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- Sarah Everard vigils: Met police 'will have to explain' arrest at Clapham event, says Home Office minister – live
- Myanmar: acting civilian leader says people 'must win the uprising' against junta
- Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan
- Entire villages would be wiped out if natural disaster hit dam on PNG mine, critics say
- Sarah Everard: Met officer appears in court charged with kidnap and murder
- Ancient Christian ruins discovered in Egypt reveal 'nature of monastic life'
- Fleeing Syrians lament the loss of their final refuge in Sudan
- Bolivia's ex-interim president arrested in opposition crackdown
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in court in Tehran on second set of charges
- Press body ‘faces watershed’ after Meghan interview row
- Breonna Taylor rally demands justice on first anniversary of her death
- Coronavirus live news: Ireland health authority says use of AstraZeneca vaccine should be suspended
- Look after yourself: how your state of mind could affect your Covid jab
- Neil Ferguson: ‘One year ago, I first realised how serious coronavirus was. Then it got worse…’
- Beer gardens sold out for months as English pubs count the days to April reopening
- Susie Cave: ‘My imagination can get a little bit scary’
- 'Appalled but not surprised': Black British women on the Meghan row
- The monarchy: so what are they for?
- Lady Gucci is just the latest guise of the ever transmutable Lady Gaga
- Trump's Washington hotel echoes to silence of missing Maga crowd
- My parents voted Ukip and break Covid rules. They really appal me | Dear Mariella
- WHO scientist who spoke out about Italy's handling of Covid crisis resigns
- Covid-fatigued California's effort to recall Newsom may be a rallying cry for Republicans
- A child screams in Myanmar … and China pretends not to hear
- Female Labor staffers share details of workplace sexual harassment and abuse
- Pro-choice protests and calls for fair access to Covid vaccines: human rights this week – in pictures
- Fund communities, not the agencies that failed to anticipate the Christchurch shooting | Faisal Al-Asaad
- Biden's make or break moment: president aims to build on success of relief bill
- Take things slowly as lockdown ends to avoid 're-entry' syndrome
- George Floyd family reach $27m civil lawsuit settlement – video
- 'They will not be forgotten': New Zealanders remember Christchurch mosque victims – video
| Posted: 14 Mar 2021 03:29 AM PDT Victoria Atkins says home secretary has asked Met commissioner Cressida Dick for 'full report' of Saturday evening's policing
Two former Labour police ministers have added to the chorus of criticism of the Met's "absurd" handling of the vigil in Clapham last night. As another former Police Minister, I agree https://t.co/mukVZbydF7
The shadow minister for domestic violence Jess Phillips called this morning for better funding and resources for education to prevent violence against women. She told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show educating boys was crucial: I think that we've got a responsibility to be looking at the way that we educate, the way that all of society operates, that means that women end up being treated as objects on our streets and it's not all men, but it is all women. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar: acting civilian leader says people 'must win the uprising' against junta Posted: 13 Mar 2021 09:40 PM PST Mahn Win Khaing Than, speaking from hiding, says 'this is the darkest moment of the nation', as death toll mounts The acting leader of Myanmar's parallel civilian government has said the people "must win the uprising" against the junta and that he will seek to give people the legal right to defend themselves against the military. Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is in hiding along with most senior officials from the National League for Democracy party, which was ousted in the 1 February coup, addressed the public via Facebook, saying: "This is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close. Continue reading... |
| Charlie Hebdo criticised for 'offensive' cartoon of Meghan Posted: 13 Mar 2021 11:38 AM PST Image in French magazine depicts Queen kneeling on Duchess of Sussex's neck, echoing George Floyd's killing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked outrage with a cartoon depiction of Queen Elizabeth kneeling on the neck of Meghan Markle, echoing the death of George Floyd. The controversial publication's cartoon comes after the Duchess of Sussex, and her husband, Prince Harry, told US interviewer Oprah Winfrey of apparent racism within the royal family, though they did not criticise the Queen. But Markle said courtiers refused her permission to leave Kensington Palace on occasion and that she once only left twice in four months, leading her to experience severe loneliness and suicidal ideations. Continue reading... |
| Entire villages would be wiped out if natural disaster hit dam on PNG mine, critics say Posted: 13 Mar 2021 07:22 PM PST 'Rocks under where the dam will be built is not safe … If there is a fault in the structure, the dam will give way,' says West Sepik official A proposed dam to hold billions of tonnes of mine waste near the head of Papua New Guinea's longest river is a potential environmental disaster that could wipe out entire villages if there was a natural disaster, government officials, environmental advocacy groups and villagers living along the river say. The Frieda River gold and copper mine – slated for development by Chinese state-owned, Australian-based miner PanAust for northern New Guinea island – would be the largest mine in PNG's history, and one of the biggest in the world. Continue reading... |
