A prominent right-wing Israeli activist named Yehuda Glick was shot and seriously wounded by an Arab assailant in Jerusalem. Mr. Glick advocated that Jews be granted increased access to the Temple Mount. In the wake of the shooting, Israeli authorities closed the Temple Mount to both Jews and Muslims.
In other news, a young unemployed Long Island man beheaded his mother and dragged her body out into the street before killing himself by jumping in front of a commuter train.
To see the headlines and the articles, click “Continue reading” below.
Thanks to Fjordman, Jerry Gordon, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.
Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.
Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.
Spain: Dad Told to Pay Child Support to Daughter, 29
A Spanish judge has ordered a father to pay his 29-year-old daughter €500 ($630) a month in financial assistance, citing the difficulties under 30s have in finding work because of the country’s crisis.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Sweden Cuts Interest Rates to Zero
The Swedish central bank on Tuesday cut its main interest rate to zero in an attempt to combat deflation. Prices are currently falling in Sweden and the bank said it didn’t expect to begin raising interest rates until the middle of 2016.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Are Lone Wolf Jihadis Islamikazes?
There is a debate afoot about what to call Salafist Jihadi perpetrators of such recent spectacular murders that we have graphically seen in Ottawa, Montreal, New York, and Oklahoma. Counterterrorism officials have called them lone wolves to emphasize that they are not affiliated with known foreign sponsors of Islamist terrorism. They may be ‘self-actualized’ by the jihadist doctrinal aspects of their new found faith espoused by Salafist preachers and the social media of terrorist groups Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and most prominently the Islamic State, formerly ISIS. According to Dr. Rich Swier, publisher of the eponymous eMagazine, noted US counter terrorism expert, Patrick Poole has suggested calling them “known wolves”. “Cowboy”, a former CIA covert officer and counterterrorism consultant wrote us after we posted on “The Danger of Lone Wolf Jihadists Among Us,” saying, “we still perpetuate the false myth of Islamic lone wolf terrorists. If the counter-terrorists can’t even get their story straight, how can anyone else?”
| — Hat tip: Jerry Gordon | [Return to headlines] |
Man Beheads Woman & Jumps in Front of Train
A man beheaded a woman at her Long Island apartment Tuesday night and dragged her out into the street where he kicked her severed head about 20 feet before jumping in front of a train, cops and witnesses said.
The woman, who appeared to be in her 60s, was discovered dead outside an apartment building in Farmingdale at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nassau County police said.
“I looked through my window and saw the body down there,” said neighbor Nick Gordon.
“I saw the lady laying right in front and her head was across the street, close to the corner. I thought ‘holy sh—!’“
Gordon said the gory scene extended out into the street from inside the apartment building.
“There was blood all over the floor,” he said. “You can see smears going down the stairs… as if somebody were pulling a body.”
Some of the neighbors thought the headless body in the street was a Halloween prank, only to lift the lifeless body and discover it was real, witnesses said…
| [Return to headlines] |
The Row Between the Administration and Israel Has Reached a New Low
Relations between the Obama Administration and the Netanyahu government have reached a new low this past week. Witness the stiff armed treatment by the State Department and White House of Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Ya’alon came to Washington fully expecting to be invited to visit the White House, State Department and the Pentagon. All he got was a small honor guard ceremony at the Department of Defense and meetings with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and perhaps Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dempsey. Secretary Kerry, whom Ya’alon famously called last spring, “obsessed” and “messianic” over the former’s energetic but failed efforts to perfect a peace agreement wouldn’t see him. Neither would Vice President Biden or National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice. And as to President Obama having him to tea and a chat in the Oval Office, as the fabled cousin Vinny from Brooklyn would opine, FERGEDABOUTIT!! Yesterday, the favored media megaphone of the Administration, Jeffrey Goldberg, put out the latest diatribe in The Atlantic, “The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially Here.” Goldberg previously published an interview with President Obama in March 2014 in the wake of the breakdown of the talks between Jerusalem and Ramallah. See our April 2014 NER article, “Stalemate in the Middle East?” Goldberg have shown that he is the media megaphone for the Administration’s abuse of Israel, America’s only democratic ally in the barbaric turmoil of the Middle East. At least Israel puts boots on the ground to defend itself against, Hamas, Hezbollah and, if necessary, ISIS. Something that the Administration is loath to do, but our military leaders suggest might be a necessity in both Syria and Iraq to “degrade and destroy” ISIS. Goldberg should slink out of the media spotlight now after fomenting this latest row between the Administration and the Netanyahu government. We have his number as the official leaker for the Administration.
| — Hat tip: Jerry Gordon | [Return to headlines] |
U.S. Military Ordered to Hide Identities, Change Routines to Avoid Islamist Attacks
The agency in charge of protecting the Pentagon has sent out a warning that “ISIL-linked terrorists” want to attack employees and is urging them to change routines and mask their identities.
