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- Joe Biden to reveal US emissions pledge in key climate crisis moment
- Boris Johnson cancels India trip due to Covid situation
- European Super League: Premier League ‘big six’ sign up to competition
- George Floyd killing: protests flare as Americans await verdict in Chauvin trial
- Poland activists urge people to think before ticking Catholic box in census
- Alexei Navalny allies call for mass protests in Russia to save his life
- George W Bush is back – but not all appreciate his new progressive image
- UK government to unveil registration scheme to tackle foreign spies
- Students evacuate Cape Town university as fire damages historic buildings
- ‘A great deception’: oil giants taken to task over ‘greenwash’ ads
- Microbes are ‘unknown unknowns’ despite being vital to all life, says study
- Joy, actually: happy reunions fill Auckland airport as trans-Tasman bubble begins
- Coronavirus live news: EU may not renew AstraZeneca contract; New Delhi to impose six day lockdown
- Cambodia accused of using Covid to edge towards ‘totalitarian dictatorship’
- Covid: trial to study effect of immune system on reinfection
- Skepticism and a shrug: Cubans greet the end of 62 years of Castro rule
- Laura Dockrill on parenting, paranoia and postpartum psychosis: ‘I thought I’d been hijacked by a devil’
- ‘What do they want from us?’ As Russian forces amass, a Ukraine frontier town feels fear and despair
- Galaxy S21+ review: the big-screen Samsung phone for slightly less
- ‘Olivier was jealous of me’: TV drama pioneer Derek Granger at 100
- Sewage island: how Britain spews its waste into the sea
- Brighton beach cordoned off after possible unexploded mortar shell found
- Train accident north of Cairo has killed at least 11 people, say authorities
- Nine and looking after the family: the children working to survive in Malawi
- US workers who risked their lives to care for elderly demand change
- Leaders agree to vaccination rollout changes – as it happened
- Uber Eats rider died riding e-bike not approved for use in NSW, company confirms
- Police killing hundreds in Rio de Janeiro despite court ban on favela raids
- Happy reunions: joy fills Wellington airport as trans-Tasman bubble begins – video
- Protests erupt in US cities after Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo killings – video
| Joe Biden to reveal US emissions pledge in key climate crisis moment Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT President will also call on major economies to join him in bold action at virtual summit of 40 world leaders Joe Biden faces a key test of his commitment to climate action this week, when he sets out his core plans for tackling the climate crisis and calls on all of the world's major economies to join him in bold action to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years. The US president has made the climate emergency one of his administration's top priorities, and stated that clean growth must be the route for the US to rebound from the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson cancels India trip due to Covid situation Posted: 19 Apr 2021 02:24 AM PDT Downing Street says next week's visit cancelled 'in light of the current coronavirus situation' Boris Johnson's planned visit to India next week has been cancelled because of the country's escalating coronavirus crisis, a joint statement by the UK and India has announced. "In the light of the current coronavirus situation, prime minister Boris Johnson will not be able to travel to India next week," said the statement, released by Downing Street. Continue reading... |
| European Super League: Premier League ‘big six’ sign up to competition Posted: 18 Apr 2021 03:52 PM PDT
European football was thrown into turmoil on Sunday night after new plans for a European super league were revealed that would mean six English clubs – Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham – joining the breakaway competition alongside three teams from each of Italy and Spain. Related: Only someone who truly hates football can be behind a European super league Continue reading... |
| George Floyd killing: protests flare as Americans await verdict in Chauvin trial Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:39 AM PDT Outcome is expected to resonate nationwide, particularly in cities that have seen continuing demonstrations over police violence Protests against police killings flared across the US this weekend, from Minneapolis to Chicago to Portland, as Americans wait for a verdict in the trial of the white police officer charged with murdering George Floyd last year. Closing arguments are expected in the Derek Chauvin trial on Monday. The most serious charge the former Minneapolis officer is facing in Floyd's death is second-degree murder, but the jury might choose to find him guilty on third-degree murder or manslaughter, or acquit him altogether. Continue reading... |
