The home side moved above Leicester into third after a crucial and richly deserved victory in front of 8,000 fans at Stamford Bridge10.20pm BSTJacob Steinberg has filed his report from the Bridge, so I’ll leave you with that. Thanks for your company, emails and abuse - night!Related: Chelsea gain quick revenge over Leicester and boost top-four hopes10.16pm BSTChelsea now have two shots at a Champions League place next year - one against Aston Villa on Sunday, the other against Manchester City in Porto. Leicester need a favour from Villa or Liverpool’s remaining opponents, Burnley and Crystal Palace. And they have to beat Spurs at home. Continue reading...

Wednesday: Victorian nurse furious over slow rollout and complacency. Plus: PM under pressure to dump fossil fuels as new $600m gas plant announcedGood morning! What is it going to take to get Australians to roll up their sleeves and get a Covid jab? A firm date for reopening international borders might do the trick, as there finally appears to be plenty of the vaccinations in some areas, just a short supply of patients.A nurse who administered just one vaccine in an eight-hour shift at one of Victoria’s mass vaccination hubs says she is “furious” at the “snail’s pace” of the rollout. The nurse said there were plenty of shots but people were not showing up to get them. “It’s slow, it’s frustrating for the nurses, and it’s concerning that Australia seems to take this attitude of ‘let’s just shut the borders for as long as possible’ while there is vaccine just sitting there.” Scott Morrison is facing mounting pressure to put a date on reopening the international borders and to accept that the health system will need to cope with new variants of the virus. The head of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Omar Khorshid, said a set date might encourage people to get the jab. Continue reading...

One of China’s tallest skyscrapers was evacuated on Tuesday after it began to shake, sending panicked shoppers running to safety. The nearly 300-metre (980ft) SEG Plaza in Shenzhen, southern China, inexplicably began to shake at about 1pm, prompting an evacuation of people inside while pedestrians looked on open-mouthed. The building was closed by 2.40pm, according to local media reports

Independent panel set up to investigate killing of Daniel Morgan ‘furious’ at home secretary’s moveThe home secretary has ordered that an independent report on claims murderers were shielded by police corruption and claims of corruption in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire must be vetted by her department before its publication.The move triggered fury and follows eight years of work by a special panel to investigate the murder of private detective Daniel Morgan in 1987, who was found dead in a south London car park with an axe embedded in his head. Continue reading...

A report, which included testimonials, found that 52% of Black shoppers would stop frequenting a store after being profiledIn a new survey, more than 90% of African American shoppers said they had experienced racial profiling while buying or browsing – a phenomenon sometimes known as “shopping while Black”.The State of Racial Profiling in American Retail report, carried out by DealAid, surveyed 1,020 consumers who identified as Black or African American. Continue reading...

High court judge says Crowne Plaza near Heathrow airport is not suitable for trafficked asylum seekerA judge in the high court has ordered the Home Office to move a torture and trafficking victim out of a “prison-like” hotel surrounded by an 8ft wall.Judge Coe QC heard an application for urgent action known as interim relief against the Home Office after officials failed to move the man, known as AA, from the Crowne Plaza hotel near Heathrow airport to more suitable accommodation. Continue reading...

Record arrivals deepen diplomatic standoff with Morocco, which recalls ambassador for consultationSpain’s prime minister arrived in the north African enclave of Ceuta vowing to “restore order” after an unprecedented 8,000 migrants crossed into the territory over 36 hours, deepening the tense diplomatic standoff between Madrid and Rabat.After a day of veiled recriminations, Morocco on Tuesday recalled its ambassador from Spain for consultation. Relations with Spain need a moment of “contemplation”, a diplomatic source told Reuters. Continue reading...

Rozina Islam’s family claim reporter was assaulted and subject to ‘mental torture’ by officialsOne of Bangladesh’s most prominent investigative journalists, known for her anti-corruption reporting and criticism of the government’s response to Covid-19, has been arrested and charged under the country’s Official Secrets Act.Rozina Islam, 42, a senior investigative journalist at the Bengali daily Prothom Alo appeared before a Dhaka court on Tuesday morning charged with stealing official health ministry documents . The court turned down the police’s appeal that she be remanded in their custody to be interrogated. Continue reading...

