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President wears face covering during visit to military hospital as cases of coronavirus surge across the United StatesDonald Trump wore a mask in public for the first time during a visit to a military hospital a short helicopter ride from the White House on Saturday evening. The president’s decision to wear a mask came as cases of coronavirus surged to recor […]

Coronavirus report: India reports record spike as cases double in South Africa

Indian cases pass 800,000; Johannesburg struggles to find vital equipment; Texas warns ‘worst is yet to come’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia reported a record spike in coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the national total to more than 800,000 and pushing several states to bring back lockdowns, despite the punitive economi […]

Global ‘catastrophe’ looms as Covid-19 fuels inequality

Job losses, homelessness, school closures and acute hunger set to rise dramatically without urgent support, Christian Aid warnsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe pandemic has exposed and reinforced deep inequalities across the world, with the true extent yet to be seen, according to a major new report.The crisis in the poorest co […]

Trump's commutation of ally Roger Stone's sentence sparks outrage

Mitt Romney calls move ‘unprecedented, historic corruption’Analyst: ‘It’s a disgraceful, dark day for American democracy’Outrage is growing among opponents of Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his longtime friend and notorious Republican fixer Roger Stone. Special counsel Robert Mueller weighed in on Saturday night, declaring that “Ro […]

Robert Mueller breaks his silence and condemns Trump for commuting Roger Stone's sentence

US special counsel defends his investigation into allegations of corruption during 2016 electionThe former special counsel Robert Mueller made a rare move on Saturday to publicly defend his two-year investigation into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election – and to castigate US president Donald Trump’s decision to […]

Coronavirus live news: Australia vaccine human trials to start, Trump wears mask in public

‘Molecular clamp’ jab from University of Queensland ‘ticked all the boxes’ in animal tests; Florida reopens Walt Disney World despite infection surge 4.35am BST The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 248 to 198,804, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.The reported Covid-19 death toll r […]

Bushfire-hit NSW south coast to bear brunt of stormy weather

Heavy rainfall is forecast to fall on areas burnt out last summer, as well as along much of the state’s coastlineOne of the New South Wales communities badly affected by bushfires last summer is expected to cop the brunt of an intense weather event this week.Heavy rainfall, strong winds and dangerous surf are forecast for large parts of NSW in coming days. C […]

UN restarts Syria cross-border aid but with only one access point

Millions in Idlib region can receive humanitarian assistance but only after Russia insists on closing one of two crossingsThe UN security council passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria on Saturday after caving to Russian pressure to close one of two access points into the war-torn country.After a week of division and seven ball […]

Survivors mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

Far fewer people than usual attend commemoration events in Bosnia, due to coronavirus Bosnia has marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the only declared genocide in Europe since the second world war, with a small number of survivors in attendance, due to the coronavirus pandemic.The execution in July 1995 of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim m […]

Ubisoft sexual harassment probe claims three more executives

Chief executive slams ‘toxic behaviours’ as unacceptable after employees denounce predatory conduct, leading to resignationsThe second most powerful executive at French gaming company Ubisoft is among more senior staff to have left the firm as it pursues an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations.Last month the company, one of the world’s l […]

British student who fled to join Isis dies while in jail in Syria

Ishak Mostefaoui, formerly at the University of Westminster, died either trying to escape custody or amid disorder in the prisonA British student who ran away to join the Islamic State group in Syria has died while being held in prison in the country, according to reports.Ishak Mostefaoui, 27, who travelled to Syria in 2014 and had his British citizenship re […]

Turkey's 'last Armenian village' displays heritage that survived genocide

More than century on, descendants of survivors who returned home open a museum to celebrate and preserve their cultureVakifli, a village in Hatay, the small wedge of Turkey sandwiched between the Mediterranean and the border with Syria, has the melancholy honour of being known as the country’s “last Armenian village”.These days, it is home to just 100 people […]

Jealous Johnny Depp ‘tried to stop Amber Heard sex scenes’, court told

Actor denies his behaviour was controlling as he sues paper for abuse allegationsDetails of sex scenes Amber Heard was to play on screen were kept from her husband, Johnny Depp, court documents have revealed. The Pirates of the Caribbean star, who admits to having jealous feelings, told the judge hearing his London libel case against the Sun that he “was unc […]

Liverpool gangs 'dominate' gun and drugs trade outside London

National Crime Agency uses encrypted chat to uncover gun factories in north-westOrganised criminal gangs from Liverpool have risen to the summit of the UK underworld and “dominate” the firearms and drugs-trade outside London, the latest intelligence from senior officers at the National Crime Agency (NCA) reveals.Analysis of encrypted messages from a communic […]

Witness K and the Australian spying operation that continues to betray Timor-Leste

Charges against Bernard Collaery and his retired Asis agent client confirm the government has few regrets about an exploitative exercise against a friendly neighbourIn the first week of January 2019, a private jet landed at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. The former Victorian premier Steve Bracks emerged i […]

Migrants rescued after boat capsizes in Channel

Group with severe hypothermia among several taken back to France on Saturday Migrants rescued after their boat capsized were among several groups to have tried to cross the Channel on Saturday.The four individuals were spotted by a passing passenger ferry and picked up by the French navy. They were found to have severe hypothermia and taken to the French por […]

'You think that's racist?': the generational tension in Melbourne's high-rise migrant families

There is a schism between older African migrants – who think Australia is ‘the greatest country in the world’ – and those who came here young or grew up hereThis is the fourth in a six-part series on life inside Melbourne’s high-rise public housing. Read the third part here.Nor Shanino would get into big debates with his father, Idris, an Eritrean refugee, a […]

Trump claims US would be 'inundated' with Covid-19 were it not for border wall

President made remark hours after his Mexican counterpart thanked him for not bringing subject up in publicDonald Trump has claimed that the US would be “inundated” with coronavirus, were it not for new sections of the border wall – mere hours after his Mexican counterpart thanked him for avoiding the thorny subject during a summit meeting this week. Related […]

Minister says Hong Kong citizens in Australia could be sent back if they fail visa tests

Acting immigration minister says anyone who is a bad character or security concern would be returnedAlan Tudge has refused to guarantee that people from Hong Kong who fear persecution will not be sent back, explaining Australia decided to offer visa extensions and not safe haven visas in order to attract “serious talent”.The acting immigration minister made […]

Victoria records 273 new Covid-19 cases and flags return to remote schooling in lockdown areas

Daniel Andrews warns the next six weeks will not be an ‘ordinary winter’ as a man in his 70s dies of coronavirusThe Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews has warned residents to prepare for an extraordinary six winter weeks after the state announced another 273 coronavirus cases on Sunday.Andrews said schools in lockdown areas would remain closed to most student […]

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