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- Prosecutors accuse Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd as trial starts
- Beijing cuts Hong Kong's directly elected seats in radical overhaul
- Coronavirus live news: WHO to present China mission findings; Canada pauses AstraZeneca vaccine for under 55s
- UK criticised for ignoring Paris climate goals in infrastructure decisions
- Police handling of Sarah Everard vigil appropriate, says watchdog
- Mystery brain disorder baffles Canadian medicine
- Three female health workers shot dead in east Afghanistan
- Pakistani government accused of 'sabotaging' rights watchdog
- Deliveroo valuation drops £1bn ahead of London flotation
- Sharon Stone: cosmetic surgeon enlarged my breasts without consent
- Donald Trump uses new website to rewrite history of his presidency
- Covid: new vaccines needed globally within a year, say scientists
- Global treaty needed to protect states from pandemics, say world leaders
- UK Covid live news: deaths pass 150,000, ONS confirms
- 'It was like a horror film': inside the terror of the Covid cruise ship
- ‘Honey, I forgot to duck’: the attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan, 40 years on
- Damage: the silent forms of violence against women
- 'What is it about my freedom that bothers you?': how trans films are evolving
- Hot cross bun bonanza! Ten brilliant recipes – from the perfect classic to prosciutto and parmesan
- Rosie Jones: ‘I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think: if she can do it, I can do it'
- Osinbajo defies expectations as Nigeria's vice-president
- Man jailed for life after Stockport murder of wife over frozen chips
- Biden's tariffs threat shows how far Brexit Britain is from controlling its own destiny | Tom Kibasi
- The UAE Covid vaccine could become a global leader, but we must see full data | Sophie Zinser
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator in first for International Booker
- 'Best and brightest': Biden announces 'trailblazing' slate of judicial nominees
- Canada declares fish fraud crackdown but leaves out restaurants
- PNG prime minister first to be vaccinated with Australian-supplied doses 'to show it's safe'
- Queensland Covid: doctors demand probe into how medical workers at centre of outbreak became infected
- EU announces funding for five new refugee camps on Greek islands
- Myanmar airstrikes cause thousands to flee across Thailand border
- Hilarious, literal, preciously simple: Big Boat Stuck in the Suez Canal was the narrative we needed | Ben Jenkins
- With world watching Derek Chauvin's trial, focus will be on officer who 'betrayed' his badge
- Two union flags flutter in hot air as Johnson tries to connect | Zoe Williams
- Is pornography to blame for rise in 'rape culture'?
- 'America's on trial': family and supporters take a knee for George Floyd – video
- 'I'm scared': CDC director urges action after US Covid surge – video
- Mozambique: dozens dead or missing after insurgents attack convoy - video
- Suez canal ship freed and heading to lake for inspections – video
- Back in the swing and the swim: England returns to outdoor sport – in pictures
- Suez ship partially refloated but bow remains stuck – video
| Prosecutors accuse Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd as trial starts Posted: 29 Mar 2021 04:05 PM PDT Jerry Blackwell told jury that ex-officer used excessive and unreasonable force 'without regard for Floyd's life' Prosecutors accused former police officer Derek Chauvin of killing a defenceless George Floyd by "grinding and crushing him until the very breath, the very life, was squeezed out of him", at the opening on Monday of a murder trial regarded by millions as a litmus test of US police accountability. Related: 'It's for the people': how George Floyd Square became a symbol of resistance – and healing Continue reading... |
| Beijing cuts Hong Kong's directly elected seats in radical overhaul Posted: 30 Mar 2021 12:07 AM PDT Measures imposed directly by Beijing are latest move aimed at quashing city's democracy movement Chinese leaders have endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, cutting the number of directly elected seats and ensuring that a majority of the city's lawmakers will be selected by a reliably pro-Beijing committee. The measures, which bypassed Hong Kong's legislature and were imposed directly by Beijing, are the latest move aimed at quashing the city's democracy movement after huge protests. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:14 AM PDT Canada cites blood clot concerns in suspension; Berlin hospital decision comes after reports of rare but serious blood clots
Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, has registered 16,427 new Covid cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday. The figure compared with 14,063 cases during the corresponding period last week, Reuters reports.
