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- G7 leaders warn Russia all sanctions on table over Ukraine border buildup
- Kentucky tornadoes: death toll from record twisters expected to exceed 100
- UK booster jab rollout to increase to 1m a day to battle Omicron ‘tidal wave’
- Tigray rebels retake Ethiopian heritage town of Lalibela
- Max Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton to F1 world title on last lap in Abu Dhabi
- UK and EU settle fishing row but French fishers vow to go ahead with blockade
- Israel’s PM Naftali Bennett to visit UAE to discuss deepening ties
- Naomie Harris says ‘huge star’ groped her during audition
- Sailing away: superyacht industry booms during Covid pandemic
- Sicily apartment block explosion leaves at least four dead
- Anne Rice, author of Interview With the Vampire, dies aged 80
- Austria ends Covid lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people
- What makes boosters more effective than the first two Covid jabs?
- Fauci urges Americans to get Covid booster as US nears 800,000 deaths
- UK has Omicron Covid patients in hospital, government confirms
- The tragic missteps that killed a young California family on a hike
- Maggie Gyllenhaal: from ‘difficult’ roles to lauded Hollywood director
- I’m a long-distance dad so Covid was terrible – but it helped me let go of my guilt
- Those we lost in 2021: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry remembered by Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser
- Boris on the brink: how Johnson reached the edge of disaster
- Body of evidence: meet the experts working in crime scene forensics
- Don’t Look Up review – an A-list apocalyptic mess
- Met police searching for missing Petra Srncova find body in park
- Catalonia row deepens over family’s push for Spanish in school
- Tel Aviv: poverty and eviction in the world’s most expensive city
- ‘Not knowing is worse’: tornado survivor at candle factory awaits news of missing boyfriend
- Chile: candidates battle for moderate votes as presidential race nears end
- New Caledonia rejects split from France in vote marred by boycott
- Australia Covid news live update: Queensland reopens its border after nearly five months; WA to learn its roadmap out of lockdown
- UK’s 1m a day booster rollout is strategy of short-term pain for long-term gain
- Who are the rebel Tory MPs likely to oppose plan B Covid restrictions?
- It’s tough to see Ghislaine Maxwell’s team toy with such sad, broken women | John Sweeney
- Will Omicron kill Christmas? How science stacks up in boosters v Covid variant battle
- US tornadoes: up to 100 people feared dead after historic storms – video report
- In pictures: the aftermath of deadly US tornadoes
- Drone footage shows collapsed Illinois warehouse after tornadoes sweep US – video
| G7 leaders warn Russia all sanctions on table over Ukraine border buildup Posted: 12 Dec 2021 08:43 AM PST Kremlin would 'face massive consequences' in event of invasion, says UK foreign secretary at Liverpool talks Foreign ministers of the G7 group of rich democracies have warned Russia of "massive consequences" if it invades Ukraine and urged it to de-escalate its military buildup on its border. A communique from the meeting in Liverpool said the group reaffirmed its "unwavering commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the right of any sovereign state to determine its own future" and praised what it called Ukraine's "restraint" as tensions grew. Continue reading... |
| Kentucky tornadoes: death toll from record twisters expected to exceed 100 Posted: 12 Dec 2021 12:02 PM PST Dozens unaccounted for as crews search wreckage in 'deadliest tornado event we've ever had,' says Governor Andy Beshear The death toll from record tornadoes that roared across hundreds of miles this weekend is expected to exceed 100 in Kentucky alone, with dozens still unaccounted for as crews scramble to search wreckage. One tornado that tore through four states over four hours of nighttime devastation is believed to be the longest distance for a tornado in US history, leaving destruction, death and a frantic search by survivors to find family and shelter, from Arkansas to Kentucky. Continue reading... |
| UK booster jab rollout to increase to 1m a day to battle Omicron ‘tidal wave’ Posted: 12 Dec 2021 12:07 PM PST Army to be deployed as part of effort to offer Covid vaccine dose to every adult by end of month Boris Johnson is gambling on an unprecedented ramping up of vaccinations, rolling out 1m booster jabs a day to stem an incoming "tidal wave of Omicron" and avoid imposing further restrictions. The army will be deployed across the country to help rapidly accelerate the vaccine programme and GPs will be told to cancel appointments to dedicate resources to offering vaccines to every UK adult by the end of December. Continue reading... |
| Tigray rebels retake Ethiopian heritage town of Lalibela Posted: 12 Dec 2021 09:42 AM PST Residents of Unesco-listed town, 400 miles north of Addis Ababa, say Tigrayan fighters have seized control Tigray rebels have recaptured the north Ethiopian town of Lalibela, home to a Unesco world heritage site, 11 days after Ethiopian forces said they had retaken control, local residents have said. It marks another twist in the 13-month-old conflict that has killed thousands of people and triggered a humanitarian crisis in the north of Africa's second most populous nation. Continue reading... |
