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- Hong Kong democracy leaders found guilty over peaceful 2019 protest
- Dire situation in North Korea drives 'collective exit' of diplomats
- Joe Biden to hold first cabinet meeting as he pitches $2tn infrastructure plan – live
- China butchers Aesop fable in latest act of wolf-warrior diplomacy
- No 10 race adviser Samuel Kasumu resigns
- Brexit: Scottish dog food firm relocates to France due to export red tape
- Family of photographer urge Libya to investigate his death
- John le Carré, chronicler of Englishness, died Irish, son reveals
- Cleared for lunch: Japanese airline serves £390 in-flight meals on parked planes
- Tiananmen Square watch withdrawn from sale by auction house
- All my eaglets: pandemic audience spellbound by saga of nesting bald eagles
- Coronavirus live: nearly 67,000 die of Covid in Brazil in March; Sicilian health chief quits over 'faked Covid data'
- Covid vaccine scheme 'unacceptably slow' in Europe, says WHO
- Long Covid: snapshot poll finds more than 1m people with symptoms in UK
- Vaccine volley: debate rages over ambivalence of tennis professionals
- April fools innovations: from TubbyCoins to socially networked cows
- 'Rehab made me grateful to be alive': Margaret Cho on sobriety, solitude and Stop Asian Hate
- Rihanna's 30 greatest singles – ranked!
- The death truck: how a solution to Mexico's morgue crisis created a new horror
- Steve Guttenberg: 'I learned humility from Laurence Olivier'
- ‘It's helped lessen the feeling of doom’: readers' photos of their local wildlife
- Quiet Easter expected on UK roads as Covid rules deter most from travelling
- Italian navy captain's wife denies allegations he is a Russian spy
- Whale watching in Mexico – in pictures
- April Fool’s Day 2021: police sausage dogs, 'self-jiggling’ tea bags and Gina Rinehart's new book
- Kenya issues ultimatum to UN to close camps housing almost 400,000 refugees
- Net gains: how India trawlers’ plastic catch is helping to rebuild roads
- What is allowed under Covid lockdown rules around the UK?
- ‘Brazen’ government media strategy muddies detail of UK race report
- Racial disparities in the UK: key findings of the report – and what its critics say
- Biden announces 'once-in-a generation' $2tn infrastructure investment plan – video
| Hong Kong democracy leaders found guilty over peaceful 2019 protest Posted: 01 Apr 2021 06:27 AM PDT Seven figures including Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted over unauthorised march Seven of Hong Kong's most senior and prominent pro-democracy figures, including the lawyer and former legislator Martin Lee and the media tycoon Jimmy Lai, have been found guilty over their involvement in an unauthorised protest rally. After a four-week trial, the defendants were convicted on Thursday of organising and participating in the rally in 2019, joining two others who pleaded guilty earlier. They could face up to 10 years in prison, though their sentences are likely to be shorter than that. Continue reading... |
| Dire situation in North Korea drives 'collective exit' of diplomats Posted: 01 Apr 2021 04:58 AM PDT Russian embassy staff cite medicine shortages and unbearable conditions arising from strict Covid restrictions Russian diplomats fleeing North Korea have described acute shortages of medicines and other basic goods in the country, indicating a crisis fuelled by one of the world's strictest quarantine regimes amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter posted online on Thursday, employees of the Russian embassy in Pyongyang described a "collective exit" of foreign diplomatic staff that they predicted would "unfortunately not be the last" due to unbearable conditions in the North Korean capital. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden to hold first cabinet meeting as he pitches $2tn infrastructure plan – live Posted: 01 Apr 2021 07:33 AM PDT
The fourth day of Derek Chauvin's trial is now underway in Minneapolis, where the former police officer faces murder charges over the killing of George Floyd. Courteney Ross, the partner of Floyd, has now taken the witness stand. Ross started crying as she recounted the story of meeting Floyd in 2017. The cashier who served George Floyd in a Minneapolis store immediately before his arrest and death last May told a court on Wednesday of the 'disbelief and guilt' he felt for allowing Floyd to pay with a suspected fake $20 bill when he later saw the police kneeling on him. Testimony on the third day of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial continued in an atmosphere of tense emotions and harrowing evidence about Floyd's death. Related: Chauvin trial: cashier tells of guilt over role in events that led to George Floyd's death
