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- Global Covid report: Paris under curfew as Europe battles soaring caseload
- How coronavirus 'diktats' from Downing Street tore Britain apart
- New Zealand's three-week streak without local Covid case ends as port worker falls ill
- Are we near to having a vaccine for Covid-19?
- Jacinda Ardern eases into second term amid relief in New Zealand at election landslide
- Trump blasts Sasse for predicting Senate Republican bloodbath
- Coronavirus live news: curfew starts for millions in France; restrictions eased in Melbourne
- Hong Kong protester 'Grandma Wong’: I was held in mainland China for 14 months
- French teachers vow to ‘teach difficult subjects’ after colleague’s murder
- Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking fresh truce
- Lisa Montgomery to be first female federal inmate executed in 67 years
- Top ministers urged Priti Patel to stop attacks on 'activist lawyers'
- Murderer who tackled London Bridge attacker with narwhal tusk to have sentence reduced
- Trump's hopes fade in Wisconsin as 'greatest economy' boast unravels
- Rare mammoth tusk sculpture on show for first time in Arctic display
- Alaska's new climate threat: tsunamis linked to melting permafrost
- Like the 80s, Liverpool faces a tough opponent, but now it feels different
- Jihadists kill 14 soldiers in attack on Nigerian army base
- US election polls tracker: who is leading in the swing states?
- What next for New Zealand's National party and its embattled leader?
- New Zealand has put its faith in Labour: now the party must deliver | Claire Robinson
- New Zealanders have recognised the good luck that Jacinda Ardern is ours | Steve Braunias
- Jacinda Ardern's partner serves up food for journalists – video
- New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern condemns divisive elections in victory speech – video
- Paris suburb in shock after teacher beheaded – video
- Jacinda Ardern's first term as New Zealand's prime minister – in pictures
- Jacinda Ardern thanks supporters amid Labour landslide – video
- Beheading of French teacher an attack on 'the republic and its values', says Macron – video
| Global Covid report: Paris under curfew as Europe battles soaring caseload Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:43 PM PDT Nine French cities now under month-long curfew; European cases rise 44% in a week; resistance to lockdowns in UK Millions of Europeans faced tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments stepped up efforts to slow the surge in infections, after the World Health Organization reported a "very concerning" 44% rise in European cases over one week. From Saturday evening, Paris and several other French cities go under a night-time curfew that will last at least a month. England is banning mixed household gatherings in the capital and other areas, and Italy's most populous region is limiting bar openings and suspending sports events. Continue reading... |
| How coronavirus 'diktats' from Downing Street tore Britain apart Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT Manchester is in revolt, Wales is restricting movement and Liverpool is furious … Boris Johnson's 'one nation' pledge is failing After six days of difficult and largely fruitless discussions with Downing Street, tempers were fraying among Greater Manchester council leaders and MPs on Thursday morning. In a meeting at 9am between the region's mayor, Andy Burnham, and local government chiefs, the leader of Rochdale Borough Council, Allen Brett told his colleagues he was so fed up with London that he wanted to make his feelings clear to Edward Lister, the prime minister's close adviser, with whom the group was preparing to open yet another online discussion at 9.30am. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand's three-week streak without local Covid case ends as port worker falls ill Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:45 PM PDT Jacinda Ardern says case is an example of the system working, as Dr Ashley Bloomfield urges continued vigilance After 22 days of no new Covid-19 cases in the community, a port worker in New Zealand has tested positive for the coronavirus. The case is a New Zealand man who worked at the ports of Taranaki and Auckland and began showing symptoms on Friday, before testing positive on Saturday evening. Continue reading... |
| Are we near to having a vaccine for Covid-19? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:47 PM PDT Even a once bullish PM is now not so optimistic but there are promising signs of a vaccine on the horizon In March, Boris Johnson said we would turn the tide in 12 weeks and "send the coronavirus packing" and by May ministers were boasting of having a vaccine by September. Last week the prime minister sounded far less confident, telling MPs that there was still no vaccine for SARS, 18 years after it emerged. A vaccine may not be far away though. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern eases into second term amid relief in New Zealand at election landslide Posted: 17 Oct 2020 09:37 PM PDT Prime minister says she will be ready to form a government in two to three weeks as New Zealanders enjoy return to normal life Jacinda Ardern has held out the possibility of forming a coalition government despite securing a historic election victory that will enable her Labour party to govern alone. New Zealanders expressed relief on Sunday at her re-election, after a campaign that felt long and wearying for many. Ardern's party won the highest percentage of the vote in more than five decades, claiming 64 seats in parliament, with her handling of the Covid-19 crisis regarded as decisive in her win. Continue reading... |