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency, citing intelligence reports, says the attackers may use knives, guns or explosives.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
U.S. Oil Output Surges to Highest Since 1980s on Shale
U.S. crude production climbed to the highest level in at least three decades last week as the shale boom moved the country closer to energy independence.
Output rose 0.4 percent to 8.97 million barrels a day, according to weekly Energy Information Administration estimates that began in January 1983. The EIA’s monthly data, which goes back to 1920 and is based on data collected by state and federal agencies, shows production at the highest since 1986.
U.S. crude production will grow by a million barrels a day this year and next to reach 9.5 million in 2015, the most since 1970, the EIA said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook on Oct. 7.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Report: Traffic Stop Where Shot Was Fired Part of a National Security Investigation
A media report is shedding light on a traffic stop conducted on Bank Street near Heron on Saturday, saying it was part of an RCMP national security investigation.
The Ottawa Citizen says the International Security Enforcement Team has been monitoring 39-year-old Luqman Abdunnur with the assistance of OPP.
Ottawa Police disclosed on Monday that a Provincial Police officer fired a single shot at the man after he tried to flee and an Ottawa officer was punched.
The shot did not connect.
Abdunnur was then subdued by a taser and charged with assaulting an officer, obstruction, resisting a peace officer and driving with a suspended licence.
It isn’t known if the man is a designated high-risk traveller.
| — Hat tip: Vlad Tepes | [Return to headlines] |
Amphipolis Tomb May Lie Deeper, Says Greek Official
In the wake of revelations that a huge burial mound being excavated at Ancient Amphipolis, northern Greece, has no fourth chamber, the Culture Ministry’s general secretary Lina Mendoni indicated that the central tomb could be located beneath the level on which the dig is currently taking place and did not rule out the possibility that the tomb had been raided.
“If the the tomb has been looted, then this would mean that it was someone very great buried there, a very important personality,” Mendoni said of the site which is believed to date to the time of the death of ancient Greek warrior Alexander the Great.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Baltic Trio to Seek Eur 3bn From EU for Rail Baltica
(RIGA) — The three Baltic states on Tuesday signed a joint venture for Rail Baltica, a long-discussed European-standard gauge railway that aims to connect the region to the rest of Europe by 2025.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania all have Soviet-era wide gauge railways, a relic of their near half century as unwilling members of the Soviet Union.
They broke free when the Soviet Union crumbled in 1990-1991 and went on to join both the EU and NATO in 2004.
The deal for the high-speed rail link from Estonia’s capital Tallinn to Warsaw in Poland, was inked at a Tuesday meeting of the three Baltic transport ministers in Riga.
The step allows the trio to apply for funding from the European Union for the project, which is expected to cost 3.7 billion euros ($47 billion).
Baltic leaders hope the EU will provide the lion’s share — around 85 percent — of the financing.
With a total population of just six million, the Baltic trio are betting the new railway will create fresh opportunities for the region in the trade and transit sectors.
At a time when a resurgent Russia is spooking the three formerly Soviet-ruled states, the project has also taken on a security dimension.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Denmark Best Place in Europe to Do Business
Denmark has once against been voted the best place to do business in Europe by the World Bank’s Doing Business Index for 2015 (here in English).
Globally, the Danes finished fourth, which is the nation’s best placing since the index was first launched in 2005.
“I am proud that Denmark is one of the countries in the world where it’s easiest to start and run a business,” Mogens Jensen, the trade and development minister, said in a press release.
“Topping this important competition index is good for our ability to create and retain new jobs by attracting foreign investment and spur financial growth.”
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
High Milk Intake May be Deadly: Swedish Study
A new Swedish study suggests that there are more health risks connected to drinking milk than were previously believed.
It might be time to forget all you have heard about milk increasing your bone strength.
Researchers from Uppsala University in eastern Sweden found that women who drink a lot of milk run a higher risk of getting bone fractures.
