Figure for three months to December leaves Hungary-based airline cautiously optimistic for recovery

Singer says he has mild symptoms and expects to perform in Arkansas at the weekend

Many swear words in India, as elsewhere, have one thing in common – they target and shame women. Sunil Jaglan wants to empower women and end the culture of profanitiesOn a cold January afternoon, women gather on the veranda of a government-run nursery in Sarmathla village in the north Indian state of Haryana. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, they are eager to hear the visiting speaker.The men and boys of the village mill about, reluctant to join the women, until Satyaprakash, a social worker, encourages them to sit on the chairs provided. “Please, join us tauji [uncle], today’s programme is about gaali [swear words],” he says. Continue reading...

David Bowie was a gent, Naomi Campbell was a revelation and Virgil Abloh was hauntingly prophetic. The great portrait photographer Anton Corbijn relives five of his best shootsAnton Corbijn, speaking from his home in Kenya, holds a fried sardine between his fingers and positions it tantalisingly in front of his Zoom camera. “I’m sorry,” he says, “but somebody put these next to me and they smelled so good I had to take a bite.”Fried fish notwithstanding, Corbijn lives a “healthy life” in Africa and the distance to Europe hasn’t interfered with his work. His latest exhibition – which can be seen at his studio in the Hague and online at de-pury.com – positions him as a portrait photographer across a wide range of stars and subjects. Is this because the man behind some of music’s most famous images, from Joy Division to U2, is frustrated at being pigeonholed? Continue reading...

The author of a new book says having more fun builds resilience and will help get us through the next stage of the pandemic. But can she get me out of my funk?It speaks to the scale of the challenge that, in the month that I set out to have more fun, my Christmas and new year plans are derailed by Covid; I am relieved of half my savings by a phone scammer; and a man I’m meeting for a first date suggests that maybe I am depressed.I get my money back, and my date is a supply chain consultant, not a doctor – but fun certainly seems like a faraway prospect. Continue reading...

US makes preparations to avoid European gas crisis if flow from Russia is cut, while talks aimed at defusing tensions continueJoe Biden has said he will consider personal sanctions against Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as western leaders step up military preparations and make plans to shield Europe from Russian gas being cut off.The rare sanctions threat came as Nato placed forces on standby and reinforced eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets in response to Russia’s troop buildup near its border with Ukraine. Continue reading...

Allegation marks latest example of how NSO clients have used powerful surveillance tool to target campaigners and journalistsThe mobile phones of a senior Human Rights Watch staff member are alleged to have been repeatedly hacked by a client of NSO Group at a time when she was investigating the catastrophic August 2020 explosion that killed more than 200 people in Beirut.The alleged hacking of Lama Fakih, a US-Lebanese citizen and director of crisis and conflict at HRW, marks the latest example of how NSO’s powerful surveillance tool, Pegasus, has been used by the company’s clients to target campaigners and journalists. Continue reading...

Gomorrah author says he felt compelled to speak up against anti-migration policiesRoberto Saviano has said he felt compelled to speak up against anti-migration policies as he faces a defamation trial over remarks accusing Italy’s far-right leaders of a lack of compassion towards people dying at sea.Saviano, the author of Gomorrah, for which he infiltrated the mafia – he has been in hiding from them since 2006 – will stand trial later this year for calling the Brothers of Italy leader, Giorgia Meloni, a “bastard” after she said NGO boats that had attempted to rescue refugees should be sunk. Continue reading...

Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 cases

Fuzhou software development firm representative denies allegations of foreign interference

Greta Ferušić Weinfeld survived both the Nazi death camp and the nearly four-year siege during the Bosnian warA woman who survived both the Auschwitz death camp and the Sarajevo siege in the 1990s has died, according to representatives of Bosnia’s Jewish community.Greta Ferušić Weinfeld died on Monday aged 97. Continue reading...

Move comes after investigation found serious management shortcomings and follows Star Hobson caseBradford council has been stripped of control of its children’s social care after an investigation following the murder of 16-month old Star Hobson found serious shortcomings in the management of the service.Social workers will be transferred to a not-for-profit children’s trust that ministers hope will help “drive rapid improvements” to a department which has been underperforming for years and struggled to raise its game. Continue reading...

