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Coronavirus live news: Germany imposes lockdown on alpine region; Lombardy to bring in curfew
Rapid one-hour Covid tests begin at Heathrow airport
Hundreds of Victoria hotel quarantine guests must be screened for HIV over blood testing contamination fears
US colleges that welcomed students back likely led to a surge in Covid cases
Presidential debate commission adopts rules to mute microphones
Beheaded teacher to get France's highest honour, says minister
Russian cyber-attack spree shows what unrestrained internet warfare looks like
'I'm the one': Philippines president takes responsibility for drug killings
Hong Kong protester announces asylum granted in Germany
Tuberculosis breakthrough as scientists develop risk prediction tool
Chinese soldier detained by India after straying across border
Talking on the moon: Nasa and Nokia to install 4G on lunar surface
José Padilla, Ibiza DJ who defined chillout music, dies aged 64
New Yorker suspends Jeffrey Toobin for allegedly masturbating on Zoom call
Angels and artillery: a cathedral to Russia's new national identity
Coronavirus: Greater Manchester leaders ready to drop 80% wage furlough demand
US removes Sudan from terrorism blacklist in return for $335m
Samuel L Jackson: 'A fullness comes upon me every time I land in Africa'
Joe Biden criticises Donald Trump for renewed Fauci attack over Covid – US politics live
Bolivia election: Evo Morales's leftwing party celebrates stunning comeback
Scott Morrison's office says it has found no correspondence from Daryl Maguire
Climate finance driving poor countries deeper into debt, says Oxfam
Russia's cyber-attack plan for Olympics part of a familiar pattern
China's economy was first in to Covid crisis – and is first out
Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced
Covid-19: what can we learn from the HIV/Aids pandemic? – podcast
US elections 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump's possible paths to power – podcast
Teargas and water cannon used on anti-lockdown protesters in Prague – video report
'This is mutilation': Chile's blinded protesters seek justice after Covid lockdown – video

Coronavirus live news: Germany imposes lockdown on alpine region; Lombardy to bring in curfew

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:34 AM PDT

Bavarian region to enter lockdown on Tuesday; hospitals in Italian region brace for admissions rise; Philippines records 1,640 new infections

10.34am BST

Ukrainian health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Tuesday the number of coronavirus cases may rise to 8,000-10,000 a day in the coming weeks.

10.19am BST

In Spain, the government of the northern region of Navarre has announced that a two-week lockdown will come into effect from Thursday in a bid to slow a massive surge in Covid-19 cases in the area.

Spain recorded almost 38,000 new cases on Monday and has now logged almost 975,000 in total.

Rapid one-hour Covid tests begin at Heathrow airport

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:37 AM PDT

Coronavirus tests that cost £80 offered to travellers to Italy and Hong Kong

Passengers flying from London Heathrow to Hong Kong and Italy will be able to have a rapid Covid-19 test at the airport before checking in from Tuesday.

The test costs £80 and results will be available within an hour.

Hundreds of Victoria hotel quarantine guests must be screened for HIV over blood testing contamination fears

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:39 PM PDT

Authorities reveal blood glucose test devices were incorrectly used on 243 people, necessitating screenings for blood-borne diseases

More than 200 people who went through hotel quarantine in Victoria must be screened for HIV amid fears of cross-contamination from incorrect usage of blood glucose test devices.

Several such devices were used on multiple people in quarantine between 29 March and 20 August, necessitating screenings for blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B and C and HIV.

US colleges that welcomed students back likely led to a surge in Covid cases

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT

The CDC has said that young adults saw a 55% increase nationally in coronavirus cases in August

From late July through September, students from more than 2,400 colleges and universities went back to campus to participate in what has ultimately become an American experiment in how institutions of higher education can operate during a pandemic.

It has been a few weeks since the most dramatic effects of college reopening have been seen, and in the time since, research has started to show that inviting students back to college likely led to a rise in Covid-19 cases in the US.

Presidential debate commission adopts rules to mute microphones

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:46 AM PDT

Candidates will be muted while the other has the floor, but rule changes have angered Trump camp

Donald Trump has complained that a rule change to mute microphones for part of his final televised debate with Joe Biden is "very unfair" and objected to the topics chosen by the moderator.

When the two face off on Thursday for a final televised debate, each candidate will have their microphones cut off while the other is delivering responses to questions on American families, race in America, climate change, national security and leadership.

Beheaded teacher to get France's highest honour, says minister

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:34 AM PDT

Samuel Paty, killed last week outside his school, will be awarded Legion d'Honneur

Samuel Paty, the 47-year old history teacher beheaded last week by a suspected Islamist, will be posthumously given France's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur, the education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has said.

