Israel strikes Beirut suburbs, threatening already shaky ceasefire – The Washington Post

  1. Israel strikes Beirut suburbs, threatening already shaky ceasefire  The Washington Post
  2. Israeli Army Carries Out First Strike on Beirut Since Ceasefire  Bloomberg.com
  3. Middle East war live: Lebanon, Israel to hold new talks in Washington May 14-15  France 24
  4. Israel Says It Killed a Hezbollah Chief Near Beirut, Testing the Truce  The New York Times
  5. After Beirut strike, Netanyahu says 'no immunity' for militants  Reuters
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EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions – politico.eu

  1. EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions  politico.eu
  2. EU countries, lawmakers clinch provisional deal on watered-down AI rules  Reuters
  3. Siemens Scores Win on EU Push to Streamline Industrial AI Rules  Bloomberg.com
  4. What the EU AI Omnibus Deal Changes for the AI Act and What Lies Ahead  Tech Policy Press
  5. EU agrees to amend AI Act, clarifies overlap with machinery rules  IAPP
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Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary

Julie, once a circus elephant, and Kariba, from a Belgian zoo, are to be moved to a former ranch in Portugal

Europe’s first large-scale elephant sanctuary, which is opening to offer a more natural environment for some of the 600 animals still held in captivity across the continent, is to receive its first arrivals.

Julie, Portugal’s last circus elephant, will be moved next month to the animal charity Pangea’s multimillion pound sanctuary in the Alentejo, 200km (124 miles) east of Lisbon, close to the border with Spain.

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Cut UK speed limits to reduce Iran war impact on consumers, thinktank urges

Cap of 20mph in towns and cities and 60mph on motorways would cut fuel demand and combat rising prices, IPPR says

Britain should lower speed limits for drivers as part of a package of measures to reduce the impact of the Iran war on consumers, a thinktank has said.

Capping legal speeds at 20mph in towns and cities and 60mph on motorways would help reduce fuel demand and combat soaring oil prices triggered by conflict, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize

Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky

At a ceremony at the French national assembly attended by Nobel prize winners, former government ministers, MPs, decorated scientists and academics, all attention was on a previously unknown literature professor.

Florent Montaclair, then 46, a balding, bespectacled figure in an ill-fitting suit and rosé-coloured shirt, was receiving the 2016 Gold Medal of Philology - the study of linguistics – from an international society of the same name.

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Iran Update Special Report, May 6, 2026 – Institute for the Study of War

  1. Iran Update Special Report, May 6, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Iran Israel War Live Updates: Iran creates new agency to control Hormuz shipping; US says rules threaten global trade  Firstpost
  4. U.S. floats “wish list” to end Iran war; Israeli strikes kill eight in Lebanon; Republicans want $1 billion for East Wing  Drop Site News
  5. What’s Going On In Iran?  War on the Rocks
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How to watch Britain’s ‘midterm’ election results like a pro – politico.eu

  1. How to watch Britain’s ‘midterm’ election results like a pro  politico.eu
  2. ‘A Total Collapse’: Elections May Expose Britain’s Fraying Political System  The New York Times
  3. UK elections 2026: Polls open in England, Scotland and Wales  BBC
  4. Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform  The Guardian
  5. My predictions for how divided Britain will vote  The Telegraph
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