A new law announced today makes mask wearing outdoors, including on beaches and at swimming pools, obligatory throughout Spain, even in situations where social distancing is not an issue. The regulation, which has been in force in Catalonia since last July, is now being extended to the entire country. Continue reading... |
| UK criticised for ignoring Paris climate goals in infrastructure decisions Posted: 30 Mar 2021 01:36 AM PDT Exclusive: scientists write to ministers and supreme court over recent ruling in Heathrow case Prominent scientists and lawyers have said the UK government's decision to ignore the Paris climate agreement when deciding on major infrastructure projects undermines its presidency of UN climate talks this year. The experts – including the former Nasa scientist Jim Hansen, the former UK government chief scientist Sir David King and the economist Prof Jeffrey Sachs – have written to ministers and the supreme court about a recent ruling that the government need not take the UK's obligations under the treaty into account when setting policy, made in a case concerning the proposed expansion of Heathrow airport. Continue reading... |
| Police handling of Sarah Everard vigil appropriate, says watchdog Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:44 AM PDT Report says officers weren't heavy-handed at Clapham Common event, but confidence in Met suffered A report on the Metropolitan police's handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard has concluded that officers acted appropriately. The report from the official policing inspectorate was ordered by the home secretary, Priti Patel, after widespread outrage at the scenes of officers grappling with mourners at the vigil on Clapham Common, south London, on Saturday 13 March. Continue reading... |
| Mystery brain disorder baffles Canadian medicine Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT Spasms, memory loss and hallucinations among symptoms of 43 patients in Acadian region of New Brunswick province Doctors in Canada are concerned they could be dealing with a previously unknown brain disease amid a string of cases involving memory loss, hallucinations and muscle atrophy. Politicians in the province of New Brunswick have demanded answers, but with so few cases, experts say there are far more questions than answers and have urged the public not to panic. Continue reading... |
| Three female health workers shot dead in east Afghanistan Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:30 AM PDT Killings of polio vaccination officials in Jalalabad coincided with an explosion at its health department Gunmen killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials have said, adding that a blast had also hit the provincial health department headquarters but left no casualties. Ghulam Dastagir Nazari, the head of the immunisation programme at Afghanistan's health ministry, said the explosion took place at the entrance to the health department for the province of Nangarhar late on Tuesday morning. Continue reading... |
| Pakistani government accused of 'sabotaging' rights watchdog Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:00 AM PDT Islamabad high court orders government to fill vacant post at head of National Commission for Human Rights The prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, and his government have been accused of trying to "sabotage" the country's independent human rights watchdog to prevent accountability for mounting abuses and oppression. Legislators, activists and lawyers told the Guardian that Khan's government "punished" and immobilised Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) over reports that it had produced into human rights abuses and torture carried out by the military, which plays a powerful role in running the country. Continue reading... |
| Deliveroo valuation drops £1bn ahead of London flotation Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:20 AM PDT Meal delivery service says Wednesday's public offering will value company at £7.6bn not £8.8bn The flotation of Deliveroo on Wednesday will value the company at £7.6bn after concerns over workers' rights and volatile stock markets chipped more than £1bn off the top-end valuation. Last week, the meal delivery service said its initial public offering could value the company at as much as £8.8bn. However, on Tuesday the company confirmed its shares had been priced at £3.90, which is the bottom of the range it had set out. Continue reading... |