| Trump blasts Sasse for predicting Senate Republican bloodbath Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:37 AM PDT The president issued a familiar stream of insults on Twitter after the Nebraska senator heavily criticised him to constituents Down in the polls to Joe Biden and campaigning through a surging pandemic, Donald Trump chose to devote time on Saturday morning to a Twitter rant against a member of his own party in the Senate, a chamber Republicans face losing on 3 November. Related: Trump trails Biden with two weeks to go – but there could yet be surprises Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: curfew starts for millions in France; restrictions eased in Melbourne Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:59 AM PDT Paris and several other French cities face month of restrictions; numbers soar in Europe amid new lockdowns; Melbourne lockdown eased from midnight with travel distance increased to 25km – follow live
Here's a little more from Prof Jeremy Farrer, who has been laying bare the scale of the national crisis. The "worst-case scenario" of 50,000 cases per day across the UK is "almost exactly where we are at", he has told Sky News. The [Office for National Statistics] survey, which is the best data in the country at the moment, shows that 27,000 people are getting this infection every day. But that was until the 10 October. Today, it will be over 50,000, just as the CMO (chief medical officer) Chris Whitty and (the government's chief scientific adviser) Sir Patrick Vallance suggested some three weeks ago.
Burnham called for MPs in Westminster to intervene and ensure tier 3 restrictions come with an adequate financial package. Let's move towards a resolution. That's why I'll be writing to the Labour party leaders in Westminster to ask them to intervene, for Parliament to intervene here. What we need here is a fair financial framework if the government are going to insist on tier 3, at the moment they're doing side deals with individual councils, that isn't good enough for me. This is everywhere's concern because everywhere could end up in tier 3 over the course of this winter. Support us in this, I would ask your viewers to contact their MPs to support us in this because it's about taking the country fairly through a very challenging winter. If we don't put in this support tier 3 will create a punishing lockdown in the poorest communities. I'm not sure a sort of 'we're alright Jack' letter from a group of southern Conservative MPs is going to cut much ice here. I would say to them some of them represent constituencies whose cases were higher than ours when we went into national lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong protester 'Grandma Wong’: I was held in mainland China for 14 months Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:50 PM PDT Sixty-four-year-old vows never to give up fighting, even as she describes forced confessions and detention without trial An elderly woman who disappeared midway through Hong Kong's democracy protests last year has resurfaced in the financial hub after 14 months away, saying she had been detained on the Chinese mainland. Alexandra Wong said on Saturday she was forced to renounce her activism in writing, record a video statement saying she was not tortured, and sent on a "patriotic tour" of the country's north. Continue reading... |
| French teachers vow to ‘teach difficult subjects’ after colleague’s murder Posted: 17 Oct 2020 09:48 PM PDT Rallies expected across country in defiant reaction to beheading of Samuel Paty after showing pupils controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons Shocked French teachers vowed to continue encouraging their pupils' "critical spirit" by raising contested subjects after an Islamic terrorist beheaded a secondary school teacher who showed his students caricatures of the Prophet as part of a freedom of speech discussion. Representatives of teaching unions met the education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and the prime minister Jean Castex on Saturday, hours after the death of 47-year-old history and geography teacher Samuel Paty. Continue reading... |
| Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking fresh truce Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:03 AM PDT Casualties reported after Armenia says it was shelled twice, while Azerbaijan says mortars and artillery were used against it Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, hours after it was agreed. The truce reached on Saturday came into force at midnight after a week-old Russian-brokered ceasefire failed to halt what has been the worst fighting in the South Caucasus since the 1990s. Continue reading... |
| Lisa Montgomery to be first female federal inmate executed in 67 years Posted: 17 Oct 2020 12:17 PM PDT
The US is set to execute a female federal inmate for the first time in 67 years, Donald Trump's justice department has said. Related: Alfre Woodard: 'We want all those with a stake in the death row business to see this film' Continue reading... |
| Top ministers urged Priti Patel to stop attacks on 'activist lawyers' Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:15 PM PDT The home secretary's rhetoric targeting the legal profession continued despite warnings that it led to violence Home secretary Priti Patel ignored warnings from at least two senior colleagues to stop targeting immigration lawyers after a knifeman threatened to kill a solicitor last month in an attack linked to her rhetoric, the Observer can reveal. Lord chancellor Robert Buckland and attorney general Suella Braverman intervened after the attack to tell Patel that her targeting of the legal profession was already believed to have inspired an incident that might have left a solicitor dead. Continue reading... |
