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- Liz Truss warns Russia of sanctions during tense Ukraine talks
- Paranoia and alarmism: ‘intelligence reports’ hint at Canada truckers’ outlook
- Dame Cressida Dick forced out of scandal-hit Met police
- Africa transitioning out of pandemic phase of Covid, WHO says
- France to build up to 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050, says Macron
- EU to launch rare inquiry into Pegasus spyware scandal
- Keir Starmer accuses Stop the War coalition of siding with Nato’s enemies
- Otta-wha? Man angry at Canada mask mandates calls in bomb threat – in Ohio
- Joe Biden’s mother so disliked England she refused to sleep in bed Queen had slept in
- Russian teenager jailed over ‘Minecraft plot to blow up virtual spy HQ’
- Respiratory infection found in dinosaur that lived 150m years ago
- Paris police authority bans ‘freedom convoy’ Covid protests
- Nevada lifts mask mandate as more US states ease Covid restrictions – live
- Macron was kept away from Putin in Kremlin for ‘refusing Russian Covid test’
- AstraZeneca forecasts higher 2022 sales after record revenues
- ‘Mercenaries have skills armies lack’: former Wagner operative opens up
- ‘They’ll have to carry me out in a box’: inside the apartments of the luckiest renters
- Has Boris Johnson done enough to avoid a no-confidence vote?
- Haley Bennett: ‘I always felt like, what’s wrong with me?’
- Dining across the divide: ‘It felt like such a direct attack at points … I actually started crying’
- Kimi review – Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and stylish tech thriller
- Venezuelans despair at smears, stigmatization and arbitrary arrests
- Cressida Dick: Met police chief left with ‘no choice’ but to stand down after losing London mayor’s confidence – live
- Libya has two prime ministers as political divisions deepen
- Texas law causes abortions to drop by 60% as people seek care in other states
- Hong Kong democracy and media freedom has ‘entered endgame’
- Australia news live updates: Dutton doubles down on China claim as Turnbull says it has ‘no basis in fact’; NSW records 19 Covid deaths, Victoria 13
- Myanmar watches a mother’s grief as junta soldiers claim another victim
- British women and children detained in Syria failed by UK government, inquiry finds
- Award-winning Vietnamese environmentalist arrested as rights groups fear ‘clamp down’
- Ready for war: my journey from peaceful poet to revolutionary soldier
- ‘The joy of being together’: Congo’s first major festival since the pandemic – in pictures
- New Zealand police are right to remove 'freedom' protesters who have cohered around violence | Morgan Godfery
- Covid rules are to be axed in England, but is pandemic’s end really in sight?
- Can Ukraine and Russia be persuaded to abide by Minsk accords?
- Is England an outlier in abandoning Covid isolation rule?
- 'Most dangerous moment' in Ukraine crisis, says Johnson meeting with Nato chief – video
- Banned by the Taliban: the Afghan girls fighting to go to school – video
- Anti-vaccine protesters clash with police outside New Zealand parliament – video
| Liz Truss warns Russia of sanctions during tense Ukraine talks Posted: 10 Feb 2022 08:23 AM PST Foreign secretary issues warning as Sergei Lavrov describes UK's contribution to talks as 'just slogans' Russia's top diplomat has described talks with the British foreign secretary, Liz Truss, as like a conversation of "the mute with the deaf", as Truss personally warned Moscow of tough sanctions in the event of an attack on Ukraine. During an icy press conference in Moscow that exposed the gulf between the two sides over Ukraine, Sergei Lavrov, a veteran of 18 years as foreign minister, said they had found little common ground and that the talks contained "nothing secret, no trust. Just slogans shouted from the tribunes." Continue reading... |
| Paranoia and alarmism: ‘intelligence reports’ hint at Canada truckers’ outlook Posted: 10 Feb 2022 12:54 PM PST Documents compiled by protest organisers give a glimpse into a conspiracy theory-drenched mindset Leaders of the Ottawa "Freedom Convoy" protest have warned fellow protesters that the risk of violence is growing, amid speculation the police may move to disperse the nearly two-week occupation of Canada's capital. Daily "intelligence reports" compiled by protest leaders and seen by the Guardian – as well as public comments by the organisers – have grown increasingly alarmist in recent days. Continue reading... |
| Dame Cressida Dick forced out of scandal-hit Met police Posted: 10 Feb 2022 01:52 PM PST Chief to leave role two years early after London's mayor accused her of failing to deal with misogyny and racism in the force Cressida Dick has been forced out as head of the Metropolitan police after London's mayor accused her of failing to deal with a culture of misogyny and racism within Britain's biggest force. Dick's dramatic resignation was announced just hours after she told a radio phone in that she would stay in post and had a plan to rid the Met of its toxic culture. But when City Hall let her aides know the plan was inadequate, the commissioner decided to boycott a showdown meeting set for 4.30pm and quit instead. Continue reading... |
