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- Israel PM Netanyahu vows to continue Gaza attacks for ‘as long as necessary’
- Liz Cheney regrets vote for Trump but won’t say she’ll leave Republican party
- North Carolina jury awards $75m to brothers wrongly convicted of 1983 murder
- Afghanistan: fighting resumes in south after three-day ceasefire for Eid
- ‘Help us or LSO fails’: Sir Simon Rattle’s plea over Covid and Brexit
- New York City Pride organisers to ban police from marching until 2025
- Britain to host first global conference on LGBTQ+ rights
- Child dies in suspected gas explosion in Lancashire
- Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears
- The secret of how Amundsen beat Scott in race to south pole? A diet of raw penguin
- Covid live: Matt Hancock says ‘high degree of confidence’ vaccines work against Indian variant, but urges caution
- Disquiet in UK schools as easing of mask restrictions in classrooms nears
- Call for Covid inquiry panel to be fully independent
- Do people believe Covid myths?
- Secret history: the warrior women who fought their enslavers
- My fiancé is trying to control me and stop me seeing my parents | Dear Mariella
- Divorces of the rich and famous: a 1% solution or the start of a trend?
- Joanna Scanlan: ‘People do seem to ask me to take my clothes off all the time’
- Taffeta with no tantrums: How we created Diana’s fairytale wedding dress
- Who’s missing? Top author stirs anger with ‘too white’ history
- Relegation’s too good for Boris Johnson and his team of Brexit fantasists | William Keegan
- A raid, a march, a court case: how Israel spiralled into a deadly conflict
- Will Republicans back a commission to investigate the Capitol breach?
- From eerie folk lullabies to bouncy b-sides: Ten of the Chills’ best songs
- Scott Morrison denies Australians in India ‘unfairly blocked’ from return amid Covid
- Israel strike in Gaza destroys Al Jazeera and other media offices – video
- Israeli fighter jets hit targets in central Gaza as fight with Hamas escalates – video
| Israel PM Netanyahu vows to continue Gaza attacks for ‘as long as necessary’ Posted: 15 May 2021 09:24 PM PDT Three Palestinians were killed in bombardments early Sunday as the UN security council prepared to meet later in day Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said attacks in Gaza will continue "as long necessary", amid continuing hostilities that have so far killed 148. At least three Palestinians were killed in airstrikes early on Sunday, health officials said, and many were injured as the sounds of heavy bombardment took place through the night. Continue reading... |
| Liz Cheney regrets vote for Trump but won’t say she’ll leave Republican party Posted: 15 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT
Liz Cheney has become the figurehead of the Never Trumpers, Republicans seeking to loosen the former president's grip on their party, but the Wyoming congresswoman was for him in the last election. Newly removed from Republican House leadership, Cheney spoke to ABC's This Week in an interview to be broadcast in full on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| North Carolina jury awards $75m to brothers wrongly convicted of 1983 murder Posted: 15 May 2021 05:02 PM PDT Henry McCollum and Leon Brown spent decades in jail before DNA evidence cleared them of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75m to two, intellectually disabled half-brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. The eight-person jury on Friday decided Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, who are both Black, should received $31m each in compensatory damages, $1m for every year spent in prison, the News & Observer reported. The jury also awarded them $13m in punitive damages. Continue reading... |
| Afghanistan: fighting resumes in south after three-day ceasefire for Eid Posted: 15 May 2021 11:48 PM PDT Taliban and government forces clash in Helmand, the scene of intense battles following US troop withdrawal Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has resumed in the southern province of Helmand, officials said, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday. There were clashes on Sunday on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand, which has seen intense fighting since the United States began its final troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on 1 May, an Afghan military spokesperson and a local official said. Continue reading... |
| ‘Help us or LSO fails’: Sir Simon Rattle’s plea over Covid and Brexit Posted: 15 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT As the orchestra prepares to welcome back live audiences, the conductor urges ministers to act on new touring rules in Europe Sir Simon Rattle and his top team at the London Symphony Orchestra have appealed for government support to help them survive the difficulties created by Brexit and Covid. The orchestra depended on international touring – much of it in Europe – for 40% of its revenue before the coronavirus, with tours cancelled by the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| New York City Pride organisers to ban police from marching until 2025 Posted: 15 May 2021 07:32 PM PDT Event organisers say police are threatening to some in the LGBTQ+ community, while NYPD called decision 'disheartening' Organisers of New York City's Pride events say they will ban police and other law enforcement personnel from marching in their annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ+ people and history. In a statement released on Saturday, NYC Pride urged members of law enforcement to "acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward". Continue reading... |
