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Aftermath of a rescue: wreckage of aircraft at site of US mission in Iran

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:36:43+00:00

In a patch of desert in Isfahan province, personnel clear the site where just hours earlier two C-130 planes and two helicopters were destroyedMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe small farming community of Parzan near the city of Shahreza in Iran’s Isfahan province had been largely spared from the US-Israeli war now in its second month – until several US aircraft landed on a dirt airstrip near their village.The site of the destroyed aircraft in Isfahan province Continue reading...

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Sensex has fallen on account of global forces

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T15:32:25+00:00

The Iran war has hastened the exit of FPIs from Indian markets, amidst a rising dollar, putting huge pressure on the rupee

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How fast breeder reactors can give India energy security

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T15:30:26+00:00

Fast breeder reactors, sometimes called fast neutron reactors, convert thorium into U-233 very efficiently—because they are filled with buzzing neutrons that bombard thorium and make it U-233

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Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will end’ threats went ‘way too far’– UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:30:02+00:00

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘shocked’ by the remarks which were ‘over the top in every single way’The Green party is backing resident doctors who are on strike. This morning the party issued a statement on the dispute from its co-deputy leader, Mothin Ali, saying:Rather than shifting goalposts or arm twisting resident doctors with threats over training places, Wes Streeting needs to get serious about resolving resident doctors long term concerns over pay, training and working conditions. The government’s 10-year plan for the NHS will go nowhere if the workforce feels unappreciated, devalue

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Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:30:02+00:00

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘shocked’ by the remarks which were ‘over the top in every single way’The Green party is backing resident doctors who are on strike. This morning the party issued a statement on the dispute from its co-deputy leader, Mothin Ali, saying:Rather than shifting goalposts or arm twisting resident doctors with threats over training places, Wes Streeting needs to get serious about resolving resident doctors long term concerns over pay, training and working conditions. The government’s 10-year plan for the NHS will go nowhere if the workforce feels unappreciated, devalue

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : Israël et les Etats-Unis ont bombardé l’île de Kharg, point névralgique de l’industrie pétrolière dans le Golfe, à quelques heures de l’ultimatum de Donald Trump

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-07T15:28:13+00:00

Alors que l’Iran a menacé d’actions qui priveront « les Etats-Unis et leurs alliés » de pétrole et de gaz « pendant des années », « plusieurs explosions ont été entendues » dans la région, a rapporté mardi l’agence de presse iranienne Mehr.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : Donald Trump est « seul » à savoir « ce qu’il va faire », assure sa porte-parole, à quelques heures de son ultimatum

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-07T15:28:11+00:00

« Le régime iranien a jusqu’à 20 heures, heure de Washington [2 heures du matin mercredi à Paris], pour saisir l’occasion et passer un accord avec les Etats-Unis. Le président seul sait où nous en sommes et ce qu’il va faire », a déclaré la porte-parole de la Maison Blanche, Karoline Leavitt.

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EN DIRECT | En Iran, des chaînes humaines se forment sur des ponts et autour de centrales électriques ; Donald Trump est « seul » à savoir « ce qu’il va faire », prévient la Maison Blanche

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-07T15:28:11+00:00

« Le régime iranien a jusqu’à 20 heures, heure de Washington [2 heures du matin mercredi à Paris], pour saisir l’occasion et passer un accord avec les Etats-Unis. Le président seul sait où nous en sommes et ce qu’il va faire », a déclaré la porte-parole de la Maison Blanche, Karoline Leavitt.

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India’s strategic defiance at the WTO meet

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T15:27:55+00:00

Plurilateral threat. India’s recognised that the innocuous sounding investment facilitation for development was a threat to consensus-based rule making

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Главное из совещания Путина по паводкам в Дагестане

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-07T15:24:46+00:00

Президент РФ Владимир Путин провел совещание по ликвидации последствий паводков в Дагестане и поручил властям всех уровней обеспечить поддержку пострадавшим. Участники обсудили масштаб ущерба, санитарную ситуацию и меры помощи.

