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- Andy Burnham hits out at Tory MPs over Covid negotiations criticism
- UK coronavirus live: Sheffield city region mayor says 'inaction not an option' as he agrees tier 3 restrictions
- New Zealand records 25 Covid cases amid arrival of foreign fishing crews
- Global report: record Covid cases and new lockdowns across Europe
- Polluted air killing half a million babies a year across globe
- Nigeria protests: security forces open fire on protesters in Lagos
- Coronavirus live news: record daily Covid deaths in Russia; CDC finds 300,000 excess deaths in US
- Donald Trump paid nearly $200,000 in taxes to China, report claims
- Trump administration alters and downplays human rights abuses in reports
- Revealed: ex-members of Amy Coney Barrett faith group tell of trauma and sexual abuse
- Nasa Osiris-Rex spacecraft lands on asteroid Bennu in mission to collect dust
- Thailand protests: court orders news outlet to close as PM accuses it of 'inciting unrest'
- Ghislaine Maxwell deposition should be unsealed quickly, judge rules
- Berlin: vandalism of museum artefacts 'linked to conspiracy theorists'
- Doe your bit: Japan invents bags deer can eat after plastic-related deaths
- Cat and mouse on the high seas: on the trail of China's vast squid fleet
- UK clocks go back – but 2020's change won't mean extra drinking time
- Archive, October 1975: Juan Carlos takes over power from dying Franco
- Even if Biden wins US election, time is running out to save Iran nuclear deal
- Kenyan efforts to end FGM suffer blow with victims paraded in 'open defiance'
- Trump cuts short pre-election interview as Covid stimulus bill moves closer– US politics live
- The Bolivian left's election win is a positive sign, but it inherits a dire situation | Kevin Young
- Alleged Vatican payments linked to George Pell case referred to Victorian corruption watchdog
- Croatian police accused of 'sickening' assaults on migrants on Balkans trail
- The loss of family reunion rights will lead to enormous suffering for child refugees | Harriet Grant
- Chocolate industry slammed for failure to crack down on child labour
- Trump says US is 'crushing' coronavirus as country passes 220,000 deaths – video
- Nigerian security forces open fire in Lagos as protesters fight police brutality – video
- Police surround and capture submarine murderer Peter Madsen after he escaped jail – video
- French imam calls for Muslims to 'cry with families' mourning beheaded teacher – video
| Andy Burnham hits out at Tory MPs over Covid negotiations criticism Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:48 AM PDT Greater Manchester mayor dismisses claims by local MPs that he rejected a good deal Andy Burnham has lambasted Conservative MPs trying to encourage the government to pick off Greater Manchester councils one by one after the region failed to collectively reach a coronavirus deal with ministers. The government said the £60m business support offer unanimously rejected by Burnham and Greater Manchester's 10 leaders was "still on the table", as it was announced the Sheffield city region would be the latest in England to be put into the tightest tier 3 restrictions. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:34 AM PDT Latest updates: South Yorkshire third region in England to get strictest measures after local leaders agreed a deal with government
Jeremy Hunt, the chair of the health committee, is questioning Prof John Edmunds now. He asks why the Imperial College paper published on 16 March did not model what would happen if an effective test and trace system were in place.
