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The bank is closed and the door is locked', says Zia Yusuf as calls grow for compensation to remedy historical wrongsReform UK has said it would stop issuing visas to any person from a country which continues to demand compensation from the UK for its role in the transatlanctic trade in enslaved people.Zia Yusuf, the party's home affairs spokesperson, told the Daily Telegraph that the call for reparations was insulting". Continue reading...

UN assists in emergency vaccination drive as country battles worst surge in cases in years amid fall in vaccination ratesBangladesh is battling its worse measles outbreak in years, with more than 100 children dead amid a rise in unvaccinated infants.The government, in partnership with the United Nations, has begun conducting an emergency measles-rubella vaccination drive for children across the country, after more than 900 cases were confirmed since March. Continue reading...

In today's newsletter: As cases charged hit their highest level on record in England and Wales, a look at what is behind the increase and whether the criminal justice system is keeping paceGood morning. Disturbing new data shows that stalking offences recorded by police in England and Wales have surged over the past decade, with sharp rises in every region. The number of cases charged by the Crown Prosecution Service has also climbed to the highest level on record.But those figures only tell part of the story. Stalking is not a single incident but a pattern of behaviour - one that can leave victims living in constant fear, reshaping every aspect of their lives.NHS | Wes Streeting has accused resident doctors of torpedoing" their own pay rises and training jobs by walking out on strike again, as tens of thousands of doctors began a six-day stoppage in England.Middle East | Diplomatic negotiations aimed at halting the war in the Middle East appeared to be faltering a day before a deadline imposed by Donald Trump with a threat to destroy Iran's bridges and attack its power plants.UK News| Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime.Space | Artemis II astronauts broke Apollo 13's distance record, hugging each other in the cramped capsule as they made history by being the four humans to travel the farthest from Earth.Weather | Parts of the UK are forecast to experience the warmest temperatures of the year so far in the wake of Storm Dave, which caused widespread damage and disruption over the Easter weekend. Continue reading...

CBI figures showing surprise jump in financial sector's growth will be welcome news for Rachel ReevesBritain's financial services companies have reported a strong recovery in activity at the start of the year, in a surprise boost to the government after a gloomy end to 2025.Banks, insurers and investment managers said their businesses were growing, with a positive balance of nearly two-thirds noting an expansion, according to a long-running survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), a lobby group. That contrasted with the negative balance of 38% in December, despite the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. Continue reading...

US president acknowledges significant' 10-point peace plan submitted by Tehran but says it is not good enough'

Withdrawal of additional speciality training roles amid strike deadlock has left some doctors with uncertain futureAfter almost two years on the NHS frontline as a resident doctor, Heather Gunn says she is bracing herself for unemployment. Like many of her colleagues, she was desperate to secure one of the up to 4,500 additional training posts the government agreed to introduce in England over three years to help doctors progress into more specialised fields.The posts were promised in negotiations between the doctors' union, the British Medical Association (BMA), and the government in a long-running dispute over resident doctors' pay and job security. Continue reading...

With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Fein could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie aheadIn four weeks, the shape of British politics is likely to change dramatically. For the first time, nationalists who aspire to break up the UK are expected to be in control of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland simultaneously. The change will be seismic," said Angus Robertson, a senior minister in the Scottish government.Opinion polls consistently suggest that after the elections on 7 May, England will be flanked by countries run by restless centre-left nationalist parties - Plaid Cymru in Cardiff, the Scottish National party in Edinburgh and, in Belfast, Sinn Fein, which shares power with the Democratic Unionists. Continue reading...

State-funded savings accounts set up for children at birth going unclaimed, with 1.5bn estimated to be sat in bank accountsAs Elle Middlemas approached her 18th birthday, she began wondering if she had a child trust fund, a government savings account given to all children born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011, that can be accessed as soon as they officially hit adulthood.She quickly hit a dead end. She wasn't sure if she was even owed the money and could find no information online. An email to HMRC seeking clarity led her nowhere. Continue reading...

Signed acoustic guitar used on (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - the bestselling album of the 90s - could fetch up to 60,000 at Sotheby'sIncredibly, some critics were lukewarm about Oasis's second album, with one calling it laboured and lazy" and another dismissing it as a marginally less hook-laden reprise" of their debut.But (What's the Story) Morning Glory? went on to become the bestselling British album of the 90s and a guitar Noel Gallagher used to write it will, Sotheby's has announced, be a star lot of its April rock and pop sale. Continue reading...

Claims explosives found near pipeline come before election in which PM Viktor Orban is trailing in most pollsHungary has placed the gas pipeline that straddles the Serbian border under military protection, the prime minister, Viktor Orban, has said, as accusations of a false-flag operation continued to swirl before a crunch election at the weekend and an official visit on Tuesday from the US vice-president, JD Vance.Orban travelled to Hungary's southern border with Serbia on Monday, one day after Serbia said it had found explosives of devastating power" near a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas to Hungary and beyond. Continue reading...

