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- Naftali Bennett hails ‘new days’ for Israel as world leaders welcome incoming PM
- Coronavirus live news: Thailand vaccine supplies disrupted; Russia imposes new restrictions in Saint Petersburg
- Daniel Morgan report could link Rupert Murdoch empire to ‘criminality’
- Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi to begin in Myanmar after military coup
- Joe Biden to use Nato summit to atone for damage of Trump years
- Christchurch attacks: producer resigns from film They Are Us as criticism grows
- UK ministers may face five-year lobbying ban after leaving office
- Grenfell survivors accuse government of fire safety ‘Russian roulette’
- Rishi Sunak’s billionaire in-laws hit with £5.5m bill in Amazon India tax dispute
- Ned Beatty, star of Deliverance, Network and Superman, dies aged 83
- How Taiwan’s struggle for Covid vaccines is inflaming tensions with China
- Covid cases fall across US but experts warn of dangers of vaccine hesitancy
- Concerns grow in St Ives over Covid cases linked to G7 summit
- ‘I’m a lighter me’: Can Mike Tyson and psychedelics help boxers with brain trauma?
- Promises and protests at the G7 in Cornwall – photo essay
- ‘It was so nasty. He laughed in my face’: How to love and trust again after a big romantic betrayal
- ‘These races are epic’: why ultrarunning is soaring in popularity
- Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter
- More than just a game: the ageless art of the sports writer
- Daniel Morgan murder: a brother’s long fight for justice
- Giulio Regeni’s last messages before his death in Egypt counter spy claims
- Biden in Brussels ahead of big week for US diplomacy | First Thing
- Tibet: on the roof of the world – in pictures
- Liberal MP says Biloela family ‘should be resettled in Australia’, GPs to do vaccine home visits – as it happened
- Home Office condemned for forcing migrants on bail to wear GPS tags
- UK aid cuts to Bangladesh NGO a ‘gut punch’, says charity head
- ‘I’m sacrificing myself’: agony of Kabul’s secret sex workers
- Israeli elections: Raucous scenes in Knesset as Benjamin Netanyahu ousted from office – video
| Naftali Bennett hails ‘new days’ for Israel as world leaders welcome incoming PM Posted: 13 Jun 2021 10:20 PM PDT Figures including Joe Biden, Angela Merkel and Justin Trudeau congratulate new prime minister, with many urging path to regional peace World leaders have congratulated Naftali Bennett after he was sworn in as Israel's new prime minister, bringing to an end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 straight years in power. Bennett, a far-right former settler leader, addressed his newly sworn-in cabinet late on Sunday night, saying the country was "at the outset of new days". He added: "Citizens of Israel are all looking to us now, and the burden of proof is upon us." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2021 02:48 AM PDT 20 hospitals in Bangkok cancel vaccine appointments; India reports lowest cases since March; US death toll nears 600,000
Ted Baker made a loss of more than £100m in the first pandemic year as revenues at the fashion retailer plunged. Ted Baker went into the pandemic highly dependent on struggling physical stores, including its own shops and concessions operated in department stores. Lockdowns around the world severely hit those revenues, and government furlough support worth £8.5m was not enough to make up the difference. Related: Ted Baker loses more than £100m as Covid lockdowns dent sales
Madeline Holcombe has been covering Covid in the US for CNN, and this morning she reports on worries that Covid variants could cause outbreaks in states with lower vaccination rates. She writes: Currently 10% of Covid-19 infections in the US can be attributed to the Delta variant, but that proportion is doubling every two weeks, said Scott Gottlieb, a former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. That may not mean a sharp uptick in infections across the country, which has administered more than 309 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, but specific regions are at risk, he said. Continue reading... |
| Daniel Morgan report could link Rupert Murdoch empire to ‘criminality’ Posted: 13 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Panel has considered describing News of the World as 'linked to' murder suspects in its long-awaited findings Rupert Murdoch's media empire could be criticised for its links to the suspects behind the murder of the private detective Daniel Morgan, the Guardian has learned. The official inquiry investigating his death sent warning letters to people facing criticism in its long-awaited report, which is due to be published on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi to begin in Myanmar after military coup Posted: 13 Jun 2021 05:05 PM PDT Former leader faces raft of charges including that she improperly imported walkie-talkies and flouted coronavirus restrictions The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will hear its first testimony in a junta court on Monday, more than four months after a military coup. Near daily protests have rocked Myanmar since the coup removed her government in February, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden to use Nato summit to atone for damage of Trump years Posted: 13 Jun 2021 08:45 PM PDT Omens are favourable, but experts warn previous four years will have lasting consequences Three years ago it was Donald Trump who stunned Nato members at a summit in Brussels, warning that he may be prepared to pull the US out of the western military alliance if its other members did not increase their defence spending. At a summit in the same city on Monday, it falls to Joe Biden to repair the damage from four years of his predecessor's freewheeling theatrics, although experts caution that the Trump era will have lasting consequences. Continue reading... |
