Nearly 500 confirmed cases of measles across 19 US states, says CDC

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Government reports largest outbreak is in Texas, and 70 people across US needing hospitalization

The federal government reported on Friday that there have been 483 confirmed cases of measles across 20 US jurisdictions so far this year, with the largest outbreak in Texas, and 70 people across the nation needing to be hospitalized.

That compares with 285 cases of measles in the US for the whole of 2024. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on its website that 97% of the confirmed cases this year so far involved people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccine status was unknown – and 75% of the cases this year have affected people under the age of 19.

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Actor said Noel Clarke’s Bafta award would hand him ‘loaded gun’ against women, court told

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Jing Lusi said Clarke had boasted of previous Bafta award at a dinner where he propositioned and threatened her

A prominent actor said Noel Clarke’s honorary award from Bafta was handing him a “loaded gun” to seduce and silence women, the high court has heard.

Jing Lusi, who stars in Gangs of London and Red Eye, is one of more than 20 women whose allegations of sexual misconduct by Clarke were reported by the Guardian in 2021-22 and which form the basis of Clarke’s libel claim against the publisher.

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US and Lithuanian forces struggle to drain swamp to recover 4 soldiers in submerged armored vehicle – The Associated Press

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  1. US and Lithuanian forces struggle to drain swamp to recover 4 soldiers in submerged armored vehicle  The Associated Press
  2. Missing Fort Stewart Soldiers: Work continues in Lithuania to reach vehicle, find troops  WJCL News Savannah
  3. Lithuanian, Polish troops aid in 'search and recovery' for 4 missing US soldiers from Fort Stewart  Fox News
  4. U.S. Army says recovering 4 soldiers missing in Lithuania "will be a long and difficult" operation  CBS News
  5. 'Our worst fear’: Wife identifies husband as one of four missing Fort Stewart soldiers in Lithuania  11Alive.com WXIA
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UK weather: sunshine and warmth to return for Mother’s Day

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Temperatures expected to rise throughout next week, ending with highs of 20-23C on Thursday and Friday

Sunshine and warmer weather will return to the UK in time for Mother’s Day and is forecast to last into next week.

Temperatures are expected to steadily rise throughout the week, starting with highs of 17-19C on Monday and ending with highs of 20-23C on Thursday and Friday.

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Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order

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As US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the west, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global norms

As JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the Trump administration received an unlikely endorsement for the US’s first potential territorial expansion since 1947: Vladimir Putin.

Speaking at an Arctic policy forum in the northern Russian city of Murmansk on Thursday, Putin presented a more comprehensive case than any US official yet for Donald Trump’s plan to annex Greenland, crafting a historical argument that sounded suspiciously convenient in terms of Russia’s own territorial designs on Ukraine.

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UK ministers need to ask why they are offered freebies – and who loses out

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Firms who wine and dine officials may gain a seat at the policymaking table while the third sector is squeezed out

Ministers from Keir Starmer downwards have sometimes seemed perplexed about what they see as the fuss made over their acceptance of hospitality in the last nine months.

From their point of view, free tickets to concerts and sporting events are a paltry form of compensation for the disruption to their private lives that comes from being a frontline politician.

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Trump describes ‘productive’ call with Mark Carney amid US-Canada trade war

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US president says he and Canadian prime minister ‘agree on many things’ after first talk since Carney assumed role

Donald Trump described a long-awaited call with the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, as “extremely productive” amid a trade war between the two nations launched by the US president.

The Friday morning call, requested by the White House, marks the first time the two leaders have spoken since Carney became prime minister on 14 March.

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Putin suggests Ukraine could have UN-led government to organise elections

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US rejects suggestion and Kremlin later clarifies idea is just ‘one of the options’ and has not been raised with Trump

Vladimir Putin has suggested Ukraine could be placed under a temporary UN-led government to organise fresh elections as both Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of breaching an energy ceasefire agreed this week.

The idea was quickly rejected by a US spokesperson, and it was not clear how far it was meant to be taken seriously, given that the Kremlin clarified that Putin had not raised this idea in recent phone calls with Donald Trump.

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Putin says it’s ‘a profound mistake’ to treat Trump’s push for Greenland and its vast deposits of rare minerals as ‘some preposterous talk’ – Fortune

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  1. Putin says it’s ‘a profound mistake’ to treat Trump’s push for Greenland and its vast deposits of rare minerals as ‘some preposterous talk’  Fortune
  2. Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order  The Guardian
  3. Russia's Putin says it would be a 'profound mistake' to dismiss Trump's push for Greenland  CNBC
  4. Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US  BBC.com
  5. Putin Sends a Clear Warning as Trump Tries to Take Over Greenland  Yahoo
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