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- Taylor Hawkins: drugs found in body of Foo Fighters drummer
- China Eastern plane crash: both black boxes found, all 132 on board dead
- North Korea may be preparing for nuclear test soon – report
- Shanghai rules out full lockdown despite sharp rise in Covid cases
- Taal volcano: thousands flee after eruption in Philippines
- Russia’s invasion crystallises divide between west and rest of world
- Scott Morrison spruiks cost of living package as expectations of fuel excise cut grow
- Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 virus deaths – as it happened
- Liberal federal executive intervenes to halt NSW preselections and take over state division
- Man dies after surf ski found floating off Sydney’s Palm Beach
- Kim Carr bows out after three decades as Labor senator for Victoria
- Sydney commuters to get free public transport for 12 days in April
- Russia-Ukraine war latest: Zelenskiy calls on west for planes and tanks; Biden not seeking Russia regime change, says White House
- French urged to vote in presidential election as win for Macron ‘not guaranteed’
- ‘What are the UN and EU for if not to care for refugees?’ asks food NGO in Ukraine
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 32 of the invasion
- Biden summons history in sweeping call for renewed alliance of democracies
- UN condemns attacks by Yemen rebels and Saudi-led coalition
- ‘Open the schools’: Afghan girls protest in Kabul for right to education
- Tamils fear prison and torture in Sri Lanka, 13 years after civil war ended
- Get on your bike? Not if some Tory councils have their way
- Michael Grade faces tough questions over fitness to lead Ofcom
- Boris Johnson to confront bitter Tory splits over UK energy strategy and bills
- Rishi Sunak ‘protecting Treasury from inflation at families’ expense’
- Labour women lead push to make it easier for mothers to run for parliament
- Why Mother’s Day was no cause to celebrate for creator of Thunderbirds
- Martha Wainwright: ‘Forget rock excess, life on the road was a juggling act for me’
- Questions abound as Trump raises – and hoards – huge sums of 2024 cash
- US congressman Jeff Fortenberry resigns after conviction for lying to FBI
- Biden to announce tax on billionaires in 2023 budget plan – report
- Cardi B beats lawsuit over alleged defamation during parking feud
- Trump heads to Georgia in high-stakes bid to shape Republican primaries
| Taylor Hawkins: drugs found in body of Foo Fighters drummer Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:56 AM PDT Toxicology test indicated presence of 10 substances including marijuana, antidepressants and opioids Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters drummer, had 10 different substances in his body at the time of his death, Colombian officials said. The 50-year-old was playing on the South American leg of the band's world tour when his sudden death was announced on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| China Eastern plane crash: both black boxes found, all 132 on board dead Posted: 26 Mar 2022 10:40 PM PDT Searchers find flight data recorder buried 1.5 metres underground by impact, after earlier recovering cockpit voice recorder Both flight recorders or "black boxes" have been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 people on board, Chinese state media has said. Searchers found the second box, the flight data recorder, on a mountain slope, buried about 1.5 metres underground by the impact, the state broadcaster CCTV said. The impact of the crash scattered debris widely and created a 20-metre deep pit in the side of the mountain. Continue reading... |
| North Korea may be preparing for nuclear test soon – report Posted: 26 Mar 2022 09:01 PM PDT 'Shortcut' tunnel at Punggye-ri nuclear testing centre could see it operational within a month, sources tell South Korean news agency North Korea may be making rapid preparations to carry out a nuclear weapons test for the first time in more than four years, according to a South Korean media report. The Yonhap news agency, quoting government sources, said North Korea appeared to be digging a "shortcut" to Tunnel 3 at its previously closed nuclear test site in Punggye-ri. Continue reading... |
| Shanghai rules out full lockdown despite sharp rise in Covid cases Posted: 26 Mar 2022 08:04 AM PDT Concern about economy leads city to try targeted approach with rolling restrictions of individual neighbourhoods Shanghai has recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but officials have ruled out a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy. Millions of Chinese in affected areas have been subjected to city-wide lockdowns by an Omicron-led outbreak that has sent daily case counts creeping ever-higher, though they remain insignificant compared with other countries. Continue reading... |
