Confusion over city boundaries and a lack of warning marked the return of coronavirus restrictions

Administrators from Germany’s first local outbreak want more precise way of dealing with flare-ups

Economy faltering with half the population out of work and 80% living below poverty line

PIA will not be able to fly into the EU for at least six months because of doubts over validity of pilot licencesThe European Union’s aviation safety agency announced today that Pakistan’s national airline would not be allowed to fly into Europe for at least six months after the country’s aviation minister revealed that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had cheated during their pilot’s exams.Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said PIA had not been flying to Europe because of the pandemic. But the airline had hoped to resume its flights to Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona and Milan within the next two months. Continue reading...

PM speech on post-Covid recovery comes as Leicester faces local lockdown and ONS reports excess deaths have stopped

Deadline to agree regulatory equivalence for financial services and allow business after Brexit likely to be missedBritain and Brussels have each accused the other of holding up a decision on the City of London’s ability to do business in EU markets from next year, prolonging the financial services’ state of uncertainty about the future.Both parties had agreed to complete assessments of the other’s regulatory regimes for financial services by Tuesday 30 June, with the expectation that they would deemed “equivalent”, allowing business to continue in the new year. Continue reading...

A woman who was challenged by police for wearing an anti-Boris Johnson T-shirt at a Black Lives Matter demonstration is launching legal action against them over the right to free speech and political debate.

The heavy metal pioneers talk about drugs, groupies, pink Cadillacs, the curse of Motörhead’s Lemmy – and being huge in SwedenIt’s hard to fathom why Girlschool aren’t more celebrated. Forty years on from their first album, Demolition – released in June 1980 – and they are still the most successful all-female British rock band ever. They reached the Top 10 of both the singles and albums charts; they headlined the Reading festival in 1981; they filled Hammersmith Odeon; they appeared on Top of the Pops with two different singles – and they did so on their own terms. No svengali put them together; they never glammed themselves up to try to be sex symbols. They simply played raucous, high-energy rock’n’roll.There had been all-female punk bands, such as the Slits and the Raincoats, and there had been women in – and leading – rock bands, but nothing quite like Girlschool. This summer, though, there will be no deluxe edition of Demolition. Unlike their near contemporaries in LA, the Runaways, there has been no starry biopic, no acclaim for Girlschool as a landmark band. They still tour, still record, but their mark on history is far fainter than it should be. Continue reading...

Former prime minister adds to outcry over David Frost’s appointmentTheresa May has launched a forthright attack upon Boris Johnson’s government for the appointment of the EU negotiator David Frost as the UK’s national security adviser.The former prime minister accused the Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove of promoting someone “with no proven expertise” to a crucial role at the heart of the UK’s safety. Continue reading...

President plays patriotism card on eve of vote on constitutional changes

Director of Steve Martin comedies The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains was also famed for his collaboration with Mel Brooks• Hadley Freeman meets Reiner and Brooks, February 2020

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as BoE chief economist says Covid-19 recovery is underway

Scott Morrison will outline a more muscular defence posture in an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific regionAustralia’s defence force is set to acquire long-range missiles and research hypersonic weapons systems, as Scott Morrison warns the country to prepare for a more dangerous post-Covid-19 world and an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific region.The Australian prime minister will use a speech on Wednesday to outline a more muscular defence posture, arguing the ADF needs “stronger deterrence capabilities” as the Indo-Pacific becomes “the focus of the dominant global contest of our age” amid tensions between China and the United States. Continue reading...

Beijing move to stamp out anti-government protests poses diplomatic test for UKEuropean leaders condemned China’s “deplorable decision” to press ahead with its new security laws in Hong Kong, warning that it will speed up the reassessment of China as a trustworthy economic partner.The European Union council president, Charles Michel, said “we deplore the decision” and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the bloc was now discussing with international partners on any possible measures in response. Continue reading...

Judges throw out demand by two MPs and human rights charity for public hearingA judicial review aimed at overturning a decision to ditch a judge-led inquiry into the involvement of British intelligence in torture and rendition will be heard in secret after a challenge involving two MPs failed.The Conservative David Davis and Labour’s Dan Jarvis had joined with human rights charity Reprieve to demand the case be heard in public after it emerged that a further 15 potential cases of post 9/11 human rights abuses may exist. Continue reading...

Print of the Beeckestijn, now identified as a slave ship, forms part of Amsterdammers and Slavery exhibitionThe only known contemporaneous drawing of a Dutch West India Company slave ship from the early 1700s in which more than 1,000 people died has been identified and is being exhibited as part of a wider attempt by the city of Amsterdam to reckon with its past.The Beeckestijn transported about 4,600 slaves from the African west coast to the Dutch colonies of Suriname and St Eustatius over seven voyages to South America and the Caribbean between 1722 and 1736. At least 1,000 slaves died on board. Continue reading...

