Pentagon boss claims Iran now has ‘no navy, no navy leader’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that Iran war is 'stuff for the history books'.
Parties launch Holyrood campaigns against backdrop of voter indecision
Change is on offer across the political spectrum, but no one knows whether apathy or tactical voting will prevail
Hope, change, progressive change, change with fairness at its heart – from a harbour north of Edinburgh to a hipster arts venue in Glasgow’s Barras Market, Scotland’s political parties spent the first official day of the Holyrood election campaign reaching for the phrase that best encapsulates what people will get if they vote for them on 7 May.
Only one of the main parties did not hold an event to set out their stall on Thursday: possibly Reform UK was too busy firefighting after another of their Scottish parliament candidates quit, bringing to four the number who have stepped down or been suspended since they stood with party leader Nigel Farage under a storm of turquoise confetti last week.
Continue reading...Savannah Guthrie fears her fame could be reason for mother’s disappearance
Today show host calls 84-year-old mother’s disappearance ‘unbearable’ in first interview since possible kidnapping
Savannah Guthrie says she fears her own fame could have been the reason for her mother Nancy’s disappearance, which she has called “unbearable” in her first interview since the possible kidnapping.
Guthrie, a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, discussed the possible reasons for the disappearance of Nancy, who is 84 years old and was reported missing on 1 February from her home near Tucson, Arizona, in an interview with Guthrie’s colleague Hoda Kotb.
Continue reading...Olympics align with Trump as transgender athletes banned from women’s games
Transgender athletes banned from women's Olympic events by new IOC policy aiming for 'fairness, safety and integrity'.
Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend has 42-year term increased to whole-life order
Shaine March killed Alana Odysseos in 2025, having been released on licence after killing a teenager in 2000
A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend after being released from prison on licence must spend the rest of his life in jail, the court of appeal has ruled after finding that the original 42-year sentence was “too lenient”.
Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when Shaine March, now 48, killed her at her home in Walthamstow, east London, in July last year. She died at the scene from 23 slash and stab wounds.
Continue reading...Lebanese fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south – AP News
- Lebanese fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south AP News
- Israeli plan for Lebanon 'buffer zone' follows long past of invasions, occupation Reuters
- IDF Northern Command chief says 750 Hezbollah operatives killed in renewed fighting The Times of Israel
- Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and offers counterproposal, state TV says France 24
- Senior Hezbollah commander in anti-tank unit killed last night, says IDF The Times of Israel
Don’t panic – five ways to stop your kids’ endless scrolling
Parenting experts share their tips on how to keep children's screen time under control.
Trump says Iran ‘lousy fighters but great negotiators’
President Trump has said Iran is “begging to make a deal”, describing them as “lousy fighters but great negotiators".
Sperm get lost in space, Australian research into microgravity impacts suggests
Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an egg
Sperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.
When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like an untethered astronaut, according to Adelaide University researchers.
Continue reading...Gulf countries want Trump to end Iran war — but not yet, officials say – The Washington Post
- Gulf countries want Trump to end Iran war — but not yet, officials say The Washington Post
- Saudi Arabia urging US to ramp up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms The Guardian
- Saudi Leader Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls The New York Times
- Trump’s Gulf allies push to have their concerns addressed before Iran war ends CNN
- Gulf States Edge Toward Joining Fight Against Iran WSJ
Tehran’s’tollbooth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz
Iran has blocked the passage of vessels carrying 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.
Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies
Remarks come after defense secretary calls for changes to military’s chaplain corps, which had been ‘watered down’
The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed during a religious service at the Pentagon that there be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy”.
The Christian worship service, held on Wednesday before military and civilian workers at the Pentagon, was Hegseth’s first since the Iran war began, the Associated Press reported.
Continue reading...Pakistan says it is mediating US-Iran talks
Pakistan says it is mediating indirect talks between the US and Iran aimed at ending the war.
WTO says world experiencing worst trade disruption in 80 years
WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the global trade order has ‘irrevocably changed’.
Archaeologists may have found the grave of the legendary “fourth musketeer” – Ars Technica
- Archaeologists may have found the grave of the legendary "fourth musketeer" Ars Technica
- Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church BBC
- Lost remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan may have been found in Dutch church NBC News
- Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found The Guardian
- Archaeologist may have uncovered the remains of D’Artagnan, the famed French musketeer CNN
A knife-wielding man kills a woman at a Tokyo Pokemon shop before taking his own life – AP News
Russia is helping Iran with intel to target and kill Americans, says top EU diplomat – CBS News
- Russia is helping Iran with intel to target and kill Americans, says top EU diplomat CBS News
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 26, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- How extensive is Russia’s military aid to Iran? Al Jazeera
- Europeans Worry Russia Is Preparing to Deliver Drones to Iran The New York Times
- Russia sending drones to Iran, western intelligence says Financial Times
Senegal to parade Afcon trophy despite title being stripped
Senegal's Football Federation boss calls the decision to hand Morocco the Afcon title a "robbery" amid plans to parade the trophy before Saturday's friendly against Peru in Paris.
French court hands Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan 18-year jail term for rape
Ramadan, a 63-year-old former Oxford professor, denied the charges but his lawyers said he was too ill to attend the trial.
Olympic women’s sport limited to biological females
The women's category of Olympic sports will be limited to biological females from 2028, says the International Olympic Committee.