| Africa transitioning out of pandemic phase of Covid, WHO says Posted: 10 Feb 2022 05:39 AM PST UN body also says continent's case numbers may have been seven times higher than official data suggests Africa is transitioning out of the pandemic phase of its Covid-19 outbreak and moving towards a situation where it will be managing the virus long term, the World Health Organization's regional head for Africa has said. "The pandemic is moving into a different phase," Dr Matshidiso Moeti said. "We think that we're moving now, especially with the vaccination expected to increase, into what might become a kind of endemic living with the virus." Continue reading... |
| France to build up to 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050, says Macron Posted: 10 Feb 2022 10:12 AM PST French president says 'renaissance' of atomic energy industry will help end country's reliance on fossil fuels Emmanuel Macron has announced a "renaissance" for the French nuclear industry with a vast programme to build as many as 14 new reactors, arguing that it would help end the country's reliance on fossil fuels and make France carbon neutral by 2050. "What our country needs ... is the rebirth of France's nuclear industry," Macron said in a speech in the eastern industrial town of Belfort, in which he lauded the country's technological prowess. Continue reading... |
| EU to launch rare inquiry into Pegasus spyware scandal Posted: 10 Feb 2022 06:57 AM PST Approval for move expected after evidence government critics in Hungary and Poland were targeted The European parliament is preparing to launch a committee of inquiry into the Pegasus spyware scandal after evidence emerged of government critics in Poland and Hungary being targeted with the surveillance software. The cross-party body will seek testimony from member states' intelligence services, elected politicians and senior officials, with a previous inquiry into alleged European facilitation of CIA "black sites" providing a model. Continue reading... |
| Keir Starmer accuses Stop the War coalition of siding with Nato’s enemies Posted: 10 Feb 2022 09:42 AM PST Exclusive: Labour leader affirms support for transatlantic alliance and attacks organisation in which Jeremy Corbyn is leading figure Keir Starmer has launched an outspoken attack on the Stop the War coalition, in which Jeremy Corbyn is a leading figure, effectively accusing the campaign group of siding with Russia against Nato. In an opinion article for the Guardian, written on the way to Brussels where he reaffirmed Labour's staunch support for Nato, Starmer says Stop the War are "not benign voices for peace". Continue reading... |
| Otta-wha? Man angry at Canada mask mandates calls in bomb threat – in Ohio Posted: 10 Feb 2022 10:44 AM PST A 20-year suspect called in bomb threat so Canadian police would waste their time chasing it, but called a village in Ohio A man who wanted to join the protests in Canada's capital over mask mandates called in a bomb threat so police would waste their time chasing it, authorities said, but he called the wrong Ottawa — a village in Ohio. The man, a 20-year-old from Akron, Ohio, called the Putnam county sheriff's office twice Monday, said sheriff's Capt Brad Brubaker. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden’s mother so disliked England she refused to sleep in bed Queen had slept in Posted: 10 Feb 2022 11:58 AM PST Veep writer Georgia Pritchett reveals US president's Irish mother wrote poems calling for God to 'rain blood' on the English Joe Biden once revealed his mother so disliked England that she chose to sleep on the floor rather than in a bed in which the Queen of England had previously slept, according to an autobiography written by a comedian. Georgia Pritchett claims the US leader made the revelation when they met in the White House during his period as vice-president. Pritchett met him because she was conducting research for the hit comedy Veep, on which she had been a co-executive producer and joint writer. They were also making a film tie-in of the show. Continue reading... |
| Russian teenager jailed over ‘Minecraft plot to blow up virtual spy HQ’ Posted: 10 Feb 2022 07:26 AM PST Boy, 16, sentenced to five years for alleged plan to target FSB building created in computer game A Russian teenager has been sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly planning to blow up a virtual FSB security service building in the video game Minecraft. The ruling falls into a broader pattern under President Vladimir Putin in which young Russians are put behind bars on controversial and preemptive terrorism charges. Continue reading... |
| Respiratory infection found in dinosaur that lived 150m years ago Posted: 10 Feb 2022 08:00 AM PST Scientists who examined a fossil of 'Dolly' say it would have suffered coughing, sneezing and fever In a timely reminder that respiratory infections are not a modern malaise, researchers have found the first evidence of such an affliction in a dinosaur that lived 150m years ago. Palaeontologists made the discovery when they examined the fossilised neck bones from a diplodocid, a huge, long-necked herbivore that walked the Earth in the late Jurassic period. Continue reading... |