They even found that there was a connection between high milk consumption and a higher mortality rate — although they are yet to prove that milk is the cause.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Iceland: Sulphur Dioxide Back in the Capital
It looks as though our long-term friend sulphur dioxide will be spending a couple days in the capital area — starting tonight. MBL reports that there were low levels of SO2 from the Holuhraun eruption in the capital area today. The highest levels were recorded in the east Reykjavík neighbourhood of Grafarvogur.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Libyan Soldiers ‘Preyed on Women’ While Training in UK, Court Hears
Libyan soldiers on a training course in Britain behaved “like a pack” by hunting down and sexually assaulting three women in one night, a court heard.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Most Italians Regret Changing Lira for Euro
A majority of Italians believe that ditching the lira for the euro has been bad for their country, according to a new survey.
By a 47 percent to 43 percent margin, Italians said that joining the single currency had been a mistake.
A narrow majority of Cypriots also say that euro membership has damaged their country’s prospects,
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Swedish Support for Joining NATO Swells
More Swedes are now in favour of their country joining Nato than are against the idea, according to a new survey by pollsters Novus.
37 percent of Swedes questioned said they supported joining Nato compared with 36 percent who were against the idea.
It is the first time a survey has suggested that a larger proportion of Swedes back joining Nato as opposed to keeping out of the organisation.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Switzerland to Share Banking Information From 2018
Switzerland endorsed the new standard on automatic exchange of information designed to combat tax evasion. It also committed to activating the automatic information exchange of financial information from 2018 onwards.
Switzerland is not a member of this group despite being pressurised by countries like India to join it and commit to an early timeline.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
UK: Hundreds of ‘Missing’ Children at Risk in Greater Manchester
Almost 650 children reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014 were at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) or serious harm, a report has suggested.
The study said police received 9,789 reports concerning 3,242 missing under-18s between January and September.
It said some had been reported missing more than once and almost half of the reports were about children in care.
The report by Stockport MP Ann Coffey was commissioned in the wake of the Rochdale grooming case in 2012.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Egypt: Giza Men Arrested After Digging Up Ancient Temple Under House
Seven residents of a Giza district have been arrested after they illegally excavated the area beneath their home and found the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple.
The huge limestone blocks, engraved with hieroglyphic texts, date from the reign of the New Kingdom’s King Tuthmose III, and were found in the Hod Zeleikha area of Al-Badrasheen district.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Denmark Will Not Recognize Palestine: PM
Speaking in Stockholm on Tuesday, Helle Thorning-Schmidt said that Denmark is not ready to follow Sweden’s lead in recognizing a Palestinian state.
Participating in a meeting of Nordic and Baltic prime ministers ahead of the Nordic Council’s 66th Session in Stockholm, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt said that Denmark is not prepared to recognize Palestine as a state.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Egypt Gives Residents on Gaza Border 48 Hours to Leave
Locals ask officials to extend deadline, as army prepares to destroy homes to build buffer zone after deadly attack
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Tuesday ordered residents living along the country’s eastern border with the Gaza Strip to evacuate so they can demolish their homes and set up a buffer zone to stop weapons and militant trafficking between Egypt and the Palestinian territory, officials said.
The measure comes four days after Islamist fighters attacked an army post, killing at least 31 soldiers in the restive area in the northeastern corner of the Sinai Peninsula. After the attack, Egypt declared a state of emergency and dawn-to-dusk curfew there. Authorities also indefinitely closed the Gaza crossing, the only non-Israeli passage for the crowded strip with the world.
The buffer zone, which will include water-filled trenches to thwart tunnel diggers, will be 500 meters (yards) wide and extended along the 13 kilometer (9 mile) border.
Army officers spoke to the affected residents in person and initially gave them a 48-hour ultimatum to leave, but put that on hold after they protested, officials said. Residents groups are now negotiating with local officials to see if they can extend the deadline…
Egypt gives residents on Gaza border 48 hours to leave | The Times of Israel
| — Hat tip: Vlad Tepes | [Return to headlines] |
Feiglin on Glick Shooting: The Writing Was on the Wall
MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud), who was in attendance at Wednesday evening’s event at the Begin Center in Jerusalem before the shooting of leading Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick, said that “the writing was on the wall”.
“The shooter made sure that it was Yehuda before he shot him,” Feiglin told Arutz Sheva, adding that the incident took place after a “calm and simple conference at the Begin Heritage Center.”
“Every Jew who ascends the Temple Mount is a target of violence. It starts with shouting, continues with spitting, throwing rocks and then with Yehuda being followed,” said Feiglin.