| Sharon Stone: cosmetic surgeon enlarged my breasts without consent Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:10 AM PDT New memoir claims the actor has faced ill-treatment at the hands of doctors, the film industry and her own grandfather Sharon Stone had her breasts augmented without her consent during reconstructive surgery, the actor has claimed. Stone says she woke from a 2001 operation to reconstruct her breasts following the removal of benign tumours to find they had increased in size, because the doctor felt she "would look better with bigger, 'better' boobs". Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump uses new website to rewrite history of his presidency Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:15 AM PDT Narrative omits two impeachments, economic crash, Covid death toll and riot that marked end of his term Donald Trump has launched a new website celebrating his time as US president that includes a very selective retelling of the history of his time in office. 45office.com is billed as a platform for his supporters to stay in touch and a place where Trump will continue his "America first" campaign. Continue reading... |
| Covid: new vaccines needed globally within a year, say scientists Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:29 AM PDT Survey of experts in relevant fields concludes that new variants could arise in countries with low vaccine coverage The planet could have a year or less before first-generation Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective and modified formulations are needed, according to a survey of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists. Scientists have long stressed that a global vaccination effort is needed to satisfactorily neutralise the threat of Covid-19. This is due to the threat of variations of the virus – some more transmissible, deadly and less susceptible to vaccines – that are emerging and percolating. Continue reading... |
| Global treaty needed to protect states from pandemics, say world leaders Posted: 29 Mar 2021 04:11 PM PDT Joint letter signed by Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and others warns 'nobody is safe until everyone is safe' The world needs a global treaty for pandemics to protect states in the wake of Covid-19, akin to the settlement forged after the second world war, Boris Johnson and other world leaders have urged. In a joint article published in newspapers across the world, leaders including the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, warn that a future global pandemic is an inevitability and that Covid has served as "a stark and painful reminder that nobody is safe until everyone is safe". Continue reading... |
| UK Covid live news: deaths pass 150,000, ONS confirms Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:28 AM PDT Latest updates: ONS figures show there were 150,116 deaths by 19 March. Statistics come after government figures showing UK passed tragic milestone
The Novavax vaccine could be approved for use by the UK regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, by as early as the end of April, according to one of the scientists helping to develop it. Prof Paul Heath, the chief investigator of the UK trial of the drug, told the Evening Standard: The regulator will do a very detailed and thorough review and will decide in good time. I would hope it would be in the spring, possibly end of April.
The Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland has decided not to prosecute any of the republicans who attended the funeral of the former IRA leader Bobby Storey in breach of Covid regulations, Sky's David Blevins reports. BREAK: 24 people, including deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, will not face prosecution for alleged breaches of coronavirus regulations at funeral of senior republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast - PPS. Continue reading... |
| 'It was like a horror film': inside the terror of the Covid cruise ship Posted: 29 Mar 2021 11:09 PM PDT HBO documentary The Last Cruise revisits, through footage recorded by passengers and crew, the early-pandemic horror of the Diamond Princess cruise disaster Before the shutdowns and eerie images of a barren Times Square, before the bungled US federal response to a virus that has since killed 549,000 Americans and nearly 2.8m people worldwide, before most people even had a date they could loosely observe as a pandemic anniversary this past month, there was the Diamond Princess. The cruise ship departed from Yokohama, Japan on 20 January 2020 for a roundtrip tour of southeast Asia. On board was an 80-year-old passenger from Hong Kong who had recently visited Shenzen, Guangdong Province, China. At the time, there were only four confirmed cases of the then-unnamed Covid-19 virus outside mainland China; within two weeks, the ship would be stalled in the Japanese harbor under quarantine as the largest coronavirus outbreak outside Wuhan – 712 people, 14 of whom would die. Continue reading... |
| ‘Honey, I forgot to duck’: the attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan, 40 years on Posted: 29 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT The Republican narrowly escaped becoming the fifth US president to be assassinated – and there's been no closer call since Few guests at the Washington Hilton, a vast hotel rendered in curving Brutalist concrete, notice the simple plaque tucked away near a lower entrance designed for VIPs. It marks the spot where, 40 years ago today, President Ronald Reagan was shot and injured when would-be assassin John Hinckley fired six bullets in two seconds. White House press secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty and secret service agent Tim McCarthy were also hit. Continue reading... |