| Paris police authority bans ‘freedom convoy’ Covid protests Posted: 10 Feb 2022 05:37 AM PST Protesters have set out from southern France inspired by demonstrators in Canada "Freedom convoys" of motorists that have set off from half a dozen French cities in protest against the country's coronavirus restrictions will not be allowed to enter Paris, the capital's police authority has said. "The stated objective of these demonstrations is to 'block the capital' by preventing road traffic from circulating in order to further their demands … from Friday, before moving on to Brussels on Monday," the authority said. Continue reading... |
| Nevada lifts mask mandate as more US states ease Covid restrictions – live Posted: 10 Feb 2022 02:00 PM PST
Senators held a celebratory press conference after the upper chamber unanimously passed a bill to end forced arbitration in workplace sexual harassment cases. One of the guests of honor at the press conference was Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News journalist who sued the network's former chairman, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment. Continue reading... |
| Macron was kept away from Putin in Kremlin for ‘refusing Russian Covid test’ Posted: 10 Feb 2022 01:16 PM PST 'We could not accept that they get their hands on the president's DNA' a member of Macron's entourage said Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian Covid-19 test when he arrived to see Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at a distance from the Russian leader, two sources in Macron's entourage told Reuters. Observers were struck by images of Macron and Putin sitting at opposite ends of 4-metre-long (13 ft) table to discuss the Ukraine crisis on Monday, with some diplomats and others suggesting Putin might have wanted to send a diplomatic message. Continue reading... |
| AstraZeneca forecasts higher 2022 sales after record revenues Posted: 10 Feb 2022 05:30 AM PST Drugmaker's total revenues increased by 41% last year with help from $4bn Covid jab income AstraZeneca forecast higher 2022 sales and lifted its annual dividend for the first time in a decade after record revenues last year, but warned the boost from its Covid-19 products would decline. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said it made almost $4bn (£2.9bn) last year from the Covid jab it developed with Oxford University. It moved away from its not-for-profit pricing in November, when it signed new contracts in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. The shot, called Vaxzevria, has not yet been approved by the US regulator. Continue reading... |
| ‘Mercenaries have skills armies lack’: former Wagner operative opens up Posted: 10 Feb 2022 07:18 AM PST Marat Gabidullin has written memoir about fighting for Wagner because Russians should know 'mercenaries exist' Sitting in a cafe in an upmarket Moscow suburb, the former mercenary Marat Gabidullin looked a long way from the battlefields of Syria where he fought half a decade ago. Gripping his recently finished memoir, In the Same River Twice, the first published account of fighting for the secretive Russian mercenary outfit Wagner, Gabidullin said: "I wrote this because I realised it's time for our country to face the truth: mercenaries exist." Continue reading... |
| ‘They’ll have to carry me out in a box’: inside the apartments of the luckiest renters Posted: 10 Feb 2022 03:00 AM PST They scored beautiful New York City homes for far below market rate – and no, they're never leaving
For most, finding an apartment with the right balance of square footage, amenities, neighborhood, and monthly rent is akin to a competitive sport. These New Yorkers – who lucked into the housing lottery, moved in decades ago, or inherited – placed on the podium and are staying put. Continue reading... |
| Has Boris Johnson done enough to avoid a no-confidence vote? Posted: 10 Feb 2022 10:31 AM PST Analysis: The letters have seemingly stopped but MPs may be keeping their pens dry for strategic reasons As MPs wheeled their suitcases on to trains for a short recess, those with lingering doubts about Boris Johnson's leadership tucked their letter-writing pens back into their pockets. They seem unlikely to come out again until the Metropolitan police determine whether the prime minister committed any criminal offence by attending a number of Downing Street gatherings. Continue reading... |
| Haley Bennett: ‘I always felt like, what’s wrong with me?’ Posted: 10 Feb 2022 07:19 AM PST The actor never thought she would make it in a lead role – until Terrence Malick had a word. Now she is stepping into the spotlight as Roxanne in Joe Wright's Cyrano It's quite an entrance. Haley Bennett walks into the Soho hotel room flanked by publicists, then breaks theatrically into song, filling the air with lyrics from her new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. The film is directed by her partner, Joe Wright; she plays Roxanne opposite Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage as Cyrano. It's a fresh, modern and giddily romantic movie, and will probably do for Edmond Rostand's classic play what Wright's Pride & Prejudice did for Austen. Bennett sits down and places a framed photograph on the coffee table between us, of a sunny little girl with pigtails. Having become slightly obsessed with Bennett's Instagram account (more later), I assume this is her three-year-old, Virginia. But no, the photo is of Bennett herself, aged four. "I was just visiting my family in Ohio," she says brightly. "I think it's important that we nurture the four-year-old in all of us, so I brought her with me." Continue reading... |