Paty was killed on Friday outside his school in a Paris suburb by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin. Police shot the attacker dead.

Russian cyber-attack spree shows what unrestrained internet warfare looks like

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 04:24 PM PDT

US indictment of operatives, accused of launching several attacks, gives a detailed account of how they went about their business

The Sandworm team of Russian military intelligence, alleged to have unleashed computer chaos against the Kremlin's enemies around the world, is said to operate out of a blue-tinted glass skyscraper known simply as "the tower".

From that address, 22 Kirova Street in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, the Sandworm hackers, also known more prosaically as the unit 74455 and "the main centre for special technologies", launched attacks on the Ukrainian power system, Emmanuel Macron's presidential bid in France in 2017, the South Korean Olympics in 2018 and the UK investigation into the 2018 Russian nerve agent attack in Salisbury.

'I'm the one': Philippines president takes responsibility for drug killings

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 10:28 PM PDT

In televised address, Rodrigo Duterte says he would 'gladly' go to jail over drugs killings carried out during drug war

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the thousands of killings under his government's war on drugs, adding that he was ready to face charges that could land him in jail, though not charges of crimes against humanity.

The president's televised remarks on Monday night were among his clearest acknowledgement of the prospects that he could face a deluge of criminal charges for the bloody campaign he launched after taking office in mid-2016.

Hong Kong protester announces asylum granted in Germany

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 07:50 PM PDT

Activist said she was arrested at a protest in November 2019 and fled to Germany via Taiwan

Germany has granted refugee status to a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist facing a rioting charge in connection with the 2019 protests, the protester told Reuters on Monday.

The 22-year-old university student showed Reuters a letter from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) dated 14 October that confirmed the granting of refugee status.

Tuberculosis breakthrough as scientists develop risk prediction tool

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 11:15 PM PDT

Data from tens of thousands of people around the world used to identify those at highest risk of active TB before they get sick

Scientists have developed a new tool to predict the chances of a person developing tuberculosis, which could help limit the spread of the disease and improve the life chances of millions of people .

Researchers at University College London (UCL) said they believe they have produced an algorithm that could help eliminate the disease in some countries.

Chinese soldier detained by India after straying across border

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 10:21 PM PDT

Beijing urges India to fulfil promise to return corporal who it says got lost in disputed mountainous region after helping herd yaks

China's military has said it hopes India will honour its pledge to swiftly return a Chinese soldier, found lost along their mountainous and contested border zone, where both militaries have been locked in a tense standoff for decades.

India said on Monday that the soldier, Corporal Wang Ya Long, had been apprehended inside Indian-controlled Ladakh's Demchok area and was to be released soon.

Talking on the moon: Nasa and Nokia to install 4G on lunar surface

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 04:45 PM PDT

Move is part of US space agency's plan to establish a long-term human presence on the moon by 2030

With competition among Earth's telecoms providers as fierce as ever, equipment maker Nokia has announced its expansion into a new market, winning a deal to install the first cellular network on the moon.

The Finnish equipment manufacturer said it was selected by Nasa to deploy an "ultra-compact, low-power, space-hardened" wireless 4G network on the lunar surface, as part of the US space agency's plan to establish a long-term human presence on the moon by 2030.

José Padilla, Ibiza DJ who defined chillout music, dies aged 64

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:51 AM PDT

Spanish DJ and producer, who became famous with the Café del Mar bar and compilation series, dies from colon cancer

José Padilla, the Spanish DJ who helped define chillout music in the 1990s, has died aged 64 from colon cancer.

An update on his Facebook page reads: "It is with great sadness that we bring you the news that José passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday night here on his beloved island of Ibiza … Now he has gone and the sunset in Ibiza will never be the same without him, but the beautiful music of José Padilla will stay with us forever."

New Yorker suspends Jeffrey Toobin for allegedly masturbating on Zoom call

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 04:05 PM PDT

Magazine says it is investigating matter
Toobin says 'I thought I had muted the Zoom video' in apology

The New Yorker magazine has suspended one of its long-time staff writers, legal expert Jeffrey Toobin, while it investigates a report that he was allegedly masturbating during a Zoom work call earlier this month.

"I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera," Toobin said in a statement on Monday about the situation, first reported by Vice.

Angels and artillery: a cathedral to Russia's new national identity

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:44 AM PDT

Cathedral of the Armed Forces blends militarism, patriotism and Orthodox Christianity to controversial effect

Angels hover above artillery, religious images are adorned with Kalashnikovs and the Virgin Mary strikes a pose reminiscent of a Soviet second world war poster. The imagery inside Russia's vast Cathedral of the Armed Forces blends militarism, patriotism and Orthodox Christianity to breathtaking and highly controversial effect.

