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Europe Is Drafting Postwar Plan to Escort Tankers, Officials Say

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-27T19:12:22+00:00

France and Britain are leading planning to have warships escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, which officials say is farther along than has been revealed publicly.

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Elon Musk Joins in Phone Call Between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-27T19:11:58+00:00

Mr. Musk’s participation was notable because it is rare for a private citizen to be on a call between heads of state. It also suggests that Mr. Musk is back on better terms with the president.

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Fulton county accuses FBI of ‘callous disregard’ over ballot seizures

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T19:10:56+00:00

Lawyers say agency made misrepresentations in affidavit to obtain search warrant for January raid of election officesLawyers arguing in federal court for the FBI to return Fulton county’s 2020 election records said the agency’s affidavit to obtain a search warrant relied on misrepresentations that rise to the legal standard of a “callous disregard” for the county’s rights.“The only element that turns the election into a crime is intent, and nothing in the affidavit shows intent,” Abbe Lowell, who is representing Fulton county, said during the Friday hearing at the Richard Russell courthouse in

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Washington évoque un redéploiement d’armes au Moyen-Orient, mais dément conditionner des garanties de sécurité à un retrait ukrainien du Donbass

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-27T19:05:01+00:00

Interrogé sur cette possible réaffectation d’armes, le secrétaire d’Etat américain, Marco Rubio, a dit que « rien n’a été redirigé pour le moment », tout en reconnaissant que cela « pourrait arriver ».

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Lloyds Bank faces £66m court battle with car loan customers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T19:04:35+00:00

Law firm is preparing claim on behalf of 30,000 consumers who fear the FCA’s redress scheme will shortchange themLloyds Banking Group is facing a court battle with 30,000 aggrieved car loan customers who are set to abandon the City regulator’s official redress scheme amid fears it will shortchange consumers and favour lenders.The claims law firm Courmacs Legal is planning to file a £66m omnibus claim on behalf of borrowers who believe they were financially harmed by car loan contracts set up by Lloyds’ motor finance arm, Blackhorse. Continue reading...

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Lloyds bank faces £66m court battle with car loan customers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T19:04:35+00:00

Law firm is preparing claim on behalf of 30,000 consumers who fear the FCA’s redress scheme will shortchange themLloyds Banking Group is facing a court battle with 30,000 aggrieved car loan customers who are set to abandon the City regulator’s official redress scheme amid fears it will shortchange consumers and favour lenders.The claims law firm Courmacs Legal is planning to file a £66m omnibus claim on behalf of borrowers who believe they were financially harmed by car loan contracts set up by Lloyds’ motor finance arm, Blackhorse. Continue reading...

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Le Canada investit dans l’Arctique, devenu stratégique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-27T19:00:05+00:00

Le premier ministre canadien, Mark Carney, annonce de massifs investissements dans cette région longtemps délaissée. Sur place, les habitants oscillent entre fierté et inquiétude face à l’attention accrue pour leur contrée.

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Schools in England must be compelled to offer pupils healthy food, not junk

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:48:55+00:00

School food has suffered at the hands of politics and economics for almost 50 yearsAlmost a generation has passed since Jamie Oliver’s four-part Channel 4 documentary series Jamie’s School Dinners exposed the unhealthy reality of the food served to pupils at lunchtime, including – notoriously – fat-heavy, meat-light Turkey Twizzlers. It proved a shaming and effective intervention. His ensuing Feed Me Better campaign led the then prime minister, Tony Blair, to pledge to make school lunches more nutritious and hand schools more money to do that, given the average lunch at that time cost just 45p

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House Republicans reject Senate’s deal to fund DHS, likely extending shutdown that has caused turmoil in US airports – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:34:15+00:00

Speaker Mike Johnson called the Senate’s compromise deal ‘a joke’ and says Trump supports House Republicans’ decision; TSA workers have not been paid since mid-FebruarySign up for the Breaking US News emailsPeter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who has various ties to Donald Trump and represents some 2020 election deniers, has become an outspoken advocate for an emergency executive order on US elections that would overhaul voting rules and rights by ending machine and mail-in voting.The exact nature and extent of Ticktin’s contact and influence with Trump and other administration offici

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El Mouhoub Mouhoud, économiste : « On rend l’immigration responsable de problèmes liés au rejet de la mondialisation »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-27T18:30:09+00:00

Régularisations massives dans le sud de l’Europe, immigration encadrée selon le marché de l’emploi dans le Nord, ou fermeture japonaise. L’économiste décrypte, dans un entretien au « Monde », les modèles migratoires mondiaux et leurs paradoxes économiques.

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Missing private investigator evidence in Daily Mail’s case ‘stark’, high court told

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:18:01+00:00

Claimants say lost documents hide scale of alleged unlawful information gathering at publisher of the Daily MailThe amount of lost or destroyed documents relating to the Daily Mail publisher’s use of private investigators is “stark in the extreme”, the high court has heard.However, the thin surviving evidence of payments to private investigators contains “conspicuous and often shocking evidence”, according to lawyers for a group of claimants accusing the publisher of using unlawful techniques. Continue reading...