This blog is now closed - our live coverage continues hereA Japanese shipping firm said on Monday that an Indian-flagged tanker owned by its subsidiary had passed through the strait of Hormuz and was en route to India.A spokeswoman for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines told AFP that the Green Asha - a liquefied petroleum gas tanker - had crossed the waterway.Pakistan stands in solidarity with the brotherly people of the UAE and reiterates the urgent need for restraint and de-escalation in the region. Continue reading...

Astronauts become Earth's farthest travelled and exceed a 1970 record on the fifth day of the mission

Woman denies allegations of aggravated kidnapping during Augusto Pinochet's 1970s military dictatorship

Rapper very thankful' to be given chance to enter mental health diversion program after arrest in LA last yearA judge has allowed Lil Nas X to enter a mental health diversion program intended to lead to the dismissal of charges of attacking Los Angeles police officers.Judge Alan Schneider told the rapper and singer on Monday that if he sticks to his treatment program and obeys all laws for two years, his four felony counts will be dismissed. Continue reading...

Ukrainian president says Russia unlikely to accept - for them, nothing is sacred'; Australian police arrest army reservist for joining war. What we know on day 1,504Ukraine's president has renewed his offer to Russia of a mutual ceasefire on strikes against energy infrastructure. If Russia is ready to stop strikes on our energy infrastructure, we will respond in kind," he said. This proposal has been conveyed to the Russian side through the Americans." Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered last week to observe a ceasefire for Easter, which Orthodox adherents mark on Sunday (13 April) in Russia and Ukraine.In his remarks on Monday, after an overnight attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa killed three people and injured at least 16, Zelenskyy said Russia appeared unwilling to agree to the ceasefire. We have repeatedly proposed to Russia a ceasefire at least for Easter," he said. But for them, all times are the same. Nothing is sacred."Ukrainian drones attacked the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's oil shipping terminal in southern Russia early on Monday, damaging a mooring point and setting four oil tanks on fire, the Russian defence ministry claimed. The Ukrainian army said it had attacked a different terminal in the port of Novorossiysk - without mentioning the CPC, which did not immediately comment. The CPC pipeline handles about 1% of the world's oil supplies, as well as about 80% of Kazakhstan's oil exports.A reservist in the Australian army has been charged after allegedly working as a drone operator for Ukraine. The 25-year-old man from Felixstow, in the South Australian city of Adelaide, was charged by the Australian Federal Police with working for a foreign military without authorisation, the AAP news agency reported. It is the first time someone has been charged with the offence, with the man facing up to two decades in jail if found guilty. Australian laws limit the work defence personnel can perform with a foreign military, government or company without authorisation. The man allegedly travelled to Ukraine in May 2025 and returned to Australia in January 2026.A Russian ship carrying wheat believed to have sunk in the Sea of Azov after a drone attack has been found and towed to shore, Russia's state news agency Tass said on Monday. The death toll has risen to three, it added. Crew abandoned the ship last Friday and made it to shore on Monday, according to Russian reports.Russia jailed on Monday a former governor of the Kursk border region, where Ukraine's army broke through in 2024, for 14 years over alleged kickbacks for government contracts related to the construction of fortifications. Since August 2024, the Kremlin has gone after top regional and military officials for failing to stop the incursion - a massive embarrassment for Vladimir Putin. Alexei Smirnov, the former Kursk governor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of 400 million rubles [3.8m/US$5m]", a court statement said. Another former Kursk governor, Roman Starovoyt, who led the region until just before the Ukrainian breakthrough, died last year by alleged suicide - a fate that regularly befalls officials who run foul of the Russian president. Continue reading...

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At least 432 ebike fires and 147 e-scooter fires recorded in 2025, up 38% and 20% respectively on previous yearEbike and e-scooter fires in the UK reached a record high last year, an investigation has found, renewing concerns over the use of lithium batteries and unregulated marketplaces.Fire brigade figures obtained by the Press Association show there were at least 432 ebike fires recorded across the UK in 2025, up 38% from 313 the previous year and more than five times higher than the 84 recorded in 2021. Continue reading...

Republican Tony Gonzales ended re-election bid in March after admitting to having affair with a different aide

Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest riskSchools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents in a hyper-targeted Home Office programme that uses mapping technology to identify areas of risk down to the level of specific groups of streets.Under the 1.2m scheme - part of a series of initiatives launched under a government pledge to halve knife crime within a decade - a maximum of 250 schools will receive help. Continue reading...