Robert Pether’s lawyer alleges he is being held as leverage in a dispute with Central Bank of Iraq in ordeal his son says is hitting the family hardThe teenage son of an Australian man imprisoned without charge in Iraq has labelled his father’s treatment as “downright inhumane” and “criminal”, saying the prolonged ordeal is hitting his family hard.Flynn Pether, 17, is likely to mark his 18th birthday in two weeks still despairing about his father, Robert Pether, who has now spent 41 days behind bars in Baghdad. Continue reading...

Raise the Age campaign says scores of submissions by legal, health and youth experts have been concealed and ignoredFederal and state governments have been accused of suppressing large volumes of expert evidence that supports raising the age of criminal responsibility, and sitting on a crucial report because they “lack the political will to act”.In 2018, the council of attorneys general (Cag) began investigating potential reforms to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14, and received roughly 93 submissions from youth, medical and legal organisations – most of which are thought to have been supportive of reform. Continue reading...

Nurse ‘furious’ over slow pace of Australia’s rollout says supply of doses is not the problem – people are not showing up to get themA nurse who administered just one vaccine in the course of an eight-hour shift at one of Victoria’s mass vaccination hubs says she is “furious” at the “snail’s pace” of the vaccine rollout.The nurse said working in Australia was a drastically different experience to places such as the UK and US, where people were streaming through vaccination centre doors. Continue reading...

SEG Plaza in Shenzhen, one of country’s tallest buildings, evacuated after it inexplicably starts shakingOne of China’s tallest skyscrapers was evacuated on Tuesday after it began to shake, sending panicked shoppers scampering to safety.The near 300 metre (980ft) high SEG Plaza in Shenzhen, southern China, inexplicably began to shake at around 1pm, prompting an evacuation of people inside while pedestrians looked on open-mouthed. Continue reading...

Supermodel releases images of herself on social media cradling the feet of her ‘beautiful little blessing’Supermodel Naomi Campbell has announced that she has become a mother.Campbell, 50, shared a photograph of her hand cradling a pair of tiny feet on Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, with the caption: “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother.” Continue reading...

Rock Feilding-Mellen says he regrets not asking questions about fire safety when cladding was chosenThe Tory politician in charge of Grenfell Tower has given an emotional apology to the bereaved and “all those who had their lives shattered on that night” during his testimony to the public inquiry into the disaster.Rock Feilding-Mellen, the then deputy leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, said he would probably be haunted by the question of what he could have done differently for the rest of his life, but he said: “Based on the information I had and given what I considered my roles to be, I really don’t know what I could have done differently.” Continue reading...

The books world was growing worryingly well-mannered, but Ozick’s response – in verse – to a bad review by Shriver has revived the fine art of feuding

The makers of 1998’s Oscar-winning film, along with one of its subjects, discuss why a remastered version landing on Netflix still has much to teach usThe last time June Beallor saw the Auschwitz survivor Irene Zisblatt, they watched Sex and the City together. That was 20 years ago.Beallor is one of the producers behind The Last Days, the Oscar-winning 1998 documentary executive produced by Steven Spielberg about the Hungarian Jewish experience during the Holocaust, that has now been remastered and re-released on Netflix. Zisblatt, who escaped from Auschwitz as a teen, is one of the film’s subjects. The 91-year-old is also a big fan of Sex and the City. Her favourite character is Carrie Bradshaw, the fashion columnist played by Sarah Jessica Parker, because “she was always looking for the next thing”. Continue reading...

IGN says post mistakenly left impression network is aligned with one sideGaming network IGN is facing a staff revolt after senior management stepped in to delete, and apologise for, a post linking readers to charities and organisations in Palestine.In an open letter signed by more than 70 of the publication’s journalists, staff have condemned the “blatant disregard for the most basic standards of journalistic integrity and editorial independence,” and called for the site’s owners, the US media conglomerate Ziff Davis, to explain who made the decision to remove the charity appeal. Continue reading...

Rescuers found 33 survivors from Bangladesh clinging to oil platform in Mediterranean, says defence ministryMore than 50 people are feared to have drowned after their boat heading from Libya to Europe sank, Tunisia’s defence ministry has said.Mohamed Zikri, a defence ministry spokesperson, said 33 survivors of the shipwreck were picked up after clinging to an oil platform off the southern coast of Tunisia. Continue reading...