| Damage: the silent forms of violence against women Posted: 29 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PDT How is it that those with the power to inflict most harm are blind to the consequences of their actions? It is a truism to say that everyone knows violence when they see it, but if one thing has become clear in the past decade, it is that the most prevalent, insidious forms of violence are those that cannot be seen. Consider, for example, a photograph from January 2017. A group of identical-looking white men in dark suits looked on as their president signed an executive order banning US state funding to groups anywhere in the world offering abortion or abortion counselling. The passing of the "global gag rule" effectively launched the Trump presidency. (It was scrapped by Joe Biden soon after his inauguaration a few weeks ago.) The ruling meant an increase in deaths by illegal abortion for thousands of women throughout the developing world. Its effects have been as cruel as they are precise. No non-governmental organisation (NGO) in receipt of US funds could henceforth accept non-US support, or lobby governments across the world, on behalf of the right to abortion. A run of abortion bans followed in conservative Republican-held US states. In November 2019, Ohio introduced to the state legislature a bill which included the requirement that in cases of ectopic pregnancy, doctors must reimplant the embryo into the woman's uterus or face a charge of "abortion murder". (Ectopic pregnancy can be fatal to the mother and no such procedure exists in medical science.) Continue reading... |
| 'What is it about my freedom that bothers you?': how trans films are evolving Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:15 AM PDT The recent BFI Flare festival of LGBTIQ+ films showcased a raft of transgender titles from a powerful family drama to a devastating documentary about a jazz musician. They bear witness to a complicated but optimistic new future The scenery and production design of Cowboys make you sit up and take notice from the off. They feel like signals that this is not just another trans tearjerker but a film with much bolder ambition and complexity. The plot revolves around dad Troy and 11-year-old Joe, who run away from their problems together into the Montana wilderness, with but the flimsiest of plans. We are given context via flashbacks: Troy's struggle to "be a good man" and Joe's to "be a girl". The interweaving works well yet results in a lack of time spent up in the mountains, getting to know present-day father and son. Continue reading... |
| Hot cross bun bonanza! Ten brilliant recipes – from the perfect classic to prosciutto and parmesan Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT For the purists, there is Felicity Cloake's failsafe recipe. But if you want to buck tradition, how about chocolate, cherry bakewell or Marmite? People get awfully territorial about hot cross buns. If you have ever trailed around a supermarket with a hot cross bun purist at Easter, you'll know what I mean. They'll spot a bun that dares deviate even slightly from the tried and true hot cross bun blueprint – maybe it'll have cranberries in it or, God forbid, chocolate – and they'll act as if they've been slapped in the face. But, like it or not, the hot cross bun has moved on. It now exists on a spectrum that encompasses a multitude of styles, ingredients and tastes. Here are 10 recipes for very good hot cross bun variations. RIP my mentions. Continue reading... |
| Rosie Jones: ‘I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think: if she can do it, I can do it' Posted: 30 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PDT The standup on representation, Matt Hancock, her new travel show and why she loves Norwich A Great British, Female, Gay, Disabled, Covid-Compliant Adventure was the original name for Rosie Jones's new travel show. "But," says its host, "we thought that when you've got a presenter who speaks slowly, introducing that would take all bloody day." She also might have called it Stereotypically Shit Places, another phrase bandied about in today's Zoom chat. "The idea," she says, "was to visit places where the local people would go: 'Why have you come to Whitby for your holiday?!'" In the end, Channel 4 settled on Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. The four-part series, about comedian-of-the-moment Jones "going to shit places and making the most of it", premieres this spring. Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tips Continue reading... |
