CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87
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Pro-Palestine group protests outside Israeli real estate event in New York
Demonstration against event featuring properties for sale in occupied West Bank is the second protest in six months.
UN demands Israel release Gaza flotilla activists, investigate abuse claims
Israel must 'immediately and unconditionally' release Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago de Avila, rights office spokesman says.
Follow the money: How far-right Reform UK built a global network
Reform UK’s rise is backed by individual donors, overseas trips and networks that contrast with its nationalist message.
Burkina Faso authorities accused of secretly detaining prominent journalist
RSF says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities' account.
Araghchi in Beijing: How China could shape the direction of the US-Iran war
Analysts say shared US and Chinese interests in reopening the Strait of Hormuz could create a path towards peace.
Russian drone hits kindergarten in Ukraine
A Russian drone strike has hit a kindergarten in Ukraine’s Sumy region.
Trainline says Middle East tensions hitting European rail bookings
Profits jump to £122m at ticketing retailer but it expects flat or declining revenues over the coming year
Trainline has said the US standoff with Iran is hitting its revenues, with rail ticket sales to foreign visitors to Europe affected.
The UK-based ticketing retailer said it expected revenues to stay flat or decline over the coming year, citing “the effects of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East on inbound air traffic into Europe”.
Continue reading...Elderly man rescued from rubble after Israeli strike on Lebanon
An 80-year-old man has been pulled out from under the rubble of his house in the south.
Ben-Gvir ‘dreams’ of nooses in video posted to TikTok
Ben-Gvir has posted a video saying he ‘dreams’ of nooses, in a nod to the death penalty targeting Palestinian detainees.
Two hikers injured in US bear attack on Yellowstone trail
National park closes areas near Old Faithful after attack by one or more bears, with incident under investigation
Two hikers were injured in a bear attack on Monday on a trail in Yellowstone national park, park officials said.
The National Park Service said in a statement on Tuesday that the hikers sustained injuries on Monday by “one or more bears” on the Mystic Falls trail near Old Faithful in Yellowstone national park. Officials did not specify which species of bear.
Continue reading...Prestianni could miss Argentina games as FIFA extends ban to World Cup
Gianluca Prestianni could miss Argentina's first two group games if he is selected in their World Cup squad.
Polanski says he is not ready to be PM, but might be in two years’ time – UK politics live
Green leader also apologised for misrepresenting his work with the Red Cross, and defended party policy on drugs
Labour has criticised Zack Polanski for saying he was concerned about how the suspect in the Golders Green stabbings was treated when he was arrested by the police.
Referring to what Polanski said about this in his Today interview this morning (see 9.33am), a Labour party spokesperson said:
Our brave police ran towards a suspected terrorist and tackled him while he was still carrying a knife and before they could handcuff him.
The fact that Zack Polanski is still sympathising with this individual is utterly astounding. For the Green party leader to be litigating the case for the defence against the police shows whose side he is truly on.
The latest unemployment figures for February showed a fall, interest rates were expected to come down, the markets were pricing in a couple of cuts during the course of the year.
The truth is, with the effect of the Iran war, we can’t count on any of that at the moment. There is likely to be an effect on prices, which feeds through from energy costs, and there may well be labour market implications.
Continue reading...Australians slam ban on World Cup screenings at Federation Square
Matches from the World Cup 2026 will not be screened after poor fan behaviour at previous public watch parties in 2023.
Pope Leo rejects claim he supports nuclear weapons after Trump tirade
Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war
Pope Leo has said he has never supported nuclear weapons and that those who criticise him need to speak the truth, in response Donald Trump’s latest tirade accusing him of “endangering a lot of Catholics” with his stance on the Iran war.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night after leaving the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, the first US-born pontiff said: “The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to preach peace.”
Continue reading...What happened to Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’?
Donald Trump announced ‘Project Freedom’, an operation to escort stranded ships through the strait. Then paused it.
Reform-led Lancashire county council to quit refugee resettlement scheme
Councillor announces plan to withdraw from government-funded programme in run-up to May elections
The Reform-led Lancashire county council will withdraw from the government’s refugee resettlement scheme, one of its cabinet members has said.
Councillor Joshua Roberts announced plans for Lancashire to leave the scheme, which would make it the first local authority to do so.
Continue reading...Iran says Strait of Hormuz passage to be ensured after US pauses operation
Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says safe transit will be ensured with new procedures in place.
What is the FDD, the pro-Israel think tank shaping Trump’s Iran policy?
FDD's talking points on the US-Israel war on Iran have been picked up by the Trump administration.
Airlines among companies using fuel surcharges to cover surge in costs, UK survey shows
Firms raising prices at fastest rate in three years, driven by soaring energy and wage bills but also extra materials costs
Airlines and other companies are increasingly using fuel surcharges to cover soaring costs, a survey has found, in a further sign of Iran war-linked inflation hitting the economy.
A poll of companies in the services sector, which includes airlines, found rising fuel prices had contributed to businesses raising prices at the fastest pace in more than three years in April.
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