authorities from the UK to Spain are calling on young people to do more to halt the spread of the virus. This is how the situation looks in a number of major European countries and how it is being tackled Continue reading... |
| 'I had to be sectioned': the NHS staff broken and burned out by Covid Posted: 07 Sep 2020 11:00 PM PDT With high levels of stress, anxiety and PTSD, experts worry that staff won't be able to cope with a second wave In April, when the coronavirus outbreak was at its peak in the UK and tearing through hospitals, junior doctor Rebecca Thornton's mental health took a turn for the worse and she ended up having to be sectioned. Even now, three months later, she cannot face going back to her job and thinks it will take her a year to recover from some of the horrors she saw while working on a Covid ward in a deprived area of London. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:41 AM PDT Disadvantaged pupils 'shut out' of opportunities, says OECD; French PM to take test after sharing car with cycling boss who tested positive
A further eight people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,619, NHS England said on Tuesday. The patients were aged between 43 and 92 and all had known underlying health conditions. The dates of the deaths were between 5 September and 7 September. Another three deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
Christian Prudhomme, the race director of the Tour de France, has tested positive for coronavirus and left the race after 650 swab tests were carried out on race officials, riders and team staff during Monday's first rest day. "The testing campaign revealed that Christian Prudhomme has tested positive for Covid-19. The director of the Tour will now quarantine for seven days," read a statement from race promoters ASO. "Although he was not part of the 'race bubble' and had not been in direct contact with any of the riders and their entourage, Christian Prudhomme still decided to get tested." Related: Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme tests positive for Covid-19 Continue reading... |
| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces new charge, Iranian media reports Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:36 AM PDT State TV says British-Iranian dual national appeared in Tehran court on Tuesday The British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces a new, unspecified charge, according to a report on Iranian state TV, which also said she had appeared in court on Tuesday morning. The report did not elaborate beyond saying Zaghari-Ratcliffe has appeared before a branch of the country's revolutionary court in Tehran, where she was first sentenced in 2017. Continue reading... |
| Government admits new Brexit bill 'will break international law' Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:33 AM PDT Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis said internal markets bill would 'clarify' Northern Ireland protocol The government has admitted that its plan to reinterpret the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland will break international law. The Northern Ireland secretary, Brandon Lewis, astonished backbenchers when he told the House of Commons: "Yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way. We're taking the powers of this to apply the EU law concept of direct effect … in a certain very tightly defined circumstance." Continue reading... |
| Trump returns to campaign trail under shadow of military row – live Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:28 AM PDT
This is Joan Greve in Washington, taking over for Martin Belam. As the president tries to address the ongoing fallout from the Atlantic story, dangerous fires continue to burn in California. Wildfires have burned more than 2m acres (809,000 hectares) in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical grid and threatened power outages for millions. The previous high was 1.96m acres (793,184 hectares) burned in 2018. the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, began tracking the numbers in 1987. Related: California fires burn record 2m acres
Edward Helmore reports for us this morning on how Donald Trump is expected to announce a new list of potential supreme court justices: The White House is expected to announce a new list of potential supreme court justices as soon as Wednesday, a move designed to shore up conservative support for Donald Trump as his race for the White House against Joe Biden enters the final stretch. Trump's decision to name a list of possible picks during the 2016 election is widely seen to have boosted support among conservatives otherwise queasy about backing him against Hillary Clinton. Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, both now on the court, were included on that list of reliably conservative picks. Related: Trump expected to announce new list of potential supreme court justices Continue reading... |
| Belarus opposition leader 'ripped up passport at Ukraine border' Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:14 AM PDT Ukrainian media says Maria Kolesnikova refused to enter country after being abducted from Minsk The Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova ripped up her passport in order to avoid being deported from her own country, according to a Ukrainian minister and media reports. On Monday, masked men kidnapped Kolesnikova from the centre of Minsk and drove her away. Two of her opposition colleagues also vanished. The three activists were later driven to the Alexandrovka border with Ukraine in a car that arrived at about 4am on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Cheng Lei: China says Australian news anchor was arrested on national security grounds Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:57 AM PDT Foreign ministry spokesman defends questioning of Australian journalists Bill Birtles and Mike Smith Australian news anchor Cheng Lei was arrested in Beijing on national security grounds last month, China's foreign ministry spokesman has revealed, speaking just hours after two other Australian journalists arrived home after fleeing the country. Cheng, a business journalist for the state broadcaster CGTN, was taken into secretive detention in mid-August, the Australian government revealed last week. Consular staff were able to visit Cheng by videolink but were not told why she had been detained. Continue reading... |
