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- Ted Cruz and other Republican senators oppose certifying election results
- Britons living in Spain barred from Madrid flight in post-Brexit travel row
- Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers
- Iran steps up nuclear plans as tensions rise on anniversary of Suleimani’s killing
- Larry King, TV chatshow veteran, in hospital with coronavirus – reports
- Squatters issue death threats to archaeologist who discovered oldest city in the Americas
- Lethal airstrikes in Yemen ‘left off’ confidential UK record
- Dutch high hopes for legal cannabis farms hit by nimby protests
- Greta Thunberg at 18: 'I'm not telling anyone what to do'
- Australian women’s rights activist faces charges in Tanzania
- The Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?
- Covid live news: Johnson says he is 'reconciled' to prospect of tighter restrictions soon; South Korea says it is containing third wave
- US braces for post-holiday Covid surge as death toll passes 350,000
- Teachers take legal action as chaos grips England's schools plan
- Jane Goodall: 'Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way'
- ‘This is a referendum’: US Senate on a knife-edge as Georgia runoffs loom
- Adut Akech: ‘I was just this shy kid’
- The race to replace Bill de Blasio: Who will be New York City's next mayor?
- Do we have to age?
- A wing and a prayer: how birds are coping with the climate crisis
- Women fight to help families torn apart by ‘racist’ deportation policy
- Can Kamala Harris as vice-president be both loyal deputy and heir apparent?
- The Observer view on how the west should deal with rising China | Observer editorial
- Covid hotspots NSW: list of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locations
- The government's U-turns on education in England under Covid
| Ted Cruz and other Republican senators oppose certifying election results Posted: 02 Jan 2021 08:11 PM PST Republicans say they will reject presidential electors from states where Trump campaign contested results unless audit completed Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and nine other Republican US senators or senators-elect said on Saturday they will reject presidential electors from states where Donald Trump has contested his defeat by Joe Biden, "unless and until [an] emergency 10-day audit" of such results is completed. Related: Republican plan to challenge election signals 'cult of Trump' will live on in Biden era Continue reading... |
| Britons living in Spain barred from Madrid flight in post-Brexit travel row Posted: 02 Jan 2021 05:45 PM PST British embassy says 'this should not be happening' after airline staff claim pre-Brexit ID documents are invalid British residents flying home to Spain were prevented from boarding a joint BA/Iberia flight to Madrid on Saturday night after airline staff said their pre-Brexit residency papers were no longer valid. A total of nine people weren't allowed to board at Heathrow, among them journalist and photographer Max Duncan, who was told his green residency paper was no longer valid, even though both the Spanish and British governments have said both the old Foreign National Identification (NIE) document and the new Foreign ID Card (TIE) remain valid. Continue reading... |
| Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers Posted: 03 Jan 2021 01:30 AM PST Human rights groups accuse Israel of dodging obligations to millions in occupied territories who may wait months for vaccination Israel is celebrating an impressive, record-setting vaccination drive, having given initial jabs of coronavirus shots to more than a 10th of the population. But Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza can only watch and wait. As the world ramps up what is already on track to become a highly unequal vaccination push – with people in richer nations first to be inoculated – the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories provides a stark example of the divide. Continue reading... |
| Iran steps up nuclear plans as tensions rise on anniversary of Suleimani’s killing Posted: 03 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST As Tehran moves on uranium enrichment, Washington braces for retaliation a year after the Quds Force commander's assassination Iran has announced plans to enrich uranium up to 20% purity, just a step away from weapons-grade levels, as tensions with the US ratchet up during the final days of Donald Trump's presidency. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed it had been notified of Iran's decision to increase enrichment at the Fordow facility, buried in a mountainside to protect it from military strikes, although Tehran did not say when the process would begin. Continue reading... |
| Larry King, TV chatshow veteran, in hospital with coronavirus – reports Posted: 02 Jan 2021 05:09 PM PST The 87-year-old is reportedly being treated at the Cedar-Sinai medical centre in Los Angeles after contracting coronavirus Veteran talk show host Larry King, 87, is being treated at a Los Angeles hospital for Covid-19, according to multiple US reports. CNN, his employer for many years, said he had been in hospital for a week. "Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he's a champ," ABC News reported a source close to the family as saying, after the story was originally reported in a showbiz column. Continue reading... |