| Sarah Everard: Met officer appears in court charged with kidnap and murder Posted: 13 Mar 2021 04:35 AM PST Wayne Couzens' head wound is visible as magistrates hear victim's body was found in a builder's bag The Metropolitan police officer charged with the kidnap and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard has appeared in person in court. PC Wayne Couzens, 48, was at Westminster magistrates court on Saturday morning for his first hearing, the start of the process before a full trial for murder, following his arrest on Tuesday at his home in Kent. Continue reading... |
| Ancient Christian ruins discovered in Egypt reveal 'nature of monastic life' Posted: 13 Mar 2021 08:03 PM PST Archaeologists unearth monks' cells and churches with biblical inscriptions dating back to fourth century AD A French-Norwegian archaeological team has discovered new Christian ruins in Egypt's Western Desert, revealing monastic life in the region in the fifth century AD, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. "The French-Norwegian mission discovered during its third excavation campaign at the site of Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz in the Bahariya Oasis several buildings made of basalt, others carved into the bedrock and some made of mud bricks," it said in a statement on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Fleeing Syrians lament the loss of their final refuge in Sudan Posted: 14 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT Visa-free access to the African state proved a lifeline during the war. Now the border is closed When Syrian government troops seized Mahmoud al-Ahmad's home town, he spent his savings and risked his life getting smuggled over the Syrian border into Turkey. His planned destination was Khartoum, where a former boss had opened a carpet factory and offered him work. The only part of the journey he hadn't worried about was the flight from Turkey to Sudan. Until the end of last year it was the only country in the world that Syrians could travel to without a visa, a unique haven for those seeking a new life away from their country and its brutal civil war. Continue reading... |
| Bolivia's ex-interim president arrested in opposition crackdown Posted: 13 Mar 2021 06:34 PM PST Jeanine Áñez's arrest is part of restored leftist government's pursuit of those involved in the ousting of socialist leader Evo Morales Bolivia's conservative ex-interim president, who led the country for a year, has been arrested as officials of the restored leftist government target those who helped oust socialist leader Evo Morales in 2019. Jeanine Áñez, who Morales supporters say was part of a coup, was detained early on Saturday morning in her home town of Trinidad and was flown to the capital, La Paz, where she appeared before a prosecutor. Continue reading... |
| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in court in Tehran on second set of charges Posted: 14 Mar 2021 01:22 AM PST Lawyer for British-Iranian dual national held since 2016 'very hopeful' she will be acquitted Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national detained since 2016, faced a second set of charges on Sunday in Iran's revolutionary court in Tehran. She was freed from house arrest last Sunday at the end of a five-year prison sentence, but because she had been summoned to court again on the other charge, she has not been allowed to leave the country to return to her family. Continue reading... |
| Press body ‘faces watershed’ after Meghan interview row Posted: 14 Mar 2021 12:10 AM PST Board members could quit Society of Editors without improvements in diversity Oprah Winfrey's interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is set to inflict further damage to the reputation of the British media this week. The couple's accusations of endemic racism have challenged the tone of royal coverage and prompted the high-profile departure of Piers Morgan from ITV's morning show. Now the aftershock is rocking the heart of Fleet Street culture. Leading newspaper editors and journalists warn that the Society of Editors, a key industry body, will lose all credibility if it fails to announce fundamental changes and issue an apology for an initial refusal to recognise recurrent racism in some quarters of British journalism. Continue reading... |
| Breonna Taylor rally demands justice on first anniversary of her death Posted: 13 Mar 2021 06:20 PM PST Hundreds gather in Louisville chanting 'no justice, no peace' for Black woman shot by police in her apartment Breonna Taylor family has continued its call for justice as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Louisville to mark the one year anniversary of her death. "Eyes are on Louisville, Kentucky, today so let's show America what community looks like," said Taylor's aunt, Bianca Austin, who wore her niece's emergency medical technician jacket. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Ireland health authority says use of AstraZeneca vaccine should be suspended Posted: 14 Mar 2021 03:28 AM PDT Irish health authority recommendation comes after unproven reports of blood clotting led other countries to pause rollout
