Texas residents feel homes shake miles away from oil refinery explosion

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Images and videos online showed large plume of smoke and flames billowing out from refinery, but no one was injured

An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out on Tuesday and a temporary shelter-in-place order was lifted, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said.

No one was injured in Monday’s explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 miles (145km) east of Houston, said Charlotte M Moses. The Port Arthur mayor had urged residents in parts of the west side of the city to stay put.

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LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash

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Nasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others

Pilot safety concerns about New York’s LaGuardia airport were filed to aviation officials months before Sunday’s collision between an airplane and a firetruck left two pilots dead and 41 other people hospitalized.

According to the aviation safety reporting system administered by the US space agency Nasa, a pilot using the airport in the summer wrote, “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers failed to provide appropriate guidance about multiple nearby aircraft.

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EU delays April 15 proposal to permanently ban Russian oil imports – Reuters

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  1. EU delays April 15 proposal to permanently ban Russian oil imports  Reuters
  2. EU delays proposal to ban Russian oil amid Iran war, price spikes and Druzhba row  Euronews.com
  3. Proposal for EU's full phase-out of Russian oil disappears from European Commission agenda  Українська правда
  4. Russian oil import ban dropped from Brussels short-term agenda  Euractiv
  5. Ursula von der Leyen: Europe abandoned Russian gas literally "overnight"  EADaily
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Group claiming Europe antisemitic attacks tells CBS News it will target “U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide” – CBS News

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  1. Group claiming Europe antisemitic attacks tells CBS News it will target "U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide"  CBS News
  2. Investigators Seek Answers in Attacks on Jewish Sites in Europe  The New York Times
  3. Tangled trail probably leads from Golders Green ambulance attack to Tehran  The Guardian
  4. Hybrid Threat Signals: Assessing Possible Iranian Involvement in Recent Attacks in Europe  International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT
  5. European officials investigate possible Hezbollah links to antisemitic attack wave  Euractiv
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UK offers to host summit on reopening Strait of Hormuz – politico.eu

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  1. UK offers to host summit on reopening Strait of Hormuz  politico.eu
  2. Bahrain pushes UN-backed action for Hormuz shipping; France tables rival text  Reuters
  3. NATO leader says he expects Europe will come together on Iran  Politico
  4. 22 Countries Signal Readiness to Help Secure Strait of Hormuz  WSJ
  5. UK offers to host international summit on reopening strait of Hormuz  The Guardian
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German president slams Iran war as illegal – politico.eu

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  1. German president slams Iran war as illegal  politico.eu
  2. German president calls Iran war a disastrous mistake, in rare rebuke of Trump  Reuters
  3. Germany laments Trump's 'avoidable, unnecessary' Iran war  DW.com
  4. German president scolds US over Iran war: ‘Breach of international law’  The Hill
  5. German president compares Trump to Putin in scathing criticism of Iran war  The Telegraph
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Russia marched into Huliaipole in December. Now it can’t march out. – Euromaidan Press

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  1. Russia marched into Huliaipole in December. Now it can’t march out.  Euromaidan Press
  2. Ukraine Finally Got Battlefield Momentum. Now Comes a Russian Offensive.  The New York Times
  3. Ukraine Is Suddenly on the Offensive, With Help From Elon Musk  WSJ
  4. How Musk is using Starlink to reshape the world  The Telegraph
  5. Ukraine Seizes Battlefield Momentum as Russian Spring Offensive Looms  UNITED24 Media
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BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter – Home | CERN

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  1. BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter  Home | CERN
  2. Antimatter has been transported by road for the first time  New Scientist
  3. Did you remember to pack the antimatter? CERN takes antiprotons for a short drive  PBS
  4. World's First Antimatter Delivery by Truck Signals a 'New Era' in Physics  ScienceAlert
  5. World first: antimatter particles transported in Geneva  SWI swissinfo.ch
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‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC

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Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another found in Virunga national park

A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an “extraordinary” event for the endangered primates.

