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- Salt spat highlights Canadian national park’s troubling history
- Shanghai records first official Covid deaths since lockdown imposed
- Kim Jong-un oversees missile test that North Korea claims advances nuclear program
- Australians unlikely to know cost of scrapped submarines until after election, Peter Dutton says
- Trent Zimmerman joins Liberals calling for Scott Morrison to dump Katherine Deves over trans comments
- Anthony Albanese shifts campaign focus to perceived failings of Morrison government
- Morrison campaigns on border security; 10 Covid deaths – as it happened
- AEC looks to recruit more than 100,000 workers for election day amid Australia-wide staff shortages
- Rain puts end to sunny Easter weather in Victoria as cold front arrives
- Russia-Ukraine war: Lviv hit by missiles as cities targeted; Mariupol fighters ignore surrender demand – live
- Sweden: three injured during protest against far-right rally
- Zelenskiy says Russia wants to ‘destroy’ Ukraine’s entire Donbas region
- The United Nations refugee agency says 4,869,019 Ukrainians had left the country since Russia invaded – as it happened
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 54 of the invasion
- Ukraine vows Mariupol troops will ‘fight to the end’ as surrender deadline passes
- Tunisia’s neighbours offer help to contain damage after fuel ship sank
- More than 20 injured in Israeli-Palestinian clashes around al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
- Pakistan ‘inches away’ from civil unrest after ousting of Imran Khan
- Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang to set up ‘piano labs’ in UK schools
- MPs’ safety fears remain six months after David Amess murder
- Priti Patel: Rwanda plan critics ‘fail to offer their own solutions’
- Lone child refugees suffering neglect in UK hotels, charities say
- Bigger classes? Yes, but pupils have got bigger too, say UK teachers
- More than 11,000 decide to join NHS after being part of Covid jab team
- Florida rejects 54 math textbooks over ‘prohibited topics’ including critical race theory
- US rocked by three separate mass shootings over Easter weekend
- Next and group of investment firms buy JoJo Maman Bébé
- Mayor calls for more psychiatric services after Brooklyn subway shooting
- Female fighters to make boxing history at Madison Square Garden
- Soaring food prices push more Cargill family members on to world’s richest 500 list
| Salt spat highlights Canadian national park’s troubling history Posted: 17 Apr 2022 03:30 AM PDT Park agency's order to stop harvesting salts for commercial gain has angered Indigenous community For years, Melissa Daniels has been travelling to the vast wilds of northern Alberta to harvest naturally occurring salts on lands her ancestors once hunted and fished. She blends the salt with wildflowers from the woods and sells it in small batches. But Canada's national park agency recently ordered her to stop, in a move that has angered her community and highlighted the park's troubling history. Continue reading... |
| Shanghai records first official Covid deaths since lockdown imposed Posted: 18 Apr 2022 01:29 AM PDT Three fatalities were one woman aged 89 and two 91-year-olds, highlighting concerns about low vaccination rates among elderly Three Covid-19 fatalities have been reported in Shanghai, the first to be officially counted since the beginning of the city's lockdown. The three people reported on Monday included two women aged 89 and 91, and a 91-year-old man, who also had underlying health conditions, and were reportedly unvaccinated. Shanghai municipal authorities said the three were admitted to hospital and became critically ill. They died on Sunday "after all efforts were made to rescue them". Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un oversees missile test that North Korea claims advances nuclear program Posted: 16 Apr 2022 05:16 PM PDT Leader appears well pleased with latest test of what state media reported was a new type of tactical guided weapon North Korea has test-fired a new weapons system, under the supervision of leader Kim Jong-un, that it claims will boost the efficiency of its tactical nuclear weapons, state media reported. The "new-type tactical guided weapon ... is of great significance in drastically improving the firepower of the frontline long-range artillery units and enhancing the efficiency in the operation of tactical nukes," the official Korean Central News Agency said early on Sunday, without specifying when the test took place. It said the test was successful. Continue reading... |
| Australians unlikely to know cost of scrapped submarines until after election, Peter Dutton says Posted: 18 Apr 2022 03:04 AM PDT Defence minister says negotiations with France over abandoned naval agreement will 'take some time' Australian voters are unlikely to be told the full cost of scrapping the French submarine deal before the election, with Peter Dutton signalling the negotiations will not be wrapped up until after July. The defence minister said on Monday the talks with France's Naval Group would "take some time" and the information would not be released publicly until after those figures were settled. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:32 AM PDT The Liberal MP for North Sydney's request came before NSW treasurer Matt Kean publicly called for the Warringah candidate to be disendorsed The Liberal MP for the seat of North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman, asked the prime minister's office to dump controversial candidate Katherine Deves because of her comments on transgender issues. According to multiple sources, Zimmerman appealed last week to senior members of the prime minister's office and to party officials for Morrison to dump Deves because of inflammatory comments she has made on various social media platforms about the transgender community. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Anthony Albanese shifts campaign focus to perceived failings of Morrison government Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:29 AM PDT Labor seeks to pressure Coalition over Medicare, as aspiring Liberal heath minister says party 'absolutely guarantee Medicare in law'