Concerns about a lack of co-ordination between different state regulators have been expressed by a University of Cambridge lecturer and physician whose expertise covers the concerns that caused Irish regulators to call for a pause in the administration of the Astrazeneca vaccine. Mark Toshner, who researches pulmonary embolisms, was reacting after Irish regulators recommended the suspension following a report from the Norwegian Medicines Agency of four new reports of serious blood clotting events in adults after vaccination, tweeted: Firstly this was always going to keep happening. Take any intervention rolled out to whole populations and there are going to be a lot of spurious associations made and links touted that eventually quietly get shelved 2/n
A World Health Organization scientist who spoke out about the UN body's withdrawal of a report on Italy's early handling of the coronavirus pandemic has resigned. Francesco Zambon, who is based at the WHO's office in Venice, confirmed he resigned due to the situation becoming professionally "unsustainable", after he alleged that he was pressured by a senior WHO official to hide the fact that Italy had not updated its pandemic plan since 2006. Continue reading... |
| Look after yourself: how your state of mind could affect your Covid jab Posted: 13 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PST Psychological burdens from stress to loneliness to lack of sleep have been shown to affect immune responses to other vaccinations Sleep well. Take time out to relax. Connect with your friends and family. Such things would be advisable at any time – but might it be especially important in the coming months. According to a growing body of evidence, our psychological state can shape the immune system's reaction to a new vaccine – including the development of protective antibodies that will help us to fend off infection. We already know that physical factors, such as the body mass index, can have an immediate effect on vaccine efficacy. In late February, for instance, a study of Italian healthcare workers found that obesity blunted the antibody response to the Pfizer/BioNTech jab. But based on our understanding of various vaccines for other diseases, it seems clear that our mental health and overall stress levels will also play an important role. "There's quite a spectrum of opinion as to what things may help or harm the immune system," says Prof Daniel Davis, an immunologist at the University of Manchester. "But most scientists would agree that stress has an effect." Continue reading... |
| Neil Ferguson: ‘One year ago, I first realised how serious coronavirus was. Then it got worse…’ Posted: 14 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST Prof Neil Ferguson is '80% sure' British Covid cases will stay low until autumn, but warns of need for booster jabs Exactly one year ago, the epidemiologist Neil Ferguson first realised the full extent of the threat that Covid-19 posed to the UK. Calculations by his team at Imperial College London had already revealed that the National Health Service faced being inundated by people suffering from the newly emerged respiratory ailment. Worse news was to follow. "We knew things were serious in February but around 10 March we began to get really reliable data about hospital admissions – and that is when we recognised the fact that Britain was a lot further into the epidemic than any of us had previously grasped." Continue reading... |
| Beer gardens sold out for months as English pubs count the days to April reopening Posted: 13 Mar 2021 10:15 PM PST Customers, keen to once again eat and drink outside with friends, have overwhelmed venues with reservations Britons are planning to "eat, drink and be merry" once lockdown lifts, with many pubs and restaurants already fully booked for several months. Those keen to make up for lost time have inundated venues in England with bookings for tables in beer gardens for when they are scheduled to reopen on 12 April. Continue reading... |
| Susie Cave: ‘My imagination can get a little bit scary’ Posted: 14 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST Susie Cave's darkly romantic creations have made her label, the Vampire's Wife, a cult favourite – with Vogue naming one design 'the dress of the decade'. Here, she talks about family tragedy, life with Nick Cave and why she is motivated by beauty Susie Cave's Brighton kitchen is painted a very specific bruised-peach pink and the reflected colour on her skin makes it look as though she's carved from soap. Until she married musician Nick Cave, she was Susie Bick, the 90s model discovered by photographer Steven Meisel on a flight to New York at 14 years old. David Bailey took her under his wing and her very white skin and very black hair helped shape a career that saw her on the cover of two Roxy Music records, shot for ad campaigns, including Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior, and naked on the catwalk in Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter. Hers was one of those fabled stories – she was a girl who felt out of place, so hitchhiked away from her Devonshire boarding school on a milk float to find glamour and fame. "I spent most of my life running away on milk floats," she smiles today. As a teenager, "I was, umm, wilful. At 15 I caught a plane to Japan with 20p in my pocket. Made loads of money. Came back all grown up!" The people she met along the way, as if tin men and lions, helped shape the woman she became, and then, in 2014, the brand she launched. Now, at 54, there is only a fine line between the two; a concealed zip. Susie's friend Bella Freud introduced her to Nick in the shadow of a dinosaur skeleton at the V&A Museum after hours. The first time he saw her (Cave says, in the 2014 film 20,000 Days on Earth), he saw, "All the things I'd obsessed over for all the years": Marilyn Monroe, Suzi Quatro, "Tinker Bell trapped in the drawer, Carolyn Jones dying in Elvis's arms and Jackie O in mourning." Viewed from here, their entwined careers read like love letters to each other, but ones so passionate they have broken their banks and spilled out into the world. They married in 1999. On their honeymoon she became pregnant with twins, and in 2014, when Earl and Arthur were teenagers, she launched the Vampire's Wife, named after one of Cave's unfinished novels. Today, Nick is responsible for naming the dresses, choosing fabrics and occasionally modelling alongside them. Continue reading... |
