US Postal Service: House agrees election cash boost
US Postal Service: House agrees election cash boost
Democrats fear cost-cutting measures will hamper mail-in voting - a key issue in November's election.
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Coronavirus pandemic: Children aged 12 and over should wear masks – WHO
Coronavirus pandemic: Children aged 12 and over should wear masks - WHO
The UN health body says there is some evidence teenagers can infect others in the same way as adults.
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New coronavirus restrictions imposed in North West England- BBC News
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Tighter lockdown restrictions are being introduced for more people living in parts of the North West of England to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. From midnight on Saturday, residents in Oldham and parts of Blackburn and the Pendle district in Lancashire won't be able to socialise with anyone outside their own household. They have been told to avoid all but essential journeys on public transport and gatherings such as weddings and funerals are being limited to twenty people. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten’s report by health correspondent Dominic Hughes.
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Could “challenge trials” speed coronavirus vaccine development? – BBC News
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Scientists have warned it could be many months, before we know if any of the coronavirus vaccines currently undergoing trials are effective. One way to speed up the process, would be if so-called 'challenge trials' are allowed, where volunteers are given the vaccine and then deliberately infected with coronavirus, to see if they're protected. But some experts aren’t convinced such trials are safe or necessary. Our Medical Editor Fergus Walsh reports.
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Tenants urgently need greater legal protection, warn campaigners
Tenants urgently need greater legal protection, warn campaigners
Fears that Covid eviction ban, though welcome, is allowing rent arrears in England and Wales to snowballAn extended ban on evictions will fail to prevent a damaging increase in homelessness without urgent emergency measures to protect renters, according to a coalition of church leaders, councils and charities.Renters in England and Wales were given a reprieve last week when the ban, initially due to come to an end this weekend, was extended for a month. However, there are already warnings that the ban is masking a snowballing problem of rent arrears among those hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading...
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Harry Maguire set to fly back from Greece after assault charge
Harry Maguire set to fly back from Greece after assault charge
Man Utd footballer charged with attacking police officer on Mykonos after late-night brawlHarry Maguire was set to fly back to England on Saturday night, cutting short a holiday on the Greek island of Mykonos that ended with the Manchester United and England defender accused of attacking a police officer after a late-night brawl.Maguire was released on Saturday morning after spending two nights in police cells, but will be tried in a Greek court on Tuesday on two charges of “serial bodily harm” and “serial insult”. After the hearing, Maguire was asked by reporters outside the courthouse if he was still at liberty. “Right now, yes,” the 27-year-old’s lawyer said, according to Sky News...
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up
Mnuchin Paved Way for Postal Service Shake-Up
At President Trump’s behest, the Treasury Secretary sought out appointees who would restructure the United States Postal Service.
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Coronavirus live news: Croatia criticises UK quarantine decision as Russia reports 4,921 new cases
Coronavirus live news: Croatia criticises UK quarantine decision as Russia reports 4,921 new cases
South Korea records most cases since March; New Zealand records six new cases; WHO hopes pandemic will finish in less than two years. Follow latest updatesDozens of schools report infections in BerlinHorror at neglect of woman from Melbourne care homePNG bans Chinese workers ‘given experimental vaccine’Tour de France: teams to be expelled if two test positive See all our coronavirus coverage 12.25pm BST The French government has delayed by a week the implementation of a €100bn coronavirus recovery package, AFP reports. Businesses had eagerly awaited details of the new shot in the arm for the eurozone’s second-largest economy, trailed for 25 August, and government spo...
Alexei Navalny arrives in Germany for suspected poisoning treatment
Alexei Navalny arrives in Germany for suspected poisoning treatment
Russian opposition leader flown to Berlin after doctors allow discharge from Siberian hospitalAn air ambulance carrying the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has landed at Berlin’s Tegel airport, according to flight tracking data.German doctors had flown to the Siberian city of Omsk on Friday to evacuate Navalny, a long-time opponent of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at the request of his wife and allies so he could receive treatment for a suspected poisoning that has left him in a coma for 36 hours. Continue reading...
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Harry Maguire walks free – for now – after Syros court appearance
Harry Maguire walks free – for now – after Syros court appearance
Manchester United defender’s trial for alleged assault on Mykonos postponed till TuesdayHarry Maguire has walked free after a court appearance in Syros following the Manchester United and England defender’s arrest for involvement in an alleged altercation on Mykonos.The Greek daily newspaper Proto Thema said while the centre back was allowed to walk free – and return to the UK if he wanted – his trial had been postponed until Tuesday and will take place before a three-member panel of judges in Syros’s criminal court. Continue reading...
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California wildfires: states send help as wine country and Bay Area burn
California wildfires: states send help as wine country and Bay Area burn
Area bigger than Rhode Island burns as resources stretchedFarmworkers pick pay over health despite smoke-filled airFirefighters and aircraft from 10 states began arriving in California on Friday to help weary crews battling some of the largest blazes in state history, as weekend weather threatened to renew the advance of flames that have killed six and incinerated hundreds of homes. Related: California's wildfires explained: how did they start – and is this normal? Continue reading...
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Belarus protests: Minsk still in revolt after week of fear, pride and hope
Belarus protests: Minsk still in revolt after week of fear, pride and hope
Protesters remain defiant but there is a sense of foreboding as embattled Lukashenko digs in“During this week, we have lived many lives,” Maria Kolesnikova, one of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition, said in a video address to supporters on Friday. “For a week, Belarusians have been on an emotional seesaw: pain, fear, rising spirits, apathy, pride, helplessness, hope and happiness.”Life in Belarus has indeed been an emotionally exhausting experience in recent days, as rapid swings in momentum seemingly change the atmosphere overnight. Peaks of adrenaline, when the 26-year regime of Alexander Lukashenko seems to be tottering on the edge of the precipice, quickly give way to troughs of...
