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Neither candidate can be said to have performed well in the first debate of the presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The couple launched personal insults in unedifying scenes as they clashed over health care, the coronavirus and the supreme court. They broke off and Biden lost his patience at one point as he tried to respond and yelled at Trump, “You wanna shut up, man? This is so un-presidential. “
The debate’s moderator, Fox News host Chris Wallace, had to continually warn Trump to deliver on his campaign promises that each side would be allowed two minutes of uninterrupted monologue on each topic. The president repeatedly broke the rule. When Trump tried to smear Biden’s son Hunter for past drug abuse, an irritated Wallace chimed in: “I think American voters would rather hear about bigger issues.” Commentators later called the display a disservice to the electorate and questioned whether voters had learned anything to help them choose.
Trump, pressured by new revelations that he avoided paying federal taxes for years and paid only $ 750 in 2016 and 2017, claimed that he had paid “millions of dollars” in taxes in those years. He boasted that he took advantage of the tax loopholes and that, as a successful businessman, he did not “want to pay taxes.” The president again refused to commit to accepting the election result if he loses, floating conspiratorial and totally unfounded claims about electoral fraud.
Trump hoarsely said “you’re wrong, you’re wrong” as Biden tried to make a point about the security of postal ballots. The president refused to condemn the white supremacists who have threatened the Black Lives Matters protests, saying “someone has to do something about Antifa and the left.” Biden exhorted voters to exercise their right to vote, whether by mail or in person: “He cannot prevent you from determining the outcome of this election … is it going to change, or get four more years of these lies? ? “
Brexit bill goes to the Lords – The controversial Brexit bill that violates international law passed the House of Commons by 340 votes to 256 and will go to the House of Lords. He faces potentially tougher opposition from his peers, most notably from Michael Howard, the former Conservative leader who has condemned the law-violating provisions of the Domestic Market Bill, which gives ministers the power to unilaterally rewrite elements of the withdrawal agreement with the EU. No Conservative MPs voted against the bill Tuesday night, although more than 20 did not vote, and the majority were presumed to be abstentions, including opponent Theresa May.
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> Walt Disney has announced that it will lay off 28,000 employees from its theme park business due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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> Helen Reddy, the Australian singer best known for her 1972 anthem I Am Woman, has died at the age of 78. Reddy was diagnosed with dementia in 2015 and moved into a Los Angeles nursing home for professional artists.
Most recent coronavirus – The UK’s largest provider of nursing homes, HC-One, has had Covid outbreaks in 70 of its facilities, raising questions about whether official numbers on the virus’s return to social care may be too low. HC-One said it had closed one in five of its 329 homes and that 20 homes had seen new outbreaks in the last fortnight. Bupa said that in the past 28 days people had tested positive in 21 of its 130 locations, while Care UK has tested positive in 19 of its 110 homes. Few of the 20,900 ventilators bought for £ 569 million by the government have been found to have been used, all but 2,150 still in a defense warehouse in case they are needed for a second wave. Meanwhile, more than 80 Conservative MPs are poised to rebel against the government on Wednesday for powers to scrutinize broad laws on coronavirus. You should keep our live coronavirus blog open to a tab as developments continue.
BAME gap in GCSE – The nation’s largest examination board, AQA, does not count a single book by a black author among the texts established for its GCSE English literature syllabus, according to a report by the educational charity Teach First. More than half a million students sit in AQA GCSE English Literature each year – 80% of the candidates. Its curriculum includes only two texts by non-white authors: Anita and Me by Meera Syal and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. AQA has said that it is reviewing equality, diversity and inclusion in its English GCSE literature and other ratings to “make sure they are as representative of modern Britain as possible.”
‘Built with great skill’ – A long-forgotten London hospital, a towering old brewery and a circus theater, described as “fascinating survivors of history,” are among the 10 highest-risk listed Victorian and Edwardian buildings, according to the charity Victorian Society. The Marylebone Road Hospital, West London, opened in 1889 and became the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women in 1904, which finally closed in 1997 and since fell into disrepair.
Brighton Hippodrome is also “empty and rotten”; while a former Anglo-Bavarian brewery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, has languished partially empty for many years. Victorian Society President Griff Rhys Jones called for their preservation: “These buildings were built with great skill and brighten up their urban surroundings.”
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Sport
José Mourinho has offered Frank Lampard some advice on touchline etiquette after Tottenham reached the Carabao Cup quarter-finals by beating their London rivals on penalties. Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcântara has tested positive for Covid-19. There is no disguising the scale of British failure at this strange French Open after Heather Watson joined his five compatriots to exit the tournament. Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic got off to a comfortable start to the campaign, beating young Swede Mikael Ymer 6-0, 6-2, 6-3. Wigan were defeated 42-0 by St Helens after the front-row players rested before the Challenge Cup semi-final. Sale beat Northampton 34-14, but injuries to Manu Tuilagi and Courtney Lawes will leave England fearing the worst .
Essex captain Tom Westley has apologized on behalf of his team following celebrations at Lord’s during which alcohol was spilled on a young Muslim player. Michael Schumacher’s son Mick will take part in his first Formula One racing weekend at the Eifel Grand Prix in Germany next week. And London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher has said he’s “doing the opposite of a rain dance” ahead of Sunday’s rescheduled event because he believes world records could fall on the track at the speed of lightning if conditions permit.
Deal
The US dollar has changed little in Asian trade as traders assessed the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The dollar index against a basket of currencies barely moved to 93,821 after hitting a two-month high last week. The pound is at $ 1,284 and € 1,094, while the FTSE is roughly 20 points lower at time of writing.
The papers
Boris Johnson presented the cover editors with a gift when he stood in the middle of a construction site scratching his head. The visual metaphor was there to be plucked. “Sorry, the prime minister has no idea,” says the Subway, while the Mirror It says “And you thought you were confused,” both in reference to the prime minister making a mistake in his own rules on the coronavirus. “The confusion over the rules accelerates the conservative revolt,” reports the Telegraph – more on that story here.
the guardian it’s smoother, using an image of the PM laying a brick with his trowel. His splash is “Minister Calls on Whitehall to End Private Rate Bonanza,” which is about Lord Agnew, who has criticized Mandarins for spending money on consultants for things his staff should be able to figure out themselves. the Times leads with “Record rate of infection puts Britain on red alert.”
the me just like him Mail and the Quick cover a story summarized in the headline i: “One million women miss life-saving breast scans.” the FOOT it’s back in the Wirecard saga with “Whistleblower warned EY of fraud four years before the collapse” – EY is the Ernst & Young auditors, for those who don’t frequent the financial pages.
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