At the joint Commons science and health committee hearing, Prof John Edmunds, a leading member of the government's Scientific Advisory Committee on Emergencies, has just started giving evidence. Greg Clark, the science committee chair, who is chairing today's session, asked why in the early stages of the crisis Sage seemed to be opposing a policy of completely suppressing the virus. He quotes from these minutes (pdf) of a Sage meeting on 13 March. Sage said: Sage was unanimous that measures seeking to completely suppress spread of Covid19 will cause a second peak. Sage advises that it is a near certainty that countries such as China, where heavy suppression is underway, will experience a second peak once measures are relaxed. We will be able to use vaccines in the not too distant future. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New Zealand records 25 Covid cases amid arrival of foreign fishing crews Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:15 PM PDT Twenty-three cases caught at the border, with two more local transmissions linked to Sunday's port worker case New Zealand has recorded 25 new cases of coronavirus, the biggest daily toll the country has reported since the height of its initial outbreak in March and April. Two were local cases and the rest were discovered at the border, including 18 infections among Russian and Ukraine fishing crews who had arrived on a charter flight from Moscow days earlier. Continue reading... |
| Global report: record Covid cases and new lockdowns across Europe Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:06 AM PDT Parts of Spain and Italy facing restrictions as Ireland set to become first EU country to reimpose national lockdown Regions in Spain and Italy have returned to lockdown and Ireland will do so from Wednesday as countries across Europe continue to report new Covid infection highs and governments struggle to contain the second wave of the pandemic. The northern Spanish Navarre region, where the number of cases per 100,000 people is 945 against 312 nationally, announced a two-week lockdown from Thursday that will be stricter than measures imposed on Madrid by central government. Continue reading... |
| Polluted air killing half a million babies a year across globe Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:01 PM PDT State of Global Air report says indoor air quality causing two-thirds of the deaths and affecting health in the womb Air pollution last year caused the premature death of nearly half a million babies in their first month of life, with most of the infants being in the developing world, data shows. Exposure to airborne pollutants is harmful also for babies in the womb. It can cause a premature birth or low birth weight. Both of these factors are associated with higher infant mortality. Continue reading... |
| Nigeria protests: security forces open fire on protesters in Lagos Posted: 20 Oct 2020 06:55 PM PDT Crackdown as rallies against police brutality continue in defiance of government curfew Nigerian security forces have opened fire on hundreds of protesters in Lagos, as rallies against police brutality continued in defiance of a 24-hour curfew imposed by the government earlier in the day. Graphic scenes posted on social media showed protesters fleeing as security forces, including soldiers, shot live rounds towards the crowds. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: record daily Covid deaths in Russia; CDC finds 300,000 excess deaths in US Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:46 AM PDT Russia nears 25,000 Covid deaths; South Yorkshire third England region to enter strictest restrictions; US death toll might be 'underascertained'
The Czech Republic's deputy prime minister, Jan Hamáček, who is also the interior minister, has tested positive for Covid-19, Reuters has reported. Hamáček, 41, is chief of the Social Democratic party, junior partner in the ruling coalition, and is also head of the crisis committee coordinating logistical efforts to counter the pandemic.
Slovakia and Poland have reported record daily tallies of coronavirus cases. In Poland, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections has doubled in less than three weeks and now exceeds 200,000, the health ministry said, as it announced a new daily record of 10,040 cases. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump paid nearly $200,000 in taxes to China, report claims Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:47 PM PDT New York Times says records reveal company bank account in China, and documents show he paid more tax there than at home Donald Trump maintains a bank account in China where he pursued licensing deals for years, according to a report that could undermine the president's election campaign claim that he is tough on Beijing. Tax records reviewed by the New York Times showed a previously unreported bank account in China controlled by Trump International Hotels Management. The account paid $188,561 in taxes in China between 2013 and 2015 in connection to potential licensing deals, according the newspaper. Continue reading... |
