Iowa caucus: ‘I’m the winner’ says Trump amid Democrat chaos
Iowa caucus: 'I'm the winner' says Trump amid Democrat chaos
Reporting delays in the Democratic Iowa caucus prove they cannot lead, says Team Trump.
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Coronavirus outbreak not yet pandemic, World Health Organization says
Coronavirus outbreak not yet pandemic, World Health Organization says
The assessment comes despite the deadly virus spreading from China to more than two dozen nations.
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Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane faces charge of murdering rival
Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane faces charge of murdering rival
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho is to be charged with murdering her husband's previous wife.
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Mila: ‘No regrets’ for French teen targeted for criticising Islam
Mila: 'No regrets' for French teen targeted for criticising Islam
Mila posted a video criticising Islam. Death threats followed and she has not gone back to school.
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Climate change: Australian TV audience boos sceptical senator
Climate change: Australian TV audience boos sceptical senator
Jim Molan was laughed at while on a live TV show, in an incident that has got Australia talking.
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Iowa Caucus Results: Live Updates and Coverage
Iowa Caucus Results: Live Updates and Coverage
The Democratic presidential candidates sought to turn the chaos to their own advantage as they focused their attention on the New Hampshire primary.
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Democratic race starts disastrously as ‘inconsistencies’ delay Iowa results
Democratic race starts disastrously as 'inconsistencies' delay Iowa results
Hours after voting began there were no results as the state’s Democratic party said it was ‘simply a reporting issue’Iowa caucuses latest newsIowa caucuses resultsHow do the caucuses work? The Guardian’s guideThe Democratic presidential primary contest has got off to a disastrous start after results from the highly anticipated Iowa Democratic caucuses were dramatically delayed due to “inconsistencies” in the reporting of the data.The state’s Democratic party said it was performing “quality control” on the numbers “out of an abundance of caution”, after reports on Monday of problems with a phone app used to relay vote tallies. Continue reading......
Voters should not trust Boris Johnson to keep promises, says former Tory minister sacked from COP 26 role – live news
Voters should not trust Boris Johnson to keep promises, says former Tory minister sacked from COP 26 role - live news
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenPM ‘doesn’t get climate crisis’No 10 reporter ban: civil service chief must investigate, says Starmer 11.41am GMTDominic Cummings, the PM’s chief adviser, was photographed carrying a book called Chinese Spies this morning as he arrived at Downing Street. It’s by the journalist Roger Faligot, and it says China has the largest intelligence service in the world, although the Times’s review (paywall) says Faligot’s account left him wondering “if there is such a thing as an overdevious secret service. In their constant quest to discover the imagined layer...
Coronavirus: Hong Kong reports first death as China’s leadership admits ‘shortcomings’
Coronavirus: Hong Kong reports first death as China's leadership admits ‘shortcomings’
Carrie Lam says measures would be taken ‘to reduce movement across the border’ as death toll growsCoronavirus - live updatesHong Kong has reported its first death from coronavirus, as the toll in China passed 420 and its leadership admitted “shortcomings” in its handling of the outbreak.A 39-year-old man with an underlying health condition died on Tuesday morning, according to the public broadcaster RTHK. Continue reading...
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Terror offenders should be jailed indefinitely if necessary, says Gove
Terror offenders should be jailed indefinitely if necessary, says Gove
After Streatham attack, experts warn against applying emergency law to current prisonersMichael Gove has said some terrorism offenders should be jailed indefinitely “if necessary” as the government was warned that it faces legal challenges to emergency legislation proposed in the wake of the Streatham attack.The senior cabinet minister said “Islamist extremist terrorists” were in a different category to other offenders and must not be released until the Parole Board had deemed them safe to be on the UK’s streets. Continue reading...
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Cambridge sociologist’s visa fight ‘sends shockwaves’ through universities
Cambridge sociologist’s visa fight ‘sends shockwaves’ through universities
Academics say case of Dr Asiya Islam, turned down after 10 years in UK, gives the lie to assurances Britain is open to expertsThe UK is “open to global talent”, the government declared last week, with a new visa designed to woo the best overseas researchers. But angry academics say their protests about the Home Office’s “shocking” refusal to grant residency to Dr Asiya Islam, an “unequivocally superb” Indian sociologist at Cambridge University, have fallen on deaf ears.Senior academics warn that unless the government reins in its aggressive application of immigration rules, talented international researchers will not want to come to the UK. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus live updates: first Hong Kong death reported as China cases pass 20,000 – latest news
Coronavirus live updates: first Hong Kong death reported as China cases pass 20,000 – latest news
Thirty-nine year old man in Hong Kong believed to have had underlying condition. Death is only second outside mainland China – latest updatesChina’s leadership admits ‘shortcomings’ in coronavirus responseCoronavirus: British evacuee falls ill during flight from ChinaHow to protect yourself Hundreds of Canadians await evacuation flight from Wuhan 5.41am GMTThe Chinese women’s football team have been forced to train in hotel corridors ahead of their Olympic qualifying opener in Sydney on Friday. The team has been in isolation at a Brisbane CBD hotel since their arrival in Australia last week due to strict protocols in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Rela...
Iowa caucus results delayed by ‘inconsistencies’
Iowa caucus results delayed by 'inconsistencies'
Party officials stress the unprecedented holdup is a "reporting issue" and not a "hack".
