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Suez canal: Ever Given ship partially refloated but bow still stuck
Mozambique: up to 60 missing after insurgents attack convoy
Fear turns to fury in Myanmar as children shot by military
Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds demoted as PM reshuffles cabinet with 'fresh lens' on women
Most US Covid deaths ‘could have been mitigated’ after first 100,000, Birx says
Last thing we need is a 'cosy consensus' on climate crisis, warns Ed Miliband
British aid cuts to leave tens of thousands of Syrians 'paperless'
UK urged to take lead in helping poor countries fund climate action
‘We’re treated as children,’ Qatari women tell rights group
Italians defend Dante from claims he was 'light years' behind Shakespeare
Sandstorms turn sun blue and sky yellow in Beijing
'I can't go on': women in Japan suffer isolation and despair amid Covid job losses
Coronavirus live news: WHO study says animals likely source of Covid – report; warning France conditions worsening
Johnson urges caution as England takes first big step out of lockdown
Queensland Covid: states slam borders shut as Brisbane enters snap three-day lockdown
The Royal Albert Hall at 150: 'It's the Holy Grail for musicians'
Marti Pellow on success, songwriting and sobriety: 'Every day I punch addiction in the face!'
Schitt's Creek motel for sale – minus the 'Rosebud' sign
‘We will have to choose our apocalypse’: the cost of freedom after the pandemic
The 20 best cheese recipes
No play, no pay: Covid drives Zimbabwe's pros to unofficial football matches
Teenage girl in critical condition after Met police chase collision
Czech Republic's richest man dies in Alaska helicopter crash
Thanks to the pandemic, I've spent a year in one place with my mind in two | Chibundu Onuzo
New Zealand housing crisis: Jacinda Ardern says rent-increase warnings are 'speculative'
Morrison’s cabinet reshuffle makes women responsible for helping men who should know better, know better | Katharine Murphy
Stranding of Ever Given in Suez canal was foreseen by many – analysis
'Is this patriot enough?': Asian-American veteran shows battle scars – video
Defiant Myanmar protesters return to streets after bloodiest day since coup – video
UK on track to hit Covid vaccine target by July, says Oliver Dowden – video
In and out of lockdown: the most uplifting and surprising videos from the past year - video

Suez canal: Ever Given ship partially refloated but bow still stuck

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 01:24 AM PDT

Dredgers, excavators and tugboats work through weekend to free stern, but bow still stuck at edge

Accompanied by a blaring horn and cries of "God is great", in the early hours of Monday morning, it finally budged.

An Egyptian and international salvaging team has succeeded in partially freeing a vast container ship that had become stuck on the banks of the Suez canal for six days, holding up tens of billions of dollars' worth of global trade.

Mozambique: up to 60 missing after insurgents attack convoy

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 08:24 PM PDT

Workers from South Africa, UK and France feared to be among those ambushed while trying to flee besieged town of Palma

As many as 60 people – mostly foreign citizens – are unaccounted for following a deadly ambush on their convoy by Islamist militants in northern Mozambique.

According to recordings of security calls reviewed by the Guardian describing the aftermath of the attack, only seven vehicles in a convoy of 17 made it to safety after the attack on Friday, with seven confirmed dead and many injured in the recovered vehicles. Everyone in the other vehicles is assumed dead.

Fear turns to fury in Myanmar as children shot by military

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 05:58 AM PDT

Bloody crackdowns and massacres initiate anger and stronger desire for a future without the Tatmadaw

From soldiers randomly shooting passersby in the street to imminent economic collapse, anxieties have been plentiful in Myanmar since its military seized power on 1 February.

But unease was surging ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday when the military was expected to meet protesters with a brutal crackdown.

Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds demoted as PM reshuffles cabinet with 'fresh lens' on women

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:49 PM PDT

Scott Morrison announces new taskforce for women that aims to 'shake up what needs to be shaken up' as part of ministerial reshuffle

The prime minister has attempted to circumvent a political crisis engulfing the Coalition over its treatment of women by unveiling a new front bench aimed at elevating the female "perspective".