| Britain to host first global conference on LGBTQ+ rights Posted: 16 May 2021 12:30 AM PDT Event chaired by former Tory MP Nick Herbert will aim to 'drive collective action for real change' The first-ever global conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights is to be hosted in the UK next year, as the government races to fulfil its pledges to the international 42-country Equal Rights Coalition. The "Safe To Be Me" event is expected to be the largest of its kind and will invite elected officials, activists and policymakers from across the world to participate in London over two days in June 2022, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first official London Pride marches. Continue reading... |
| Child dies in suspected gas explosion in Lancashire Posted: 16 May 2021 01:19 AM PDT Two men and two women injured and two homes destroyed in blast in Heysham, police say A young child has died and four other people have been injured in a suspected gas explosion in Heysham, Lancashire which destroyed two homes. A major incident was declared after the explosion on Mallowdale Avenue at around 2.30am on Sunday morning, which also left a third house badly damaged. Continue reading... |
| Big pharma executives mocked ‘pillbillies’ in emails, West Virginia opioid trial hears Posted: 15 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT
Executives at one of the US's largest drug distributors circulated rhymes and emails mocking "hillbillies" who became addicted to opioid painkillers even as the company poured hundreds of millions of pills into parts of Appalachia at the heart of America's opioid epidemic. Related: 'Ground zero of the opioid epidemic': West Virginia puts drug giants on trial Continue reading... |
| The secret of how Amundsen beat Scott in race to south pole? A diet of raw penguin Posted: 16 May 2021 01:15 AM PDT Starving and trapped by ice, the Norwegian's crew had discovered how to beat scurvy on an earlier voyage. The benefits proved crucial Thirteen years before he became the first person ever to reach the south pole in 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen experienced his first merciless taste of winter in the Antarctic. Stuck onboard the Belgian expedition ship Belgica, which was grounded in pack ice, he and the rest of the crew contracted scurvy and faced certain death. That is when, according to a new book published later this month, Amundsen started eating raw penguin meat – and discovered a secret that would later give him a huge advantage over Captain Robert Falcon Scott in the race to the south pole. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 16 May 2021 01:37 AM PDT UK health secretary says England will not make decision on further unlocking scheduled for 21 June until a week before
Matt Hancock defended the timing of when the UK government put India on the travel "red list". "This variant was notified as a variant under investigation after we'd already put India on the red list. The decision to put India on the red list was taken because of the high positivity rate of people coming from India and looking at the epi-curve in India," he told Sky News. "When we put Pakistan on the red list at the start of April that's because the proportion of people testing positive coming in from Pakistan was three times higher the proportion coming from India, and it was only after we put India on the red list that this variant went under investigation, and then earlier this month it became a variant of concern."
Turkey will start easing its strict lockdown on Monday by allowing movement during the day while keeping overnight and weekend curfews in place, the Interior Ministry said in a directive on Sunday. President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey would gradually ease out of a full lockdown imposed two-and-a half weeks ago, and lift restrictions more significantly in June. Continue reading... |
| Disquiet in UK schools as easing of mask restrictions in classrooms nears Posted: 15 May 2021 10:45 PM PDT Pupils' relief at being free of face coverings is mixed with teachers' and parents' concerns over spread of Indian Covid variant Teachers, pupils and parents have greeted the easing of coronavirus safety measures in schools from Monday with a mixture of relief and, in the light of concern over the Indian variant, dismay and confusion. The government has announced that students will no longer need to wear face coverings in schools. But some areas in the north of England are being advised to continue measures, following rising numbers of cases of the new variant, known as B.1.617.2. Continue reading... |
| Call for Covid inquiry panel to be fully independent Posted: 15 May 2021 10:30 PM PDT Cross-party group warns Boris Johnson that conclusions will not be drawn in time to inform response to third wave A cross-party group of MPs including a former Tory health minister today call on Boris Johnson to ensure that the chair and panel of the public inquiry into Covid-19 is not "hand-picked" by the government, in order to avoid accusations of "political bias". Around 25 members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus also warn in a letter to the prime minister that the current timetable under which the inquiry will not begin until spring next year will mean vital lessons go unlearned ahead of a potential third wave. Continue reading... |