Named best European artist at last week’s Songlines awards, the Bosnian singer has weathered war and personal tragedy while bringing sevdah music to prominenceDamir Imamović is pining for a curry. “We don’t have any Indian restaurants in Bosnia,” he explains, “and I’ve always wanted to try Indian food. Last year I was booked to play St Luke’s at the Barbican, the Brighton festival, Manchester’s Band on the Wall – it was going to be my first ever time in the UK and I’d been promised a trip to Brick Lane. I was so looking forward to it!”Then the world went into lockdown and the Sarajevo-based singer and songwriter of sevdah – Bosnia’s folk music, comparable to Portuguese fado and French chanson in its dramatic narratives – found his entire year cancelled. Imamović’s album Singer of Tales had won great reviews, yet the pandemic dispelled opportunities to reach a new audience along with his hoped-for curry. “Being locked down in Sarajevo as a musician did feel odd as I’m so used to travelling,” he says, adding that it would be unfair to compare it to the siege he and his city lived under between 1992 and 1996 during the Bosnian war. “But I did feel a sense of cataclysmic deja vu: the empty streets, nothing functioning, everyone living in fear.” Continue reading...

The UK prime minister said there was ‘nothing conclusive’ in data gathered on the coronavirus variant first identified in India to suggest the final stage of lifting coronavirus restrictions in England from 21 June should be delayed.Speaking at a mass vaccination centre in London, Boris Johnson urged people to be ‘cautious’ and said that holidaymakers should not be travelling to countries on the amber list unless for pressing family or urgent business reasons

Analysis: internal tensions and differences with the US have left the bloc unable to take a clear position on Israel-Palestine

Mass influx comes amid tensions with Morocco over hospitalisation of independence leader in SpainMore than 6,000 people, an estimated 1,500 of them children, crossed into Spain’s northern African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, in an unprecedented influx that left Spanish officials scrambling to cope with a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis at its border with Morocco.Ceuta, along with nearby Melilla, has long been a destination for people from countries in Africa hoping to cross into Europe, despite being heavily protected and fortified with a double fence. Continue reading...

A health crisis turns a series of odd vignettes into an enigmatic wonder as one man and his dog navigate a mysterious worldGive this movie 73 minutes, and it will give you the world … somebody’s world, anyway. Argentinian film-maker Ana Katz has created an intriguing and beguiling little black-and-white drama that’s punching way above its weight.It’s a series of scenes or vignettes, like a collection of short stories, each about the same person, a little older each time. This is Sebastián, or Sebas, a gentle, laid-back man in his 30s, played by the director’s brother Daniel Katz. Sebas is an intelligent guy, a graphic designer, trained in the use of Adobe Illustrator, but now trying to get temp jobs, made more difficult because he’s not allowed to take his dog into the office, and leaving him at home makes the poor thing howl with misery so much that the neighbours are upset. Continue reading...

More than 50 winemakers from Basque part of Rioja denomination no longer want to be associated with nameA group of winemakers from northern Spain are seeking EU approval for their products not to be labelled Rioja, the country’s most famous denomination.The Rioja denomination embraces three regions: La Rioja, part of Navarra and the Basque province of Álava. More than 50 Rioja Alavesa winemakers now want to break away and have created their own denomination, the somewhat unwieldy Arabako Mahastiak/Viñedos de Álava. Continue reading...

Law requires couples to wait 30 days before formalising divorce – but some say it has made young people more likely to avoid marriageThe number of divorces in China dropped more than 70% in the first quarter of this year, after a controversial law forcing a “cooling-off period” for couples came into effect.According to data published by the ministry of civil affairs, 296,000 divorces were registered during the first three months of 2021, down from 1.05m in the previous quarter, and 1.06m in the same time period the year before, according to state media. Continue reading...

Crown Resorts responded ‘pretty aggressively’ to a letter from the acting head of Victoria’s gambling regulatorA furious Crown Resorts executive threatened to go to Victoria’s gaming minister after the state’s gambling regulator raised concerns about the company’s reluctance to take action on high-rolling gamblers, an inquiry has been told.The Victorian royal commission into Crown was told on Tuesday that the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation had advised the company to increase scrutiny of individual gamblers who were part of junket groups in 2018 to limit the risk of money laundering. Continue reading...

Academic fears taskforce looking into domestic violence will further empower a criminal justice system already failing First Nations womenThe terms of reference for the Queensland women’s safety and justice taskforce – which is looking at laws to ban coercive control – are “explicitly racist” and ignore the experiences of First Nations women, academics and advocates say.The state taskforce headed by the former court of appeal president Margaret McMurdo is the centrepiece of government efforts to tackle the continued escalation of domestic violence. Continue reading...