| 'Appalled but not surprised': Black British women on the Meghan row Posted: 14 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PST Black women from three generations tell how the Oprah interview affected their view of the monarchy Podcaster and entrepreneur Continue reading... |
| The monarchy: so what are they for? Posted: 13 Mar 2021 11:45 PM PST When Harry and Meghan took on 'the firm' in front of 50 million
Chief among these is a question of modernising values. Even her most voluble detractors would admit that Meghan Markle brought a much-needed flavour of the 21st century to the Windsors. She spoke of inclusivity and diversity and, while she may not have been a nail technician from a Bradford council estate, she was avowedly not an identikit posh blonde from the home counties. Continue reading... |
| Lady Gucci is just the latest guise of the ever transmutable Lady Gaga Posted: 14 Mar 2021 03:15 AM PDT Pop singer, activist, art installation, actor, Stefani Germanotta has taken on many faces Like Lon Chaney, the great silent actor known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces", Lady Gaga has traversed roles, from music to fashion to film to politics, transmuting with creative fluidity but remaining – sometimes with defiance – the girl next door. Last week, the 34-year-old star – days after retrieving her two French bulldogs from a dognapping in which her walker was shot and injured – posted a photo of herself beside actor Adam Driver in which she was wearing a white fur hat and was draped in gold jewellery. It was a publicity shot from Ridley Scott's House of Gucci, a forthcoming film based on the story of Patrizia Reggiani, aka the Black Widow (played by Gaga), who married – and later had killed – Maurizio Gucci, head of the luxury fashion house. Continue reading... |
| Trump's Washington hotel echoes to silence of missing Maga crowd Posted: 13 Mar 2021 07:00 PM PST Once the hub of Trump World in the US capital, with the former president gone it is in danger of becoming a white elephant Once it was like a second White House for the Maga crowd. Now it is in danger of becoming a white elephant. Clobbered first by the coronavirus pandemic, then by its owner's election defeat, the Trump International Hotel in Washington is reeling from a huge loss of income and prestige. For critics of the former US president, it is welcome proof of how quickly the city is moving on without him. Continue reading... |
| My parents voted Ukip and break Covid rules. They really appal me | Dear Mariella Posted: 13 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PST Don't try to change your family, says Mariella Frostrup. Loosen the ties and share ideas and inspiration with like-minded companions The dilemma I am 52 years old, divorced, and have two adult children who live and work away. Recently, the relationship I have with my mum and dad has become very strained. They are in their mid-70s and they voted for Brexit, which has been a sticking point ever since. Each time we talk, it ends up about politics. I was embarrassed at my dad's Ukip poster in the window – paradoxically, he had taught me, growing up, to be a socialist, not to be elitist and to treat everyone the same. The pair of them have turned into rightwing, xenophobic, fake snobs and it truly disgusts me. Coupled with that they are Covid law-breakers – they regularly have extended family inside their house and my mother gets offended that I will only stand on the doorstep wearing a mask to visit her. She declares: "We haven't got the plague, you know." They are comfortably well off and I don't ask for anything from them. My sister has also breached Covid regulations and she works in the NHS and that astounds me. I get texts from my mum and dad and wider family, all telling me that I am a disgrace for avoiding meeting them. I used to have a happy relationship with them, but now I can't bear them because of their views. Continue reading... |
| WHO scientist who spoke out about Italy's handling of Covid crisis resigns Posted: 14 Mar 2021 01:46 AM PST Francesco Zambon claims he was pressured to hide fact Italy had not updated pandemic plan since 2006 A World Health Organization scientist who spoke out about the UN body's withdrawal of a report on Italy's early handling of the coronavirus pandemic has resigned. Francesco Zambon, who is based at the WHO's office in Venice, confirmed he resigned due to the situation becoming professionally "unsustainable", after he alleged that he was pressured by a senior WHO official to hide the fact that Italy had not updated its pandemic plan since 2006. Continue reading... |