New charges brought to circumvent Covid-19 prison release scheme, say human rights groupsFemale human rights activists imprisoned in Iran are facing a slew of new charges to prevent them from being temporarily released because of the Covid-19 epidemic, rights groups say.Since Covid-19 spread rapidly through the country in early March, Iranian authorities have been under pressure to release all prisoners who pose no risk to society. Around 85,000 prisoners were temporarily released under a furlough scheme earlier this year in response to the coronavirus outbreak, half of whom were believed to be political detainees. Continue reading...

Human rights group says all sides in long war responsible for shocking abuseThe scale of abuse suffered by Yemenis in unofficial detention centres and prisons has been revealed in a report, which shows how extrajudicial detentions and killings have rocketed during the five-year-long conflict.Between May 2016 and April 2020, Mwatana, a leading Yemeni human rights group, documented 1,605 cases of arbitrary detention, 770 cases of enforced disappearance, and 344 cases of torture carried out by all of Yemen’s warring parties, according to research published on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, statistics, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Vic, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreak and track the impact of government response

Picture of Hemi Pomara posing in London in 1846 was discovered at the national library of Australia by researchersThe oldest surviving photograph of a Māori person has been discovered in the national library of Australia, a historical “scoop” being lauded on both sides of the Tasman.Hemi Pomara was kidnapped from his home on the Chatham Islands in the early 1840s by British traders, after his family were slaughtered by a rival Māori tribe. Continue reading...

Absence of tourists during coronavirus pandemic has led Nara’s revered deer back to traditional diets and better health

Protesters with pro-democracy movement ‘face the dangers of prosecution’, says advocate, as protection visa applications increase

Joseph McCann freed after probation policy to consider alternatives to prison recallSignificant failings by prison and probation staff, and a policy of not recalling high risk prisoners to alleviate pressure on a growing prison population, saw serial rapist Joseph McCann mistakenly freed from jail to attack 11 women and children, a review has found.The damning report by HM Inspectorate of Probation highlights eight missed opportunities to recall McCann, 34, a high risk IPP (imprisonment for public protection) prisoner before he was released, following a burglary offence, in February 2019. Continue reading...

Government must take urgent action to prevent even bigger crisis in future, charity warnsLockdown has been devastating for mental health and the worst could be yet to come, a leading charity has said.The mental health charity Mind says a survey has revealed that lockdown has had a dramatic impact on the nation’s mental health, warning that unless action is taken now, the problem could grow. Continue reading...

Leicester lockdown extended; UK official death toll rises by 25; parents in England face fines if they refuse to send children back to school in September

The PM wants to be put on the same pedestal as Franklin D Roosevelt as he unveils £5bn capital projectsBoris Johnson will seek to wrap himself in the mantle of one of the most-revered American presidents in modern times on Tuesday, as he attempts to refocus his premiership by promising a “New Deal” for Britain in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.According to pre-released extracts, Johnson’s speech will highlight projects worth £5bn, which he will “accelerate”, including improvements to schools and hospitals, and “shovel ready” schemes such as parks improvements. Continue reading...

Almost 29,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and brought to relief campsMore than a million people have been affected by flooding in northeastern India, where the death toll over the past week rose to 13, authorities said on Monday.Flooding is an annual phenomenon in India’s northeast, claiming hundreds of lives each year. Continue reading...

Tuesday: After warning of a large state-based cyberattack, Scott Morrison announces cybersecurity package. Plus, Virginia Trioli shoots down talking points on Q+AGood morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Tuesday 30 June. Continue reading...

Paul Fletcher grilled on the lack of support for women in government stimulus spendingFifty minutes into Monday night’s Q+A, fill-in host Virginia Trioli said what viewers of the long-running panel show have been shouting in the privacy of their living rooms every Monday night for the past decade.“Can I take you to the question? The long dissertations are just chewing up time.” Continue reading...

Hostages from different aid organisations appeal for rescue in videoIslamist militants have abducted four aid workers and a private security worker in north-east Nigeria, the hostages have said in a video.The hostages identified themselves and said they each worked for different organisations. With just their heads and shoulders showing against leafy plants outdoors, they named large aid groups Action Against Hunger, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Reach. Continue reading...

As a surge in coronavirus cases brings talk of a local lockdown extension, the city’s most vulnerable wonder what the future holds

The Australian government has realised that strengthening international institutions is preferable to the alternative – relying on Trump or XiLast October, Scott Morrison continued a proud Australian political tradition and admitted that – despite being prime minister – he has only a passing interest in international affairs.Days after returning from a lengthy visit to Washington, Morrison explained, almost apologetically, that his various foreign travels had been forced upon him by the unfortunate intrusion of global events. “My instincts and passions have always been domestic,” he said in a speech to the Lowy Institute. “I am not one who naturally seeks out summits and international platforms.” Continue reading...

