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- Russia is spreading lies about Covid vaccines, says UK military chief
- UK coronavirus live: indoor mixing ban extended to Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough
- Spanish government tells Madrid region new Covid rules are obligatory
- Jeremy Corbyn and Stanley Johnson apologise for Covid breaches
- Brexit: EU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement
- Biden raises record funds as aides jab 'train wreck' Trump after sorry debate
- 'In my dreams I'm there': the exodus from Hong Kong
- Covid live news: Madrid lockdown looms; Italy 'considering extending state of emergency'
- Chrissy Teigen and John Legend speak of 'deep pain' after miscarriage
- UK offshore detention proposal could create 'human rights disaster', Australian experts warn
- Tunisia president calls for return of death penalty following brutal killing
- Alexei Navalny says he believes Vladimir Putin was behind poisoning
- Catalan independence leaders seek to re-engage weary public
- Tokyo stock exchange trading halted for the day due to technical problem
- Irish court rules Subway bread is not bread
- Gone to pot: New Zealand cools on legalising cannabis
- Hancock announces Covid restrictions in Merseyside, Warrington and Teesside
- Former England boxer turns pro after winning fight with Home Office
- First Thing: Biden raised $4m from the ashes of the first debate
- US makes fresh pitch to Latin America in bid to counter China's influence
- China promotes 'revenge travel' to boost economy after Covid lockdowns
- Man who bashed pregnant Muslim woman in Sydney cafe jailed for at least two years
- India's classical music and dance 'guru' system hit by abuse allegations
- Drones, fever goggles, arrests: millions in Asia face 'extreme' Covid surveillance
- Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy fits pattern of extremist rhetoric
- Q&A: what does the government's latest UK Covid-19 data reveal?
- What does the first climate question at a US debate in 20 years reveal?
- Score draw for New Zealand leaders in pub quiz-style debate | Steve Braunias
- A contrast of styles: New Zealand v US leaders' election debate – video
- Joe Biden tells white supremacist groups to 'cease and desist' – video
- Jacinda Ardern admits using cannabis 'a long time ago' in election debate – video
- Trump interrupts Biden's tribute to late son to raise unfounded accusations – video
| Russia is spreading lies about Covid vaccines, says UK military chief Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:25 AM PDT Head of armed forces says both China and Russia trying to undermine cohesion in west Russia is seeking to destabilise countries around the world by sowing disinformation about coronavirus vaccines that is shared rapidly across social media, the head of the armed forces has warned. Gen Sir Nick Carter, the chief of defence staff, said the propaganda tactic reflected a strategy of "political warfare" aggressively undertaken by Beijing as well as Moscow "designed to undermine cohesion" across the west. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:58 AM PDT Government recommends no social mixing between people from different households in these areas, Matt Hancock tells MPs
Hancock said there would be no changes to measures in West Yorkshire, West Midlands, Leicester, Lancashire or the rest of Greater Manchester.
Hancock also told MPs that the rules for Bolton would be aligned with the rules for Manchester. We're also aligning the measures in Bolton with the rest of Greater Manchester and I'd like to pay tribute to David Greenhalgh, the leader of Bolton Council, for his constructive support and the Bolton MPs for all they've done in support of Bolton. This is the problem with local restrictions. |
| Spanish government tells Madrid region new Covid rules are obligatory Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:18 AM PDT Self-governing region's insistence that restrictions are not enforceable raises prospect of a legal challenge The Spanish government has warned the Madrid regional authorities that new measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 are obligatory as political intransigence threatens to undermine efforts to tackle the pandemic in the western European nation hardest hit by the virus. On Wednesday, 13 of Spain's 19 self-governing regions backed a plan to impose partial lockdowns on town and cities, allowing people to enter and exit affected areas only on work, school, or medical grounds, or for other pressing reasons. Continue reading... |
| Jeremy Corbyn and Stanley Johnson apologise for Covid breaches Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:03 AM PDT Former Labour leader and PM's father caught breaking laws on rule of six and masks The former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson's father, Stanley, have apologised for separate breaches of coronavirus restrictions. Corbyn was pictured with his wife, Laura Alvarez, at a dinner party for nine people, breaching the rule that only six people can meet indoors or outdoors. The penalty for the breach is a £200 fine. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: EU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:21 AM PDT UK put on formal notice over internal market bill, which ministers admit breaks international law The EU has launched legal action against the UK after Boris Johnson failed to respond to Brussels' demand that he drop legislation that would overwrite the withdrawal agreement and break international law. Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission president, announced that the UK had been put on formal notice over the internal market bill tabled by the prime minister last month. Continue reading... |
| Biden raises record funds as aides jab 'train wreck' Trump after sorry debate Posted: 30 Sep 2020 07:12 PM PDT
Joe Biden broke fundraising records coming out of Tuesday's acrimonious presidential debate between the Democratic nominee and Donald Trump. Continue reading... |
| 'In my dreams I'm there': the exodus from Hong Kong Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:00 PM PDT Beijing's national security law has prompted the exit of people from all walks of life in fear they or their children are at risk Joe Kwong* loves Hong Kong. But he knows he has to leave. A university-educated construction worker in his 30s, he is just one of many Hongkongers who have uprooted their lives in recent months – or are now planning to – because of fears over the rapid demise of the rule of law and civil liberties. Hong Kong's descent into effective Chinese control has been swift, and was cemented in June by the introduction of the national security law, which prohibits acts of secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. Continue reading... |
| Covid live news: Madrid lockdown looms; Italy 'considering extending state of emergency' Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:55 AM PDT Africa approaching 1.5m cases across its 54 countries; Italy could extend government powers to January; record cases high in Ukraine
Serbia is to review the records kept since the start of its coronavirus outbreak to check the death toll, after the country's leading epidemiologist warned of a significant undercount, according to Reuters. "We will do the audit in the most honest way. I believe in the expertise of our people. We never hid anything, and everything we did, we did transparently," President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters on Thursday.