| Poland activists urge people to think before ticking Catholic box in census Posted: 19 Apr 2021 01:50 AM PDT Campaigners hope more accurate picture of country's makeup will challenge government narrative of near-universal Catholicism Activists in Poland are asking people to consider if they are truly Roman Catholic when filling out a national census, hoping a more accurate picture of the country's makeup will challenge a government narrative of near-universal Catholicism. In the previous census, completed a decade ago, 96% of respondents claimed they were Roman Catholic. This has been used by the rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party to justify a series of controversial hardline changes it supports, including stopping public funding of IVF treatments and a near-total ban on abortion. Continue reading... |
| Alexei Navalny allies call for mass protests in Russia to save his life Posted: 18 Apr 2021 08:01 AM PDT Kremlin critic's team want showdown as Vladimir Putin delivers state of the nation address Allies of Alexei Navalny have called on his supporters to stage mass protests on Wednesday in towns and cities all across Russia, amid a dire warning that the jailed Kremlin critic and opposition leader is now dangerously ill and could die "at any minute". Navalny's team said the situation had got so desperate that there was no time to delay. They had previously said street protests would resume once they reached 500,000 signatures in support – with the current tally about 50,000 short. Continue reading... |
| George W Bush is back – but not all appreciate his new progressive image Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT The 43rd president's tour to promote his new book hasn't been well received for those who remember his 'war on terror' days He's back. George W Bush, the former US president, returns to the political stage this week with a promotional book tour comprising numerous "virtual conversations" and TV and radio interviews, including a late night talk show. Continue reading... |
| UK government to unveil registration scheme to tackle foreign spies Posted: 19 Apr 2021 12:17 AM PDT Boris Johnson likely to announce proposal, including Official Secrets Act update, in Queen's speech Britain plans to force those working for foreign governments to sign a central register in an attempt to counter hostile spy activity, the Home Office has confirmed. Boris Johnson, according to the Times, hopes to formally announce the proposal in the Queen's speech next month, making it a criminal offence not to declare work in the UK on behalf of a foreign government. Continue reading... |
| Students evacuate Cape Town university as fire damages historic buildings Posted: 18 Apr 2021 03:14 PM PDT At least one firefighter has been injured as strong winds fanned the fire on Table Mountain A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain has spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and forcing the evacuation of 4,000 students. Orange flames lit up the windows of the library, which houses considerable archives and book collections while firefighters sprayed jets of water to douse the blaze. Continue reading... |
| ‘A great deception’: oil giants taken to task over ‘greenwash’ ads Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:01 PM PDT ClientEarth calls for tobacco-like health warnings on advertisements from fossil fuel firms Some of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies have used advertising to "greenwash" their ongoing contribution to the climate crisis, according to files published by the environmental lawyers ClientEarth. They describe the practice as "a great deception". The files compare the adverts produced by ExxonMobil, Aramco, Chevron, Shell, Equinor and others with the companies' operations and products, overall climate impact and progress toward climate-safe business models. Continue reading... |
| Microbes are ‘unknown unknowns’ despite being vital to all life, says study Posted: 18 Apr 2021 09:01 PM PDT Understanding these tiny organisms could be crucial to tackling threats such as coronavirus, but new research shows how little we know A new study has highlighted how little is known about microbes – the hidden majority of life on Earth. Life on the planet relies on an enormous quantity of bacteria, fungi and other tiny organisms. They generate oxygen, keep soils healthy and regulate the climate. Microbes play a crucial role in food production, such as cheese, beer, yoghurt and bread. Continue reading... |