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Reform candidate in Wales steps down after apparent Nazi salute

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:16:43+00:00

Party announces Corey Edwards’ decision to quit Senedd election campaign on grounds of mental healthA Reform UK candidate for the Welsh Senedd elections in May has announced he is standing down because of his mental health, after a photograph emerged of him apparently making a Nazi salute as an imitation of Adolf Hitler.The announcement by Reform comes a day after Nigel Farage defended Corey Edwards, its lead candidate for the Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg constituency, saying he might have instead been impersonating the John Cleese character Basil Fawlty. Continue reading...

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Эксперты назвали мотивы «утроения» срока «ультиматума» Трампа Ирану

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-27T18:10:33+00:00

Президент США Дональд Трамп в ночь на 27 марта заявил о продлении ультиматума до 6 апреля. Таким образом, срок, в течение которого американские военные якобы не бьют по иранской энергетике в надежде на смягчение позиции Тегерана и принятие условий плана Вашингтона, увеличился почти в три раза – с пяти дней до 14. 

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Что стоит за утроением срока отсрочки ударов по энергообъектам Ирана

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-27T18:10:33+00:00

Президент США Дональд Трамп в ночь на 27 марта заявил о продлении ультиматума до 6 апреля. Таким образом, срок, в течение которого американские военные якобы не бьют по иранской энергетике в надежде на смягчение позиции Тегерана и принятие условий плана Вашингтона, увеличился почти в три раза – с пяти дней до 14.

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Swindon man accused over wife’s suicide tells court it was ‘worst day of his life’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:06:35+00:00

Christopher Trybus is charged with manslaughter and two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviourA man accused of subjecting his wife to a campaign of “physical and sexual violence” said finding out she had died by hanging was the “worst day of my life”.Tarryn Baird, 34, was found dead at her home in Swindon, Wiltshire, on 28 November 2017. Christopher Trybus, 43, is charged with his wife’s manslaughter as well as two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour. He denies all the charges. Continue reading...

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School dinners in England dominated by grab-and-go foods such as pizza and sausage rolls

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:03:09+00:00

Study backed by Jamie Oliver finds pupils are foregoing sit-down meals for often less healthy, convenient optionsPupils in England are routinely eating pizza slices, sausage rolls and paninis for lunch as school canteens become dominated by a “grab-and-go” culture of unhealthy food.Convenience foods eaten on the move are ousting sit-down meals as the main way secondary pupils in England refuel during lunch breaks, a report backed by TV chef Jamie Oliver found. Continue reading...

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How close is the US to a quagmire in Iran?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-27T18:00:56+00:00

The US has a 15-point plan to end the war on Iran, but what does the military reality show?

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Coupe du monde 2026 : les ressortissants de cinq pays africains qualifiés devront verser une caution pour obtenir un visa américain

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-27T17:51:20+00:00

Mis en place à l’été 2025 par le département d’Etat américain, le programme de restriction des entrées sur le territoire cible dorénavant 50 pays. Le montant exigé pour obtenir un visa d’affaire ou de tourisme varie de 5 000 à 15 000 dollars.

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США створять універсальну протидронову систему, в якій мають бути РЛС, ракети та РЕБ

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-27T17:41:00+00:00

SLED має бути готовим автономним рішенням, яке за потреби можливо встановити на легкий транспортний засіб чи наземну роботизовану платформу.

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Israelis question Lebanon war as opposition grows

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-27T17:31:37+00:00

Growing opposition within Israel is raising questions about the government’s military strategy in southern Lebanon.

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Sylvie Lemasson, politiste : « Jürgen Habermas n’a jamais rien cédé à son idéal communautaire européen »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-27T17:30:18+00:00

Dans une tribune au « Monde », la maîtresse de conférences en science politique évoque l’attachement à l’Europe du philosophe Jürgen Habermas, décédé le 14 mars, qui invitait l’UE, dans son « testament », à résister « aux forces intérieures » qui favorisent son décentrement, voire son démantèlement.

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House Republicans expected to reject Senate’s compromise deal to fund TSA and most of DHS – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-27T17:30:17+00:00

CNN reports that Republican House leaders are rejecting the deal, which passed in the Senate overnight Friday, lengthening the partial DHS shutdownSign up for the Breaking US News emailsPeter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who has various ties to Donald Trump and represents some 2020 election deniers, has become an outspoken advocate for an emergency executive order on US elections that would overhaul voting rules and rights by ending machine and mail-in voting.The exact nature and extent of Ticktin’s contact and influence with Trump and other administration officials is not clear. But

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Actress Says She’s Found Her Secret Online Abuser: Her Husband

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-27T17:25:53+00:00

Collien Fernandes said her spouse had posted deepfakes of her. The account, disputed by her husband, spurred outrage, protests and parliamentary debates in Germany.

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