If you turned 31 this year, you have until 1 July to avoid a fee loading on private health cover, but experts say there’s no need to panic-buyPrivate health insurance in Australia is kind of an oxymoron. “Every Australian already has health insurance: Medicare,” says Uta Mihm of consumer advocacy group Choice.So why does it exist here at all? Well, that’s the million dollar question. Firstly, it’s important to note that “health insurance” in Australia actually refers to two different types of cover: private hospital cover and extras cover. The former will pay for you to receive treatment in private hospitals, where you’ll stay in comfortable rooms and get shorter wait times for elective surgery. Extras cover is meant to reduce the cost of things like dental, optical and massage. Continue reading...

Nice says topic is under review, but still advises taking supplements for bone health

Agreed shortlist of permitted countries also excludes Russia, Brazil and India

Government must take concrete action if Israel goes ahead with annexation, say charitiesPressure on the UK government to commit to concrete measures and not just “lacklustre” verbal condemnation if Israel goes ahead with annexation of parts of the West Bank has been stepped up by a coalition of 14 British charities and human rights groups.The pressure follows confirmation by the shadow foreign secretary, Lisa Nandy, at the weekend that the British Labour party supported a ban on Israeli imports made in West Bank settlements if annexation of parts of the occupied Palestinian territories went ahead. Her proposal has been backed by the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, and is likely to be raised in the Commons on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Resources reallocated from defence portfolio are planned to rise to $1.35bn over a decade with 500 new jobs createdScott Morrison will unveil $748m in new cyber security initiatives, with the planned reallocation of resources from within the defence portfolio rising to $1.35bn over a decade once the government unveils a new cyber security strategy in coming months.Continuing the government’s more assertive public posture against malicious interference, Morrison will commit on Tuesday to spending $470m to expand Australia’s cyber security workforce, creating more than 500 new jobs within the Australian Signals Directorate. Continue reading...

The Guardian’s senior economics commentator reflects on challenges as a columnist at the Guardian and what he thinks sets the media organisation and its journalists apartI look for this in my reporting and writing. It’s very intentional. I remember spending a day in Stockport where some people were doing a citizen’s economic course – they weren’t economists, but they were interested. When you see the world through someone else’s eyes, it’s a genuinely enriching experience. I often think of the people I met years ago – I’m still in touch with a lot of them – and imagine what their take on something might be. Continue reading...

Then agriculture minister ruled to have acted recklessly and committed misfeasance in public office over 2011 banThe federal government has been ordered to pay almost $3m in damages to a Northern Territory company after the previous Labor government’s decision to ban live cattle exports was found to be invalid.Justice Steven Rares on 2 June ruled that the then agriculture minister, Joe Ludwig, acted recklessly and committed misfeasance in public office when he banned farmers from exporting live cattle to Indonesia for six months in 2011. Continue reading...

Avon and Somerset police say they have no choice but try to trace individuals due to criminal damageDetectives have released images of 15 people they want to trace over the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol in which the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into the harbour.Avon and Somerset police published the images of the men and women, arguing that in law, a crime – criminal damage – had been committed and it had no choice but to investigate. The force also said it had consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service about its investigation. Continue reading...

Historian says papers challenge official version that George McMahon was a fantasistIt has all the hallmarks of a 21st-century political thriller, including a plot to assassinate a controversial monarch, an MI5 double agent, and claims of a high-level cover-up.In 1936, an MI5 informant called George McMahon tried to assassinate King Edward VIII as he rode his horse near Buckingham Palace. Just as he was taking aim with a revolver, a woman in the crowd grabbed his arm and a policeman punched him, causing the weapon to fly into the road and strike the monarch’s mount. Continue reading...

Exclusive: figures show Britain second only to Spain among major European countries

Survey shows people want to continue with more fulfilling and family-friendly work environments

In a week that saw the worst day on record for new cases, Trump shrugs as experts warn Americans not to follow his leadA disaster is unfolding in Montgomery, Alabama, where Martin Luther King preached and where Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus. Hospitals are running short of drugs to treat Covid-19, intensive care units are close to capacity, and ventilators are running short.Related: Rashida Tlaib pushes to free US inmates from coronavirus 'death sentence’ Continue reading...

Government urged to seize chance of reform, amid closure fears and claims NHS left some homes to fend for themselves

Calls for sanctions are intensifying as the cabinet meets and Netanyahu awaits US approvalThe Israeli cabinet will meet on Sunday to finalise plans to annex parts of the West Bank amid growing international opposition and calls for sanctions to be imposed if the proposal is implemented.Related: Lisa Nandy urges ban on imports of West Bank goods Continue reading...

Country records biggest coronavirus case jump in two months after four returning travellers diagnosed

Hundreds of protesters marched in central London to celebrate the black trans community and demonstrate against potential changes to the Gender Recognition Act Continue reading...

University president cites ‘thorough, deliberative’ process to reach decision amid nationwide movementIvy league Princeton University has announced it will remove president Woodrow Wilson’s name from the institution’s School of Public and International Affairs due to his history of racism.In a statement released Saturday, the university president, Christopher Eisgruber, said the decision came after a “thorough, deliberative process” five years after a group of student activists occupied his office in protest against the faculty’s dedication to the controversial 28th president. Continue reading...