Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage Scientists have found high levels of toxic Pfas, or “forever chemicals” , in soil, water and throughout the marine food chain in the UK’s Solent strait, including at protected environmental sites, according to a new study . In some samples, pollution was 13 times the safe threshold for coastal waters.
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Between 1904-08,German Empire conducted the first genocide of the 20th century against the Herero and Nama peoples in modern day Namibia. German forces were ordered to execute any Herero found within the borders, including women and children. As a result, 80% of the Herero and 50% of the Nama died.View discussion
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said.
Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven categories of vegetables and soft fruit It is a beautiful early summer Sunday afternoon and you have stopped for a pub lunch. A waiter sets down a roast served with carrots, peas, parsnips, potatoes and onion gravy, and then for pudding, strawberries and cream.

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Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitions The billionaire chief executive of the...

The lawsuit comes amid increased scrutiny over platform features like auto-play that deliver endless content to users.
Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says Hundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation said on Monday . A gang known as Los Ardillos has been carrying out attacks in Guerrero state for years, but they started to intensify last week.
Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurous Theatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not a threat to “in-person” attendance and are making audiences more adventurous, according to new research commissioned by the National Theatre . Introducing the findings on Monday, the NT’s director, Indhu Rubasingham, said that the boom in filmed theatre had raised major questions including the concern that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home would have a negative impact on live attendance.
Seventeen passengers to be taken to a Nebraska quarantine center to be assessed, with one testing positive and another showing symptoms Explainer: what happens to all the cruise ship passengers now and will they quarantine. The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus -stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius – including one person who has tested positive – have disembarked the vessel after it docked in Tenerife on Sunday and are being repatriated to the US.
Shock and fears for future, including homelessness, after landlords rushed to issue section 21 notices before 1 May It was 2pm on 30 April when Carl Kansinde Middleton received a “no fault” eviction from his landlord in Brighton – just 10 hours before section 21 notices were officially banned under the Renters’ Right Act. “As we were getting closer, I really thought I was safe ,” he said.
The Ultimate Picture Palace opened in 1911 and is housed in a Grade II-listed building in need of renovation The survival of one of the UK’s oldest independent cinemas is under threat while its landlord, the University of Oxford’s Oriel College, refuses to extend its lease to allow what its director says are vital renovations. The Ultimate Picture Palace in east Oxford opened in 1911, and has entertained generations of students and residents, including the Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.
Chair Tim Martin says pub chain could miss expectations, in latest sign UK hospitality sector buckling under higher bills Business live – latest updates The boss of JD Wetherspoon has said the pub chain could miss profit expectations because of rising costs, in the latest sign the UK hospitality industry is buckling under the pressure of higher energy, food, labour and tax bills. The company’s chair, Tim Martin, told investors on Wednesday: “As many hospitality operators, including Wetherspoon, have reported, there have been substantial increases in costs.
Prosecutors drop two other charges against Jasper Jones author, 43, including allegations he produced child exploitation material Award‑winning...
Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship. A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on Sunday.
WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship. A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship. A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship. A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on Sunday.
Sarah Sackman says response to rising antisemitic violence in UK has been ‘muted’ after stabbings in her constituency There has been a “lack of vocal solidarity” from parts of the liberal left in the face of rising antisemitism against the Jewish community, the Labour MP for Golders Green has said. Sarah Sackman said the response to antisemitic violence across the UK from parts of the “moderate majority”, including some anti-racist organisations, had been “muted”.
Avon and Somerset police declare major incident and say cause is being treated as suspicious Two people have died and three people, including a child, have been injured after an explosion at a house in Bristol that police have said is “suspicious”. Avon and Somerset police were called to the house in Sterncourt Road at about 6.
EnComm Aviation says the firm’s action has cut off vital support for crisis-hit countries including South Sudan and the DRC Britain’s biggest...
Dionne Marie Hanna, 85, is accused of duping more than two dozen people - including her own son.
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PM makes series of policy pledges including seeking new deal with EU and says he will fight any challenge Who are the main threats to Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership. UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has said he will prove his doubters wrong as he warned Labour was facing “very dangerous opponents” in a make-or-break speech, with leadership rivals on the brink of a challenge.

Five cases of hantavirus have been confirmed in total, including one of the three passengers on the MV Hondius who died.
After Labour’s demise was overestimated, the prime minister’s potential challengers are staying quiet – for now Elections 2026 – live updates Full results from England, Scotland and Wales As the results rolled in, a trickle of voices were calling for Keir Starmer to quit – MPs from the governing Labour party, some trade union leaders, and a Labour peer. The numbers in England’s crucial local election results on Friday were undoubtedly bad for Labour , as Reform UK made sweeping gains across pro-Brexit heartlands in the Midlands and north, including the historically deep red Sunderland and Hartlepool.
US president says war will end if Tehran agrees to deal, but that ‘bombing starts’ again if it does not Oil prices fell and stock markets rose as Donald Trump said the war with Iran would end and the strait of Hormuz would be “open to all” if Tehran struck a deal with Washington. The US president posted on social media: “Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran.
The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining Cuba’s government has said new...
The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy, defence and mining Cuba’s government has said new...
US president’s post follows flurry of mixed signals including concern Tehran had not ‘paid big enough price’ Donald Trump has announced that the US...
Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged. In a report exposing the human cost of the gig economy practice, the Trades Union Congress said pay was becoming decoupled from time, skill or effort.
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One of Ukraine's largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities said Sunday.
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Protests have taken place at the prestigious arts fair over the inclusion of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers The Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments. The remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth, head of the army’s central command, were made in a recent closed forum but were leaked to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.

Seventeen people - including two children - were killed, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
<p>Senior police officer warns of young people being drawn into violent extremism as Alfie Coleman found guilty</p><p>More and more young people are being drawn into the world of violent extremism, a senior police officer has warned after a young neo-Nazi caught in an undercover MI5 sting was convicted of planning a mass gun attack.</p><p>Alfie Coleman, a former supermarket worker from Great Notley in Essex, compiled a hate-list of colleagues and customers he branded with racial slurs or as “race traitors”. He wrote a “manifesto” in a diary and identified potential targets, including the “lord mayor of London” and a mosque.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/30/neo-nazi-who-planned-mass-gun-attack-convicted-after-mi5-undercover-sting">Continue reading...</a>
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