Suicide-related callouts to fire services triple in England in a decade

Exclusive: Samaritans calls for mandatory training for firefighters amid rise in incidentsSuicide-related callouts to fire and rescue services in England have tripled in the last decade, with Samaritans now calling for mandatory training for firefighters, who they say are struggling to deal with the increase in traumatic incidents.New figures show that fire services in England attended 3,250 suicide callouts in the year ending September 2025, the equivalent to 62 callouts a week. This was up from 997 callouts in 2009-10 when records begin.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on f

Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads

Capital punishment remains controversial in the US, with critics warning of innocent people being put on death row.

Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM

Green party leader accuses Keir Starmer of ‘silly games’ in accusing his party of playing down hate crimesZack Polanski has called on politicians to treat antisemitism with “consideration, care and nuance” as he accused Keir Starmer of trying to play political games with the issue.The Green leader’s comments come after the prime minister accused him of playing down recent antisemitic incidents. Polanski’s party is facing increasing scrutiny for recent comments by some candidates and members. Continue reading...

US won’t give unredacted Epstein documents to UK police without lengthy formal request

Police investigating allegations Mandelson and former prince Andrew passed sensitive info to Epstein will struggle to make charges stick without filesBritish police investigating the former prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson are preparing to start interviewing witnesses in Royal and government circles.It comes as police fear that prosecutors will be “reluctant” to bring charges unless the Trump administration agrees to hand over the original documents from the Epstein files. Continue reading...

Alcaraz’s French Open threepeat dream ended by wrist injury

Carlos Alcaraz lost world number one spot to Jannik Sinner after their Monte Carlo final and now misses Roland Garros.

Швидкий вступ України до ЄС неможливий, але зближення потрібно прискорити, - Мерц

Мерц наголосив, що необхідно започаткувати в ЄС процес зі стратегією поступового зближення з Україною.

Guerra in Iran. Witkoff e Kushner senza Vance partiranno per Islamabad per i colloqui con Araghchi

Presente anche il ministro degli Esteri. Nyt: “Il conflitto ha prosciugato le scorte Usa di missili”. Usa pronti all'attacco su Hormuz se salta la tregua. Trump: “Non userò l’arma nucleare”. E annuncia estensione di tre settimane per il cessare il fuoco Israele-Libano. Hegseth attacca di nuovo gli europei

Еврокомиссия оценила потери из-за войны на Ближнем Востоке в 25 млрд евро

4 продукти, в яких вітаміну Е набагато більше, ніж у мигдалі

Більшість із цих фруктів цілком доступні та легко вписуються у щоденний раціон.

Iran War Live Updates: Kushner and Witkoff to Talk With Iranian Officials in Pakistan

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, will also be in Islamabad, and Iranian officials said he planned to meet with the two Americans.

40 років Чорнобиля: журналіст розповів, як СРСР приховував правду про ядерну катастрофу

Кремль намагався применшити масштаби найстрашнішої у світі ядерної катастрофи.

Росіяни знову лізуть в Куп'янськ по газовій трубі, - військові

Оскільки трюк і локація відомі, противник зазнає тяжких втрат у цих спробах.

Tesla начала выпуск электромобилей Cybercab без руля и педалей

Middle East crisis live: US envoy and Trump’s son-in-law to travel to Pakistan amid hopes for renewed Iran peace talks

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to travel to Pakistan, White House says; Iranian state media says foreign minister Abbas Araqchi traveling to Islamabad, Muscat and MoscowThe EU’s foreign chief has said that talks with Iran should include nuclear experts otherwise “we will end up with a more dangerous Iran.”Speaking on Friday ahead of an informal summit of EU leaders in Cyprus, EU’s foreign chief Kaja Kallas said: “If the talks are only about the nuclear and there are no nuclear experts around the table, then we will end up with an agreement that is weaker than the JCPOA was.” Continue reading.

Three Kosovo Serbs jailed over deadly gun battle and monastery siege

Kosovo's court sentences two men to life imprisonment and another to a 30-year term for the 2023 attack.

In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Help Block an Assisted Dying Bill

A small group in the House of Lords proposed hundreds of amendments that helped stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill.