Hillary Clinton has joined the growing ranks of Democrats who have called for eliminating the Senate filibuster to advance voting rights legislation. The former presidential nominee made her position known on a newly released episode of "Just Something About Her," a podcast hosted by Jennifer Palmieri, who served as a senior adviser on Clinton's 2016 campaign. The Republican Party is doing all it can to bring back Jim Crow and stop Black people from exercising their voting rights. Related: 'Everything is on the table': Senate prepares for showdown over filibuster Continue reading... |
| China butchers Aesop fable in latest act of wolf-warrior diplomacy Posted: 01 Apr 2021 04:38 AM PDT Chinese embassy in Ireland Twitter account riffs on the Wolf and the Lamb but appears to get confused A butchered Aesop's fable from the Twitter account of China's embassy in Ireland has drawn mirth from observers and highlighted the growing sensitivity of Chinese diplomats to international criticism. As China engages in international disputes ranging from fist fights with Taiwanese officials to trade sanctions and threats of conflict, the belligerent and aggressive style of communication of some of its foreign officials has earned the nickname "wolf warrior diplomacy". Continue reading... |
| No 10 race adviser Samuel Kasumu resigns Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:22 AM PDT News of resignation comes day after publication of official report downplaying structural racism Boris Johnson's adviser on race has resigned, it has emerged. The news comes a day after the government released a controversial report downplaying structural racism in the UK. Samuel Kasumu, No 10's special adviser for civil society and communities, will leave his role next month and informed colleagues of his decision on Wednesday, sources have confirmed. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Brexit: Scottish dog food firm relocates to France due to export red tape Posted: 01 Apr 2021 06:12 AM PDT Owner says he decided 'enough was enough' after encountering more and more trade barriers The founder of a Scottish dog food business has told how Brexit forced him to move to France after his exports to the EU were halted because of the new trade barriers in place since 1 January. After 10 weeks of daily calls and emails to government representatives, who he said were "absolutely terrible", Antoon Murphy said he was left with no other option than to relocate or face losing the business. Continue reading... |
| Family of photographer urge Libya to investigate his death Posted: 01 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT Relatives of Anton Hammerl, who was killed in 2011, hope new government will help locate his body The family of a British-based photographer killed in 2011 by pro-Gaddafi forces during the Arab spring have launched a campaign to pressure Libya to investigate his death. Anton Hammerl, 41, was shot after being targeted as part of a small group of journalists, including the US reporter James Foley who himself was subsequently kidnapped and murdered by Islamic State in Syria. Continue reading... |
| John le Carré, chronicler of Englishness, died Irish, son reveals Posted: 01 Apr 2021 04:53 AM PDT Author was so opposed to Brexit that he took Irish citizenship to remain European John le Carré, the great embodiment and chronicler of Englishness, saved his greatest twist not for his thrillers but the twilight of his own life: he died an Irishman. The creator of the quintessential English spy George Smiley was so opposed to Brexit that in order to remain European, and to reflect his heritage, he took Irish citizenship before his death last December aged 89, his son has revealed. Continue reading... |
| Cleared for lunch: Japanese airline serves £390 in-flight meals on parked planes Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:18 AM PDT All Nippon Airways' first-class meals on grounded jets is latest industry wheeze to claw back revenue lost in Covid crisis Japan's biggest airline has started offering luxury dining aboard a parked airplane titled the "winged restaurant," for £390 a meal. Diners rushed to relive the cabin dining experience on Wednesday, despite being unable to travel due to the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Tiananmen Square watch withdrawn from sale by auction house Posted: 01 Apr 2021 06:19 AM PDT Watch given to Chinese troops who took part in 1989 crackdown pulled by Fellows after vendor received online threats A luxury UK auction house has withdrawn from sale a rare watch given to Chinese soldiers as a reward for their part in the Tiananmen Square massacre, after it said the vendor had received online threats. The sale of the watch, depicting a green-helmeted soldier and the text "89.6 to commemorate the quelling of the rebellion" in Chinese characters, sparked questions over the ethics of profiting from an item associated with an atrocity. Continue reading... |