| Taal volcano: thousands flee after eruption in Philippines Posted: 26 Mar 2022 07:04 AM PDT Residents ordered to leave homes as ash and steam sent hundreds of metres into sky Thousands of people fled their homes near a Philippine volcano after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of metres into the sky. Taal volcano, which sits in a picturesque lake south of Manila, exploded with a "short-lived" burst at 7.22 am on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Russia’s invasion crystallises divide between west and rest of world Posted: 26 Mar 2022 06:08 AM PDT Ukraine crisis is uniting democracies in Europe and Pacific but complicating relationships with China, India and Gulf states "Decide who you are with" Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the European Council, pointing to a choice that is becoming increasingly hard to avoid, as the sheer violence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine crystallises the division of the world into two camps. The camp that stands with Russians is becoming easier to define with every passing day of the war. The colour-coded scoreboard at the UN general assembly in recent weeks, recording the votes on resolutions deploring the attack and calling for a ceasefire, could not have been clearer. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison spruiks cost of living package as expectations of fuel excise cut grow Posted: 26 Mar 2022 11:36 PM PDT Coalition extends apprenticeship wage subsidy ahead of Tuesday night's budget, which is expected to offer financial assistance to households The prime minister, Scott Morrison, says the government will deliver a cost of living package that will offer relief "right across the Australian community", amid growing expectations that the fuel excise will be cut. As he announced a $365m extension of an apprenticeship wage subsidy scheme in Perth on Sunday, Morrison said the budget would seek to provide financial assistance to households without driving up inflation. Continue reading... |
| Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 virus deaths – as it happened Posted: 26 Mar 2022 11:24 PM PDT Man drowns on Sydney's northern beaches; Labor senator Katy Gallagher says she had no 'difficult arguments' with Kimberley Kitching beyond what was normal in politics; 11 coronavirus deaths recorded nationwide. This blog is now closed
The NSW Labor opposition has outlined a plan for the state to rebuild and recover from the devastating floods that have left about 1,500 people in emergency accommodation and damaged or destroyed about 95,000 homes, AAP reports. The federal and New South Wales governments were too slow to act in the immediate response and have been too slow in their support, NSW Labor has said in a statement today. The difference is, David, we're looking for maximum community benefit and economic benefit while the government's looking for maximum political benefit. Continue reading... |
| Liberal federal executive intervenes to halt NSW preselections and take over state division Posted: 26 Mar 2022 11:03 PM PDT The dramatic move allows Scott Morrison to have a big say in choosing the candidates in key seats as election looms The federal executive of the Liberal party has staged another dramatic intervention in the troubled NSW branch and will take over all remaining contested preselections in New South Wales. With the prime minister, Scott Morrison, expected to soon call the election, the three branch plebiscites scheduled for this week will be abandoned. Continue reading... |
| Man dies after surf ski found floating off Sydney’s Palm Beach Posted: 26 Mar 2022 10:26 PM PDT The man, believed to be in his 50s, was brought to shore by lifesavers but he could not be saved A man believed to be in his 50s has died after being pulled from the surf at a northern Sydney beach. Emergency services were called to Palm Beach just after 12pm on Sunday after reports of a man being pulled from the water unconscious. Continue reading... |
| Kim Carr bows out after three decades as Labor senator for Victoria Posted: 26 Mar 2022 07:29 PM PDT Veteran cites death of Kimberley Kitching and 'determined urgings' from his children as reasons for his decision to step down The veteran Labor senator Kim Carr has bowed out of the Senate contest in Victoria, marking an end to his almost 30-year career in parliament. Carr had lost the support of powerbrokers to remain on the Senate ticket but had indicated he was prepared to fight to remain in the upper house, to which he was first elected in 1993. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Sydney commuters to get free public transport for 12 days in April Posted: 26 Mar 2022 07:01 PM PDT Scheme is an attempt by NSW government to revitalise city centre and compensate for February train shutdown Sydney commuters will get free public transport for 12 days in April, including over the Easter holidays, as the state government attempts to revitalise the CBD and make amends for last month's 24-hour train shutdown. The fare-free period will run from 14-26 April, which includes the Anzac Day public holiday. The announcement is part of an agreement to end a long-running dispute between the New South Wales government and the state's rail union over pay and workplace conditions. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:58 AM PDT Ukrainian president tells Europe its own security is at stake; White House walks back 'Putin cannot remain in power' comments by US president
Russian artists and performers must not stay silent about the war, according to one of the world's leading ballet choreographers, Alexei Ratmansky. The Russian-born former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who left a new production in Moscow on news of the invasion, was responding to Mikhail Baryshnikov's call not to punish cultural and sporting figures for failing to stand up to Vladimir Putin's regime. Continue reading... |