An hour's drive from Moscow, the cathedral has a metallic, khaki-green exterior, topped with golden domes and crosses that rise to 95 metres (312ft). Inside is the largest amount of mosaic of any church in the world, with many of the work depicting battles from Russian history and the second world war in particular.

Coronavirus: Greater Manchester leaders ready to drop 80% wage furlough demand

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:45 AM PDT

Region's mayor to meet local leaders as minister's noon deadline to agree to tier 3 curbs approaches

Manchester city council's leader, Sir Richard Leese, has said the region's leaders are ready to drop one of their key demands – that hospitality workers should be paid 80% of their wages as furlough – as they seek a deal with the government on putting the region under the tightest coronavirus restrictions.

His comments came as the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, accused the government of provocation after a minister threatened to impose the tier 3 restrictions on the region if a deal wasn't done by noon on Tuesday.

US removes Sudan from terrorism blacklist in return for $335m

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:37 PM PDT

Compensation payment pledged for alleged role in bombing of two US embassies

Washington has removed Sudan from a terrorism blacklist after the country agreed to pay $335m in compensation for its alleged role in the bombing of two US embassies in east Africa by al-Qaida in 1998.

Donald Trump tweeted the news of the deal on Monday. "GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families. Once deposited, I will lift Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. At long last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan!" he wrote.

Samuel L Jackson: 'A fullness comes upon me every time I land in Africa'

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 10:00 PM PDT

As their hard-hitting TV show Enslaved comes to an end, the star and his wife LaTanya Richardson talk about roots, race, revolution – and how to get rid of 'the orange man'

From Spike Lee joints to Tarantino thrillers, Star Wars to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Samuel L Jackson has done it all. Last year he was named "Hollywood's most bankable star", with films grossing a total of $13bn to date – more than the annual GDP of Iceland. The New York Times has described him as "his own genre".

And yet, despite having one of the most recognisable faces on the planet, until recently Jackson didn't know quite where that face had come from. Like many African Americans, he was descended from people who were enslaved, leaving a question mark over his origins. That was until he embarked on a process of genealogy and DNA testing, which led him back to Gabon's Benga tribe. "A lot of people tried to trace themselves and find out where they came from – all they could find out was maybe a country," he explains. "So to go through what I went through – to find out what tribal ancestry I had and to be able to step back into – it was a really emotional, satisfying feeling. There's a fullness that comes upon me, every time I land in Africa. As I step on the ground, everything sort of changes".

Joe Biden criticises Donald Trump for renewed Fauci attack over Covid – US politics live

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:31 AM PDT

10.31am BST

Avi Berkowitz, Trump's Middle East envoy, has posted a video clip this morning from a historic flight taking a government delegation from the United Arab Emirates to Israel for the first time.

Exciting that we keep getting to make these! First UAE delegation to Israel on @etihad (with Israelis, Emirates and Americans onboard) w/ @AdamUSDFC pic.twitter.com/lZ6zrFHfMM

10.18am BST

Back to the coronavirus pandemic in the US for a minute, my colleague Lauren Aratani reports for us this morning that US colleges that welcomed students back likely led to a surge in Covid cases.

Bolivia election: Evo Morales's leftwing party celebrates stunning comeback

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 09:13 AM PDT

Exit polls for presidential election project win for Luis Arce as rival concedes defeat

Evo Morales's leftwing party is celebrating a stunning political comeback after its candidate appeared to trounce rivals in Bolivia's presidential election.

The official results of Sunday's twice-postponed election had yet to be announced on Monday afternoon, but exit polls projected that Luis Arce, the candidate for Morales's Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas), had secured more than 50% of the vote while his closest rival, the centrist former president Carlos Mesa, received about 30%.

Scott Morrison's office says it has found no correspondence from Daryl Maguire

Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:14 AM PDT

Prime minister says police should investigate all issues associated with government's Leppington Triangle land purchase

Scott Morrison's office says preliminary searches have not located any correspondence from the disgraced New South Wales MP Daryl Maguire during Morrison's time in the immigration portfolio, or while he has been prime minister.

During a hearing last week in the NSW independent commission against corruption, Maguire admitted to receiving thousands of dollars in cash to his parliamentary office from a former business associate, Maggie Wang, in relation to a "cash-for-visa" scheme the two established.

Climate finance driving poor countries deeper into debt, says Oxfam

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 04:01 PM PDT

Countries that did least to cause crisis having to take loans to protect themselves, says charity

Billions of dollars are being loaned on high-interest terms to poor countries seeking help to cope with the impacts of climate breakdown, according to an Oxfam report.