Senior Tory suggests officials will not hold back from the police like they might with Sue GrayThe police investigation into Downing Street parties is set to uncover evidence which has not yet been submitted to the Sue Gray inquiry, according to former No 10 staffers.The prime minister’s ex-chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, had previously warned that officials were deeply uncomfortable with handing over some evidence to the inquiry, believing they could face retribution for damaging information. Continue reading...

Analysis: School absences are soaring, but experts disagree about the importance of vaccinating young childrenCovid cases in the UK have fallen sharply in the past few weeks, and hospital admissions appeared to have turned a corner. But now, it seems, the situation has stalled, with cases bobbing around 90,000 per day.The reason for the change is that while case rates are falling among adults, they are rising among children – where vaccination rates remain sluggish. Continue reading...

Prime minister tells MPs Britain will push for ‘tough package’ of economic sanctions if invasion happensBoris Johnson has hinted that Germany may be concerned about the imposition of sanctions against Russia because of its dependence on Russian gas and told MPs diplomatic efforts are being made to persuade Berlin and others to go further.The British prime minister said that “European friends” had concerns about imposing the toughest possible sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine because of their “heavy dependence” on Russian gas – and also declared the UK would be willing to deploy more troops to eastern Europe if Ukraine was attacked. Continue reading...

Leader wins party support after facing accusations of misogyny and racism over historical social media postsThe leader of the Ulster Unionist party has survived a major political crisis after he won the support of the party in the face of a row over historical social media posts that had been branded misogynistic and racist.The UUP deputy leader and chief whip, Robbie Butler, confirmed Doug Beattie had received the support of the party officers and Member of the Legislative Assembly group during meetings on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Chkaifi, 43, was attacked in the street by Leon McCaskre, 41, before he died after being hit by carA woman who was stabbed to death in Maida Vale, London, on Monday has been named as Yasmin Chkaifi.Chkaifi, 43, also known as Wafah, was attacked in the street by Leon McCaskre, 41, before he died after being hit by a blue Renault Clio. The 26-year driver was arrested on Monday on suspicion of murder and later bailed pending further investigation. Continue reading...

Force says police inquiry does not mean civil servant’s investigation into alleged lockdown parties must be paused

Many Aboriginal activists say that 26 January is not a day to celebrate, but instead a day to start ‘paying the rent’ – by supporting and donating to the needs of First Nations people.

1972 was the first time many saw First Nations people confront the establishment. Now elders say it’s a legacy for future generationsIn the middle of the night, four young Aboriginal men pitched a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House and sat down. When dawn broke on 26 January 1972, a police officer came over to ask how long they intended to stay.“Until we get land rights,” one of the four, Billy Craigie, told the officer.Above: Bobbi Sykes (with Gordon Briscoe) addresses a protest at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, July 1972. Below: The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Parliament House in 1972. Images: Ken Whittington/National Archives Australia Continue reading...

Rightwing radical was a towering figure in Brazil who was adored and abhorred in equal measure by millions of followers and foesOlavo de Carvalho, the coronavirus-denying mentor of Jair Bolsonaro and Brazil’s radical right, has died in the United States, with one of his children citing Covid-19 as the cause.“The family … asks for prayers for the professor’s soul,” relatives said on Twitter after announcing the death of the 74-year-old polemicist – a towering figure in contemporary Brazilian politics who was adored and abhorred in equal measure by millions of followers and foes. Continue reading...

Caring for her late grandmother inspired US artist Every Ocean Hughes to take end-of-life doula training. She talks corpse kits, Covid and queer deathOne Big Bag is a portrait of a young death doula: a holistic carer who tends to the wishes of a dying individual and assists their family after they die. In the film, made by US artist Every Ocean Hughes, a young woman details the contents of her “corpse kit”, while the items hang by strings from the ceiling at the respective heights of their use on the body. The list is prosaic but revelatory, comforting and unsettling: glue to seal wounds and tampons to plug orifices; snacks for the living who forget to eat; ice to chill, but – careful – not to freeze. The doula considers the items closely, but adds mysterious choreography, rhythmically pounding her fists on her body, slamming her thighs against the ground and marching around the space with spiritual fervour.Shown alongside an installation of the suspended items, One Big Bag marks a shift into direct, material work from an artist previously known for abstraction. Hughes appears over Zoom from her home in Stockholm, a kind and effusive presence with a cropped bob and fantastic hexagonal brown glasses. Continue reading...