| Max Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton to F1 world title on last lap in Abu Dhabi Posted: 12 Dec 2021 11:08 AM PST
After a season of intense, turbulent, and controversial yet gripping racing, Formula One almost unfeasibly found aspects of every element for its denouement in the desert. With Max Verstappen's victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix decided in taking the lead from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the final race, he believed he had sealed his first F1 world championship. His reaction and that of his Red Bull team was one of unbridled joy while Hamilton and Mercedes were left disconsolate and convinced the win that had been in their hands had been unfairly snatched from their grasp, leaving the greatest prize in motor racing potentially in the laps of the lawyers. Continue reading... |
| UK and EU settle fishing row but French fishers vow to go ahead with blockade Posted: 12 Dec 2021 09:02 AM PST Talk of trade war dropped after UK and Channel Islands governments agree to issue more licences
The European Commission and the French government signalled satisfaction with the result of an intensive fortnight of negotiations as the UK and Channel Islands governments agreed to issue 83 more operating licences before an EU deadline. Continue reading... |
| Israel’s PM Naftali Bennett to visit UAE to discuss deepening ties Posted: 12 Dec 2021 04:45 AM PST Talks between PM and crown prince of Abu Dhabi come after full diplomatic links brokered last year Naftali Bennett is to make the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to the United Arab Emirates since the two countries established diplomatic ties last year. Bennett will meet Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, on Monday to discuss "deepening the ties between Israel and the UAE, especially economic and regional issues," Bennett's office said. Continue reading... |
| Naomie Harris says ‘huge star’ groped her during audition Posted: 12 Dec 2021 03:17 AM PST Bond actor recalls past #MeToo incident and contrasts lack of censure with 'immediate' removal on recent project The Oscar-nominated actor Naomie Harris has said a #MeToo incident on one of her recent projects prompted the "immediate" removal of the perpetrator, as she recalled another occasion when she was groped by a "huge star" who faced no censure. Harris, who played Moneypenny in the last three Bond films and was up for an Oscar for her role in Moonlight in 2017, declined to name either of the men allegedly responsible. Continue reading... |
| Sailing away: superyacht industry booms during Covid pandemic Posted: 12 Dec 2021 02:58 AM PST Record-breaking number of vessels being built or on order worldwide, despite environmental concerns In an era of environmental awareness and conspicuous displays of sustainability, you might not expect a rise in the number of people with the means and appetite for a £50m floating fortress of solitude. But, in part because of the coronavirus crisis, the superyacht industry is booming – and the number of vessels under construction or on order worldwide has hit a new record. According to figures revealed in the latest edition of Boat International's Global Order Book, more than 1,200 superyachts are slated to be built – a rise of 25% on last year. Continue reading... |
| Sicily apartment block explosion leaves at least four dead Posted: 12 Dec 2021 04:34 AM PST Firefighters say the blast in the southern town of Ravanusa was probably caused by a gas leak Four people have been killed and five are missing in Sicily after an explosion caused a four-storey apartment building to collapse. Two women were recovered alive from the rubble in the southern town of Ravanusa on Saturday night, and rescuers and sniffer dogs were searching for other people still missing. Continue reading... |
| Anne Rice, author of Interview With the Vampire, dies aged 80 Posted: 12 Dec 2021 05:27 AM PST Horror writers pay tribute after bestselling gothic novelist dies of complications from stroke Anne Rice, the bestselling author of Interview With the Vampire, has died at the age of 80. The gothic novelist's son, Christopher Rice, said in a statement on Sunday morning that Rice had "passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke", adding: "The immensity of our family's grief cannot be overstated." Continue reading... |
| Austria ends Covid lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people Posted: 12 Dec 2021 04:37 AM PST Strict rules lifted across most of country after three weeks as case numbers plummet Austria has ended lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people across most of the country, three weeks after reimposing strict rules to combat a rising wave of coronavirus infections. The rules, which vary by region within the country, largely allow for the reopening of theatres, museums and other cultural and entertainment venues on Sunday. Shops will follow on Monday. Continue reading... |
| What makes boosters more effective than the first two Covid jabs? Posted: 12 Dec 2021 10:31 AM PST Analysis: top-up vaccines make key changes to our antibody defences, reducing the threat from Omicron Covid-19, we should know by now, is a moving target. In autumn the rollout of boosters to older age groups was contentious. Now they're the single biggest focus. So why do boosters help so significantly compared with first and second jabs, and are we on a conveyor belt towards needing an ever-increasing number of top-ups? Even before Omicron, it was clear boosters would be required to maintain the levels of protection against infection, although protection against severe illness appeared to be holding up well. Continue reading... |
| Fauci urges Americans to get Covid booster as US nears 800,000 deaths Posted: 12 Dec 2021 11:38 AM PST Leading infectious diseases official warns Omicron variant appears to be able to 'evade' protection of two initial doses The US government's leading infectious diseases official, Anthony Fauci, on Sunday stepped up calls for Americans to get a Covid-19 booster shot, as the US is approaching 800,000 lives lost to coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. Fauci warned that the Omicron variant appeared to be able to "evade" the protection of two initial doses of the mRNA-type Covid vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech's and Moderna's – as well as post-infection therapies such as monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma. Continue reading... |
| UK has Omicron Covid patients in hospital, government confirms Posted: 12 Dec 2021 03:36 AM PST Top UK medical adviser says growing number of people going to emergency departments diagnosed with Omicron People have been admitted to hospital with the Omicron variant in Britain, a government minister has confirmed, as a senior public health adviser said further curbs may be needed. The education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, said he could confirm there were "cases in hospital with Omicron". "We've been able to test people who are in hospital over the past two weeks, and so there is a lag to hospitalisation," he told Trevor Phillips on Sky News. Continue reading... |
| The tragic missteps that killed a young California family on a hike Posted: 12 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST The incident serves as a reminder to thoroughly map, plan ahead and be well-prepared when hiking, no matter the season When a young family died mysteriously on a trail in California's Sierra Nevada mountains in August, authorities scoured the area for clues. Maybe there was a gas leak from a nearby mine. Maybe the family drank water that contained toxic algae. In the end, as a new report showed, the answers were more prosaic, if just as tragic: the triple-digit temperatures and tough terrain created a fatal situation. Nearly eighty pages of investigative reports obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle lay out the tragic missteps that led to the death of the young family and hold important lessons about the dangers of hiking in a grueling climate. Continue reading... |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal: from ‘difficult’ roles to lauded Hollywood director Posted: 12 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST With a string of plaudits for portraying complex characters, the actor is now focusing her 'quiet fire' behind the cameras with a stunning debut film From her breakthrough role in Secretary, wearing stilettos, a pencil skirt and manacles and attempting to operate a stapler with her chin, to her directorial debut which digs into the messy truths about motherhood, Maggie Gyllenhaal has always been attracted to what she has described as "troubled women. The ones that are a real challenge. They really need me." It's a quote that really gets to the heart of what distinguishes Gyllenhaal. An Oscar-nominated actor, and now– with her Elena Ferrante adaptation The Lost Daughter – an award-winning screenwriter and director, she is drawn to the kind of women whose stories don't usually get told. She delves into the uncomfortable angles and sharp edges of her characters and found her niche by not quite fitting into the mould. Continue reading... |
| I’m a long-distance dad so Covid was terrible – but it helped me let go of my guilt Posted: 12 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST I worried so much about not seeing my son, who lives in Canada, during Covid, but then I realised that he was fine – and being very well looked after Getting to Canada from the UK in August 2020 was a faff, as you might expect mid-pandemic. There was lots of stress – tests and isolation, rules, regulations and forms. I was doing the preparations at my mum's. She could see I was getting upset and insisted on taking over, assuming I was being pathetic. Within five minutes, she had lost it as well. Emotions were high in the days before I flew. This wasn't just a holiday, but my chance – amid such uncertainty and sadness – to spend precious time with Julian, my only son. He's the best and most significant thing that has ever happened to me. He was also very much an unexpected surprise. I had a short relationship with his mum; we parted ways on great terms. Then one day out of the blue I got a call from North Korea, where she was working. She was pregnant. I was based in England, and she lived in Canada. We were both medical emergency aid workers at the time and had met while responding to a cyclone in Burma. It was always going to be complicated, but we decided to make it work. Continue reading... |
| Those we lost in 2021: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry remembered by Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser Posted: 12 Dec 2021 11:00 AM PST 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021 As a boy, one of the first records I bought was a single called Upsetting Station by Dave Barker, a Jamaican singer. It used the rhythm of the Wailers song Duppy Conqueror and began with an announcement: "This is the Upsetting Station recording – the news as it happens." Back then, I didn't know what a producer did or even what a producer was, but I recognised there was something special going on with this record. It sounded really different and it fascinated me. Soon after, I heard the Wailers' Small Axe and I noticed that it was also produced by Lee Perry. I was still at school at the time and I felt that something innovative was happening with those records. Just instinctively I sensed that. Then, around 1974, there was an album called King Tubby Meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub, which was really popular. It had some serious musicians playing on it – Vin Gordon, Tommy McCook, Bobby Ellis. That's when I started to take more notice and realised that the role of the producer was to shape the sound. Continue reading... |
| Boris on the brink: how Johnson reached the edge of disaster Posted: 11 Dec 2021 10:45 PM PST Sleaze, partygate and Covid combined to deliver the PM a week from hell, and now his MPs are openly talking of replacing him On 19 December last year Boris Johnson appeared in Downing Street to tell the nation more bad news about Covid-19 that would affect the plans of millions of people at Christmas. "Yesterday afternoon I was briefed on the latest data showing the virus spreading more rapidly in London and the south-east of England than would be expected," he said. Reading from a script that, a year on, seems depressingly familiar, he said a new strain of Covid-19 (which would become known as the Alpha variant) was taking hold and was thought to be up to 70% more transmissible than the old one. Continue reading... |
| Body of evidence: meet the experts working in crime scene forensics Posted: 12 Dec 2021 02:00 AM PST Phone signals, soil samples, tattoo ink, fly larvae… We all know that microscopic traces can play a crucial role in solving crimes. But who are the forensic experts who can read the clues? Before I started out in forensics 20 years ago, I served in the military. I was a communications engineer in the army, radios were my domain. After I left, someone suggested I turn to digital forensics. I was a bit of a sceptic at first, but I just didn't understand what could be done. In my time, I've worked in both the private and public sector; within the police and as an independent expert. Continue reading... |
| Don’t Look Up review – an A-list apocalyptic mess Posted: 12 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST Adam McKay's star-studded climate change satire with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence et al lands its gags with all the aplomb of a giant comet A comet is on a collision course with Earth. The targets in this shrill, desperately unfunny climate change satire directed by Adam McKay are more scattershot. According to stoner PhD student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and her professor, Dr Randall Mindy (a self-consciously tic-y Leonardo DiCaprio), the asteroid is the size of Mount Everest and due to hit in six months. The pair try to warn Meryl Streep's President Orlean about the impending "extinction-level event", only to find her preoccupied by the midterm elections. They attempt to raise awareness on breakfast TV, but anchors Jack and Brie (Tyler Perry and Cate Blanchett) can't help but give their bad news a positive spin. The only person with enough money to intervene is tech entrepreneur Peter Isherwell (Mark Rylance), who wants to mine the comet for its "$140tn worth of assets". Party politics, celebrity gossip and social media memes are swiped at too. It feels cynical, then, when Timothée Chalamet shows up with no real narrative purpose other than to snog Lawrence. In cinemas now and on Netflix from 24 December Continue reading... |
| Met police searching for missing Petra Srncova find body in park Posted: 12 Dec 2021 11:21 AM PST Officers called to Brunswick Park in Camberwell, south London, on Sunday morning Police have found the body of a woman in Camberwell on Sunday, after days of appeals for information to trace missing NHS worker Petra Srncova who was last seen in the area on 28 November. At about 11.40am on Sunday police were called by a member of the public to reports that the body of a woman had been found in Brunswick Park in south-east London. Continue reading... |
| Catalonia row deepens over family’s push for Spanish in school Posted: 12 Dec 2021 10:34 AM PST Nationalists furious as court sides with family abused for seeking quarter of lessons in Spanish for their child The long-running and bitter row over language teaching in Catalonia has intensified after a family in the Spanish region was harassed and abused for seeking to ensure that a quarter of the lessons at the school their five-year-old son attends are taught in Spanish. The family's actions have provoked an angry response from some Catalan nationalists who view their stance as an assault on the region's language and culture. Continue reading... |
| Tel Aviv: poverty and eviction in the world’s most expensive city Posted: 12 Dec 2021 06:15 AM PST Residents of Givat Amal Bet neighbourhood forced out to make way for further gentrification In one of Tel Aviv's most affluent neighbourhoods, a collection of ramshackle one-storey homes with rusting roofs known as Givat Amal Bet still sits in the shadow of the high-rise towers looming above. Israel's economic centre has recently been named the world's most expensive city to live in, overtaking Paris and Singapore in the 2021 rankings compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). As the Mediterranean city's reputation as a global tech hub continues to attract foreign investment, however, and prices for goods and services soar as Israel's economy makes a strong recovery from the pandemic, locals fear the widening gap between rich and poor is pushing out working-class residents and creating damaging new social divisions. Continue reading... |
| ‘Not knowing is worse’: tornado survivor at candle factory awaits news of missing boyfriend Posted: 12 Dec 2021 01:29 PM PST Autumn Kirks took shelter and glanced away from her boyfriend, who was 10ft away, and when she looked back he was gone Workers on the night shift at the candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, were part of the holiday rush that was keeping the place going around the clock when a tornado whirled towards the small city and the word went out to "duck and cover". Autumn Kirks pulled down her safety googles and took shelter, tossing aside wax and fragrance buckets to make room for herself. Continue reading... |
| Chile: candidates battle for moderate votes as presidential race nears end Posted: 11 Dec 2021 12:39 PM PST Far-right José Antonio Kast and left-wing Gabriel Boric in tight race amid divided political landscape Chile's presidential race is hurtling towards its conclusion with the two remaining candidates battling to secure moderate votes in a deeply divided political landscape. Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast secured a two-point victory in November's first round, but polls show that Gabriel Boric – the leftwing former student leader he will face in the 19 December runoff – now holds a narrow lead. Continue reading... |
| New Caledonia rejects split from France in vote marred by boycott Posted: 12 Dec 2021 06:05 AM PST Turnout of just 40% after pro-independence campaigners urged indigenous people not to participate Residents of the Pacific territory of New Caledonia have voted overwhelmingly to remain part of France in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence groups. In the third referendum on the matter, the decision to stay within the French republic was carried by 96.49% to 3.51%, but a turnout of just over 40% suggested the indigenous Kanak people have not given up on dreams of independence. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Dec 2021 01:33 PM PST Up to 50,000 expected at the Queensland-NSW border as authorities warn of long waits; WA premier Mark McGowan to announce reopening timetable. Follow all the day's developments
Time to chat about next year's election, and the battle the treasurer is facing from an independent in his home seat. Michael Rowland: You are now facing, as we know, Monique Ryan in the seat of Kooyong. She's a Royal Children's hospital doctor. You've labelled people like she, an independent, as a front for Labor and the Greens. What evidence do you have for that? Well, at the last election, I had an independent who said they were gonna vote for Labor. That's a pretty clear indication. We've also seen plenty of cases where they've just mirrored the policies of our political opponents. But what evidence do we have at this time? This is a rinse-and-repeat, Michael. What we've seen, we've seen obviously a lot of funding going into these independents around the rest of the country, and it's a democracy, so people can put their hand up. Just on Omicron, you might have caught up with the news just in the last hour or so, Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, made an address to the nation there. He's declared a tidal wave of Omicron case is about to hit the UK. He's declared it a public health emergency, and has declared that all British adults over the age of 16 can get a booster shot by the end of the year. Taking that into account, are we being a bit too sanguine about Omicron here in Australia? We saw the medical advice, and that saw a pause for two weeks of the reopening of the border to international students and to skilled workers. That was a precautionary measure. But we will continue to listen and follow the health advice, and it has served us well to date. Continue reading... |
