England’s chief medical officer says most 12-15 year olds in country could catch Covid; draft suggests Germany rules would come into force in October‘It’s scary’: record Covid absences cause concern in England’s schoolsArdern gambles as New Zealand Cov…
UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteur
Michael Fakhri says Thursday’s meeting will not be promised ‘people’s summit’ on tackling world’s nutrition crisisThe UN global food summit is “elitist and regressive” and has failed in its goal of being a “people’s summit”, according to the special ra…
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Melbourne police break up anti-lockdown protest with non-lethal rounds and teargas
Third day of demonstrations ends in a standoff between officers and protesters at the city’s war memorialGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingPolice in Melbourne have again fired non-lethal rounds and teargas at anti-Covid lockdown prot…
Big pharma fuelling human rights crisis over Covid vaccine inequity – Amnesty
Six companies warned not to put profit before lives as report shows less than 1% of almost 6bn doses have gone to low-income countriesAmnesty International has accused six pharmaceutical companies that have developed Covid-19 vaccines of fuelling a glo…
Brazil’s health minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless Johnson
Marcelo Queiroga sat close to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss at New York meetingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Brazilian health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, has tested positive for Covid and gone into isolation, 24 hours af…
Fraud in UK at level where it ‘poses national security threat’
UK Finance says £754m stolen from bank customers in first half of 2021 as scammers capitalised on CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFraud in the UK has risen to a level where it poses a “national security threat”, accordi…
Riot police end standoff at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance on third day of protests
More than 200 arrested as Daniel Andrews condemns ‘ugly scenes’ and describes actions of protesters as ‘insult to the vast majority of tradies’Follow our live blog for the latest updates on Covid and protestsPolice have shut down an almost three-hour s…
UK to send 1m Pfizer vaccine doses to South Korea in swap deal
Doses will help South Korea boost full vaccination rates, and UK will get same number back later in yearCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being sent from the UK to South …
It’s shocking to see so many leftwingers lured to the far right by conspiracy theories | George Monbiot
It’s not just anti-vaxxers. The themes of resisting power and regaining control of our lives have been cynically repurposedIt’s an uncomfortable thing to admit, but in the countercultural movements where my sympathies lie, people are dropping like flie…