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- Number of EU citizens refused entry to UK soars despite Covid crisis
- Germany agrees to pay Namibia €1.1bn over historical Herero-Nama genocide
- ‘Persecuted, jailed, destroyed’: Belarus seeks to stifle dissent
- Marcus Rashford and Barack Obama share ‘surreal’ Zoom conversation
- Russian SolarWinds hackers launch email attack on government agencies
- Japan expected to extend emergency Covid measures less than two months ahead of Olympics
- Revealed: majority of people charged in Capitol attack aren’t in jail
- Nasa’s Mars helicopter goes on ‘stressful’ wild flight after malfunction
- Italy cable car crash: five-year-old survivor to be moved out of intensive care
- Whistleblower who spoke out on UFOs claims Pentagon tried to discredit him
- ¡Kapow! Batman takes holiday in Benidorm in DC Comics anthology
- Coronavirus live news: Greece and Spain to trial EU Covid travel certificate; South Africa fears winter virus surge
- Covid bereaved demand public inquiry and end to ‘political pantomime’
- ‘Protect and invest’: WHO calls for 6m more nurses worldwide
- Bad luck or bad management: why has Victoria had so many Covid outbreaks?
- An ultramarathon ends in tragedy: runners describe horror of Gansu race
- Cillian Murphy: ‘I was in awe of how Helen McCrory lived her life’
- ‘One name in a long list’: the pointless death of another West Bank teenager
- ‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate
- Branching out: is communication possible between trees and people?
- Apple TV 4K 2021 review: faster chip, fancy iPod-like remote
- Grenfell: councillor was told about cheaper cladding plan before fire
- I Am Samuel: the film aiming to ‘change the narrative’ on being gay in Kenya
- Mexico’s doctors protest as vaccines denied to frontline health workers
- Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed again as Tiananmen vigil banned
- Federal government scrambles to vaccinate all Victorian aged care homes on first day of lockdown
- Colombia politician tells protesters hurt by police to ‘stop crying over one eye’
- Brazil aerial photos show miners’ devastation of indigenous people’s land
- Tesco admits labour abuses found in India garment supply chain
- Tens of thousands of avoidable Covid deaths: is Cummings right?
- ‘A ticking timebomb’: Democrats’ push for voting rights law faces tortuous path
- 'What is going on?': California governor reacts after nine people killed in shooting – video
- DRC volcano: thousands flee amid fears of further eruptions – video
- 'No relation to reality': Johnson dismisses Cummings allegations – video
| Number of EU citizens refused entry to UK soars despite Covid crisis Posted: 27 May 2021 10:00 PM PDT Post-Brexit rules allow travel without visas, but border officials have wide powers to exclude visitors
A total of 3,294 EU citizens were prevented from entering the UK, even though post-Brexit rules mean they are allowed to visit the country without visas. That compares with 493 EU citizens in the first quarter of last year, when air traffic was 20 times higher. Continue reading... |
| Germany agrees to pay Namibia €1.1bn over historical Herero-Nama genocide Posted: 27 May 2021 11:01 PM PDT It is understood the text of the joint declaration will call German atrocities 'genocide' but omit the words 'reparations' or 'compensation' Germany has to agreed to pay Namibia €1.1bn (£940m) to fund projects among communities affected by the Herero-Nama genocide at the start of the 20th century, in what Angela Merkel's government says amounts to a gesture of reconciliation but not legally binding reparations. Tens of thousands of men, women and children were shot, tortured or driven into the Kalahari desert to starve by German troops between 1904 and 1908 after the Herero and Nama tribes rebelled against colonial rule in what was then named German South West Africa and is now Namibia. Continue reading... |
| ‘Persecuted, jailed, destroyed’: Belarus seeks to stifle dissent Posted: 28 May 2021 01:11 AM PDT Journalists and activists targeted in most wide-reaching crackdown since days of Soviet Union Church bells rang in the city of Byarozawka as hundreds of mourners laid Vitold Ashurak to rest. They draped the white-red-white flag favoured by the Belarusian opposition over his body, as local police kept a wary eye on the funeral. Sentenced to five years in prison after last year's mass demonstrations against Alexander Lukashenko, the 50-year-old protest leader survived less than one. When Ashurak's body was returned to his family, his head was entirely covered in bandages – only his mouth was visible, a family friend said. Continue reading... |
| Marcus Rashford and Barack Obama share ‘surreal’ Zoom conversation Posted: 27 May 2021 04:00 PM PDT
Marcus Rashford has spoken with the former US president Barack Obama to discuss the power young people can have to make change in society. Rashford, the Manchester United and England striker, met virtually with the 44th president of the United States in a Zoom conversation organised by Penguin Books. Continue reading... |
