Follow The Guardian - World, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, Whatsapp etc.) https://follow.it/the-guardian-d-world Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:53:46 GMT FeedCreatorClass 1.0 dev (follow.it) https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2hJrTT6YGJqDJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6QzSiDGMu-sKgjyuneaTlhfvKbVvAEvMJ6r5jWD88JiCxL1N5k8Bf4hC26aomDo4auD0-AfD0TJ14UWHOOIfw-XNukTgCbIe1fTr3asNS0Em_3_XuSob8NGUAHGbctPXmQcxVJl3J9AWJ8u-b2qtH4tAKBDcC3PpKA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936709/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936709" title="Story 408936709"> <p>TikTok reportedly relocating to London as Microsoft confirms acquisition plans; HSBC profits hammered by Covid-19 and China-US tensions; gold hits new record high</p><p class="block-time published-time"><time datetime="2020-08-03T07:23:26.644Z">8.23am <span class="timezone">BST</span></time></p><p>IHS Markit, which compiles the survey, said:</p><p>Spain’s manufacturing sector returned to growth during July as businesses continued to reopen following lockdown and firms benefited from an associated upswing in demand. Orders, purchasing and production were all reported to be up, with demand higher in both domestic and international markets. However, less positive was further job losses as firms continue to operate well below capacity. Confidence about the future also remained subdued. </p><p class="block-time published-time"><time datetime="2020-08-03T07:19:56.509Z">8.19am <span class="timezone">BST</span></time></p><p>The Spain manufacturing PMI is out: it is better than expected at 53.5 in July, up from 49 in June. Economists had expected a reading of 52. The 50 mark divides contraction from expansion.</p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spain <br><br>Manufacturing PMI (Jul) ||<br>53.5 (Actual)<br>52.0 (Forecast)<br>49.0 (Previous)</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2020/aug/03/us-china-tensions-rise-as-markets-eye-manufacturing-reports-covid-19-business-live">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:23:26 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2hJrTT6YGJqDJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6QzSiDGMu-sKgjyuneaTlhfvKbVvAEvMJ6r5jWD88JiCxL1N5k8Bf4hC26aomDo4auD0-AfD0TJ14UWHOOIfw-XNukTgCbIe1fTr3asNS0Em_3_XuSob8NGUAHGbctPXmQcxVJl3J9AWJ8u-b2qtH4tAKBDcC3PpKA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2tR22Di_ekXRJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlwaC3LxT7js8m-zxaxHZotRSsTMQoUiVukJosHrDviwRNemmM91TrqKEtVI33bqjkMuojXOOYFUoctSFQgoNjCkkuBRn8PS_h4H--xXsDrRbfb9DPppUV1PGonmuU6oUJs <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936708/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936708" title="Story 408936708"> <p>New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern says while there was no timeframe on plans for a trans-Tasman travel bubble that would include Australia, the rise in Covid-19 cases in Victoria means it won’t happen for some time to come. Once hopeful of including other countries in the Pacific region in the travel bubble, Ardern has confirmed New Zealand’s borders will remain closed until the risk of coronavirus entering the country through visitors can be minimised. ‘We wish Victoria all the very best as they continue to combat what is a devastating situation,’ she said, ‘but I think the reality for both of us is this is going to slow things down for us’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/03/coronavirus-live-news-global-cases-near-18m-as-melbourne-braces-for-further-lockdown-measures">Coronavirus live news: Global cases pass 18m as Melbourne braces for further lockdown measures</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/aug/03/jacinda-ardern-no-trans-tasman-travel-bubble-for-some-time-to-come-video">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:08:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2tR22Di_ekXRJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlwaC3LxT7js8m-zxaxHZotRSsTMQoUiVukJosHrDviwRNemmM91TrqKEtVI33bqjkMuojXOOYFUoctSFQgoNjCkkuBRn8PS_h4H--xXsDrRbfb9DPppUV1PGonmuU6oUJs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2lRPqDJ3wxtdJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZkYJRsOfhTFKKMEZ9w_UiP2E0t6tIwBmEf1i_SVsuqhJTAzR3LHnjmAjYeSwZXVsUuzexOuaoKTR0TRGSJmVMb3May53c1fajmy_9M7170_ysPpSeaJdOA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936705/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936705" title="Story 408936705"> <p>The fire in Cherry Valley, north-west of Palm Springs, prompted authorities to issue new evacuation orders as crews fought the blaze </p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2020/aug/03/californias-apple-fire-the-wildfire-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:00:34 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2lRPqDJ3wxtdJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZkYJRsOfhTFKKMEZ9w_UiP2E0t6tIwBmEf1i_SVsuqhJTAzR3LHnjmAjYeSwZXVsUuzexOuaoKTR0TRGSJmVMb3May53c1fajmy_9M7170_ysPpSeaJdOA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2rg8RdxFszHJJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZkYJRsOfhTFLlFqoLN-U3ZH9Yv0lbLqoW6XRDR9BTbA3TmDb-IrWIhnKJuVTr8ii-rk1w7S4-yPyjhUrGnrj4ZFoPnJSioWEw <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936704/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936704" title="Story 408936704"> <p>The debtors’ jail where those locked inside lived among rats and roaches is finally set to close after recent mass anti-racism protests</p><p>It has been called an “unspeakably hellish” extension of a racist and classist criminal justice system where those locked up inside live with rats, roaches and black mold.</p><p>Known as the Workhouse, the medium security institution in St Louis, Missouri, has gained a reputation as a notorious debtors’ jail, where incarceration was used for decades as an answer to minor technical and fine-related violations, and where <a href="https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/sentencing-reform/ending-modern-day-debtors-prisons">large bond fees were extracted</a> from many people detained pre-trial.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/03/st-louis-workhouse-jail-legislation-close">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:00:34 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2rg8RdxFszHJJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZkYJRsOfhTFLlFqoLN-U3ZH9Yv0lbLqoW6XRDR9BTbA3TmDb-IrWIhnKJuVTr8ii-rk1w7S4-yPyjhUrGnrj4ZFoPnJSioWEw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2iM6YC46u4NeJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6U2_SlnR6py3hOy6lor0nq9eU5sfUfqO37f3McNp9iWSmfSCMxMFNEQGWm-QAw5Q3KwIWeiFXsc8VAyzpBRGUCFfsEetrm_NrV2-uB59gWFOLw-DtlqMnhoAhubANXqfAPKfH7Ouz237 <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936702/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936702" title="Story 408936702"> <p>160 people have died following the killing of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, leaving the ethnically and politically riven country more divided than ever</p><p>The figure holding a gun stepped beside the car in which Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was sitting in Addis Ababa, and pulled the trigger. The cold-blooded killing on the night of 29 June cut short the young life of one of Ethiopia’s most popular musicians and activists. It was also the start of some of the most <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/01/ethiopia-protests-more-than-80-killed-as-singers-lays-bare-grievances">consequential few days</a> in recent Ethiopian history.</p><p>Hours later, in the lakeside town of Ziway in Ethiopia’s Oromia region – from which Haacaaluu came – Selas Russell woke to the sound of gunfire and shouting. Soon a friend rang her. “Get up, grab your passport, leave your belongings and run for your life,” he told the Ethiopian-born British citizen who owns a hotel in the town.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/03/how-a-musicians-death-unleashed-violence-and-death-in-ethiopia">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 06:15:33 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2iM6YC46u4NeJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6U2_SlnR6py3hOy6lor0nq9eU5sfUfqO37f3McNp9iWSmfSCMxMFNEQGWm-QAw5Q3KwIWeiFXsc8VAyzpBRGUCFfsEetrm_NrV2-uB59gWFOLw-DtlqMnhoAhubANXqfAPKfH7Ouz237 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2sJJYB-070EoJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZzDsDP1BKhVKDGHQx5P7htmykPWUeybU6MLGOw-VwS0GSAHC-QjyaPsXqig2s766NjtGp_DWTp5xU5GJF_XDn9FS3H41l0amCkKgMmvo0Cl <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936700/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936700" title="Story 408936700"> <p>Photojournalist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/achilleas-zavallis">Achilleas Zavallis</a> travels to Lebanon and finds a country struggling with the effects of economic decline and mismanagement. Inflation is out of control, destroying the spending power of all but a wealthy minority</p><p>Lebanon has long been a country that somehow held it together. Through war, insurrection, chaos and intervention, it always prevailed. It remains a country of contrasting realities, but it is steadily becoming a place where dreams died. Beirut long ago lost its claim to be the Levantine equivalent of Paris. Its vibrant nightlife has been dulled by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/30/candlelight-lebanon-economic-crisis-social-catastrophe">an economic implosion</a>, its skyline disappears into darkness as we drive to my hotel at night.