| Joy, actually: happy reunions fill Auckland airport as trans-Tasman bubble begins Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:51 PM PDT Emotional scenes in arrivals hall as hundreds of travellers touch down on first day of quarantine-free travel from Australia Lisa Tetai warned her son not to take a sick day when he picked her up from Auckland airport. "I thought there might be media there," she explains. She wasn't wrong. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: EU may not renew AstraZeneca contract; New Delhi to impose six day lockdown Posted: 19 Apr 2021 02:39 AM PDT Commissioner says AstraZeneca only delivered 30m doses of 120m ordered; New Delhi's Chief Minister says city's healthcare system is at breaking point
Over 1.4 million long-term care residents and employees contracted Covid-19 in the US, and more than 181,000 deaths occurred as a result, according to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. An analysis by the Associated Press estimated another 40,000 excess deaths occurred in these facilities between March 2020 and November 2020 that were not from Covid-19. Charles Sloan, a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home in Detroit, Michigan, for 10 years, characterized the pandemic's impact on nursing homes as a "storm". Related: US workers who risked their lives to care for elderly demand change
Reuters have picked up this story from the Spanish press. They say that Spain's health ministry is considering delaying second doses of some coronavirus vaccines for under 80-year-olds to maximise the number of people who have received at least one injection. El Mundo newspaper reported it this morning, citing an official document. Under the proposal, patients would receive a second shot of vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna after eight weeks rather than the current three, El Mundo said. Continue reading... |
| Cambodia accused of using Covid to edge towards ‘totalitarian dictatorship’ Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:15 PM PDT New law means people could face 20 years in prison for lockdown breaches, as campaigners warn of 'human rights disaster' Cambodians who break Covid rules could face 20 years in prison under a new law that human rights groups say takes the country "a step towards a totalitarian dictatorship". Prime minister Hun Sen warned that Cambodia was "on the brink of death" as a two-week lockdown was imposed in Phnom Penh on Thursday to try to control the spread of the virus. Continue reading... |
| Covid: trial to study effect of immune system on reinfection Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:16 PM PDT Oxford scientists will track whether participants are reinfected when re-exposed to coronavirus The immune response needed to protect people against reinfection with the coronavirus will be explored in a new human challenge trial, researchers have revealed. Human challenge trials involve deliberately exposing healthy people to a disease-causing organism in a carefully controlled manner, and have proved valuable in understanding and tackling myriad conditions from malaria to tuberculosis and gonorrhoea. Continue reading... |
| Skepticism and a shrug: Cubans greet the end of 62 years of Castro rule Posted: 18 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT People in Havana more concerned about buying chicken suspect little will change with Raúl's departure News travels swiftly through Havana, bumping against people so they turn, then rolling on. Cubans have a phrase for it: la bola en la calle, the ball in the street. Raúl Castro's announcement on Friday that he is to retire and bring 62 years of Castro rule on the island to a close caused barely a ripple, even if it sent waves around the world. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT A month after the birth of her son, the writer, poet and illustrator was on suicide watch in a psychiatric ward, experiencing severe delusions. Now her podcast is raising awareness of a condition that affects one in a thousand new mothers Laura Dockrill told herself she was the worst case the psychiatric hospital had ever seen, and was untreatable. But that was only one of her delusions. Dockrill thought her father-in-law had hypnotised her. She would stalk the hospital corridors, feeling "like this badass", as if she were a trained assassin. The reality was painfully different, but in Dockrill's words it comes coloured with a comic touch. "I was frumpy, quiet, wore my sister's cupcake socks and a pink T-shirt with breast milk blooming over my boobs," she says, smiling, her neon pink lipstick beaming through my laptop screen. There were times when she was on to her partner's devious "plan" to take their newborn baby away from her, but would act like some kind of femme fatale, convinced he couldn't resist her dangerous sexiness. He would play along – Dockrill's psychiatrist had advised him not to try to reason with her – while gently reminding her that she would get better. Continue reading... |