The loan terms risk storing up debt burdens lasting far into the future, the charity says.

Russia's cyber-attack plan for Olympics part of a familiar pattern

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:19 PM PDT

The reach of the GRU spy unit behind attacks on Japan and South Korea is remarkable

Russia planned cyber-attack on Tokyo Olympics, says UK

In the aftermath of Moscow's hacking of the 2016 US election, many analysts expected the GRU to be punished. After all, Russia's powerful military spy agency had been caught red-handed. The FBI indicted several GRU hackers in humiliating fashion. The spies who stole Democratic party emails – tens and thousands of them – were named and shamed.

In fact, the GRU avoided any repressions. In recent years Vladimir Putin has carried out a sweeping and brutal reorganisation at the top of government, sending a shiver down the spine of nervous bureaucrats. He has sacked or had arrested regional governors and ministers. Even the FSB, Putin's old spy agency and a rival to the GRU, has seen generals fired.

China's economy was first in to Covid crisis – and is first out

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:41 AM PDT

Beijing was fast to respond and increased public investment; it has not faced a second wave

By its own standards, China's economy is having a bad year. After four decades of stellar growth, the east Asian country will barely expand at all in 2020.

But just about every country – big or small – has faced a hit from the Covid-19 pandemic, and China has suffered less than most. Whereas most western industrialised nations are still struggling to get back to where they were before the virus struck, Beijing has reported that there was year-on-year growth in the third quarter.

Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced

Posted: 18 Oct 2020 07:13 PM PDT

Labour's historic win delivered Ardern a second term while voters punished politicians who embraced populism

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's Labour prime minister who was returned to power for a second term with a commanding majority, has often been hailed internationally as a foil to global surges in right-wing movements and the rise of strongmen such as Donald Trump and Brazil's leader, Jair Bolsonaro.

But the historic victory of Ardern's centre-left party on polling day – its best result in five decades, winning 64 of parliament's 120 seats – was not the only measure by which New Zealand bucked global trends in its vote. The public also rejected some political hopefuls' rallying cries to populism, conspiracy theories and scepticism about Covid-19.

Covid-19: what can we learn from the HIV/Aids pandemic? – podcast

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 09:00 PM PDT

Prof Ravi Gupta's career has informed HIV treatment and curative strategies in the UK and at the Africa Health Research Institute. His treatment of a London patient is, to date, only the second ever successful treatment of an HIV patient, where the person remains long-term virus free. Gupta talks to Sarah Boseley about how a career in HIV research is informing the testing and treatment for Covid-19 and what we can learn in any parallels between the two viruses

US elections 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump's possible paths to power – podcast

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 07:00 PM PDT

Lauren Gambino, political correspondent for Guardian US, discusses which states Biden will need to win to take the White House, and what Trump will need to do to retain the presidency

What matters on 3 November is not which candidate gets more votes in the US election, but who secures the 270 electoral college votes needed to get to the White House. Lauren Gambino, political correspondent for Guardian US, talks to Anushka Asthana about Joe Biden and Donald Trump's possible paths to power.

In 2016, Trump pulled off a shock victory by becoming the first Republican presidential candidate in 28 years to win Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin - but by razor-thin victories says Lauren. Biden wants to get a higher turnout among African American voters and he wants to try and win back white, working-class former Democrat voters. Biden is also looking for support from the suburbs, particularly college-educated women and men who are increasingly turning away from Trump, and seniors. Biden has been trying to take back the narrative by reframing the race as "a campaign between Scranton and Park Avenue" and polls currently have Biden leading in these battleground states. The president is also struggling to maintain control of states he won a bit more easily in 2016 – namely Florida, Arizona and North Carolina. If Trump loses Florida, where Biden has a marginal lead, it will be almost impossible for him to win the White House.

Teargas and water cannon used on anti-lockdown protesters in Prague – video report

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 07:43 AM PDT

Czech police used teargas and a water cannon on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters, who attacked them after an anti-lockdown rally in Prague. Police rescue services said at least 20 people were injured in the clashes

Covid in Europe: protests in Czech Republic, Ireland to toughen rules

'This is mutilation': Chile's blinded protesters seek justice after Covid lockdown – video

Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:34 AM PDT

More than 400 people in Chile have suffered eye injuries after being shot by police while protesting against inequality. They allege that police deliberately aimed teargas canisters and rubber bullets at protesters' faces.

We follow Carlos Puebla, a former construction worker who was blinded in one eye and subsequently lost his job. With Chile hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, he is struggling to pay the rent and feed his family. As Chile exits lockdown and inequality grows ever deeper, he heads back to the streets to seek justice

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