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- EU urged to suspend funds to Hungary over ‘grave breaches of the rule of law’
- Crime reporter Peter de Vries fighting for life after Amsterdam shooting
- North America endured hottest June on record
- Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says
- Ex-police captain Eric Adams wins Democratic primary for New York mayor
- Britney Spears’s court-appointed lawyer asks to resign from conservatorship
- US official warns China against ‘catastrophic’ move on Taiwan
- Dilip Kumar, Bollywood legend and ‘tragedy king’ of Indian cinema, dies aged 98
- Kenya in rush to vaccinate 4m children as measles cases surge
- Victims allegedly tortured by New Zealand psychiatrist fear time is running out for justice
- Coronavirus live news: Indonesia reports record 1,040 more deaths; China records highest cases since January
- How your mask protects other people – video explainer
- Asia Pacific sees sharp rise in Covid infections as Delta strain threatens new wave
- Miss Mexico 2021 organisers press ahead with pageant despite Covid surge among contestants
- ‘I just need my son’: the people who disappeared amid Colombia’s protests
- Hope Virgo: the woman who survived anorexia – and began Dump the Scales
- My summer of love: ‘As a practising Muslim, my soulmate checklist didn’t include lapsed-Catholics covered in tattoos’
- The fight to save one of America’s last lesbian bars: ‘We’re like an endangered species’
- Who’s behind the Kaseya ransomware attack – and why is it so dangerous?
- There is a light that sometimes goes out: the Olympic torch protests
- Mother of sisters killed in London park fears murderer will become ‘killing machine’
- Between Two Worlds review – Juliette Binoche goes undercover in the gig economy
- Eric Adams expected to be next New York mayor after victory in Democratic primary | First Thing
- Temperatures rising – Inside the 9 July Guardian Weekly
- Australia to send 2.5m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Indonesia as Covid infections soar
- Sydney lockdown extended as NSW records 27 cases – as it happened
- ‘I didn’t eat for days’: hunger stalks Venezuelan refugees
- What are the risks of England unlocking in the Covid third wave?
- Why ministers stuck to 19 July for lifting England’s Covid rules
- To mask or not to mask: what will Johnson and others do after 19 July?
- Ardern says 'different countries are taking different choices' on accepting Covid deaths – video
- Biden plans fresh effort to reach unvaccinated Americans and says the ‘fight is not over’ – video
- Nigeria: families gather at school after gunmen abduct 140 pupils – video
- Javid: no need for fully vaccinated Covid contacts to self-isolate from 16 August – video
- Inside Afghanistan’s looted Bagram airbase after US departure – in pictures
- Sajid Javid says England is in 'uncharted territory' with Covid unlocking – video
| EU urged to suspend funds to Hungary over ‘grave breaches of the rule of law’ Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Action follows Viktor Orbán passing law banning LGBT content in schools and mishandling of EU funds Ursula von der Leyen is being urged to suspend EU funds to Hungary to force Viktor Orbán to address concerns over politicised courts and corruption. MEPs who work on the European parliament's budgetary control committee are calling on the European Commission president to use a newly created EU law to freeze payments to Hungary for "grave breaches of the rule of law". Continue reading... |
| Crime reporter Peter de Vries fighting for life after Amsterdam shooting Posted: 06 Jul 2021 03:12 PM PDT Dutch police have detained three suspects after investigative reporter was shot in the street Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries, known for his work in exposing the criminal underworld, has been shot and seriously wounded on a street in Amsterdam. Three suspects were detained, including the possible gunmen, police said, without providing details. Continue reading... |
| North America endured hottest June on record Posted: 07 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT Satellite data shows temperature peaks are lasting longer and rising higher North America endured the hottest June on record last month, according to satellite data that shows temperature peaks lasting longer as well as rising higher. The heat dome above western Canada and the north-west United States generated headlines around the world as daily temperature records were shattered across British Columbia, Washington and Portland. Continue reading... |
| Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT
On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war, Donald Trump insisted to his then chief of staff, John Kelly: "Well, Hitler did a lot of good things." Related: Nightmare Scenario review: Trump, Covid and a lasting national trauma Continue reading... |
| Ex-police captain Eric Adams wins Democratic primary for New York mayor Posted: 06 Jul 2021 06:54 PM PDT Adams, who tacked to center in large field of candidates, is expected to win in general election Eric Adams, a former police captain, has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice in policing. Adams would be the city's second Black mayor if elected. He triumphed over a large field in New York's first major race to use ranked-choice voting. Continue reading... |
| Britney Spears’s court-appointed lawyer asks to resign from conservatorship Posted: 06 Jul 2021 05:19 PM PDT Samuel Ingham has faced intense scrutiny for his representation of Spears, who has said she's been unable to choose her own lawyer Britney Spears's court-appointed lawyer has asked to resign from the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years. The news of lawyer Samuel D Ingham's decision to step down comes after the singer's emotional courtroom testimony prompted the resignation of her manager and the withdrawal of a wealth management firm involved in her conservatorship. The legal arrangement, which has been in place since 2008, has given Spears's father and other parties intense authority over her career, finances, personal life and medical care. Continue reading... |
| US official warns China against ‘catastrophic’ move on Taiwan Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:12 AM PDT Kurt Campbell says Beijing assessing world's response to Hong Kong crackdown to understand potential reaction on Taiwan A senior US official has warned China not to seek emboldenment from its Hong Kong crackdown to move against Taiwan, as Japan's deputy leader said it would defend Taiwan against an attack. Kurt Campbell, coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs on the US national security council, told a forum on Tuesday the US had tried to send a "clear message of deterrence across the Taiwan Strait" and any attempt by China to move on Taiwan would be "catastrophic". Continue reading... |
| Dilip Kumar, Bollywood legend and ‘tragedy king’ of Indian cinema, dies aged 98 Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:50 PM PDT The star was a defining figure in post-independence Indian cinema and was one of the country's first method actors Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar, who was a defining figure in post-independence Indian cinema, has died aged 98. Kumar had been taken to hospital in Mumbai last week suffering breathlessness, but died early Wednesday morning. "He passed away due to prolonged illness at 7.30am," Dr Jalil Parkar of Mumbai's Hinduja hospital said. Continue reading... |
| Kenya in rush to vaccinate 4m children as measles cases surge Posted: 06 Jul 2021 11:00 PM PDT WHO reports measles outbreaks in eight African countries amid huge fall-off in jabs during Covid Kenya has restarted its vaccination programme in an effort to tackle the re-emergence of measles, which has surged in the country during the Covid restrictions. A 10-day campaign against highly contagious measles and rubella has begun to target 4 million children aged nine months to five years in 22 of Kenya's 47 counties where outbreaks are highest. Continue reading... |
| Victims allegedly tortured by New Zealand psychiatrist fear time is running out for justice Posted: 06 Jul 2021 07:40 PM PDT Warning: graphic content Around 200 people told a royal commission they were abused by Dr Selwyn Leeks and others at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s, allegations Leeks has denied A New Zealand royal commission set up to investigate abuse in care says the country's health ministry is still receiving complaints about a psychiatrist and others who allegedly tortured and abused patients at a hospital in the 1970s. Around 200 people have alleged they were abused as children by Dr Selywn Leeks in the adolescent wing of Lake Alice psychiatric hospital but police and medical authorities failed to curb his career or investigate sufficiently. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2021 03:09 AM PDT Indonesia also reports record new infections for third day in a row; China reports 57 new cases in highest tally since 30 January
Andrew Sparrow has our UK Covid live blog, and Clea Skopeliti will be here in a moment to continue bringing you the latest Covid news from around the world. That's it from me, Martin Belam, and in the meantime, here's a reminder of why face masks are more about protecting others than ourselves.