| All my eaglets: pandemic audience spellbound by saga of nesting bald eagles Posted: 01 Apr 2021 01:00 AM PDT Viewers have watched via livestream as Guardian and Liberty raise three chicks while Shadow and Jackie come to terms with loss In one giant nest are bald eagles named Guardian and Liberty, lovingly nurturing their three fluffy new chicks through their first days of life. In another, sit Shadow and Jackie, taking turns to carefully but forlornly incubate an egg they don't yet realize is never going to hatch. The compelling stories and contrasting fortunes of the two pairs of breeding raptors, live streamed to the world on YouTube from California, have become essential viewing for hundreds of thousands during the coronavirus lockdown, and in many ways symbolic of the vagaries and sadnesses of the pandemic itself. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2021 07:21 AM PDT Brazilian deaths in March more than double the previous high; Sicily investigating alleged falsifying of figures to avoid a strict lockdown
Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has given firm backing to the use of Covid passports after the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, suggested the measure would be against "British instinct". Read the latest here first: Related: Boris Johnson gives backing to domestic use of Covid passports
This is from Darran Marshall, a BBC Politics producer: #Coronavirus |
| Covid vaccine scheme 'unacceptably slow' in Europe, says WHO Posted: 01 Apr 2021 02:58 AM PDT Hans Kluge urges ramping up of manufacturing and asks governments to share excess shots Europe's vaccination campaign is "unacceptably slow" while rising infection rates in most countries across the region mean its virus situation is "more worrying than we have seen in several months", the World Health Organization has said. The WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said on Thursday that vaccines "present our best way out of this pandemic. Not only do they work, they are highly effective in preventing infection. However, their rollout is unacceptably slow." Continue reading... |
| Long Covid: snapshot poll finds more than 1m people with symptoms in UK Posted: 01 Apr 2021 03:56 AM PDT ONS estimates 1.1m people in community had ongoing symptoms in four weeks to 6 March More than a million people in the UK were experiencing "long Covid" in a recent four-week period, according to new survey figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Statisticians estimate that 1.1 million people in the community had ongoing symptoms in the four weeks up to 6 March after contracting the disease at least three months beforehand. Continue reading... |
| Vaccine volley: debate rages over ambivalence of tennis professionals Posted: 01 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT The ATP and WTA support Covid-19 vaccination but some players have shrugged their shoulders as they would have to remain in tournament bubbles regardless As the Miami Open marched towards its climax, one of the many off-court discussions that have raged on during the event is the simple question of the sport's attitude towards vaccination during the pandemic. Players were asked during the week about their stance, and a trend of ambivalence became clear. For Andrey Rublev, the Russian world No 8, vaccination would make little difference to him as he would still have to remain in the tournament bubbles: "I don't know," Rublev said. "There is no reason. Just – I don't know. Just by the feelings, because I never have any vaccine since I was a kid, so I don't know. I feel OK with this way. I never had any problems with my health." Continue reading... |
| April fools innovations: from TubbyCoins to socially networked cows Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:20 AM PDT Ice cream factory delivery bikes and Lego that you can't step on also among products apparently being launched Media April fool stories may be a little thinner on the ground in an era where "fake news" has become a concern, and at a time when a global pandemic makes judging the tone trickier. The Telegraph chose 1 April to announce that Barnard Castle was intending to add a lifesize statue of Dominic Cummings to the estate, while the Sun returned to the row over Harry and Meghan's Oprah Winfrey interview by suggesting that Justin Welby officiated over their "secret" pre-wedding while acting as an Elvis impersonator. The Guardian's own joke, in light of the recent Ever Given grounding, was that there were plans to build a second Suez canal to avoid a similar situation happening again. Continue reading... |