The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, has sought to refocus his campaign on the failings of the Morrison government, taking to flood-affected parts of Brisbane to criticise the Coalition's natural disaster response. Opening the second week of the election campaign in the Coalition-held seat of Brisbane, Albanese and shadow treasurer, Jim Chalmers, also tried to pressure the government over its support for Medicare, using the appointment of Anne Ruston as future health minister to accuse the Liberals of wanting to cut health spending. Continue reading... |
| Morrison campaigns on border security; 10 Covid deaths – as it happened Posted: 18 Apr 2022 01:57 AM PDT Anthony Albanese grilled on urgent care clinics after receiving mixed reception at Bluesfest in Byron Bay; Scott Morrison trumpets border security credentials in Perth; NSW and Queensland each record four Covid deaths, with one each in Victoria and the Northern Territory. This blog is now closed
New South Wales has released its Covid numbers for the last 24 hours, with 11,166 new cases and sadly four deaths. It might be a little later today before we hear from the Liberal campaign, given the time difference with Western Australia. Continue reading... |
| AEC looks to recruit more than 100,000 workers for election day amid Australia-wide staff shortages Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:08 PM PDT Staff needed to work across 7,500 polling places, with Covid contingency planning adding to challenges
Staff shortages bedevilling everything from restaurants to hospitals could extend to the Australian Electoral Commission as it battles to fill more than 100,000 short-term positions in what will be the country's most expensive federal election. With Australia's jobless rate at its lowest level since the 1970s, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is competing with other employers to recruit an army to manage voting across about 7,500 polling places in an election made more complex because of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Rain puts end to sunny Easter weather in Victoria as cold front arrives Posted: 17 Apr 2022 07:59 PM PDT Steady rainfall will be welcomed by farmers and unlikely to cause flooding, Bureau of Meteorology says The Easter long weekend has come to a soggy end in Victoria with steady rainfall across most of the state on Monday. The rain puts an end to a warm and sunny weekend in the state, and is not forecast to dry up until Wednesday. But it is not expected to be heavy enough to do any damage. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2022 03:24 AM PDT Troops dug in at huge steel mill despite a midday deadline to surrender from Moscow; western city hit on Monday morning as Kharkiv suffers bombardment
Russian forces are "completing the creation of an offensive group" in the east and have regained combat capability and replenished their reserves in the Donetsk and Tavriya regions, Ukraine's military has said. According to a recently released operational report from the general staff of the armed forces, on the Donetsk and Tavriya regions, Russian forces have regained combat capability and replenished their reserves while concentrating their main efforts in the areas of the settlements of Lyman, Kreminna, Popasna and Rubizhne, trying to establish full control over the city of Mariupol. Continue reading... |
| Sweden: three injured during protest against far-right rally Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:07 AM PDT Violence erupts in eastern city amid demonstrations against anti-Islam group's plans to burn Qur'an Swedish police have said officers wounded three people in the eastern city of Norrköping as demonstrators protested against plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Qur'an. "Police fired several warning shots. Three people appear to have been hit by ricochets and are currently being treated in hospital," police said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy says Russia wants to ‘destroy’ Ukraine’s entire Donbas region Posted: 17 Apr 2022 11:54 PM PDT Ukraine defies Russian ultimatum and pledges to keep defending Mariupol as bombs hit Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared to stage a final defence of the city. With missiles hitting Lviv on Monday morning and Kharkiv subject to further shelling, Moscow is pushing for a major victory in the southern city as it works to wrest control of Donbas and forge a land corridor to already-annexed Crimea. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:15 PM PDT This liveblog is now closed
A missile attack in early hours of Sunday damaged infrastructure in the city of Brovary, near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, Igor Sapozhko, mayor of Brovary said in an online post. There were no details on the extent of the destruction and potential casualties. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 54 of the invasion Posted: 17 Apr 2022 05:55 PM PDT Ukraine starts process to join EU, Mariupol defies demand to surrender, and second British soldier paraded on Russian TV Continue reading... |
| Ukraine vows Mariupol troops will ‘fight to the end’ as surrender deadline passes Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:13 AM PDT Russian forces edge closer to control of port city whose fall would deal economic blow to Kyiv and symbolic victory for Moscow Ukraine has vowed that its forces will "fight to the end" in the besieged port city of Mariupol, after a Russian ultimatum for the remaining Ukrainian troops there to surrender expired. Moscow is edging closer to full control of the city in what would be its biggest prize since it invaded Ukraine in February. Relentless bombardment and street fighting have left much of the city pulverised, killing at least 21,000 people by Ukrainian estimates. Continue reading... |
| Tunisia’s neighbours offer help to contain damage after fuel ship sank Posted: 17 Apr 2022 06:26 PM PDT Divers find no leaks and government says 'outlook is positive' as navies try to limit environmental harm from sinking of vessel carrying 750-1,000 tonnes Some neighbouring countries have offered to help Tunisia prevent damage to the environment after a merchant ship carrying up to 1,000 tonnes of fuel sank off the country's coast, the Tunisian defence ministry has said. The ship, which was travelling from Equatorial Guinea to Malta, requested entry to Tunisian waters on Friday evening due to bad weather. It sank near Gabes, and the Tunisian navy rescued all seven crew members. After being checked in hospital, all seven were taken to a hotel. Continue reading... |
| More than 20 injured in Israeli-Palestinian clashes around al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem Posted: 17 Apr 2022 05:52 PM PDT Israeli police say Palestinians in compound began gathering stones before the arrival of Jewish visitors later seen leaving under police guard More than 20 Palestinians and Israelis have been wounded in several incidents in and around Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, two days after major violence at the flashpoint site. The clashes on Sunday take the number of wounded since Friday to more than 170, at a tense time when the Jewish Passover festival coincides with the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Continue reading... |
| Pakistan ‘inches away’ from civil unrest after ousting of Imran Khan Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:44 AM PDT Former PM is accused of creating wave of public anger that could prove difficult to control On Tuesday, two days after Imran Khan had been ousted as Pakistan's prime minister in a dramatic no-confidence vote, Noor Alam Khan – a politician and former member of Khan's party – was eating dinner at a restaurant when he was confronted by another diner. The man began shouting "traitor", "American agent" and "turncoat" and then lunged over to punch Khan, who had been attempting to ignore him. In the middle of the restaurant, the politician and the angry voter began to brawl, with food and tables going flying. Continue reading... |
| Chinese virtuoso Lang Lang to set up ‘piano labs’ in UK schools Posted: 18 Apr 2022 03:32 AM PDT Exclusive: Plan follows schemes in US and China that have given 180,000 disadvantaged children access to keyboards He is a Chinese superstar, a piano virtuoso who has sold millions of albums worldwide and regularly topped the classical charts. Lang Lang has also used his fame and fortune to help state schools that lack music, sounding warnings at a 2019 awards ceremony in London that such lessons had become "a real challenge" for kids in the most disadvantaged communities. Now he is bringing music to British state schools in an ambitious project that will set up state-of-the-art "piano labs" across the nation. Each lab will have 20 to 30 keyboards. Continue reading... |
| MPs’ safety fears remain six months after David Amess murder Posted: 18 Apr 2022 02:36 AM PDT MPs say security situation remains precarious, with safety kit requested a year ago yet to be installed MPs still have significant concerns about their safety six months on from the murder of David Amess, with many warning there is a "backlog" of issues waiting to be resolved that have left their homes and offices unsecure. Despite the parliamentary authorities' vow in October to keep MPs "as safe as possible", many of those who spoke to the Guardian said the situation had only got worse. Continue reading... |
| Priti Patel: Rwanda plan critics ‘fail to offer their own solutions’ Posted: 18 Apr 2022 01:53 AM PDT Home secretary attacks critics of plan to give to unauthorised asylum seekers one-way tickets to African country Priti Patel has defended plans to send unauthorised asylum seekers on a one-way ticket to Rwanda, saying critics of the scheme have failed to offer any alternative solution to the migration crisis. The proposal, announced last week, has been widely condemned as inhumane, illegal, unworkable and prohibitively expensive. Critics have included Tory MPs and peers, the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) and the archbishop of Canterbury, who said, in his Easter Sunday sermon, that the scheme "does not stand the judgment of God". Continue reading... |
| Lone child refugees suffering neglect in UK hotels, charities say Posted: 18 Apr 2022 01:21 AM PDT Charities highlight plight of hundreds of asylum-seeking children placed in hotels by Home Office Hundreds of unaccompanied children who have arrived in the UK on small boats in the last few months are suffering from hunger and neglect in hotels, charities have said. Charity workers have catalogued a list of concerns about the welfare of lone asylum-seeking children in hotels, with some being forced to shave their heads after scabies outbreaks and to wear prison-style grey tracksuits. Inadequate food that is not nourishing, leaving some children to go hungry. Inadequate clothing, including prison-style plain grey tracksuits or insufficient changes of clothes. Scabies outbreaks where children have shaved each other's heads to try to rid themselves of the infection. Continue reading... |