More grim numbers from Indonesia, which confirms it has set new daily records for both deaths and cases again. Reuters report that data from the country's Covid taskforce showed 34,379 new coronavirus infections and 1,040 new deaths. It was the third consecutive day of record new infections in Indonesia and the fourth straight day for record deaths. Continue reading... |
| How your mask protects other people – video explainer Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:51 AM PDT Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many countries have brought in rules, and even laws, requiring people to wear face masks to help contain the spread of the virus. But as restrictions are being lifted globally, many governments are loosening the rules around mandatory face coverings. With the requirements due to be dropped in England on 19 July, the Guardian's health correspondent Natalie Grover looks at why masks are more about protecting others than ourselves, and where we still might want to wear them
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| Asia Pacific sees sharp rise in Covid infections as Delta strain threatens new wave Posted: 06 Jul 2021 09:22 PM PDT From South Korea to Australia, authorities are struggling to contain the highly transmissible coronavirus strain that has caused a surge in UK, Europe and US Countries throughout Asia Pacific – from South Korea to Australia – have been hit by a rise in coronavirus infections as the Delta variant threatens a new wave of the pandemic even in a region renowned for tackling the virus with a high degree of success. China reported 57 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for 6 July, up from 23 cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Wednesday. It was the highest daily tally of infections since 30 January. Continue reading... |
| Miss Mexico 2021 organisers press ahead with pageant despite Covid surge among contestants Posted: 06 Jul 2021 07:55 PM PDT Some women had coughs or a fever but were reportedly told 'not to complain' Organisers pushed ahead with a Mexican beauty pageant in spite of a Covid-19 outbreak that infected almost half the contestants, it has emerged. At least 15 of the 32 contestants in the Miss Mexico 2021 pageant tested positive for coronavirus. A pageant staff member also tested positive, according to the Chihuahua state health secretariat. Continue reading... |
| ‘I just need my son’: the people who disappeared amid Colombia’s protests Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT Seventy-seven people have vanished since the start of the unrest in late April – some protesters, others not linked to the demonstrations Before 17-year-old Duvan Barros left his home in a downtrodden neighbourhood in Bogotá to attend an anti-poverty demonstration, he asked his mother, Dolores Barros, to make him a fruit juice. She said no, but there would be one waiting when he got back. That was 5 June, and Barros hasn't seen him since. Continue reading... |
| Hope Virgo: the woman who survived anorexia – and began Dump the Scales Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Hospitalised with an eating disorder as a teenager, she recovered to become a campaigner. Her mission? To show that eating disorders aren't always visible Hope Virgo's description of her descent into anorexia is so harrowing and filled with danger that meeting her in real life – in the south London flat she shares with her fiance – is like meeting the personification of triumph or optimism. "In the media, you see the same stories, the same distressed, emaciated person; you hear of people dying," Virgo says. "We need to hear those stories, but at the same time, I really believe that a full recovery is possible. I think we lose sight of that glimmer of hope." In her book Stand Tall Little Girl, she gives the figures to back this up: 40% of people who have had an eating disorder never think about it again; 15% are unable to fight it off and are stuck in it; and 45% of people find a way to live with it, using coping mechanisms. Virgo's pioneering work has an overarching purpose: to say, in her words and through her actions, that recovery is possible. It's a rescue mission launched from regular life into a world of crisis – in which no one is seen as irrecoverable. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT There was certainly chemistry between us on our first meeting. But when we met for our first date, he had a big surprise … About five years ago, I had an unsolicited romance with a guy who was the exact opposite of what I'd been looking for. I was in the north of England to attend a weekend symposium with creatives from all over the world. After a five-hour train journey, I arrived at the hotel, ready to hide in my room with a cuppa in an undersized mug, when I was told that I was expected at an opening night dinner. I was ushered to the foyer of a grand ballroom where women in glittering gowns and men in sharp suits swanned around me. Not-so-fresh from my travels, I was still dressed in a beige cardigan and crummy trainers. Continue reading... |
| The fight to save one of America’s last lesbian bars: ‘We’re like an endangered species’ Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:00 AM PDT There are only 21 lesbian bars remaining in the US – a vertiginous drop from 200 in the 1980s. The much-loved Cubbyhole is one of them Everyone at the Cubbyhole has an origin story. Mona Williams was 21, queer, and had been kicked out by their family when they first arrived at the quaint little lesbian bar on a street corner in New York's West Village. They had Googled "lesbian bars in New York" and found themselves outside the bar a few hours later, alone and not knowing what to expect. Continue reading... |
