UK government vows to clean up Windermere after sewage criticism

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Environment secretary points to measures to stop lake being ‘choked by unacceptable levels’ of pollution

The government has said it will “clean up Windermere” after criticism over the volume of sewage being pumped into England’s largest lake.

The environment secretary, Steve Reed, pledged “only rainwater” would enter the famous body of water in the Lake District, putting an end to the situation where it Windermere was being “choked by unacceptable levels of sewage pollution”.

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MoJ readies extra prison places in case summer riots happen again

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Exclusive: Justice minister James Timpson says more cell capacity means emergency early release schemes won’t be needed

Prisons are being prepared to cope with a sudden influx of offenders in case there is a repeat of last summer’s riots, the justice minister, James Timpson, has told the Guardian.

Hundreds of extra makeshift cells and newly refurbished cells will be in use by the end of this year, officials have disclosed, as the prisons minister said there will be “no more emergency measures” such as early release schemes.

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Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza – NBC News

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  1. Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza  NBC News
  2. Israeli Energy Minister Cuts Off Electricity to Gaza  The New York Times
  3. LIVE: Israel cuts off Gaza’s electricity supply ahead of truce talks  Al Jazeera English
  4. Israel cuts electricity to last facility in Gaza receiving Israeli power  CNN
  5. Israel Chokes Electricity Supply to Gaza to Pressure Hamas on Hostages  The Wall Street Journal
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Meet the defense giants that will rearm Europe as the EU eyes a massive military buildup – AOL

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  1. Meet the defense giants that will rearm Europe as the EU eyes a massive military buildup  AOL
  2. Ursula von der Leyen says €150bn EU defence loans should be spent in Europe  Financial Times
  3. Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.  The New York Times
  4. Europe’s Defenses Risk Faltering Within Weeks Without US Support  Bloomberg
  5. Can Europe Wean Itself of U.S. Arms?  Forbes
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Gene Hackman’s final days marked by isolation: ‘Slowing down and reclusive’

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The actor was likely alone in his house for days, disoriented and too frail to seek help, after death of wife Betsy Arakawa

The actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, who were found dead last month in Santa Fe, New Mexico, were rarely apart from each other, and it’s that closeness that may have led to the circumstances of their deaths.

Arakawa had become Hackman’s caregiver in his later years when he developed Alzheimer’s disease and became incapable of carrying out even the simplest of tasks. She ran the household errands, made sure he remained active and protected him from illnesses.

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‘SNL’ Crowd Roars as Colin Jost Dubs Elon Musk ‘White Kanye’ During Weekend Update | Video – Yahoo Entertainment

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  1. ‘SNL’ Crowd Roars as Colin Jost Dubs Elon Musk ‘White Kanye’ During Weekend Update | Video  Yahoo Entertainment
  2. 'CHURCH OF WOKE': Stephen Miller Flips Out Over ‘Saturday Night Live’ Joke About Trump  Yahoo Entertainment
  3. ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Takes on Trump’s Big Speech, Quick Tariff Reversal  Rolling Stone
  4. ‘SNL’ Slams Trump’s Claim ‘No President Has Changed Government Faster’: ‘Nobody Changed Airport Security Faster Than Bin Laden’  Variety
  5. 'SNL' Crowd Roars as Colin Jost Dubs Elon Musk 'White Kanye' During Weekend Update | Video  TheWrap
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Almost 230,000 properties without power as ex-tropical cyclone brings more dangerous rain

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South-east Queensland and northern NSW face further heavy downpours

More than 230,000 households and businesses are without power and flash flooding alerts have been issued for coastal areas in the aftermath of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.

The warnings follow heavy rain across southeast Queensland overnight and are clustered around the Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan and Ipswich council areas.

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Kristi Noem names new Ice leadership and vows to punish media ‘leakers’

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Homeland security secretary pledges lie detector tests for employees she suspects are passing information to press

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to the media.

Noem confirmed, in addition, that the government will expand immigration detention operations further into the military sphere, following reports of the intention to use the huge Fort Bliss army base close to the US-Mexico border in Texas for that purpose.

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‘I hate to predict things’: Trump doesn’t rule out US recession amid trade tariffs

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President downplays recent stock market volatility that followed his ducking and weaving over tariff policy

Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out the possibility that the US economy will head into recession this year and that inflation will rise, as his chaotic trade tariffs policy cause uncertainty and market turbulence.

The US president predicted that his economic goals would take time and a period of transition to bear fruit. But when asked in an interview with the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures “are you expecting a recession this year?” he demurred.

Reuters contributed reporting

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Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says

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Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.

Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment, blocks from the private Ivy League university’s main campus in New York when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told the Associated Press.

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