Scott Morrison said on Monday the reshuffle would "shake up what needs to be shaken up" and provide a "fresh lens" to achieve change for women. But he defied calls to dump ministers Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds from the front bench, with the pair to remain in cabinet in new portfolios.

Most US Covid deaths ‘could have been mitigated’ after first 100,000, Birx says

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 01:14 PM PDT

Former coronavirus taskforce coordinator tells CNN deaths could have been prevented if Trump administration acted sooner

The "vast majority" of the almost 550,000 coronavirus deaths in the US could have been prevented if Donald Trump's administration had acted earlier and with greater conviction, according to one of the public health experts charged with leading the pandemic response at the time.

Last thing we need is a 'cosy consensus' on climate crisis, warns Ed Miliband

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT

Labour's leader on climate says Boris Johnson must face up to 'terrifying' challenge of stopping global warming

The UK must tell the truth about the "terrifying and exacting" scale of the challenge the world faces to avoid climate breakdown as it prepares to host a make or break summit of world leaders later this year, Ed Miliband has warned.

"A cosy consensus" between politicians, policymakers and some NGOs, focusing on long-term net zero targets rather than short-term action, could prove disastrous, he said. Instead, Boris Johnson's government must focus on persuading countries to implement immediate far-reaching reductions in emissions and throw everything at making the conference in Glasgow in November a success, including enlisting the help of former prime ministers like Theresa May and Gordon Brown.

British aid cuts to leave tens of thousands of Syrians 'paperless'

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 02:17 AM PDT

Norwegian Refugee Council says move to pull funding for its legal support programme will leave many in 'destitution'

Tens of thousands of Syrians will no longer receive legal support, leaving many "in utter destitution" without documents they need to work, travel or return home, after the British government pulled £4m in funding from a charity programme, according to its director.

News of the cut to a Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) project supporting refugees and internally displaced Syrians, comes amid reports of a planned 67% aid reduction in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) budget for Syria, which would place hundreds of thousands of lives at risk.

UK urged to take lead in helping poor countries fund climate action

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 02:01 AM PDT

UN development chief says access to finance is vital if upcoming Cop26 climate talks are to be a success

Boris Johnson's government must take the lead in giving poor countries access to the finance they need to tackle the climate crisis, to make vital climate talks a success, the UN's development chief has said.

Ministers from around the world will meet virtually this week at a conference hosted by the UK to discuss the needs of developing nations struggling to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, as their economies have been left reeling by the Covid pandemic.

‘We’re treated as children,’ Qatari women tell rights group

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 09:00 PM PDT

Gulf state's male guardian rules deny women right to wed, travel, work or to make decisions about their children, report says

Women in Qatar are living under a system of "deep discrimination" – dependent on men for permission to marry, travel, pursue higher education or make decisions about their own children, according to a new report.

Opaque rules on male guardianship leave women without basic freedoms, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which has analysed for the first time the way the system works in practice.

Italians defend Dante from claims he was 'light years' behind Shakespeare

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 09:45 PM PDT

Leaders rally in support of 'father of Italian language' after withering comments in German newspaper

Italian political and cultural leaders have sprung to the defence of their much-revered poet Dante Alighieri after a German newspaper downplayed his importance to the Italian language and said William Shakespeare was "light years more modern".

In a comment piece in Frankfurter Rundschau, Arno Widmann wrote that even though Dante "brought the national language to great heights", Italian schoolchildren struggled to understand the antiquated verse of his Divine Comedy, which was written in 1320.

Sandstorms turn sun blue and sky yellow in Beijing

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 07:08 PM PDT

Thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles blows in from drought-hit Mongolia

The second sandstorm to hit China in less than a fortnight has reversed the colours of the sky, turning the sun blue and the heavens yellow.

Beijing woke on Sunday morning shrouded in thick dust carrying extremely high levels of hazardous particles.

'I can't go on': women in Japan suffer isolation and despair amid Covid job losses

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 08:30 PM PDT

Suicide rates among Japanese women rose sharply during the pandemic, prompting calls for support for low-income households

The coronavirus had barely begun its surge across the globe when Ayako Sato was told that the nursery where she worked would temporarily close as part of Japan's efforts to curb the outbreak.