| Who’s behind the Kaseya ransomware attack – and why is it so dangerous? Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT The breach has affected hundreds of businesses around the world, and experts fear the worst is yet to come Hackers last week infiltrated a Florida-based information technology firm and deployed a ransomware attack, seizing troves of data and demanding $70m in payment for its return. The hack of the Kaseya firm, which is already being called "the biggest ransomware attack on record", has affected hundreds of businesses globally, including supermarkets in Sweden and schools in New Zealand. Continue reading... |
| There is a light that sometimes goes out: the Olympic torch protests Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT A woman attempted to extinguish the torch's flame in Japan with a squirt gun – and she's far from the first to stage a protest during the torch relay Are you kind of, sort of, not really into the fact that the Olympics are still going to happen later this month in Tokyo despite the coronavirus pandemic and the fact that the vast majority of our planet's 7.8 billion people remain unvaccinated, with alarming outbreaks cropping up worldwide? If so, you've got a friend in Kayoko Takahashi. Continue reading... |
| Mother of sisters killed in London park fears murderer will become ‘killing machine’ Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:22 AM PDT Mina Smallman says she forgives Danyal Hussein but is concerned he will become more radicalised in prison The mother of two sisters murdered in a London park last year has expressed her fear that the teenager who murdered them will become "even more radicalised" in prison and risks becoming a "killing machine". Mina Smallman, the first black woman to become an archdeacon in the Church of England, said she had already forgiven 19-year-old Danyal Hussein, who on Wednesday was found guilty of murdering Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46. Continue reading... |
| Between Two Worlds review – Juliette Binoche goes undercover in the gig economy Posted: 07 Jul 2021 01:30 AM PDT Emmanuel Carrère's drama – based on Florence Aubenas's bestseller Le Quai de Ouistreham – fails to probe fully the injustices faced by low-paid workers Novelist and film-maker Emmanuel Carrère has contrived this earnestly intentioned but naive and supercilious drama about poverty and the gig economy, starring a tearful Juliette Binoche. It is adapted from the French non-fiction bestseller Le Quai de Ouistreham from 2010 by investigative journalist Florence Aubenas, published in the UK under the title The Night Cleaner. |
| Eric Adams expected to be next New York mayor after victory in Democratic primary | First Thing Posted: 07 Jul 2021 03:03 AM PDT The former police captain thanked New Yorkers as he declared victory in the Democratic race. Plus, Trump allegedly said Hitler 'did a lot of good things' and the history of Olympic torch protests Good morning The former police captain Eric Adams has been declared the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. If he wins the general election in November – which, as the overwhelming favourite against the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, he is expected to do – he will become the city's second Black mayor. Continue reading... |
| Temperatures rising – Inside the 9 July Guardian Weekly Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:03 AM PDT Is the world getting too hot for humans? Last week's searing temperatures in North America's Pacific north-west were more than just another heatwave. The 49.6C registered in the tiny British Columbian town of Lytton was not simply the hottest temperature on record in Canada, it also defied computer modelling of how the world might change as emissions rise. Our global environment editor Jonathan Watts looks at how the rare phenomenon known as a heat dome is part of a growing trend towards extreme weather events, while climate science professor Simon Lewis explains why global heating is making more of the planet too hot for humans. Starting with the Soviet invasion of the 1970s, Afghanistan has spent four decades as a battleground for proxy wars between competing nations and ideologies. As US and British troops withdraw, Emma Graham-Harrison returns to Kabul, where she spent several years as a foreign corespondent, to find little optimism and much anxiety at the resurgence of the Taliban. Continue reading... |
| Australia to send 2.5m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Indonesia as Covid infections soar Posted: 07 Jul 2021 03:09 AM PDT Aid package, including 1,000 ventilators, announced after nation records daily high of 31,189 coronavirus cases Australia will send 2.5m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Indonesia and will fund 1,000 ventilators as the country battles record-high Covid cases that are pushing the health system to breaking point. The aid package, announced on Wednesday night, is in response to growing calls for Australia to help its most populous neighbour. Continue reading... |
| Sydney lockdown extended as NSW records 27 cases – as it happened Posted: 07 Jul 2021 02:33 AM PDT Victoria eases Melbourne restrictions; more than a dozen NSW residents under 55 in hospital with Covid. This blog is now closed
Here are the main stories for Wednesday, 7 July:
Swimmer Cate Campbell and basketball player Patty Mills are the flag bearers for the Tokyo Olympics: Your #Tokyo2020 Australian Olympic Team Flag Bearers, @catecamp and @Patty_Mills! #TokyoTogether pic.twitter.com/iRcLz1WT9C Continue reading... |
| ‘I didn’t eat for days’: hunger stalks Venezuelan refugees Posted: 06 Jul 2021 05:09 AM PDT Colombian health workers struggling to cope as malnutrition and dirty water ravage new arrivals in Maicao's swelling shanty towns A seemingly endless lake of cardboard and tin shacks surrounds the perimeter of a former airport runway in Colombia's desert-like city of Maicao. Known locally as La Pista, the area is home to more than 2,000 families, and is one of 44 informal settlements to have emerged around the city in the past two years. The old airport has become a landing strip for desperate migrants and bi-national indigenous Wayuu people fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, where the basic essentials of life are hard to come by. Continue reading... |