| Trump administration alters and downplays human rights abuses in reports Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT A report found that the state department assessments were not consistent with the seriousness of situations in other countries The Trump administration has omitted or altered vital information about human rights – including torture, reproductive rights and persecution based on sexuality – from its annual assessments of human rights, a new report reveals. The state department's annual reports have long been relied upon by governments, judges and lawyers – as well as the United Nations – as a "gold standard" of objective information about the human rights situation in countries around the world. The US began compiling these reports in 1976. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: ex-members of Amy Coney Barrett faith group tell of trauma and sexual abuse Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT People of Praise hire lawyers to investigate historical sexual abuse allegations as former members speak of 'emotional torment' Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the supreme court has prompted former members of her secretive faith group, the People of Praise, to come forward and share stories about emotional trauma and – in at least one case – sexual abuse they claim to have suffered at the hands of members of the Christian group. Related: 'It instilled such problems': ex-member of Amy Coney Barrett's faith group speaks out Continue reading... |
| Nasa Osiris-Rex spacecraft lands on asteroid Bennu in mission to collect dust Posted: 20 Oct 2020 05:45 PM PDT Spacecraft 'kissed the surface' in brief landing on asteroid 200m miles away from Earth in US-first mission A Nasa spacecraft has successfully landed on an asteroid, dodging boulders the size of buildings, in order to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for analysis back on Earth. The space agency team behind the Osiris-Rex project said preliminary data showed the sample collection went as planned and that the spacecraft had lifted off the surface of asteroid Bennu. Continue reading... |
| Thailand protests: court orders news outlet to close as PM accuses it of 'inciting unrest' Posted: 20 Oct 2020 07:29 PM PDT Voice TV, which has links to former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, faces closure over coverage of youth-led protests against government and monarchy A Thai news outlet connected to exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been ordered to shut down over its coverage of anti-government protests in Bangkok as demonstrators prepared to take to the streets for a sixth consecutive day. Voice TV, a website partly owned by Thaksin's family, was one of four media organisations under fire for their reporting of the youth-led pro-democracy protest movement and has been critical of the government. Continue reading... |
| Ghislaine Maxwell deposition should be unsealed quickly, judge rules Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:02 PM PDT Lawyers had argued that the transcripts should remain sealed in part to protect her right to a fair trial Transcripts of interviews lawyers conducted with Ghislaine Maxwell involving her former boyfriend, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, should be released as soon as possible, a New York judge ordered on Tuesday. Related: Coronavirus economic relief deal beckons as Pelosi, Mnuchin resume talks - live Continue reading... |
| Berlin: vandalism of museum artefacts 'linked to conspiracy theorists' Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:28 PM PDT Use of oily substance across three galleries reportedly related to claims they are centre of 'global satanism' At least 70 artworks and ancient artefacts across three galleries on Berlin's museum island were vandalised with an oily substance earlier this month, German media has reported. Objects including Egyptian sarcophagi, stone sculptures and 19th-century paintings held at the Pergamon Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Neues Museum sustained visible damage during the attack on 3 October, according to reports in the weekly Die Zeit and broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Doe your bit: Japan invents bags deer can eat after plastic-related deaths Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:02 PM PDT To keep animals safe from rubbish discarded by tourists, a bag has been devised made from milk cartons and rice bran The famed deer that roam the city of Nara, in Japan, no longer face discomfort – or far worse – after local companies developed a safe alternative to the plastic packaging discarded by tourists that often ended up in the animals' stomachs. Last year several of the 1,300 deer that wander around the ancient capital's central park were found dead after swallowing plastic bags and food wrappers, prompting calls for tourists not to leave their rubbish behind. One of the dead animals had swallowed more than 4kg of rubbish. Continue reading... |
