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Mexico’s navy searches for two missing boats involved in Cuba aid convoy
The Nuestra America Convoy said that the sailboats were led by 'experienced sailors' with access to safety equipment.
Grieving Iranian mother tells UN about children before school attack
An Iranian mother told the UN Human Right’s Council about the last time she saw her children alive.
Israel launches strikes on nuclear sites as Iran warns of retaliation
Uranium facility, steel plants and heavy water complex among targets hit as IRGC warns of escalation.
How important are the Gulf economies to the world?
Impact of US-Israeli war on Iran poses serious risks beyond energy sector.
House Republicans shoot down bill that would pay federal airport workers
White House memo says Trump has instructed DHS to pay federal airport workers as long lines snarl travel.
Israel attacks major industrial and nuclear sites in Iran
Smoke was seen rising from Iran’s Arak heavy-water plant following Israeli air strikes on key infrastructure.
Drone reveals extent of Iranian missile damage in Israeli city of Arad
Drone footage has revealed the extent of damage in Arad days after an Iranian missile attack.
Smoke rises over Beirut suburbs after massive Israeli airstrike
Smoke rose over the skyline of Beirut following airstrikes as Israel continued to escalate its war on Hezbollah.
Off-duty London police officer filmed ‘intimidating’ Al Jazeera journalists
An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer was among a group filmed confronting Al Jazeera journalists.
Iran-backed hackers breach FBI director Kash Patel's personal emails
A hacker group shares Patel's purported resume and photos - information, the FBI says, is "historical in nature".
US Palestinian activist says FBI foiled assassination plot against her
US law enforcement say man was arrested for plotting Molotov cocktail attack against activist Nerdeen Kiswani.
Lloyds bank faces £66m court battle with car loan customers
Law firm is preparing claim on behalf of 30,000 consumers who fear the FCA’s redress scheme will shortchange themLloyds Banking Group is facing a court battle with 30,000 aggrieved car loan customers who are to abandon the City regulator’s official redress scheme amid fears it will shortchange consumers and favour lenders.The claims law firm Courmacs Legal is planning to file a £66m omnibus claim on behalf of borrowers who believe they were financially harmed by car loan contracts set up by Lloyds’ motor finance arm, Black Horse. Continue reading...
Canada’s Bill C-12 an ‘attack on refugee, migrant rights’: Advocates
Rights groups say new law restricting asylum will put thousands 'at risk of persecution, violence and precarity'.
Schools in England must be compelled to offer pupils healthy food, not junk
School dinners have suffered at the hands of politics and economics for almost 50 yearsAlmost a generation has passed since Jamie Oliver’s four-part Channel 4 documentary series Jamie’s School Dinners exposed the unhealthy reality of the food served to pupils at lunchtime, including – notoriously – fat-heavy, meat-light Turkey Twizzlers. It proved a shaming and effective intervention. His ensuing Feed Me Better campaign led the then prime minister, Tony Blair, to pledge to make school lunches more nutritious and hand schools more money to do that, given the average lunch at that time cost just 45p to make.Problem solved? Unfortunately not. Continue reading...
Rubio: US expects Iran war to end in ‘weeks, not months’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US expects its military operation in Iran to conclude in weeks, not months.
US diplomat Marco Rubio denounces settler violence, tolls in Hormuz strait
Rubio reiterated President Donald Trump's call for other countries to participate in securing the Strait of Hormuz.
Missing private investigator evidence in Daily Mail’s case ‘stark’, high court told
Claimants say lost documents hide scale of alleged unlawful information gathering at publisher of the Daily MailThe amount of lost or destroyed documents relating to the Daily Mail publisher’s use of private investigators is “stark in the extreme”, the high court has heard.However, the thin surviving evidence of payments to private investigators contains “conspicuous and often shocking evidence”, according to lawyers for a group of claimants accusing the publisher of using unlawful techniques. Continue reading...
Reform candidate in Wales steps down after apparent Nazi salute
Party announces Corey Edwards’ decision to quit Senedd election campaign on grounds of mental healthA Reform UK candidate for the Welsh Senedd elections in May has announced he is standing down because of his mental health, after a photograph emerged of him apparently making a Nazi salute as an imitation of Adolf Hitler.The announcement by Reform comes a day after Nigel Farage defended Corey Edwards, its lead candidate for the Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg constituency, saying he may have instead been impersonating the John Cleese character Basil Fawlty. Continue reading...
Swindon man accused over wife’s suicide tells court it was ‘worst day of his life’
Christopher Trybus is charged with manslaughter and two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour A man accused of subjecting his wife to a campaign of “physical and sexual violence” said finding out she had died by hanging was the “worst day of my life”.Tarryn Baird, 34, was found dead at her home in Swindon, Wiltshire, on 28 November 2017. Christopher Trybus, 43, is charged with his wife’s manslaughter as well as with two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour. He denies all the charges.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
Two Cuba-bound aid ships missing after leaving Mexico
Mexico's navy launches a rescue mission for ships delivering aid to Cuba, strained by food and fuel shortages amid a US embargo.
How close is the US to a quagmire in Iran?
The US has a 15-point plan to end the war on Iran, but what does the military reality show?
Iran’s football team honours children killed in Minab school airstrike
Iranian football players laid backpacks on a football pitch in Turkey to pay tribute to the children killed in a US-Isra
Austria becomes latest to propose social media ban for children
The proposed under-14 ban follows similar steps in other European countries, including France and Spain.