</p><p>With the power grid functioning only two to four hours a day, there are no traffic lights to guide us. Buildings seem empty, or abandoned. Car headlights illuminate a couple walking along an empty street. The centrepiece of the city’s shopping and nightlife, Hamra Street, is deserted.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/03/lebanese-economy-in-freefall-a-photo-essay">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 06:00:33 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRsIQ2jnf5Db2sJJYB-070EoJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZzDsDP1BKhVKDGHQx5P7htmykPWUeybU6MLGOw-VwS0GSAHC-QjyaPsXqig2s766NjtGp_DWTp5xU5GJF_XDn9FS3H41l0amCkKgMmvo0Cl https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i9NRD3N3mFWBJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZkYJRsOfhTFf9455DblrgUfW1mF8t3O7qr5jWD88JiC3eMYtg5TSVQHS3vPG9YQLc-w5AmoHgi9nGoIFT1_aQhm4978m9axsJGZXdEHiyusBDb6nP3PNZebGuzA5goCKj08RDdb1zh_m8UFiR_BDMM <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936696/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936696" title="Story 408936696"> <p>Thousands of residents in southern California were forced to evacuate as a wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles exploded in size. The 'Apple fire' burned 60sq km of dry brush and timber after two blazes converged on Friday. Firefighters continue to battle the fire, with dangerously hot weather conditions forecast to carry on</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/02/apple-wildfire-southern-california-thousands-ordered-to-evacuate">Apple wildfire: thousands ordered to evacuate as southern California blaze grows</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/aug/03/apple-wildfire-forces-thousands-to-evacuate-in-southern-california-video">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:35:05 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i9NRD3N3mFWBJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZkYJRsOfhTFf9455DblrgUfW1mF8t3O7qr5jWD88JiC3eMYtg5TSVQHS3vPG9YQLc-w5AmoHgi9nGoIFT1_aQhm4978m9axsJGZXdEHiyusBDb6nP3PNZebGuzA5goCKj08RDdb1zh_m8UFiR_BDMM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i0K2mqQRrcDbJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgvRrwH_mwg2Rwm2PDo7SpH4bZlHpnMxafrZTfFxiJG1U5_7CRodxiZ682E67Qhbd9SofQf1dqMhIOl1ZhU79ht9LNbFXK_ysFwFOV-mPGphvEk__1tqymCo <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936693/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936693" title="Story 408936693"> <p>US cases hit 1.87 million last month, or double the previous record; WHO says pandemic continues to accelerate; Melbourne wakes to strict lockdown</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live/latest">Coronavirus – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">See all our coronavirus coverage</a></li></ul><p>July was the worst month of the coronavirus pandemic so far for many countries, with more than 8 million cases recorded – nearly as many as the first six months of the outbreak put together, figures have shown.</p><p>With global infections passing 18 million on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned over the weekend that the pandemic continues to accelerate, with cases doubling about every six weeks.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/global-report-julys-terrible-toll-revealed-as-coronavirus-cases-double-every-six-weeks">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:03:57 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i0K2mqQRrcDbJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgvRrwH_mwg2Rwm2PDo7SpH4bZlHpnMxafrZTfFxiJG1U5_7CRodxiZ682E67Qhbd9SofQf1dqMhIOl1ZhU79ht9LNbFXK_ysFwFOV-mPGphvEk__1tqymCo https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i2KSfjFjzXPgJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6UEnVDcNMQPtRemGAH1VsaMmk1LU6j9ngGn4dvqr4ddjvMHRItMBpMFgZxF4mZIzm1gf0Tn2Lj11ZTEU3j07hRO7YidWjcq4yKgRk8eBWwvL5ctgPVKlNJk <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936690/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936690" title="Story 408936690"> <p>High-polluting cars are threat to public health, says New Weather Institute thinktank</p><p>Advertising of sports utility vehicles, which emit more greenhouse gases than other cars, should be banned so the UK can meet its climate goals, a report has said.</p><p>The large increase in numbers of SUVs in the UK and around the world <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal">is the second-largest contributor to the increase in global emissions since 2010</a>, according to the International Energy Agency.