| Osinbajo defies expectations as Nigeria's vice-president Posted: 29 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT Analysis: Buhari's deputy wants to create jobs, feed pupils and cut red tape. Is he too high-profile for his critics? The role of vice-president is one that John Adams, the first person in the US to hold the position, called "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived". Nigeria's Patience Jonathan captured the situation in her sarcastic response to a journalist who asked about her husband, Goodluck Jonathan, when he was vice-president. She said: "He is in his office reading newspapers." Continue reading... |
| Man jailed for life after Stockport murder of wife over frozen chips Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:51 AM PDT Thomas McCann sentenced after killing in which he dumped dismembered body in country park A husband who strangled his wife after a row about frozen chips, then dumped her dismembered body in a country park, has been jailed for life for murder. Thomas McCann, 49, strangled Yvonne, 46, his wife of 24 years, in the bathroom of their home in Stockport, after a row about a bag of frozen chips left out of the freezer, Manchester crown court heard. Continue reading... |
| Biden's tariffs threat shows how far Brexit Britain is from controlling its own destiny | Tom Kibasi Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:18 AM PDT We knew leaving the EU would weaken us. Now we can see it will limit the ability of the government to rein in big tech What do lipstick, cravats, gold chains and poker chips have in common? The answer is that they are among a host of items that the US is threatening to impose punitive import tariffs on if the UK proceeds with its plan to implement a tax on big tech. The new duties are intended to raise $325m – the amount the US government believes the exchequer will raise from the 2% tax on revenues of tech firms. In some respects, this is just part of the merry-go-round in international trade (though actual merry-go-rounds have also been slapped with new tariffs) as countries ruthlessly pursue their national interests. But it matters because it reveals Britain's newfound weakness in international trade from outside the EU – and how that weakness may limit the ability of the government to curb the power of big tech. Continue reading... |
| The UAE Covid vaccine could become a global leader, but we must see full data | Sophie Zinser Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:00 AM PDT China and the Emirates have teamed up to launch a rebranded vaccine – and that's good news for the developing world hina's leading vaccine just got rebranded. On Sunday 28 March, its major pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm, announced a new joint venture with G42, a UAE-based tech company: the vaccine is called Hayat-Vax, hayat meaning "life" in Arabic. The partnership shows immense promise as a new source of vaccines across the developing world. But there's a catch: a lack of scientific transparency in its phase III clinical trial data. A successful phase III trial is the golden seal confirming a jab's efficacy once and for all. It allows scientists to observe possible side effects and make comparisons with placebo cases, while mirroring real-life conditions. From a scientific perspective, it provides critical evidence for developing future vaccines. But Hayat-Vax's phase III data hasn't been released. Continue reading... |
| Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator in first for International Booker Posted: 30 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PDT Kenyan novelist's The Perfect Nine is first work written in an indigenous African language to be longlisted Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has become the first writer to be nominated for the International Booker prize as both author and translator of the same book, and the first nominee writing in an indigenous African language. The 83-year-old Kenyan and perennial Nobel favourite is among 13 authors nominated for the award for best translated fiction, a £50,000 prize split evenly between author and translator. Thiong'o is nominated as writer and translator of The Perfect Nine, a novel-in-verse described by the judges as "a magisterial and poetic tale about women's place in a society of gods", and written in the Bantu language Gikuyu. Continue reading... |
| 'Best and brightest': Biden announces 'trailblazing' slate of judicial nominees Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:38 AM PDT Ketanji Brown Jackson nominated to replace Merrick Garland on US appeals court, as part of president's 11 diverse selections Joe Biden has announced a "trailblazing" set of federal judicial nominees, 11 picks including three Black women. Related: Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue review: how Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed America Continue reading... |