| What are the risks of England unlocking in the Covid third wave? Posted: 06 Jul 2021 10:00 PM PDT Analysis: Boris Johnson is betting big by easing rules on 19 July despite new infections rising exponentially Lifting the final Covid restrictions in England on 19 July is a gamble for the government. Even without further easing, cases are on course to surpass 50,000 a day by mid-July. Thereafter they could swiftly exceed the winter peak of 81,000 and hit 100,000 or more, the health secretary has said. What the next wave means for lives and the NHS is still deeply uncertain – but the science offers some clues. Continue reading... |
| Why ministers stuck to 19 July for lifting England’s Covid rules Posted: 06 Jul 2021 01:48 PM PDT Analysis: a further delay in a bid to contain the rapid rise in the infection rate would present its own problems "Freedom is in our sights once again!" Sajid Javid told Conservative MPs on Tuesday, as he announced that double-jabbed people will not be required to quarantine from 16 August if they come in contact with a Covid sufferer. That mid-August date was the one concession to caution in a package of measures for "freedom day" that was more liberal than many at Westminster had expected, and has led Labour to accuse the government of being reckless. Continue reading... |
| To mask or not to mask: what will Johnson and others do after 19 July? Posted: 06 Jul 2021 03:02 AM PDT The PM says he will keep his covering in crowded places after England's rules change but what do his ministers and experts think? Boris Johnson has said he will continue to wear a mask in "crowded places" after mandatory requirements are dropped in England on 19 July. "What we're trying to do is move from a universal government diktat to relying on people's personal responsibility," he told Monday's Downing Street press conference. "Clearly there's a big difference between travelling on a crowded Tube train and sitting late at night in a virtually empty carriage on the main railway line. So what we want to do is for people to exercise their personal responsibility but to remember the value of face coverings both in protecting themselves and others." Continue reading... |
| Ardern says 'different countries are taking different choices' on accepting Covid deaths – video Posted: 06 Jul 2021 09:59 PM PDT New Zealand has dismissed suggestions it should follow in Britain's footsteps to "live with" Covid-19. Prime minister Jacinda Ardern responded the question of whether the country would accept deaths from Covid, saying: "Different countries are taking different choices." The response comes as the UK leader Boris Johnson announced plans to scrap regulations including on face masks and social distancing by 19 July, saying that Britain must "learn to live with" the virus". Continue reading... |
| Biden plans fresh effort to reach unvaccinated Americans and says the ‘fight is not over’ – video Posted: 06 Jul 2021 02:30 PM PDT The US president, Joe Biden, outlined new steps to reach unvaccinated Americans and noted that more than 160 million citizens will be vaccinated by the end of this week. New coronavirus cases and deaths are also down 90% since January, allowing Americans to start 'living their lives as they did before', he said. 'The bottom line is, the virus is on the run, and America is coming back, and we're coming back together,' Biden said. 'But our fight against this virus is not over.' The White House said earlier today that it would expand door-to-door outreach efforts in communities with lower vaccination efforts Continue reading... |
| Nigeria: families gather at school after gunmen abduct 140 pupils – video Posted: 06 Jul 2021 07:27 AM PDT Distraught parents have gathered outside a boarding school in north-western Nigeria after gunmen kidnapped 140 children, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targeting schoolchildren and students in the country. About 1,000 students and pupils have been abducted in Nigeria since December, with most eventually released after negotiations with local officials. Monday's raid at the Bethel Baptist high school was at least the fourth mass school kidnapping in Kaduna state over the period Continue reading... |
| Javid: no need for fully vaccinated Covid contacts to self-isolate from 16 August – video Posted: 06 Jul 2021 07:13 AM PDT Close contacts of people in England who have tested positive for Covid will not need to self-isolate if they have received both Covid jabs, or if they are under 18, the health secretary, Sajid Javid, has told the Commons. People will still need to self-isolate if they test positive for the virus. 'This new approach means we can manage the virus in a way that's proportionate to the pandemic while maintaining the freedoms that are so important to us all,' he said Continue reading... |
| Inside Afghanistan’s looted Bagram airbase after US departure – in pictures Posted: 06 Jul 2021 04:30 AM PDT After nearly two decades, the US military has left Bagram, now Afghan forces have invited the press inside the huge, eerily quiet facility Continue reading... |
| Sajid Javid says England is in 'uncharted territory' with Covid unlocking – video Posted: 06 Jul 2021 01:42 AM PDT The health secretary said the government expects cases could reach as high as 50,000 cases a day by the time measures are fully relaxed on 19 July, and continue rising. Figures show 27,334 people across the UK tested positive reported on 5 July
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