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/03/ban-suv-adverts-to-meet-uk-climate-goals-report-urges">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:33 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i2KSfjFjzXPgJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6UEnVDcNMQPtRemGAH1VsaMmk1LU6j9ngGn4dvqr4ddjvMHRItMBpMFgZxF4mZIzm1gf0Tn2Lj11ZTEU3j07hRO7YidWjcq4yKgRk8eBWwvL5ctgPVKlNJk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i8iL1VJioNmJJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6RrIh3v4SYtXioVnHaVQKoiQajHVAX5GJ6MLGOw-VwS08xOIPteFMc70KiNmGGWMTDolYyJeTCiUjTmp4mJbCodScHzMWAPQSltL3SOrW63hl_VUrVD5xthcG_NblgjJfSofQf1dqMhIvfrprtp0JeQ <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936683/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936683" title="Story 408936683"> <p>Leeds-based Meatless Farm says it seeks to build on growth in plant-based eating during coronavirus lockdown </p><p>A vegan food company is sparing no blushes with what it calls a “light-hearted” advertising campaign to encourage more Britons to avoid eating meat.</p><p>Meatless Farm says it is targeting people who have cut down on bangers and burgers during lockdown with its provocative slogan M*** F***, launched on Monday with a national campaign.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/03/vegan-food-company-provokes-advertising-campaign-meatless-farm-coronavirus">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:33 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i8iL1VJioNmJJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6RrIh3v4SYtXioVnHaVQKoiQajHVAX5GJ6MLGOw-VwS08xOIPteFMc70KiNmGGWMTDolYyJeTCiUjTmp4mJbCodScHzMWAPQSltL3SOrW63hl_VUrVD5xthcG_NblgjJfSofQf1dqMhIvfrprtp0JeQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i0wBJvERPHuVJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgnqxbAmgYGaIGVIu26n7zGFJdqVShX2wNrEvBSQRFL-mltasXMOPztNyZikLPNDq6IXzBkYS39ummn-sF9MDsQQ <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936681/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936681" title="Story 408936681"> <p>Money in Clyde &amp; Co’s bank account linked to money allegedly embezzled from Malaysian fund</p><p>Investigators probing one of the world’s largest financial frauds have said they suspect $340m (£255m) held in the bank account of a major London law firm is linked to money allegedly embezzled from the Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB.</p><p>According to court papers, Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency is urgently trying to prevent City firm Clyde &amp; Co from releasing the large sum of money, which they suspect can be traced to proceeds of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/1mdb-scandal-explained-a-tale-of-malaysias-missing-billions">multibillion-dollar 1MDB fraud</a>.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/340m-in-london-law-firms-account-suspected-of-1mdb-connection">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:32 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i0wBJvERPHuVJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgnqxbAmgYGaIGVIu26n7zGFJdqVShX2wNrEvBSQRFL-mltasXMOPztNyZikLPNDq6IXzBkYS39ummn-sF9MDsQQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i0kHJEZ07ipHJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgr7K_LfUYChW8fxRIP5pUCuDKK6f1xqirwYbd5nm38lD191Ab1m-ct4PQdS82E3CxdTRgK_2eQG2artP_spafcU <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936678/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936678" title="Story 408936678"> <p>A generation of undocumented Europeans – inspired by the ‘Dreamers’ in the US – are fighting for residency rights. A new Guardian series hears some of their stories</p><p>‘Why do you sound so British?” the immigration officer asked 15-year-old Ijeoma Moore as she followed orders to pack for herself and her 10-year-old brother. Officers had arrived at their London home that morning in 2010, as they were eating breakfast and getting ready to leave for school. “Because I am British,” the teenager replied.</p><p>What else could she be? She had lived in the UK since she was two years old. She loved tea and toast and “stupid telly”. But her mother’s repeated residency applications to the Home Office had all been rejected. Moore was not a British citizen.