| Canada declares fish fraud crackdown but leaves out restaurants Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:02 AM PDT New study released after Guardian Seascape investigation shows drop in seafood mislabelling, but campaigners argue it uses less strict methodology Canada's food safety authority has announced improved monitoring to tackle seafood fraud, after a recent Guardian Seascape analysis found fish mislabelling to be widespread. However,environmental campaigners are concerned samples taken for a key report behind the announcement did not include restaurants and food services and used a less accurate methodology. In its latest report, released on 24 March, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said only 8% of the seafood it had sampled in the past two years was mislabelled, after new investments in food fraud reduction. It looked at 352 samples collected from domestic processors, importers and packaged fish at supermarkets in 2019 and 2020. Continue reading... |
| PNG prime minister first to be vaccinated with Australian-supplied doses 'to show it's safe' Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:41 AM PDT James Marape receives AstraZeneca Covid vaccine at Port Morseby football stadium to help combat misinformation Papua New Guinea has begun its rollout of the Covid vaccine with the first doses of the AstraZeneca shots supplied by Australia administered to health workers, senior statesmen and elected officials, including the prime minister, James Marape. Marape said on Tuesday that "vaccination is not compulsory but will be made optionally available for Papua New Guineans who chose to be vaccinated". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:03 AM PDT Two cases in one hospital 'obviously raises concerns', doctors' union says, as it is revealed most at-risk health workers didn't have masks properly fitted
The Queensland doctors' union has called for a full investigation into how a doctor and nurse at the same Brisbane hospital contracted coronavirus, leading to two separate clusters of community transmission and a city-wide lockdown. The latest information state authorities have released suggests the spread of at least 15 cases of coronavirus began with separate infections acquired within the Princess Alexandra hospital at Woolloongabba. Continue reading... |
| EU announces funding for five new refugee camps on Greek islands Posted: 29 Mar 2021 08:40 AM PDT Ylva Johansson's visit Lesbos and Samos met with demonstrations from locals, as charities warn camps are 'recipe for catastrophe' The EU is to give Greece funding to build five new refuge camps on the Aegean islands. Ylva Johansson, the EU home affairs commissioner, visited Lesbos and Samos on Monday to announce that the EU would provide €250m of funding (£213m) for five new structures on the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Kos and Leros. |
| Myanmar airstrikes cause thousands to flee across Thailand border Posted: 29 Mar 2021 08:31 AM PDT About 3,000 estimated to have crossed over after junta attacks areas mostly populated by Karen people A series of airstrikes by Myanmar's military has driven thousands of people across the country's border with Thailand, adding a new dimension to an already volatile and deadly crisis. The strikes in areas populated predominantly by ethnic Karen people began on Saturday. Since then an estimated 3,000 villagers have fled across the Salween River into Thailand and an unknown number have become internally displaced in the jungles on the Myanmar side of the river. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2021 11:20 PM PDT Finally, a global news event that we weren't screaming at each other on Twitter about – and which was simple enough to explain to a child As the Ever Given was freed from the Suez Canal on Monday — just under a week after it jammed itself in there like a husky gentleman in a waterslide — the prevailing attitude online was not one of relief or celebration. The hashtag #putitback started trending as people, with varying degrees of sincerity, immediately became nostalgic for the time when the whole world's attention was fixed on huge oaf of a boat gunking up 200km of canal. Continue reading... |
| With world watching Derek Chauvin's trial, focus will be on officer who 'betrayed' his badge Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:28 PM PDT Analysis: the trial over the killing of George Floyd may be a bellwether for racial justice, but the prosecution will focus on one man's actions For all the many thousands of protests around the world, the global reckoning on racism and policing prompted by the killing of George Floyd last May, prosecutors were clear that their case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin would be centered around a period of time lasting less than 10 minutes. Nine minutes and 29 seconds. The total time that Chauvin held his knee to George Floyd's neck, leaving him "pancaked", in the words of prosecutor Jerry Blackwell, between the ground and Chauvin's body, gradually asphyxiating him to death. Continue reading... |