Latest updates: prime minister welcomes Met police investigation into allegations of lockdown rule-breaking

Rescue volunteers from all over the UK came to the aid of George Linnane after fallA man who spent 54 hours trapped in a Welsh cave and thought he was going to die has joined the rescue team that saved his life, in the hope that he might do the same for others.It took about 300 volunteers from across the country to rescue George Linnane, who broke his arm, ribs and jaw after a fall at Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave system, in the Brecon Beacons, in November. Continue reading...

As the arctic warms four times faster than the global average, Europe’s only indigenous population is under threat. For centuries, the Sámi people have herded reindeer throughout northern Europe. Now, warmer winters are turning the snow the reindeer dig through to find food into ice, blocking their only source of sustenance. In the last two years, 10,000 reindeer died. If this winter is bad, herders fear up to half the herd could be lost

Organisers forced to cancel for third year in a row, but say they hope event can return in futureA “knob-throwing” event has been cancelled because the size has become too much to handle for the organisers.The Dorset knob-throwing contest involves competitors hurling a traditional Dorset knob – a hard biscuit – as far as they can. The record throw of 29.4 metres (96 ft) was set in 2012.Three Dorset knobs per go, furthest knob thrown is measured;Use only Dorset Knobs provided;Standing throw from marked standing point;Underarm throwing only;One foot must remain on the ground during throwing;Distance of the furthest knob only measured within the designated throwing zone, which is 5 metres wide x 32 metres long, marked in 2 metre zones, with use of measure in between marks to determine distance thrown;Dorset knob measured at final resting place;If Dorset knob breaks upon landing it will be the umpire’s decision of final resting place. Continue reading...

Dylan Alcott, Maggie Beer, Catherine Cox and Prof Leslie Burnett also among recipients, with women making up almost half of honours list

The deal covers all Dylan recordings dating from 1962 to future originals and reissues, and will explore ‘new ways’ to reach future generationsBob Dylan has sold his entire back catalogue of recorded music to Sony Music Entertainment, as well as the rights to multiple future releases, in a deal rumoured to be worth between $150m and $200m (£111m–£148m), Variety reports.The deal covers all Dylan recordings dating from 1962, including his self-titled debut album, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in March, and future releases and reissues in Dylan’s celebrated Bootleg Series. Continue reading...

Campaigners say it is a relief that private companies are now ‘out of the picture’ but want to know how future custodianship will operate

The Tragedy of Macbeth follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles’s 1948 film, which showed how imagination can turn Shakespeare’s text into more than a costume epicWith Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth streaming and in cinemas, I am struck by the way this particular Shakespeare tragedy acts as a magnet for movie-makers. It has obvious attractions: it is short, atmospheric, confronts the nature of evil and is open to adaptation. Parallel versions range from Akira Kurosawa’s magnificent samurai epic Throne of Blood to a low-budget film noir from the 1950s, Joe Macbeth. But, after viewing four versions that stick closer to the original text, I am intrigued to see what they tell us about the filming of Shakespeare.Although it got rave reviews and has some original touches – such as opening with the silent burial of the Macbeths’ child – I was least impressed by Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film. There is no denying Kurzel’s visual sense: we get epic battles and seductive shots of mist-wreathed Scottish landscapes. But, put bluntly, the film seems terrified of Shakespeare’s language: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard as the Macbeths speak in hushed, conversational tones and insert pauses between each line that would make Pinter blush. “If we should fail?” asks Macbeth of the projected murder of Duncan. Five seconds later Lady M finally gets round to replying: “We fail.” Continue reading...

Virtual meeting between western powers comes as the US put 8,500 troops on alert and as France prepares to host a meeting of Russian and Ukrainian officialsUS president Joe Biden has insisted there was “total” unity among western powers after crisis talks with European leaders on how to deter Russia from an attack against Ukraine, as Downing Street warned of “unprecedented sanctions” against Moscow should an invasion take place. .“I had a very, very, very good meeting – total unanimity with all the European leaders,” Biden told reporters shortly after finishing a one hour and 20 minute video conference on Monday with allied leaders from Europe and Nato. Continue reading...

