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Health alerts issued for bank holiday weekend as record May heat forecast in UK

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:35:47+00:00

Temperatures expected to reach as high as 33C in southern England or Midlands on MondayAmber heat health alerts have been issued for the bank holiday weekend as record-breaking May temperatures as high as 33C (91F) are expected in parts of the UK.The alerts – which indicate a possible risk to life as well as potential damage to properties, significant travel delays and power cuts – were announced for the East Midlands, West Midlands, the east of England, London and the south-east, and will be in effect from 2pm on Friday until 5pm on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Health alerts for bank holiday weekend as record May heat forecast in UK

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:35:47+00:00

Temperatures expected to reach as high as 33C in southern England or Midlands on MondayBritain braces for long, hot traffic queues amid extra border checksAmber heat health alerts have been issued for the bank holiday weekend as record-breaking May temperatures as high as 33C (91F) are expected in parts of the UK.The alerts – which indicate a possible risk to life as well as potential damage to properties, significant travel delays and power cuts – were announced for the East Midlands, West Midlands, the east of England, London and the south-east, and will be in effect from 2pm on Friday until

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Au Sénégal, le premier ministre, Ousmane Sonko, dénonce « une tyrannie de l’Occident », qui veut « imposer l’homosexualité au reste du monde »

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:30:17+00:00

Le Sénégal a voté au début de mars une nouvelle loi doublant les peines encourues pour relations homosexuelles, désormais passibles de cinq à dix ans de prison. Cette nouvelle législation survient dans un contexte marqué par une vague d’homophobie dans le pays et une série d’arrestations pour homosexualité présumée.

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F-35 для України: експерт пояснив, чи можемо ми отримати найкращий винищувач в світі

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:28:00+00:00

Під F-35 потрібна специфічна інфраструктура, але ми показали, що можемо демонструвати просто геніальні технічні рішення, уміння швидко навчатися.

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Mind the drone gap: war games begin inside secret Nato bunker in London tube station

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:24:40+00:00

British army is 80-90% short of drones as military exercise aims to build on European defence startegyDeep in Charing Cross underground station, in the disused terminus of the Jubilee line, a secret Nato command bunker has this week been discreetly at work. Dozens of mostly British soldiers were engaged in a war game defending Estonia from a Russian invasion in 2030, unbeknownst to commuters and tourists bustling above.The secret chambers are behind two sets of normally locked, metal double doors. A red glow at the bottom of the escalator beyond is the first sign of troops below; next are mock

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India is being left to die in the heat

Fonte: Al Jazeera - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:19:13+00:00

Modi denied climate change for years. Now, as heat deaths mount, his government offers branding instead of protection.

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Jury discharged at trial of men accused of murdering child abuser Ian Watkins

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:19:05+00:00

Judge says it is ‘disappointing’ there will have to be retrial of prisoners accused over Lostprophets singer’s deathThe jury in the trial of two prisoners accused of murdering the paedophile Lostprophets frontman, Ian Watkins, has been discharged for legal reasons.The disgraced singer was stabbed to death in his cell at high-security HMP Wakefield by Rico Gedel, 25. Watkins was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences. Continue reading...

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Flotilla video: Ben-Gvir’s template of televised abuse was honed on Palestinians

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:16:03+00:00

Targeting of foreign activists drew global outrage from governments that have not acted on violence against Palestinian detaineesIsrael’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has made abuse of detained Palestinians something of a macabre calling card, celebrating cruelty publicly and often on video.During his time in office, violence including rape, extreme hunger and humiliation have been normalised in Israeli jails. Rights groups say detention centres have become “torture camps” for Palestinians. Continue reading...

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Instagram, X and others blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:12:07+00:00

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’Major US social media companies including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms have blocked the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders by Saudi authorities.Those affected include Abdullah Alaoudh, a US-based activist and vocal critic of Saudi human rights violations, and Omar Abdulaziz, a Canada and UK-based activist who worked closely with Jamal Khashoggi before the journalist’s murder by Saudi agents in 2018. Continue

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Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:12:07+00:00

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’Major US social media companies including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms have blocked the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders by Saudi authorities.Those affected include Abdullah Alaoudh, a US-based activist and vocal critic of Saudi human rights violations, and Omar Abdulaziz, a Canada and UK-based activist who worked closely with Jamal Khashoggi before the journalist’s murder by Saudi agents in 2018. Continue

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Порошенко створив тиловий батальйон, куди фіктивно оформив майже півсотні підлеглих: ексдепутатів, водіїв та, навіть, кухарів, - ветеран

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:10:34+00:00

Петро Порошенко фіктивно оформив на службу у близький для себе батальйон десятки соратників, політиків, екснардепів та навіть, власну прислугу, щоб вони не потрапили на реальну службу. Про це в інтерв’ю...

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‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs up

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T12:00:00+00:00

Labour MPs and PR experts praise his refreshingly forthright approach that is a marked contrast to Keir StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham’s fingers must be aching. Between pitching to become the MP for Makerfield, continuing in his day job as the mayor of Greater Manchester and going for his regular runs, Keir Starmer’s would-be challenger has also found enough time to reply to dozens of posts on social media.Since it became clear that Burnham planned to stand as a candidate in the Makerfield byelection last Thursday, allies have delighted in his snarky retorts on X, pointin

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Ircon Q4 net profit drops 9.5% to ₹191.46 crore

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T11:56:34+00:00

Consolidated income declined to ₹3,291 crore from ₹3,515 crore recorded in the year-ago period

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Digested week: memories of Covid resurface with hantavirus and Ebola news

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T11:54:54+00:00

Plus, John Travolta’s beret, Rachel Reeves reclaims basic civility and Judy Garland comes to east London Much discussion in my household this week about the possibility of hantavirus or Ebola becoming Covid-like in their spread. As darkening news from central Africa throws the withdrawal of US international aid into terrible relief, so we revisit memories of those early months of 2020 when reports of a strange virus in China slowly crept from final item on the news list to blaring emergency. Continue reading...

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Tata Projects bags ₹1,100-crore Godrej Properties Gurgaon deal

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-05-22T11:51:09+00:00

Tata Projects will handle the core and shell construction for the high-end Godrej Sora, Godrej Astra, and Godrej Samaris projects in Gurgaon

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