| Christchurch attacks: producer resigns from film They Are Us as criticism grows Posted: 13 Jun 2021 08:27 PM PDT Jacinda Ardern says subject still feels 'very raw' amid ongoing accusations that film sidelines Muslim victims of 2019 massacre A producer for a controversial Hollywood film depicting Jacinda Ardern's response to the Christchurch terror attacks has resigned from the project after criticisms that it sidelined Muslim victims. The premise of the film, They Are Us, has also been criticised by its proposed subject, New Zealand prime minister Ardern, who is slated to be played by Rose Byrne. Ardern said on Sunday it felt "very soon and very raw" for New Zealand, and that she was not an appropriate focus for a film about the 2019 mosque attacks. "There are plenty of stories from March 15 that could be told, but I don't consider mine to be one of them," she said. Ardern has reiterated that she has no involvement with the film. Continue reading... |
| UK ministers may face five-year lobbying ban after leaving office Posted: 14 Jun 2021 02:10 AM PDT Anti-corruption watchdog demands overhaul in wake of David Cameron Greensill scandal Ministers could be banned from lobbying for up to five years after leaving office and also face possible penalties if they break the rules, the anti-corruption watchdog has said. Lord Evans, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, made the proposal in an emergency review published on Monday in the wake of the Greensill scandal. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell survivors accuse government of fire safety ‘Russian roulette’ Posted: 13 Jun 2021 09:00 PM PDT Ministers have failed to fix hundreds of thousands of dangerous homes in four years since disaster, say campaigners Survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster have accused the government of playing "Russian roulette" by failing to fix hundreds of thousands of high-rise homes with similar fire safety defects. Before Monday's fourth anniversary of the fire, Ed Daffarn, a 16th-floor resident, said: "This stuff still littering this country is a recipe for disaster and they can't say they haven't been warned … If they don't get this stuff off the buildings there will be another Grenfell." Continue reading... |
| Rishi Sunak’s billionaire in-laws hit with £5.5m bill in Amazon India tax dispute Posted: 13 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT News follows disclosure of competition case brought by small traders against US tech giant and family-run Indian joint venture Cloudtail A joint venture between Rishi Sunak's billionaire in-laws and the internet retailing giant Amazon is in a multimillion-pound dispute with the Indian tax authorities, a Guardian investigation has found. The disclosure adds to the list of legal battles currently involving the joint venture, following news on Friday that India's competition commission has been given permission to relaunch an investigation into Amazon. Continue reading... |
| Ned Beatty, star of Deliverance, Network and Superman, dies aged 83 Posted: 13 Jun 2021 11:39 PM PDT Prolific supporting actor also appeared in All the President's Men, Nashville, The Big Easy and Hear My Song Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including Deliverance, Network and Superman, was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest parts, has died. He was 83. Beatty's manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died on Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Continue reading... |
| How Taiwan’s struggle for Covid vaccines is inflaming tensions with China Posted: 13 Jun 2021 09:15 PM PDT As island faces new outbreak and mistrust of Chinese jabs, Beijing objects to donations from US and Japan Vaccines are the latest flashpoint inflaming cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan, as the latter tries to fend off its worst coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began with a mostly unvaccinated population and the former rails against outside assistance from Taipei's allies. Global vaccination drives are widely seen as the only way out of the Covid-19 pandemic, but in Taiwan, just 3% of the population has received at least one dose. Now the island is battling hundreds of cases a day and does not have enough vaccines for its 23.5 million people. Continue reading... |
| Covid cases fall across US but experts warn of dangers of vaccine hesitancy Posted: 13 Jun 2021 02:13 PM PDT Health experts emphasize need for even those who have had disease to get inoculated New cases of Covid-19 are declining across most of the US, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations. But almost all states where cases are rising have lower-than-average vaccination rates and experts warned on Sunday that relief from the coronavirus pandemic could be fleeting in regions where few people get inoculated. Continue reading... |