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2020 Iowa Caucus Live Updates: Delayed Results Lead to Confusion
2020 Iowa Caucus Live Updates: Delayed Results Lead to Confusion
Seven Democratic candidates made a competitive push in Iowa. The Times is providing up-to-date results and live political analysis.
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Waiting Years for This Night, Then Hours for an Iowa Winner
Waiting Years for This Night, Then Hours for an Iowa Winner
How a day that was supposed to bring clarity to the 2020 race turned into a cliffhanger caucus.
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Amy Klobuchar’s Caucus-Day in Iowa Visit Pays Off
Amy Klobuchar’s Caucus-Day in Iowa Visit Pays Off
While the final results of the Iowa caucuses were unclear, there was no shortage of drama inside the Johnston Middle School gymnasium.
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Iowa’s Republicans Unite for Trump (Romney Holdouts Aside)
Iowa’s Republicans Unite for Trump (Romney Holdouts Aside)
In the state’s noncompetitive Republican primary, President Trump’s true believers dominated school gyms, churches and other caucus sites.
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Beijing Sees ‘Major Test’ as Doors to China Close and Coronavirus Deaths Surpass SARS
Beijing Sees ‘Major Test’ as Doors to China Close and Coronavirus Deaths Surpass SARS
The number of dead is likely to grow as the tally of confirmed infections surges by more than 2,000 every day. “There’s no sign that it’s getting better,” said a health expert.
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Coronavirus: China admits ‘shortcomings and deficiencies’
Coronavirus: China admits 'shortcomings and deficiencies'
The top leadership says emergency management must improve as the outbreak claims 360 lives.
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Coronavirus: Disabled boy dies in China after father quarantined
Coronavirus: Disabled boy dies in China after father quarantined
Yan Cheng, 16, was found dead a week after his father was quarantined for suspected coronavirus.
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HIV vaccine hopes dashed by trial results
HIV vaccine hopes dashed by trial results
Experts share "deep disappointment" an experimental jab does not offer protection against HIV.
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Kenya school stampede: At least 14 pupils killed in Kakamega
Kenya school stampede: At least 14 pupils killed in Kakamega
The cause of the stampede at Kakamega Primary School in western Kenya is not yet clear.
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Lesbos: Tear gas fired as migrants hold protest over conditions
Lesbos: Tear gas fired as migrants hold protest over conditions
Greek police attempted to break up angry protests over conditions for migrants on the Greek island.
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No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister
Emergency legislation will retrospectively toughen terms of sentences being served by 220 terrorist offendersStreatham attack latest - live updatesThe government is to introduce emergency legislation to retrospectively toughen the terms of the prison sentences currently being served by 220 terrorist offenders to prevent their automatic release, the justice secretary has announced.In a move likely to face legal challenge, Robert Buckland said that all terrorist prisoners, including those currently in prison, will not be released before their full sentence has been served without an expert risk assessment from the Parole Board. Continue reading...
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Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after reporter ban
Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after reporter ban
Journalists in Downing Street walk out after Johnson aide tries to exclude some reportersFollow the latest political news - livePolitical journalists have boycotted a briefing at No 10 Downing Street after one of Boris Johnson’s aides banned selected reporters from attending.The walkout took place after a confrontation inside No 10 in which Lee Cain, Johnson’s most senior communications adviser, tried to exclude reporters from the Mirror, i, HuffPost, PoliticsHome, Independent and others. Continue reading...
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Pound falls as Boris Johnson takes tough line on EU trade deal
Pound falls as Boris Johnson takes tough line on EU trade deal
Post-Brexit stance by Brussels is threat of tariffs on UK goods unless rules are complied withThe pound fell on Monday after Boris Johnson warned that Britain would not accept alignment with EU rules in any Brexit trade deal, while Brussels threatened to put tariffs on UK goods unless he complies.Sterling sold off sharply after the prime minister and the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier outlined tough opening positions for post-Brexit trade talks, dipping by more than two cents against the dollar and about a cent against the euro. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus: death toll passes Sars virus as dozens more die in Wuhan
Coronavirus: death toll passes Sars virus as dozens more die in Wuhan
Wuhan hospitals need more staff and supplies as residents describe increasingly desperate conditionsDozens more people have died in the city at the centre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, where hospitals are severely undersupplied and understaffed and residents have described increasingly desperate conditions.Chinese state media reported 57 new deaths on Monday, all but one in Wuhan, the capital of the central province of Hubei which has been under lockdown for almost two weeks as authorities try to contain the outbreak. Continue reading...
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Second monarch butterfly sanctuary worker found dead in Mexico
Second monarch butterfly sanctuary worker found dead in Mexico
Body of part-time tour guide Raúl Hernández found days after that of reserve manager Homero Gómez González in MichoacánA second worker at Mexico’s famed monarch butterfly sanctuary has been found murdered, sparking concerns that the defenders of one of Mexico’s most emblematic species are being slain with impunity.The body of Raúl Hernández Romero, a part-time tour guide, was found on Saturday, showing injuries possibly inflicted by a sharp object, according to prosecutors in the western state of Michoacán. Continue reading...
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Democrats Had a 2020 Vision. This Isn’t Quite What They Expected.
Democrats Had a 2020 Vision. This Isn’t Quite What They Expected.
On the brink of actual voting, the party that preached of unity to defeat President Trump finds itself very divided.
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Iowa Caucus 2020: What to Watch For and When to Expect Results
Iowa Caucus 2020: What to Watch For and When to Expect Results
Seven Democratic candidates are mounting competitive efforts in the state. The Times will provide up-to-date results and live political analysis.
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