| Dining across the divide: ‘It felt like such a direct attack at points … I actually started crying’ Posted: 10 Feb 2022 04:30 AM PST Can two strangers, one anti-abortion, the other pro-choice, find some common ground? David, 31, near Norwich Occupation Anti-abortion campaigner Continue reading... |
| Kimi review – Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and stylish tech thriller Posted: 10 Feb 2022 09:11 AM PST The director's efficient paranoid thriller pays tribute to Hitchcock with the tale of a woman, played by Zoë Kravitz, who hears a murder via an Alexa-style device It tracks that Steven Soderbergh, a film-maker who's spent his retirement from making films mostly making more films, would try his very best to maximise time during the pandemic. Not only do his intimidatingly extensive lists of everything he's been watching and reading show that he's obsessively consuming, but he's also been frantically creating, finishing one movie and then making two others in full. His new deal with HBO Max has seen him take Meryl Streep out on a boat in the elegant, semi-improvised comedy Let Them All Talk before sticking to the Michigan mainland in the tense crime drama No Sudden Move. His latest is a far simpler, yet no less enjoyable, achievement, a tight, mostly one-location thriller riffing on Alfred Hitchcock as well as OG Hitchcock riffer Brian De Palma. Kimi is the name of an Alexa-style device with a key USP: people. A large scattered team of operatives sift through the many interactions between users and machines to perfect the dynamic, ensuring that miscommunication is kept to a minimum. Zoë Kravitz's agoraphobic Angela (perhaps a reference to The Net's similarly named hacker) spends her days listening to such audio, quarantining herself from the world as Covid rumbles on. The pandemic has set her anxieties back and she refuses to go outside despite an over-the-road neighbour (comedian Byron Bowers) trying to tempt her on a date. But when Angela hears something sinister on a flagged Kimi stream, her safe, insulated world is suddenly in disarray. Continue reading... |
| Venezuelans despair at smears, stigmatization and arbitrary arrests Posted: 09 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Amnesty International decries 'systematic policy of repression' as Maduro clamps down on enemies real and imagined Juan Carlos Marrufo Capozzi, an electrician and former soldier from Valencia, Venezuela, and his wife María Auxiliadora Delgado Tabosky, were at home when agents from the South American country's military intelligence unit barged in. Soldiers with rifles sifted through their paperwork and hard drives, before taking the couple away, leaving Marrufo's distraught teenage daughter from a previous marriage behind. That was in March 2019, and they haven't tasted freedom since. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2022 01:54 PM PST Dame Cressida Dick says she is to step aside as commissioner of the Metropolitan police after series of scandals damages trust in force
Some analysis on Cressida Dick's departure from the Guardian's Peter Walker: While Boris Johnson's fate is ultimately in the hands of his own MPs, Cressida Dick will be excruciatingly aware that deciding that significant numbers inside No 10 broke the law, particularly if one of them is Johnson, could be the catalyst in pushing him out. Dick is to stay in her role for what is described as "a short period" while a new commissioner is appointed. If that period includes a definitive verdict on the Met investigation into No 10 parties, it will be quite the parting shot; if the investigation lingers it will be the hottest of political potatoes to pass to a successor. Continue reading... |
| Libya has two prime ministers as political divisions deepen Posted: 10 Feb 2022 07:35 AM PST Eastern-based parliament appoints former interior minister, but interim PM refuses to step aside Libya's political turmoil is set to worsen after its eastern-based parliament appointed a new prime minister and the interim incumbent refused to step aside. A spokesperson for the parliament said it had chosen the former interior minister Fathi Bashagha by acclamation after the only other candidate withdrew. However, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who heads the internationally recognised Government of National Accord, has rejected the parliament's moves, saying he will only hand over power after a national election. Continue reading... |