| Concerns grow in St Ives over Covid cases linked to G7 summit Posted: 13 Jun 2021 08:45 AM PDT At least five hospitality venues close as two police officers and Extinction Rebellion camp report cases of virus Concerns are growing that St Ives may face a spike in Covid cases as the G7 summit winds up with hospitality venues, police officers and a protest camp all reporting cases of the virus. At least five venues in St Ives, the town closest to the main venue summit, Carbis Bay, have closed or are limiting their operations because of cases. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’m a lighter me’: Can Mike Tyson and psychedelics help boxers with brain trauma? Posted: 13 Jun 2021 09:00 PM PDT The former heavyweight champion says psychedelics would have helped him with his mental health during his career. Some scientists and companies agree The peyote cactus is central to many of the rituals of the indigenous Huichol tribe of Mexico. The bright colors and dreamy symbols of their yarn paintings are said to be inspired by the hallucinations experienced by ingesting the mescaline-rich plant in shamanic rituals. "They do these beautiful creations with beads, paint and sculpture. [By taking] peyote they say they communicate with the gods for the design. I respect that," says Mauricio Sulaimán, the Mexican-born president of the World Boxing Council [WBC]. Continue reading... |
| Promises and protests at the G7 in Cornwall – photo essay Posted: 14 Jun 2021 01:35 AM PDT Our photographer looks back on three days of politics and demonstrations during the summit in Carbis Bay With more than 6,000 police deployed to Cornwall for the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, there were surreal sights everywhere: armed officers on residential streets, snipers on rooftops, marine units in St Ives harbour and battleships in the sea. Many residents revelled in the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the action as world leaders and diplomats were convoyed into Carbis Bay, while others objected to the draconian restrictions which included a so-called "ring of steel" around the neighbourhood. Continue reading... |
| ‘It was so nasty. He laughed in my face’: How to love and trust again after a big romantic betrayal Posted: 14 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT When a long-term partner cheats on you it can be devastating, but it is possible to move on in time. Here, experts and Guardian readers explain how best to rebuild your life Sarah and her husband were anchored in a remote harbour – more than a year into their round-the-world sailing voyage, and decades into their relationship – when she read a message on his tablet that made her collapse to the floor of their boat. It was from a man on a gay pornography website. Others like it revealed six years of betrayal by her husband, including a long-term relationship with a married man. Sarah was one of many Guardian readers who responded to our invitation to share experiences of betrayal. Although every respondent's circumstances were unique, and they were of different nationalities, backgrounds, ages and sexualities, there was one thing that linked all their experiences: mind-shattering suffering. I could understand why in his Inferno Dante reserved his ninth and deepest circle of hell for those who committed treachery. Avishai Margalit, the philosopher and author of On Betrayal, tells me that whether we are reading Dante or the Bible, Shakespearean tragedy, Greek mythology or Guardian readers' stories, we can empathise with the pain of someone betrayed. It endures across time and space, culture and history. Continue reading... |
| ‘These races are epic’: why ultrarunning is soaring in popularity Posted: 14 Jun 2021 02:23 AM PDT The events can be gruelling and even dangerous, yet more and more people are signing up John Stocker hadn't slept in three-and-a-half days when he finally crossed the finish line after running more than 337 miles in an ultramarathon event in Suffolk, stopping only at brief intervals for food and rest. Of the 123 people who started the race in Knettishall Heath on 5 June, he was the last person still running 81 hours later on Tuesday evening, and had to summon all of his physical and mental strength to get around the last lap. Continue reading... |
| Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter Posted: 13 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT Ocean plastic has become a route for invasive species that threaten native animals with extinction, with Japan's tsunami sending nearly 300 species 'rafting' across the Pacific Japan's 2011 tsunami was catastrophic, killing nearly 16,000 people, destroying homes and infrastructure, and sweeping an estimated 5m tons of debris out to sea. That debris did not disappear, however. Some of it drifted all the way across the Pacific, reaching the shores of Hawaii, Alaska and California – and with it came hitchhikers. Continue reading... |
| More than just a game: the ageless art of the sports writer Posted: 13 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT As a big summer of sport begins, Barney Ronay traces our reporting lineage back to giants such as Cardus and CLR James Sport has been an indivisible part of the Guardian almost from day one. Six weeks after the paper was launched as a weekly in May 1821, its first sports report appeared: four paragraphs of horse racing, tucked away on page 3. "Races this week have been very numerously attended," the un-bylined reporter noted, putting this down to "the comfortable circumstances of the labouring classes, which have enabled them spare time for attendance, and also to appear in better clothes". Continue reading... |