| French urged to vote in presidential election as win for Macron ‘not guaranteed’ Posted: 26 Mar 2022 10:45 PM PDT War in Ukraine and the pandemic make France's presidential election hard to call, professor warns A leading French political scientist has warned voters not to consider the presidential election a foregone conclusion, because anything can happen before the first round on 10 April. Dominique Reynié, head of the influential Fondapol thinktank, suggested it was dangerous for voters to not bother turning out just because opinion polls envisage a win for Emmanuel Macron. The combination of Covid and the war in Ukraine had made the election unpredictable, he said, admitting that even experts in analysing voting patterns could not reliably call the result. Continue reading... |
| ‘What are the UN and EU for if not to care for refugees?’ asks food NGO in Ukraine Posted: 26 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PDT Leadership is lacking, says chef heading the World Central Kitchen, which provides meals for those displaced by the war A chef and humanitarian who has been serving millions of meals to Ukrainians has accused the UN and the EU of a lack of leadership in response to the refugee crisis, warning of a "huge humanitarian emergency at the doorstep of Europe". Speaking from Lviv in Ukraine, José Andrés, a two-Michelin-starred Spanish-American chef who runs not-for-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) claimed the UN and the EU do not have enough "boots on the ground" to care for the refugees. WCK has served more than 3m meals in the region since the start of Russia's invasion. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 32 of the invasion Posted: 26 Mar 2022 05:12 PM PDT Joe Biden appears to call for regime change in Russia, in comments quickly walked back by the White House Joe Biden has condemned Vladimir Putin as a "butcher" who could no longer stay in power in a historic speech in Poland. The US president appeared to urge those around the Russian president to oust him from the Kremlin, although US officials later said he had been talking about the need for Putin to lose power over Ukrainian territory and in the wider region. As Biden spoke, Russian missiles rained down on Ukraine's most pro-western city, Lviv, 40 miles from the Polish border. The timing of the attacks, only the third on west Ukrainian targets since the war began, and the closest to Lviv's city centre and its residential areas, was clearly designed to send a message to the White House. The Kremlin has again raised the spectre of the use of nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, the previous president of Russia and deputy chairman of its security council, said Moscow could use them to strike an enemy that only used conventional weapons. The comments prompted Volodymyr Zelenskiy, appearing by video link at Qatar's Doha Forum, to warn that Moscow was a direct threat to the world. "Russia is deliberating bragging they can destroy with nuclear weapons, not only a certain country but the entire planet," said the Ukrainian president. Ukrainian troops are reporting that Russian forces are using white phosphorus against them near the eastern city of Avdiivka. While these reports could not be confirmed, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Nato leaders that Russia had used phosphorus bombs that had killed adults and children. Russian forces temporarily seized Slavutych, a northern town close to the Chernobyl nuclear site on Saturday, and took prisoner its mayor, Yuri Fomichev. After failing to disperse the numerous protesters in the main square – despite using stun grenades and firing in the air – the Russian troops released the mayor and agreed to leave. The Institute of Mass Media in Ukraine has documented 148 crimes against journalists and the media since the start of the Russian invasion. It said five journalists had been killed, six captured or kidnapped and seven wounded. The Ukrainian parliament has confirmed a fresh Russian attack on the nuclear research reactor in Kharkiv. In a tweet, it quoted the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate as saying: "It is currently impossible to estimate the extent of damage due to hostilities that do not stop in the area of the nuclear installation." Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central London to express solidarity with the people of Ukraine. After a call by Volodymyr Zelenskiy for protests around the world against the Russian invasion, Trafalgar Square was transformed into a sea of yellow and blue. Experts in the UK have warned that its Homes for Ukraine scheme risks operating as "Tinder for sex traffickers". The warning comes as evidence emerges that UK-based criminals are targeting women and children fleeing the war. Continue reading... |
| Biden summons history in sweeping call for renewed alliance of democracies Posted: 26 Mar 2022 01:20 PM PDT President seeks to re-establish US as a leader in global affairs after years of Trump-led disengagement In a speech in Poland on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden indicated his intent to re-position the US as a leader in global affairs after four years of disengagement during the Trump administration. It is not a task many thought Biden would so firmly take on when he took office in 2021. Initially, Biden focused on healing domestic wounds following four chaotic years of the Trump administration and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading... |
