Senators await text of $1tn package, key to Biden agendaRepublicans have joined Democrats in procedural votesUS senators were expected to move forward on Sunday on a $1tn package for roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, with text of a bill due t…
Fauci backs new masks guidance as Florida reports highest one-day Covid case total
State is national epicenter as 21,683 cases reportedHospitalisations record also falls amid mask mandate banAmerica mulls vaccine mandates – will they work?Florida’s ban on mask mandates came under increasing scrutiny from public health officials on Su…
Home Office challenged over ‘sped-up’ removal of Vietnamese nationals
Signs that detainees were victims of trafficking are being overlooked, say campaignersLawyers are challenging the Home Office policy of deporting people to Vietnam who could be victims of trafficking after the UK sent a second charter flight to the cou…
Coronavirus live news: thousands protest against German Covid measures; Fauci rules out new US lockdowns
Latest updates: UK reports 65 further deaths; US chief medical adviser says US won’t return to lockdowns despite rising Delta threatNHS in England urged to redistribute near-expiry vaccines as take-up slows among youngUber and Deliveroo discounts to lu…
Bad genes, not rock’n’roll excess, killed Elvis Presley, claims biographer
A new book by Sally Hoedel argues that the singer was a sick man supporting his family and friendsElvis Presley, who died 44 years ago this month, was not a drug abuser in the typical rock’n’roll lifestyle sense, a new book claims, but he was medicatin…
US launches emergency airlift to rescue Afghan allies at risk of Taliban’s revenge
Evacuation flights start before visas are issued as insurgents make sweeping gains in provincesAmerica has launched emergency airlifts for Afghans who worked with its armed forces and diplomats, evacuating hundreds who are still waiting for their visas…
Anger as Poland plans law that will stop Jews reclaiming wartime homes
Daughter of Holocaust survivor pledges to continue her fight for family property seized by Nazi occupiersA few years ago, Shoshana Greenberg stood outside a building in Lodz, Poland, once owned by her family, with an old photograph in her hands and tea…
Adapt or die. That is the stark challenge to living in the new world we have made | David Wallace-Wells
We need to decarbonise and fast. But ‘adaptation’, the ways in which we protect people from the crisis, is not a dirty wordIt won’t be enough. It can’t be. From here, even an astonishing pace of decarbonisation will still deliver us a warmer world than…
We failed so badly in Afghanistan. But to throw in the towel now would be an act of betrayal | Dan Jarvis
I lost my comrade Kevin in battle. His sacrifice must not have been in vainWas it worth it? That is what many of us who served in Afghanistan are quietly asking as we watch with bewilderment and horror at what is unfolding.Four hundred and fifty-seven …
Is Covid-19 on the run in the UK?
A fall in case numbers last month raised hopes that Britain may be reaching herd immunity, but experts warn against complacency, given uncertainty about new variants and autumn’s return to schoolCoronavirus – latest updatesUK can expect thousands of Co…