Amy Dorris alleges she was sexually assaulted by Donald Trump in 1997, when she was 24. Speaking publicly about the alleged incident for the first time, the former model claims Trump grabbed her as she came out of the bathroom of his VIP box at the US Open tennis event, forced his tongue down her throat and held her in a grip from which she could not escape. Trump's lawyers said he denied in the strongest possible terms having ever harassed, abused or behaved improperly toward Dorris
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Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris
Exclusive: Amy Dorris alleges Trump forced his tongue down her throat and groped her at 1997 US Open
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A former model has come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her at the US Open tennis tournament more than two decades ago, in an alleged incident that left her feeling “sick” and “violated”.
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Amy Dorris alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the tournament in New York on 5 September 1997.
Continue reading...Donald Trump says CDC director ‘confused’ about Covid-19 vaccine arrival date – video
US president predicts that at least 100m doses of a coronavirus vaccine can be distributed by the end of 2020, contradicting a top government health official Trump dismisses as confused.
Hours earlier, Robert Redfield, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said a Covid-19 vaccine could be broadly rolled out by the middle of next year or a little later.
‘No I think he made a mistake when he said that,’ Trump says. ‘That’s incorrect information. ‘I think he just misunderstood the question, probably.’
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- CDC director says coronavirus vaccine won’t be widely available until late 2021
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TikTok: Trump questions Oracle deal if ByteDance keeps stake
President warns any agreement to continue operating in US must be ‘100% as far as national security is concerned’
Donald Trump has questioned plans by the Chinese tech firm ByteDance to keep a majority stake in TikTok’s US operations as part of a “trusted technology deal” with Oracle.
“Conceptually I can tell you that I don’t like that,” Trump told a news conference when asked about a reported proposal to give Oracle only a minority share. “I’m not prepared to sign off on anything. They’re going to be reporting to me tomorrow morning and I’ll let you know.”
Continue reading...‘Face masks are our best defence,’ says CDC director Redfield – video
Dr Robert Redfield, testifying before a Senate subcommittee, suggested face masks may be even more effective than a vaccine in limiting the spread of the coronavirus.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said face masks are 'the most important, powerful public health tool we have'
- CDC director suggests masks are 'more guaranteed to protect against Covid' than vaccine – live
- Coronavirus live news: hospitalisations of 15 to 49-year-olds rising, says WHO; new Netherlands cases record
CDC director suggests masks are ‘more guaranteed to protect against Covid’ than vaccine – live
- CDC head: ‘I might say this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against Covid than when I take a vaccine’
- CDC: vaccine will not be widely available until ‘late 2021’
- Pelosi demands investigation into hysterectomy claims at Ice centre
- Hurricane Sally hits Gulf coast
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Senior health officials appear to be offering conflicting timelines on when a coronavirus vaccine will be widely available to the American public.
CDC director Robert Redfield just told senators that the vaccine would not be widely available until “late second quarter, third quarter 2021.”
CDC Director Robert Redfield also told senators that he did not expect a coronavirus vaccine to be widely available to the American public until “late second quarter, third quarter 2021.”
JUST IN: CDC Director Robert Redfield says at a Senate hearing he sees a #Covid19 vaccine being "generally available to the American public" in the "late second quarter, third quarter 2021" pic.twitter.com/8w2904TGhN
Continue reading...Ursula von der Leyen says Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’ have no place in EU
In her first ‘state of union’ speech, European commission president delivers criticism of Polish ruling party
The head of the European commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has said Poland’s “LGBT free zones” are “humanity-free zones” that have no place in the European Union in her strongest criticism yet of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party.
In a wide-ranging 77-minute speech spanning from coronavirus to the climate emergency, Von der Leyen pledged to build “a union of equality” and criticised European member states that watered down EU foreign policy messages on human rights.
Continue reading...Biden assembles army of attorneys for post-election legal fight
Protracted battle expected as likely surge in mail-in votes means winner of Trump-Biden contest may not be known on night
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign says it is amassing an unprecedented army of attorneys for an expected legal brawl over whether ballots will count in the weeks after the election. The effort will involve several other top Democratic voting rights and election law attorneys as well as Eric Holder, the former attorney general.
Related: The ‘invisible voting bloc’: US postal service cuts threaten ballot access for inmates
Continue reading...Trump’s pre-election diplomatic offensive glosses over awkward realities
The ‘Abraham accords’ merely make public once-furtive friendships between Israel and Gulf monarchies, while bigger problems remain
The White House was festooned with the flags of four nations. There were trumpet blasts, multiple signatures on various pieces of paper, and much weighty talk about blood and history – everything you might expect from a peace deal.
And not just any peace deal. The agreements signed in Washington on Tuesday were titled the Abraham Accords, implying a epochal reconciliation between Judaism, Islam and Christianity, three faiths with shared Middle East ancestry.
Continue reading...Donald Trump falsely claims he didn’t downplay coronavirus pandemic
The president admitted to downplaying the virus in interviews with investigative journalist Bob Woodward
Donald Trump falsely claimed he did not downplay the coronavirus pandemic at a town hall Tuesday night, saying, “Actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms of action.”
His remarks came in response to an uncommitted voter at the ABC News event, who asked Trump why he would “downplay a pandemic that is known to disproportionately harm low-income families and minority communities”. The president said he did not minimize the threat of the virus: “My action was very strong. I’m not looking to be dishonest. I don’t want people to panic.”