| Squatters issue death threats to archaeologist who discovered oldest city in the Americas Posted: 03 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST Squatters reportedly belonging to one family claim site of 5,000 year-old ruins was given to them in the 1970s Illegal squatters have invaded the ruins of the oldest city in the Americas, and made death threats against Ruth Shady, the celebrated Peruvian archaeologist who discovered the 5,000 year-old civilization. The threats came via telephone calls and messages to various workers at the archeological site at the height of Peru's Covid-19 pandemic. They followed reports to the police and prosecutors about the invasions of the ancient ruins of Caral. Continue reading... |
| Lethal airstrikes in Yemen ‘left off’ confidential UK record Posted: 02 Jan 2021 11:30 PM PST Ministers under pressure to say why attacks involving civilian casualties have been excluded from log of alleged humanitarian breaches The government is under pressure to explain why a series of air strikes in Yemen, many involving civilian casualties, have not been recorded in its confidential log of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL). The existence of the database, which has been kept by the Ministry of Defence since 2015, emerged only when the government became embroiled in a legal challenge over its decision to grant UK arms manufacturers export licences to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen. The challenge came amid claims the weapons were being used in breach of IHL. Continue reading... |
| Dutch high hopes for legal cannabis farms hit by nimby protests Posted: 03 Jan 2021 01:00 AM PST Drug supply experiment falters as Netherlands plan for greenhouses stirs anxiety among local residents A Dutch trial of state-regulated cannabis cultivation farms to supply coffee shops risks being derailed by an outbreak of nimbyism after locals protested about the location of one of the new facilities. The plans to take over greenhouses on the outskirts of Etten-Leur, a town in north Brabant, near the Belgian border, and replace blackberries with cannabis plants, triggered large local protests and a request by the local mayor for central government to block the scheme. Continue reading... |
| Greta Thunberg at 18: 'I'm not telling anyone what to do' Posted: 03 Jan 2021 01:21 AM PST Environmental activist says she has stopped buying new clothes but will not criticise those who fly or have children The environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg says she has stopped buying new clothes and holds no grudges against people who fly or decide to have children. In an interview to mark her 18th birthday, the Swedish activist offered a relaxed view when asked about celebrities who trumpet their environmental awareness yet contribute to carbon emissions by using passenger aircraft. Continue reading... |
| Australian women’s rights activist faces charges in Tanzania Posted: 02 Jan 2021 10:48 PM PST Supporters says charges against Zara Kay, who has had her passport confiscated, are 'politically motivated' An Australian ex-Muslim women's rights activist faces "politically motivated" charges in Tanzania, including for a tweet allegedly critical of the country's president, according to her supporters. The Australian government is providing consular assistance to Zara Kay, 28, the founder of Faithless Hijabi, a group set up two years ago to support women who are ostracised or face violence if they leave or question Islam. Continue reading... |
| The Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results? Posted: 02 Jan 2021 11:15 PM PST Fall or rise in coronavirus cases will not initially be a good measure of efficacy, say scientists devising ways to audit progress
People in Britain are set to get their first shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, with millions of doses being given over the next few months. The mass vaccination of the UK's population should bring an end to the country's Covid-19 misery, but how long will it take for this immunisation programme to make a difference to our lives – and what will be the first signs that salvation is on the way? These key issues will be anxiously pursued as the battle against Covid proceeds and daily cases involving the new virus variant continue to spread. However, scientists have warned that simply waiting for a reduction in new cases is not the way to tell whether the vaccine is starting to have an impact. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2021 02:28 AM PST Latest updates: UK PM says 'it may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks'; South Korea had over 600 new cases on Saturday
Tony Blair has called for the introduction of "vaccination stations" modelled on polling stations as part of a massive effort to accelerate the rollout of the jab, along with cutting limits on pharmacy distribution and using unoccupied office space as places to administer the vaccine. Among other measures he proposes, Blair also says that a minimum of 30,000 additional vaccinators are needed and suggests that a single platform should be adopted for a 'Covid Pass' which would allow any individual to quickly show their status on testing and whether they have been vaccinated.