| Texas law causes abortions to drop by 60% as people seek care in other states Posted: 10 Feb 2022 02:01 PM PST State data showed procedures went from 5,400 to 2,200 in the month after the near-total ban was enacted in September Abortions performed by registered providers in Texas fell by 60% in the first month after the state passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US in decades, according to new figures. Nearly 2,200 abortions were reported by Texas providers in September after a new law took effect that bans the procedure once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and when many do not know they are pregnant. The law is without exception in cases of rape or incest. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong democracy and media freedom has ‘entered endgame’ Posted: 10 Feb 2022 09:00 AM PST International body calls on foreign governments to support journalists fleeing Hong Kong The fight for democracy and media freedom in Hong Kong feels like it has "entered its endgame", after a year of crackdowns, arrests and forced closures of outlets, the International Federation for Journalists has said. In a report on the ongoing threats to the press in Hong Kong, titled Lights Out, the IFJ called on governments to offer support and pathways for Hong Kong journalists seeking to flee the city and find refuge to keep working. It noted "a clear and documented exodus and closure of both local and international media outlets, journalists and media workers that once earned Hong Kong a reputation as a bastion for media excellence in the Asia region". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2022 02:01 PM PST Defence minister also confirms that Scott Morrison was misled by Liberal MPs who crossed the floor on religious discrimination bill; 32 Covid deaths recorded across NSW and Victoria. Follow all the day's news
An electric scooter rider has died after a collision with a station wagon south-east of Melbourne, AAP reports. Opinion: Continue reading... |
| Myanmar watches a mother’s grief as junta soldiers claim another victim Posted: 09 Feb 2022 11:18 PM PST Kyi says she begged soldiers to release her son, but they refused. Footage of her mourning beside his body has been viewed widely, just one of many similar stories Kyi kneels on the ground, pleading for her son to wake up. Crouched beside a riverbank, she rocks back and forth, shaken with grief. Her son's body, which has washed ashore, is motionless in the shallow water. One of his wrists is tied with rope. "My boy, I know it would be nice if you respond to me," she cries. It's a video that has been seen widely within Myanmar – one Facebook video has been viewed more than a million times – but is also a scene that is tragically common. Videos and evidence of military killings are continually shared online – adding to the vast files of evidence being collected by rights groups, but also to the daily trauma that people are faced with. Continue reading... |
| British women and children detained in Syria failed by UK government, inquiry finds Posted: 09 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Parliamentary report finds 'compelling evidence' of trafficking and highlights missed opportunities to protect vulnerable people later stripped of citizenship There is "compelling evidence" that British women and children currently detained in camps in north-east Syria were trafficked to the country against their will, according to a new parliamentary report. After a six-month inquiry by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on trafficked Britons in Syria, the report published on Thursday highlights how systemic failures by UK public bodies enabled Islamic State (IS) trafficking of vulnerable women and children as young as 12. Continue reading... |
| Award-winning Vietnamese environmentalist arrested as rights groups fear ‘clamp down’ Posted: 09 Feb 2022 05:19 AM PST Green energy activist Nguy Thi Khanh, recipient of the Goldman prize, is latest activist to be detained on tax-related charges Nguy Thi Khanh, Vietnam's first recipient of the prestigious Goldman environmental prize, has been arrested on tax evasion charges. The founder of the Green Innovation and Development Centre was detained last month, but her detention was confirmed by state media on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Ready for war: my journey from peaceful poet to revolutionary soldier Posted: 09 Feb 2022 02:30 AM PST Formerly an anti-war poet, Maung Saungkha has endured a harsh training regime to prepare for armed struggle against Myanmar's military junta Days after the military coup in February 2021, demonstrations erupted across Myanmar. The military responded by shooting unarmed protesters with live rounds. People were beaten, arbitrarily detained and imprisoned. On the frontlines of protests in Yangon in February and early March, I witnessed soldiers and police firing live rounds into crowds, and on 8 March, I was one of hundreds of protesters who were barricaded overnight on Kyun Taw Road in Yangon's Sanchaung township, where soldiers and police went from house to house searching for people to arrest. Continue reading... |