The mother of two teenage daughters expected a few weeks of belt tightening, believing it wouldn't be long before she was working again.

Coronavirus live news: WHO study says animals likely source of Covid – report; warning France conditions worsening

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 02:07 AM PDT

Transmission from bats to humans likely source of virus, according to report; France finance minister says conditions worsening in third wave

10.07am BST

Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund and China's Shenzhen Yuanxing Gene-tech have agreed to produce over 60 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 in China, RDIF said on Monday.

RDIF, which is marketing Sputnik V globally, said that commercial production was due to start in May, according to Reuters.

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Chibundu Onuzo lives in London. Her family is in Lagos. She writes for us this morning on how she's spent a year in one place with her mind in two:

I have spent the last year in England but I have kept an eye on pandemic updates in Nigeria. Like most migrants, my body has been in one place but my mind has been in two. From March 2020, I followed the rising Covid numbers in London and I followed them in Lagos, where my parents live. I read the news of Britons breaking lockdown rules and watched on social media as some Nigerians gathered at weddings and funerals, seemingly oblivious to the fact there was a global pandemic.

Johnson urges caution as England takes first big step out of lockdown

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Outdoor group socialising allowed from Monday but ad campaign stresses Covid risks of indoor meeting

Boris Johnson will stress the need for people to be cautious on Monday as England takes its first significant step towards easing lockdown restrictions for adults.

People will now be able to meet up legally outdoors in groups of six, or in two households, including in private gardens, and organised outdoor sport can resume.

Queensland Covid: states slam borders shut as Brisbane enters snap three-day lockdown

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:05 AM PDT

Two women who travelled to Byron Bay in NSW while infectious are among the four new local cases of the UK variant of coronavirus

A number of states have slammed their borders shut to Queenslanders as greater Brisbane enters a snap three-day snap lockdown after authorities discovered four new locally-acquired coronavirus cases.

Queensland's chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, on Monday described the growing cluster of seven cases as "significant community transmission" of the UK variant. She warned people in greater Brisbane to stay home over the coming days.

The Royal Albert Hall at 150: 'It's the Holy Grail for musicians'

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PDT

It's hosted opera greats, suffragette rallies, Hitchcock films, sports events, sci-fi conventions – and, of course, the Proms and countless rock gigs. Artists from Led Zeppelin to Abba recall their moments on the hallowed stage

The Royal Albert Hall is 150 years old today (and the Guardian was there to see it opened by Queen Victoria). With a design based on a Roman amphitheatre, stacked balconies pack the audience close to the action – and at a capacity touching 6,000, the number of visitors entertained at the London venue runs to many millions. But what is it like to play as a performer? We asked artists and sportspeople for their memories of being centre stage at the iconic venue.

Marti Pellow on success, songwriting and sobriety: 'Every day I punch addiction in the face!'

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PDT

With Wet Wet Wet, Pellow was one of the biggest-selling musicians of the 90s. But heroin and alcohol soon became a problem. He talks about heroes, love and conquering his demons

Marti Pellow remembers his introduction to booze clearly. He was a young boy, about 11, and he sneaked a can of beer from his father. "I knew as soon as I had my first drink that it made me feel different," he says. "I had a fuzzy feeling in my stomach. I liked the rush of that. It made me feel light." By the time he was 12, he would go to dances with his friends and alcohol would give him dutch courage. "I'd ask an adult to buy me a couple of cans of lager. It gave me a wee bit more confidence to ask a girl to dance; it made me feel larger than life."

Pellow went on to become the frontman of Wet Wet Wet, the blue-eyed soul band whose version of Love Is All Around, as featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral, topped the charts for 15 weeks and is still the UK's biggest-selling love song. By the time he left Wet Wet Wet for the first time in 1998, three of their five studio albums had topped the UK charts (with the others peaking at No 2) and they had had 26 Top 40 hits. By then, he had also developed a dual addiction to alcohol and heroin that could easily have done for him. It did pretty much do for him, as far as the band was concerned. Sure, he rejoined in 2003, and they spent another 14 years together, but they never enjoyed the same success again.