| Two union flags flutter in hot air as Johnson tries to connect | Zoe Williams Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:02 PM PDT All the pomp of the new No 10 briefing room was wasted on a Covid press conference of little substance The prime minister arrived in his brand new, £2.6m press briefing room with the unmistakable vibe of a feckless absentee father, doing his Monday afternoon teleconference call. Trying to be so many things at once. He wants to be the fun one, so did a shout out to Ilkeston Cycle Club, who met at midnight as the clock turned on the 29 March; then a big up to Hillingdon lido, who did whatever they do there. He also wants to prove that, this time, he's deadly serious, a grave and sober man of his word, and his brow is heavy with all the memories of why you might not believe him. He has some new curtains he wants to show you, which are both union flags, and some rather sudden paintwork, a fierce Conservative blue, because obviously that's the colour of authority and this is your government for ever. Though when you consider how much he could have spent on wallpaper, you have to look on the bright side. The intention of the new setting must have been jocular jingoism, but it came off a little mournful, slightly beseeching, like: "Look, I've bought an inflatable mattress, soon you'll be able to stay the night!" Continue reading... |
| Is pornography to blame for rise in 'rape culture'? Posted: 29 Mar 2021 09:53 AM PDT Analysis: experts split on whether easy access to porn has fuelled sexual harassment, abuse and assault among young people The harrowing reports of sexism and assaults in schools detailed on the everyonesinvited.uk website has fuelled concerns of a "rape culture" in educational settings. The disclosures have raised concerns that easy access to pornography is part of the problem. Continue reading... |
| 'America's on trial': family and supporters take a knee for George Floyd – video Posted: 29 Mar 2021 12:41 PM PDT George Floyd's family and attorneys gathered outside the heavily-barricaded court house before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin went on trial Monday. 'They can't sweep this under the rug,' said Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother, to reporters. Philonise and other speakers spoke about the video that showed Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck that would be brought as evidence during the trial Continue reading... |
| 'I'm scared': CDC director urges action after US Covid surge – video Posted: 29 Mar 2021 10:26 AM PDT Rochelle Walensky, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urged public officials to spread the word about the seriousness of a fourth Covid-19 surge in the country. The Biden administration and Walensky said Americans should continue to take precautions to prevent the spread of Covid-19
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| Mozambique: dozens dead or missing after insurgents attack convoy - video Posted: 29 Mar 2021 09:58 AM PDT At least seven people are dead and up to 60 unaccounted for after an ambush by Islamist militants on a convoy in northern Mozambique on Friday. On Wednesday, the insurgents had targeted the northern town of Palma, where many foreign contractors work for a multibillion-dollar liquified natural gas project run by the French energy company Total, attacking local people and hotels sheltering foreign workers Continue reading... |
| Suez canal ship freed and heading to lake for inspections – video Posted: 29 Mar 2021 08:54 AM PDT A vast container ship that had blocked the Suez canal in Egypt for almost a week has been completely refloated by salvage teams with the help of tides that swelled to their highest point with the full moon. Dredgers and excavators worked throughout the weekend to dislodge thousands of cubic metres of sand caked around the 400-metre-long Ever Given ship. Tugboats managed in the early hours of Monday first to move it, then pull it free. The vessel is being hauled to a lake where it will undergo technical inspections Continue reading... |
| Back in the swing and the swim: England returns to outdoor sport – in pictures Posted: 29 Mar 2021 08:06 AM PDT From pools and lidos to tennis courts and golf courses, it has been an action-packed day around England as lockdown regulations are relaxed to allow outdoor sporting activity. People will now be able to meet up legally outside in groups of six or two households and organised outdoor sport can resume Continue reading... |
| Suez ship partially refloated but bow remains stuck – video Posted: 29 Mar 2021 03:27 AM PDT A vast container ship blocking the Suez canal in Egypt for almost a week has been partially refloated, but the vessel's bulbous bow – or front end – is still stuck at the canal's edge. Dredgers, excavators and tugboats worked throughout the weekend fighting changing wind conditions and the tide to dislodge thousands of cubic metres of sand caked around the 400-metre-long Ever Given ship, managing in the early hours of Monday to first move it, then pull it free. Further tugging operations will resume once the tide rises later on Monday Continue reading... |
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