ФНС опровергла блокировку счетов без решения суда

Ведомство блокирует операции на сумму долга

How Israel targeted and killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil

Amal Khalil was killed while reporting on an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon during a 10-day ceasefire.

As Putin Orders That the Economy Be Fixed, Russia Grasps for Solutions

Another interest-rate cut highlights the narrowing path for the country’s central bank amid the strains of immense wartime spending.

Lufthansa програла апеляцію на суму 200 мільйонів євро у суперечці з Ryanair

Рішення суду було ухвалено за позовом компанії Ryanair.

L’Arcom met en demeure France Télévisions et Radio France pour des propos inexacts sur le maire de New York et l’UNRWA

En novembre 2025, une journaliste avait accusé Zohran Mamdani de « botter en touche » sur la condamnation du 7-Octobre ou de lever des fonds pour l’UNRWA qui serait « accusée de collusion avec le Hamas ». De fausses allégations dont l’Arcom estime qu’elles ont été tardivement et insuffisamment corrigées par les éditeurs.

США возобновляют федеральные казни после многолетнего моратория

Минюст страны уже санкционировал приговоры в отношении 44 человек

Pirates hijack oil tanker off the coast of Somalia

Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.

Sinner soffre a Madrid ma batte Bonzi al terzo set: “Ho fatto molta fatica, devo migliorare”

L’azzurro va sotto 7-6 ma poi recupera nonostante le difficoltà fisiche

‘No clear strategy’: how Trump went from shock and awe to wait and see in Iran

Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump launched his assault on Iran, the White House has shifted from a strategy of shock-and-awe bombardments and leadership decapitation to a plan of sustained economic pressure as it tests the wills of a regime practiced over decades at wars of attrition.Since the negotiations stalled, the White House has begun to shift its messaging to say it is willing to wait to strike a more durable deal with Iran – despite the growing economic toll inflicted on the

Kosovo : lourde condamnation de trois Serbes pour tentative de sécession armée, Belgrade accuse le « régime anti-serbe de Pristina »

Les condamnés faisaient partie d’un commando paramilitaire serbe qui avaient tué un policier kosovar avant de se retrancher dans un monastère et d’échanger des tirs avec les forces spéciales.

Man found guilty over birds of prey dumped outside Hampshire village shop

James Kempster’s DNA was found on dead barn owl and kestrel rammed into door handles of volunteer storeA man has been found guilty of possessing the bodies of wild birds of prey that were dumped alongside 50 dead hares outside a village shop in Hampshire.Traces of James Kempster’s DNA were found on a barn owl and kestrel that were rammed into the handles of the volunteer-led shop in Broughton. Continue reading...

Guerra in Iran.Delegazione iraniana con Araghchi verso il Pakistan.Witkoff e Kushner verso Islamabad

Presente anche il ministro degli Esteri. Nyt: “Il conflitto ha prosciugato le scorte Usa di missili”. Usa pronti all'attacco su Hormuz se salta la tregua. Trump: “Non userò l’arma nucleare”. E annuncia estensione di tre settimane per il cessare il fuoco Israele-Libano. Hegseth attacca di nuovo gli europei

Ось що авіакомпанії зобов’язані надати пасажирам безкоштовно у разі скасування рейсу

Це стосується як несприятливої погоди, так і війни або виверження вулканів.

Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries

Despite US sanctions waiver, Russian oil exports could fall to lowest levels since 2023, sources say.

Google планирует инвестировать до $40 млрд в Anthropic

MPs vow to bring back assisted dying bill after ‘undemocratic’ Lords block

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater tells of plan to table identical bill that peers would be unable to stopMPs and peers who led the assisted dying bill have promised to bring it back to parliament after it ran out of time in the House of Lords.Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who tabled the private member’s bill, said the plan would be to table an identical bill in the next parliamentary session, which would prevent peers blocking it again, as the Lords cannot stop the same bill twice. Continue reading...

Comment la Chine a tenté d’empêcher le tournage d’un documentaire sur la répression à Hongkong

Le journaliste Antoine Védeilhé, lauréat 2024 du prix Albert-Londres, a été expulsé du territoire chinois, en novembre 2025, après trois heures d’interrogatoire. Il réalisait un documentaire pour France 5, pour lequel les équipes de France Télévisions en Chine ont aussi subi des menaces.