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has attacked prime minister Scott Morrison's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘While Mr Morrison talks drivel at the cricket and shows off the contents of his kitchen, Australians are being confronted by empty supermarket shelves,’ the Labor leader said during an address at the National Press Club. ‘Never before has Australia had a prime minister with such a pathological determination to avoid responsibility’. Albanese said Morrison ‘doesn’t hold a hose and he doesn’t give a RATs’, referring to the acronym for rapid antigen tests which have been difficult to buy during the Omicron outbreak► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube

Soldiers placed on standby to deploy to Europe as concerns over possible ‘lightning attack’ by Russia growThe US has placed 8,500 troops on heightened alert to deploy to Europe as Nato reinforced its eastern borders with warships and fighter jets, amid growing fears of a possible “lightning” attack by Russia to seize the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the troops, all of them currently stationed in the US, would be on standby to take part in Nato’s Response Force (NRF) if it is activated, but would also be available “if other situations develop”. Continue reading...

ITV News reports that prime minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson, organised gathering for him in cabinet room on 19 June 2020

Tuesday: can the 1,700km rail route between Melbourne and Brisbane live up to its hype? Plus: Paul Kelly reflects on his most memorable concertGood morning. It’s been two years today since the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Australia. Since then, there have been more than 1.6m infections and more than 3,000 deaths, with many of those taking place in the current Omicron outbreak. The surge has caused shortages of rapid tests, which are causing stress for vulnerable people and has come at a difficult time for the return to school. In the aged care sector, some facilities are telling essential visitors to find their own rapid tests or be denied entry. Meanwhile, our economics correspondent, Peter Hannam, looks at whether Australia debt-fuelled pandemic finance party is finally over.A 1,700km rail route between Melbourne and Brisbane has been promised by the Coalition to deliver an economic boom for Australia’s regions and rural communities. But four years after the project (worth $14.5bn and counting) was announced, just 130km of track has been laid and we are still unsure of where it will exactly start and finish. A major Guardian investigation examines the mega project to find out whether communities along its route will benefit and whether their concerns are being bypassed. Continue reading...

Requirement to take lateral flow test will end from 4am on 11 February, cheered by airlines as a ‘landmark’

Lone gunman, 18, used a shotgun in the attack at the university, which he then used to kill himselfOne person was shot dead and three others were injured after an 18-year-old man opened fire on his fellow students in a packed lecture hall in the German university town of Heidelberg, according to police.The gunman, who was enrolled at the same university as the students he attacked, entered the university hall shortly before 12.25pm, while a lecture was in progress, carrying a rifle and a double-barrelled shotgun. Continue reading...

Force pays compensation to Dr Konstancja Duff for language used after CCTV captures officers’ commentsThe Metropolitan police have apologised and paid compensation to an academic for “sexist, derogatory and unacceptable language” used by officers about her when she was strip-searched.“What’s that smell? Oh, it’s her knickers,” officers at a north-east London police station said to each other after Dr Konstancja Duff was held down on the floor and her clothes cut off. “Is she rank?” another said. Continue reading...

Prime minister says claims that Covid-19 measure will disrupt supply chain and boost inflation are ‘fearmongering’Justin Trudeau has accused Canada’s conservative politicians of stoking fear that Covid-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers are exacerbating supply chain disruptions and fueling inflation.The United States imposed a mandate, meant to aid the fight against the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus, on 22 January, while Canada’s started on 15 January. The trucking industry has warned that the measure will take thousands of drivers off the roads during what is already a dire labor shortage in the industry. Continue reading...

Government prepares to sell barn known as Project No 2 or Detention Site Violet, which has windowless, soundproof roomsA menacing steel barn outside the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius where CIA terror suspects were once held in solitary confinement, subjected to constant light and high-intensity noise, is soon to go on the market.The government’s real estate fund, which handles assets no longer needed by the state, said on Monday it was preparing to sell the notorious former “black site”, known as Project No 2 or Detention Site Violet, for an as-yet unknown price. Continue reading...

Military says deteriorating security situation in west African country forced it to depose Roch Marc KaboréBurkina Faso’s military has announced it has removed the president, Roch Marc Kaboré, from office, suspended the constitution and dissolved the government and parliament, confirming a coup in a statement on the state broadcaster.In a statement signed by the coup leader, Lt Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and read by another official, the army announced the takeover by a previously unknown group – Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR). Continue reading...