| Bigger classes? Yes, but pupils have got bigger too, say UK teachers Posted: 17 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT Union delegates say walking into class is like entering the land of the giants Schools are cramped not just because of bigger class sizes but because pupils themselves have got bigger, according to teachers who say they feel as if they've "entered the land of the giants" when they walk into class. Children are "crammed" into chairs and desks that are too small, and have to put their feet in the aisles, delegates at the annual conference of the NASUWT teachers' union were told on Sunday during a debate on class sizes. Continue reading... |
| More than 11,000 decide to join NHS after being part of Covid jab team Posted: 17 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT Thousands of people start career in health service after participating in UK's vaccination programme More than 11,000 people who volunteered or worked with the UK Covid vaccination programme have decided to take up jobs within the NHS, health officials have revealed. As the Covid pandemic struck, researchers began work on vaccines to tackle the disease, with the first vaccination after emergency use authorisation given in the UK in December 2020. Continue reading... |
| Florida rejects 54 math textbooks over ‘prohibited topics’ including critical race theory Posted: 17 Apr 2022 01:30 PM PDT Move follows a series of hardline measures by Republicans in the state to alter teaching in schools as governor welcomes news Florida's education department has rejected 54 mathematics textbooks from next year's school curriculum, citing alleged references to critical race theory among a range of reasoning for some of the rejections, officials announced. The department said in a news release Friday that some of the books had been rejected for failure to comply with the state's content standards, Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking [Best], but that 21% of the books were disallowed "because they incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT". Continue reading... |
| US rocked by three separate mass shootings over Easter weekend Posted: 17 Apr 2022 12:55 PM PDT Two teenage boys killed in Pittsburgh in one of at least three shootings over the weekend, including two in South Carolina Two teenage boys were killed and eight other people were wounded after gunfire erupted at a party in a short-term rental home in Pittsburgh early Sunday, one of at least three mass shootings across the US on Easter weekend. The other two shootings – both in South Carolina – left a total of 18 people with bullet wounds, once again reigniting calls among advocates for meaningful gun control legislation. Continue reading... |
| Next and group of investment firms buy JoJo Maman Bébé Posted: 17 Apr 2022 10:26 AM PDT Baby clothing and maternity wear retailer grew from kitchen table startup The baby clothing and maternity wear retailer JoJo Maman Bébé – whose high-profile customers include the Duchess of Cambridge – has been snapped up by the high street company Next and a group of investment firms. Laura Tenison, who started the business in 1993 from her flatshare kitchen table and turned it into one of the UK's leading mother and baby retailers, said the new owners had "exciting plans to expand and grow the brand much faster than we ever could, giving us the opportunity to open in new markets". Continue reading... |
| Mayor calls for more psychiatric services after Brooklyn subway shooting Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:40 AM PDT Frank James, who allegedly shot 10 people on a subway train, openly talked about struggling with mental illness Days after a man who openly talked about struggling with mental illness allegedly shot up a subway train in Brooklyn, the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, called for his state to continue prioritizing an increase in the number of available psychiatric hospital beds. Adams on Sunday said he understood the medical community's shifting its focus to fighting the deadly coronavirus during the last two years, but at this point in the pandemic, it needed to pivot to addressing shortages in psychiatric services. Continue reading... |
| Female fighters to make boxing history at Madison Square Garden Posted: 17 Apr 2022 09:01 AM PDT Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano face off in April at legendary New York venue where Ali fought Frazier At the end of April, boxing history will be made. For the first time, two female fighters, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, will face off at New York's legendary venue Madison Square Garden, in a fight that is predicted to supercharge the sport's rapid rise in popularity. For two women to go 10 rounds at the same venue where Muhammad Ali fought Joe Frazier – twice – and Rocky Marciano knocked out an ageing Joe Louis shows the remarkable, rapid progress that has taken place in the past two decades. Continue reading... |
| Soaring food prices push more Cargill family members on to world’s richest 500 list Posted: 17 Apr 2022 07:07 AM PDT Fortunes of siblings James Cargill, Austen Cargill and Marianne Liebmann up a fifth this year A "giant leap" in global food prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has helped three members of the super-rich Cargill family, who majority-own one of the world's largest food companies, join the ranks of the world's 500 richest people. Siblings James Cargill, Austen Cargill and Marianne Liebmann – all great-grandchildren of William Wallace Cargill, who founded the Cargill company in 1865 – this week joined the Bloomberg Billionaires list of the richest 500 people alive. Each of them has an estimated $5.4bn (£4.1bn) fortune – up a fifth so far this year. Continue reading... |
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