Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ arrives with promise of tariffs
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” has arrived in the US, with the president preparing to impose massive tariffs
UK PM blasts incoming US tariffs
As President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs roll out, some global leaders are pushing back.
Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack
Around a quarter of the country's brown bears will be culled after a man was attacked in a forest.
Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack – BBC
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- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency SME.sk
Slovakia backs plan to shoot 350 bears after man killed in attack
Around a quarter of the country's brown bears will be culled after a man was attacked in a forest.
Tesla sales plunge after Elon Musk backlash
The car maker's sales slide has been attributed to competition and controversy around its boss.
UK sanctions pro-Russian group over alleged Moldova vote interference
The United Kingdom targets the Russian-based Evrazia group, accusing it of undermining Moldova’s democracy.
‘No agenda’ in Guardian investigation of Noel Clarke, high court hears
Actor accuses newspaper of libel in articles about his alleged sexual misconduct
There was “no agenda” in the Guardian’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke, the high court has heard.
In her second day in the witness box, Lucy Osborne, an investigative correspondent at the Guardian, defended the publication’s reporting in the face of questioning from the former Doctor Who star’s barrister, Philip Williams.
Continue reading...UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill
Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard
The UK government is trying to placate peer and Labour backbencher concerns about copyright proposals by pledging to assess the economic impact of its plans.
Creative professionals including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Stoppard and Kate Bush have strongly criticised ministers’ proposals to let artificial intelligence companies train their models on copyright-protected work without permission, unless the rights holder opts out.
Continue reading...Starmer sails through PMQs as Badenoch fails to get out of the blocks again | John Crace
It’s almost as if KemiKaze herself believes Labour’s mantra that the Tories are the source of all hopelessness
There will come a moment when the Labour claim that the Tories are to blame for everything will no longer stick. People will start shaking their heads and reckon that Labour have something to answer for. But we’re not quite there yet. At least not at prime minister’s questions. For half an hour in the Commons every Wednesday the Conservatives remain the villains of the piece.
Partly it’s the size of the Labour majority. The sheer volume of half-witted Labour MPs who are happy to bounce up and down to ask Keir Starmer whether he agrees with them that the Tories left the country in a shocking mess and only the prime minister can save their constituents. The Lib Dems and the SNP are only slightly fiercer critics of the present government. They too hate the Tories more than anyone else.
Continue reading...Dinosaur tracks uncovered at site of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s refuge
Jacobite leader was unknowingly ‘following the footprints’ of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746
When Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the Scottish Highlands after defeat at the Battle of Culloden, his route may have crossed the fossilised footsteps of massive meat-eating dinosaurs, researchers say.
Newly discovered impressions at Prince Charles’s Point on the Isle of Skye, where the Young Pretender is said to have hunkered down in 1746, reveal that megalosaurs, the carnivorous ancestors of the T rex, and enormous plant-eating sauropods gathered at the site when it was a shallow freshwater lagoon.
Continue reading...Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade – BBC
- Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade BBC
- Updates: Israeli claim that there’s enough food in Gaza ‘ridiculous’ – UN Al Jazeera
- Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries The New York Times
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- Bakeries close across Gaza as World Food Programme warns food supplies are set to run out in two weeks CNN
Gaza bakeries shut and painkillers on ration after month of Israeli blockade
Many Palestinians say they are going hungry after Israel stopped all aid deliveries to put pressure on Hamas.
Israel is ‘seizing territory’ and will ‘divide up’ Gaza, Netanyahu says
Prime minister says Israel will build a new security corridor to isolate parts of the strip in major escalation
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is “seizing territory” and intends to “divide up” the Gaza Strip by building a new security corridor, amid a major expansion of aerial and ground operations in the besieged Palestinian territory.
“Tonight, we have shifted gears in the Gaza Strip. The [Israeli army] is seizing territory, hitting the terrorists and destroying the infrastructure,” the prime minister said in a video statement on Wednesday evening.
Continue reading...US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive
Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%
The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.
Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly.
Continue reading...US airstrikes destroy water source for 50,000 Yemenis – thecradle.co
- US airstrikes destroy water source for 50,000 Yemenis thecradle.co
- More B-2 stealth bombers seen at US base in striking distance of Iran, Yemen The Times of Israel
- What we know — and don’t know — about the U.S. strikes in Yemen PBS
- How Trump’s team flipped on bombing the Houthis Defense News
- Sens. Paul and Merkley to Trump: Are we 'stumbling' into another war? Responsible Statecraft
Inside Mandalay: BBC joins rescuers searching for earthquake dead in Myanmar
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter the country since the disaster struck.
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified – Military.com
- 4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified Military.com
- Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 U.S. soldiers who died during training exercise NBC News
- 'It doesn't feel real': Hometown mourns Fort Stewart soldier killed in Lithuania WJCL
- Army identifies final 4th American soldier that died in Lithuanian swamp Fox News
- Last US soldier found dead after Lithuania training accident. 3 others identified AP News
Judiciary must be protected, says Macron, as judge who sentenced Le Pen put under guard
French president tells ministers that judges are independent and ‘all litigants have the right of appeal’
Emmanuel Macron has said the French judiciary is independent and must be protected as a judge was put under police guard after sentencing Marine Le Pen to an immediate ban from running for office.
Speaking on Wednesday, two days after the far-right leader’s conviction for the embezzlement of European parliament funds, the French president told ministers that “judges must be protected” and that “all litigants have the right to appeal.”
Continue reading...MPs’ attacks on judges a huge threat to the rule of law, says attorney general
Richard Hermer has responded to Robert Jenrick’s calls for a senior judge to be sacked over sentencing guidelines row
Political attacks on judges are “dangerous” and “a huge threat to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary”, the attorney general has said in a direct rebuke to the shadow justice secretary.
Richard Hermer said politics was entering a “dangerous moment” where politicians were “attacking judges on a personal basis” on the floor of the House of Commons.
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