Iran foreign minister to embark on three-nation tour as US peace talks remain stalled

Abbas Araghchi to visit Pakistan, Oman and Russia to see if talks can be reopened, with both sides still in stalemateMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is planning a tour of Pakistan, Russia and Oman in an effort to see if there is a basis to reopen peace talks that can end with a permanent US-Israeli commitment to cease its attacks on Iran, now one of Tehran’s key demands.Araghchi is also likely to discuss a potential permanent new arrangement on governing the strait of Hormuz with Oman, which oversees the south of the strait. Continue reading...

Britain and Spain Reject Reported Plans by Trump to Punish Them

An internal Pentagon email, reported by the Reuters news agency, suggested Washington was reviewing options to penalize the two nations for insufficiently supporting the war in Iran.

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Is Said to Be Sending Kushner and Witkoff to Negotiations in Pakistan

Vice President JD Vance will be on standby to travel to Pakistan to join the talks if progress is made, an American official said.

У мережі рознесли нового "холостяка": найбільше дісталося через Цимбалюка

Прем'єра нового сезону запланована на осінь.

Уиткофф и Кушнер в выходные прилетят в Пакистан на переговоры с главой МИД Ирана

TikTok and Visa launch debit card to speed payouts to UK creators

Creator card is designed for people making money through TikTok Live, some of whom have complained of delays in paymentsTikTok and Visa have launched a debit card for content creators in the UK that they say will allow people to quickly access their earnings from the platform.The creator card is designed for the growing numbers of people making money through TikTok Live, a live streaming feature where creators receive virtual gifts from viewers that are later converted into cash. Continue reading...

Farmer health as capital: Rethinking India’s agricultural growth model

Improving farmer health is closely linked to improving the performance of Indian agriculture itself

Who is making decisions in Iran?

Iran's new supreme leader is supposed to have the final say, but in practice the picture is far murkier.

Trump envía a Pakistán a sus dos principales negociadores para retomar el diálogo con Teherán

Jared Kushner y Steve Witkoff se verán con el ministro de Exteriores iraní en la segunda ronda de diálogo para poner fin a la guerra

Escalating Clashes Test Newly Extended Israel-Lebanon Truce

The U.S.-mediated cease-fire halted an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, but their intensifying attacks on each other could put the truce at risk.

Escalating Clashes Test Newly Extended Israel-Lebanon Truce

The U.S.-mediated cease-fire halted an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, but their intensifying attacks on each other could put the truce at risk.

Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire Tested by Escalating Clashes

The U.S.-mediated cease-fire halted an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, but their intensifying attacks on each other could put the truce at risk.

В Індії в тигрових заповідниках ввели важливу заборону для туристів, - BBC

Рішення Верховного суду, прийняте в листопаді 2025 року, призвело до заборони мобільних телефонів у основних туристичних зонах деяких тигрових заповідників країни.

Both Iran and U.S. Blockade Strait of Hormuz

The foes are trying to exert control over the narrow passageway. Most ships aren’t moving. Here’s what to know.

Iran and U.S. Blockades in the Strait of Hormuz: What to Know

The foes are trying to exert control over the narrow passageway. Most ships aren’t moving. Here’s what to know.

Cristian Muñoz, morto per una infezione al ginocchio il ciclista colombiano. Aveva corso con Pogacar

Aveva 31 anni, era caduto al Tour du Jura. Curato con antibiotici e punti di sutura prima di trasferirsi in Spagna, dove è avvenuto il decesso

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from the technology by a factor of more than 100.According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years. Continue reading...

У людей, які народилися у ці місяці, найнеприборканіший дух

Їхня внутрішня сила не знає меж.

Harvesting the sun: How solar energy is powering the future of rural farming economies

It offers a compelling promise: to not only harvest sunlight, but to cultivate opportunity, resilience, and inclusive rural growth

Mercedes-Benz calls for another price hike this July due to rise in forex

Launches CLA electric car starting at ₹55 lakh

Pier C at Delhi Airport’s T3 to begin international ops from May

Israeli police investigate after officers 'cut Palestinian flag' from skullcap

The British Israeli man says he was detained after someone took offence at his kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags.