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- Joe Biden thinks Russia will attack Ukraine – but will face a ‘stiff price’
- European MEPs call for election observation mission to Hungary
- Tory MP accuses No 10 of using blackmail against colleagues challenging Johnson – UK politics live
- Former pope Benedict accused of inaction over child sexual abuse cases
- Barbados PM Mia Mottley who broke with Queen wins landslide second term
- Liz Truss aims to agree NI protocol deal with EU by end of February
- Emirates to resume Boeing 777 flights to US after 5G go-ahead
- China warns US after tracking warship in South China Sea
- Police arrest two men in UK over Texas synagogue attack
- Stranded dog saved from drowning after rescuers attach sausage to drone
- Covid news: France to announce timetable for easing curbs tonight; lottery prizes for vaccinated Austrians
- Covid absences among NHS staff in England fall amid signs crisis is easing
- London commuters welcome office return but some say move is No 10 diversion
- ‘No vax, no play’: surfer Kelly Slater won’t be let into Australia if he’s not vaccinated against Covid
- Willem Dafoe’s 20 best films – ranked!
- Turnip fever: the Jarramplas festival in Spain
- ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green
- ‘The Taliban hate us’: a former senior female police officer
- I read all 27,000 Marvel comics and had a great time. Here’s what I learnt
- ‘His family robbed the country’: personality cult of ex-Kazakh leader crumbles
- Movie stars, unwanted gifts and a Blue Monday myth – take the Thursday quiz
- Tube journeys up 8% after work-from-home Covid guidance ends
- Blinken to reassert Ukraine sovereignty in Berlin speech
- Why is the UK government still getting away with complicity in the Yemen war? | Owen Jones
- By 2050, a quarter of the world’s people will be African – this will shape our future | Edward Paice
- Trump held secret meetings in days before Capitol attack | First Thing
- Peru seeks compensation after oil spill devastates marine life – video
- Increased Covid risk a ‘trade-off’ in reopening schools, Australian chief medical officer says
- ‘For the first time, I felt free’: Pakistan’s women-led livestock market
- Nepal hospital trials ‘life-changing’ treatment for leprosy wounds
- Zimbabweans put their country on the map in the world of wine
- Italian police arrest alleged Black Axe Nigerian mafia members over trafficking
- Biden lays bare Nato divide over Russian aggression against Ukraine
- No ‘fire and fury’ yet, but a game of nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea looms
- ‘What are the Republicans for?': Joe Biden says Trump 'intimidating' entire party – video
- New footage shows ash-covered buildings in Tongan capital – video
- Work from home and and mandatory mask rules to be dropped as England moves back to plan A – video
- Spain’s festival of Las Luminarias – in pictures
| Joe Biden thinks Russia will attack Ukraine – but will face a ‘stiff price’ Posted: 19 Jan 2022 04:11 PM PST US president alarms government in Kyiv by saying Nato was divided on how to respond to 'minor incursion' Joe Biden has said he thinks Russia will attack Ukraine, warning that Moscow would face a "stiff price", but he admitted Nato was divided on how to respond if there is only a "minor incursion". The White House was forced to issue a hasty clarification to that last point, saying that any movement of Russian forces over the border would be treated as invasion. Continue reading... |
| European MEPs call for election observation mission to Hungary Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:56 AM PST Letter to head of Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights comes amid fears over democracy standards A cross-party group of MEPs has called for a large-scale election observation mission to Hungary, citing fears about democratic standards. Hungarians go to the polls on 3 April in parliamentary elections that will decide the fate of the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán, whose last 12 years in office have seen tighter executive control over courts, a withering of independent media and widespread concerns about corruption and cronyism. Continue reading... |
| Tory MP accuses No 10 of using blackmail against colleagues challenging Johnson – UK politics live Posted: 20 Jan 2022 05:15 AM PST Latest updates: William Wragg urges alleged victims to speak to police after accusing government of trying to 'blackmail' MPs
Plaid Cymru is calling for a police investigation into the Wragg allegations. (See 10.19am.) In a statement Liz Saville Roberts, the party's leader at Westminster, said: When 'levelling up' morphs into 'blackmail' - this is how the Tory UK government uses threats to withhold public money to browbeat its MPs into supine obedience. Levelling up funds to tackle inequality? Of course not, just to keep Prime Minister Johnson in Number 10. It is simply remarkable that a prime minister could countenance scrapping local projects and funding if MPs refuse to back him. All Boris Johnson cares about is saving his own skin. He's acting more like a mafia boss than a prime minister. Continue reading... |
| Former pope Benedict accused of inaction over child sexual abuse cases Posted: 20 Jan 2022 05:08 AM PST Two cases involved abusers who were allowed to continue with pastoral duties, says lawyer The former pope Benedict XVI failed to stop four clergymen accused of child sexual abuse in the Catholic church in Munich, a law firm that carried out a key investigation has said. The ex-pontiff, who was the archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982, has "strictly" denied any responsibility, said the lawyer Martin Pusch of Westpfahl Spilker Wastl, which was tasked by the church to carry out the investigation. But the experts did not consider this credible, he said. Continue reading... |
| Barbados PM Mia Mottley who broke with Queen wins landslide second term Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:55 AM PST PM who shot to fame at Cop26 climate talks vows to 'lead country first to safety then to prosperity' Mia Mottley, who shot to international fame during the Cop26 climate talks and oversaw Barbados's break with the Queen last year, has won a second term as the Caribbean nation's prime minister The 56-year-old's Barbados Labour party (BLP) won all 30 seats, up from 29 in 2018 in an election marred by complaints that thousands of Covid-positive Bajans were denied a vote. Continue reading... |
| Liz Truss aims to agree NI protocol deal with EU by end of February Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:43 AM PST Foreign secretary to travel to Brussels on Monday with target of finalising post-Brexit arrangements Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, will travel to Brussels on Monday with a target of agreeing a deal with the EU on the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland by the end of February. The two sides have agreed that a window of opportunity for an agreement will close when campaigning starts for May's elections to the Northern Ireland assembly. Continue reading... |
| Emirates to resume Boeing 777 flights to US after 5G go-ahead Posted: 20 Jan 2022 04:55 AM PST FAA gives approval for more types of planes to land in low visibility near 5G signals The long-haul carrier Emirates has said it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the US after halting its use of the aircraft there over concerns new 5G services in the country could interfere with planes' instruments that measure altitude. International carriers that rely heavily on the wide-body 777 and other Boeing aircraft cancelled early flights or switched to different planes on Wednesday after warnings from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Chicago-based plane-maker about possible 5G interference with radio altimeters. Continue reading... |
| China warns US after tracking warship in South China Sea Posted: 20 Jan 2022 02:50 AM PST People's Liberation Army says USS Benfold 'illegally entered' Chinese waters The Chinese military has said it tracked a US warship that sailed through disputed waters in the South China Sea, accusing it of "provocative actions" and warning of "serious consequences". The US Navy said its mission was in accordance with international law and in line with its commitment to defend "every nation's right to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows". Continue reading... |
| Police arrest two men in UK over Texas synagogue attack Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:40 AM PST Arrests take place in Birmingham and Manchester in connection with US attack by Malik Faisal Akram Two men have been arrested in Birmingham and Manchester as part of the investigation into the Texas synagogue attack by the British hostage-taker Malik Faisal Akram. The men, whose ages have not been released, were "in custody for questioning", Greater Manchester police said, and were held on Thursday morning as part of an "ongoing investigation". Continue reading... |
| Stranded dog saved from drowning after rescuers attach sausage to drone Posted: 20 Jan 2022 05:00 AM PST Team in Hampshire attached sausage to drone as a 'last resort' to rescue Millie the Jack Russell from mudflats As the tide rose, it began to look perilous for Millie the Jack Russell terrier, who had defied the efforts of police, firefighters and coastguards to pluck her from treacherous mudflats. So the rescuers had to think imaginatively, and came up with the idea of attaching a sausage to a drone and hoping the scent of the treat would tempt Millie to safety. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 20 Jan 2022 05:10 AM PST France to unveil timetable for easing Covid restrictions at 7pm; Austria to introduce vaccine lottery to encourage people to get jabs
Hong Kong will likely suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from 24 January, local media reports. The city's Education Bureau made the announcement on Thursday, because of a rising number of coronavirus infections in several schools. Continue reading... |
| Covid absences among NHS staff in England fall amid signs crisis is easing Posted: 20 Jan 2022 04:12 AM PST Staff still under pressure, health leaders warn, with more than 35,000 off due to Covid on an average day Absences among NHS staff in England due to Covid have fallen by 22% on the previous week, figures show, with signs the staffing crisis in the health service may be easing, although health leaders have cautioned that staff are still under "intense" pressure. There were more than 35,000 Covid absences on an average day in the week to 16 January, down from almost 46,000 the week before. However, the figures are still significantly higher than the absence levels before the Omicron surge. At the start of December, there were about 12,000 absences on an average day. Continue reading... |
| London commuters welcome office return but some say move is No 10 diversion Posted: 20 Jan 2022 04:31 AM PST Workers' views on opening up vary from 'it's time to learn to live with virus' to 'old ways are gone' Commuters have welcomed their freedom to return to the office, despite many believing the government's motives had more to do with political expediency than science. "We're opening back up today for a mixture of reasons, the biggest of which is that the government needs a distraction because of all the things that have been going on in Downing Street," said Marianne Phillips, an accountant on her way to the office for the first time since the pandemic began, at Euston station on Wednesday morning. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Jan 2022 10:18 PM PST World Surf League events are due in Victoria and WA but federal health minister says position on coronavirus vaccine is 'pretty clear' following Novak Djokovic visa saga Surfing great Kelly Slater could be the next big name in sport to be refused the right to compete in Australia, with the federal health minister saying the 11-time champion will not be allowed into the country if he is not vaccinated against Covid. Slater, who has not publicly disclosed his Covid vaccination status, has aired some controversial views on the Covid vaccine, including an Instagram comment in October that claimed he knew "more about being healthy than 99% of doctors". Continue reading... |
| Willem Dafoe’s 20 best films – ranked! Posted: 20 Jan 2022 04:00 AM PST As his new film Nightmare Alley hits cinemas, the possessor of Hollywood's most piercing stare gets the ranked treatment Dafoe wasn't natural casting as the clerkly TS Eliot in this literary biopic, which chronicled the poet's troubled first marriage – and it showed, despite his customary actorly intelligence. If nothing else, it proved that, his highbrow credentials notwithstanding, Dafoe wasn't really cut out for the anglophile heritage pics that littered the 1990s. Continue reading... |
| Turnip fever: the Jarramplas festival in Spain Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:27 AM PST Applicants wait years for chance to be pelted with turnips in idiosyncratic festival in Piornal every 19 and 20 January Few teenagers dream of dressing up as a demonic cattle thief to be chased through the streets of their home town and pelted with more than two tonnes of turnips. But in the town of Piornal, which lies in the Cáceres province of the south-western Spanish region of Extremadura, there is no greater honour. Top: Ernesto Antonio Salgado gets a good-luck kiss from his girlfriend, Paula, before heading out to face the turnip-wielding crowds. Above left: Pérez, Pollo and Franchy, three of the mayordomos, or helpers, in this year's festival, pose with a drum as they prepare to help Julio Antonio Rubio Moreno into his costume. Above right: José y Edu, two other mayordomos, assist Ernesto as he climbs into his Jarrampla suit Continue reading... |
| ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green Posted: 19 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST In northern Norway, trees are rapidly taking over the tundra and threatening an ancient way of life that depends on snow and ice Altafjord is a wide expanse of black water on the edge of the Barents Sea, ringed with mountains. Alta is a relatively large town in the Finnmark province, the crown of the horse's mane that forms Norway's jagged coastline and Europe's northern shore. Here at sea level the most northerly trees in Europe are moving upslope, gobbling up the tundra as they go. The people and animals that live here are trying to make sense of the rapid changes with a mixture of confusion, denial and panic. Dawn at 70 degrees north during winter lasts nearly the whole day. The sun never rises, the day is permanently on the verge of breaking. It is disorienting. On the way to city hall from the guesthouse, I spied few pedestrians. Alta is a town built along American principles – that is to say a town built for a world in which petrol is cheap and cars are taken for granted. It is a landscape of shopping malls, gas stations and spaced-out residential suburbs. Normally at this time of year it isn't safe to be outside for long without wearing animal skins, but on the day of my visit it was only -1C. Continue reading... |
| ‘The Taliban hate us’: a former senior female police officer Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:00 AM PST Fahima fears she is being targeted because of the role she had, which included recruiting other women *Fahima was the most senior policewoman in her province. Since the Taliban took over, women who worked in the police force have been targeted for assassination and beatings. She believes Taliban officials are particularly focused on tracking her down because of both her seniority and her role recruiting other women. I fled to another city just two days after the country fell to the Taliban, because I knew they were looking for me in my home province. They found my address, and have been to my house and asked my family about me. Continue reading... |
| I read all 27,000 Marvel comics and had a great time. Here’s what I learnt Posted: 19 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST Did Dark Reign foresee Trump? Was Iron Man about US military might? Who was Unbeatable Squirrel Girl – and was her superpower really non-violent conflict resolution? Only one man knows … This should not be too hard, I thought, as long as I stay disciplined. All I have to do is read 27,000 comic books, then write about them. I had just signed a contract to write All of the Marvels, a book about reading every superhero story Marvel has published since 1961 as one single gigantic narrative. The Marvel story is omnipresent – its characters are everywhere, in movies, on television, even gracing shampoo bottles and bags of salad – yet also unknowable. It purports to be one big story: any episode can refer to, and be compatible with, any earlier one. But not even the people telling the story have read the whole thing. That's not how it was meant to be experienced. I did not, however, read six decades of stories in order. That would have been unbearable – and it is one of the two mistakes Marvel-curious readers often make. It is a surefire route to boredom and frustration as the fun lies in following your whims. The other error is trying to cherrypick the greatest hits, the pivotal single issues. Taken in isolation, these are peaks without mountain ranges. Their dramatic power comes from their context. Continue reading... |
| ‘His family robbed the country’: personality cult of ex-Kazakh leader crumbles Posted: 20 Jan 2022 04:00 AM PST Anger over corruption and economic inequality is largely directed at Nursultan Nazarbayev and family Walking through the home-town museum built to honour Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former Kazakhstan president who built a personality cult around his rule, there are few signs of the anger that swept across the central Asian country earlier this month. Visitors to the imposing three-storey building in Shamalgan are treated to a maquette of the house where the young Nazabayev grew up, a Mercedes that was part of his presidential motorcade in a glass box in the museum's grounds, and family artefacts including a suit worn by his brother. Continue reading... |
| Movie stars, unwanted gifts and a Blue Monday myth – take the Thursday quiz Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:00 AM PST Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare? Does January feel like it has already lasted 1,057 days? Indeed it does. But at least this day is a Thursday, and you know what that means – 15 topical and general knowledge questions once again await you, as do Ron from Sparks, Kate Bush, and this week's rather obvious nod to the children's science fiction extravaganza Doctor Who. It is just for fun and there are no prizes, but let us know how you get on in the comments. The Thursday quiz, No 38 If you do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com but remember, the quiz master's word is always final, and he'll bring the anagrams back if you displease him. Continue reading... |
| Tube journeys up 8% after work-from-home Covid guidance ends Posted: 20 Jan 2022 05:06 AM PST Bus journeys were also up as Savid Javid claims Omicron coronavirus variant is 'in retreat' There have been signs of a growing return to office working in London, with 8% more journeys recorded on the London underground network compared with a week ago. The increase came after the government ended work-from-home guidance immediately on Wednesday afternoon, with Sajid Javid claiming the Omicron coronavirus variant was "in retreat", despite the number of new infections running at more than 100,000 a day. Continue reading... |
| Blinken to reassert Ukraine sovereignty in Berlin speech Posted: 20 Jan 2022 04:26 AM PST Diplomat to clarify Biden remarks and tell Russian people US is not seeking to threaten their security The top US diplomat Antony Blinken will seek to clarify any confusion left by Joe Biden's suggestion that a minor incursion by Russia into Ukraine might not be met by an allied response in a major set-piece speech in Berlin. Blinken will assert that the sovereignty of Ukraine is a sacrosanct global principle that must be protected, while also seeking to address the Russian people directly by saying the US is not seeking to imperil the security that Russian people deserve. Continue reading... |
| Why is the UK government still getting away with complicity in the Yemen war? | Owen Jones Posted: 20 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST For seven years, the Yemeni people have been pummelled with Saudi bombs, many from Britain. Yet Westminster is silent This is a far greater scandal than the parties in Downing Street. In a just world, it would prove the downfall of our prime minister. This week, airstrikes by the Saudis and their allies killed more than a dozen people in Yemen, civilians among them. Last month an estimated 32 civilians died as a result of the ongoing conflict. The country has been convulsed by civil war since 2014. For seven years, a Saudi-led coalition has been pummelling the impoverished country with bombs, many of them supplied by Britain. Through our staunch military alliance with the Saudi dictatorship, our government is directly complicit with these atrocities. You can be forgiven for knowing nothing about any of this: Yemen does not matter, you see. Its people have been relegated to the bottom of the hierarchy of death, and most of our media show little interest in scrutinising our government for slaughter that it is directly complicit in. The Saudi violence has only increased in Yemen since October, after the UN human rights council voted to end its war crimes investigation following intensive lobbying by the dictatorship in Riyadh. Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist Continue reading... |