| ‘The joy of being together’: Congo’s first major festival since the pandemic – in pictures Posted: 08 Feb 2022 11:30 PM PST Thousands of people celebrated at the Amani festival for peace in Goma, an area hit by escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The weekend of music and culture had been postponed due to Covid Continue reading... |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2022 09:11 PM PST The government couldn't attempt to meet their demands because they were endless and, frankly, psychotic And so it ends as it began – in farce. On Thursday morning hundreds of police officers made their move against the "freedom convoy", a tiny racket of anti-vaxxers, anti-mandaters, and proud fascists who were camping on parliament's lawn to protest, well, something. Some were arguing for the efficacy of the immune system over the vaccine, as if the mRNA jab does something other than train said immune system. A good number were calling for citizens' arrests against prime minister Jacinda Ardern and health minister Andrew Little for crimes unknown. And at least a handful were prosecuting their QAnon conspiracies. At the last major "freedom" protest Q's supporters were on the ground to argue that the prime minister is already under arrest and wears an ankle bracelet to prove it. With this catalogue of complaints it was impossible for police to do anything other than remove the convoy-cum-campers. In normal circumstances protesters arrive in the capital with a concrete demand whether it's ending student fees, repealing the Foreshore and Seabed Act, or opposing the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. But the "freedom" convoy came to town as simple catharsis. There were the anti-vaxxers and anti-mandates types, who range from American-style conspiracists to misguided anarchists, but alongside those familiar archetypes were evangelical church leaders, Steve Bannon-backed Counterspin media "journalists", and people calling for tino rangatiratanga (Māori sovereignty). Continue reading... |
| Covid rules are to be axed in England, but is pandemic’s end really in sight? Posted: 09 Feb 2022 11:34 AM PST Analysis: Plans to end isolation rules have been gleefully announced, but questions about infection control remain As the threat of the Omicron wave has receded in England, the government has been quick to move the conversation on to "living with Covid". It was inevitable that this would mean the eventual lifting of legal restrictions, including the need to self-isolate. But even given the optimistic tone in recent weeks, Boris Johnson's announcement on Wednesday came sooner than many expected. Continue reading... |
| Can Ukraine and Russia be persuaded to abide by Minsk accords? Posted: 09 Feb 2022 10:55 AM PST Analysis: As Macron tries to revive 2015 agreement, Ukraine believes it is impossible to fulfil as it could hand power to Russia In the often acrimonious back-and-forth between Russia and Ukraine in recent years, "fulfilling Minsk" has become something of a meaningless mantra: all sides agree to abide by the 2015 Minsk accords in public, but neither has any real intention of implementing the provisions of the agreement. Yet in his intensive peacemaking efforts this week, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, appears to be pinning his hopes on a renewed attempt to breathe life into the seven-year-old agreement. Continue reading... |
| Is England an outlier in abandoning Covid isolation rule? Posted: 09 Feb 2022 09:41 AM PST How does England's move to end self-isolation compare with rules in other European countries? Boris Johnson has announced plans to abolish the legal requirement for people in England to self-isolate, even if they test positive for the coronavirus and have symptoms. The move, planned for later this month, would represent "an important step for this country as we move out of the pandemic", said the prime minister's spokesperson. "It shows that the hard work of the British people is paying off." Continue reading... |
| 'Most dangerous moment' in Ukraine crisis, says Johnson meeting with Nato chief – video Posted: 10 Feb 2022 03:35 AM PST Boris Johnson has said the Ukraine crisis has entered 'the most dangerous moment' on a visit to Nato's headquarters as Russia continues its military buildup on the borders of its southern neighbour. Military analysts estimate Moscow has massed more than 135,000 troops on the borders of Ukraine, both in Russia and in Belarus – and some now believe nearly all the necessary elements are in place if Putin wanted to attack. Nato's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said a political solution was still possible but warned Russia would 'pay a high price' if it chose confrontation Continue reading... |
| Banned by the Taliban: the Afghan girls fighting to go to school – video Posted: 10 Feb 2022 03:06 AM PST After the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, millions of teenage girls have been forbidden from receiving a high school education. Taliban officials have claimed the ban is temporary, but said the same thing the last time they were in power more than two decades ago. Back then, girls of all ages never returned to school. Today, much has changed in the country, and a new generation of girls and women possess radically different aspirations than they were previously allowed to hold. An anxious population waits to see to what extent the Taliban has changed, too Continue reading... |
| Anti-vaccine protesters clash with police outside New Zealand parliament – video Posted: 09 Feb 2022 04:57 PM PST New Zealand's anti-vaccine protesters have been evicted from parliament grounds after days of protests, with a number arrested after clashes with police. The protesters, inspired by the 'siege of Ottawa', in which truckers paralysed the city and caused a state of emergency, led a convoy of several hundred vehicles to parliament. A number stayed overnight, pitching tents on the lawns |
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