Trump seeks $152m to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a "stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars".
Europe’s Options in the Strait of Hormuz: Few, and Risky – The New York Times
- Europe’s Options in the Strait of Hormuz: Few, and Risky The New York Times
- Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it. Politico
- Trump’s Mission Impossible for Allies: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz WSJ
- Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran Al Jazeera
- Opinion | Trump’s fantasy of seizing the Strait of Hormuz for a ‘gusher’ of oil is a dangerous one MS NOW
Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying – The New York Times
Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying The New York Times
Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen. – The New York Times
Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen. The New York Times
New North Sea drilling would barely reduce UK gas imports at all, data shows
Exclusive: research finds Jackdaw field would provide only about 2% of current demand, and Rosebank only 1%
Opening major new fields in the North Sea would make almost no difference to the UK’s reliance on gas imports, research has shown.
The Jackdaw field, one of the largest unexploited gasfields in the North Sea, would displace only 2% of the UK’s current imports of gas, which would leave the UK still almost entirely dependent on supplies from Norway and a few other sources.
Continue reading...Forget euphemism, Trump is using unabashed viciousness in his language against Iran
The Trump administration takes pleasure in deploying dysphemism to describe the killing of Iranians
On 23 March, Donald Trump said that if things didn’t go to his liking in Iran, “we just keep bombing our little hearts out”. A week later the US president told journalists on Air Force One: “You never know with Iran because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up.”
On 4 March, Pete Hegseth squirmed in pleasure as he described “death and destruction from the sky all day long”. Whatever happened to the subtle art of political euphemism?
Continue reading...Manchester City vs Liverpool 4-0: FA Cup quarterfinal – as it happened
All the updates as Man City book an FA Cup semifinal spot after dismantling Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.
Russia chose ‘Easter escalation’ over ceasefire, says Zelensky
Six civilians were killed and 40 others injured as Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles.
Pope Leo XIV bares cross for full Good Friday procession, a feat not seen in decades – Euronews.com
- Pope Leo XIV bares cross for full Good Friday procession, a feat not seen in decades Euronews.com
- Pope Leo XIV becomes second pope to carry cross at Colosseum on Good Friday Yahoo
- Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break ‘this chain’ of violence OSV News
- Pope Leo XIV carries Cross for Via Crucis at Colosseum in Rome Vatican News
- Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades abcnews.com
Woman lured ex boyfriend into a trap and then filmed his “brutal assault” – Yahoo News Canada
- Woman lured ex boyfriend into a trap and then filmed his "brutal assault" Yahoo News Canada
- She was heard laughing as she filmed the pre-planned assault facebook.com
- Laughing woman lured ex-lover to shop then filmed as he was savagely beaten by two men in honeytrap attack The Irish Sun
- Woman 'lured' ex-boyfriend to shops where thugs delivered 'brutal' beating Leader Live
- Woman 'lured' ex to shops then laughed and filmed as he was brutally attacked Daily Star
Biometric checks stalled again for cross-Channel travellers
Fears of Easter chaos over scaling up of new EU border system are eased, with no facial IDs for Eurotunnel and Eurostar passengers
Passengers crossing the Channel from the UK to France will not face new biometric checks in the coming weeks, despite an imminent deadline for the complete implementation of the EU’s entry-exit system (EES), ports say.
Airlines and airports across Europe have feared chaos over the Easter holidays.
Continue reading...‘Wild west’ reformer pilates boom is causing rise in injuries, experts warn
Lack of regulation for specialist classes leaves UK fitness enthusiasts at risk, say professional bodies
The boom in reformer pilates has created a “wild west” of studios where poor regulation has resulted in inexperienced teachers and a rise in injuries, professional standards bodies have warned.
Pilates is not formally or legally regulated, and as its popularity has surged, industry experts say, so too has the growth of packed reformer-based classes often led by instructors with limited training.
Continue reading...Italian council buys Mussolini’s villa to keep it away from ‘fascist nostalgics’
Riccione’s leftwing mayor, Daniela Angelini, says public purchase is victory for town and ‘act of love and vision’
An Italian council has bought a villa where Benito Mussolini spent his summer holidays, partly to avoid the property falling into the hands of “fascist nostalgics”.
Daniela Angelini, the leftwing mayor of Riccione, a town close to Rimini along Italy’s Adriatic coast, said the acquisition of Villa Mussolini through an auction was “an act of love and vision” and that bringing it back into public hands was a victory for the entire town.
Continue reading...15 dead across Ukraine in ‘massive’ Russian aerial attack – Euronews.com
- 15 dead across Ukraine in 'massive' Russian aerial attack Euronews.com
- Russia chose 'Easter escalation' over ceasefire, says Zelensky BBC
- How Russia is taking advantage of the Iran war to pummel Ukraine The Times
- Ukraine: 'Massive' Russian airstrikes kill at least 14 dw.com
- Zelenskiy accuses Russia of 'Easter escalation' as massive daytime attack kills two Reuters
‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right – theguardian.com
- ‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right theguardian.com
- Prosecutors open hate speech probe against French rolling news channel CNews Reuters
- French anti-racist activists rally, hoping to uplift fragmented movement Le Monde.fr
- Thousands rally against racism in Paris suburb to defend newly elected Black mayor France 24
- France’s CNews Under Investigation for Hate Speech After Comments Targeting Black Mayor Variety
Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family – Al Jazeera
- Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family Al Jazeera
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing 8 on outskirts of Kabul PBS
- Deadly Earthquake and Floods Worsen Afghanistan’s Troubles The New York Times
- Death toll from Afghan quake rises, including 8 members of refugee family returned from Iran AP News
- Eight dead after earthquake of magnitude 5.9 strikes Afghanistan Reuters
Artemis II crew now halfway to Moon as they take ‘spectacular’ image of Earth
The snap was taken aboard the Orion capsule by its commander, Reid Wiseman, as the crew head towards the Moon.
Artemis II crew now halfway to Moon as they take ‘spectacular’ image of Earth
The snap was taken aboard the Orion capsule by its commander, Reid Wiseman, as the crew head towards the Moon.
Confidential report found former home affairs boss Michael Pezzullo was ‘reckless’ in engagement with Liberal powerbroker
Previously unreleased report obtained via freedom of information battle says Pezzullo exceeded ‘boundaries of normal public service practice’
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The former head of the Department of Home Affairs’ engagement with a Liberal powerbroker was “reckless”, “ill-advised” and beyond the boundaries of normal public service practice, a previously unreleased confidential report found.
The independent probe led to the sacking of Michael Pezzullo as secretary of the Department of Home Affairs in November 2023 after it concluded he had breached the government’s code of conduct at least 14 times. This included using his power for personal benefit.
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