Just two months after tiny twin mountain gorillas were discovered by rangers in the Virunga massif, in eastern DRC, another rare twin birth has been found by park wardens. This time, an infant male and female have been spotted in the Baraka family, a troop of 19 mountain gorillas that roam the region’s high-altitude rainforests.

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‘It won’t be pretty!’ French and Saunders to play the Ugly Sisters in Palladium panto

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Comedy duo will take the stage together in the West End for the first time in 17 years in Cinderella alongside Julian Clary

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to return to the stage together for the first time in 17 years to play the Ugly Sisters in the London Palladium pantomime.

“It won’t be pretty,” the popular duo predicted in an announcement on Tuesday. “We have wished to play the Ugly Sisters for so many years, it feels this is the fulfilment of a dream – a dream our hearts made.”

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US park police officer wounded in ‘ambush’ shooting in Washington DC

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Park police chief says officer was ‘ambushed’ by two gunmen who fired as officer drove in unmarked vehicle

A US park police officer was seriously wounded on Monday evening in a shooting in Washington DC in what the park police chief called an ambush.

The park police chief, Scott Brecht, said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was “ambushed” by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in an unmarked vehicle. The officer was working on a park police investigation when he was shot. The chief declined to give specifics of the investigation.

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King Charles made patron of charity protecting Jewish communities

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Charles announced as patron of Community Security Trust hours after attack on another Jewish charity’s ambulances

King Charles has been made patron of a charity that protects Jewish communities in the wake of the firebomb attack on ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity in north London.

The Community Security Trust (CST), which provides protection to Jewish communities, said Charles’s acceptance of the position highlighted his support for the “fight against antisemitism”.

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Middle East violence continues after Trump claims ‘very good’ talks with Iran

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Israel and Gulf states targeted and Iran hit by airstrikes as Tehran denies negotiations are taking place to end war

Violence has continued across much of the Middle East a day after Donald Trump said the US was in “very good” talks with Iran to end the war in the region soon.

Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, while Israeli and US warplanes continued to carry out strikes across Tehran and on other targets in the Islamic Republic.

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Netanyahu vows further strikes on Iran and Lebanon as missile hits Tel Aviv

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Israeli PM says ‘there’s more to come’ as hopes of de-escalation dim after Trump’s recent remarks

An Iranian missile has struck central Tel Aviv and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to continue striking Tehran and Lebanon, dimming hopes of de-escalation after Donald Trump played up the chances of a deal to end the conflict.

“There’s more to come,” Netanyahu said in remarks that appeared to corroborate those of three Israeli officials who told Reuters they thought it was improbable that Iran would accept US demands in any new round of negotiations.

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The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem for millions of people – The Conversation

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  1. The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem for millions of people  The Conversation
  2. Epic river migrations of fish rapidly collapsing, UN report finds  The Guardian
  3. Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection  BBC
  4. Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing  Inside Climate News
  5. Hidden 'Beneath the Surface,' Freshwater Fish Migrations Collapsing Worldwide  Common Dreams
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Israel says it will seize parts of southern Lebanon as ‘defensive buffer’ – The Guardian

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  1. Israel says it will seize parts of southern Lebanon as ‘defensive buffer’  The Guardian
  2. Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says  The New York Times
  3. Smotrich urges Israel to annex southern Lebanon as assault intensifies  Al Jazeera
  4. Trump says US talking to 'right people' in Iran as Israel plans to occupy parts of southern Lebanon - as it happened  Reuters
  5. In southern Lebanon, civilians are trapped after Israel destroys bridges  Le Monde.fr
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Meningitis B vaccine scheme widened to include some year 11 pupils in Kent

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Scheme expanded to four schools with known or suspected cases, as UKHSA figures show number has fallen to 23

The meningitis B vaccination programme will be expanded to include year 11 pupils at schools affected by the outbreak in Kent, health officials have said.

Figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show the number of cases of the illness have fallen.

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