| Russian SolarWinds hackers launch email attack on government agencies Posted: 28 May 2021 02:22 AM PDT Microsoft says group targeted more than 15o American and foreign organisations using USAid account The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted phishing assault on US and foreign government agencies and thinktanks this week using an email marketing account of the US Agency for International Development (USAid), Microsoft has said. The effort targeted about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations, at least a quarter of them involved in international development, humanitarian and human rights work, the Microsoft vice-president Tom Burt wrote in a blog post late on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Japan expected to extend emergency Covid measures less than two months ahead of Olympics Posted: 27 May 2021 09:27 PM PDT Medical officials say case numbers in Tokyo need to be much lower to prevent another surge during the Games Japan is expected to extend emergency coronavirus measures in Tokyo and several other regions by about three weeks, according to officials, as the country struggles to rein in a fourth wave of infections less than two months before the Olympics. The state of emergency – the third in the capital since the start of the pandemic – was called in late April and was originally due to end on 11 May, but was extended until the end of this month, as restrictions on businesses failed to make a dent in infections. Media reports said the latest extension could last until 20 June. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: majority of people charged in Capitol attack aren’t in jail Posted: 28 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT At least 70% have been released as they await hearings – compared with a typical rate of 25% of federal defendants At least 70% of people charged in the Capitol riot have been released as they wait for trial, according to a Guardian analysis. That high pretrial release rate stands in stark contrast with the usual detention rates in the federal system, where only 25% of defendants nationwide are typically released before their trial. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nasa’s Mars helicopter goes on ‘stressful’ wild flight after malfunction Posted: 27 May 2021 09:23 PM PDT Problem with camera-based navigation system saw helicopter wobble through the air in biggest tech issue Ingenuity has faced A navigation timing error sent Nasa's Mars helicopter on a lurching ride, its first major problem since it took to the Martian skies last month. The experimental helicopter, named Ingenuity, managed to land safely after the problem occurred, officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Italy cable car crash: five-year-old survivor to be moved out of intensive care Posted: 27 May 2021 07:41 PM PDT Eitan Biran, whose parents, younger brother and great-grandparents were killed in the crash, has woken up and spoken to his aunt The five-year-old boy who survived last weekend's deadly cable car crash in the Italian mountains that killed his parents and sibling is awake and will soon be moved out of intensive care, hospital officials said on Thursday. Eitan Biran has been in critical condition since the cabin plunged to the ground on the Mottarone mountain, killing the other 14 people inside, including his parents, younger brother and great-grandparents. Thirteen of the passengers died at the scene, while Eitan and another child were taken to hospital. The other child later died. Continue reading... |
| Whistleblower who spoke out on UFOs claims Pentagon tried to discredit him Posted: 27 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT
A Pentagon whistleblower known for speaking out about UFOs is accusing his former agency of waging a disinformation campaign against him, a report says. Luis Elizondo, who headed the Pentagon's now-defunct Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, lodged a complaint with the defense department's inspector general claiming malicious activities, professional misconduct and other offenses at the agency, according to Politico. Continue reading... |
| ¡Kapow! Batman takes holiday in Benidorm in DC Comics anthology Posted: 27 May 2021 09:00 PM PDT Caped Crusader battles villains across the globe in Batman: the World – but he's in Spain to relax Given his 82 long years of rooftop vigilantism, the dank, lonely surroundings of his home office – not to mention the tickly throat irritation caused by all those growled threats – few would begrudge Batman some sun, a nice paella and a cheeky mid-morning pint. Or five. Benidorm, fortunately, is only too happy to oblige. The eastern Spanish resort is among the exotic locations that feature in Batman: the World, a new global anthology to be published by DC Comics in September. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 May 2021 02:58 AM PDT Greece and Spain to take part in tourism boost ahead of planned EU-wide launch on 1 July; southern hemisphere winter risks further virus spread
The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia after it received reports that their employers and recruiters were making them pay for Covid-19 testing, quarantine and insurance upon arrival in the kingdom. Reuters report that Labour secretary Silvestre Bello said in an order that his department will issue an official statement on resumption of deployment "after this matter has been clarified accordingly".