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Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again?

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:23:05+00:00

The Artemis II mission has been near flawless to date, but has the test flight shown Nasa is ready to send humans to the lunar surface?

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ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from TSA, investigation shows

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:15:45+00:00

Reuters uncovers that the TSA shared more than 31,000 traveler records with ICE for immigration enforcementSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 800 people following tips shared by federal airport security officials from the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency through February 2026, according to internal agency data reviewed by Reuters – a figure far above what was previously publicly known.The leads came from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which supplied ICE with rec

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Telangana govt declares cancer as a notifiable disease

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T15:06:58+00:00

Move aims to create comprehensive State-level data on incidence, patterns and risk factors to strengthen screening and resource planning

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Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ unless Iran makes deal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:06:11+00:00

President threatens in Truth Social post to annihilate Iran if government ignores deadline to reopen strait of HormuzUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump on Tuesday morning threatened to completely annihilate the entirety of Iranian civilization should their government ignore his 8pm ET deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz.“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” the US president posted on Truth Social about the country with more than 90 million people. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably wil

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Democrats outraged at Trump’s Iran post: ‘A threat to commit a war crime’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:06:11+00:00

President threatens in Truth Social post to annihilate Iran if government ignores deadline to reopen strait of HormuzUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump on Tuesday morning threatened to completely annihilate the entirety of Iranian civilization should their government ignore his 8pm ET deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz.The president’s own words, posted publicly and tied to a specific deadline and set of demands, provide unusually direct evidence of intent to violate international law, and is widely being met with shock and dismay

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Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:02:05+00:00

Shahid Bagheri leaking fuel towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtlesMiddle East crisis – live updatesAn oil slick from a stricken Iranian ship threatens to contaminate one of west Asia’s most important wetlands, satellite image analysis suggests, one of a number of spills posing a threat to the livelihoods of coastal communities in the Gulf.The Shahid Bagheri, an Iranian drone carrier, began leaking heavy fuel oil in Iranian territorial waters near the strait of Hormuz about a month ago, after it was hit by a US warplane in the first few days of the US-Israe

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Student claiming RMIT is ‘complicit in genocide’ in social media post faces misconduct action

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:00:04+00:00

Student accused of sharing a video of the university’s defence and aerospace research centre with the RMIT Students for Palestine Instagram accountFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn RMIT University student faces potential suspension over a video accusing the institution of being “complicit in genocide” in Gaza, because of its defence and aerospace research centre’s ties to weapons companies.RMIT has argued the video, recorded in a corridor of the centre, publicly identifies its location which is not published onli

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La course à la succession de Christine Lagarde pour la présidence de la BCE est lancée

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-04-07T15:00:04+00:00

La présidente de la Banque centrale européenne a fait savoir qu’elle envisageait de mettre fin à son mandat avant son terme prévu en octobre 2027. Trois candidats se préparent, tandis que la France pourrait convoiter la place de chef économiste.

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Max Chandler-Mather says Greens can use ‘progressive populism’ to win voters deserting major parties for One Nation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:00:03+00:00

The new head of the Greens Institute will organise thousands of volunteers for a major survey of economic and social life around AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMax Chandler-Mather says the Greens can use “progressive economic populism” to win over Australians deserting the major parties for One Nation as the firebrand former MP accused the political class of thumbing its nose at the concerns of everyday voters.Chandler-Mather has been named the new executive director of the party’s internal thinktank, The Greens Institute, charged with closing capacity gaps

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Ben Roberts-Smith is back in court, now as a defendant. His case reminds us that there are laws even amid war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T15:00:02+00:00

The former soldier’s previous defamation trial presents the rare situation of there being hours of evidence of his alleged crimes already on the public record For almost every day of his marathon defamation trial, Ben Roberts-Smith VC, sat in the same spot in the federal court. A chair by the window, bathed in sunshine, from where he could glare at witnesses giving evidence.He sits now in a very different position. Continue reading...

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