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/europe-paperless-young-people-speak-out-undocumented-dreamers">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:32 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i0kHJEZ07ipHJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgr7K_LfUYChW8fxRIP5pUCuDKK6f1xqirwYbd5nm38lD191Ab1m-ct4PQdS82E3CxdTRgK_2eQG2artP_spafcU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0izkufuc8IcKkJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgqvkDh2jN_ybBbwbBvC6Zsb-7DKCPZSacLRgCweguc6266eb2K6exRIo-7ha50ZD1k4SCOPxj2QwRLgwKR8WvOkcN6s_D2l-NA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936677/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936677" title="Story 408936677"> <p>Coronavirus has hit the industry hard, with division over how to respond</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live/latest">Coronavirus – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">See all our coronavirus coverage</a></li></ul><p>In the champagne vineyards of France, the season of ripening, plumping and sweetening of the grapes ready for harvesting at the end of August, known as the <em>veraison</em><em>, </em>has begun.</p><p>Maxime Toubart, a relatively small vigneron who produces 25,000 bottles of bubbly from the 12-acre maison founded by his great-grandparents in 1900, has been cultivating his clients as well as his vines during the coronavirus crisis and is confident his business will survive.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/growers-and-producers-at-odds-in-france-champagne-wars-coronavirus">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:00:31 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0izkufuc8IcKkJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgqvkDh2jN_ybBbwbBvC6Zsb-7DKCPZSacLRgCweguc6266eb2K6exRIo-7ha50ZD1k4SCOPxj2QwRLgwKR8WvOkcN6s_D2l-NA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i1DOf3oKyMOYJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgsLKrMMrvXCnNFUEP7WN5_EUM9a6Ea6FM9bJYmU-5Dtw7N9YT_pLUIbdtRX1eRrUEg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936675/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936675" title="Story 408936675"> <p>Chinese students, Mongolian tourists and Palestinians from Gaza are still stranded</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live/latest">Coronavirus – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">See all our coronavirus coverage</a></li></ul><p>When her studies in Budapest finished this spring, Puje was meant to return home to Mongolia, where she had a job waiting for her in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. But in mid-March, Mongolia sealed its borders completely, even to its own citizens, and it has not yet reopened them. Now, the 26-year-old Puje is one of thousands of Mongolians stranded in Europe.</p><p>Covid-19 has caused havoc with the travel plans of millions across the world, ruining holidays and testing long-distance relationships. But for many people who are still unable to get back to their home countries, such problems seem trivial by comparison.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/the-people-that-covid-19-has-cut-off-from-home">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:00:30 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i1DOf3oKyMOYJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgsLKrMMrvXCnNFUEP7WN5_EUM9a6Ea6FM9bJYmU-5Dtw7N9YT_pLUIbdtRX1eRrUEg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i5bzyQAofZXSJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgmN2-phdHCGVqFhDeuw2i8sbiRoNga1z4QYn8f0ISqPoNJVYZP0p5OSTLndLAi9pTOkNrPwvtfoF1rftcQ_7riA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936674/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936674" title="Story 408936674"> <p>Romanian has been described as ‘bravest and most distinguished candidate for the job’</p><p>Laura Codruƫa Kövesi made her name as the head of Romania’s respected anti-corruption agency, the DNA. She went after government ministers and mayors, fast becoming a favourite of the European parliament and anti-corruption campaigners.</p><p>Kövesi was popular with many governments – but not her own, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/05/romania-moves-to-block-own-candidate-from-eu-prosecutor-role">vowed to do everything to block</a> her successful campaign to become Europe’s first public prosecutor.