| By 2050, a quarter of the world’s people will be African – this will shape our future | Edward Paice Posted: 20 Jan 2022 02:04 AM PST Africa's unprecedented population growth will impact geopolitics, global trade, migration and almost every aspect of life. It's time for a reimagining of the continent In 2022 the world's population will pass 8 billion. It has increased by a third in just two decades. By 2050, there will be about 9.5 billion of us on the planet, according to respected demographers. This makes recent comments by Elon Musk baffling. According to him, "the low birthrate and the rapidly declining birthrate" is "one of the biggest risks to civilisation". Fertility rates in Europe, North America and east Asia are generally below 2.1 births per woman, the level at which populations remain stable at constant mortality rates. The trajectory in some countries is particularly arresting. The birthrate in Italy is the lowest it has ever been in the country's history. South Korea's fertility rate has been stuck below one birth per woman for decades despite an estimated $120bn (£90bn) being spent on initiatives aimed at raising it. Japan started the century with 128 million citizens but is on course to have only 106 million by 2050. China's population will peak at 1.45 billion in 2030, but if it proves unable to raise its fertility rate, the world's most populous country could end the century with fewer than 600 million inhabitants. This is the "big risk" alluded to by Musk. The trouble is, his statement seems to imply that "civilisation" does not include Africa. Continue reading... |
| Trump held secret meetings in days before Capitol attack | First Thing Posted: 20 Jan 2022 05:06 AM PST Former White House press secretary provided significant details to House select committee investigating the 6 January attack Good morning. There was a lot of initial excitement around the House select committee tasked with investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol securing the cooperation of former White House press secretary and longtime Donald Trump insider Stephanie Grisham. Grisham was Melania Trump's chief of staff when she resigned on 6 January 2021, the day Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in a bid to halt the election certification of Joe Biden's win. Her interview with the House committee was more significant than expected, according to sources, with her informing investigators that details of whether Trump actually intended to march to the Capitol after his speech at the Ellipse rally would be memorialized in documents provided to the US Secret Service. What took place and who took part in these secret meetings is still unknown, but Grisham purportedly provided the names of other Trump aides who would have that information, including Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and former chief usher, Timothy Harleth. Continue reading... |
| Peru seeks compensation after oil spill devastates marine life – video Posted: 20 Jan 2022 02:51 AM PST Peru has demanded compensation from the Spanish oil firm Repsol after freak waves caused by a volcanic eruption near Tonga caused a disastrous oil spill. The spill happened in an area rich in marine life such as seabirds, sea lions and otters. Locals have only rudimentary equipment to try to clear the oil. Peru's prime minister, Mirtha Vásquez, has claimed the Pampilla refinery, run by Repsol, apparently did not have a contingency plan for an oil spill Continue reading... |
| Increased Covid risk a ‘trade-off’ in reopening schools, Australian chief medical officer says Posted: 20 Jan 2022 12:04 AM PST PM also announces commonwealth to split school Covid surveillance testing costs with states 50-50 following national cabinet meeting Australia's chief medical officer has conceded that children returning to school could create an increased risk of Covid transmission to their families, saying there would be "trade-offs" to getting students back in classrooms. It comes as the commonwealth agreed to split costs for surveillance testing in schools 50-50 with state governments, despite the prime minister, Scott Morrison, saying there was no medical advice recommending such testing was necessary. Continue reading... |
| ‘For the first time, I felt free’: Pakistan’s women-led livestock market Posted: 19 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST In rural provinces, women have always reared animals but are excluded from selling them. A new market is changing attitudes On Saturday, Rozina Ghulam Mustafa arrived at the market in Tando Allahyar city, Pakistan's Sindh province, to sell the goats she had raised, milked and fed. Usually her brother sells the animals, but he sold them too cheaply because he didn't know their true value. "He has always sold our goats at a much lower price," she says, standing inside an enclosure with 15 of them. Continue reading... |