Unemployment has risen across the single currency zone in Europe for the fifth month in a row, as concerns grow that government support programmes will be unable to keep businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions afloat forever. The jobless rate rose to 8.1% in the 19 countries that use the euro currency in August, up from 7.9% in July, official statistics showed on Thursday, according to the Associated Press. Some 13.2 million people were unemployed and the number of those out of work rose by 251,000. |
| Chrissy Teigen and John Legend speak of 'deep pain' after miscarriage Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:56 PM PDT US model and TV presenter was pregnant with her third child when she was taken into hospital following complications Chrissy Teigen has said she and husband John Legend are "shocked" and in "deep pain" after she suffered a miscarriage. |
| UK offshore detention proposal could create 'human rights disaster', Australian experts warn Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:24 PM PDT At least 12 died in Australia's offshore detention network, while thousands of others suffered mental illness and self harm A Downing Street plan to consider emulating Australia's offshore detention system for asylum seekers risks creating a fresh "human rights disaster", experts familiar with the immigration policy have said. On Wednesday, the Guardian reported that documents from the Foreign Office revealed Downing St had sought its advice on "negotiating an offshore asylum processing facility similar to the Australian model in Papua New Guinea and Nauru". Continue reading... |
| Tunisia president calls for return of death penalty following brutal killing Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:15 PM PDT Human rights campaigners warn reinstating capital punishment 'would be a huge step backwards', as attack on young woman reignites debate The brutal killing of a young woman has reignited a debate in Tunisia over capital punishment, with the country's president suggesting an end to a decades-old moratorium on the death penalty. President Kais Saied told a meeting of the country's national security council on Monday that "murder deserves the death penalty" and urged the security forces to redouble their efforts in countering what he characterised as a nationwide increase in crime. Continue reading... |
| Alexei Navalny says he believes Vladimir Putin was behind poisoning Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:57 AM PDT Russian opposition figure poisoned by nerve agent says he has no 'other versions' of how crime was committed The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he believes Vladimir Putin ordered intelligence agencies to poison him, possibly to avoid a "Belarusian scenario" of civil unrest. Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after falling ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow in August, told the news magazine Der Spiegel that the use of the rare nerve agent novichok meant the assault on his life would have been ordered from the top. Continue reading... |
| Catalan independence leaders seek to re-engage weary public Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:13 AM PDT Pro-independence speaker of regional parliament laments disunity and failure to speak to all of society The pro-independence speaker of Catalonia's parliament has admitted that internal disunity and a failure to engage with all of Catalan society has hampered the secessionist cause, but believes separatist MPs could for the first time clinch more than 50% of the vote in the looming regional election. The wealthy region in north-east Spain is likely to hold a snap election early next year after its separatist president, Quim Torra, was barred from public office by the supreme court. Continue reading... |
| Tokyo stock exchange trading halted for the day due to technical problem Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:53 PM PDT Trading called off on Thursday amid uncertainty over when the issue would be resolved Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended on Thursday because of a problem in the system for relaying market information. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said trading would not resume for the rest of the day. It was unclear when it would be resolved and the system would be operating again. Continue reading... |
| Irish court rules Subway bread is not bread Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:40 PM PDT The US chain's sandwiches do not meet definition of bread or a staple food, Supreme Court rules in tax case The Irish Supreme court has ruled that the bread served at Subway – a US sandwich food chain with branches in more than 100 countries – cannot be defined as bread. Under Ireland's Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 it cannot even be defined as a staple food, according to the Irish Independent, because it contains too much sugar. Continue reading... |
| Gone to pot: New Zealand cools on legalising cannabis Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:21 PM PDT With a crowded election cycle, non-committal politicians and a pandemic to worry about, public support for a yes vote in the referendum is eroding It is believed to be the first country in the world to put the legalisation of recreational cannabis to a national public vote. But amid a pandemic, an election concentrated almost entirely on the Covid-19 crisis, and a simultaneous vote on euthanasia, New Zealand's upcoming marijuana referendum has not captivated the mainstream public attention that it might have in an ordinary year. New Zealand would join Canada and Uruguay on the list of countries legalising the sale and use of cannabis for adults if more than half of voters approved it – but public backing for the measure has eroded in polling during 2020, reversing growing support in recent years. In a debate plagued by claims of misinformation from both sides – and taking place during an overcrowded election cycle – some politicians have shied away from the matter altogether, fearing they will end up on the wrong side of a divisive topic. Continue reading... |