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/laura-codrua-kovesi-europe-first-public-prosecutor-romania">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 04:00:30 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i5bzyQAofZXSJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlw0Z0q_0ZvZp2q-Y1g_PCYgmN2-phdHCGVqFhDeuw2i8sbiRoNga1z4QYn8f0ISqPoNJVYZP0p5OSTLndLAi9pTOkNrPwvtfoF1rftcQ_7riA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i024M8_9mjVhJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6U2_SlnR6py3hOy6lor0nq9eU5sfUfqO37f3McNp9iWSYoINARQTExafKze_hXsUgGW-q8ptkxZ1a8fhsFO-sfGZQl77QD69YZYcarhb8vykFDPWuhGuhTOlJhlvVBKpPIkGNE2_DoPA0Yx5nBF2rPFK_WcLghh1EQ <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936665/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936665" title="Story 408936665"> <p>Virus proves a reminder to wealthy of their reliance on impoverished workers, reviving calls for a slum revolution that will benefit all</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live/latest">Coronavirus – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">See all our coronavirus coverage</a></li></ul><p>Cooking, cleaning, and food shopping have been a shock to Anisa Agarwal. Pre-pandemic, married to a wealthy tile manufacturer, her life in Gulmohar Park in Delhi involved a cook, maid, driver and cleaner who came to her house every day.</p><p>But despite her total dependence on them, Agarwal, 44, has not allowed her staff to enter her home in four months.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/03/we-have-abandoned-the-poor-slums-suffer-as-covid-19-exposes-indias-social-divide">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 03:58:26 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i024M8_9mjVhJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6U2_SlnR6py3hOy6lor0nq9eU5sfUfqO37f3McNp9iWSYoINARQTExafKze_hXsUgGW-q8ptkxZ1a8fhsFO-sfGZQl77QD69YZYcarhb8vykFDPWuhGuhTOlJhlvVBKpPIkGNE2_DoPA0Yx5nBF2rPFK_WcLghh1EQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i8Xb8-6pLB7hJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6b3ivdzT5H1vfVle-jZHVjrgr8wbglhhlVedg9dkr1jU8ys9UWnUp1FifGWmNvxeds2IxIGee47iaBhxX4SUxFHbLaAPZQs-IpfQSzidwZ9u1ydgyT86rjldLx3nqFXTdtSh4wsw2nLE <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936654/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936654" title="Story 408936654"> <p>Microsoft confirms acquisition plans, hours after US secretary of state says Chinese software companies are feeding data directly to Communist party </p><p>Donald Trump will take action in coming days to tackle an array of national security risks presented by TikTok and other Chinese software companies, Mike Pompeo has said, as Microsoft revealed it was pursuing a deal after speaking to the US president.</p><p>Microsoft <a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/08/02/microsoft-to-continue-discussions-on-potential-tiktok-purchase-in-the-united-states/">said</a> late on Sunday that - after a conversation between Trump and its CEO, Satya Nadella – it would move quickly on acquisition talks with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, completing talks no later than 15 September. It pledged to ensure that all private data of American users was transferred to, and remained in, the US.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/03/tiktok-row-trump-to-take-action-soon-says-pompeo-as-microsoft-pursues-deal">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 02:13:12 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0i8Xb8-6pLB7hJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6b3ivdzT5H1vfVle-jZHVjrgr8wbglhhlVedg9dkr1jU8ys9UWnUp1FifGWmNvxeds2IxIGee47iaBhxX4SUxFHbLaAPZQs-IpfQSzidwZ9u1ydgyT86rjldLx3nqFXTdtSh4wsw2nLE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0iyLKnESBOc49JV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlwb7ES_MldU4kabHGYPLfabZ6Scg6kScMzyIUc92gjLt0xDUTVWvFc1fESlRQLtnP9SIg2HyxMj8g <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936648/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936648" title="Story 408936648"> <p>Scenes of economic despair are visible across Lebanon – from shops to homes, businesses to hospitals. Guardian journalist Martin Chulov discusses why the country is verging on financial collapse<br></p><p>Across all pockets of a country conditioned to hardship over decades of war and tumult, the effects of a catastrophic economic implosion were evident when the Guardian’s Middle East correspondent <strong>Martin Chulov</strong> took a road trip across Lebanon. Since March, the prices of most goods have nearly tripled, while the value of the national currency has fallen by 80% and much of the country has ground to a halt. Those who still have work are surviving month to month. Poverty is soaring, crime is rising, and streets are incendiary. The country has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/lebanon-to-default-on-debt-for-first-time-amid-financial-crisis">defaulted on one bond payment</a> and a second is due soon.