| Cat and mouse on the high seas: on the trail of China's vast squid fleet Posted: 21 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT Huge foreign fleets gather 400 miles off South America's Pacific coast attracted by giant squid. Peru's coastguard must defend its territorial waters amid rising tension The ocean is as black as chipped obsidian, yet whichever way you look dozens of bright lights illuminate the water and the night sky. Nearly 400 nautical miles from the South American mainland, the crew of a Peruvian coastguard ship count more than 30 Chinese squid boats lighting up the sea like a city at night. Some of the boats shine luminous green, others glow blinding white like an alien spacecraft in a movie. Rigged along each side of the ships, incandescent lamps attract giant squid near the surface, where they can be hauled from the ocean by long metal arms jutting over the water. Continue reading... |
| UK clocks go back – but 2020's change won't mean extra drinking time Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:44 AM PDT British summer time ends at 2am on Sunday, but Covid rules have scuppered one of the usual consolations At 2am on Sunday 25 October British summer time (BST) comes to an end, the country puts the clocks back an hour to 1am, and we go back to observing Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The clocks going back is usually a bonanza for the entertainment and hospitality industry. If your bar usually shuts at 2am, by the time it rolls around, it is suddenly 1am again, and you can in theory stay open for another hour. However, under current coronavirus restrictions, everything fun has to shut at 10pm on Saturday night. If you are under tier 3 restrictions in England, mind you, there won't have been much opportunity to go out anyway. Continue reading... |
| Archive, October 1975: Juan Carlos takes over power from dying Franco Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:44 AM PDT As General Franco lay critically ill, his dictatorship effectively ended with the news that heir-designate Prince Carlos was taking over as provisional head of state. See how the Guardian reported events by Walter Schwarz |
| Even if Biden wins US election, time is running out to save Iran nuclear deal Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:00 PM PDT Events in the US are being watched closely as Iran's presidential election looms in early 2021 Even if Joe Biden triumphs at the polls, Iran's weakened government may only have a few months to negotiate a revived nuclear deal before facing its own electoral challenge by hardliners who oppose any engagement with the west. The narrow window has prompted calls for Biden to offer a phased approach to rejoining the Iran nuclear deal abandoned by Donald Trump in 2018, in order to show progress before the Iranian presidential election. Continue reading... |
| Kenyan efforts to end FGM suffer blow with victims paraded in 'open defiance' Posted: 20 Oct 2020 11:15 PM PDT Almost 3,000 girls from the Kuria community have undergone female genital mutilation in recent weeks, despite crackdown Kenya has seen a setback in its progress to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) after an open parade in defiance of the government clampdown on the practice took place this week. Almost 2,800 girls from the Kuria community in south-western Kenya have undergone FGM, which involves the removal of the outer layers of female genitalia and sometimes the clitoris, in the past three weeks, say local activists. Continue reading... |
| Trump cuts short pre-election interview as Covid stimulus bill moves closer– US politics live Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:47 AM PDT
Our diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour writes for us today that even if Biden wins the US election, time is running out to save Iran nuclear deal: Iran's weakened government may only have a few months to negotiate a revived nuclear deal before facing its own electoral challenge by hardliners who oppose any engagement with the west. The narrow window has prompted calls for Biden to offer a phased approach to rejoining the Iran nuclear deal abandoned by Donald Trump in 2018, in order to show progress before the Iranian presidential election.
We are less than two weeks away from the US election, and we are still seeing legal wrangling over the procedures in multiple states. Jonathan Drew and Bryan Anderson have been looking at the process in North Carolina for Associated Press, and found that time is dwindling for thousands of voters to fix absentee voting errors. Continue reading... |
| The Bolivian left's election win is a positive sign, but it inherits a dire situation | Kevin Young Posted: 21 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT The landslide vote for Luis Arce is reason for optimism, but Bolivia still requires major resources to contain Covid-19 On 18 October, the progressive candidate, Luis Arce, decisively won Bolivia's presidential election, beating his nearest rival by about 20 points according to exit polls. His party, Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas), also apparently retained its majorities in both houses of congress. It's a remarkable turn of events. In November 2019 the Mas president, Evo Morales, was overthrown in a police-military coup that installed the rightwing evangelical Jeanine Áñez as president. Continue reading... |