| Daniel Morgan murder: a brother’s long fight for justice Posted: 13 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT With inquiry due to publish report, family hope for answers amid allegations of official corruption Nearly 30 years ago, in May 1992, a young student wrote to his MP, Virginia Bottomley. "I am a man at the absolute end of my tether," said the letter. "I have reached the end of my resources, emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. Just over five years ago my younger brother Daniel was murdered … Since that day, my mother and I have spent almost every waking moment in a horrible and debilitating battle to expose the truth about why Daniel met such a horrible death." That young man, Alastair Morgan, is still waiting for an answer as to why Daniel Morgan, a private detective, was found dead with an axe in the back of his head in the car park of a south London pub in 1987. The inquiry into the murder that has cost around £16m and taken eight years is due finally to publish its findings on Tuesday after earlier plans for publication were halted by the home secretary "for national security and duties under the Human Rights Act". The panel's report will run to 1,200 pages. Continue reading... |
| Giulio Regeni’s last messages before his death in Egypt counter spy claims Posted: 14 Jun 2021 01:55 AM PDT Facebook messages from the Italian student killed in Cairo in 2016 show his concerns about studying in the country The Facebook messages written by the Cambridge student Giulio Regeni in the weeks leading up to his murder give the lie to any notion he was a spy or political agitator. Even before he left England, Regeni was concerned about the risks he might face doing his thesis on trade unions in Egypt, a sensitive subject in the country. Continue reading... |
| Biden in Brussels ahead of big week for US diplomacy | First Thing Posted: 14 Jun 2021 02:30 AM PDT Following tea with the Queen, the president has moved on to Brussels for the Nato summit before his big meeting with Putin. Plus, the woman who forced the US government to take UFOs seriously Good morning. Joe Biden is expected to use a Nato summit in Brussels on Monday – his first as president and the first since the start of the pandemic – to atone for the damage of the Trump years and to address the security challenge from China. |
| Tibet: on the roof of the world – in pictures Posted: 13 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT China recently eased Covid travel restrictions for foreign visitors to Tibet in an effort to boost tourism. Beijing is aiming for 61 million visitors a year by 2025, more than 15 times the number of Tibet's inhabitants. Foreign journalists, normally not permitted to travel to the autonomous region, were also taken on a visit organised by the government Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2021 01:30 AM PDT Two new cases are children who were in isolation as authorities say lower numbers are proof that restrictions 'are working'. This blog is now closed.
We'll leave it there for today. Here are the main events of the day.
Western Australia will outlaw gel blasters, going further than any other state in response to concerns about their resemblance to real firearms, reports AAP. From July 3, the blasters - which fire small gel balls - will be classed as prohibited weapons that cannot be owned by anyone. Continue reading... |
| Home Office condemned for forcing migrants on bail to wear GPS tags Posted: 14 Jun 2021 01:00 AM PDT Round-the-clock tracking condemned as 'Trojan horse' giving government vast surveillance powers that violate human rights More than 40 human rights organisations have condemned the Home Office's introduction of 24-hour GPS monitoring of people on immigration bail in an expansion of surveillance powers that has involved no consultation process or parliamentary debate. The new policy marks a shift from using radio frequency monitors (which alert authorities if the wearer leaves an assigned area) to round-the-clock GPS trackers (which track a person's every move), while also giving the Home Office new powers to collect, store and access this data indefinitely via a private contractor. Continue reading... |
| UK aid cuts to Bangladesh NGO a ‘gut punch’, says charity head Posted: 14 Jun 2021 12:00 AM PDT Withdrawal from long-term partnership catastrophic, says Brac, affecting women and girls' education and those in extreme poverty The UK government's funding cuts to the world's largest international non-governmental organisation are a "gut punch" after a successful 10-year £450m partnership, according to a director. Asif Saleh, executive director of Brac Bangladesh, said the cuts will leave hundreds of thousands of girls without an education, millions of women and girls without access to family planning and hundreds of thousands of people in extreme poverty without support. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’m sacrificing myself’: agony of Kabul’s secret sex workers Posted: 13 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Decades of war and grinding poverty have forced more Afghans into risky double lives to survive When Zainab met her first client almost two years ago, she was drunk, drugged-up, and had passed out by the time he started raping her. She had never touched alcohol before, but was told she'd be better off unconscious. Terrified, she reluctantly agreed. The man was gone when the then 18-year-old woke up; her body in pain, her thoughts filled with regret. Continue reading... |
| Israeli elections: Raucous scenes in Knesset as Benjamin Netanyahu ousted from office – video Posted: 13 Jun 2021 07:33 PM PDT Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power has ended as parliament voted on a new government of improbable allies. The schism was evident at a raucous session of the legislature ahead of the vote. Netanyahu loyalists, shouting 'shame' and 'liar', frequently interrupted the man set to replace him, nationalist Naftali Bennett, as he spelled out the new coalition's policies. During his last speech as prime minister, a combative Netanyahu vowed to return: 'We will be back, soon' he said multiple times
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