Getty Images G7 leaders are facing the most important decisions in human history as they seek to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has said. The naturalist will address world leaders gathered in Cornwall on Sunday as they set out plans to cut carbon emissions and restore biodiversity. Ahead of the meeting, Sir David warned
Month: June 2021
In the final days of the Trump administration, the State Department was embroiled in a bitter dispute over China’s role in the origins of COVID-19 that’s now spilling into public view. In an open letter posted on Medium on Thursday, Christopher Ford, former Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, said he intervened to prevent
Boris Johnson has said the government must “be cautious” as it decides whether to end all Covid restrictions in England on 21 June. Cases are rising as the Delta variant spreads, with details of the next step on the “roadmap” due on Monday. The prime minister told the BBC it was important any easing of
PA Media The government is considering delaying the lifting of England’s remaining Covid restrictions by up to four weeks, sources have told the BBC. The final stage of lifting lockdown, originally planned to take place no earlier than 21 June, would see all legal limits on social contact removed. It comes amid growing concern over
BuzzFeed News won a Pulitzer Prize on Friday for a series of innovative articles that used satellite images, 3D architectural models, and daring in-person interviews to expose China’s vast infrastructure for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region. The Pulitzer Prize is the highest honor in journalism, and this is the digital
The first Pride marches were held in 1970, a year after the Stonewall riots in New York City. Over the last 50 years, Pride has turned from a solemn response to police brutality and discrimination against the LGBTQ community into a celebration of what it means to be queer. Rights for the LGBTQ community in
Reuters The G7 summit has started in Cornwall, with Boris Johnson urging fellow leaders to “build back better” as the world recovers from the Covid pandemic. The UK prime minister said it was vital to learn from the “mistakes” of the 2008 financial crisis and tackle the “scar” of inequality. The leaders posed for the
There is “complete harmony” on the need to solve trade problems in Northern Ireland, Boris Johnson has said, following his first face-to-face meeting with US president Joe Biden. The two leaders met in Cornwall on the eve of the G7 summit. Mr Johnson said the US, UK and EU all wanted to protect the Good
Met Police A convicted terrorist who was shot by police following the Fishmongers’ Hall attack was lawfully killed, an inquest jury has found. Usman Khan fatally stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones during a prisoner rehabilitation conference at the London venue on 29 November 2019. He was chased from the hall on to London Bridge
US President Joe Biden has launched his first official overseas trip with a warning to Russia that it faces “robust and meaningful” consequences if it engages in “harmful activities”. Mr Biden made clear his intention to strengthen ties with US allies, following strained relations under the Trump administration. President Biden arrived in the UK on
EPA/REUTERS The UK’s Brexit minister Lord Frost has urged the EU to show “common sense” during talks over post-Brexit rules in Northern Ireland. The Tory peer will meet his EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic in London to discuss ways to reduce disruption at the Irish Sea border. Some delayed border checks are due to start next
Sgt Ben Maher Coronavirus vaccines and tests are being stepped up in areas of north-west England to try to deal with the rise in cases of the Delta variant. The whole of Greater Manchester and Lancashire will get help from the military to carry out extra tests – similar to the tactics used in Bolton.
Apple and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway have done business with a Chinese wind energy giant linked to controversial government and labor programs in Xinjiang, where the US and other countries say China is carrying out a genocide of Muslim minorities. Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, China’s largest wind turbine maker, on at least one occasion
A Met Police officer has admitted kidnapping and raping Sarah Everard. The 33-year-old vanished as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. Her body was found a week later in woodland near Ashford, Kent. Appearing at the Old Bailey via video-link, PC Wayne Couzens, of Deal, pleaded guilty both to kidnap and
Getty Images Millions of Covid vaccines could be wasted if rich countries send large amounts of leftover doses to poorer nations in one go, Unicef has warned. The charity said there needed to be a steady supply throughout the year because poor countries do not have resources to use them all at once. The UK
The first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease for nearly 20 years has been approved by regulators in the United States, paving the way for its use in the UK. Aducanumab targets the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, rather than its symptoms. At least 100,000 people in the UK with a