| Nepal hospital trials ‘life-changing’ treatment for leprosy wounds Posted: 19 Jan 2022 10:45 PM PST Technique using artificial scabs made from a patient's own blood could also help those with diabetes, say doctors Doctors at a Nepal hospital trialling a new treatment for skin wounds say the technique, which mimics the scabbing process, has "enormous potential". Trials at the mountaintop Anandaban leprosy hospital, south of Kathmandu, have been promising, bringing hope to patients worldwide. It is hoped that the treatment will also help millions living with diabetes, who have an increased risk of amputation. Continue reading... |
| Zimbabweans put their country on the map in the world of wine Posted: 19 Jan 2022 12:15 AM PST After rising to the top of a white-dominated industry, a new generation of Zimbabweans are bringing their talents home Like many young Zimbabweans before and since, Tinashe Nyamudoka left the economic chaos of his country to find work and a better life for himself in neighbouring South Africa. When he left in 2008, Nyamudoka had never tasted wine. Now, he ranks among southern Africa's top sommeliers and has his own wine label with international sales. Continue reading... |
| Italian police arrest alleged Black Axe Nigerian mafia members over trafficking Posted: 18 Jan 2022 10:30 PM PST Four arrests of cult-like criminal gang members made in southern Italy after Nigerian woman forced into prostitution comes forward Four alleged members of the Nigerian mafia have been arrested in southern Italy after a young sex trafficking survivor spoke out against them. The men, who were arrested in Palermo and Taranto in the early hours of Tuesday, allegedly belong to the feared Black Axe, a cult-like criminal gang that emerged in the 1970s at the University of Benin, according to police. Continue reading... |
| Biden lays bare Nato divide over Russian aggression against Ukraine Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:13 AM PST Analysis: Greatest tension is between US and Germany over arms sale and energy dependency Joe Biden confirmed at his press conference on Wednesday what has been apparent for weeks – Nato remains divided over how to respond to Russian aggression against Ukraine. His admission of a split was overshadowed by his passing remark that a minor incursion would be treated differently to a full-scale invasion. The White House afterwards clarified that a minor incursion meant cyber-attacks, as opposed to a movement of Russian troops into Ukraine sovereign territory. Continue reading... |
| No ‘fire and fury’ yet, but a game of nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea looms Posted: 19 Jan 2022 09:20 PM PST Analysis: Kim Jong-un's pressure on Joe Biden has so far elicited only fresh sanctions. Pyongyang has now signalled it may resume nuclear and ICBM tests North Korea has already conducted four test launches of ballistic missiles this year, but they could be a mere precursor to more serious provocations, as Kim Jong-un's regime attempts to break the nuclear stalemate with the US. Superficially, the recent tests were a reminder of the North's ability to manufacture more sophisticated weapons – perhaps including those capable of evading missile defences – despite years of international sanctions. Continue reading... |
| ‘What are the Republicans for?': Joe Biden says Trump 'intimidating' entire party – video Posted: 19 Jan 2022 08:41 PM PST US president Joe Biden has accused the Republicans of blocking his legislative agenda for purely political purposes, saying the party is more interested in defeating his presidency than doing things for the American people. Without mentioning his name, Biden suggested that former president Donald Trump was still in control of the Republican party, with members of Congress fearful they will be defeated in their primaries if they vote contrary to his wishes. Biden questioned what the purpose of the Republican party was during his a press briefing marking the one-year anniversary of his presidency
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| New footage shows ash-covered buildings in Tongan capital – video Posted: 19 Jan 2022 07:25 PM PST Footage filmed in the Tongan capital of Nuku`alofa on Thursday shows buildings covered with ash, as well as damage to properties and infrastructure. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Saturday evening, triggering tsunami waves of up to 15 metres. Water supplies were seriously affected by volcanic ash, according to the government. The video was livestreamed by Marian Kupu for Broadcom Broadcasting Continue reading... |
| Work from home and and mandatory mask rules to be dropped as England moves back to plan A – video Posted: 19 Jan 2022 05:45 AM PST Boris Johnson has announced updates to Covid regulations as plan B measures are due to expire. The work-from-home mandate will be dropped, as will mandatory face mask-wearing, including in classrooms. Rules over self-isolation after a positive Covid test remain in place Continue reading... |
| Spain’s festival of Las Luminarias – in pictures Posted: 18 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST The Spanish festival of Las Luminarias has been held for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic Continue reading... |
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