Two fatalities reported in southern California so far, with warmer spring bringing reptiles out on trails earlierA sixth person has been bitten by a rattlesnake in southern California's Ventura county in just under a month, two-thirds of the number of people bitten in all of 2025.Andrew Dowd, a Ventura county fire department spokesperson, said paramedics responded to a call on Sunday for a man who had been bitten by a rattlesnake. The victim said he had been bitten near California State University Channel Islands. Continue reading...

Performer is being extended forgiveness' over antisemitic remarks, says Melvin Benn, despite calls for banThe promoter of Wireless festival has stood by the decision to have Kanye West perform at the event, despite an outcry over the rapper's antisemitic behaviour and calls to cancel his appearance.West, who is legally known as Ye, has been criticised for making antisemitic remarks including voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler. Last year he released a song called Heil Hitler, a few months after advertising a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website. Continue reading...

Jackie and Shadow's eaglets emerged from eggs on Easter weekend in Big Bear Valley as watched by thousands onlineOver Easter weekend, thousands of people tuned in to celebrate something spectacular unfolding 145 feet up a pine tree in southern California's San Bernardino national forest - the hatchings of two bald eagle chicks.Two eaglets were born to Jackie and Shadow, the southern California pair that have become avian celebrities thanks to the webcam that has livestreamed their activities since 2018. Continue reading...

Trump targets media to find leaker' who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forcesDonald Trump threatened to jail a journalist - or journalists - who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source.The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a US recovery team that received heavy fire. The US president announced on Sunday that the service member had been recovered. Continue reading...

Ron Gibson had recently expressed support for a 14-acre, $500m datacenter project in Martindale-BrightwoodAn Indianapolis city councilor said his home was fired at on Monday, with a note left behind suggesting he had been targeted over his support of datacenters.The case involving Ron Gibson - a Democrat on Indianapolis's city council - comes amid growing bipartisan concern in the US over political violence in the wake of cases such as the September murder of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist. Continue reading...

President dismisses concerns that bombing civilian targets would punish ordinary people and could be war crimesDonald Trump on Monday claimed that Iranian civilians were actively welcoming US strikes on their country's infrastructure, saying they would be willing to suffer" the loss of power and basic services in order to achieve freedom from the Islamic Republic.Speaking to reporters from the White House press room, Trump dismissed concerns that targeting Iran's power grid and civilian infrastructure would punish ordinary Iranians rather than the regime, saying without evidence that US intelligence had intercepts of civilians near active bombing sites urging American forces to continue. Continue reading...

Retailer faces public outcry over treatment of Walker Smith, who tackled shoplifter stealing Easter eggs at London storeWaitrose is under growing pressure to reinstate an employee of 17 years who was sacked after tackling a shoplifter who was trying to steal Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs.The retailer has faced public outcry over its treatment of Walker Smith, who was fired two days after he stopped the shoplifter taking items from the Easter egg display. Continue reading...

Legal experts say attacking Iran's infrastructure would constitute a war crime - but would military officers be held responsible?

Nurul Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, was left alone in a Buffalo parking lot. His death has been ruled a homicide - what now?On 19 February, the second day of Ramadan, Mohamad Faisal Nurul Amin and his family gathered to pray before sunrise in their apartment on the outskirts of Buffalo, New York. After nearly a year of waiting, they believed their family would be together again. Amin's father, Nurul Shah Alam, 56, was coming home.For the first time since we arrived in America, I felt happy," said Fatima Abdul Roshid, Shah Alam's wife, speaking through an interpreter. I thought my husband would be with our two sons and me for Ramadan." Continue reading...

She got ripped away from me,' army soldier Matthew Blank said after his wife Annie Ramos was detained in LouisianaImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents under the command of the Trump administration have reportedly detained the wife of a US army staff sergeant at his military base in Louisiana amid his preparations to deploy.The arrest of Annie Ramos, 22, took place last Thursday, just days after she married 23-year-old Matthew Blank, a soldier who has served for more than five years and previously deployed to the Middle East and Europe, the New York Times first reported on Sunday. Continue reading...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls alleged scamming of EU agricultural funds a turning point'The Greek prime minister has vowed to tackle what he has called a deep state" he says is plaguing the country, as he sought to address a growing political crisis over a farm fraud scandal that has forced the resignation of multiple government ministers.In a speech, aired on national TV, Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempted to limit the damage, describing the revelations as a turning point" that had turbo-charged his commitment to rooting out entrenched corruption. Continue reading...

Police say 26-year-old man died at scene outside nightclub in Peckham and two others remain in hospitalFour men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death and two other men were injured outside a nightclub in south-east London.The Metropolitan police said officers were called at 3.54am on Monday to reports of a disturbance involving a group of people outside a nightclub in Ruby Street, Peckham. Continue reading...

