- Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in ramp up against Houthis POLITICO
- SECDEF Hegseth Extends USS Harry S. Truman Deployment in Middle East, Carl Vinson Heading to CENTCOM USNI News
- US to send second aircraft carrier to Middle East to combat Houthis- report The Jerusalem Post
- Hegseth Orders Pacific Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Houthi Strikes Newsweek
- US to deploy second aircraft to Middle East as it preps increased military force posture Al Arabiya English
London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power – The Washington Post
- London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after fire cut power The Washington Post
- Heathrow Airport closed latest: Heathrow hopes to run full operation on Saturday as it starts moving aircraft BBC.com
- What Caused the Fire That Shut Down Heathrow Airport? The New York Times
- London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport The Associated Press
- Sheriff Eric Flowers speaks on 2nd arrest made in fatal home invasion Yahoo
Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized – ScienceAlert
- Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized ScienceAlert
- Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth Yahoo
- Global gridded population datasets systematically underrepresent rural population Nature.com
- There May Be Way More Than The Official 8.2 Billion People On This Planet, New Study Suggests IFLScience
- There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought The Independent
Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86
Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5
Oleg Gordievsky, the UK’s most significant cold war double agent inside the KGB, has died at his home in Surrey aged 86.
Gordievsky, who would eventually defect to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure, was considered a key agent operating for the UK’s intelligence services working within the Soviet Union.
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Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport.
Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people
Travel advice updated amid reports of ordeals at US border after Trump said country would only recognise two genders
Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.
Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would be no issues with travel documents.
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Hundreds arrested in third night of Turkey protests
Police arrested Istanbul's mayor, a key opposition figure, on Wednesday, sparking protests.
Three people die attempting to cross US-Mexico border amid California storm
Authorities found two men and one woman dead in Otay Mountain wilderness due to harsh terrain and cold weather
Three people died last week as they attempted to cross the US-Mexico border near San Diego, California, amid a storm that brought near freezing temperatures to the challenging mountain terrain, according to the US border patrol.
Border patrol agents responding to two separate distress calls – that came within less than an hour of each other on 14 March – discovered two men and one woman deceased in the Otay Mountain wilderness area, the agency said in a statement. The following evening authorities responded to another call from someone stranded in the mountains with a broken ankle, according to the statement.
Continue reading...Netanyahu’s targeting of an Israeli spy chief and the attorney general
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to fire the Shin Bet spy chief and Israel's attorney general.
Thousands join march in Turkiye’s Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest
Thousands gather near Istanbul's town hall in support of the city's recently arrested mayor.
UK to host further military planning sessions on Ukraine – POLITICO Europe
- UK to host further military planning sessions on Ukraine POLITICO Europe
- Europe Hatches Plans for Ukraine Peacekeepers Without U.S. The Wall Street Journal
- UK will next week accelerate plans for Ukraine peacekeeping force Reuters
- Putin would breach Ukraine deal if it is not defended, says PM BBC.com
- UK to accelerate military planning to support Ukraine, No 10 says The Guardian
Trump releases US restraint, empowers Israel to confront Iran – Ynetnews
- Trump releases US restraint, empowers Israel to confront Iran Ynetnews
- Opinion | Trump Threatens Iran With the End of ‘Obama’s Law’ The Wall Street Journal
- Washington and Tehran: A struggle for leverage Hindustan Times
- US and Israel Have Laid the Groundwork for War With Iran. Will Trump Set It Off? Truthout
- How a war with Iran (for Israel) could crash the US economy The Cradle
Prince William rides in tank during Estonia visit
The Prince of Wales has visited troops at a strategically important army base on Russia's border
Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back – The Guardian US
- Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back The Guardian US
- Rare ‘Sharktopus’ – an octopus riding a shark – sighting caught on camera shared by scientists Fox News
- This Octopus’s Other Car Is a Shark The New York Times
- Octopus rides shark: Footage of 'Sharktopus' stuns scientists Oceanographic Magazine
- Octopus spotted riding on top of world's fastest shark Livescience.com
New satellite images show the damage after Ukraine struck a bomber base deep inside Russia – Business Insider
- New satellite images show the damage after Ukraine struck a bomber base deep inside Russia Business Insider
- Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield, triggering huge blast Reuters
- Ukraine Triple Taps Russia’s Engels Bomber Base Forbes
- Ukraine targets key Russian airbase with 'massive' drone attack ABC News
- Ukraine Attacks Air Base Deep Inside Russia The New York Times
Comedian Katherine Ryan reveals second skin cancer diagnosis
Standup, 41, says she was initially given all-clear by private doctor after raising concerns about a mole
The comedian Katherine Ryan has received a second skin cancer diagnosis after raising concerns about a mole on her arm.
Ryan attended a private clinic where a doctor who also works for the NHS dismissed her concerns about melanoma and gave her the all-clear, but she went back and a test revealed the mole was cancerous.
Continue reading...Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza
Defence minister issues threat as IDF intensifies offensive with ‘non-stop’ overnight attacks across territory
Israel’s defence minister said he had instructed the military to “seize more ground” in Gaza and threatened to annex part of the territory unless Hamas released 59 Israeli hostages still held in the devastated territory.
Israel Katz’s warning on Friday came as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified the new offensive launched on Tuesday, when a wave of airstrikes shattered the truce that had brought a fragile and relative calm since mid-January.
Continue reading...‘Discordant’: How Trump’s attacks on the Houthis split his Republican base
Some see the US president’s recent bombing campaign in Yemen as contradicting his promises of seeking world peace.
Netanyahu disputes court order freezing decision to fire Shin Bet chief
PM says government will decide who heads domestic spy agency as protests against Ronen Bar dismissal continue
Benjamin Netanyahu is locked in a fierce battle with Israel’s judicial system after the supreme court blocked his attempt to fire the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency.
Amid protests against ministers’ vote to sack Ronen Bar, the top court on Friday froze the decision, with the order remaining in place until the court can hear petitions filed by the opposition and an NGO against the dismissal of the chief of the Shin Bet.
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