Runaway horses set to steal show at trooping the colour on Saturday

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Cameras expected to be trained on three Household Cavalry steeds that galloped through London in April

The bearskins, marching bands and palace balcony appearances that ensure trooping the colour is an annual crowd-puller will face competition when this year’s military spectacle takes place on Saturday.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will be there, though in a small concession to his cancer treatment, Charles will review the King’s Birthday Parade from an Ascot landau carriage rather than on horseback.

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CNN hosts knock Biden for getting ‘snippy’ with press: ‘Far below his predecessors’ in taking questions – Fox News

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  1. CNN hosts knock Biden for getting 'snippy' with press: 'Far below his predecessors' in taking questions  Fox News
  2. At the G7, Biden Can't Escape the Shadow of the Gaza War  The New York Times
  3. Hear the moments that stood out to CNN reporter about Biden, Zelensky presser  CNN
  4. White House correspondents fire back after Biden snaps at reporter for refusing to 'play by the rules'  Yahoo! Voices
  5. Biden pushes back on Gaza question during Zelensky presser  The Hill
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UK general election opinion polls tracker: Labour significantly ahead of Tories as campaign continues

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Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest polls – and how many seats each party is likely to win in the 2024 general election

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called the next UK general election for 4 July 2024.

After 14 years of Conservative rule, Keir Starmer’s Labour has been consistently ahead in the polls since the start of 2022.

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US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for ‘simulating’ being at their keyboards

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Workers were sacked after review found they were ‘creating impression of active work’, says filing

The US bank Wells Fargo has fired more than a dozen workers for alleged “simulation of keyboard activity”, in an apparent attempt to fool their employer into thinking they were working.

The employees were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work”, according to a filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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‘No one has any idea’ how many hostages are still alive, Hamas official says – The Times of Israel

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  1. ‘No one has any idea’ how many hostages are still alive, Hamas official says  The Times of Israel
  2. Hamas official says ‘no one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are still alive  CNN
  3. Opinion | Biden’s Israel-Hamas straddling is at a dead end. He must pick a side.  The Washington Post
  4. Yahya Sinwar's aims in rejecting and amending Biden's hostage deal  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Without Israel-Hamas Deal, Gaza Fighting Will Aimlessly Drag On, and the North Could Plunge Into Full-scale War - Israel News  Haaretz
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Hamas official says nobody knows how many hostages are still alive | First Thing

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Hamas spokesperson says Israeli tanks have advanced on Rafah. Plus: Scotland’s burgeoning seaweed industry

Good morning.

With the safe return of the hostages crucial to any deal for a ceasefire, a senior Hamas official has said that “no one has an idea” how many of the 120 remaining hostages in Gaza are alive.

What is happening in Gaza? Israeli tanks advanced into the western part of Rafah on Thursday as the city came under intense helicopter, drone and artillery fire in what residents described as one of the worst bombardments of the area so far.

Are displaced Palestinians receiving aid? The UN’s relief agency for Palestinians, the largest aid organisation operating in Gaza, has accused Israeli authorities of frequently preventing it from delivering aid.

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‘No one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are alive, says Hamas official

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Osama Hamdan’s comments signal group’s position on ceasefire proposal remains largely unchanged

A senior Hamas official has said the group does not know how many of the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza are still alive, as Israeli and Hamas sources set out positions that could undermine the possibility of an imminent ceasefire deal.

The Lebanon-based Hamas official Osama Hamdan said in an interview with CNN that “no one has any idea” how many of the remaining 120 hostages captured on 7 October last year were still alive, amid Israeli estimates that at least a third had died in captivity or were killed when seized.

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Top CDC officials warns US needs ‘more tests’ in face of bird flu fears

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Agency principal deputy director wants more testing of farm workers who work in proximity to affected animals

There is not enough testing for bird flu among people and animals in the US, says Dr Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – but he is wary of pushing the issue and damaging fragile trust among farm workers and owners.

“We would like to be doing more tests,” Shah said. “We’d like to be testing particularly not just symptomatic workers, but anyone on a farm who is exposed.”

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ANC strikes coalition deal with free-market DA, South Africa media reports

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Country’s second-largest party reportedly agrees to support re-election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president

South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is poised to be re-elected after the African National Congress struck a coalition deal with the country’s second largest party, the pro-business Democratic Alliance, local media reported, as MPs were sworn in before parliament votes for the president.

Under the agreement, which is not yet public, the DA will support Ramaphosa’s election for a second term and an ANC speaker of parliament, in return for the position of deputy speaker, according to the public South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and the news website TimesLive.

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Kuwait fire: India brings back bodies of 45 workers – BBC.com

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  1. Kuwait fire: India brings back bodies of 45 workers  BBC.com
  2. Kuwaiti firm whose workers died in fire announces Rs 8 lakh relief for families  The New Indian Express
  3. Families receive bodies of Indian workers killed in Kuwait fire  Al Jazeera English
  4. Kuwait building blaze: Victims worked for firm whose MD was behind film on misery of workers  The Indian Express
  5. India brings home bodies of 45 workers killed in Kuwait fire  Reuters India
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US-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether the UN will keep delivering the aid – The Associated Press

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  1. US-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether the UN will keep delivering the aid  The Associated Press
  2. US military considers temporarily dismantling pier off coast of Gaza for second time due to rough sea conditions  CNN
  3. How Ambitious Plans for a Floating Aid Pier off Gaza Fell Apart  The Wall Street Journal
  4. US Air Force resumes humanitarian aid drops into Gaza  AirForceTimes.com
  5. The logistical problems with US's plans for Gazan aid pier  The Jerusalem Post
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Team CBN: Big Responsibility For PK, Big Aspirations On Lokesh – M9

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  1. Team CBN: Big Responsibility For PK, Big Aspirations On Lokesh  M9
  2. Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Ministers List 2024: Pawan Kalyan, Nara Lokesh among 24 ministers in Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet  The Indian Express
  3. Andhra Pradesh portfolio allocation: Chandrababu Naidu retains law and order  Mint
  4. AP's new CM expresses concerns over sorry state of affairs at Tirumala, vows to restore sanctity of the i  The Times of India
  5. Pawan Kalyan Deputy CM, Nara Lokesh IT minister in Andhra Pradesh government as Chandrababu Naidu allots portfolios  Hindustan Times
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Massachusetts allows transport of marijuana to Martha’s Vineyard in a first

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Regulation had barred moving cannabis over state waters which risked running afoul of federal laws

Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts have issued an administrative order that will allow marijuana to be transported to the state’s famous islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket for the first time.

The order came amid reports Martha’s Vineyard was about to run out of pot, with one dispensary temporarily closing in May and the other saying it would close by September without further supplies.

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G7 to use Russian assets for $50bn Ukraine loan: How will it work? – Al Jazeera English

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  1. G7 to use Russian assets for $50bn Ukraine loan: How will it work?  Al Jazeera English
  2. 'Russia has to pay': G7 taps Moscow's frozen assets in support of Ukraine  CNBC
  3. The West and Russia's Frozen Assets - WSJ  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Will Biden's Help for Ukraine Come Fast Enough and Last Long Enough?  The New York Times
  5. Explainer: What is the G7's $50 billion loan plan for Ukraine?  Reuters
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