Man had to be airlifted out of mountain in north Phoenix by rescue teams and was transported to hospital

With some misgivings, families and aviation enthusiasts bring stepladders and picnics to the perimeter fenceIt was a 4.40am start for the Wilkinson family. They packed their car with gear you might take on a trip to the seaside - folding chairs, blankets, a picnic. But instead of heading to the coast, they drove 80 miles from their home in Hampshire to Gloucestershire and set up camp close to the perimeter fence of RAF Fairford to watch American warplanes take off and land.It's definitely cheaper than a trip to a theme park," said Jonathan Wilkinson, who was there with wife, Katie, and three sons, aged seven to 12. The sights and sounds are impressive. But it's a bittersweet thing. These planes are only here because of war. We have to keep that in mind." Continue reading...

Nasa's Orion capsule will be just over 4,000 miles above lunar surface, allowing astronauts to see both polesThe four astronauts on Nasa's Artemis II mission are poised to begin the first flyby of the far side of the moon in more than half a century, bringing them to the furthest point from Earth ever reached by humans.The crew of three Americans and one Canadian earlier entered the moon's sphere of influence", where its gravity has a stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth's. Continue reading...

Minister adds to growing calls from charities and politicians as some urge government to bar rapper from UK over antisemitismThe education secretary has said Kanye West should be barred from performing at Wireless festival because of his completely unacceptable and absolutely disgusting" antisemitic remarks.Bridget Phillipson said she could not comment on whether ministers should heed calls to ban West from entering the country, but added that there was no place for that kind of hatred, bigotry or antisemitism". Continue reading...

JP Morgan boss warns of risks of higher inflation and interest rates due to Iran war in annual letter to shareholders

US supreme court files brief order vacating lower court ruling that had upheld rightwing media host's conviction

Exclusive: Seven of England's 24 stroke centres still not providing mechanical thrombectomy 24/7 despite ministers' pledgesThe NHS has not made a life-changing" treatment for stroke available around the clock across England despite ministers repeatedly promising that it would.The health service was expected to improve stroke care by making a clot removal technique called mechanical thrombectomy available everywhere in the country 24/7 from 1 April. Continue reading...

Girl suffered alleged abuse at foster home immigration officials placed her at after separating her from mother

Fake image of airman surrounded by smiling military members has been reshared more than 21,000 times on the X platform

US congressman decried bets on when two crew members on the F-15 jet shot down by Iranian forces would be rescuedAfter strong criticism from a federal lawmaker, the online betting platform Polymarket stopped accepting wagers on when US warplane crew members who were shot down in Iran might be rescued. It promised to investigate how the market materialized.The criticism came from Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democratic representative who earned two bronze star medals serving with the United States marine corps in Iraq from 2003 to 2008 and published an X post describing Polymarket's acceptance of bets on the downed pilots' fate as DISGUSTING". Continue reading...

Tougher ethical certification process requires companies to meet standards in every one out of seven categoriesDozens of companies may be at risk of losing their coveted B Corp ethical status after the organisation behind the corporate kite-marking system raised the standards required to qualify.B Lab, which oversees B Corp certification, launched the biggest overhaul in its 19-year history earlier this month, scrapping a system under which companies must gather enough points across multiple categories to qualify. Continue reading...

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Leaders say automated mowers' blades threaten nocturnal animals as studies highlight risks to wildlifeGerman mayors have called for a nationwide ban on night-time use of robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs and other small nocturnal animals from being killed or maimed in the dark.Recent studies have highlighted the threat lawnmower blades pose to wildlife active between dusk and dawn, prompting growing calls for regulation. Hedgehogs also tend to curl into a ball when threatened rather than running away, making them harder for a robot mower's sensors to detect. Continue reading...

Anutin Charnvirakul encourages measures such as home working and carpooling as country is reliant on oil importsThailand's prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, has called on the public to conserve energy, urging work-from-home measures and carpooling, as he warned of the impact of the conflict in the Middle East.In a statement posted on social media, Anutin said Thailand was exposed to the crisis because of its reliance on imported oil and gas, and the country could not be complacent. Continue reading...

New legislation comes amid push from big oil, as critics warn polluters' profits prioritized over Americans' healthUtah has made it nearly impossible for residents to hold fossil fuel companies legally accountable for climate damages in a move one advocacy group described as putting profits for the biggest polluters over communities", with other states expected to follow suit.The new state legislation comes as part of a push from big oil and its political allies - including groups tied to rightwing impresario Leonard Leo - for legal immunity in red statehouses and Congress, with a goal of winning state and federal legal immunity similar to the liability waiver granted to the firearms industry in 2005. Continue reading...