The Scott Morrison government in Australia was scrambling to administer first doses of Covid vaccines to unvaccinated aged care homes across Victoria on the first day of a week-long lockdown, as federal ministers rejected criticism of the programme's rollout. Facilities hurriedly prepared residents for rushed vaccines on Friday as the commonwealth raced to vaccinate neglected populations within the highest priority group it had initially promised to two months ago. Related: Federal government scrambles to vaccinate all Victorian aged care homes on first day of lockdown Continue reading... |
| Covid bereaved demand public inquiry and end to ‘political pantomime’ Posted: 27 May 2021 10:00 PM PDT Dominic Cummings' litany of claims against the government should be formally investigated, say families Boris Johnson is facing a growing clamour to bring forward the start of the coronavirus public inquiry after relatives of the pandemic's victims said Dominic Cummings' allegations had started a "political pantomime" that disrespected those who had died. The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, which represents thousands of grieving people, called for an urgent start to the inquiry, which is due to begin in spring 2022. Continue reading... |
| ‘Protect and invest’: WHO calls for 6m more nurses worldwide Posted: 27 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT Warnings of brain drain from developing world as Covid adds to numbers of nurses leaving profession Health ministers around the world are being urged to sign off on plans to create 6m more nursing jobs by 2030, amid warnings that Covid-19 has exacerbated a global shortage and could spark a "brain drain" from the developing world. Delegates meeting virtually this week at the World Health Assembly, the key decision-making body of the World Health Organization, are expected to adopt a resolution calling on countries to transform the nursing profession through more investment, support and training. Continue reading... |
| Bad luck or bad management: why has Victoria had so many Covid outbreaks? Posted: 27 May 2021 05:26 PM PDT Medical experts explain how much quarantine breaches, cold weather and pure chance contribute to the spread of coronavirus cases in Melbourne
Victoria has started its seven-day circuit-breaker lockdown – its fourth lockdown since the coronavirus pandemic began. Other states have also imposed snap lockdowns or restrictions as a result of Covid cases in the community, most recently New South Wales, after a mystery case. But, with the exception of Sydney's northern beaches cluster, most leaks from hotel quarantine have not resulted in sizeable outbreaks. Continue reading... |
| An ultramarathon ends in tragedy: runners describe horror of Gansu race Posted: 28 May 2021 02:26 AM PDT Twenty-one competitors died in the freezing Chinese mountains, raising major questions about safety in the sport At the starting line of the Gansu ultramarathon, it was cold but the sun was shining. One competitor struggled to warm up, even after jogging a quick 2km, and noticed some of the elite competitors were wearing shorts and shivering. In nearby towns, the temperature was reportedly already dropping and winds increasing, but the 172 runners didn't know that. In a widely shared account of the horror that followed, published online, the anonymous runner described the conditions that led to the death of 21 competitors and the admission of eight others to hospital, and sparked major questions about the safety of the increasingly popular endurance sport in China. Continue reading... |
| Cillian Murphy: ‘I was in awe of how Helen McCrory lived her life’ Posted: 27 May 2021 10:00 PM PDT The star of Peaky Blinders on his late colleague, how he convinced the producers to cast him rather than Jason Statham as Tommy Shelby – and returning to the monster-movie genre in A Quiet Place Part II Cillian Murphy, star of the new horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II, is something to behold: X-ray eyes at once penetrating and ethereally blue, cheekbones so pronounced you could stretch out and go to sleep on them. Unfortunately, the beholding will have to wait. We have barely exchanged greetings over Zoom when his voice breaks up, the screen freezes and the room falls silent. A quiet place, indeed. We switch to phones. We can do this, I tell him. "I have faith," he replies, in a soothing Cork accent that compensates for the lack of visuals. Murphy's gift for intensity has made him a natural fit for characters damaged (Dunkirk, The Edge of Love) or outright villainous (Batman Begins, Red Eye), but today he is quick to laugh and keen to talk. He is speaking from a flat in Manchester, where he is staying while he shoots the sixth and final series of Peaky Blinders. That stylish crime drama, which rocketed from BBC Two cult success to global phenomenon, revolves around a 1920s Birmingham gang led by Murphy as the vicious Tommy Shelby. With his eyes, looks could kill – although he keeps razor blades in the brim of his cap, just in case. Continue reading... |
| ‘One name in a long list’: the pointless death of another West Bank teenager Posted: 27 May 2021 10:01 PM PDT Obaida Jawabra was weeks from turning 18 when he was shot by an Israeli soldier, after a life shaped by arrests and imprisonment Route 60, the north-south artery that carves its way through the West Bank, is both the lifeblood of the region and a source of daily fear. Flanked in parts by 2.5-metre-high (8ft) separation barriers, military checkpoints and watchtowers crewed by Israeli snipers, the 146-mile highway that starts and finishes in Israel but passes Hebron and Bethlehem in the West Bank, has been the scene of many fatal attacks and violent clashes. Continue reading... |
| ‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate Posted: 27 May 2021 11:30 PM PDT Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with force Muhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration on a construction site of a powerful real estate company. When Anwar, 35, reached the west bank of Langeji river, near Karachi, earlier this month, he saw the bulldozers levelling land next to Bahria Town, a luxury gated development. Continue reading... |