In Egypt, the government has approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start later in January, the health minister said. "The Egyptian pharmaceutical authority approved on Saturday the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine," Hala Zayed said late on Saturday in remarks on the local MBC Masr channel that were reported by AFP. Continue reading... |
| US braces for post-holiday Covid surge as death toll passes 350,000 Posted: 02 Jan 2021 10:15 AM PST
The US is braced for a post-holiday coronavirus surge as its death toll passed 350,000, with thousands more predicted to die in the coming month and doctors warning they are at "breaking point" and fighting "world war three". Related: 'Why aren't they home?': Lake Tahoe struggles to keep winter vacationers at bay Continue reading... |
| Teachers take legal action as chaos grips England's schools plan Posted: 02 Jan 2021 01:00 PM PST Unions advise teachers to stay away from schools and warn reopening plan is an 'utter shambles' The planned reopening of schools in England has descended into disarray, as unions advised teachers not to return to the classroom, heads took legal action over the government's plans and senior Tories warned that school gates may have to remain shut for weeks to come. With warnings that some primary heads would arrive at work on Monday morning unsure about whether they would be able to reopen to pupils, teachers accused the government of making an "utter shambles" of school reopening and demanded a last-minute delay. Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, was also facing renewed calls to resign over the chaos. Continue reading... |
| Jane Goodall: 'Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way' Posted: 03 Jan 2021 01:00 AM PST The primatologist and ecological activist on why population isn't the cause of climate change, and why she's encouraging optimism Jane Goodall is a primatologist who is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on chimpanzees. She has spent 60 years studying the chimps that live in the Gombe Stream national park and she is a prominent advocate, via several foundations, of protecting the great apes and their habitats. She has been presented with awards by the UN and various governments for her conservation and environmental work. She appears in the Netflix documentary The Beginning of Life 2. You warned last June that humanity will be finished if we don't make drastic changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis. Have you seen any indication of that drastic change? |
| ‘This is a referendum’: US Senate on a knife-edge as Georgia runoffs loom Posted: 02 Jan 2021 11:30 PM PST Balance of power in 100-member US Senate at stake as two radically different visions of US collide "Georgia, Georgia," sings musician John Legend, before Barack Obama's narration takes over. "When the moment came to reject fear and division and send a message for change, Georgia stepped up," says the former US president, referring to Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the state. "Now, America is counting on you again." Related: Georgia Senate runoff elections: how they work and why they matter Continue reading... |
| Adut Akech: ‘I was just this shy kid’ Posted: 03 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST Adut Akech's rise from Kenyan refugee camp to the international catwalk has been remarkable. She talks about her 'fashion dad' Edward Enninful and why she wants to see proper diversity in the fashion industry All the best supermodels have fairytale origin stories. They are bullied at school: too tall, too flat-chested, too strange-looking. Boys prefer their more comely peers. They grow up believing themselves to be unlovable, even social outcasts. And then an outsider swoops in – perhaps at an airport (Kate Moss), in Primark (Jourdan Dunn), or McDonald's (Gisele Bündchen). The scout plucks them from obscurity and drops them into a life of international travel, money and acclaim. Their self-doubt is sloughed away like dead skin. Bullies stand chastened. The supermodel triumphs. Moss and co don't have anything on Adut Akech's origin story. Their childhoods are the Pixar remakes of her Grimms' fairytale. Akech was born as her mother fled civil war in South Sudan and raised in a refugee camp in Kenya. At seven, she moved with her family to Australia. When she arrived, she didn't speak any English, "I was this tall, super-shy, awkward kid," she says. "I had a weird name, and a gap tooth." Continue reading... |
| The race to replace Bill de Blasio: Who will be New York City's next mayor? Posted: 03 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST The new mayor will inherit a city reeling from Covid, high unemployment, surging gun violence and an exodus of residents On New Year's Day 2014, the New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, entered office promising to end the "tale of two cities" with a progressive agenda that he said would address the economic and social inequalities that "threaten to unravel the city we love". But seven years and a global pandemic later, campaigning to decide the Democrat's successor is heating up, and the next mayor looks set to inherit a city where experts say those disparities are not only on the rise, but are in a state of crisis. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST The biologist Andrew Steele thinks ageing is a disease that can be treated. But if we had a cure for getting old, what would that mean for us? When the biologist Andrew Steele tells people his thoughts on ageing – that we might one day cure it as if it were any other disease – they are often incredulous and sometimes hostile. Once, at a friend's wedding, he left a group of guests mildly incensed for suggesting that near-future humans might live well into their 100s. A similar thing happens at dinner parties, where the responses are more polite but no less sceptical. He understands the reaction. We think of ageing as an inescapable fact of life – we're born, we grow old, so it goes. "That's been the narrative for thousands of years," he says, on a video call. But what if it didn't have to be? Steele began professional life as a physicist. As a child, he was fascinated by space, the way many scientists are. But he has spent the past three years researching a book about biogerontology, the scientific study of ageing, in which he argues the case for a future in which our lives go on and on. Steele considers ageing "the greatest humanitarian issue of our time". When he describes growing old as "the biggest cause of suffering in the world," he is being earnest. "Ageing is this inevitable, creeping thing that happens," he says. He is wearing a button-down shirt and, at 35, a look of still-youthful optimism. "We're all quite blind to its magnitude. But what do people die of? Cancer. Heart disease. Stroke. These things all occur in old people, and they primarily occur because of the ageing process." Continue reading... |
| A wing and a prayer: how birds are coping with the climate crisis Posted: 02 Jan 2021 10:45 PM PST Some of our best-loved species are changing their breeding cycles and heading north in their fight for survival in a warmer world Lockdown has sparked a renewed interest in our garden birds, with millions of us enjoying watching them from our windows. But could some species – including the common and familiar great tit – vanish from Britain's gardens by the end of the century? Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, working with the University of Oxford, have modelled how great tits are reacting to the climate crisis. Specifically, are the birds able to respond to the earlier emergence of the caterpillars on which they feed their chicks? Continue reading... |
| Women fight to help families torn apart by ‘racist’ deportation policy Posted: 03 Jan 2021 01:45 AM PST Automatic expulsions after prison terms are leaving UK children without fathers, campaigners say The Home Office is refusing to review the forced separation of black British families caught up in the criminal justice system, a practice that campaigners say is systemically racist and legitimises child cruelty. Under a 13-year-old law, individuals who are not British citizens and receive a prison sentence of more than 12 months are automatically targeted for deportation. This policy has seen hundreds of people, mainly men, put on charter flights to Jamaica, leaving their British children behind in the UK. Continue reading... |
| Can Kamala Harris as vice-president be both loyal deputy and heir apparent? Posted: 03 Jan 2021 01:00 AM PST Harris says her model will be Biden's role as veep to Obama but the president-elect's age means speculation about an eventual elevation to the Oval Office is intense American vice-presidents occupy what can be one of the most powerful positions in all of the federal US government and yet it can also be one of the least powerful. Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris is going to soon find out where her tenure will land. Continue reading... |
| The Observer view on how the west should deal with rising China | Observer editorial Posted: 02 Jan 2021 10:00 PM PST Xi Jinping's expansionist policies abroad and dictatorship at home make pressing the need for new geopolitical strategy How to deal with China is the biggest geopolitical challenge facing Britain and the western democracies in 2021 – and one to which they have, as yet, supplied no coherent answer. China's influence is growing rapidly around the world. It is predicted to overtake the US as the biggest economy by 2028. Its politicians, diplomats and military chiefs exhibit the bullish assertiveness of a new imperial superpower. This, they believe, is China's moment. At the same time, China is increasingly distrusted and disliked. A recent Pew global attitudes survey found negative views to be at an all-time high in Germany, South Korea and other advanced economies. Nearly three-quarters of Americans and Britons view China unfavourably, up from 35% and 16% respectively in 2002. Trust in China's president, Xi Jinping, "to do the right thing in world affairs" has plummeted. Continue reading... |
| Covid hotspots NSW: list of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locations Posted: 02 Jan 2021 11:04 PM PST Here are the current coronavirus hotspots in New South Wales and what to do if you've visited them
New South Wales health authorities have updated a list of hotspots Covid-positive people have visited while infectious. Those who attended some locations must isolate immediately for 14 days after you were last there, others must monitor for symptoms. Continue reading... |
| The government's U-turns on education in England under Covid Posted: 02 Jan 2021 12:46 AM PST From exams to free school meals, ministers have made a string of volte-faces The announcement that all London primary schools will remain closed next week is the latest in a string of government U-turns on education since the pandemic began. Under the government's initial plan, schools in the City of London and Kingston were due to reopen but those in 22 other London boroughs would have remained closed. Continue reading... |
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