| UN condemns attacks by Yemen rebels and Saudi-led coalition Posted: 26 Mar 2022 04:57 PM PDT UN chief António Guterres calls for 'restraint' on all sides in seven-year conflict UN chief António Guterres on Saturday condemned an exchange of attacks between Yemen's Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition, calling for "restraint" on all sides in the seven-year conflict. "The secretary-general strongly condemns the recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen," UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement Saturday. Continue reading... |
| ‘Open the schools’: Afghan girls protest in Kabul for right to education Posted: 26 Mar 2022 04:47 PM PDT Two dozen girls and women react to Taliban's decision to shut secondary schools to girls across Afghanistan Women and girls staged a protest near the Taliban's ministry of education in Kabul on Saturday, calling on the group to reopen girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan. The protesters chanted: "Education is our right – open the doors of girls' schools!" as armed Taliban members looked on. They held banners that said: "Education is our fundamental right, not a political plan" as they marched for a short distance. They dispersed when Taliban fighters arrived at the scene later. Continue reading... |
| Tamils fear prison and torture in Sri Lanka, 13 years after civil war ended Posted: 26 Mar 2022 09:10 AM PDT The threat of a bullet in the leg or having his fingernails ripped off was the ordeal faced by one man The sun had barely risen the morning that the military turned up for Vijay*. Grabbing him from his home in a village in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka while his pregnant wife and baby lay asleep next to him, they blindfolded him and drove him deep into a jungle. For the next 12 hours, in a small dark shack away from prying eyes, they interrogated Vijay. Pliers were repeatedly brandished, with threats that his finger nails would be removed if he did not give the army officers the information they wanted. Continue reading... |
| Get on your bike? Not if some Tory councils have their way Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:45 AM PDT Local authorities still see 'the car as king' and have been abandoning government plans for cycle lanes and pedestrian areas Transport officials have cut funding to three Conservative-controlled councils for failing to encourage walking and cycling amid a local Tory backlash against government-backed plans to reduce traffic and pollution. The Department for Transport (DfT) has been forced to reduce active travel funding to a string of councils after Tory councillors removed pop-up cycle lanes and pedestrianised areas before they had a chance to change the way people travel. Continue reading... |
| Michael Grade faces tough questions over fitness to lead Ofcom Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:30 AM PDT MPs vetting peer's appointment as chair of media regulator raise impartiality and business concerns • 'If I am appointed,' says the QC in line for charity commissioner. He will be (Opinion, Rupa Huq) Concerns are growing over the government's plan to install Conservative peer Michael Grade as the next chair of media regulator Ofcom, amid questions over his impartiality and past business record. Grade faces a pre-appointment hearing in front of the Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee of MPs this week before finally being approved for the role. MPs on the committee are understood to have concerns about the 79-year-old's suitability to oversee the regulator. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson to confront bitter Tory splits over UK energy strategy and bills Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:15 AM PDT Rishi Sunak's spring statement has fuelled cabinet tensions, with demands for spending on new nuclear projects and renewables Boris Johnson is expected to hold crunch talks with senior cabinet ministers this week to resolve fractious talks over plans to tackle rising bills and boost the country's energy security. The government's energy strategy has been delayed by cabinet splits over onshore wind, funding for nuclear energy and the role fracking should play given spiralling energy prices and the Ukraine invasion. Continue reading... |
| Rishi Sunak ‘protecting Treasury from inflation at families’ expense’ Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:45 AM PDT Critics of UK chancellor's spring statement say it prioritises debt reduction and fails to provide support to lower-income households • Budget calculator: how will your income change? Rishi Sunak has battled to protect the Treasury from rising prices while allowing inflation to ravage the finances of low and middle-income households. That is the accusation levelled at the chancellor after a spring budget statement that put government debt reduction ahead of calls for extra welfare support for hard-pressed families. Sunak's dilemma, as inflation heads towards 8% and possibly beyond, is whether he can afford to increase the Treasury's outlay on welfare and public services, including public sector pay. Continue reading... |