Police investigate two deaths after Maida Vale incident when man was run over by car in attempt to save woman, according to witnessesA woman has been stabbed to death in a west London street by a man who was then run over and killed by a car.The Metropolitan police said it had launched an urgent investigation after the incident in Chippenham Road, Maida Vale, at about 9am on Monday. Continue reading...

Fears grow that the Kremlin may restrict gas exports to Europe in the face of potential sanctionsThe deepening tensions between Russia, the world’s biggest gas producer, and Ukraine have reignited fears that the Kremlin may weaponise its gas reserves by restricting exports to Europe in the face of potential sanctions.Russia is western Europe’s largest single supplier of gas, a commodity that is in tight supply globally and has reached record market price highs in recent weeks, threatening to tip the UK into a national energy crisis. Continue reading...

Siege in Kurdish-run prison in Syria ‘deeply distressing’, says Save the ChildrenThe fate of more than 700 boys and teenage detainees has become central to the siege of a Kurdish-run prison in Syria that was overrun on Friday by jihadists, who are accused of using the boys as human shields.As the siege around the Ghwayran prison in the Kurdish-run northern city of Hasakah entered a firth day, Islamic State prisoners inside moved into a dormitory housing the boys, some of whom are as young as 12, in an attempt to prevent an assault by Kurdish forces stationed outside. Continue reading...

He captured poets, jazz giants and everyday black America. As a new exhibition of the great Harlem-born photographer’s work opens, his widow Sherry Turner DeCarava remembers his craftOnce, when asked why his prints were so dark, Roy DeCarava replied, “I happen to believe that photography is not about black and white; it’s about greys.” At London’s David Zwirner gallery, the first UK exhibition of DeCarava’s work in more than 30 years is a quietly mesmerising testament to the expressive tonalities of that neutral, in-between colour.“Roy is an artist who is known for the darkness of his prints,” says his widow, Sherry Turner DeCarava, an art historian who has deftly curated the exhibition to highlight the sustained mood music of her late husband’s work. “But it is deep understanding of the nature of light that gives quality to his pictures.” Continue reading...

Few signs of panic in Ukraine’s capital – though mood has darkened in recent days and some are making plans in event of conflictThe mood in Kyiv was calm on Monday, with shops and cafes busy and few visible signs of panic, despite the decision by the US and UK embassies to evacuate all non-essential staff amid warnings of a Russian attack.In the capital’s upmarket Podil district, families strolled amid festive lights and skated on an open-air ice rink. There were long queues at the October cinema for a screening of Stop-Zemlia, a prize-winning Ukrainian film about the lives of Kyiv teenagers. Continue reading...

Lourdes Maldonado was shot in Tijuana, a week after another journalist was killed, and a third was fatally stabbed days earlierThree years ago reporter Lourdes Maldonado López stood up before Mexico’s president at a press conference and told him: “I fear for my life.”On Sunday she was gunned down in the city of Tijuana – the third Mexican journalist to be killed this year in what is a deepening murder crisis facing the country’s press corps and its populist leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Continue reading...

Mother of Christopher Kapessa attacks justice system over response to incident in Wales in July 2019The mother of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in a river in Wales has said her son’s alleged killer has got away “scot free” after the high court dismissed a challenge to a decision by prosecutors not to bring charges over his death.Alina Joseph, the mother of Christopher Kapessa, said: “The [Crown Prosecution Service] have concluded that there is enough evidence to prosecute him for manslaughter.” Continue reading...

A major Guardian investigation examines the 1700km Melbourne to Brisbane mega project, asks whether communities along its route will benefit and whether their concerns are being bypassed Continue reading...

Apparent staff error caused injuries to five people at central London bar Tiger Tiger last month, Met police saidClubbers in London’s Tiger Tiger were mistakenly given caustic soda instead of salt when knocking back tequila slammers, sending four people to hospital after suffering burns.Police attended the nightclub near Piccadilly Circus in central London last month after receiving reports that people had chemical-related injuries, believed to be caused by a staff error. Authorities then closed Tiger Tiger as a precaution. Continue reading...