Businessman Govind Kant is the second Australian to die from coronavirus in India; Morrison condemns Virgin boss’s ‘insensitive’ border comments. Follow all the day’s news

The Israeli military has launched another heavy wave of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed militants' tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders. Early on Tuesday morning, three massive blasts shook Gaza City. Confirmation is being sought as to what caused the explosions. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signalled Israel’s bombardment would continue despite mounting global pressure to stop the bloodshed. After a phone conversation with Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, the US president, Joe Biden, issued a statement expressing support for a ceasefire, but did not say it should be immediate. In the last week, at least 200 Palestinians, including 59 children, have been killed in the attacks by Israel

When Covid shut schools, fees still had to be paid even if rural pupils could not access online lessonsIqbal Khan works as a chauffeur in Lahore. His children are in his home village in a rural area north of Peshawar. Both of these very different areas of Pakistan have the same problem for many of their young people: no means of getting access to an education.Online learning was not an option for Khan’s children as the pandemic locked down schools across cities and countryside. Even as he worked to pay the school fees, his two sons, aged 16 and 13, were unable to access any lessons as their schools went digital. Continue reading...

Increased flexibility of vaccine expected to have ‘significant impact’ on rollout in EU member states

Police say man in his 50s suffered critical injuries to his upper thigh during attack at Tuncurry beach, near ForsterA surfer has died after he was mauled by a 4.5m great white shark off Tuncurry Beach on the New South Wales mid-north coast.It’s the first confirmed fatal shark attack in Australian waters this year, though it’s believed another man was killed by a shark off South Australia in January. Continue reading...

The fairytale comedy was a hit with critics and audiences but its toilet humour, glibness and shoddy animation mark it out as a misfireShrek has an outhouse with a working toilet.It is not part of the film’s cynical brand of “irreverence” that an ogre’s latrine is supported by modern plumbing. And it’s certainly not consistent with the hygiene of a swamp-dwelling beast who bathes in mud, brushes his teeth in slime and boasts of a killer weed rat stew. But after our lime-green hero literally wipes his ass with a fairytale ending, it was apparently decided that the film needed that emphatic flushing sound before the Smash Mouth single All Star kicked in and the introductory montage could commence. Continue reading...

Firm settles over allegations claimants were shot, stabbed and beaten by guards at mine that produced one of Queen’s favourite gems

Amid political turmoil and an overwhelmed health system, young activists are stepping up in response to the pandemicA ping and: “ICU bed needed. Please it’s urgent.” Another ping: “Where can I find Remdesivir. EMERGENCY.” Ping: “Very urgent oxygen cylinder needed, patient at last stage.” The messages never let up; a constant stream of posts pleading for hospital beds, oxygen, plasma and medicine.It’s not Nepal’s government helpline, but an online group set up by a 24-year-old public health graduate. Continue reading...

Worldwide, mothers are overworked, underpaid, often lonely and made to feel guilty about everything from epidurals to bottle feeding. Fixing this is the unfinished work of feminismIt’s the middle of a dark, November night, and I’m about to have my first baby. But instead of the joyful experience I’d hoped for, I am being rushed into the operating theatre to have an emergency caesarean under general anaesthetic. I have a dangerous complication and my son’s life is at risk. Four hours earlier, I’d been sent home by a midwife who told me I couldn’t stay in hospital and have an epidural because labour wasn’t properly “established”.It’s a week later and I’m back home with my son who, thankfully, made it. But I’m struggling. If someone asks me how I am, in a kindly voice, my voice cracks. I’m spending a lot of time sitting on the bed in a milk-stained dressing gown. In a few days, my partner will go back to work. Continue reading...

As fraught and imperfect as efforts at historical justice can be, consider what happens when they do not occur. The crimes of the past, when left unaddressed, do not remain in the past

Monday’s change in the rules was supposed to be a moment of celebration – but the new variant spreading in the UK meant it came with a cautionary note. Can the next stage of the government’s ‘irreversible’ plan go ahead?This time last week, most of us were feeling optimistic about the next step in the government’s “irreversible” plan to end lockdown. Then scientists started to warn that the accelerating spread of the India variant of coronavirus meant that we should proceed carefully – and even consider slowing down.While the plans went ahead on Monday, they came with a heavy dose of caution and warnings that the last stage of the relaxation set for 21 June could be delayed. The Guardian’s science correspondent Nicola Davis tells Anushka Asthana about the latest setback in the fight against Covid – and what it means for what happens next. Continue reading...