Schitt's Creek motel for sale – minus the 'Rosebud' sign

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 06:13 PM PDT

First the Rose family's former mansion hit the real estate lists – now it's the 10-room motel they called home

The motel home of the Rose family in the Emmy-sweeping Canadian TV series Schitt's Creek is up for sale for C$2m.

The Hockley Motel in the Canadian town of Mono, Ontario, was a key filming location throughout the six seasons of the hit CBC sitcom.

‘We will have to choose our apocalypse’: the cost of freedom after the pandemic

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PDT

To remake society after the pandemic, we must swap Insta self‑improvement for something more radical, argues author Sam Byers

Across much of the west, March is a milestone both surreal and distressing: a full year of life in Covid-19's shadow. Twelve months ago, we couldn't imagine what we were about to experience; now we can't process what we've endured.

This was a year of seemingly irresolvable contradictions. Our grief was collective, yet rituals of communal mourning were denied us. We hymned the "global effort" to produce a vaccine, then recoiled into vaccine nationalism the moment that effort bore fruit. Even as Zoom held us together, Covid denial and conspiracy theories in the family WhatsApp tore us apart.

The 20 best cheese recipes

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PDT

From Simon Hopkinson's classic roquefort salad to Meera Sodha's paneer butter masala, this versatile ingredient is given a starring role

The first thing I ever "cooked". When Mum let us grate cheddar on to day-old bread. Eyes level with the electric grill. Watching the alchemy, seeing the cheese become molten, stringy. The early magic of making your own tea. I still crave Jeremy Lee's cheese straws, and now I can bake my own. Chef Tim Siadatan has shared Padella's perfect pici cacio e pepe, Alex Jackson his brilliant aligot. Simon Hopkinson offers his elegant roquefort salad, Tomos Parry his famous cheesecake. We have Marcella Hazan's definitive parmesan risotto and Kitty Travers's ricotta ice-cream. Plus, of course, the ultimate toastie. All the cheese pleasers. From OFM to you.

No play, no pay: Covid drives Zimbabwe's pros to unofficial football matches

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 11:15 PM PDT

Informal games are a lifeline while the Premier League is locked down, but at what risk to players?

Sweaty and tired, the players tussle before the winning goal is scored on a red-dust pitch at the No 1 ground in Mufakose, a township west of Harare. The football fans start up a chant on the touchline, triggering a frenzied response from opposing supporters, who break into rapturous song.

This parched pitch and others like it have become a source of livelihood for some Zimbabwean footballers, struggling to earn a living during the Covid-19 pandemic's lockdown regulations.

Teenage girl in critical condition after Met police chase collision

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 02:25 PM PDT

Five women taken to hospital as a result of car hitting a lamppost in Streatham, south London, and four arrested

A teenage girl is in a critical condition after a car being chased by police crashed into a lamppost.

The Met has launched an investigation into the collision, which happened in the early hours of Sunday morning in south London and left five women in hospital.

Czech Republic's richest man dies in Alaska helicopter crash

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 02:23 AM PDT

Billionaire Petr Kellner among five killed including guests, pilot and guides, with one survivor

The Czech Republic's richest man, Petr Kellner, has been killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, his financial group PPF has said.

The 56-year-old billionaire and four others died in the crash, whose circumstances were being investigated.

Thanks to the pandemic, I've spent a year in one place with my mind in two | Chibundu Onuzo

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PDT

My family is in Lagos. I'm in London – and there's no chance of a flight home. Zoom does many things, but it can't give hugs

It's been two years since I last saw my father. He lives in Nigeria, just a six-hour flight away, but the last time either of us set foot in an airport was 2019. I don't miss the cramped seating and recycled oxygen of planes. Nor do I miss the anxious buzz of airports – of standing in my socks on a cold floor, queuing to walk through a metal detector. But I do miss my father and he is at the other end of a plane journey in a world where, for now, the skies are almost empty.