| UK’s 1m a day booster rollout is strategy of short-term pain for long-term gain Posted: 12 Dec 2021 12:56 PM PST Analysis: next few weeks will be tough for anyone who relies on the health service as well as those who work in it The wording of the four home nations' chief medical officers joint statement on Sunday was undramatic but still ominous. "Transmission of Covid-19 is already high in the community, mainly still driven by Delta, but the emergence of Omicron adds additional and rapidly increasing risk to the public and healthcare services." Given that "vaccine protection against symptomatic disease from Omicron is reduced … hospitalisations from Omicron are already occurring and these are likely to increase rapidly", they added. Continue reading... |
| Who are the rebel Tory MPs likely to oppose plan B Covid restrictions? Posted: 12 Dec 2021 09:04 AM PST Analysis: distinct camps have emerged in Westminster, from hardline lockdown sceptics to selective rebels Government whips are braced for a major rebellion by Tory MPs over new plan B Covid restrictions due to come into force this week, against a backdrop of anger over rule-breaking Christmas parties. The restrictions are set to pass – but only thanks to support from Labour. Ahead of the Commons votes on Tuesday on mask-wearing, working from home and Covid passports, these are the camps that are set to oppose at least some of the measures. Continue reading... |
| It’s tough to see Ghislaine Maxwell’s team toy with such sad, broken women | John Sweeney Posted: 12 Dec 2021 12:00 AM PST Justice at work is difficult to watch when big-money lawyers go in hard as they try to discredit witnesses The slut-shaming – or something very much like it – of the four key witnesses against Ghislaine Maxwell and her late lover, Jeffrey Epstein is, almost, a thing of beauty, a dark wonder to behold. You've got to admire the way Maxwell's multimillion-dollar attorneys break her accusers on the rack of their own human frailty. No one dare call it torture: we're watching justice at work, the Ghislaine Maxwell defence team way. In order of appearance witness "Jane" was challenged as a drug user from a wealthy but deeply unhappy home; witness "Kate" was a drug user with a troubled mother; witness Carolyn – to give her some privacy the court accepted her request to use only her real first name – had a single parent mother who was an alcoholic and a drug addict, who became an alcoholic and a drug addict herself, who left school when she was 14, who did not, said her ex-boyfriend Shawn "have the reading ability" to say Ms Maxwell's first name, Ghislaine. So Carolyn called her Maxwell. Witness Annie Farmer – her full real name, was 16, the child of a divorced single mum but not herself broken, not at all. Continue reading... |
| Will Omicron kill Christmas? How science stacks up in boosters v Covid variant battle Posted: 11 Dec 2021 11:15 PM PST Analysis: UK faces grim winter if vaccines offer poor overall protection, but if the virus has weak powers to evade immunity, hospital cases can be contained Two competing forces will determine Omicron's impact on the nation over the next few weeks. The power of booster jabs to give last-minute protection against Covid-19 will be pitted against the new variant's ability to elude existing immunity. The outcome will decide whether our festive season is going to be muted or miserable. If enough arms are jabbed with booster vaccines, while Omicron turns out to have poor powers to evade immunity, then there is hope hospital cases will be contained and the NHS will be protected. Severe restrictions in the new year – including the prospect of lockdowns – could be avoided. Continue reading... |
| US tornadoes: up to 100 people feared dead after historic storms – video report Posted: 12 Dec 2021 08:41 AM PST What could prove to be the longest tornado in US history has left a trail of destruction from Arkansas to Kentucky, part of a vast storm front that is feared to have killed at least 100 people in southern and central states of the US. A candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, and an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, were just two of the buildings destroyed in Friday night's storm, which was all the more unusual because it came in December, when colder weather normally limits tornadoes |
| In pictures: the aftermath of deadly US tornadoes Posted: 11 Dec 2021 02:42 PM PST Tornadoes tore through central and southern US states on Friday, leaving at least 70 people feared dead in what President Biden called an 'unimaginable tragedy' Continue reading... |
| Drone footage shows collapsed Illinois warehouse after tornadoes sweep US – video Posted: 11 Dec 2021 05:52 AM PST An Amazon warehouse near Edwardsville, Illinois, about 25 miles (40km) north-east of St Louis, was destroyed in extreme weather conditions on Friday night. It wasn't immediately clear how many people were hurt by the roof collapse, but emergency services called it a 'mass casualty incident' on Facebook. One official told KTVI-TV that as many as 100 people may have been in the building, working the night shift, at the time of the collapse. Up to 100 people are feared to have been killed after a devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through Kentucky and other US states on Friday night and early Saturday morning Continue reading... |
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