- A 42bn-euro dilemma: What is stopping EU from holding Israel to account? Al Jazeera
- EU divided on suspension of Israel pact as Spain pushes for action Reuters
- EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel The Guardian
- Suspend EU-Israel Trade Agreement Amnesty International
- Spain Renews Push to Punish Israel After Orban’s Loss Bloomberg.com
Iran says ‘fully prepared’ for football team’s World Cup participation
Tehran says all necessary arrangements have been made for participation in the tournament cohosted by the US.
‘Impossible’ to reopen strait of Hormuz amid ‘flagrant’ ceasefire breaches, Iran says
Iranian forces seize two ships in critical waterway as Washington and Tehran maintain separate blockades
Iranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the shipping waterway.
The standoff over the strait – through which about 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied fossil gas passed through during peacetime – has raised doubts about whether stalled peace negotiations will resume.
Continue reading...A 42bn-euro dilemma: What is stopping EU from holding Israel to account?
Trade, history, internal rifts: Inside European deadlock over suspending lucrative association agreement with Israel.
Labour MP calls for Starmer’s resignation to end ‘psychodrama’ – UK politics live
Jonathan Brash says ‘own goals’ are distracting from Labour’s achievements
UK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more than three years, Richard Partington reports.
Today the Liberal Democrats staged a photocall to publicise their line about this being “Trumpflation”. Daisy Cooper, the Lib Dem deputy leader and Treasury spokesperson, said:
People across our country have been struggling for years with a devastating cost-of-living crisis and Donald Trump’s idiotic war in Iran has added to it. The cost of fuel is soaring, mortgage rates are rising and fixed energy deals are already going up by hundreds of pounds.
But what is utterly inexcusable is that there are politicians in this country - Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch - who are happy to cheerlead Donald Trump as he hikes people’s bills. All the while this Labour government promised to fix the country but instead we’ve got political Groundhog Day: yet more sleaze and scandal.
Continue reading...People living with dementia are often overlooked. This tour at the Berlin Zoo seeks to change that – AP News
White House close to deal of up to $500m to rescue ailing Spirit Airlines
Rising costs have continued to plague the company, now facing soaring fuel costs due to the war with Iran
The White House is finalizing a financing package to help ailing US budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which could receive as much as $500m in loans as rising costs continue to plague the company.
News of the potential deal comes as Spirit and others struggle with soaring fuel costs due to the war with Iran.
Continue reading...US and Iran in blockade standoff as Pakistan pushes for talks
The mood in the Strait of Hormuz remains combustible despite Trump's ceasefire extension.
US and Iran in blockade standoff as Pakistan pushes for talks
The mood in the Strait of Hormuz remains combustible despite Trump's ceasefire extension.
Fighter Jets Collide After Distracted Pilots Whip Out Their Phones – The Daily Beast
- Fighter Jets Collide After Distracted Pilots Whip Out Their Phones The Daily Beast
- South Korea’s air force apologizes after picture-taking pilots caused fighter jet collision CNN
- South Korean fighter jets collided due to pilots taking pictures, report finds BBC
- 2021 collision of South Korean warplanes caused by pilots taking video, report says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Pilot’s mid-flight selfie blamed for South Korean fighter jet collision The Independent
Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects
The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projects
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by the interior secretary, Doug Burgum.
Denise J Casper, chief judge of the US district court for Massachusetts, ruled that a coalition of plaintiffs representing wind and solar developers were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the administration’s actions violate federal statute and would cause irreparable harm if the court did not intervene.
Continue reading...British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told
Janet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scams
A British woman who was scammed of up to £1m in a string of so-called romance frauds died in a road crash after travelling to west Africa to try to recoup some of her lost fortune, an inquest in Devon has heard.
Janet Fordham was cheated of her life savings and her home over a period of five years by fraudsters apparently based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, the inquest in Exeter was told.
Continue reading...Ukraine restarts Russian oil to Europe, unblocking 90-billion-euro EU loan
Resumption of oil deliveries enables Hungary to lift veto, with EU's 27 members now on track to formally approve loan.
Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over Chelsea sale proceeds
Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine
Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights (ECHR), claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affairs by the Jersey authorities has breached his human rights, according to reports.
The former owner of Chelsea FC, who is under UK sanctions over his links to Vladimir Putin, is being investigated in Jersey over allegations of corruption and money laundering.
Continue reading...How Israel is destroying Lebanon’s water infrastructure
Israel is 'deliberately' attacking Lebanon's water, experts say, aiming to displace or kill south Lebanon's population.
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The Strait of Hormuz is today’s energy chokepoint. China is tomorrow’s. – Big Think
- The Strait of Hormuz is today’s energy chokepoint. China is tomorrow’s. Big Think
- Oil exporters scramble for routes beyond Hormuz — but there are no easy options CNBC
- Alternative routes for Middle East oil and gas due to Hormuz disruption Reuters
- What the War Against Iran Means for the U.S.-South Korean Alliance War on the Rocks
- Top Oil Traders Warn Worst of Demand Hit From War Is Yet to Come Bloomberg.com
Billionaire sues digital currency venture co-founded by Trump and sons for illegal account freezing
Justin Sun alleges World Liberty Financial installed tools to prevent sale of his tokens after they became tradeable
Billionaire crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Tuesday sued World Liberty Financial, the digital currency venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, alleging that World Liberty illegally froze his holdings of tokens issued by the company.
Sun, the largest investor in World Liberty, alleged in the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, that the company secretly installed tools to prevent the sale of his tokens after they became tradeable in September 2025. The lawsuit also alleges that World Liberty threatened to “burn” – or permanently delete – his holdings, even while they were in Sun’s digital wallet.
Continue reading...Four people arrested over suspected £44m UK home insulation scam
Serious Fraud Office investigation relates to firms allegedly submitting false invoices for work they failed to carry out
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has arrested four people on suspicion of a home insulation scam that may have cost energy companies as much as £44m.
The SFO and the National Crime Agency said on Wednesday that the unnamed people were arrested in coordinated dawn raids across England on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud.
Continue reading...In This Mass Trial, Suspects Could Get 245 Years Each – Newser
- In This Mass Trial, Suspects Could Get 245 Years Each Newser
- A mass trial in El Salvador and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean AP News
- Shackled and shaved: El Salvador holds mass trial for hundreds of gang members South China Morning Post
- El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged gang members NBC News
- Mass MS-13 trial held at El Salvador mega-jail The Herald Palladium