- Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth BBC.com
- Looking Ahead to the Arctic Century: Greenland as Kingmaker PRESSENZA – International News Agency
- Negotiating Greenland’s Future: Associated Statehood or Co-sovereignty? Modern Diplomacy
- Greenland’s leader steps up push for independence from Denmark EURACTIV
- What Trump Sees in Greenland: A Treasure Trove of Oil, Gas and Rare Earths MSN
Quarter of people in England had poor NHS care in past year, report says
Survey for patient watchdog finds over half of those who made complaint were not satisfied with process or outcome
A quarter of people in England experienced poor NHS care over the last year but fewer than one in 10 of them complained about it, a report by the patient watchdog has revealed.
When people did complain, more than half were not satisfied with either the process involved or the outcome, Healthwatch England said. Complaints take many months to resolve.
24% of patients had received poor care in that time – the equivalent of 10.7 million people in England.
56% took no action – and only 9% made a complaint.
20% were scared that complaining would affect their treatment.
34% did not trust the NHS to use a complaint they made to improve services.
Continue reading...Government under pressure on economy as British households anticipate worsening finances
CBI says businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices while debt charity says millions are ‘facing worries’
The government is under growing pressure to get momentum back into the economy amid warnings that businesses plan to cut jobs and raise prices, while millions of families believe their finances will worsen this year.
Before a major speech this week by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, designed to restate Labour’s commitment to improving the economy, the CBI said private sector firms were urgently assessing their budgets to offset measures announced in last October’s budget.
Continue reading...New rules ease reporting restrictions in family courts across England and Wales
Journalists and bloggers to have greater access under ‘open reporting provisions’ after pilot scheme launched in 2023
A scheme allowing journalists increased access to family courts is being rolled out in an effort to improve transparency.
The initiative permits accredited journalists and legal bloggers to report on cases as they unfold, as they would in criminal courts, provided the families and certain professionals involved remain anonymous.
Continue reading...Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Colombia as deported migrant flights blocked
It comes after Colombian President Gustavo Petro denied entry to US military planes carrying deported migrants.
Search begins for UK sailor after yacht found ‘eviscerated’ off French coast
The missing 73-year-old set off his distress beacon during stormy weather on Saturday afternoon
A 73-year-old British sailor is lost at sea and his yacht has been found “eviscerated” off the French coast in stormy weather.
A French air force helicopter was dispatched to find the man after he set off his distress beacon at 3pm on Saturday, approximately 50 miles (80km) west of Lacanau in south-west France.
Continue reading...Six hostages to be freed and Gazans to be allowed north – Israel – BBC.com
- Six hostages to be freed and Gazans to be allowed north - Israel BBC.com
- Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year The Associated Press
- Live briefing: Displaced Palestinians begin return home to devastated northern Gaza The Washington Post
- Hamas to release Israeli hostage Yehud, two others before Friday, Israel to allow Gazans to return home north Reuters
- Israel, Hamas reach deal to release hostages and allow Palestinians to return to Gaza Strip Fox News
Six hostages to be freed and Gazans to be allowed north – Israel
The hostages include Arbel Yehud - the civilian at the centre of a row which has led to Israel blocking the return of Gazans to north Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to north Gaza as Israel opens checkpoints
People begin long walk at dawn to what remains of their homes after 24-hour delay over release of Israeli hostage
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flooded back into northern Gaza on Monday after Israel opened military checkpoints that had divided the strip for more than a year, ending a forced exile from homes and loved ones that many feared could become permanent.
In the dawn light, crowds that had waited by the road overnight began the long walk back to their homes and business – or what remained of them – as soon as the crossing opened.
Continue reading...RNLI rescues American students from Welsh island during Storm Éowyn
A lifeboat had to make four trips to recover seven people from Worms Head island due to very challenging conditions
It turned out to be a dangerous trip to a tidal island in Wales that, thanks to the RNLI, seven American students will never forget.
The group had to be rescued by the lifeboat service after the incoming tide cut Worms Head island off from the Gower coast on Saturday morning.
Continue reading...Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension announced by White House, avoiding renewed fighting – Axios
- Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension announced by White House, avoiding renewed fighting Axios
- As Thousands Try to Return Home, Fragile Mideast Cease-Fires Are Tested The New York Times
- White House Statement on Agreement Extension Between Lebanon and Israel The White House
- At least 22 killed as Lebanon ceasefire expires. Here’s what to know. The Washington Post
- Deadline for Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon expires DW (English)
Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West – Reuters
- Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West Reuters
- Lukashenko pockets massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West Reuters
- Lukashenko wins seventh term as Belarus president in election rejected as sham The Guardian
- Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election The New York Times
- Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule The Washington Post
Syrian fighters execute 35 in three days, war monitor says
Authorities have arrested dozens of people accused of taking advantage of the chaos in Syria to settle old scores
Fighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of Assad-era officers, a war monitor has said.
The authorities, installed by the rebel forces that toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad last month, said they had carried out multiple arrests in the western Homs area over unspecified “violations”.
Continue reading...Auschwitz survivors return as world remembers Nazi death camp 80 years on – BBC.com
- Auschwitz survivors return as world remembers Nazi death camp 80 years on BBC.com
- World leaders to join commemorations marking 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation CNN
- At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism The New York Times
- Among monarchs and presidents, focus of Auschwitz anniversary is on 50 survivors The Guardian
- 80 Years Later, We Forget the Lessons of Auschwitz at Our Peril | Opinion Newsweek
Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation
Fifty survivors - now in their late 80s and 90s - will attend a ceremony marking the camp's liberation.
Israeli troops fire on displaced Palestinians hoping to return to homes, killing 2 – NPR
- Israeli troops fire on displaced Palestinians hoping to return to homes, killing 2 NPR
- Al Jazeera reporter caught in Israeli gunfire at Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor Al Jazeera English
- Gaza Ceasefire Breached: Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinians Waiting to Return Home Palestine Chronicle
- Israeli fire kills 1, wounds 7 as Palestinians are kept out of north Gaza over a ceasefire dispute WBAL TV Baltimore
- In ceasefire violation, Israeli gunfire kills displaced Palestinian in Gaza, injures others Anadolu Agency | English
Immigration raids in Chicago begin days after ‘border czar’ claimed officials were ‘reconsidering’
Ice confirms ‘enhanced targeted operations’ in a city on edge after Trump officials warned of enforcement actions
US federal authorities have begun immigration raids in Chicago, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) statement confirmed on Sunday, just days after incoming “border czar” Tom Homan said officials were “reconsidering” after details leaked into the press.
In a statement, Ice said its agents, along with the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the US Marshals Service, had begun conducting “enhanced targeted operations” in Chicago “to enforce US immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities”.
Continue reading...Sweden opens inquiry into damaged undersea cable as Nato deploys ships
A vessel has been seized after suspected sabotage of fibre optic line, probably due to external influence, Latvia says
An undersea fibre optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, probably as a result of external influence, Riga has said, prompting Nato to deploy patrol ships to the area and triggering a sabotage investigation by Swedish authorities.
Sweden’s security service has seized control of a vessel as part of the inquiry, the country’s prosecution authority said.
Continue reading...My opponents choose jail and exile, Lukashenko tells BBC
On election day, the unchallenged Belarus leader exchanges arguments with the BBC Russia editor.
What can keep the Gaza ceasefire deal on track?
The Israeli army blocks northern Gaza crossing points after prisoner-captive exchanges.