‘We want peace’: Iranians try to maintain semblance of normal life as conflict drags on

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Explosions lit up Tehran skyline as Israel launched new airstrikes but by morning joggers were in the park

The days after Nowruz, the Persian New Year, are usually a bustling time in Tehran, with spring arriving, trees blossoming, businesses reopening after the holidays, and people returning to work and school.

This year, however, Iranians are trying to maintain a semblance of ordinary life against the constant backdrop of explosions, airstrikes – and a conflict many fear may drag on for weeks or months.

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Former Google Executive Named New Head of the BBC – The New York Times

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  1. Former Google Executive Named New Head of the BBC  The New York Times
  2. Ex-Google exec Brittin named new BBC boss, to steer reform  Reuters
  3. Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcaster  The Conversation
  4. Matt Brittin: why the BBC’s new Doctor Who-loving boss may not have much time for sleep  The Guardian
  5. Matt Brittin: Former Google boss announced as BBC’s new director-general  The Telegraph
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Iran strikes Israeli chemical complex linked to white phosphorus production – thecradle.co

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  1. Iran strikes Israeli chemical complex linked to white phosphorus production  thecradle.co
  2. Iran appears to target Israeli power plant in missile attack, but misses  The Times of Israel
  3. What are Iran’s cluster munitions that are penetrating Israeli defences?  Al Jazeera
  4. Iranian Strike on Tel Aviv Makes Rare Use of 220 Pound Warhead  WSJ
  5. Tel Aviv hit as Iran fires waves of missiles at Israel  Reuters
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Greenland independence party wins seat in Danish parliament at key moment – Reuters

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  1. Greenland independence party wins seat in Danish parliament at key moment  Reuters
  2. In Denmark, It’s All About the Pigs  The New York Times
  3. Denmark’s Frederiksen bruised in election, as voters put Trump’s Greenland ambitions to the side  CNN
  4. Dane who lit up outside White House ‘real winner’ of elections  Financial Times
  5. Danish PM fails to secure majority in party's weakest election showing since 1903  BBC
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Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors – The Washington Post

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  1. Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors  The Washington Post
  2. Israel’s Missile Defense Under Scrutiny After Iranian Attack  The New York Times
  3. David’s Sling vs Arrow 3: How Israel’s layered defence system hunts & destroys Iranian missile threats at different levels  WION
  4. Understanding the interception failures in Arad & Dimona: How does the IDF decide which interceptor system to use?  All Israel News
  5. Israel’s David’s Sling is Leaking Missiles! Why IDF’s Much-Vaunted Air Defense Shield Is Failing Iran Test?  EurAsian Times
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Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found

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Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel character

More than three-and-a-half centuries after a musket ball to the throat put an end to decades of exemplary swashbuckling, the French soldier who inspired Alexandre Dumas and went on to be immortalised on the stage and screen – not to mention as a plucky cartoon dog – may rise again.

Workers repairing a church in the Dutch city of Maastricht have discovered a skeleton that could belong to the 17th-century Gascon nobleman Charles de Batz-Castelmore – better known as d’Artagnan – whose exploits led Dumas to make him the hero of the Three Musketeers.

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Denmark’s prime minister given first chance at forming government after election

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Danish palace says it has asked Mette Frederiksen to try to form new majority with her Social Democrats and leftwing parties

Denmark’s outgoing prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has been given the first shot at forming another coalition government after an election which saw her leftwing bloc and the opposing rightwing parties fail to win a parliamentary majority.

A statement released by the Danish palace on Wednesday said Frederiksen had been asked to see if she could pull together a new majority involving her Social Democrats, who had their worst general election since 1903 but remain the biggest force in parliament.

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