| Hancock announces Covid restrictions in Merseyside, Warrington and Teesside Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:59 AM PDT More than 2 million people will be banned mixing with other households indoors in latest local lockdown More than 2 million people in Merseyside, Warrington and Teesside will be banned by law from mixing with other households indoors in the latest extension of lockdown restrictions. The decision was announced by Matt Hancock, the health secretary, in the Commons following a meeting chaired by Boris Johnson on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Former England boxer turns pro after winning fight with Home Office Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:00 AM PDT Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who was trafficked as a child and has won right to stay in UK, signs with top promoter The former England amateur boxer Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who won his 16-year legal battle with the Home Office for the right to remain in the UK, is launching his professional career after being signed by MTK Global, one of the world's largest boxing management agencies. Fawaz, who has represented England six times and was once an amateur champion, has spent his adult life struggling to establish his nationality and immigration status after being trafficked from Nigeria to the UK as a child and kept in domestic servitude. Continue reading... |
| First Thing: Biden raised $4m from the ashes of the first debate Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:51 AM PDT The Democratic candidate broke fundraising records after Trump's debacle in Cleveland. Plus, the exodus from Hong Kong Good morning, It is Joe Biden who appears to have benefited from Tuesday's acrimonious presidential debate, raising $3.8m in the hour immediately following his televised clash with Donald Trump, whose performance Biden described afterwards as "a national embarrassment". The Commission on Presidential Debates has said it will announce "additional structure" in the format of the two remaining debates, in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the chaotic scenes in Cleveland. Continue reading... |
| US makes fresh pitch to Latin America in bid to counter China's influence Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT Experts say Growth in the Americas programme is attempt to reassert US control – and seems likely to anatagonise Beijing Growing tensions between the US and China have prompted clashes at the United Nations, accusations of spying and rumblings of a global trade war. In Latin America, the rivalry has recently prompted a public relations battle over which superpower could provide ventilators and PPE during the pandemic, outcry over a Chinese deepwater fishing fleet and renewed pressure over the adoption of Huawei technology in 5G networks. Continue reading... |
| China promotes 'revenge travel' to boost economy after Covid lockdowns Posted: 01 Oct 2020 12:29 AM PDT Pent-up demand on display at start of Golden Week after months of paralysis Millions of Chinese people are travelling across the country in a bout of "revenge tourism" after almost a year of quarantines, lockdowns and restrictions on their movement. China's ministry of culture and tourism expects around 550 million people will make trips within the country during an eight-day public holiday marking the mid-autumn festival and China's national day. Continue reading... |
| Man who bashed pregnant Muslim woman in Sydney cafe jailed for at least two years Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT Stipe 'Steven' Lozina had to be removed from sentence hearing after yelling out foul-mouthed racist abuse A man who viciously attacked a heavily pregnant Muslim woman in a Sydney cafe has been jailed for at least two years. But Rana Elasmar and her husband fear Stipe "Steven" Lozina, who was removed from his sentence hearing after disrupting the court with a racist outburst, will hurt others when released. Continue reading... |
| India's classical music and dance 'guru' system hit by abuse allegations Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:30 PM PDT Female musicians say abuse by gurus has been an open secret for years in a culture where 'toxic and old-fashioned patriarchy' holds sway One of India's most venerated cultural traditions – the centuries-old guru-shishya (disciple) method of learning classical music and dance – has been hit by allegations of sexual abuse. A group of 90 female classical musicians issued a statement in September, alleging sexual abuse and exploitation of female disciples by their gurus. They described a "fear-driven culture of silence" that forced women to submit to the sexual demands of their gurus for fear of having to end their careers. Continue reading... |
| Drones, fever goggles, arrests: millions in Asia face 'extreme' Covid surveillance Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:01 PM PDT Coronavirus tracking measures handing 'unchecked powers' to authoritarian regimes, activists warn Draconian surveillance measures introduced during the Covid-19 epidemic are handing "unchecked powers" to authoritarian regimes across Asia, human rights experts are warning. In a report out today, privacy analysts warn that "extreme measures and unchecked powers" brought in to tackle Covid-19 could become permanent features of government across the region, and have an impact on the rights and privacy of millions of people. Continue reading... |
| Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy fits pattern of extremist rhetoric Posted: 30 Sep 2020 07:29 PM PDT President 'made his call to violence crystal clear', critics say, after he exhorted the far-right Proud Boys to 'stand back and stand by' Donald Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy during Tuesday night's debate fits into a pattern of extremist rhetoric that has already baselessly stoked fear of voting fraud amid the president's urging of his supporters to descend on polling stations in November's election. Related: Presidential debate reaction: Trump condemned over failure to criticise far-right group – live Continue reading... |
| Q&A: what does the government's latest UK Covid-19 data reveal? Posted: 30 Sep 2020 01:06 PM PDT Numbers from No 10 briefing show latest restrictions have either yet to take effect or do not go far enough With infections still on the rise, and sharply in some regions, it is clear that the latest restrictions brought in to suppress the virus have either yet to take effect or have not gone far enough. On Wednesday, a further 7,108 new cases were recorded, slightly down on the previous day's 7,143, but high enough to show that the epidemic continues to grow at pace. There were 71 reported deaths for the second day in a row. Continue reading... |
| What does the first climate question at a US debate in 20 years reveal? Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:02 AM PDT The question framed the existence of a human-made climate crisis as something that is for some Americans still debatable The long-awaited climate question in last night's presidential debate broke a 20-year silent streak from moderators on the crisis – thrusting it into prime time but also revealing just how stuck in the past much of the US is on the issue. After more than an hour of chaos as the candidates talked over each other, the Fox News anchor Chris Wallace asked Donald Trump: "What do you believe about the science of climate change and what will you do in the next four years to confront it?" Continue reading... |
| Score draw for New Zealand leaders in pub quiz-style debate | Steve Braunias Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:12 AM PDT Quickfire questions led to dope-smoking and Trump-admiring revelations from Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins Queen Street! The main shopping drag in New Zealand's biggest city, a valley that rolls down towards the harbour in downtown Auckland, is hanging in there, just, even in these stay-at-home Covid days, as someplace fun and weird and chaotic – rare virtues in New Zealand life at the best of times – after dark. True, the only joint to get a feed after 9pm is up the hill at Denny's. And one of the few signs of commerce is the homeless man with his cardboard sign reading: "Let's beat Covid. We can do this. Please give me money." Continue reading... |
| A contrast of styles: New Zealand v US leaders' election debate – video Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:28 PM PDT New Zealand and the United States both had leaders' debates this week, and some political junkies noticed a distinct difference in tone. In New Zealand, where the Labour leader and incumbent prime minister Jacinda Ardern faced off against National leader Judith Collins, the pair exchanged compliments in a debate described by Collins as 'robust and a win for politics'. Meanwhile, in America, president Donald Trump's attacks on his Democratic rival Joe Biden turned highly person
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| Joe Biden tells white supremacist groups to 'cease and desist' – video Posted: 30 Sep 2020 02:28 PM PDT Joe Biden warned white supremacist groups including the Proud Boys to 'cease and desist', in Alliance, Ohio, the second stop of his Build Back Better train tour to Pennsylvania. Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacists and the Proud Boys during Tuesday night's election debate, and on Wednesday Trump claimed he had never heard of Proud Boys, after saying on Tuesday they should 'stand back and stand by'. The Proud Boys have since offered for sale T-shirts with the motif 'standing by'
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| Jacinda Ardern admits using cannabis 'a long time ago' in election debate – video Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:01 AM PDT New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has admitted to using cannabis 'a long time ago', in a heated televised debate with the opposition leader, Judith Collins. Speaking during the 90-minute debate on Newshub, the Labour leader and incumbent PM chose not to disclose how she would vote in the forthcoming cannabis referendum, drawing ire from her opponent, the National party leader Continue reading... |
| Trump interrupts Biden's tribute to late son to raise unfounded accusations – video Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:05 AM PDT Joe Biden was interrupted while paying tribute to his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015, during the first presidential debate against Donald Trump. The former vice-president brought up Beau, the former attorney general of Delaware who served in the army, to highlight Trump's reported criticism of military members as 'losers'. The president cut in and turned the exchange into an attack on the business dealings of Biden's other son, Hunter, in Ukraine. Despite a Senate investigation, there was no evidence of any wrongdoing by Biden, and indeed Trump was impeached for the way in which he was pushing government officials in Kiev to investigate the Biden family. The president went on to remind viewers of Hunter Biden's past drug use and falsely accused him of being dishonourably discharged from the military. Joe Biden, looking directly into the camera, explained that like many Americans, his son had struggled with addiction
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