| ‘What do they want from us?’ As Russian forces amass, a Ukraine frontier town feels fear and despair Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:16 AM PDT Caught on the frontline between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists, Marinka is a town forgotten by the world Vera Basova stands by her house holding a local newspaper. The front page headline says Russia is bringing tanks to the eastern Ukrainian border. "What do they want from us? Why are they dragging those tanks here?" Basova asks her neighbour. The 90-year-old worries she will have to go back to hiding in her basement to escape shelling in the war between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donbas region that recently entered its eighth year and has taken more than 13,000 lives. Continue reading... |
| Galaxy S21+ review: the big-screen Samsung phone for slightly less Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Top chips, good camera and four-year support make for a lot of phone if bought at a discount The Galaxy S21+ is Samsung's cheaper flagship handset that tries to be a more mainstream big-screen option than its more expensive stablemate, the S21 Ultra. The new Android phone has an RRP of £949 – making it £200 cheaper than the top-of-the-line S21 Ultra – but shop around and you'll find it for less than £750, which makes it much more palatable. Continue reading... |
| ‘Olivier was jealous of me’: TV drama pioneer Derek Granger at 100 Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT On his centenary, the veteran producer recalls adding punch to Coronation Street, bringing Brideshead to the screen and his 'turbulent' relationship with one of the acting world's greats There are more than 22,000 centenarians in the UK, and on 23 April there will be a sprightly addition to their number: Derek Granger, a former Granada TV producer whose credits include Brideshead Revisited and Coronation Street. Talking to Granger in his Thames-side flat, I don't get the sense of a man who lives in the past: the latest books are on his desk alongside current copies of the New Yorker and the Times Literary Supplement, and he talks enthusiastically of pre-lockdown theatre visits to see Andrew Scott in Present Laughter and Ian McKellen in King Lear. One figure who threads his way through Granger's extraordinary life – and about whom he talks with caustic candour – is Laurence Olivier. It was through Olivier's intervention that Granger, then a drama critic at the Brighton Evening Argus, was recommended in the mid-50s to the managing editor of the Financial Times, Garrett Moore, who later became Lord Drogheda. Continue reading... |
| Sewage island: how Britain spews its waste into the sea Posted: 18 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Untreated waste regularly flows into waters across England and Wales. Is it time to radically rethink sewerage – or do away with sewers altogether? The pandemic has not been the only crisis we've been wading through over the past 12 months: 2020 was a banner year in much of Britain for sewage spills. Last July a Guardian investigation revealed that raw sewage had been pumped into English rivers via storm overflows more than 200,000 times in 2019. In November, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) published data showing that untreated wastewater was discharged on to English and Welsh beaches on 2,900 occasions in a year. Continue reading... |
| Brighton beach cordoned off after possible unexploded mortar shell found Posted: 18 Apr 2021 12:34 PM PDT The scene has been made safe but members of the public are being advised to keep clear of the area Beachgoers enjoying the warm April sunshine in Brighton were interrupted by police on Sunday afternoon after a possible unexploded mortar shell was found. A large cordon was put in place by officers on the seafront. Continue reading... |
| Train accident north of Cairo has killed at least 11 people, say authorities Posted: 18 Apr 2021 01:10 PM PDT A passenger train on the way to Mansoura derailed on Sunday, also injuring at least 98 people A passenger train derailed north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities have said, in the latest in a string of rail accidents to hit the country in recent years. Four train wagons ran off the railway track by the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo, the railway authority said in a statement on Sunday. Videos on social media showed wagons overturned and passengers escaping to safety along the railway. Continue reading... |
| Nine and looking after the family: the children working to survive in Malawi Posted: 18 Apr 2021 10:15 PM PDT As sole provider for his family, nine-year-old Gift is exhausted and, despite hopes of being a teacher, gets little chance to study While other children play football or watch cartoons at home after school, nine-year-old Gift Phiri goes to work. After his day at primary school in Mchengautuwa, in Malawi's northern city of Mzuzu, the nine-year-old goes home to start work, hammering sharp-edged metal sheets, shaping them into charcoal cooking stoves. Gift, who lives with his grandmother, two younger siblings and another relative, started making the stoves after being trained by his grandfather when he was six. Continue reading... |