Benjamin Netanyahu signals Israel’s bombardment will continue as Joe Biden issues statement supporting ceasefireTwo hundred Palestinians, including 59 children, have been killed during a week of attacks in Gaza, health officials in the territory have said, as Benjamin Netanyahu signalled Israel’s bombardment would rage on despite mounting global pressure to stop the bloodshed.After a phone conversation with Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, US president Joe Biden issued a statement for the first time expressing support for a ceasefire – but though he did not say it should be immediate. Continue reading...

Owner of mansion allegedly used for illegal gambling during pandemic won’t face charges after police accused of theft and planting evidenceA police investigation into an alleged underground casino operating out of a mansion north of Toronto has fallen apart after officers were accused of stealing two luxury watches and planting evidence.Police in Ontario said in September they had seized more than $10m in assets, firearms, cash and liquor as part of a months-long investigation into illegal gambling. Continue reading...

Excavation work will go ahead where missing 15-year-old Mary Bastholm worked, police have saidExcavation work will go ahead in a cafe in Gloucester where missing 15-year-old Mary Bastholm worked and the serial killer Fred West was a customer, after “possible evidence” to suggest a body could be buried there, police have said.Forensic archaeologists have been undertaking exploratory work at the Clean Plate cafe in Southgate Street in connection with the disappearance of the girl who was last seen alive in January 1968. Continue reading...

Italy relaxes restrictions in areas with low cases; Germany will scrap its vaccine priority list from 7 June; Taiwan posts 333 new cases in worsening outbreak

Tuesday: Israel signals airstrikes will continue as the international community pushes for ceasefire. Plus: the complete guide to selling secondhand fashionGood morning. There are no signs of the violence in Gaza easing, as pressure is growing on the international governments, including Australia, to take stronger action against many of the world’s conflicts. Australia is also facing calls to take a tougher line on Myanmar, with demands for sanctions on coup leaders. And there is increasing pressure for Australia to open its borders to the world sooner rather than later.Two hundred Palestinians, including 59 children, have been killed during a week of attacks in Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu signalled Israel’s bombardment would rage on despite mounting global pressure to stop the bloodshed. The attacks have left Gaza’s hospitals strained, and the deaths of doctors have further hit medical services struggling with damaged facilities and medicine shortages. The violence has seen regional unity splinter over who is to blame and what should be done to stop the fighting. While some states with Muslim majorities have accused Israel of incitement at the al-Aqsa mosque and committing atrocities in Gaza, other countries that followed suit during previous flare-ups have this time been more restrained. Continue reading...

Head of country’s academy of medicine issues warning with less than 1% of population having received a doseVenezuela’s slow rate of vaccination for Covid-19 means it could take up to 10 years for the country to be fully vaccinated, the president of the nation’s academy of medicine said on Monday.Venezuela, with about 30 million inhabitants, has received 1.4m vaccines from China and Russia, according to its health ministry. Authorities hope to receive enough doses for about 5 million people from the World Health Organization’s Covax system. Continue reading...

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A six-year-old Palestinian girl was found deep inside a pile of rubble after her home was destroyed by an Israeli strike in Gaza that killed her mother and all four of her siblings.Suzy Eshkuntana, trapped for seven hours under the debris, was reunited in Shifa hospital with her father, who was also being treated for his wounds. The family’s home was hit by Israeli air strikes early on Sunday in Gaza City, a wave of attacks that Gaza health officials said killed 42 people including 10 children and raised the death toll in Gaza after a week of bombardment to more than 200.Israel says it is attacking the militant Islamist Hamas movement that controls the densely populated Gaza Strip and that - along with Islamic Jihad and other militant groups - has fired more than 3,000 rockets towards Israeli towns and cities, killing 10 people, including two children

Almost 400 organisations say Morrison government’s decision not to impose sanctions is disappointing and emboldens military juntaDemocracy campaigners defying the military junta in Myanmar have pleaded with Australia to sanction the generals who engineered February’s coup and the businesses that sustain the military regime.Nearly 400 civil society organisations inside Myanmar have written an open letter to the foreign minister, Marise Payne, condemning Australia’s “shameful inaction” and urging it to impose new sanctions to de-legitimise the military regime and squeeze its sources of foreign funding. Continue reading...