| Labour women lead push to make it easier for mothers to run for parliament Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:15 AM PDT A campaign has been set up by MP Stella Creasy to counter the 'motherhood penalty' in the party's selection process A group of senior Labour women are to launch a new campaign to give mothers the resources to run for parliament, amid concerns that the prevailing Westminster culture puts women off standing while their children are young. In an attempt to revisit a successful campaign that helped boost the proportion of female Labour candidates in the 1990s, a group of MPs, former ministers and peers from the left and right of the party are backing a plan to end what they describe as a "motherhood penalty" in the party's selection process. It follows claims by some potential candidates that they have been asked who is going to look after their children while they are fighting for a seat. Continue reading... |
| Why Mother’s Day was no cause to celebrate for creator of Thunderbirds Posted: 26 Mar 2022 10:30 PM PDT Gerry Anderson never put a matriarch in his shows because his own mother rejected him, a new documentary reveals From Charles Dickens to Sylvia Plath to Eminem, many of the world's most creative adults had a turbulent childhood. Now Gerry Anderson, the creator of Thunderbirds and Stingray, all of whose shows have no mother character, can be added to the list. Previously unbroadcast interviews reveal that Anderson's work lacked matriarchal figures because Anderson was so traumatised by his own relationship with his mother. Continue reading... |
| Martha Wainwright: ‘Forget rock excess, life on the road was a juggling act for me’ Posted: 27 Mar 2022 02:00 AM PDT The Canadian-American singer-songwriter on why she needed to tell a different story in her candid autobiography The rock autobiography is typically a male genre, telling tales of excess so competitive that readers could be forgiven for wishing Keith Richards, Neil Young, Roger Daltrey, et al, would break the monotony by taking up wood whittling. But now comes Martha Wainwright, whose autobiography, published this week, is a female-gaze account of what it takes to juggle relationships, familial and domestic circumstances with life under the stage lights. Continue reading... |
| Questions abound as Trump raises – and hoards – huge sums of 2024 cash Posted: 26 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT Without any declared candidacy, and with little spent on Republican candidates, the purpose of Trump's war chest remains opaque Donald Trump's ferocious money-raising machine, powered in equal measure by grassroots giving and large individual and corporate donations, has never really stopped turning – and it is currently raising huge sums of cash. As of this month, Trump has $123m saved in his Save America political fund, more than the Republican and Democratic national committees combined, and 12 times as much as the fund – Pac for the Future – for the Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Continue reading... |
| US congressman Jeff Fortenberry resigns after conviction for lying to FBI Posted: 26 Mar 2022 05:26 PM PDT Nebraska Republican Jeff Fortenberry stepped down after concerted pressure from both Washington and his own state The Nebraska congressman Jeff Fortenberry has resigned from office after a California jury convicted him of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national. In a letter to the House on Saturday, nine-term Republican Fortenberry said he was resigning from Congress, effective 31 March. Continue reading... |
| Biden to announce tax on billionaires in 2023 budget plan – report Posted: 26 Mar 2022 02:36 PM PDT President's 'tax on richest 700 Americans' may face opposition from conservative Democrats Joe Biden is set to announce a tax aimed at US billionaires as part of his 2023 budget plans on Monday in a move that will likely delight many progressives in his party but could meet opposition from conservative Democrats who have already stymied his domestic agenda. The Washington Post, citing five sources and an internal administration document, said the "billionaire minimum income tax" plan would establish a 20% minimum tax rate on all American households worth more than $100m. Continue reading... |
| Cardi B beats lawsuit over alleged defamation during parking feud Posted: 26 Mar 2022 02:20 PM PDT Judge dismisses plaintiffs' claim over tweeted video, saying insults by rapper's sister did not qualify as defamation The rapper Cardi B has beaten a lawsuit filed against her by three beachgoers who claimed they had been defamed during an altercation over parking. A lawsuit filed in New York last year alleged that the singer's sister, Hennessy Carolina, and Carolina's girlfriend, Michelle Diaz, had blocked the plaintiffs in. Continue reading... |
| Trump heads to Georgia in high-stakes bid to shape Republican primaries Posted: 26 Mar 2022 11:09 AM PDT Ex-president plans rally after endorsing candidates seeking to replace leaders who rejected his election lie Donald Trump's continuing effort to bend national Republican candidates to his will and the party to do his bidding faces a test in the key state of Georgia on Saturday as the former president holds a score-settling rally there in support of candidates who could boost any future re-election agenda. Trump's presence in the state comes 18 months after he pressured Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's victory, a conversation that is now the subject of a grand jury investigation in Atlanta. Continue reading... |
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