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic arrives in Germany for medical treatment
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic arrives in Germany for medical treatment
The Russian opposition activist fell ill in Siberia, with his supporters saying he was poisoned.
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A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988
A Glimmer of Hope for Trump? How Bush Mounted a Comeback in 1988
For Biden, a cautionary tale. For Trump, a search for his own Willie Horton.
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Joe Biden and the ‘Convention Bounce’
Joe Biden and the 'Convention Bounce'
After the Democratic primary campaign came to an abrupt halt in late March as the coronavirus swept through the nation, the Democrats and Republicans have looked to the conventions as their candidates’ biggest stage.
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Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head
Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years - WHO head
WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we have the technology to stop it".
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Live Updates of the California Wildfires
Live Updates of the California Wildfires
Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged that California was “putting everything we have” on the wildfires ravaging the state, while acknowledging that even that was not enough to blunt their spread.
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Hundreds of Trees Burned at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Hundreds of Trees Burned at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Some of the ancient, towering conifers in Big Basin Redwoods State Park are a casualty of the fires that have wracked the state.
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California Wildfires Explained: Why Does The State Have So Many?
California Wildfires Explained: Why Does The State Have So Many?
There are four key ingredients to the disastrous wildfire seasons in the West, and climate change figures prominently.
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Gov. Cuomo admits he’s not sure he’d send his own kids back to school | New York Post
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had his “fingers crossed” that Big Apple schools are ready to open safely — but admitted he is not sure he’d send his own kids to one in the city.
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Back Ofqual or I quit, chair of regulator told Gavin Williamson
Back Ofqual or I quit, chair of regulator told Gavin Williamson
Exclusive: Roger Taylor demanded education secretary admit Ofqual was behind exams U-turnThe chair of Ofqual threatened to quit this week unless Gavin Williamson publicly backed the exams regulator and admitted it was behind the U-turn that salvaged millions of student grades, the Guardian has learned.Roger Taylor’s ultimatum came after the education secretary tried to lay the blame for the exams fiasco at the door of Ofqual following a humiliating climbdown that scrapped A-levels and GCSEs awarded by algorithm. Continue reading...
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Outsourcing firms miss 46% of Covid contacts in England’s worst-hit areas
Outsourcing firms miss 46% of Covid contacts in England's worst-hit areas
Serco and Sitel paid £200m to test and trace, but reach just over half of infected people’s contacts in some regionsContact tracer: ‘I haven’t made a call in 12 weeks’ Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOutsourcing companies running the government’s flagship test-and-trace system have failed to reach nearly half of potentially exposed people in areas with the highest Covid infection rates in England, official figures show.In the country’s 20 worst-hit areas, Serco and Sitel – paid £200m between them – reached only 54% of people who had been in close proximity to an infected person, meaning more than 21,000 exposed people wer...
UK’s cheap food could fuel Covid-19 spread, says WHO envoy
UK's cheap food could fuel Covid-19 spread, says WHO envoy
Exclusive: Cramped work and home conditions may be behind infections in factories, says expertCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritain’s demand for cheap food could be fuelling the spread of the coronavirus in factories, a leading health expert has warned, as analysis shows nearly 1,500 cases across the UK.Cramped conditions in some factories and in low-paid workers’ homes, spurred by the UK’s desire for cheaply produced food, may have driven infection rates in the sector, according to David Nabarro, a World Health Organization special envoy on Covid-19. Continue reading...
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Alexei Navalny’s wife asks Putin to let him be treated in Germany
Alexei Navalny's wife asks Putin to let him be treated in Germany
Letter appeals to Russian leader after doctors refuse to allow Kremlin critic to leave countryThe wife of the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has appealed directly to Vladimir Putin to allow her husband to be evacuated to a clinic in Germany to receive treatment for a suspected poisoning.Doctors treating Navalny in the Siberian city of Omsk have refused to release him for evacuation to a clinic abroad, sparking a standoff with his family and aides who say his life is in danger in Russia. Continue reading...
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Alexei Navalny: Russian doctors agree to let Putin critic go to Germany
Alexei Navalny: Russian doctors agree to let Putin critic go to Germany
They had earlier said the Kremlin critic, in a coma in Omsk, was too ill to be moved.
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US postmaster general: ‘Mail-in votes will be delivered on time’
US postmaster general: 'Mail-in votes will be delivered on time'
The US postmaster general denies recent mail-slowing changes were made to influence the election.
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Belarus protests: Tikhanovskaya vows to stand till the end
Belarus protests: Tikhanovskaya vows to stand till the end
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya tells the BBC if Belarusians step back from protests, they will be slaves.
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Paris Saint-Germain shirts to be banned in Marseille for Champions League final
Paris Saint-Germain shirts to be banned in Marseille for Champions League final
Marseille are PSG's fierce rivals and disturbances are feared for the Champions League final.
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Senegal seeks to move huge ammonium nitrate stock from Dakar port
Senegal seeks to move huge ammonium nitrate stock from Dakar port
The Dakar stockpile is almost as big as that which exploded in Beirut, causing massive destruction.
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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results
Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results
The world’s biggest social network is working out what steps to take should President Trump use its platform to dispute the vote.
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