| Irish MEP in line for EU finance role vacated due to lockdown scandal Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:30 AM PDT Mairead McGuinness to take role in overseeing access for the City of London to EU markets The veteran MEP Mairead McGuinness has been proposed as Ireland's new EU commissioner, replacing Phil Hogan, who was forced to resign after breaching coronavirus lockdown rules. McGuinness, a European parliament vice-president, would take on the portfolio of financial services, giving her a key role in overseeing access for the City of London to EU markets. Continue reading... |
| Murderer on death row sworn in as Sri Lankan MP Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:18 AM PDT Premalal Jayasekara, who shot an opposition activist, escorted to parliament after court rules he can take up seat A Sri Lankan politician sentenced to death for murder has been escorted from prison to parliament to become the first convict to be sworn in as an MP, amid heckles from the opposition. Premalal Jayasekara, 45, from the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party (SLPP), was convicted in August of murdering an opposition activist after opening fire at a 2015 election rally. As his conviction and sentence came after nominations for the 5 August poll, he was able to contest the election and take up his seat. Continue reading... |
| Julian Assange warned by judge after outburst during extradition trial Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:19 AM PDT WikiLeaks founder told he faces removal after interjection during lawyers' exchange Julian Assange has been warned by the judge in his extradition case that he could be removed from court with the case continuing in his absence after he interjected while a lawyer for the US authorities sparred with a high-profile witness giving evidence in support of the WikiLeaks founder. The incident came on the second day of Assange's extradition hearing at the Old Bailey, where the founder of the legal charity Reprieve said "grave violations of law" such as the use of US drones for targeted strikes in Pakistan had been brought to light with the help of documents published by WikiLeaks. Continue reading... |
| Missing hiker in Yorkshire Dales turns up at police appeal over disappearance Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:40 AM PDT Octogenarian Harry Harvey is believed to have camped in the open for two nights An 80-year-old hiker, who had been missing in the Yorkshire Dales for nearly three days, had an emotional reunion with his family after turning up at a police press conference about his disappearance. Harry Harvey, who had been described as a "competent hiker" by officers, was reported missing in the Gunnerside area of Richmondshire in North Yorkshire at around 1.30pm on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| French book I Hate Men sees sales boom after government adviser calls for ban Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:00 AM PDT Ralph Zurmély, who advises the gender equality ministry, says Pauline Harmange's 'ode to misandry' should be withdrawn for inciting hatred A French government official's attempts to ban an essay entitled I Hate Men over its "incitement to hatred on the grounds of gender" have backfired, sending sales of the feminist pamphlet skyrocketing. Pauline Harmange's Moi les hommes, je les déteste explores whether women "have good reason to hate men", and whether "anger towards men is actually a joyful and emancipatory path, if it is allowed to be expressed". Its small French publisher, Monstrograph, called it a "feminist and iconoclastic book" that "defends misandry as a way of making room for sisterhood". Continue reading... |
| 'The memories never leave me': Uighur teacher describes forced sterilisation – video interview Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:00 AM PDT Qelbinur Sidik, who was coerced to teach Mandarin at two of China's Uighur 're-education' camps, has described what she witnessed there as well as her own forced sterilisation at the age of 50. As part of a government campaign to suppress the birth rates of women from Muslim minorities, Sidik says women between the ages of 18 and 59 were told they must have intrauterine devices (IUDs) fitted or undergo sterilisation. Sidik worked as a teacher in two camps where she says she saw starvation rations and unsanitary and humiliating conditions, including limited access to bathrooms and water. She also heard the screams of tortured prisoners and witnessed at least one inmate being carried out dead. In the second centre where she worked, which held mostly young women, a trusted colleague told her that rape of inmates by Chinese guards was routine Continue reading... |
| Ex-G4S executives charged with defrauding UK government Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:22 AM PDT Three former directors of division which ran electronic tagging contract have been charged after an SFO investigation The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged three former executives at security company G4S with defrauding the government. The three men were charged with seven offences of fraud in connection to false representations made to the Ministry of Justice between 2009 and 2012, the SFO said on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Sun Children review – Iranian street kids strike gold Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:27 AM PDT Majid Majidi's cast of young toughs digging for treasure under a school deliver a heart-rending story with unexpected depth of emotion Sun Children, by the Iranian director Majid Majidi, gives us a prison-break drama that is escaping to nowhere, and a knockabout school comedy gone horribly wrong. The acting is broad, the plot gears often creak, but it has guts and heart and a grubby, street-smart charisma. It's one of the finest films playing in this year's Venice competition. Dedicated to "the 152m children forced into child labour", this casts 12-year-old Roohollah Zamani as Ali, the pint-sized boss of a gang of thieves, a miniature wheel inside a much bigger machine, working for an unnamed local crime boss who skulks on the rooftop amid his pigeon coops. The boss wants Ali to retrieve a hoard of unspecified treasure, which is either buried in the local graveyard or in the drainage pipe that runs beside it. And the only way he can do it is to go back to school. Continue reading... |
| UN urged to intervene in case of detained Hotel Rwanda dissident Posted: 07 Sep 2020 11:55 PM PDT Lawyers for Paul Rusesabagina, who is detained in Kigali, say he faces serious risk of torture Lawyers for Paul Rusesabagina have called on a UN investigator to immediately intervene in the case of the human rights activist – and inspiration behind the film Hotel Rwanda – who is being detained in Rwanda and is alleged to face a "serious risk of torture". The letter to Nils Melzer, the special rapporteur on torture, comes one week after Rusesabagina, a prominent critic of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, was revealed to have been brought to Kigali from Dubai in what his lawyers have called an illegal rendition. Continue reading... |
| Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border review – darkness leavened with a dash of wit Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:00 PM PDT More of a travelogue than a documentary, Perkins begins in the border town of Tijuana, where she finds tequila-fuelled parties sit uneasily alongside the scale of asylum seekers' suffering Watching Sue Perkins present a programme always brings to mind the moment in Blackadder when Edmund, in financial straits, is showing prospective buyers around his home. "You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?" says one of them. "No, not really," replies Blackadder. "This is a different thing – it's spontaneous, and it's called wit." Wit is Perkins' USP. All presenters have warmth and intelligence, though both can vary in degree and kind, and in the proportions in which they are blended. But it is Perkins' ability to think on her feet – and, I suppose, the willingness of her editors to keep it in and not flatten her into traditional affectlessness – that marks her (and the likes of Grayson Perry and Paul O'Grady when he lets rip) out. It adds zest to proceedings. This is always welcome, even when – as with last night's opening episode of the two-part Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border (BBC One) – the programme's subject matter is notably colourful stuff on its own. Continue reading... |
| Bottled water flotation makes founder China's third-richest man Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:02 AM PDT Zhong Shanshan's net worth rises to $51bn as Nongfu Spring shares launch in Hong Kong The stock market flotation of China's biggest bottle water company has made its founder the country's third-richest man, as shares in his company rocketed on their debut in Hong Kong. At one point the paper fortune of Zhong Shanshan, the biggest shareholder in bottled water company Nongfu Spring, briefly surpassed that of China's two richest men, Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Tencent founder Pony Ma. Continue reading... |
| Shark attack: surfer dies after being mauled off Gold Coast beach Posted: 08 Sep 2020 04:50 AM PDT The 46-year-old Queensland man suffered critical lower leg injuries after he was bitten off Greenmount beach at Coolangatta A surfer has died after a shark attack on the Gold Coast with authorities saying he suffered critical leg injuries. The Queensland ambulance service said the attack occurred at Greenmount Beach at Coolangatta about 5pm on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| School’s out in Kashmir: classes held in meadows amid closures Posted: 07 Sep 2020 11:15 PM PDT Educators in the disputed region are fighting to keep pupils on track amid repeated lockdowns, curfews and internet blackouts Asmat Jan, 15, practises her singing in a meadow, against a backdrop of Kashmir's towering mountains. In front of her, around 50 other children squat in perfect, straight lines. A couple of adults hover nearby. Education has gone open-air across the valley in Indian-administered Kashmir and this is one of the many makeshift community classes that have sprung up in response to the repeated closure of schools under two separate lockdowns, alongside a communication blackout in this hotly disputed territory imposed in August last year. While political restrictions have eased a little in Kashmir since India revoked the region's special status and degree of autonomy, a brief reopening of education in February lasted only until April's Covid-19 lockdown brought classes to yet another grinding halt. Continue reading... |
| Ardern's promise to make Māori new year a public holiday is well overdue | Leigh-Marama McLachlan Posted: 07 Sep 2020 04:56 PM PDT Recognising Matariki signals official recognition and respect for Māori customs, and a wider buy-in from New Zealanders When the small Matariki cluster of stars becomes visible over New Zealand's early Winter morning skies, the country's indigenous Māori people mark the beginning of their New Year. The prospect of making Matariki a public holiday sends a well overdue sign of respect to Māori traditions and knowledge and paves the way for greater understanding of our nation's unique, shared identity. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus cases rise steeply among young people in England Posted: 07 Sep 2020 09:26 AM PDT Rates growing fastest among those aged 10-29, and decreasing in the older age groups The health secretary, Matt Hancock, implored young people to stick to the rules as Covid-19 infections in the UK rose to their highest levels since early May. It is not known why case rates are higher among young people, but England-level data shows they are rising steeply. Continue reading... |
| German Greens well placed for share of power despite Covid setback Posted: 07 Sep 2020 01:03 AM PDT Pandemic has stalled party's momentum but it still has strong chance of entering government next year In pandemic times, public health takes precedence over the wellbeing of the planet, as Germany's Greens have had to learn the hard way. With Covid-19 shoring up electoral sympathies around a crisis-seasoned Angela Merkel, the buoyant upstarts in opposition have lost much of the momentum they had built up over the last 12 months. And yet, paradoxically, the environmental party's chances of entering government in 2021 have never looked greater. Continue reading... |
| Duterte pardons US marine jailed for killing transgender woman Jennifer Laude – video Posted: 07 Sep 2020 11:51 AM PDT The Philippine president pardoned a US marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment for the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman. Rodrigo Duterte said he had decided to pardon L/Cpl Joseph Scott Pemberton because the marine was not treated fairly after opponents blocked his early release for good conduct in detention. The case had led to calls from some in the Philippines to end the US military presence in the country, a former US colony with which Washington has a mutual defence treaty Continue reading... |
| Pyrotechnic device at gender-reveal party causes California wildfire – video Posted: 07 Sep 2020 03:13 AM PDT A fire in California that has burned more than 7,000 acres was caused by a 'pyrotechnic device used at a gender reveal party', according to the the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Almost 12,500 firefighters are battling 22 major fires across the state, according to Cal Fire Continue reading... |
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