Government sets aside extra £1bn for victims of UK’s infected blood scandal

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Additional funds include extra £35,000 each for former pupils experimented on at school without their knowledge

Compensation payments will rise for people affected by the infected blood scandal, including an extra £35,000 each for former pupils who were experimented on at school without their knowledge, the paymaster general has announced. The government has allocated £1bn for the payments.

The final report of the inquiry into what has been described as the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history was published in May 2024. The compensation scheme that followed has also been blighted by controversy.

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Family seeks answers after New Jersey woman found dead while on vacation in Zanzibar – ABC7 Los Angeles

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  1. Family seeks answers after New Jersey woman found dead while on vacation in Zanzibar  ABC7 Los Angeles
  2. Ashlee Jenae death: Family seeks answers after South Jersey woman found dead in Zanzibar  6abc Philadelphia
  3. Influencer known as Ashlee Jenae dies mysteriously in Tanzania days after proposal  Yahoo
  4. Ashlee Jenae: Partner of US influencer who died in Zanzibar speaking to police as witness  BBC
  5. Family seeks answers after influencer Ashlee Jenae is found dead on vacation in Tanzania  abcnews.com
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Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants – AP News

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  1. Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants  AP News
  2. Spain approves plan to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status  BBC
  3. Spain moves to grant legal status to half a million unauthorized immigrants  politico.eu
  4. Spanish immigration offices threaten strike over migrant amnesty  Reuters
  5. Spain finalizes amnesty plan for undocumented migrants  dw.com
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Uncommon Knowledge: Even With Orbán Gone, Hungary Can’t Cut Russian Ties – Newsweek

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  1. Uncommon Knowledge: Even With Orbán Gone, Hungary Can’t Cut Russian Ties  Newsweek
  2. Magyar calls on Orbán to lift veto on Ukraine loan before his exit  Euronews.com
  3. Hungary Won’t Block €90 Billion EU Loan to Kyiv, Magyar Says  Bloomberg.com
  4. Hungary's next PM would pick up if Putin calls and tell him to stop Ukraine war  BBC
  5. Hungary's Magyar will talk to MOL leadership, focus on fuel supplies  Reuters
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Israeli ambassador to Germany condemns Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against chancellor

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Ron Prosor says verbal attack on Friedrich Merz referencing Nazi regime ‘erodes the memory of the Holocaust’

Israel’s envoy to Germany has criticised a far-right Israeli cabinet member who made historically charged accusations against the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, saying the attack “[eroded] the memory of the Holocaust”.

In a rare rebuke of a top Israeli official by an active ambassador, Ron Prosor said he wished to “unequivocally condemn” Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against Merz, in which he made reference to the Nazi regime and said: “You will not force us into ghettos again.”

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Carney says it’s Canada’s ‘time to come together’ after Liberals secure majority

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Byelection wins and defections push Canada’s Liberals into majority government under the prime minister

Mark Carney has said he will govern with “humility, determination and a clear understanding of what this moment demands” after his Liberals swept three byelections Monday evening, forging a parliamentary majority just more than a year after he took power.

Carney has achieved only the third majority government in two decades – and has done so in a highly unusual fashion, cobbling together both ballot box wins and defections from rival parties.

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Germany to maintain Ukraine aid despite political headwinds – dw.com

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  1. Germany to maintain Ukraine aid despite political headwinds  dw.com
  2. Zelenskyy: return of conscription-age Ukrainians from abroad is a matter of fairness  Українська правда
  3. Ukraine strikes drone production, military support deal with Germany  Al Jazeera
  4. Merz Says EU €90 Billion Loan for Kyiv Should Be Disbursed Now  Bloomberg.com
  5. Ukraine agrees defense deal with Germany to help in fight against Russia  AP News
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Labor’s controversial algorithm tool for aged care under investigation by ombudsman

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Exclusive: It follows numerous complaints made to Guardian Australia, politicians and advocacy organisations about the Integrated Assessment Tool

The commonwealth ombudsman is investigating the government’s algorithm-based aged care assessment tool, which has been described by assessors as “cruel” and “inhumane” in its determination of home support funding for elderly Australians.