| Covid-fatigued California's effort to recall Newsom may be a rallying cry for Republicans Posted: 14 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT Analysis: more than a serious effort to unseat the governor, it is likely a strategy to rally voters, boost Republican candidates and raise funds Nearly a year after Gavin Newsom became the first American governor to issue a statewide stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus, the California leader delivered his "state of the state" address from an empty Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. "Let's allow ourselves to dream of brighter days ahead," Newsom said on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| A child screams in Myanmar … and China pretends not to hear Posted: 13 Mar 2021 11:30 PM PST The country's global standing is plunging as Xi Jinping attempts to whitewash atrocities in the name of empire-building A terrible scream of pain contorts a little girl's face and tells the story of the army's brutal crackdown in Myanmar. Shwe Yote Hlwar, five, is standing beside an open coffin containing the body of her father, Ko Zwe Htet Soe, shot dead by security forces. Her face is a picture of searing, bottomless grief. Women try to help. But there is no comforting her. Who can explain her dad's needless killing? Who can say why men in uniform think it's OK to do such things? |
| Female Labor staffers share details of workplace sexual harassment and abuse Posted: 14 Mar 2021 12:16 AM PST Women in a closed social media group of 1,300 current and former Labor staffers say men in the party must be 'held to account' for their actions Former and current female Labor staffers have come forward with tales of sexual harassment and abuse while at work, with one former staffer saying it was time some men in the Labor party were "held to account for their actions". In a closed social media group made up of more than 1,300 current and former female Australian Labor party staffers, women have detailed their experiences of working with some of the men in the party, furiously declaring they will no longer be silent. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2021 02:30 AM PST A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Venezuela to Hong Kong |
| Posted: 13 Mar 2021 09:00 AM PST History shows that granting further powers to state bodies generally hurts minorities more than others Last year's report into the Christchurch mosque attacks was met with scepticism and disappointment from many in the Muslim community, and understandably so. Among its findings, one in particular stands out. Regarding the ability of police and Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) to anticipate the perpetrator's planning of the attack, the report said: "there was no plausible way he could have been detected except by chance". Despite also concluding that these same agencies have been characterised by systemic failure, it suggested giving them greater powers and resources. The government has also embraced the treatment of white supremacy as a form of "violent extremism" and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) policies as an antidote. But overseas examples and our own history – including instances where we've seen them target specific communities such as Māori and environmental activists as well as refugees and asylum seekers – show us that these are the wrong strategies because they actually end up hurting the communities they purport to protect. Continue reading... |
| Biden's make or break moment: president aims to build on success of relief bill Posted: 13 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PST Analysis: Biden is riding high in polls and his American Rescue Plan is popular with Americans – he must build momentum to avoid the fate of Obama In the White House Rose Garden, where for four years Donald Trump raucously celebrated political wins with his allies, it was now the turn of Democrats to take a victory lap – masked and physically distanced, of course. Kamala Harris, the vice-president, heaped praise on Joe Biden for signing a $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill, the biggest expansion of the American welfare state in decades. "Your empathy has become a trademark of your presidency and can be found on each and every page of the American Rescue Plan," Harris said. Continue reading... |
| Take things slowly as lockdown ends to avoid 're-entry' syndrome Posted: 12 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PST A psychiatrist advises us not to catastrophise post-Covid life and to be compassionate towards others
The "re-entry" syndrome people might be experiencing as lockdown ends is part of a healthy readjustment and something that people have to deal with when they've been off sick or on maternity leave for long periods. Continue reading... |
| George Floyd family reach $27m civil lawsuit settlement – video Posted: 13 Mar 2021 07:14 AM PST The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27m to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody. It was not immediately clear how the settlement might affect the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former officer charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. The city council unanimously approved the settlement on Friday which includes $500,000 for the neighborhood where Floyd was arrested. |
| 'They will not be forgotten': New Zealanders remember Christchurch mosque victims – video Posted: 13 Mar 2021 04:59 AM PST The 51 worshippers murdered in the Christchurch mosque attacks almost two years ago by a white supremacist have been remembered at a national service with songs, prayers, speeches and pledges to rebuild the community. New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, and the governor-general, Patsy Reddy, joined around 1,000 members of the community at Christchurch's Horncastle arena on Saturday for the service Continue reading... |
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