| Murderer who tackled London Bridge attacker with narwhal tusk to have sentence reduced Posted: 17 Oct 2020 04:29 PM PDT Steven Gallant could be released early as a result of 'exceptionally brave actions' The murderer who helped disrupt the London Bridge terror attack by confronting Usman Khan with a narwhal tusk while on day release will see his sentence reduced. Steven Gallant, who was praised for risking his life to stop the attack, has been granted the royal prerogative of mercy, an extremely rare case of absolution for a convicted murderer. Continue reading... |
| Trump's hopes fade in Wisconsin as 'greatest economy' boast unravels Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:00 PM PDT The president pinned his re-election hopes on economic success – but the pandemic has transformed the terrain Coarse, cruel, chaotic. Donald Trump has been called a lot of things. Even some of his supporters have had a hard time embracing the darker aspects of his personality. Until recently they have, however, trusted the president on one one vital issue: the economy. But with just 16 days to go until the election, there are clear signs that Trump's claims to have created the "greatest economy we've ever had in the history of our country" are unravelling. Continue reading... |
| Rare mammoth tusk sculpture on show for first time in Arctic display Posted: 17 Oct 2020 10:30 PM PDT Exhibition at British Museum features newly finished Sakha sculpture Ancient mammoth tusk is a seriously niche material to work in, but there is one place where the skills and carving techniques involved are still passed down the generations. A major new British Museum exhibition, Arctic: Culture and Climate, which starts this week in London, will feature an extraordinary piece of "very rare" sculpture, one that details an arcane ritual and has been completed in collaboration with the Sakha people of north-eastern Russia. Continue reading... |
| Alaska's new climate threat: tsunamis linked to melting permafrost Posted: 18 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT Scientists are warning of a link between rapid warming and landslides that could threaten towns and tourist attractions In Alaska and other high, cold places around the world, new research shows that mountains are collapsing as the permafrost that holds them together melts, threatening tsunamis if they fall into the sea. Scientists are warning that populated areas and major tourist attractions are at risk. Continue reading... |
| Like the 80s, Liverpool faces a tough opponent, but now it feels different Posted: 18 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT Militant emerged here amid the ravages of economic decline. A new self-confidence is helping the city face its latest test There's little that's modest about Liverpool. As cities go, it's a glorious show-off – one knockout building after another inviting you to take an admiring look. Which makes it deeply sad then, unnatural even, to walk along its handsome waterfront – mid-afternoon, late last week – and meet barely a soul to admire the view. The river walk is made for a Liverpudlian passeggiata, for the craic and the lovely thrum of city life. Instead, only the skateboarders were out – Covid-19 with its power to empty our city streets has been a boon for them, if no one else. Continue reading... |
| Jihadists kill 14 soldiers in attack on Nigerian army base Posted: 17 Oct 2020 12:47 PM PDT Islamic State West Africa Province fighters fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, sources say Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group have killed 14 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on an army base, military sources have said. Two sources told Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity that fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group had attacked the base in Jakana on Friday evening, firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Continue reading... |
| US election polls tracker: who is leading in the swing states? Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:39 AM PDT As Biden and Trump enter the final weeks of their campaigns, the Guardian is tracking the latest polling in eight states that could decide the election Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the national polls for the presidential election. Continue reading... |
| What next for New Zealand's National party and its embattled leader? Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:48 PM PDT New Zealand overwhelmingly embraced Jacinda Ardern's Labour, leaving Judith Collins' party in the wilderness Judith Collins had a spring in her step and a high-beam smile when she appeared for reporters the day after a New Zealand election that delivered a landslide victory to her opponent, Jacinda Ardern of Labour – the country's most popular leader of modern times. "I'm feeling really good," she said. "Woke up today, the sun was shining." Continue reading... |
