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Singer says she has faced ‘years of public shaming’, as court rules tax agency made mistake over her 2011 status A court in Madrid has ordered Spain’s tax authority to pay Shakira back more than €55m (£48m) after ruling that it had wrongly imposed huge fines on the Colombian singer and philanthropist because it had made mistakes over her tax status. In a statement released on Monday, the Audiencia Nacional said it had accepted an appeal from Shakira against the fine she was handed five years ago after the Agencia Tributaria claimed she had not paid the necessary tax in Spain in 2011.

The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 cases and 80 deaths, does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency.

Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported - a case has also been reported in Uganda.

About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.

Ther World Health Organization says it is not in the same situation as with Covid-19 because hantavirus spreads differently.
Shabana Mahmood has announced plan to cut leave to remain from five years to 30 months, to concern of UN refugee agency Two Sudanese asylum seekers are challenging a central element of Labour’s plans to strip refugees of basic rights, rejecting the home secretary’s accusation that they are “asylum shoppers”. Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to halve refugees’ leave to remain in the UK, from five years to 30 months.
Exclusive: Brainchild of Dominic Cummings, Aria is aimed at funding ‘crazy’ scientific projects to benefit the UK Britain’s “invention agency” has...

Gun reforms should be prioritised and policing around Jewish events increased, royal commission says.
Japan's meteorological agency warns another, stronger earthquake may hit in the next week.
Germany: Indian couple convicted of spying for Delhi - Two Indian citizens living in Germany have been found
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Analysis commissioned by independent senator found national science agency’s funding is at its lowest since 1978 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government will boost funding to CSIRO by $387. 4m in a bid to meet the long-term costs of the national science agency.
International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts say Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Energy Agency report. Climate and energy analysts said the report had again highlighted an “enormous gap” in the country’s reported methane emissions from coalmines and should serve as a wake-up call.
Cryptocurrency ATMs also face ban, after public inquiry found Canada lacked anti-money-laundering strategy Canada is to establish a new and powerful law enforcement agency to investigate financial crime, in stark contrast to the US, where weakened federal investigators have struggled to pursue fraudsters and the White House has pardoned convicted money launderers . A bill to create the Financial Crimes Agency (FCA) completed its first reading in parliament this week.
<p>WPP accused of breaching its climate policy after report reveals firm linked to twice as much oil advertising as US rivals</p><p>A British advertising conglomerate has helped the oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP spend an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) on adverts in the US since the 2015 Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis, a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28083184-desmog-april-2026-report-on-ad-agency-exposure-to-us-oil-industry/">report</a> shows.</p><p>London-based <a href="https://www.desmog.com/wpp/">WPP</a> was the leading advertising group serving the US’s oil industry over the past decade, according to analysis by the climate investigations platform DeSmog. The figure is nearly twice the respective amounts linked to its US rivals <a href="https://www.desmog.com/omnicom-group/" title="https://www.desmog.com/omnicom-group/">Omnicom</a> and <a href="https://www.desmog.com/interpublic-group/" title="https://www.desmog.com/interpublic-group/">Interpublic Group</a> (IPG), which merged in November.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/30/revealed-british-ad-firm-billion-dollar-greenwash-of-us-oil-industry">Continue reading...</a>
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The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
This blog is now closed. See full report: Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire frays Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, will visit Qatar later today for talks on the war, its impact on the region and efforts to ensure navigational safety in the strait of Hormuz is resumed, a Turkish diplomatic source told the Reuters news agency.
Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blast An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least 26 people and injured 61, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site. The blast occurred in the city of Changsha, in Hunan province, on Monday afternoon, China’s official news agency Xinhua said.
<p>US president claims Friedrich Merz ‘doesn’t know what he’s talking about’ after German leader criticised US strategy in Iran</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/27/us-humiliated-iran-leadership-trump-merz">US is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich Merz</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/hezbollah-drone-strikes-target-israeli-soldiers-in-southern-lebanon">Hezbollah drone strikes target Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon</a></p></li></ul><p>Saudi Arabia is to host a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah later today, in what will be first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became dragged into the war.</p><p>A Gulf official told the Reuters news agency that the meeting aimed to craft a response to the thousands of Iranian missile and drone attacks Gulf states have faced since the US and Israel launched the war on Iran on 28 February.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/28/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-us-israel-lebanon-hormuz-nuclear-oil-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes a surprise visit to Cuba as the spy agency calls on the nation to make "fundamental changes." Cuba says it has run out of fuel and is suffering massive blackouts.
Students from Reading Blue Coat school, and Highdown secondary school and sixth form centre receiving treatment Two schools attended by pupils receiving treatment for meningitis have been named amid an outbreak of the infection in Berkshire which has caused the death of a student. The patients attend Reading Blue Coat school and Highdown secondary school and sixth form centre, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
Labor has announced funding for Australian Submarine Agency will jump to $512m in next financial year amid concerns the sovereign submarine fleet...
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