| Branching out: is communication possible between trees and people? Posted: 27 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT Trees communicate with each other, store memories and respond to attacks. They have a profoundly positive effect on our emotions … but can we know how they feel about us? Why can't we communicate with trees the same way we communicate with, say, elephants? Both live in social groups and look after not only their young but also their elders. That famous elephant memory is also found in trees, and both communicate in languages that we didn't even recognise at first. Trees communicate through their interconnected root systems, and elephants communicate using low-frequency rumbling below the range at which we can hear. We get a feeling of wellbeing when we run our fingers over the rough skin of both creatures, and what we would love above all is to get a reaction from them. Is such communication possible between people and trees? First we have to take a closer look at what we mean by "communicate". It is not enough that we consciously or subconsciously eavesdrop, so to speak, on the scents trees use to communicate among themselves. We have a physical reaction when we breathe them in, but for communication to happen, the trees also need to react to our signals. Continue reading... |
| Apple TV 4K 2021 review: faster chip, fancy iPod-like remote Posted: 27 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT Future-proofed Apple smart TV upgrade has widest selection of streaming apps but is super pricey The second-generation Apple TV 4K gets a faster processor and future-proofed specs, but is really all about its new iPod-inspired Siri remote. And it all comes at a price. Costing £169, the Apple media-streaming box is very much at the top of the market despite being £10 cheaper than its predecessor, with direct competitors priced between £50 and £130. But the Apple TV 4K offers something most others cannot: full integration with all of the iPhone-maker's services including Siri, iTunes, TV+, Music, Fitness+ and the AirPlay 2 streaming system. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell: councillor was told about cheaper cladding plan before fire Posted: 28 May 2021 02:19 AM PDT Rock Feilding-Mellen said he was emailed about potential cladding change but didn't understand significance Rock Feilding-Mellen, the Tory councillor in charge of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment, was informed of plans to save money by swapping zinc cladding for aluminium in 2014 but initially told police he only knew about it after the June 2017 fire, a statement released to the public inquiry show. The switch led to the use of combustible cladding that became the main cause of the fire's spread. Feilding-Mellen, the cabinet member for housing at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, said he had no idea about the different properties of the two materials. Continue reading... |
| I Am Samuel: the film aiming to ‘change the narrative’ on being gay in Kenya Posted: 28 May 2021 12:00 AM PDT The young star of Peter Murimi's intimate documentary is as poor, religious and conservative as his peers – and fearful of a violent backlash, he says Samuel Asilikwa grew up in rural Kenya. There was a strict template for masculinity, informed by centuries of tradition – and intolerance. In a new documentary about his life, we see his father, a pastor, question Asilikwa about why he is yet to find a wife. We then watch as he relocates to Nairobi in search of work and adventure. He finds community, friendship and intense romance with a man called Alex. Peter Murimi's film I Am Samuel, shot verité-style over the course of five years, is at its most powerful contrasting city and countryside. Kenya's farmland, clay roads, shrubbery and corn fields are evidence of a still, yet cyclical, pattern of life compared with the infinite noise and claustrophobia of Nairobi. But it is also a film about a shifting political landscape, where "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" is punishable by 14 years' imprisonment. Continue reading... |
| Mexico’s doctors protest as vaccines denied to frontline health workers Posted: 28 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT Doctors' pleas receive little sympathy from government as critics say President Amlo favoring teachers – for political reasons Ana Sofía is radiologist at a state-run hospital in the Mexican city of Monterrey, not far from the Texas border. Her work often brings her into close contact with patients, but says she was denied a coronavirus vaccination as her superiors did not consider her to be a frontline worker. In despair, she attended a rural vaccination event for the elderly and asked for a leftover dose of the Sinovac jab – but she was again rebuffed, this time by political operatives who told her: "Wait your turn." Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed again as Tiananmen vigil banned Posted: 28 May 2021 02:42 AM PDT Case comes on same day judge suggests speaking critically in foreign media could breach security laws The jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to an extra 14 months in prison over his conviction for an unauthorised assembly in 2019, alongside fellow activists who were also jailed on Friday for up to 18 months. The case came on the same day as a separate ruling that suggested speaking critically in foreign media interviews could breach the national security laws. Continue reading... |
| Federal government scrambles to vaccinate all Victorian aged care homes on first day of lockdown Posted: 28 May 2021 02:39 AM PDT Some facilities say they experienced challenges preparing residents after being given short notice that medical teams would be arriving The Morrison government was scrambling to administer first doses of Covid vaccines to unvaccinated aged care homes across Victoria on the first day of a week-long lockdown, as federal ministers refuted criticism of the program's rollout. Facilities hurriedly prepared residents for rushed vaccines on Friday as the commonwealth raced to vaccinate neglected populations within the highest priority group it had initially promised to two months ago. Continue reading... |