Mostly, I see my father on a screen. His beard is slightly more grizzled but he's obviously drinking enough water. His skin looks great on camera. I hope the rest of his body is well. Three years ago he was ill and admitted into hospital. We don't talk about his health but we do talk about Nigeria, about politics and the EndSars protest for example, and whether Nigerians are taking the pandemic seriously enough.

New Zealand housing crisis: Jacinda Ardern says rent-increase warnings are 'speculative'

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 11:02 PM PDT

Property investors have railed against last week's policy changes, which sought to dampen skyrocketing house prices

New Zealand's government is playind down the impact of its housing policy changes on rents, despite economists warning that they are likely to rise in response.

In a report responding to the housing policy changes announced last week, the ANZ Bank identified "the big negative externality [as] the possible impact on renters – the very people the government is trying to help into the housing market".

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Morrison’s cabinet reshuffle makes women responsible for helping men who should know better, know better | Katharine Murphy

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 01:35 AM PDT

Here we all are, mired in the worst reality TV show ever, Blokes Being Reprehensible at Your Expense, with a twist everyone can see coming

Incredible, really, (and yet crushingly predictable, somehow) that Andrew Laming would have the audacity to make an appeal for privacy while finding the time to front his local radio station and dish some alternative "facts" about unsavoury incidents that have forced him to signal time on his parliamentary career.

Also incredible (and yet not, somehow) that the Nationals MP Anne Webster would need to make a formal complaint to the party leadership after being sexually harassed by a male colleague in the House of Representatives chamber (a public place last time I looked) during a week where the government was lurching from disaster to disaster.

Stranding of Ever Given in Suez canal was foreseen by many – analysis

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 07:33 AM PDT

Analysis: As ships ballooned in size, worst-case scenario was flagged up by organisations such as OECD

Authorities have blamed strong winds, possible technical faults or human error for the stranding of the Ever Given in the Suez canal.

But the running aground of the "megaship" – which salvage teams continued to try to free on Sunday as preparations were made for the possible removal of some of its containers – and the disruption of more than 10% of global trade, has been in the making for years longer according to analysts, who say an accident of this magnitude was foreseeable and warnings were ignored.

'Is this patriot enough?': Asian-American veteran shows battle scars – video

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 05:44 PM PDT

Lee Wong, an Asian-American and former soldier, lifts his shirt to reveal scars he sustained while serving with the US military. Wong, 69, an elected official in West Chester, Ohio was speaking in a town hall meeting about the racism he has faced in his adopted homeland. Addressing the meeting, Wong stood up and lifted his singlet, showing large scars on his chest. 'Here is my proof. This is sustained in my service in the US military. Is this patriot enough?' he asked.

Asian Americans reported 3,800 hate-related incidents during the pandemic, report finds

Defiant Myanmar protesters return to streets after bloodiest day since coup – video

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 10:07 AM PDT

Protesters returned to the streets of Yangon and Dawei as small-scale rallies were held following the bloodiest crackdown since the military takeover on 1 February. At least 114 people were killed by security forces on Saturday, including at least six children, in scenes described as 'mass murder' by the UN

UK on track to hit Covid vaccine target by July, says Oliver Dowden – video

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 03:51 AM PDT

A third coronavirus vaccine will start being administered in the UK next month, joining the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs already in use, the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, has confirmed. Britain has ordered 17m doses of the Moderna vaccine, which has a 94% efficacy rate in trials, which are expected to start arriving in April. Dowden also insisted the government was confident it would be able to meet its target of getting people over 50 vaccinated by 15 April, and all remaining adults by the end of July

In and out of lockdown: the most uplifting and surprising videos from the past year - video

Posted: 28 Mar 2021 02:46 AM PDT

As many countries faced restrictions and lockdowns to battle the coronavirus pandemic, communities adapted in surprising ways, with some of the most uplifting moments being filmed and shared across the world.

From concerts for plants, to animal roaming empty streets, here are some of the most memorable videos from 12 months of fight against Covid-19

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