| New Zealand has put its faith in Labour: now the party must deliver | Claire Robinson Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:14 PM PDT With its most resounding victory since 1946, the weight of expectation on Labour has never been greater The Jacinda Ardern-led New Zealand Labour party has swept to its largest election night victory since 1946, winning 49.1% of the party vote and 64 seats in parliament. While the outcome is, in effect, a little-change election in the sense that the next government will still be led by Ardern, Labour's victory is one for the history books. Not since the introduction of New Zealand's Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system, has the Labour party had a mandate to govern alone. For Labour's former coalition partner, New Zealand First, the result was a disaster. It appears minor-party voters were no longer attracted to New Zealand First's promises to be a handbrake on change, preferring instead to give their vote to ACT and the Greens, two parties with strong ideas about how to deal with the issues that are confronting New Zealand in the immediate future: rising house prices, income and social inequality, climate change, and the post-Covid economic recovery. Continue reading... |
| New Zealanders have recognised the good luck that Jacinda Ardern is ours | Steve Braunias Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:50 AM PDT As prime minister, Ardern inspired love and trust; now she has to do something with it And the winner is … New Zealand. It was the happiness election – Covid fizzled out, lockdown was released, and a sense of gratitude and sheer joy buoyed Jacinda Ardern through a long campaign to Saturday's landslide victory. "Let's keep moving," Labour's campaign slogan urged, but in reality it was much more a case of: "Let's stick with what we've got, so actually let's not, you know, move." The alternative – National's Judith Collins – was too appalling a prospect. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern's partner serves up food for journalists – video Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:23 AM PDT While New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, waited for election results that would lead to the Labour party securing a historic landslide victory, her partner, Clarke Gayford, delivered home-cooked "fish sliders and venison bites" to journalists outside their home. Gayford served up food during the 2017 election and said he wasn't going to do the same this year, but said it was a good excuse 'to sneak out and go fishing'. |
| New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern condemns divisive elections in victory speech – video Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:40 AM PDT Jacinda Ardern condemns divisive elections during victory speech, saying polls 'don't need to tear people apart'. Her words were interpreted as a veiled allusion to the divisive US election, which take place in two weeks. The Labour party secured a landslide victory with its best result in five decades after Ardern emphasised kindness and cooperation during her first term, and told voters she needed a second term to deliver on her promises of transformational change Continue reading... |
| Paris suburb in shock after teacher beheaded – video Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:45 AM PDT Parents and students have laid flowers outside a school in north-west Paris where a history teacher was decapitated on Friday after he showed a caricature of the prophet Muhammad to his pupils. Samuel Paty, 47, who taught history and geography at the school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was attacked on Friday evening by an 18-year-old man who was shot dead by police shortly afterwards
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| Jacinda Ardern's first term as New Zealand's prime minister – in pictures Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:14 AM PDT Jacinda Ardern has secured a second term as leader after a resounding victory in the country's general election. The Labour leader had led a coalition government since October 2017, ending nearly a decade of National rule. During her first term Ardern had to deal with responses to the Christchurch terrorist atrocity, the Whakaari volcano eruption and the Covid-19 pandemic. She gave birth to her first child, Neve, in June 2018 Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern thanks supporters amid Labour landslide – video Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:47 AM PDT Jacinda Ardern is on track to be re-elected as the prime minister of New Zealand. The Labour party looked set for a landslide victory, attracting so many votes in the general election it could become the first party in decades to be able to govern alone. With more than 90% of the vote counted, Labour had secured 49%, with the opposition National party on 27%. Addressing supporters, Ardern said: "Tonight New Zealand has shown the Labour party its biggest support in 50 years" Continue reading... |
| Beheading of French teacher an attack on 'the republic and its values', says Macron – video Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:55 AM PDT The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said France's battle against Islamist terrorism is 'existential' after the killing of Samuel Paty, a teacher who reportedly showed his class a caricature of the prophet Muhammad. Macron, who visited the site of the killing near a school in a Paris suburb, said the 47-year-old victim had been 'assassinated' and that his killer sought to 'attack the republic and its values'. French police shot a man dead after the attack and officials swiftly announced the killing was being investigated by an anti-terrorism prosecutor.
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