| Do people believe Covid myths? Posted: 16 May 2021 12:00 AM PDT Misinformation could be causing real harm in the community Like viruses, false information spreads through networks. In March 2020, more than a quarter of the top Covid-19 related videos on YouTube contained misleading claims and those had more than 60m views worldwide. The World Health Organization's Covid "myth-busters" page counters ideas such as the notion that eating garlic protects you against infection. But how many people believe such claims? University of Cambridge researchers found in an online survey that about 15% of UK respondents thought it was more reliable than not that "the coronavirus is part of a global effort to enforce mandatory vaccination", while 9% supported "the new 5G network may be making us more susceptible to the virus". They found the most important factor linked to resilience to misinformation was numeracy. While we are fully aware that correlation is not causation, it encourages the idea that greater "data literacy" in the population could help bring some critical awareness of the dubious claims circulating on social media. In the meantime, research has shown that an effective strategy is to vigorously "pre-bunk" misinformation – essentially inoculating people against fake news by getting in the warnings first. Continue reading... |
| Secret history: the warrior women who fought their enslavers Posted: 15 May 2021 10:15 PM PDT Historian Rebecca Hall works with a graphic artist in her new book to reclaim the stories of the female rebels on ships and plantations Growing up in New York in the 1970s Rebecca Hall craved heroes she could relate to – powerful women who could take care of themselves and protect others. But pickings were slim. The famed feminists of the time, Charlie's Angels and The Bionic Woman, didn't cut it for her. But every night when she went to sleep, her father would recount stories of her grandmother's life. Harriet Thorpe was born into slavery 100 years earlier, in 1860, and was the "property", she was told, of one Squire Sweeney in Howard County, Missouri. Continue reading... |
| My fiancé is trying to control me and stop me seeing my parents | Dear Mariella Posted: 15 May 2021 10:00 PM PDT These are serious warning signals about your future happiness which you should not ignore, says Mariella Frostrup The dilemma My boyfriend and soon-to-be husband doesn't like my parents. He is not rude to them. In fact, he can be very welcoming. However, each time I bring up a conversation about my parents he criticises their parenting method in raising me and my siblings. He feels they didn't do a good job with us. For example, my parents encouraged us to come home with our boyfriends. But from his upbringing that is a taboo, unless you are ready to get married. He feels my parents spoilt us and didn't instil any moral values. When I try talking about how often we will visit my parents after we get married, his response is not encouraging. This really bothers me. I do not like to think that he sees my family like this. And when I confront him about it, he boldly tells me that he had a better upbringing than me so there is nothing to argue about. I feel not visiting would affect our parental roles when we have children. He might start to act as if I'm a cancer that needs to be removed. Continue reading... |
| Divorces of the rich and famous: a 1% solution or the start of a trend? Posted: 16 May 2021 12:00 AM PDT With such high-profile splits at Bill and Melinda Gates and Jeff and Mackenzie Bezos, some say the wealthy play by their own rules but celebrities often set standards the rest of us follow A cascade of recent high-profile divorces of the very rich and famous has presented new questions for the divorce industry – and offered a voyeuristic thrill-ride for millions of the less well-known. Some of the divorces of recent years have apparently been amicable or pseudo-amicable, such as the tech billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates, and the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and Mackenzie Scott. The same is largely true of the split between the reality star billionaire Kim Kardashian and singer Kanye West. But other splits have been decidedly less so, such as the long-running epic divorce and now custody battle between two of Hollywood's A-listers, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Continue reading... |
| Joanna Scanlan: ‘People do seem to ask me to take my clothes off all the time’ Posted: 16 May 2021 01:00 AM PDT Loved for her biting comedy roles, the actor is enjoying a late-blooming career. She talks about playing a convert to Islam in After Love, and her TV series about women's sex lives during lockdown Joanna Scanlan is sitting in splendid isolation in a country house hotel in Sussex, where she has been transforming herself into HE Bates's voluptuous matriarch, Ma Larkin, for a six-part ITV miniseries. But we're not here to talk about the Larkins, or any of the other TV roles that have earned her a place as one of the UK's funniest actors, from hopelessly disengaged press officer Terri in Armando Iannucci's The Thick of It, to gobby Detective Inspector Deering in Paul Abbott's No Offence, and status-obsessed ward sister Den in her own award-winning hospital comedy, Getting On. I've dropped in remotely on her filming bubble to discuss a role that could not be more different, more heart-wrenchingly serious, even as it draws on the very qualities that have so often made us laugh. In After Love, a beautifully restrained debut feature from writer-director Aleem Khan, she stars as Mary, a devout middle-aged convert to Islam, whose quiet certainties are torn apart by a betrayal that comes to light after the sudden death of the husband for whom she converted. Continue reading... |
| Taffeta with no tantrums: How we created Diana’s fairytale wedding dress Posted: 15 May 2021 11:15 PM PDT As the gown of the 80s goes on show, David Emanuel, its co-designer, describes working with his 'sweet as pie' royal client For David Emanuel, the memories are always close to the surface. Straightening the veil, smoothing ruffles of ivory silk taffeta, whispering "a few sweet things" to Diana Spencer before she walked down the aisle in St Paul's Cathedral and became the Princess of Wales. "It was a long time ago, darling," he says, of creating what is probably still the world's most famous wedding dress, with his ex-wife Elizabeth in 1981, "but when we talk about it it comes back in a flash, like it was yesterday. It was magical." Continue reading... |