| Colombia politician tells protesters hurt by police to ‘stop crying over one eye’ Posted: 27 May 2021 12:15 PM PDT At least 43 protesters have been killed by police and 46 people have suffered eye injuries After a month of protests in which 46 people have suffered eye injuries from police teargas rounds and rubber bullets, a Colombian politician has prompted outrage by saying that supporters of the anti-poverty demonstrations should "stop crying over one eye". "Don't fool Colombians and don't fool the international community and stop crying over one eye," said Paola Holguín, a senator from the ruling Centro Democrático party, to opposition politicians during a virtual floor speech on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Brazil aerial photos show miners’ devastation of indigenous people’s land Posted: 27 May 2021 05:16 AM PDT Impact of thousands of wildcat goldminers shown as president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of trying to promote their illegal work Rare and disturbing aerial photographs have laid bare the devastation being inflicted on Brazil's largest reserve for indigenous people by thousands of wildcat goldminers whose illegal activities have accelerated under the country's far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro. Activists believe as many as 20,000 garimpeiro prospectors are operating within the Yanomami reserve in northern Brazil using speedboats and light aircraft to penetrate the vast expanse of jungle near the border with Venezuela. Continue reading... |
| Tesco admits labour abuses found in India garment supply chain Posted: 27 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT Supermarket is among global brands named in new report uncovering workers' rights abuses in Tamil Nadu's garment sector Tesco said it has found labour abuses in its garment supply chain in southern India after receiving evidence of widespread forced labour involving migrant women in cotton spinning-mills across Tamil Nadu. The supermarket said that one of its supply chains is linked to a spinning mill included in a new report by NGOs Somo and Arisa that found evidence across the region of multiple labour abuses including deception, intimidation and threats towards vulnerable female workers, abusive working and living conditions and excessive overtime. Continue reading... |
| Tens of thousands of avoidable Covid deaths: is Cummings right? Posted: 27 May 2021 10:47 AM PDT Analysis: Scientists agree with the former adviser's claim, with one calling the estimate 'conservative' One of the most shocking allegations made by Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings during Wednesday's joint parliamentary committee hearing was his claim that "tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die", because of the way the government handled the Covid pandemic. His claims have some support from scientists, who have estimated that the toll from government delays could be as high as 33,000 lives. Continue reading... |
| ‘A ticking timebomb’: Democrats’ push for voting rights law faces tortuous path Posted: 27 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT Democrats have yet to convince their entire Senate caucus to back the House-passed For the People Act – let alone beat the filibuster After six months of aggressive Republican efforts to restrict voting access, Democrats are facing new questions about how they will actually pass voting rights reforms through Congress. The most recent hand-wringing comes as Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democratic senator, made clear earlier this month he still is not on board with the For the People Act, which would require early voting, automatic and same-day registration, and prevent the severe manipulation of district boundaries for partisan gain. Continue reading... |
| 'What is going on?': California governor reacts after nine people killed in shooting – video Posted: 27 May 2021 08:17 AM PDT The California governor, Gavin Newsom, has spoken emotionally about the latest US mass killing, after an employee gunned down nine people at a San Jose rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement arrived. 'There's a numbness I imagine some of us are feeling about this. Because there's a sameness to this," he said. "It begs the damn question of what the hell is going on in the United States of America?' It was the 15th mass killing in the nation this year, all of them shootings that have claimed at least four lives each for a total of 86 deaths, according to a database compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University Continue reading... |
| DRC volcano: thousands flee amid fears of further eruptions – video Posted: 27 May 2021 08:15 AM PDT Thousands of people have fled the Congolese city of Goma, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava, after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen at any time. Thirty-one people were killed on Saturday evening when Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active volcanoes, sent a wall of orange lava downhill towards the city, destroying 17 villages on the way. The lava stopped just 300 metres short of Goma airport, the main hub for aid operations in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 'No relation to reality': Johnson dismisses Cummings allegations – video Posted: 27 May 2021 05:48 AM PDT Boris Johnson has rejected claims by his former chief aide Dominic Cummings that tens of thousands of people died of Covid-19 unnecessarily because of government mistakes. 'Some of the commentary I've heard doesn't bear any relation to reality,' the prime minister said on a visit to a Colchester hospital. 'We followed to the best we could the data and the guidance we had'
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