He stressed that “the writing was on the wall. The weakness of the government, the security forces and of the Minister of Public Security against the Arab conduct on the Temple Mount and the harassment of Jews, stimulates the continuation of violence and leads to attempted murder.”
Feiglin called for the Temple Mount to be opened to Jews freely as a response to the shooting, “but knowing the police, they will actually close the Temple Mount instead of opening it.”
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Hard-Line Jewish Leader Shot in Jerusalem
Yehuda Glick shot as he leaves conference advocating that Jews be allowed to worship at Temple Mount, raising fears of fresh unrest.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Israel Closes Temple Mount to Muslims, Jews Following Jerusalem Shooting
Police say access to site barred ‘until further notice’; security forces on high alert in capital, brace for clashes; Yehudah Glick, member of Temple Mount Faithful, remains in serious but stable condition.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
A Bartender in Saudi? Hotel Posts Job ‘By Mistake’
Despite Saudi Arabia’s alcohol-free laws, a luxury hotel has listed a job opening for the vacant post of “bartender” required to work in the capital of Riyadh.
This listing was circulated online this week with the job description “serve wine/champagne bottles and restock bar with liquor and supplies” being among the detailed duties required.
But the requirement to serve alcoholic beverages contradicts with Saudi laws, where the sale or consumption of alcohol is prohibited.
The post has since been taken down from the hotel’s website.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Bound for Syria: German Kurds Join Fight Against Islamic State
Young Kurds from Germany are joining PKK’s fight against Islamic State in Syria. Security officials are concerned that tensions between Salafists and Kurds in Germany could rise once they return home.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
The pragmatic camp’s pressure on the U.S. administration utilizes two strategies: on the one hand, enticing the U.S. administration to accept Iran’s position in the negotiations in return for Iranian assistance in resolving other Middle East crises, especially the ISIS problem, and even hinting at a possibility of Iran-U.S. normalization; and on the other hand, threatening that a rejection of Tehran’s position will result in Iran’s ideological camp — which is hostile to the U.S. and to the detente with it — rising to power in the next elections.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
New Alignments: The Kurds’ Lonely Fight Against Islamic State Terror
The terrorist group PKK represents the West’s last hope in the fight against Islamic State. Their lonely resistance to the advancing jihadists will result in lasting changes to the region. Some developments are already well advanced.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Tehran Tries to Inspire Residents to Follow ‘Islamic Lifestyle’ Via Comics
This week, the city of Tehran has rolled out an advertising campaign aimed at getting people to adhere to what its leaders consider a proper Islamic lifestyle. The comics, which have been put up in buses across the city, have amused some of our Observers and angered others, but either way, they’ve missed their mark.
The adverts are mainly aimed at getting women: to cover up, to ask their husbands permission to leave the house, to spend thriftily, and not to ask their husbands for too much money.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
As the Turkish government continues to squeeze freedom of expression, many Turks have found themselves resorting increasingly to social media in order to learn what’s going on in their country. (92 percent of Turkey’s online population now uses social media, the highest share in the world.) But this refuge is now coming under severe pressure as well. And the trend is particularly noticeable in the case of Twitter.
The problems with Twitter started in earnest on March 21, when the government suddenly blocked access to the popular service just ahead of local elections. The reason: a flood of leaked recordings that seemed to implicate high-ranking officials in massive corruption. The anonymous leakers relied heavily on Twitter to publicize the recordings, prompting an enraged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (now president) to vow that he would “wipe out” the microblogging network.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
In Yemen, the security situation has got so bad that the country is on the brink of a fully-fledged civil war. In the month since Shiite Houthi rebels took control of the capital Sanaa, they have gained more ground. Meanwhile, al Qaeda’s Yemen branch is portraying itself as the champion of the Sunni population. In this war for territory, religion and political domination, the central government appears powerless.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Halloween is ‘Haram,’ Declares Malaysia Fatwa Council
A Malaysian Islamic authority has banned Halloween celebration in a fatwa (religious edict), according to a local media report on Wednesday.
The country’s National Fatwa Council slammed the spooky tradition as “Western,” deviating away from the teachings of Islam.
“The Halloween celebration is clearly against the values of Shariah [sic],” the council said in an online post yesterday, referring to Islamic law, according to the Malay Mail Online reported.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Indonesian Teams Get Red Card After Five Own Goals
Two Indonesian teams have been disqualified from an end-of-season tournament after five own goals were scored in a single match, an official said Wednesday, as both sides sought to lose in a bid to avoid facing a team reportedly backed by gangsters.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
The Navy Seal Who Killed Bin Laden is Reportedly Going to Reveal Himself to the World
Fox News will broadcast an exclusive interview with the Navy SEAL that shot dead Osama Bin Laden during the raid on Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound on May 1, 2011.