| US workers who risked their lives to care for elderly demand change Posted: 19 Apr 2021 02:00 AM PDT Nursing home and home care workers worked long days with inadequate protection during the pandemic – now they want better pay and conditions During the coronavirus pandemic, Shantonia Jackson, a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home in Cicero, Illinois, worked through Covid-19 outbreaks in which more than 250 residents tested positive for the virus, and one of her co-workers and friends passed away along with several residents. Jackson described working 16-hour days, seven days a week, as dozens of employees were often out sick or in quarantine. Caring for 70 residents at once, she still made time for those she cared for to use her cellphone to make video calls to loved ones they were no longer able to see. Adequate personal protective equipment was a constant issue and concern. At home, Jackson quarantined herself from the rest of her family, only interacting with her daughter through video calls even though they live in the same house. Continue reading... |
| Leaders agree to vaccination rollout changes – as it happened Posted: 19 Apr 2021 01:15 AM PDT Fourth Perth hospital health worker goes into self-quarantine while scammers target people seeking vaccines. This blog is now closed
That is where we will leave the live blog for Monday. Thanks for following along. Here's what we learned today:
The PM's office has just released the statement out of the national cabinet meeting tonight. This is the bit on what was agreed to: National cabinet agreed in-principle to a series of changes to the Australian Covid-19 vaccination strategy that will be put forward for approval at the next meeting of national cabinet, including options to bring forward the commencement of vaccinations for over-50-year-olds under the Australian Covid-19 vaccination strategy priority group 2A, and the readiness of more state- and territory-operated vaccination sites, including mass vaccination sites, as vaccine supplies increase. National cabinet reinforced that general practice will continue to be the primary model of rolling out vaccinations for Australians over 50 years of age, with states and territories to consider options to supplement rollout through expanded state vaccination centres. Continue reading... |
| Uber Eats rider died riding e-bike not approved for use in NSW, company confirms Posted: 19 Apr 2021 01:58 AM PDT Last year three riders died within weeks of each other and company had 74 reports of 'serious notifiable injuries' The general manager of Uber Eats in Australia has confirmed that a rider who died while working for the company last year was using an unauthorised e-bike, and another was using an unapproved helmet. Uber also said riders had sustained approximately 40 "serious notifiable injuries" in New South Wales since December 2020, and rejected the lead of the Australian company Menulog, which said it would make all its riders employees. Continue reading... |
| Police killing hundreds in Rio de Janeiro despite court ban on favela raids Posted: 18 Apr 2021 04:00 AM PDT The Brazilian state has seen nearly 800 police-caused deaths in nine months, with poor city communities raided almost daily Nearly 800 people were killed by police in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro in the past nine months, as raids remain a terrifying routine for favela families – despite a supreme court ruling to halt incursions during the coronavirus pandemic. New figures show that between June 2020 and March 2021, 797 people were killed in Rio state, 85% in the city of Rio and surrounding metropolitan region. Continue reading... |
| Happy reunions: joy fills Wellington airport as trans-Tasman bubble begins – video Posted: 19 Apr 2021 12:33 AM PDT After a year of closed borders, Wellington airport in New Zealand was filled with emotional reunions as hundreds of travellers touched down on the first day of quarantine-free travel from Australia Continue reading... |
| Protests erupt in US cities after Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo killings – video Posted: 18 Apr 2021 06:09 AM PDT The police killings of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old shot after being pulled over, and Adam Toledo, an unarmed 13-year-old, have sparked protests in a number of cities. Crowds in Minneapolis staged their sixth night of demonstrations, and thousand marched in Chicago, where Toledo was killed, after video of him being shot with his arms raised was released. Police in Portland declared a riot on Friday night
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