Continue reading...‘It’s going to be peace in the Middle East’: Trump on historic accords – video
A historic agreement signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the White House will, according to Donald Trump, ‘be peace to the Middle East.’
They signed agreements to establish formal relations, ending a decades-old taboo in Arab diplomacy as power and priorities shift in the region.
Continue reading...UAE, Bahrain and Israel sign historic accords at White House event
Trio establish formal relations at ceremony viewed as image boost for Trump and Netanyahu
Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have signed agreements to establish formal relations, ending a decades-old taboo in Arab diplomacy as power and priorities shift in the Middle East.
“Today’s signing sets history on a new course,” Donald Trump told a crowd outside the White House where the deal was signed. “This an incredible day for the world,” he said.
Continue reading...Trump threatens to retaliate with ‘1,000 times greater’ force against any Iran attack
- US intelligence said to fear attack on US envoy to South Africa
- Trump claims he had discussed plan to assassinate Syria’s Assad
Donald Trump has warned that the US will retaliate with “1,000 times greater” force against any Iranian attack on its interests.
Related: ‘The US feels very volatile’: former ambassador warns of election violence
Continue reading...Trump and Biden clash on climate as Hurricane Sally and wildfires rage – live
- Louisville expected to announce settlement with Breonna Taylor family
- Firefighters pushed to limit as infernos rage across west coast
- Trump’s embrace of teen shooter raises vigilante fears for election
- Black churches say Trump election ad incites ‘white terrorism’
- Nurses die as US hospitals fail to contain Covid
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There’s a quick snap from Reuters here that the city government of Louisville, Kentucky, is expected to announce on Tuesday a financial settlement with the family of Breonna Taylor, the Black woman fatally shot by police in March.
The Courier Journal has reported locally that the “substantial” settlement will be accompanied by police reforms, including a requirement that commanders approve search warrants before they are put to a judge.
Forecasters say Hurricane Sally could dump flooding rains on a path from Mississippi to the Carolinas this week after the storm makes landfall on the Gulf Coast.
The National Weather Service says after the storm comes inland Wednesday, rainfall of 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) is likely across portions of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
Black churches say Donald Trump election ad incites ‘white terrorism’
- Leaders call for removal of ad depicting worshippers as ‘thugs’
- Video pairs Biden at prayer with scenes of street violence
Black American church leaders have accused Donald Trump of inciting “white terrorism” against people of colour and depicting churchgoers as “thugs” in a presidential election campaign ad.
They are calling for the advertisement’s removal from display and federal protection from any bias or threats it could provoke.
Continue reading...‘The US feels very volatile’: former ambassador warns of election violence
Ex-UK ambassador Kim Darroch say pollsters could be undercounting Donald Trump supporters
The former UK ambassador in Washington, Kim Darroch, has warned of a “genuine risk” of violence in the aftermath of a close-run US election in November.
Darroch noted that although Joe Biden is maintaining a significant lead nationwide, the margins in some battleground states are shrinking, and he suggested pollsters could be systematically undercounting Donald Trump supporters.
Continue reading...‘I don’t think science knows’: Trump denies climate change link to wildfires – video
The US president is urged to recognise the changing climate and what it means to forests, during a briefing on the wildfires in California on Monday. Trump interrupts an official, Wade Crowfoot, the secretary of California’s Natural Resources Agency, to argue the climate 'will start getting cooler, you just watch'. Crowfoot responds: 'I wish science agreed with you.' To which Trump retorts: 'I don’t think science knows actually'
Continue reading...Biden calls Trump a ‘climate arsonist’ as wildfires rage – video
Joe Biden addressed record-setting wildfires in the western US while on the presidential campaign, calling Donald Trump a 'climate arsonist'.
Meanwhile Donald Trump arrived in California, citing the importance of forest management.
Continue reading...Biden condemns Trump as ‘climate arsonist’ as wildfires burn – live
- Democratic contender attacks Trump’s climate strategy
- Trump dismisses concerns about virus spread at Nevada rally
- Biden: Climate change is ‘not a partisan phenomenon’
- Trump to Woodward: ‘Nothing more could have been done’ on Covid
- Nearly all missing people accounted for as at least 35 killed US fires
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Trump has landed in California, where he will receive a briefing on the west coast wildfires, which have already claimed at least 35 lives.
“There has to be good, strong forest management, which I’ve been talking about for three years with the states, so hopefully they’ll start doing that,” Trump said.
Trump is in California mispronouncing "Oregon" and insisting that wildfires are caused be poor forest management pic.twitter.com/zydXDoe3DT
Joe Biden closed his climate speech by noting he continues to pray for Americans on the west coast who have been affected by the wildfires.
“We see the light through the dark smoke. We never give up. Always,” Biden said.
Continue reading...Just 50 days until a US election both sides see as an existential struggle
Joe Biden holds a steady lead in the polls but plenty of time remains for surprises and even the act of voting is controversial
The election to decide whether Donald Trump will serve a second term as president has already begun, with voters in North Carolina filling out absentee ballots, Minnesotans preparing to start early in-person voting on Friday and other states revving up their election machinery.
But for most Americans, today marks 50 days until election day, 3 November, when voters will take varying degrees of health risks – and face hurdles to voting of varying heights – to cast their ballots in person for Trump or his potential Democratic successor, Joe Biden.
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