| Who’s missing? Top author stirs anger with ‘too white’ history Posted: 15 May 2021 10:15 PM PDT Richard Cohen's new book, which has reportedly been dropped by his US publisher despite extensive additions, is still set for British release next month It has taken nearly a decade to research and write, and runs to more than 750 pages. But The History Makers, described as "an epic exploration of those who write about the past", has itself been rewritten after its author failed to take into account enough black historians, academics and writers. Richard Cohen was told by his publisher to produce new chapters and expand others after failing to sufficiently acknowledge the roles of black people and African Americans. Continue reading... |
| Relegation’s too good for Boris Johnson and his team of Brexit fantasists | William Keegan Posted: 15 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT England's football clubs may be of Champions League quality, but the current political debacle reveals our politicians are not It turns out that throughout the Brexit discussions with the British government, the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, was keeping a diary. That he managed to do this at the end of days of usually frustrating talks says something for Barnier's staying power. And to judge from speculation about the next French presidential election, he intends to stay around for some time. His diary has been published in France. Surprise, surprise: with one or two exceptions, the British side does not come too well out of what our football commentators would call "the Frenchman's" reflections. Continue reading... |
| A raid, a march, a court case: how Israel spiralled into a deadly conflict Posted: 16 May 2021 01:30 AM PDT After a series of events combined to reignite clashes, a wave of communal violence broke out that could take years to heal Abd al-Fattah Iskafi, 71, has lived in his house on a tree-lined street near the historic Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City since he was six years old. But he has spent decades locked in a court battle with hardline Jewish settlers over whether he has the right to stay. Families in his Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood who also face losing their homes have been "destroyed psychologically" by the long legal fight, he says. But as lawyers prepared this month for a final showdown in Israel's highest court, fallout from the case spread far beyond their neighbourhood. Continue reading... |
| Will Republicans back a commission to investigate the Capitol breach? Posted: 15 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT Lawmakers faced with choice between embarrassing Trump and ignoring insurrection House Democrats are poised to adopt legislation to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, in a move that will force Republicans to either embrace an inquiry that could embarrass Donald Trump – or turn a blind eye to a deadly insurrection. Related: Liz Cheney: McCarthy should testify about Trump's views on Capitol attack Continue reading... |
| From eerie folk lullabies to bouncy b-sides: Ten of the Chills’ best songs Posted: 15 May 2021 01:00 PM PDT New Zealand band the Chills is releasing a new album, Scatterbrain. To celebrate, we count down 10 of their top songs A singular band, the Chills are difficult to stylistically define because their diverse sound traverses lush psychedelia, whimsy and gloom, punk rock and bright jangly pop. Known for their revolving door policy on band members, perhaps rivalled only by the Fall (there have been at least 33 members of the Chills over their 41-year career), the one constant is Martin Phillipps. And they're back with Scatterbrain, their first album since 2018. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison denies Australians in India ‘unfairly blocked’ from return amid Covid Posted: 16 May 2021 12:33 AM PDT Prime minster says rigorous testing essential for entering country but Anthony Albanese says government failed stranded citizens Scott Morrison has rejected suggestions Covid-positive Australians were "unfairly blocked" from returning from India, despite conceding problems with the pre-flight testing regime. About 80 returnees are now in quarantine in the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory after they landed from India on Saturday following the lifting of the travel ban from the virus-ravaged country. Continue reading... |
| Israel strike in Gaza destroys Al Jazeera and other media offices – video Posted: 15 May 2021 06:50 AM PDT An Israeli airstrike destroys a 15-storey building in Gaza City that housed offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera among other media outlets as well as private flats. The Israel Defence Forces ordered people to evacuate the building about an hour before the strike brought the entire tower down Continue reading... |
| Israeli fighter jets hit targets in central Gaza as fight with Hamas escalates – video Posted: 15 May 2021 04:16 AM PDT Israeli fighter jets have hit targets in central Gaza, the military said on Saturday, and Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets into Israel after a day of deadly violence rocked the West Bank and unrest persisted inside the Jewish state. Early on Saturday, the Israel Defence Forces said they had hit a Hamas 'operation office' near the centre of Gaza City, with additional overnight strikes targeting what the military called 'underground launch sites'. In an escalation of the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Hamas for seven years, dozens of Hamas operatives were killed in the strikes by Israeli artillery, the IDF said Continue reading... |
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