| 'Rehab made me grateful to be alive': Margaret Cho on sobriety, solitude and Stop Asian Hate Posted: 31 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PDT One of the world's most outrageous comedians, Cho is helping to lead the battle to end racism against Asian-Americans. She discusses hatred, hope and how humour saved her life ● Warning: this article contains discussion of suicide from the start The thing about being a standup comedian is that you can never turn off that part of your brain, not even when you are trying to kill yourself. Margaret Cho learned this in 2013 when she attempted suicide in a hotel room, using a shower curtain rail. "It started bending and I was like: Oh shit, I'm too fat to kill myself, so I had to get down," says Cho. "I thought: I'll go on a diet and I'll try again when I reach my goal weight, which means I'm never going to kill myself, because I'll never reach my goal weight." The 52-year-old Emmy-, Grammy- and Oscar-nominated comedian, author, actor and podcaster lets out a delighted cackle. "That joke … people get really upset. They're like: 'You should put in a trigger warning.' I don't know how to do a trigger warning!" The point Cho is trying to make is a serious one. "My sense of humour probably saved me from dying," she says. "You can't really shut that part of you off, because humour is really hope. Humour and laughter is the intake of breath, which is the preservation of the body for the next moment … at your darkest moments; it's actually the thing that shines the brightest. I'm really grateful for it and I'm really grateful I got to live." Continue reading... |
| Rihanna's 30 greatest singles – ranked! Posted: 01 Apr 2021 07:12 AM PDT With a rumoured ninth album on the way – the follow-up to 2016's Anti – we examine Rihanna's singles and pick the 30 best A buoyant paean to the quick-fix method of forgetting life's worries by getting drunk, complete with big-up for the restorative powers of Jameson's whiskey and a nod to Tyra Banks's character in Coyote Ugly, Cheers (Drink to That) sounds elated and chaotic in equal measure: a messy night out in musical form. Continue reading... |
| The death truck: how a solution to Mexico's morgue crisis created a new horror Posted: 31 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PDT How did a lorry carrying 273 dead bodies end up stranded on the outskirts of Guadalajara? On the southern outskirts of Guadalajara, early in the morning of 15 September 2018, a large container, the type normally attached to a lorry, sank into the soupy ground beside a rutted country road. The refrigerated container could store up to 18 tonnes of material, cooled to -40C. Across its white exterior, a cartoon polar bear in a blue work shirt smiled and gave a thumbs up. A container like this was a common enough sight in the neighbourhood of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga. What attracted attention was the smell. Sitting there, slumped between cornfields on one side and dilapidated concrete houses on the other, it gave off a thick, cloying odour. Some said it reeked of rotting cabbage and fish, others mentioned putrid meat. But they all agreed: the container exuded death. Continue reading... |
| Steve Guttenberg: 'I learned humility from Laurence Olivier' Posted: 01 Apr 2021 07:00 AM PDT As the ordinary guy in Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby, Guttenberg was one of the 80s unlikeliest stars – then disappeared. He talks about defying audience expectation, partying with Tom Selleck and Ted Danson and his latest role as a foul-mouthed British gangster "Steve Guttenberg … in a British gangster film!" sounds like a movie pitch by Alan Partridge. Mr Nice of 80s movies – the actor who embodied friendly normality in films such as Short Circuit, Cocoon and Three Men and a Baby – starring in a weird subgenre of film that is now little more than violence porn and misogyny? And yet, here we are in 2021, with Guttenberg playing an alarmingly bewigged capo in something called – let me check my notes – Original Gangster. It's not quite as weird as Donald Trump becoming president of the United States, but it's not far off. Continue reading... |
| ‘It's helped lessen the feeling of doom’: readers' photos of their local wildlife Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:35 AM PDT UK and European readers share their sightings of local wildlife from recent weeks Living with the coronavirus pandemic has meant many of us can't travel far, with one benefit being more time to take notice of the natural world closer to home. From shield bugs in Stroud to larch flowers in Oxfordshire, UK and European readers have been sharing pictures and stories of their local flora and fauna. Continue reading... |
| Quiet Easter expected on UK roads as Covid rules deter most from travelling Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:51 AM PDT Motoring organisation polls show most people likely to stay home over traditionally busy holiday weekend Two years ago, Easter brought warnings of traffic chaos, closed rail stations and crowded destinations, with staycationers expecting to enjoy hotter weather than those who had jetted off to Mallorca; but last year, with the four-day holiday falling in the early weeks of the first Covid-19 lockdown, no one was going anywhere. This time, despite the first substantial easing of lockdown rules that potentially allows many to see family and friends for the first time in months, it does not look as if the traditional Easter mass getaway will reappear in 2021. Continue reading... |