| Alleged Vatican payments linked to George Pell case referred to Victorian corruption watchdog Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:17 AM PDT Australian federal police was asked to investigate and has 'referred aspects of this matter' to Ibac The Australian federal police has referred information regarding alleged payments from the Vatican linked to George Pell's court matters to Victoria's anti-corruption body. Australia's financial crimes regulator, Austrac, revealed on Tuesday it had provided information to police after it was asked to examine allegations that €700,000 (A$1.1m) had been paid from Vatican funds to a witness in the Pell case. Continue reading... |
| Croatian police accused of 'sickening' assaults on migrants on Balkans trail Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:30 PM PDT Testimony from asylum seekers alleging brutal border pushbacks, including sexual abuse, adds to calls for EU to investigate People on the Balkans migrant trail have allegedly been whipped, robbed and, in one case, sexually abused by members of the Croatian police. The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has documented a series of brutal pushbacks on the Bosnia-Croatian border involving dozens of asylum seekers between 12 and 16 October. Continue reading... |
| The loss of family reunion rights will lead to enormous suffering for child refugees | Harriet Grant Posted: 20 Oct 2020 08:24 AM PDT I've interviewed those seeking safe passage to the UK: their plight was obvious, their stories shocking Last night the government voted against attempts to protect the right of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to join family in the UK. Only six Conservative MPs rebelled to support the amendment, put forward by former child refugee Lord Dubs, that would have enshrined the legal right to family reunion for child refugees after the UK leaves the EU at the end of the year. It's hard to emphasise the immeasurable loss that this vote will impose on thousands of families in the years to come. Over the past few years I've interviewed young people trying to reach their relatives in the UK and families here desperate to get children and young people to safety. The suffering was always enormous, consuming every minute of their day. Continue reading... |
| Chocolate industry slammed for failure to crack down on child labour Posted: 20 Oct 2020 05:42 AM PDT Children as young as five still exposed to hazardous work in countries including Ghana and Ivory Coast, report reveals Nearly 20 years after the world's major chocolate manufacturers pledged to abolish employment abuses, hazardous child labour remains rife in their supply chains, a new study finds. The findings raise difficult questions for industry in particular. Back in 2001, big brands such as Nestlé, Mars and Hershey signed a cross-sector accord aimed at eliminating egregious child labour. Despite missing deadlines to deliver on their pledge in 2005, 2008 and 2010, they continue to insist that ending the illegal practice remains their top concern. |
| Trump says US is 'crushing' coronavirus as country passes 220,000 deaths – video Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:45 PM PDT The president is 'crushing' Covid-19 as the country surpasses 220,000 deaths from the virus. Speaking at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Trump told voters 'If you want depression, doom and despair. Vote for sleepy Joe Biden. And boredom'. Trump blamed former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton when his microphone cut out during the rally and also claimed that if the virus had not struck he would not have needed to campign very hard to win re-election. Continue reading... |
| Nigerian security forces open fire in Lagos as protesters fight police brutality – video Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:09 PM PDT Nigerian security forces have opened fire on hundreds of protesters in Lagos, as rallies against police brutality continued in defiance of a 24-hour curfew. Footage shared on social media shows shots being fired in the Lekki district of Africa's largest city. Demonstrators continued their protest against the notorious Sars police unit, now dissolved but long-accused of extra-judicial killings, torture and extortion. The government has adopted measures including judicial panels to investigate abuses and compensation for victims, and officials have called for protesters to suspend the demonstrations to give the government time to make good on its pledges
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| Police surround and capture submarine murderer Peter Madsen after he escaped jail – video Posted: 20 Oct 2020 06:55 AM PDT Peter Madsen, a Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine, escaped the suburban Copenhagen jail where he is serving a life sentence – but was recaptured nearby on Tuesday. Danish media showed video of Madsen sitting in the grass with his hands behind his back and police at a distance Continue reading... |
| French imam calls for Muslims to 'cry with families' mourning beheaded teacher – video Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:55 AM PDT French imams have visited the school of the teacher who was beheaded by a suspected Islamist militant to pay their respects and call on Muslims to rally behind freedom of expression. Hassen Chalghoumi, an imam at Drancy mosque, said of the victim, Samuel Paty: 'He's a martyr, he's a wise man, he taught about tolerance, about civilisation and the respect of others.' Continue reading... |
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