It follows hundreds of complaints made to Guardian Australia, politicians and advocacy organisations about the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), made mandatory in November by the Albanese government as part of aged care reforms.

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Hegseth again skipping Ukraine meeting, will send top lieutenant instead – Politico

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  1. Hegseth again skipping Ukraine meeting, will send top lieutenant instead  Politico
  2. Hegseth skips Ukraine arming group meeting  The Hill
  3. NATO chief urges allies to step up financial support for Ukraine  Anadolu Ajansı
  4. Fedorov met with NATO head and British and German ministers before Ramstein  Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
  5. At Ramstein, Ukraine Outlines Three-Front War Strategy: Air Defense, Battlefield and Economic Pressure  UNITED24 Media
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Trump and Putin just lost their ‘poster boy’ in Europe. What now for Hungary? – CNN

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  1. Trump and Putin just lost their ‘poster boy’ in Europe. What now for Hungary?  CNN
  2. Orbán’s defeat in Hungary election exposes GOP divide  The Hill
  3. 5 things to know about Péter Magyar, Hungary's new prime minister  NPR
  4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 13, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  5. CPAC lands in new Hungarian PM’s crosshairs  Politico
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Ukraine Patriot Crews Break the Norm, Fight Russia With Fewer Missiles – Business Insider

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  1. Ukraine Patriot Crews Break the Norm, Fight Russia With Fewer Missiles  Business Insider
  2. Commander says some Ukrainian Patriot crews are breaking from the norm and fighting Russian threats with fewer missiles  Yahoo
  3. Ukrainian Air Force: Ukrainian Soldiers Down Ballistic Targets with Single Patriot Missile  Мілітарний
  4. Ukrainian Crews Conserve Patriot Interceptors Through Single Shot Tactic  HarianBasis.co
  5. Ukraine’s Patriot Crews Use One Interceptor Against Ballistic Missiles to Stretch Missile Stocks  UNITED24 Media
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China Evergrande’s billionaire boss pleads guilty to fraud

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Hui Ka Yan expresses remorse in trial proceedings after collapse of world’s most indebted property developer

A former steelworker who rose to become one of China’s richest people has pleaded guilty to charges including fundraising fraud after the collapse of Evergrande, the world’s most indebted property developer.

The property group’s founder, Hui Ka Yan, “pleaded guilty and expressed remorse” in trial proceedings at a court in China’s southern city of Shenzhen against him and Evergrande, the court said in a posting on its official WeChat account. He also pleaded guilty to misuse of funds and illegally taking public deposits.

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After losing loved ones, an Israeli and a Palestinian work together for Middle East peace – NPR

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  1. After losing loved ones, an Israeli and a Palestinian work together for Middle East peace  NPR
  2. Book Review: ‘The Future Is Peace,’ by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon  The New York Times
  3. Review: A tour through the Holy Land  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  4. Bereaved Peace Activists Launch Holy Land Travelogue and Memoir  fakta.co
  5. Israeli and Palestinian activists on new book, fight for Middle East peace  Yahoo
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At Auschwitz, Diaspora Jews who lived through terror march alongside Holocaust survivors – The Times of Israel

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  1. At Auschwitz, Diaspora Jews who lived through terror march alongside Holocaust survivors  The Times of Israel
  2. Thousands gather in Poland for the annual March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day  abcnews.com
  3. March of the Living honors Holocaust victims at Auschwitz  USA Today
  4. APTOPIX Poland Holocaust Remembrance  The Herald Journal
  5. Thousands gather in Krakow to honor Holocaust survivors at March of the Living  The Jerusalem Post
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Fuel protests have Ireland’s government facing possible no-confidence vote – NPR

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  1. Fuel protests have Ireland's government facing possible no-confidence vote  NPR
  2. Irish government survives confidence vote over handling of fuel protests  AP News
  3. Fuel protests lead to key vote in Irish parliament  BBC
  4. As it happened: Govt wins confidence vote, Healy-Rae resigns  RTE.ie
  5. Michael Healy-Rae resigns as Minister of State after Government ‘let the people down’  The Irish Times
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