The SEAL, commonly referred to as “The Shooter,” will reveal himself for the first time almost two and a half years after the stealth Abbottabad mission that killed the man behind the 9/11 attacks and leader of the international terrorist network, al-Qaeda.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Focus of World Piracy Shifts to Southeast Asia
The strategic seaways of Southeast Asia are seeing a “worrying new rise” in piracy even as the number of attacks continues to tumble globally, the International Maritime Bureau said Wednesday.
The Southeast Asian attacks made up the bulk of incidents reported globally, which fell to 178 through the first three quarters of this year, down from 188 in the same period last year and 352 over the first nine months of 2011.
IMB director Pottengal Mukundan attributed the worldwide reduction to international navy patrols off East Africa, launched in response to an earlier spike in violent attacks by mostly Somali-based pirates, as well as improved onboard security.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
New Zealanders Will Vote in Referendum to Change Flag Next Year
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Wednesday that two votes will take place between now and 2016 to decide whether the country should re-design its flag. The first will take place late next year, in which voters will choose their favorite from a field of candidates, and in April 2016 the public will decide between keeping the current flag or adopting the most popular alternative.
The measure isn’t overwhelmingly endorsed by New Zealanders, however, and the topic is still a divisive issue following previous debates about it. On the “pro” side, a new flag would do away with the image of Britain’s Union Flag, seen as a symbol of the country’s colonial past, distinguish it from Australia’s similar flag, and could incorporate more representation for groups such as the indigenous Maori people.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Scientists know a lot about the virus that causes Ebola — but there are many puzzles that they have yet to solve.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Britain’s schools need more support to cope with an “influx” of immigrant children, Osted’s chief schools inspector has said.
Sir Michael Wilshaw said it was a “big issue” for Government if schools are being faced with a large number of new pupils from other countries without the resources to deal with them.
Speaking on LBC Radio Sir Michael said: “Schools need the resources to deal with that. When they’re faced with an influx of children from other countries, they need the resources and capacity to deal with it and if those resources aren’t there, that’s a big issue for Government. That’s the first thing and we’ll be producing reports on this quite soon.”
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Liberals get a lot less flack, in general, for ignoring scientific findings. Yet there is also reason to think they, too, are susceptible to allowing their political biases influence their reading of certain scientific questions. And now, a new study just out in the journal Sociological Spectrum accuses them of just that.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
A Killer Plague Wouldn’t Save the Planet From Us
The two demographers modelled the impact on the human population of extreme changes to birth and death rates. They found that, even if the world rapidly switched to a China-style one-child policy, numbers wouldn’t shrink much at all — there would still be close to today’s 7.2 billion people at the end of this century (PNAS, doi.org/wqj).
And a mid-21st century plague wouldn’t have much effect either. Even if 2 billion people died, the models suggest there would still be about 8.5 billion people in 2100.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Elon Musk: Artificial Intelligence is Humanity’s ‘Biggest Existential Threat’
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is concerned about artificial intelligence. In fact, the inventor of the private spaceflight company SpaceX and the car company Tesla says that AI is humanity’s “biggest existential threat.”
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Google is Working on a Pill That Can Figure Out What Ails You
Microscopic particles will spy on the cells of your body and look for any disease, including cancer.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
Number of Disease Outbreaks Jumps Fourfold Since 1980
From bird flu to SARS to Ebola, it seems there is always a new disease to worry about. Now, there is data to back that up: the number of outbreaks today is four times what it was in 1980. The number of diseases causing those outbreaks has also increased — by about 20 per cent.
The increase is largely due to infections that jumped to humans from animals, and is independent of a country’s wealth, climate or population.
| — Hat tip: Fjordman | [Return to headlines] |
In typical fashion, BBC reported the attempted murder of Glick only after saying that Israeli authorities had closed the Temple Mount and this ‘was tantamount to a declaration of war’ according to Palestinians. They always make it sound as if Israel aggresses first and then has the justification like an after-thought; eg Israel targets kids in Gaza, something about rockets there.
Could Ebola be racist?
It seems that some contaminated do not get ill like many Africans who have died from the virus.
The resistance to the virus depends on genetics, according to Science.
Edit: It seems that some infected, do not get ill like many Africans who have died from the virus.