</p><p>Martin tells <strong>Rachel Humphreys</strong> about how government corruption and financial mismanagement have lead to Lebanon finding itself on the brink of financial collapse. </p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2020/aug/03/inside-lebanons-economic-crisis">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 02:00:28 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0iyLKnESBOc49JV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlwb7ES_MldU4kabHGYPLfabZ6Scg6kScMzyIUc92gjLt0xDUTVWvFc1fESlRQLtnP9SIg2HyxMj8g https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0iyiIlpxeA372JV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlwaC3LxT7js8m-zxaxHZotRQjFrmMCWBy5mVze5NfSm7bscaC7GP1qdA6vLkrYiY_3M6tGKKu5HWb26xds1AAkBH9r-cMnSi262tceLkj9WlfZgU91n3_mYxjB6LnQqRHoQhXhs__N7oRqRth1bldClg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408936646/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408936646" title="Story 408936646"> <p>US House speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has lost trust in Dr Deborah Birx, a senior scientist on Donald Trump’s coronavirus taskforce, after the US surpassed 154,000 deaths due to the virus. Pelosi criticised Birx's role in the White House's handling of the pandemic, claiming president Trump had been spreading disinformation about Covid-19, and Birx was his appointee</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/nancy-pelosi-deborah-birx-coronavirus">Nancy Pelosi says she has no confidence in Deborah Birx over handling of pandemic</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/aug/03/nancy-pelosi-says-she-doesnt-have-confidence-in-dr-deborah-birx-over-coronavirus-video">Continue reading...</a> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 01:26:22 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRtm_mGQBAl0iyiIlpxeA372JV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6WedGhineFlwaC3LxT7js8m-zxaxHZotRQjFrmMCWBy5mVze5NfSm7bscaC7GP1qdA6vLkrYiY_3M6tGKKu5HWb26xds1AAkBH9r-cMnSi262tceLkj9WlfZgU91n3_mYxjB6LnQqRHoQhXhs__N7oRqRth1bldClg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRu6bEyuHfMtL47vrNuYJlNkJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZzDsDP1BKhVimD8I-44Besvtta0LTNYbcc2Nw_0Nq621nToDesHfymKYPwj7jgF6-7XTe72wk1Zvx7N7QwYitqRIDYdtHMD2sd9OCFkYdT-3if53NAkyO-1QzOYG8AXb2ibnAjo5aAWs4WsfrrZvpadXbNhAzg1DG9rsNNFpQgICRROxMWjsdVEKIBdsMcfI-VUUQLTLIJ8cbutotBXMwk <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/408868941/356908" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 408868941" title="Story 408868941"> <p>Premier to outline further details of state’s new lockdown, including industry shutdowns. Follow all the latest news and updates, live</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/02/victoria-stage-4-restrictions-melbourne-lockdown-rules-covid-19-vic-four-victorian">Melbourne stage 4 restrictions and coronavirus lockdown rules explained</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2020/jul/31/coronavirus-australia-map-cases-covid-19-tracking-stats-live-data-update-by-state-suburb-postcode-how-many-new-active-case-numbers-today-statistics-corona-deaths-death-toll">Coronavirus Australia map: tracking new cases, Covid-19 stats and live data by state</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/newsletters/2020/mar/28/sign-up-for-guardian-australias-daily-coronavirus-email?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email</a></li></ul><p class="block-time published-time"><time datetime="2020-08-02T23:47:56.342Z">12.47am <span class="timezone">BST</span></time></p><p>Melbourne’s CBD workers are waiting with bated breath for today’s announcement on the future of Victorian business during stage four lockdowns. <br></p><p>Among those still making the daily commute into the city are a large contingent of lawyers and paralegals. <strong><br></strong></p><p class="block-time published-time"><time datetime="2020-08-02T23:46:38.558Z">12.46am <span class="timezone">BST</span></time></p><p>There are reports of 429 new cases of Covid-19 being diagnosed in Victoria in the past 24 hours.</p><p>Testing has been down over weekends.<br></p><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: The ABC understands Victoria has recorded 429 new cases of coronavirus overnight.<br><br>New restrictions, including a night-time curfew, are in force across Melbourne under stage 4 restrictions.<br><br>Premier Daniel Andrews will announce changes to businesses this afternoon.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/aug/03/australia-coronavirus-live-update-daniel-andrews-stage-4-restrictions-victoria-curfew-nsw-queensland-covid-19-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Sun, 02 Aug 2020 23:49:46 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/B_S2u72YZRu6bEyuHfMtL47vrNuYJlNkJV6X_rj7zkE7j9jcqhnb6ZzDsDP1BKhVimD8I-44Besvtta0LTNYbcc2Nw_0Nq621nToDesHfymKYPwj7jgF6-7XTe72wk1Zvx7N7QwYitqRIDYdtHMD2sd9OCFkYdT-3if53NAkyO-1QzOYG8AXb2ibnAjo5aAWs4WsfrrZvpadXbNhAzg1DG9rsNNFpQgICRROxMWjsdVEKIBdsMcfI-VUUQLTLIJ8cbutotBXMwk