| Italian navy captain's wife denies allegations he is a Russian spy Posted: 01 Apr 2021 06:29 AM PDT Walter Biot acted out of financial desperation if he sold confidential documents as alleged, wife says The wife of an Italian navy captain arrested this week for allegedly passing confidential documents to a Russian official has said her husband must have acted "out of desperation". Tensions between Rome and Moscow are running high after the Italian foreign ministry ordered the expulsion on Wednesday of the Russian military official allegedly involved in the spying case and another official. Continue reading... |
| Whale watching in Mexico – in pictures Posted: 01 Apr 2021 01:19 AM PDT The annual arrival of migratory grey whales at El Vizcaíno sanctuary in Mexico has aided the region's tourism industry. The whales travel about 5,600 miles from their summer feeding grounds in Alaska to mate and give birth in the warmer waters off north-western Mexico Continue reading... |
| April Fool’s Day 2021: police sausage dogs, 'self-jiggling’ tea bags and Gina Rinehart's new book Posted: 01 Apr 2021 01:49 AM PDT Guardian Australia picks the best and worst of the day's pranks and puns Last year was bleak. So this April Fool's Day everyone from government agencies to brands and even Gina Rinehart jumped at the chance to generate some laughs in 2021. Many organisations created their own promotional videos or press releases to test the credulity of the Australian public. Guardian Australia sorted through them all to bring you the best – and worst – of this year's jokes. Continue reading... |
| Kenya issues ultimatum to UN to close camps housing almost 400,000 refugees Posted: 31 Mar 2021 11:15 PM PDT Threat to shut Dadaab and Kakuma settlements comes amid row with Somalia and prompts alarm about risks during pandemic Kenya has once again threatened to close two huge refugee camps in the country, in a move that has alarmed the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and donor organisations. A tweet from the ministry of interior gave the UNHCR a "14-day ultimatum to have a roadmap on definite closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps". Continue reading... |
| Net gains: how India trawlers’ plastic catch is helping to rebuild roads Posted: 31 Mar 2021 10:30 PM PDT The waste caught by fishing boats used to be thrown back into the sea but in Kerala it is now turned into black gold For years, plastic caught by fishing communities on the Kollam coast in India's southern state of Kerala was thrown back into the water, damaging aquatic ecosystems and killing fish. But fishers are spearheading an innovative initiative to clean up the ocean – along with their daily hauls of fish, they pull in and collect the waste that gets enmeshed in their nets. Continue reading... |
| What is allowed under Covid lockdown rules around the UK? Posted: 01 Apr 2021 04:43 AM PDT How restrictions are being eased varies in the UK's four constituent parts The lockdown is being gradually eased in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but the details of how and when this is happening vary in the four constituent parts of the UK. Continue reading... |
| ‘Brazen’ government media strategy muddies detail of UK race report Posted: 31 Mar 2021 10:04 AM PDT Analysis: critics have accused ministers of trying to shut down debate through selective briefing For what was billed as a landmark examination of racial disparities, set up directly by Downing Street and months in the making, the arrival of the report was curiously low-key – or, critics say, done with significant media manipulation. The full 264-page report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was released at 11.30am on Wednesday. But the bulk of the coverage came before that, when journalists and interviewers had very little idea what it contained. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Racial disparities in the UK: key findings of the report – and what its critics say Posted: 31 Mar 2021 08:25 AM PDT Analysis: the report's conclusions and recommendations on education, health, terminology and more The government has released the full 264-page report by a commission set up by Downing Street to investigate racial disparities in the UK. These are its main findings: Overall view Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Biden announces 'once-in-a generation' $2tn infrastructure investment plan – video Posted: 31 Mar 2021 06:46 PM PDT Joe Biden unveiled what he called a 'once-in-a-generation' investment in American infrastructure, promising the nation his $2tn plan would create the 'strongest, most resilient, innovative economy in the world'. Biden's proposal to the nation still struggling to overcome the coronavirus pandemic would rebuild 20,000 miles of roads and highways and repair the 10 most economically significant bridges in the country. Biden added other projects would confront the climate crisis, curb wealth inequality and strengthen US competitiveness
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