UK Athletics charged with manslaughter over Paralympian’s death

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Abdullah Hayayei, 36, who represented UAE, was injured in London in July 2017 and pronounced dead at the scene

UK Athletics has been charged with corporate manslaughter over the death of a Paralympian who was hit on the head by a metal pole while preparing the London World Para Athletics Championships in 2017. Keith Davies, the head of sport for the championships, also faces charges of gross negligence manslaughter after the pole, which was attached to a throwing cage, fell on Abdullah Hayayei while he was training.

UKA and Davies have also been charged with a health and safety offence over the incident, which occurred at the Newham Leisure Centre in east London.

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City regulator vows to ease ‘burden’ on UK banks amid government pressure

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Bank of England says it is rowing back on ‘overcooked’ regulations introduced after financial crisis

The Bank of England plans to slash the “reporting burden” on UK banks and allow insurers to make riskier investments without initial approval, as it comes under government pressure to ease regulations introduced after the financial crisis.

Sam Woods, a deputy governor at the Bank who leads its regulatory arm, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), said the central bank had rowed back on rules that appeared to be “overcooked”, as he suggested it might have gone too far and harmed the financial sector.

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CENTCOM strikes key Houthi tunnel base under 24 hours after IDF meeting – The Jerusalem Post

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  4. U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after American warships attacked, CENTCOM says  CBS News
  5. US says forces struck Houthi weapons stores in Yemen  VOA Asia
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Transnistria Says It Has Less Than a Month of Gas Left – The Moscow Times

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  2. Zelenskiy, Moldova's Sandu discuss Ukrainian coal to ease Transdniestria energy crisis  Reuters
  3. Transdniester Gas Crisis Moldova Steps In as Russia Cuts Supply  OilPrice.com
  4. EU to pro-Russian Moldovan separatists: Just take the gas  POLITICO Europe
  5. EU blasts Russia for weaponising gas in Moldova  Al Jazeera English
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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event – The Guardian

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  2. France urges EU to get tough on Musk's political comments as bloc struggles for a response  Reuters
  3. Ros Atkins on...Elon Musk's political interventions  BBC.com
  4. 13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics  POLITICO Europe
  5. Trump’s de facto co-president Elon Musk raises questions across Europe  MSNBC
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New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction – The Associated Press

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  1. New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction  The Associated Press
  2. One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction  Nature.com
  3. Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction: Report  ABC News
  4. Study documents extinction threats to world's freshwater species  Reuters
  5. One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List  IUCN
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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event

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Sánchez accuses X owner of inciting hatred as country marks 50 years since start of its return to democracy

Pedro Sánchez has hit out at Elon Musk and his allies for “openly attacking our institutions, inciting hatred and openly calling for people to support the heirs of nazism”, saying the politics of division, disinformation and hatred risk ushering in a new age of authoritarianism.

Speaking in Madrid on Wednesday as Spain prepares to mark the 50th anniversary in November of the death of General Franco and the country’s subsequent return to democracy, the Spanish prime minister said hard-won, basic freedoms could not, and should not, be taken for granted.

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With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote – Reuters

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  2. With Stakes High, Lebanese Lawmakers to Try Again to Choose a President  The New York Times
  3. US dangles Saudi Arabia's cash to push candidate for Lebanon's presidency  Middle East Eye
  4. How Thursday's Lebanese Presidential Election Could Influence Hezbollah's Next Steps  Haaretz
  5. Hezbollah candidate expected to withdraw from Lebanon's presidential elections - report  The Jerusalem Post
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Bizarre Australian mole even more unusual than first thought, new research reveals

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Experts say marsupial mole DNA shows they are closely linked to bandicoots and bilbies and their ancestors likely evolved in a rainforest environment

New research into one of Australia’s most specialised and bizarre animals has revealed the marsupial mole’s biology is as unusual as its appearance.

University of Melbourne researchers, who led the study, extracted DNA from a museum specimen then sequenced and analysed its genome to uncover the evolutionary secrets of the golden-haired species, about which “almost nothing is known”.

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